2022 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch

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7 hours ago, IvanBartul13 said:

Brisbane Lions	Will Ashcroft
North Melbourne	Aaron Cadman
West Coast Eagles	George Wardlaw
GWS	Elijah Tsatas
Adelaide	Harry Sheezel
Essendon	Reuben Ginbey
Hawthorn	Jhye Clark
Port Adelaide	Cameron MacKenzie
Gold Coast	Jedd Busslinger
Western Bulldogs	Josh Weddle
Richmond	Matthew Jefferson
St Kilda	Elijah Hewitt
Carlton	Brayden George
Fremantle	Mattaes Phillipou
Sydney	Oli Hotton
Collingwood	Harry Barnett
Sydney	Isaac Keeler
Geelong	Sam Gilbey
Brisbane Lions	Jaspa Fletcher
Richmond	Oliver Hollands
West Coast Eagles	Bailey Humphrey
GWS	Jacob Konstanty
Adelaide	Archie Lovelock
Essendon	Henry Hustwaite
Hawthorn	Noah Long
Adelaide	Max Michelanney
Gold Coast	Lachlan Cowan
West Coast Eagles	Rohan MacNeill
St Kilda	Jakob Ryan
GWS	Harry Rowston
Western Bulldogs	Felix Fogaty
Richmond	Cooper Vickery
Carlton	Harry Lemmey
Gold Coast	Coby Burgiel
Sydney	Oscar Murdoch
Fremantle	Jasper Scaife
Gold Coast	Tom Scully
Melbourne	Jackson Broadbent
Essendon	Alwyn Davey
Geelong	Adam D'aloia
Western Bulldogs	Hudson O'Keefe
West Coast Eagles	Darcy Jones
Melbourne	Jovan Petric
Collingwood	Lewis Hayes
Gold Coast	Mitch Szybkowski
St Kilda	Pheonix Foster
Collingwood	Toby McMullin
Collingwood	Kobe Ryan
Geelong	Olivier Northam
Port Adelaide	James Van Es
Hawthorn	Max Knobel
Geelong	Charlie Clarke
Melbourne	Hugh Bond
North Melbourne	Blake Drury
Melbourne	Finn Emile-Brennan
West Coast Eagles	Harry Cole
GWS	Dane Harvey
Port Adelaide	Nathan Barkla
Essendon	Anthony Munkara
Adelaide	Jaiden Magor
Hawthorn	Ben Hempel
St Kilda	Beau Tedcastle
Western Bulldogs	Darcy Edmonds
GWS	Luke Lawrence
Carlton	Tom McCallum
Fremantle	Jonti Schuback
Brisbane Lions	Jack Manly
Melbourne	Ryan Eyres
North Melbourne	Luke Teal
West Coast Eagles	Jed Adams
Port Adelaide	Nick Sadler
St Kilda	Jaxon Binns
North Melbourne	Caleb Mitchell

Early First Round for next year -

1. Zane Duursma

2. Ashton Moir

3. Harley Reid

4. Archer Reid

5. Nick Watson

6. Mitchell Edwards

7. Alex Holt

8. Logan Morris

9. Luca Slade

10. Will Green

11. Clay Hall

12. Colby McKercher

13. Nate Caddy

14. Jed Walter

15. Coby James

16. Nathan Philactides

17. Ethan Read

18. Coen Livingstone

Wow, so Cadman at 2. Righto. Interesting. He probably goes West then.

Edited August 4, 2022 by A F
Derps, he'll go to North with the Ashcroft F/S

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Father-son does bias the draft but honestly I do love the connection of family to a footy club. It’s great to see Jack Viney in the red and blue, and enjoy telling my kids how good and tough his dad Todd Viney was.   Whilst it’s tough to see guns like Nick Daicos and Will Ashcroft not going to the bottom teams, it’s part of footy that shouldn’t be changed. 

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27 minutes ago, A F said:

Wow, so Cadman at 2. Righto. Interesting. He probably goes West then.

I certainly wouldn't consider it gospel.  I just think it will be very difficult for North to overlook a good key forward with sound fundamentals after spending so much draft capital on stoppage midfielders in recent drafts.  Alastair Clarkson is a $1.30 favourite to be North's coach and the first draft he was at Hawthorn, the Hawks drafted Buddy and Roughead.  Some of the same list build fundamentals could see them look to establish Larkey/Cadman as the key forward spine for the Clarkson reign.    Positional scarcity is relevant as well, as is the fact you bed down a key forward combo you don't have to speculate with picks in subsequent drafts.  Cadman is reasonably bombproof.

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3 hours ago, Nascent said:

Jack Delean caught my eye as well in the championships. Certainly looks an impressive group next year.

Very easily could end up right up there as well.  I'm pretty confident the top 8 2023ers listed will be high draft picks, Delean could easily be in that next batch.  WA have quite a few smaller types probably deserve to be listed there too.

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15 minutes ago, IvanBartul13 said:

I certainly wouldn't consider it gospel.  I just think it will be very difficult for North to overlook a good key forward with sound fundamentals after spending so much draft capital on stoppage midfielders in recent drafts.  Alastair Clarkson is a $1.30 favourite to be North's coach and the first draft he was at Hawthorn, the Hawks drafted Buddy and Roughead.  Some of the same list build fundamentals could see them look to establish Larkey/Cadman as the key forward spine for the Clarkson reign.    Positional scarcity is relevant as well, as is the fact you bed down a key forward combo you don't have to speculate with picks in subsequent drafts.  Cadman is reasonably bombproof.

And then McKay down the other end.

In 2 years time their spine looks pretty good.

Have they nailed their midfield picks over the last few years is the question?

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8 minutes ago, A F said:

And then McKay down the other end.

In 2 years time their spine looks pretty good.

Have they nailed their midfield picks over the last few years is the question?

Debateable.  Davies-Uniacke seems to have emerged.  Horne-Francis is the elephant in the room.  The one other factor which i cant get a read on is they are thought to rate Charlie Comben highly and Edwards was highly touted draft pick, both are 200cm.  They might feel comfortable with those two.  
 

Either way, it will be difficult for a lot of clubs to overlook Cadman

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Callum Twomey reporting that “No.1 pick contender George Wardlaw returned to the field today after hamstring injuries ruled him out of the U18 champs. But unfortunately suffered another hamstring injury today at school level in opening few minutes. With a month to go that may be season over for him.”

The injury won’t stop him from being drafted but it could see him drop a place or two in some peoples’ rankings. I’ve seen him come up through the ranks of the juniors and he’s a quality midfield bull who should play AFL early next year. 

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5 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Callum Twomey reporting that “No.1 pick contender George Wardlaw returned to the field today after hamstring injuries ruled him out of the U18 champs. But unfortunately suffered another hamstring injury today at school level in opening few minutes. With a month to go that may be season over for him.”

The injury won’t stop him from being drafted but it could see him drop a place or two in some peoples’ rankings. I’ve seen him come up through the ranks of the juniors and he’s a quality midfield bull who should play AFL early next year. 

is it pretty unusual for juniors coming thru these days to have multiple hamstring injuries?

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Ed Pascoe’s August Rankings update without the fancy graphics this time).

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No doubt Dogs have their eye on Bailey Humphrey

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7 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

No doubt Dogs have their eye on Bailey Humphrey

Going for the complete set of baileys?

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Article on Harry Sheezel who shapes to be a top 5 pick in this year's draft.

 

Rare air: The top-10 draft hopeful with MASSIVE numbers - https://www.afl.com.au/news/830059

 

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Would love Sheezel and a key forward with the Jackson compo. 

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Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' August ranking - https://www.afl.com.au/news/832462

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Thanks Nascent. Yes, a month down the track and Cal Twomey has updated his form guide. I’ve had an opportunity to see vision of many of the top prospects now and I feel that the opportunity is there for Melbourne to find some talent to at least fill some of its  pressing needs at the draft notwithstanding that it’s first draft choice is currently in the mid 30s.

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' August ranking

It will become even more interesting if Luke Jackson decides to seek a return to his native WA (why anyone would want to wear that ghastly purple number is beyond me).

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Thanks Nascent. Yes, a month down the track and Cal Twomey has updated his form guide. I’ve had an opportunity to see vision of many of the top prospects now and I feel that the opportunity is there for Melbourne to find some talent to at least fill some of its  pressing needs at the draft notwithstanding that it’s first draft choice is currently in the mid 30s.

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' August ranking

It will become even more interesting if Luke Jackson decides to seek a return to his native WA (why anyone would want to wear that ghastly purple number is beyond me).

 

 

Its the money Jack! For the rumoured amount I would play in pink and purple polka dots.

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11 minutes ago, old dee said:

Its the money Jack! For the rumoured amount I would play in pink and purple polka dots.

And from memory, that would be an improvement on your normal attire. 

On the other hand, for someone with Luke Jackson’s abilities, the size of the cheque isn’t everything and another few years at the Melbourne Football Club might reap greater benefit during his time here as well as further down the track. 

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1 minute ago, Whispering_Jack said:

And from memory, that would be an improvement on your normal attire. 

On the other hand, for someone with Luke Jackson’s abilities, the size of the cheque isn’t everything and another few years at the Melbourne Football Club might reap greater benefit during his time here as well as further down the track. 

But add the family pull and one in the hand is killing two in the bush.

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Does every thread lead to Luke Jackson?

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14 minutes ago, Jontee said:

Does every thread lead to Luke Jackson?

Yes! Are you surprised?

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Get top 5 pick please.

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8 minutes ago, Jontee said:

Does every thread lead to Luke Jackson?

Definitely, until his playing future is resolved. If he does end up going back to WA, we can expect that to be a game changer for Melbourne which will suddenly find itself with a couple of high draft picks. LJ was taken at pick 3 and the club has invested three years of learning into him so that whoever he plays for in the next ten years will have an elite player for 10 years. That’s at least two top 5 picks and a player.

If he goes, then I would imagine that the Demons would try to gain Brodie Grundy as well as to pick up a young potential ruckman and one key position forward. Twomey’s form guide has some good prospects within a reasonable range that the club could aim to get. 

About a week ago I mentioned in the Jackson thread -

“Two key players in that draft pick conundrum might be South Australians Isaac Keeler (197cm) and Harry Barnett (202cm) who are both capable of being developed as key forwards or ruckmen. Together with JVR, they would provide us with the next generation tall timber to replace Jackson and cover for the coming retirements of Ben Brown and Tom McDonald.”

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28 minutes ago, Elwood 3184 said:

About a week ago I mentioned in the Jackson thread -

“Two key players in that draft pick conundrum might be South Australians Isaac Keeler (197cm) and Harry Barnett (202cm) who are both capable of being developed as key forwards or ruckmen. Together with JVR, they would provide us with the next generation tall timber to replace Jackson and cover for the coming retirements of Ben Brown and Tom McDonald.”

I’ve had my eyes on both Barnett and Keeler because they look interesting types and fit our needs. Twomey has them at 26 and 29 respectively but I suspect both will go earlier than that.

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2 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I’ve had my eyes on both Barnett and Keeler because they look interesting types and fit our needs. Twomey has them at 26 and 29 respectively but I suspect both will go earlier than that.

keeler is a crows NGA player but unlikely to get to the necessary 40 pick cutoff, i wonder if they go early on him given the rumours on frampton to pies, tex's age and mcaseys slow development. iirc he was top 10 if not top 5 in ed pascoes EARLY rankings as in end of season 21 rankings

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3 hours ago, Elwood 3184 said:

Definitely, until his playing future is resolved. If he does end up going back to WA, we can expect that to be a game changer for Melbourne which will suddenly find itself with a couple of high draft picks. LJ was taken at pick 3 and the club has invested three years of learning into him so that whoever he plays for in the next ten years will have an elite player for 10 years. That’s at least two top 5 picks and a player.

How do you see us getting those?