Welcome to Demonland Pick 13

[picket fence 15,102]

17 hours ago, Matt said:

It is paywall

37. Melbourne – Sam Gilbey (Claremont/WA)

Defender, 187cm, 73kg

Jordan says: The Demons got their young forward earlier and now, given the star power and balance of its list, they can afford to take a slight risk. A risk because he is recovering from a broken leg, not because of his talent. Battled injury and Covid earlier in the year, too, but Gilbey has more class and composure than plenty of others in the draft. Reads the play so well in defence but, given the time he gives himself with ball in hand, has shown glimpses of the tall midfielder he could become.

A huge NO to anyone from W.A!!

[Redleg 37,556]

17 hours ago, Matt said:

36. Port Adelaide – Harry Lemmey (West Adelaide/SA)

35. St Kilda – Harvey Gallagher (Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country)

34. GWS – Harry Rowston (Giants Academy/Allies)

33. Fremantle – Jason Gilbee (Bendigo Pioneers/Allies)

32. Carlton – Kaleb Smith (East Fremantle)

31. St Kilda – Isaac Keeler (North Adelaide/SA)

30. Collingwood – Harry Barnett (West Adelaide/SA)

29. West Coast – Darcy Jones (Swan Districts/WA)

28. Collingwood – Coby Burgiel (Gippsland Power/Vic Country)

27. Hawthorn – Olli Hotton (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro)

26. North Melbourne – Max Gruzewski (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro)

25. Western Bulldogs – Jacob Konstanty (Gippsland Power/Vic Country)

24. Adelaide – Max Michalanney (Norwood/SA)

23. Essendon - Alwyn Davey (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro)

22. West Coast – Lewis Hayes (Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro)

21. GWS – Charlie Clarke (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro)

This is the surprising one:

20. GWS – Elijah Hewett (Swan Districts/WA)

Gruzewski will be at GWS with one of their late teen picks.

[Pennant St Dee 11,257]

13 minutes ago, picket fence said:

A huge NO to anyone from W.A!!

Yeah absolutely 

I mean Jetta, Rivers, Woey, Alan Johnson, Darren Bennett, Seecamp, Nicholson, Armstrong and numerous others all wanted to leave.

Might as well trade out JVR asap

[Clintosaurus 6,421]

Hewitt plz. Brayden George if he is gone by our pick.

[Turner 1,482]

19 hours ago, Colm said:

@IvanBartul13 HS phantom is the second phantom that has Sydney taking your man Josh Weddle the pick after ours. You think we are a chance to pick him up in front of them?

i trained with weddle last night, hes quick and has good size but he needs to get stronger through his arms and probably legs to become more explosive, we were in runners on a soggy track due to cricket season and it was a genuine slip and slide but he didn't seem to be hitting the deck as often as others were, didnt get to see any of his arial/contested work or much of his tight contested stuff but his general kicking skill and composure with ball in hand was clear

[The Lobster Effect 838]

1 hour ago, Turner said:

i trained with weddle last night,

Who are you going to get drafted by Turner?

[The Lobster Effect 838]

On 11/14/2022 at 10:35 AM, dazzledavey36 said:

Elijah Hewett plays like a Melbourne player as well

What does this mean anyway?

[Redleg 37,556]

56 minutes ago, The Lobster Effect said:

 Elijah Hewett plays like a Melbourne player as well

What does this mean anyway?

After a point against, he kicks out to the left to the pack and when going forward, he bombs it in to the left pocket boundary.

Edited November 15, 2022 by Redleg

[Elwood 3184 1,265]

21 hours ago, fr_ap said:

No small amount of Andy Brayshaw in this kid 

Also comes from Hampton Rovers which is the Brayshaws' club.

[Pinball Wizard 272]

4 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

Am a fan of the way Hewitt goes about his footy. He plays with confidence

... and a bit of swagger. I like that!

[The Lobster Effect 838]

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

After a point against, he kicks out to the left to the pack and when going forward, he bombs it in to the left pocket boundary.

And then afterwards he likes to dine at a certain French Restaurant in Prahran.

[Turner 1,482]

7 hours ago, The Lobster Effect said:

Who are you going to get drafted by Turner?

i'm already on the list bro, making me debut on QB was something special till that pies bloke smashed my face in

[adonski 9,137]

Hollands runs around like a headless chook!

https://www.afl.com.au/video/864799/class-of-2022-endurance-beast-with-footy-running-through-his-veins?videoId=864799&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1668366000001

 

[Nascent 7,238]

1 hour ago, adonski said:

Hollands runs around like a headless chook!

https://www.afl.com.au/video/864799/class-of-2022-endurance-beast-with-footy-running-through-his-veins?videoId=864799&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1668366000001

 

Impressive determination to push through the pain barrier of decapitation. Kids made of tough stuff. Well, except his neck I guess.

[adonski 9,137]

3 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Impressive determination to push through the pain barrier of decapitation. Kids made of tough stuff. Well, except his neck I guess.

I did feel the 183cm height measurement was generous 

[Ugottobekidding 915]

Have a feeling we will be surprised by who we take

[Matt 424]

5 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

Have a feeling we will be surprised by who we take

Hopefully someone slips through

[durango 1,976]

Just watched the highlights of Hewett and looks like a ready made recruit who has all the tools to become a good player in the near future, pace, good sense of awareness, size and has depth in his kicking. 

The only thing I hate is he played in Collingwood colours in the West.

[Pennant St Dee 11,257]

51 minutes ago, durango said:

Just watched the highlights of Hewett and looks like a ready made recruit who has all the tools to become a good player in the near future, pace, good sense of awareness, size and has depth in his kicking. 

The only thing I hate is he played in Collingwood colours in the West.

Also played in Brissy colours for Scotch College, Suns colours for community club Caversham and Tigers colours for WA, either way wouldn’t mind seeing him in the red and blue 

[DeeSpencer 23,113]

1 hour ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Also played in Brissy colours for Scotch College, Suns colours for community club Caversham and Tigers colours for WA, either way wouldn’t mind seeing him in the red and blue 

There’s some character concerns stuff floating around, would you say that’s usually WA teams dropping a prospect back? Or is there something there?

[Pennant St Dee 11,257]

22 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

There’s some character concerns stuff floating around, would you say that’s usually WA teams dropping a prospect back? Or is there something there?

I don’t know of anything and don’t think any AFL side falls for such character flaw rumours in order for local sides to have a player fall back.

The Jack Darling claims are a myth, he dropped back because he was poor in his draft year and struggled to deal with more experienced opponents. 

[Matt 424]

2 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

There’s some character concerns stuff floating around, would you say that’s usually WA teams dropping a prospect back? Or is there something there?

He really didn’t interview well, for some clubs, at the combine. And I’m probably understating it.

Edited November 22, 2022 by Matt

[Nascent 7,238]

51 minutes ago, Matt said:

He really didn’t interview well, for some clubs, at the combine. And I’m probably understating it.

The "for some clubs" part is interesting...

[Sydee 3,613]

17 minutes ago, Nascent said:

The "for some clubs" part is interesting...

The ones not based in his home state perhaps?

[DeeSpencer 23,113]

So the top 6 seems mostly settled. 

Let's assume Jefferson to the Eagles is legit.

To me, that means Ed Allan has already been picked, let's put him to Geelong for the sake of the argument (could easily be St Kilda or Dogs):

So we've got:

7. Hawthorn: ?
8. Geel: Allan
9. WC: Ginbey
10-12: St Kilda, Carl, WB ???
13: WC: Jefferson

So 4 picks and the following 5 guys: Clark, Tsatas, McKenzie, Hollands, Busslinger.

We might have some extra homework to do if one of those guys are available. JT would've done the work on McKenzie and Hollands and be pretty happy I reckon. Probably wouldn't need to do anything on Clark, you'd just take him.

Eagles need key forwards over key backs but it would be a surprise if they pass a local tall at ground zero of a rebuild. Saints, Dogs or Blues might've pounced on Busslinger anyway.

Tsatas would be interesting, a very non Melbourne player. Trade out of the pick for a team willing to pay up, then trade back in at 19 for Barnett or George? I can see that.