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The Dees have passed with Pick 63

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It was a hot afternoon at IKON where the ferocious Cats came to play, had read the manual on how to beat us and the Demons were unable to match them for the first three quarters. With physical pressure, they took the game on with relative ease and though our resistance seemed better than the previous two weeks it was still not good enough. Within the opening minute, Kate Hore marks within range, but her shot was a miss-kick, like a fat iron, and it kinda set a flat tone for the afternoon. Young Geelong stars Nina Morrison (clearly best on ground) and Georgie Prespakis were ferocious, while 3-time best and fairest winner Amy McDonald started proceedings with two great goals in the opening quarter. Maddi Gay did give the Demon faithful some hope after the half time siren with a terrific long-range goal from a mark. Only three goals in it at half time. The Cats came out strongly after the main break and put the game beyond reach leading by 30 points at ¾ time. An unassailable lead? That’s what everyone thought. Melbourne in eight seasons had never lost three games in a row. Well in the ¾ time huddle, with Harris hurt, Mick Stinear mixed it up. He threw Tahlia Gillard into the ruck, with dynamo Goldie, Kate Hore and the extractor Westy and within seconds of the commencement of the last quarter we had scored a goal. The season-long weight of expectation of being reigning premiers, the hunted versus the hunter, had somehow lifted from our players’ shoulders. Emerging belief. Nothing to lose. It was a very exciting last quarter comeback to watch at the ground but ultimately it was too little too late. After witnessing almost three weeks of un-Melbourne-like football at least we finally displayed some of our trademark exciting football in the last quarter of 2023. Demons Fans were building with excitement as we kicked five goals in the last to nearly pinch a win, falling sadly short by less than a goal. That Loz Pearce snap was agonisingly close to forcing extra-time. Eden Zanker started holding her marks and kicked three brilliant last quarter goals to finish on 23 goals for the season, an AFLW record. Congratulations Edo. Geelong Coach Dan Lowther was shown on the big screen several times looking highly nervous. The big Geelong contingent who came up on the buses sensed the danger too and started cheering loudly for their team as the margin kept whittling away. But fortunately for them the siren sounded before our last forward thrust could be completed. In the end the Cats deserved the win. For the Dees Goldie was strong throughout, Hanksy is our talented talisman, Maddi Gay plays so well in finals, Westy made a strong comeback, Liv Purcell is an important cog in the midfield along with Paxy and Loz Pearce while Zanker starred in that last quarter. There were several players who didn’t impact the match and really every time we win, we have an even contribution. Sadly, not this week. Sherriff and Lampy were missed. The Demons will now start all the end of season processes including players reviews and list management. There is obviously some work to be done to improve. Well, that’s the season wrap up from Meggs. It has been a pleasure going to matches, reporting and reviewing and he thanks you for taking the time to read these missives. Coaches and next week Melbourne Coach Mick Stinear was gutted but said Geelong deserved to win. For three quarters Geelong got first use of the ball. Our belief kicked in in that last quarter and at least showed what the group is capable of. We were unfortunately out of form at the wrong time of year. Why was that Mick? Geelong coach Dan Lowther thought his side had enough of a buffer at ¾ time to win the match but was nervous towards the end and clearly relieved when that final siren sounded. He highlighted Hanksy’s outstanding last quarter. One concern for the Cats is their fading last quarters. In their 2 finals so far, Geelong has only scored 1.1.7 and their opposition 8.4.52. The Cats have earned a Preliminary Final contest next week against Brisbane at Ipswich starting at 7:45pm Melbourne time. It will be a tough assignment for them, and we wish them well.  MELBOURNE 0.2.2 1.4.10 1.7.19 6.9.45 GEELONG 2.4.16 4.5.29 6.7.43 7.8.50 GOALS MELBOURNE Zanker 3 Gay Hanks A Mackin GEELONG A.McDonald 2 Crockett-Grills Darby Moloney Parry Scott BEST MELBOURNE Gay West Zanker Gillard Purcell Hanks GEELONG Morrison A McDonald Webster M McDonald Parry Prespakis INJURIES MELBOURNE Nil GEELONG Nil REPORTS MELBOURNE Nil GEELONG Nil UMPIRES Adams Scott Talbot CROWD 5,057 at IKON Park

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Tonight's Draft Order

AFL DRAFT VALUE INDEX POINTS VALUES Pick 1: 3000 points Pick 2: 2517 Pick 3: 2234 Pick 4: 2034 Pick 5: 1878 Pick 6: 1751 Pick 7: 1644 Pick 8: 1551 Pick 9: 1469 Pick 10: 1395 Pick 11: 1329 Pick 12: 1268 Pick 13: 1212 Pick 14: 1161 Pick 15: 1112 Pick 16: 1067 Pick 17: 1025 Pick 18: 985 Pick 19: 948 Pick 20: 912 Pick 21: 878 Pick 22: 845 Pick 23: 815 Pick 24: 785 Pick 25: 756 Pick 26: 729 Pick 27: 703 Pick 28: 677 Pick 29: 653 Pick 30: 629 Pick 31: 606 Pick 32: 584 Pick 33: 563 Pick 34: 542 Pick 35: 522 Pick 36: 502 Pick 37: 483 Pick 38: 465 Pick 39: 446 Pick 40: 429 Pick 41: 412 Pick 42: 395 Pick 43: 378 Pick 44: 362 Pick 45: 347 Pick 46: 331 Pick 47: 316 Pick 48: 302 Pick 49: 287 Pick 50: 273 Pick 51: 259 Pick 52: 246 Pick 53: 233 Pick 54: 220 Pick 55: 207 Pick 56: 194 Pick 57: 182 Pick 58: 170 Pick 59: 158 Pick 60: 146 Pick 61: 135 Pick 62: 123 Pick 63: 112 Pick 64: 101 Pick 65: 90 Pick 66: 80 Pick 67: 69 Pick 68: 59 Pick 69: 49 Pick 70: 39 Pick 71: 29 Pick 72: 19 Pick 73: 9 Picks 74 and onwards: 0

2024 DRAFT PICKS TRADED (after 2023 trade period) Adelaide Crows IN: Round 2 (Melbourne) OUT: Nil Brisbane Lions IN: Round 4 (Hawthorn) OUT: Round 2 (Gold Coast) Carlton IN: Round 4 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Gold Coast Suns), Round 4 (Western Bulldogs) OUT: Round 3 (St Kilda), Round 4 (Port Adelaide) Collingwood IN: Round 2 (Hawthorn), Round 3 (Hawthorn) OUT: Round 1 (Fremantle), Round 2 (Hawthorn), Round 4 (Essendon) Essendon IN: Round 4 (Collingwood) OUT: Round 3 (Gold Coast), Round 4 (Port Adelaide) Fremantle IN: Round 1 (Collingwood), Round 1 (Port Adelaide), Round 2 (St Kilda), Round 4 (St Kilda) OUT: Round 2 (Richmond), Round 4 (Carlton) Geelong IN: Nil OUT: Nil Gold Coast Suns IN: Round 1 (Western Bulldogs), End of Round 1 (second North Melbourne assistance), Round 2 (Brisbane), Round 3 (Essendon) OUT: Round 3 (Western Bulldogs), Round 4 (Carlton) GWS Giants IN: Nil OUT: Nil Hawthorn IN: Round 2 (Collingwood) OUT: Round 2 (Collingwood), Round 3 (Collingwood), Round 4 (Brisbane) Melbourne IN: Round 2 (Sydney), Round 3 (Western Bulldogs) OUT: Round 2 (Adelaide), Round 3 (St Kilda) North Melbourne IN: Nil OUT: End of Round 1 (first, Sydney), End of Round 1 (second, Gold Coast) Port Adelaide IN: Round 4 (Essendon), Round 4 (Carlton) OUT: Round 1 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Richmond) Richmond IN: Round 2 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Port Adelaide) OUT: Nil St Kilda IN: Round 3 (Carlton), Round 3 (Melbourne) OUT: Round 2 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Fremantle) Sydney Swans IN: End of Round 1 (first North Melbourne assistance) OUT: Round 2 (Melbourne) West Coast Eagles IN: Nil OUT: Nil Western Bulldogs IN: Round 3 (Gold Coast) OUT: Round 1 (Gold Coast), Round 3 (Melbourne), Round 4 (Carlton)

The 2023 AFL national draft will be held across two days: Monday November 20 and Tuesday November 21, with coverage of both nights beginning at 7pm (AEDT), The first round of the draft will be held on Monday November 20, with up to 29 picks set to take place. The rest of the draft will then take place on Tuesday November 21, with clubs expecting between 55 and 60 picks to be used this year. The only place to watch all the draft picks as they’re announced on TV is on Fox Footy, via Channel 504 on Foxtel or Kayo Sports. You can also follow the AFL draft live on foxfooty.com.au with analysis of every pick and every club, along with Fox Footy’s social media channels. The 2023 AFL pre-season draft and 2023 AFL rookie draft will be held online on Wednesday November 22 from 3pm (AEDT). HOW DOES THE AFL DRAFT WORK? The AFL has created the Draft Value Index, which is a system that allocates a points value to the first 73 picks in the draft. It essentially means clubs that have existing links to draftees, either via their academy or father-son eligibility, must ‘pay’ to secure these players via multiple picks and give rival clubs the chance to bid on these players. For clubs to secure their linked talent, they must pay and match a bid by using the draft picks/points they already hold. If they don’t have enough points at the time, they can enter draft deficit, which means their hand at the following year’s draft will take a hit. If the club opts not to match, the player goes to the club who made the bid. The best way to explain how bidding works is through an example. Tap here to find out how Brisbane matched North Melbourne’s bid last year for Lions father-son gun Will Ashcroft. WHAT IS THE AFL DRAFT 2023 ORDER? See below, featuring the pick, club and then the draft points attached to the selection. Note: With live-trading, the draft order is subject to change. Round 1 1. West Coast Eagles 2. North Melbourne 3. North Melbourne (Ben McKay compensation) 4. Hawthorn 5. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast Suns) 6. Melbourne (via Fremantle) 7. GWS Giants (via Richmond) 8. Geelong 9. Essendon 10. Adelaide Crows 11. Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs) 12. Sydney Swans 13. St Kilda 14. Adelaide Crows (via Gold Coast and Melbourne) 15. North Melbourne (via Port Adelaide) 16. GWS Giants 17. North Melbourne (via Carlton) 18. North Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs) 19. Collingwood 20. Adelaide Crows (Tom Doedee compensation) 21. St Kilda (Jade Gresham compensation) 22. Carlton (via North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package) Round 2 23. West Coast Eagles 24. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide and North Melbourne) 25. Geelong (via Port Adelaide, Fremantle and North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package) 26. Gold Coast Suns (via Carlton, North Melbourne, Sydney and Hawthorn) 27. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide, originally a Gold Coast pick) 28. Carlton (via Gold Coast, Melbourne and Fremantle) 29. Richmond 30. Brisbane Lions (via Geelong) 31. Essendon 32. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide) 33. Collingwood (via Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs) 34. Fremantle (via Collingwood and Sydney) 35. Essendon (via St Kilda) 36. Gold Coast Suns (via Melbourne) 37. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide) 38. Gold Coast Suns (via GWS) 39. Brisbane Lions (via Hawthorn, Collingwood and Carlton) 40. St Kilda (via Western Bulldogs and Brisbane) 41. Richmond (via Port Adelaide and Collingwood) 42. Melbourne (James Jordon compensation) 43. GWS Giants (Matt Flynn compensation) Round 3 44. Hawthorn (via West Coast) 45. Sydney Swans (via North Melbourne) 46. Fremantle (via North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package) 47. Hawthorn (via Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, originally a Hawthorn pick) 48. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast) 49. Hawthorn (via Richmond, Port Adelaide and Fremantle) 50. Western Bulldogs (via Port Adelaide and Richmond) 51. Brisbane Lions (via Geelong) 52. Western Bulldogs (via Essendon) 53. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast and Adelaide) 54. Brisbane Lions (via Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs) 55. Sydney Swans 56. Western Bulldogs (via St Kilda) 57. North Melbourne (via Melbourne) 58. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide) 59. GWS Giants 60. Fremantle (via Carlton) 61. Essendon (via Hawthorn and Brisbane Lions) 62. Hawthorn (via Gold Coast and Collingwood) Round 4 63. Hawthorn (via West Coast Eagles) 64. Fremantle (via North Melbourne) 65. Richmond (via North Melbourne and Hawthorn) 66. Gold Coast Suns 67. Brisbane Lions (via Fremantle) 68. Richmond 69. Western Bulldogs (via Geelong) 70. Carlton (via Essendon) 71. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide) 72. Western Bulldogs 73. Port Adelaide (via Essendon and Sydney) 74. Gold Coast Suns (via St Kilda) 75. Western Bulldogs (via Melbourne) 76. Geelong (via Port Adelaide) 77. GWS Giants 78. Carlton 79. GWS Giants (via Brisbane) 80. Collingwood Round 5 81. West Coast Eagles 82. North Melbourne 83. Hawthorn 84. Gold Coast Suns 85. Fremantle 86. Richmond 87. Geelong 88. Essendon 89. Adelaide Crows 90. Western Bulldogs 91. Sydney Swans 92. St Kilda 93. Melbourne 94. Geelong (via Port Adelaide) 95. GWS Giants 96. Carlton 97. Brisbane Lions 98. Collingwood

It's Draft Day and the Demons hold pick 6, 11, 42 & 93. The Draft will be held over two nights with the first round starting tonight at 7pm.