Haven't followed the draft watch this year because I didn't think we'd be upto our eyeballs in it.

Side note, there are some absolutely iconic numbers up for grabs! 4,5,9,13 wowee

Jason Taylor. It’s your turn …

1 hour ago, Ted Lasso said:

Let’s hope we draft Sullivan Robey, Pickett. I suspect you’ll learn to love again when you see him play

Essendon and Richmond are all over him, doubt we’ll get the chance unfortunately. I would absolutely love him but personally hope we get Doveston and Grlj.

3 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

7&8 contenders

1. Josh Lindsay (Vic)✅✅

   Jacob Farrow (WA)

   Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves (Vic)✅

   Sam Cumming (SA)

   Lachlan Dovaston (Vic)✅

   Oliver Greeves (Vic)

   Beau Addinsall (Suns academy)✅

   
   

interested what u see in lindsay and NHH that you don't like about farrow, or is your thoughts that wright down the order could be as good and more available?

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Turner

Likely taken before we get our picks:

Willem Duursma - Anywhere - Mr Versatile. Will be the best of all the Duursma's.

Sullivan Robey - Mid/Fwd - Explosive and damaging. Like Trac, but with Oliver's pre-draft rise.

Xavier Taylor - DEF/Hb - I think he might be out of reach for us, but maybe he slides. He looks to be solid lockdown defender with a turn of pace and damaging disposal.

Cooper Duff-Tytler - Ruck/KF - Absolute massive unit and moves well. Don't think we need his type.

Dyson Sharp - Mid - Great inside player and can be explosive. I do feel with Grlj and Dovaston gaining hype he may slide.

Likely selections:

Aidan Schubert - KF/Ruck - I really like his hands and set shot routine. Very good Athlete. More promise than what I saw from Jefferson.

Josh Lindsay - HB/Mid - Classy Left Foot and very composed in traffic.

Sam Grlj - Mid/Wing/HB - Speed, endurance, competitive and courage to play. Reminds me of Windsor in size and shape. I think he'd be a great fit if we think King wants more speed.

Mitch Marsh - Fwd - Great size and from what i've seen, just seems to be smarter than all of his opponents. Reminds me of Melksham a lot.

Lachy Dovaston - Fwd - His combine is going to see him shoot up the rankings. A goal sneak who brings the heat. I think he feels a hole that only Pickett fills. Would be a big target for me.

Smokey Selections:

Jacob Farrow - Mid/HB - Finds the ball and a great size. WCE should be all over him.

Oskar Taylor - HB/Wing - Now we got CJ I don't see us getting him, but another great athlete with room to grow.

Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves - Mid/Fwd - Honestly he could be the best player in the draft or a flop. He had a game were he had 30 disposals and kicked 5.

Not for me:

Oliver Greeves - Mid - Great inside player, but game seems to move past his type.

Sam Cumming - Mid - Looks like Tom Sparrow, no thanks.

WC were apparently trying to get pick 8 via some trade of picks with gc before we snagged it, assuming they are still interested I wonder if we can do a deal to move up to pick 1 or 2, by all reports the first 4-5 excluding the academy and father son picks are still quite good but it drops off after that, WC might feel 2 picks for 1 in there case is preferred even so. 7 and 8 for 2 would work better for us I think

Duursma the only one I want, get pick 1.

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26 minutes ago, Garbo said:

WC were apparently trying to get pick 8 via some trade of picks with gc before we snagged it, assuming they are still interested I wonder if we can do a deal to move up to pick 1 or 2, by all reports the first 4-5 excluding the academy and father son picks are still quite good but it drops off after that, WC might feel 2 picks for 1 in there case is preferred even so. 7 and 8 for 2 would work better for us I think

I can see us making a play to move up.

Perhaps we can try and swap 7 and 8 for 2 and 13. Can only see them going for it if we offered something like GCs future 1st as well with perhaps their future 2nd coming back.

Robey at 2

Dovaston at 13

Go in next year with our first, West Coast's 2nd, GWSs 3rd.

That's assuming we rate Robey (or whichever draftee) significantly higher than those available at 7 and 8.

If we hold our picks I'd like Grlg and Marsh.

6 hours ago, beelzebub said:

I truly dont understand the pessimism or obscurity offered up with all those that say ... but the picks are really..

The picks are what they are. Many of the early 'gets' were NEVER gettable.

Scrub those players and the rest is what it is.

It's the same for most clubs.

So pick 7 is still effectively pick 7 for what is pickable

Very bloody true Bubs

3 hours ago, Turner said:

interested what u see in lindsay and NHH that you don't like about farrow, or is your thoughts that wright down the order could be as good and more available?

You didn’t correctly read his post previously. Said he would not take any WA kids to avoid heartache later.

(From Lore over at BF):

I’m pretty keen on Josh Lindsay

5 hours ago, Random Task said:

I can see us making a play to move up.

Perhaps we can try and swap 7 and 8 for 2 and 13. Can only see them going for it if we offered something like GCs future 1st as well with perhaps their future 2nd coming back.

Robey at 2

Dovaston at 13

Go in next year with our first, West Coast's 2nd, GWSs 3rd.

That's assuming we rate Robey (or whichever draftee) significantly higher than those available at 7 and 8.

Let's hold onto GC's future first so we can package it up with our own and have anotjrr crack at the BBQ Bear next year.

2 of Grlj, The Dove, Oscar Taylor would be ideal

With Lindsay as a handy plan B

*No WA talent please. They tend to be poached.

That is all.

Or

5 minutes ago, Mouseymoo said:

*No WA talent please. They tend to be poached.

That is all.

Or SA

They inevitably want to ‘go home’

Unless we find a way up the board to Robey, based on who might be available and my limited viewing give me a Lindsay/Grlj double.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Lil_red_fire_engine

For those suggesting we might swap 7/8 for 2 and a pick in the teens, the equivalent points value of 7/8 is more like 2 & 30.

And yes, I understand the points system isn’t everything but I guarantee you Wet Toast would be quick to point it out to Melbourne if we started sniffing around pick 2.

11 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

For those suggesting we might swap 7/8 for 2 and a pick in the teens, the equivalent points value of 7/8 is more like 2 & 30.

And yes, I understand the points system isn’t everything but I guarantee you Wet Toast would be quick to point it out to Melbourne if we started sniffing around pick 2.

It would need to be 7/8/F1 for 2 and 13 to make them consider it.

If we were to swap pick 7&8 for 2&13

Do we go with a Robey + Dovaston

Or

Robey + Grlj

Try and trade back into the mid to late 20s and snatch Pickett.

I feel like we keep pick 7&8 though

I haven’t studied the draft crop much this year so I’m looking forward to catching up on it.

Is there any of the champ games that our draft gurus would recommend as a starting point?

With regards to what we do with 7&8 I think it’s exciting no matter what. We have the ability to move up or hold- it will all depend on how JT sees the talent pool. I think we will move up to give us the best chance possible of getting an A grader but we will wait and see.

Of course after I watch a few games I’ll think I’m an expert, choose a favourite from the draft pool and be gutted if we don’t get him 😃

With questions about this drafts quality outside the academy selections, midfielders are the safest bet.

I don't think it's the right time pick a small forward in the top 10, even though we do have this gap on our list.

I'm going for Lindsay/Grjl and hoping to snag young Pickett with 37.

13 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

It looks like these picks will be pushed back to 10 and above. But there are enough duds in the top 10 and enough gems in the 10-20 range to make it almost a 50/50 chance we will get some decent talent even though there is no identifiable junior superstars in this draft.

I get that the picks get pushed back, but the pool of the players that clubs can chose from isn't diluted any further by being pushed back.
i.e we know clubs are going to bid on Dan Annables early and Brisbane will 100% match any bid... he gets slotted in, and players like Robey are still on the table with the next pick if he's the next player clubs want... is it really about the picks being pushed back, or is it about the players being taken off the table?