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Of that list, only Glass and McIntosh were top picks. And by top pick I mean top 10 rather than top 5.

I am of the same opinion that midfielders are the safest bet with a top 5 pick, as they are basically capable of playing straight away so you don't need to guess whether they will improve to AFL level. The other one is power forwards, as the risk you take is far outweighed by the reward that you get if they end up being good players.

I would be looking at a midfielder (which we need) with pick 4, but would draft a power forward if he was the best player available.

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Swap Jolly for Buchanan...that's the trade I meant

If we could trade Bruce instead of TJ for pick 11 and Buchanan, i'd be over the moon

if the deal was TJ instead of Bruce, i'd still be very happy. But i'd offer Sydney the first option before giving up Trapper.

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thats rediculous not drafting for backman, you will find (except the super freaks) that most kids in the junior ranks that play back make better forwards.

Give me some examples? I'll give you some examples of forwards in underage football who become top class backmen in the AFL:

Leppitch, Scarlett, G.Jakovich, Fletcher, Martyn, Grant, Rutten, and that's just off the top of my head.....

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Swap Buchanan for Jolly in your proposed trade scenario! LOL. So we get pick 11 and Buchanan (not Jolly) and lose TJ and Miller

Haha ok, All I saw was swap Jolly for Buchanan.... I was like, you do know Jolly doesn't play for us anymore don't you? haha. Thanks for clearing up, was very worried.

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Give me some examples? I'll give you some examples of forwards in underage football who become top class backmen in the AFL:

Leppitch, Scarlett, G.Jakovich, Fletcher, Martyn, Grant, Rutten, and that's just off the top of my head.....

No doubt, as per my comment "except for superfreaks" the blokes you names would all go down in the group of best backman ever to represent their club. Nothing wrong with drafting a backman and trying them at any end and lets be honest positions probably dont matter so much in the u/18s, its your skills, athleticism and size that count, clubs will look for what they want and then mould them to play wherever they need.

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I read somewhere that Cotchin broke his ankle a couple of weeks ago. May slip to 4 if we are lucky as he probably wont be at Draft Camp

Would be delighted if it happened, but I'm highly doubtful. If it was a soft-tissue injury maybe some would have doubts, but not a broken ankle. He has massive raps on him from way back before the U-18 championships. If he had of performed at the U-18s I think theres every chance he'd be rivaling Kruezer for the No. 1 spot.

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We've gotta take best available. If CAC believes its a ruckman or KPP or midfielder, it doesn't matter, just take the best player!!

Maybe take a midfielder, then bottom out and take Nantanui next year.. that's the Carlton way. ;)

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Good Aussie name that... Where's this kid from?

WA - an indigenous ruckman who is ineligible to be drafted this year (too young) who beat Kruezer when playing in the U18 Champs this year. He's one of many who made lasting impressions on recruiters and should go early in 2008.

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WA - an indigenous ruckman who is ineligible to be drafted this year (too young) who beat Kruezer when playing in the U18 Champs this year. He's one of many who made lasting impressions on recruiters and should go early in 2008.

I think he may actually be Fijian - don't know much about him but KB was drooling over him on SEN a couple of weeks ago. May be a fair bit taller too (200cm+)

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I think he may actually be Fijian - don't know much about him but KB was drooling over him on SEN a couple of weeks ago. May be a fair bit taller too (200cm+)

http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/News...px?newsId=47082

"And what an exciting player is Nicholas Naitanui?" Sheehan said.

"His game today was just exceptional and you could see in his performance a young man growing in front of your eyes.

"He dominated the hit outs in the first couple of games and looked promising as a midfielder around the ground to one that actually dominated around the ground.

"He took two or three fantastic marks and then his dash near the finish, where he picked the ball up and took them up and set the ball up inside 50, capped off a wonderful tournament for him and WA."

He's also only played the game for 2 years and is a jet. As fast as any midfielder out there.

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