adonski

Hope Knightmare gives us a decent grading this year

We need speed in the midfield and we got it We needed another mid/fwd and we got it Hard not to like it, fingers crossed they come on

Adelaide taking him gives me heaps of confidence he's no good

Glad those Grundy worries have been put to bed at least

Josh Daicos not worthy of a top 7 pick? Crazy talk g man

Geez that'd be nice

Hmm, Leake, Caddy or O'Sullian

Demonland hates players who don't PLOD!

I don't think WCE including pick 23 is relevant for us, we traded away our mid 20s pick for a minor pick upgrade so we can't rate the later picks highly

Clarko’s eleventh-hour play to bring Curtin to Arden St Alastair Clarkson spent more than two hours at draft prospect Daniel Curtin’s home in Perth on Sunday as the North Melbourne coach makes one final push for the key defender. Clarkson spent months scouting this year’s draft prospects during his mental health absence from coaching and has fallen in love with the polarising key defender from Claremont. The Curtin call holds the key to the top 10 with the prospect of a dramatic live trade on draft night the biggest curveball in years. The Kangaroos hold picks No.2 and No.3 and are still expected to secure midfielders Colby McKercher and Zane Duursma. But the draft decisions shape as a test of the power balance at Arden St. The Roos have made clear that despite Clarkson’s intricate knowledge of this year’s talent that new recruiting boss Will Thursfield and football boss Brady Rawlings would be the final arbiters of the cherished early picks. Clarkson was in Perth for James Brayshaw’s wedding to Lisa Christie on Friday and used the visit to conduct a final assessment of Curtin’s go-home factor. They have been texting each other regularly since the draft combine. Rivals still expect Curtin to be overlooked by the Kangaroos, and reach Greater Western Sydney’s first pick (currently No.7.) The Giants will not draft Curtin – they have a stacked backline – and will spend Monday afternoon assessing offers for that pick should Curtin remain on the board. Concerns over Curtin’s consistency and the position he would play at AFL level are why he is slipping down the order. West Coast has offered its future first-round selection while Adelaide has thrown up a swap of first-round picks, but the Giants would also want collateral from the Crows in next year’s draft. The Eagles’ offer appears the most lucrative, particularly with a suite of elite midfielders at the top of next year’s draft. If the Eagles finish last again next season and the Curtin trade is completed then the Giants would have turned Jacob Hopper into the No.1 pick at the 2024 draft. That would mean the Eagles would miss out on access to a gun midfielder in 12 months time as the star power of Luke Shuey (retired), Elliott Yeo and Tim Kelly fades. The conundrum for the Giants is they are in the premiership window and so it would be a bold call to pass up the opportunity to secure a ready-made gun who could help unlock a flag next year. Curtin’s manager, Jason Dover, believes he can be a genuine key defender and was one of the best West Australian prospects in a long time. Dover has made clear to clubs that Curtin is a generational talent who could wind up like Jeremy McGovern. But the brutal truth on Curtin is that some recruiting experts believe he picks and chooses his moments on the field. Curtin played as an inside midfielder and a key defender this year and some have likened him to Matthew Pavlich. Others say he looks a nice type … and also point out as did Jarrod Brander who was drafted by West Coast at pick 13 in 2017 and delisted 22 games later. There are fears Curtin is not capable of being a key defender or an inside midfielder at AFL level. The Claremont kid would need to be an elite intercept mark, hard to beat one-on-one and a great kick – much like Darcy Moore is – to guarantee top-10 selection for one club. Instead some clubs view him more as a third tall defender, and taking that player with an early pick appears risky. But one expert said as much as they would not draft Curtin in the top three, North Melbourne needed Curtin more than another midfielder. Hawthorn flew Curtin to Melbourne last week for a tour of its headquarters in what must be a whirlwind experience for the 18-year-old.

Cal has Darcy Wilson sliding to Norf's pick 20 (post bids) in his updated phantom draft LATE MAIL PHANTOM DRAFT Pick 1 – West Coast – Harley Reid Pick 2 – North Melbourne – Colby McKercher Pick 3 – Gold Coast (matching North Melbourne's bid) – Jed Walter Pick 4 – North Melbourne – Zane Duursma Pick 5 – Hawthorn – Nick Watson Pick 6 – Western Bulldogs – Ryley Sanders Pick 7 – Melbourne – Caleb Windsor Pick 8 – Greater Western Sydney – James Leake Pick 9 – Gold Coast (matching Geelong's bid) – Ethan Read Pick 10 – Geelong – Daniel Curtin Pick 11 – Essendon – Nate Caddy Pick 12 – Adelaide – Connor O'Sullivan Pick 13 – Melbourne – Koltyn Tholstrup Pick 14 – Gold Coast (matching Sydney's bid) – Jake Rogers Pick 15 – Western Bulldogs (matching Sydney's bid) – Jordan Croft Pick 16 – Sydney – Will Green Pick 17 – St Kilda – Harry DeMattia Pick 18 – Hawthorn (matching Adelaide's bid) – Will McCabe Pick 19 – Adelaide – Charlie Edwards Pick 20 – North Melbourne – Darcy Wilson Pick 21 – Greater Western Sydney – Phoenix Gothard Pick 22 – North Melbourne – Riley Hardeman Pick 23 – North Melbourne – Mitchell Edwards Pick 24 – Gold Coast (matching Collingwood's bid) – Will Graham Pick 25 – Sydney (matching Collingwood's bid) – Caiden Cleary Pick 26 – Collingwood – Logan Morris Pick 27 – Adelaide – Taylor Goad Pick 28 – St Kilda – Wil Dawson Pick 29 – Carlton – Ashton Moir Pick 30 – West Coast – Lance Collard

Crom rumoured to want the Giants pick for Curtin so swap them round 3 bids in a row from the Swans for fun

Could we target P7?

Speak of the devil

Doerre absolutely loves his Pies

Feels like most of the clubs with picks directly after ours (11) are linked with Tholstrup

Gotta sell the ensuite and the library to get it done though

Perhaps they project Windsor as a positionless sort of midfield who can role through the midfield, wing or forward flank like a Gulden, Josh Daicos style of player...give him the green light to do as he pleases and receive the footy

Not good hey

The articles have said he wanted to be around family on draft night Would have thought they'd just make the trip over though

Not a bad backflip forkie

Enlighten me which picks where packaged together to acquire Jackson?

Pick 15 (2022), pick 6 and 14 2023 for picks 5 and 23 (?) In 2022

Tough to go wrong if you try and trade into the top 5 every year