16 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Busslinger is a very good player

#positivebusslingers

Hopefully we land a player at 17. We have the best young talent in the comp. It would be great to expand on that, and land that superstar at this pick. In a Covid year, I reckon it’s a great pick to have, in addition to our later picks. Club is so well positioned after 7-8 years of planning. Many of the lower rung sides are rightfully excited about having good early picks. But it’s one thing to have them, and another thing to get them right. Hopefully they don’t get them right, and we capitalize at 17.

A couple of the early phantoms have James Willis as an option for us in the third round, here’s a profile on him:

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/james-willis/

An interesting one from the Inner Sanctum 

AFL Phantom Draft 2021: Round 1 begins to take shape

 

 

8 minutes ago, Leopold Bloom said:

An interesting one from the Inner Sanctum 

AFL Phantom Draft 2021: Round 1 begins to take shape

 

 

Hope we don’t take Roberts

2 hours ago, adonski said:

Hope we don’t take Roberts

Is there a problem with him?

1 minute ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Is there a problem with him?

He looks decent, just seems pretty slow. 

14 hours ago, adonski said:

Hope we don’t take Roberts

Matt Roberts reminds me of Dyson Heppell.  He’s a midfielder but also an all rounder type.  Certainly talented and wouldn’t be a poor choice.  I thought Power would be his new home given they need to restock their midfield.  Not sure he’s what MFC would pick but given he’s been top 10 quality, if he was a slider then JT would have to consider.  I think we may hope for a Goater, Sinn or Sonsie if they slide through.   I think all will be gone imv and would be looking at Chesser or Wilmot for outside run and pace across wing/half back. 

Horne-Francis is the most universally agreed Number 1 pick since Scully

4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Horne-Francis is the most universally agreed Number 1 pick since Scully

Not sure about that, I think every club would've taken Walsh and Rowell, where as Daicos is absolutely right there with JHF. If they were both available it would be a really tricky choice. JHF probably gets the edge due to exposed senior form and more x factor. Still, North better man up and bid pick 1 on Daicos.

9 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Not sure about that, I think every club would've taken Walsh and Rowell, where as Daicos is absolutely right there with JHF. If they were both available it would be a really tricky choice. JHF probably gets the edge due to exposed senior form and more x factor. Still, North better man up and bid pick 1 on Daicos.

Yeah true

was a bit of a tongue in cheek comment re Scully 

Read a bit about ruckman Josh Cripps, brother of Patrick. Havent seen much vision, but like the sound of him.

Is he an option for us? Anyone know of his draft range?

Ben Waterworth of Fox Sports with an article on the seven clubs that will play a major role at the AFL Draft in November.

Seven clubs are set to load up at the AFL draft. These young stars can fix their big issues

8 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Ben Waterworth of Fox Sports with an article on the seven clubs that will play a major role at the AFL Draft in November.

Seven clubs are set to load up at the AFL draft. These young stars can fix their big issues

There’s something weird about the article. 

Numerous draft prospects are mentioned in it but there’s one name conspicuously missing. Mac Andrew.

Why would that be?

21 minutes ago, Chelly said:

There’s something weird about the article. 

Numerous draft prospects are mentioned in it but there’s one name conspicuously missing. Mac Andrew.

Why would that be?

Those 7 clubs dont need a high risk long term development player which is what Andrew is

They need on ballers with immediate impact

Andrew will be available late second round early third in my opinion due not to his qualities but more to do with club needs

37 minutes ago, Chelly said:

There’s something weird about the article. 

Numerous draft prospects are mentioned in it but there’s one name conspicuously missing. Mac Andrew.

Why would that be?

This Ben Waterworth who put Andrew in his top 10?

Chris Doerre’s early two-round AFL phantom (and I have to admit that it gave me a little bit to giggle about).

ESPN's early two-round AFL phantom draft

 

17 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Chris Doerre’s early two-round AFL phantom (and I have to admit that it gave me a little bit to giggle about.

ESPN's early two-round AFL phantom draft

 

His first 3 picks make sense...

then I get a bit lost

On 10/16/2021 at 7:18 PM, adonski said:

Hope we don’t take Roberts

Interesting that they have us taking Roberts at 17 but then follow that with Mitch Knevitt going to brisbane with much better stats and better write up than Roberts.

On 10/22/2021 at 3:12 PM, Deecisive said:

Interesting that they have us taking Roberts at 17 but then follow that with Mitch Knevitt going to brisbane with much better stats and better write up than Roberts.

Was told in grand final week that the club have put a lot of time into Mitch Knevitt. 

I don't follow the draft so i don't know anything about him but he's the only name I've had mentioned to me aside from Woewodin JNR.

Knevitt seems to be projected to go anywhere between picks 15-30 (such is the evenness of the middle parts of the first round onwards). He seems very much like a Goodwin/Taylor player. Big bodied inside mid, but apparently also quick.

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/mitchell-knevitt/

 

23 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Was told in grand final week that the club have put a lot of time into Mitch Knevitt. 

If we draft him, I'd like to nominate "Evil" as his nickname.

An athletic 193cm inside mid with good hands and endurance. Where do we sign? 
https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/mitchell-knevitt/

21 hours ago, adonski said:

Knevitt seems to be projected to go anywhere between picks 15-30 (such is the evenness of the middle parts of the first round onwards). He seems very much like a Goodwin/Taylor player. Big bodied inside mid, but apparently also quick.

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/mitchell-knevitt/

 

Yes definitely will appeal given his size and pace.  Knevitt would probably appeal to the Cats at pick 22 if he lasted that long. It might be another chance for the Dees to get Chris Scott angry 🤣🤣🤣

22 hours ago, adonski said:

Knevitt seems to be projected to go anywhere between picks 15-30 (such is the evenness of the middle parts of the first round onwards). He seems very much like a Goodwin/Taylor player. Big bodied inside mid, but apparently also quick.

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/mitchell-knevitt/

 

I don't love that tape at all. Seems to rush a lot of his disposals and doesn't play with any power, he doesn't use his speed to take on tacklers and doesn't hold the ball to release runners. A couple of good quick handballs but a couple of panicked turnover ones too. More of a Setterfield or Cale Morton type from that viewing. At that size and athleticism there's plenty to work with but there's also a lot of work to do!