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Our two options to get rid of 1 of our picks so that we satisfy list spots is to trade up or trade for a future pick. To trade up these are options (I didn't consider anything higher than Essendon since they turned down Brisbane's two first rounders for one of their first rounders in the trade period): * Adelaide pick 9: Adelaide already have 5 picks in the first 2 rounds, plus some academy boys, so it's highly unlikely they'd want to bring in more picks * GWS multiple first rounders: The Giants have 5 picks in the first 2 rounds too, I highly doubt they will be looking for more picks * North Melbourne pick 11: this would be our best candidate as they have recently delisted a ton of players and are looking to rebuild, they currently have 4 picks in the first 2 rounds. We could try offer one first and our second but it would probably take our two firsts to get it done. * Fremantle pick 12: Freo is in a pretty comfortable position to take their first rounder and two academy boys, don't see why they would budge from that as a later pick might get stalled up by an academy bid anyway. I think Macrae would definitely be there at North's pick, as would Jack Carroll. Others who might be there would be Perkins, Chapman, and Henry. Our other options is to trade one of our picks for a future pick, come draft night I think Collingwood would be a good chance to trade their future first for one of our first rounders if there's someone on the board at our pick that they really rate.

interesting, I did not account for that, I guess we will be using three picks then which will make it interesting to see whether we will try turn our 4 picks into 3 by trading up.

Here's my updated phantom draft from last week, with round 3 as well now. I've still got us taking the same players, as well as Winder in the 3rd round. I'll have a short writeup of our picks below phantom draft. I'll be making more updates to it as it gets closer to the draft. ROUND ONE 1. Adelaide – Logan MacDonald (WA) – key forward 2. Western Bulldogs (NGA) – Jamarra Ugle-Hagain (VIC) – key forward 3. North Melbourne – Elijah Hollands (VIC) – balanced midfielder/general forward 4. Sydney – Denver Grainger-Barrass (WA) – key defender 5. Hawthorn – Riley Thilthorpe (SA) – key forward/ruck 6. Gold coast – Will Phillips (VIC) – inside midfielder 7. Essendon – Tanner Bruhn (VIC) – inside midfielder 8. Sydney (NGA) – Braeden Campbell (NSW) – balanced midfielder/small forward 9. Essendon – Archie Perkins (VIC) – balanced midfielder/general forward 10. Essendon – Zac Reid (VIC) – key defender 11. Port Adelaide (NGA) – Lachie Jones (SA) – general defender 12. Adelaide – Heath Chapman (WA) – general defender 13. GWS – Nik Cox (VIC) – key defender/utility 14. North Melbourne – Oliver Henry (VIC) – medium utility 15. Fremantle – Finlay Macrae (VIC) – balanced midfielder 16. GWS – Nathan O’Driscoll (WA) – balanced midfielder/general defender 17. Collingwood – Brayden Cook (SA) – outside midfielder/general forward 18. Collingwood (NGA) – Reef McInnes (VIC) – inside midfielder/general forward 19. GWS – Caleb Poulter (SA) – balanced midfielder/general forward 20. Richmond – Tom Powell (SA) – inside midfielder 21. Melbourne – Jack Carroll (WA) – balanced midfielder/general defender 22. Brisbane (NGA) – Blake Coleman (QL) – small forward 23. Sydney (NGA) – Errol Gulden (NSW) – small forward/balanced midfielder 24. Melbourne – Bailey Laurie (VIC) – small forward/balanced midfielder 25. Hawthorn (NGA) – Connor Downie (VIC) – outside midfielder/general defender 26. GWS – Jake Bowey (VIC) – small forward/outside midfielder 27. St Kilda – Zane Trew (WA) – inside midfielder ROUND TWO 28. Adelaide – Zavier Maher (VIC) – inside midfielder 29. Adelaide – Zac Dumensy (SA) – outside midfielder/general defender 30. Gold coast – PASS 31. Fremantle (NGA) – Brandon Walker (WA) – general defender 32. Melbourne – Kaine Baldwin (SA) – key forward 33. GWS – Eddie Ford (VIC) – general forward/inside midfielder 34. North Melbourne – Sam Berry (VIC) – inside midfielder 35. Fremantle (NGA) – Joel Western (WA) – small forward 36. Essendon (NGA) – Cody Brand (VIC) – key defender 37. Richmond – Jackson Callow (TAS) – key forward 38. Gold coast – PASS 39. Carlton – Corey Durdin (SA) – small forward 40. North Melbourne – Jack Ginnivan (VIC) – small forward 41. Adelaide (NGA) – Tariek Newchurch (SA) – small forward ROUND THREE 42. Hawthorn – Max Heath (VIC) - ruck 43. Hawthorn – Luke Edwards (SA) – general defender/balanced midfielder 44. Carlton – Henry Walsh (VIC) - ruck 45. Hawthorn – Connor Stone (VIC) – general forward 46. Richmond (F/S) – Maurice Rioli Jnr (NT) – small forward 47. Melbourne – Isiah Winder (WA) – small forward/utility 48. Geelong – Shannon Neale (WA) - ruck 49. GWS - PASS 50. Brisbane – Liam Kolar (VIC) – key forward/wing 51. Western Bulldogs – Charlie Lazarro (VIC) – small forward/inside midfielder 52. Port Adelaide – Chris Walker (WA) – medium forward Pick 21 - Jack Carroll Carroll is a classy 187cm inside/outside midfielder or half back who has been likened to Hugh McCluggage in the way he plays. It's probably 50/50 whether he gets to our first pick but I'm fairly confident the guys in the picks above suit their teams needs. Nevertheless Carroll would be an incredible get at our first pick who has pace (3.018 20m sprint), has good agility (8.67 seconds agility test), can jump (88cm vertical leap), and possess' a lethal left foot kick. He also is a very courageous player who isn't afraid to use his good overhead marking to go back with the flight of the ball, or crash open a pack despite his light frame of 76kg. He also doesn't turn 18 until December so there is plenty of room for development. Next year he'd be a fair chance to slot in on a half back flank in round 1 next to his ex East Fremantle teammate Rivers (also played footy with Jacko too), which his footy smarts, ball use, and physical tools should allow him to play early on. Pick 24 - Bailey Laurie I have us looking for a small forward with our second bid where we'd bid on Coleman from Brisbane and Gulden from Sydney but eventually ending up with 179cm high half forward Bailey Laurie who has been likened to Toby Greene or Zak Butters in the way he plays. He isn't overly explosive for a small forward but Laurie carves up the opposition with ball use, agility, smarts, and decision making. Laurie has the stamina (6:24 2km time trial) to work high up the ground where he always makes the best decision going inside 50, whether that's hitting up a lead or going for goal himself. Laurie has a tendency of knowing where the ball is going to drop in marking contests, and is a keen tackler when the ball is on the ground where he uses his work rate to harass defenders. Laurie likely would've spent a lot of time in the midfield this year which he is prolific by hand and foot and has great smarts around stoppages. There is a very high chance that Laurie will be available at one of our first 2 picks, and potentially at our second round pick. Will be another challenger for a round 1 spot where he will be competing with Spargo for that second small forward spot. Pick 32 - Kaine Baldwin This may be a little higher than some people expect but I think it's highly unlikely Baldwin be available at our next pick. On talent Baldwin is top 10 in this year draft which 2 years ago he was said to be the best key forward in this draft, however since he has done 2 ACL's on the same knee so there is obvious concerns about how his body will hold up. As a player Baldwin is a 193cm CHF who plays like Jesse Hogan (prime Hogan), but I liken him to Mitch Georgiadies who was in a similar situation to him at last years draft. Baldwin's best asset is his contested marking where he is very crafty 1v1 and can take towering packs marks. He also has an enormous engine which he uses at CHF to work really high up the ground where he gets involved in a lot of link up play and is a great kick going inside 50. He's very clean at ground level and was very quick off the mark pre-injury. Baldwin will likely go somewhere in the second round due to their being not much depth for key position players in this draft. He is the definition of a high risk/high reward player who will be given time to get his body right and develop which he can then look to break into the team when guys like Ben Brown, Tom MacDonald, and Max Gawn (Jackson moving into the ruck) get older. Pick 47 - Isiah Winder I have us biding on Rioli Jnr but then taking the 180cm Isiah Winder who plays like Sydney Stack. Winder who is touted to go in the third round could be one of the biggest steals of the draft which he has senior experience for Peel Thunder and boasts an enormous amount of X-Factor. Winder finished top 5 in every single test at the WA Combine (92cm vertical jump, 2.873 seconds 20m sprint, 8.18 seconds agility test) and is one of the best kicks in this years draft which he accurately weights his passes to his targets whether that is a spear or a chip pass. Winder can also play all around the ground either as a small/medium forward or defender, or in the midfield as well. Winder has all the talent of a first rounder but is projected to go later due to his lack of defensive work/appearing to become disinterested when the ball isn't near him at times. Winder would be a big round 1 bolter next year which I think he would be best suited to step in as a small/medium defender where he'd provide excellent ball use and speed off half back. Overall With our 4 picks we've added 3 small/medium runners with good pace and excellent ball use which is something we desperately need, as well as a long term key forward. All three of Carroll, Laurie, and Winder would be ready to play round 1 and could have an immediate impact. Funnily enough all three of those players can play as inside midfielders, saying that though if they were to play as an inside midfielder long term they would add something very different to what we currently have in our mix. Saying that Baldwin could well be the best player of the lot, and ultimately be a top 5 player from this draft if he can get back to his best form from his 2 ACL's surgeries

I have a gut feeling that we will bid on Brisbane's academy prospect Blake Coleman with one of our first round picks, he's a very similar player to Kozzy and would be great for forward pressure and x-factor if a bid wasn't matched. The bid would come much higher than Brisbane would expect so maybe there's a chance they don't match as they would lose pick 25 and they have a few other academy prospects later in the draft. Cal Twomey also mentioned yesterday that he has interest in the late first round which just happens to be where our picks are and JT's love for Kozzy last year I could see him liking a similar player. Another interesting one is Sydney's academy prospect Errol Gulden and whether they'd match a bid if we bid on him. He will be around our range and Sydney's recruiting manager on The Road to the Draft podcast said they were no guarantee to match a bid on him if they thought it wasn't worth it. He's another lively small forward who can play midfield or half back as well. I think we will definitely take a small forward with one of our picks, whether that's Coleman, Gulden, Laurie, Winder, Bowey, etc. One more thing is it'll be interesting to see where our pick 28 falls. There is currently 8 picks in between 19 and 28. However out of those picks in-between our picks, the Bulldogs will certainly lose their pick with the Jamarra bid coming in the top 5, Hawthorn is a chance to lose their pick with a bid for their academy boy Downie expected to come around pick 20 so that is touch and go. As mentioned earlier Brisbane could lose their pick with talk of a bid for Coleman coming in the late first round. Then there is also talk Gold Coast might just not use their second rounder at all because they don't have enough list spots. That would leave just GWS, St Kilda and Adelaide * 2 in between our picks 19 and 28 allowing for us to probably take 3 guys we rate really highly.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/giantroo-draft-videos.1181782/page-7 I don't know how to save the videos but Giantroo on BigFooty has a few clips of Jack Carroll on that page.

This probably isn't the right thread but here is my prediction on how the first 2 rounds will go at this point (I have no mail whatsoever but I tried to consider list needs for each club at its picks): ROUND ONE 1. Adelaide – Logan MacDonald (WA) – key forward 2. Western Bulldogs – Jamarra Ugle Hagan (VIC) – key forward 3. North Melbourne – Elijah Hollands (VIC) – midfielder/forward 4. Sydney – Riley Thilthorpe (SA) – key forward 5. Hawthorn – Denver Grainger-Barrass (WA) – key defender 6. Gold Coast – Will Phillips (VIC) – inside midfielder 7. Sydney – Braeden Campbell (NSW) – inside midfielder/small forward 8. Essendon – Tanner Bruhn (VIC) – inside midfielder 9. Essendon – Zac Reid (VIC) – key defender 10. Port Adelaide – Lachie Jones (SA) – general defender 11. Essendon – Archie Perkins (VIC) – midfielder/forward 12. Adelaide – Oliver Henry (VIC) – utility 13. GWS – Nik Cox (VIC) – key defender/utility 14. North Melbourne – Heath Chapman (WA) – medium defender 15. Fremantle – Finlay Macrae (VIC) – inside/outside midfielder 16. GWS – Tom Powell (SA) – inside midfielder 17. Collingwood – Brayden Cook (SA) – outside midfielder/general forward 18. Collingwood – Reef McInnes (VIC) – inside midfielder 19. GWS – Nathan O’Driscoll (WA) – inside midfielder/general defender 20. Richmond – Zane Trew (WA) – inside midfielder 21. Melbourne – Jack Carroll (WA) – inside/outside midfielder or general defender 22. Sydney – Errol Gulden (NSW) – small forward/midfielder 23. Melbourne – Bailey Laurie (VIC) – small forward/midfielder 24. Hawthorn – Connor Downie (VIC) – outside midfielder/general defender 25. GWS – Isiah Winder (WA) – small utility 26. St Kilda – Zavier Maher (VIC) – inside midfielder ROUND TWO 27. Adelaide – Caleb Poulter (SA) – inside/outside midfielder 28. Adelaide – Zac Dumensy (SA) – outside midfielder 29. Brisbane – Max Heath (VIC) – Ruck 30. Fremantle – Brandon Walker (WA) – general defender 31. Gold Coast – Eddie Ford (VIC) – utility 32. Melbourne – Kaine Baldwin (SA) – key forward 33. GWS – Jack Bowey (VIC) – small utility 34. North Melbourne – Sam Berry (VIC) – inside midfielder 35. Brisbane – Blake Coleman (QL) – small forward 36. Richmond – Matt Allison (VIC) – key forward 37. Fremantle – Joel Western (WA) – small forward/midfielder 38. Gold Coast – Corey Durdin (SA) – small forward 39. Adelaide – Luke Edwards (SA) – general defender/outside midfielder 40. Carlton – Harry Sharp (VIC) – outside midfielder 41. North Melbourne – Nick Stevens (VIC) – general defender

I'd like to see Jordan developed into a half back flank, he has a really nice kick I'm not sure why he has been playing as an inside mid when it's going to be really hard break into that midfield for him. I also think Hunt could be thrown back to push Salem up the ground but my number 1 preference would be to draft a kid like Carroll who can basically slot straight onto a half back flank with Riv, Winder could also play it very effectively too.

Winder looks like he has a ton of X-factor and could be an absolute gun, what I've heard is that he needs to work on his defensive pressure which kinda reminds me of Sydney Stack with his attributes. Another I like is Jake Bowey who is only 175cm but seems to be considered top 10 for skills and is super zippy and agile, and can play forward and midfield, sort of like a slightly smaller Shai Bolton. I'd still have Laurie ahead of both but if he's off the board by our picks I'd like us to take a small forward with one of the picks and one of those 2 would fit nicely.

Statistically Salem was actually second in distance covered per game for us this year, his tank is something he has been working on and I think with a full pre season under his belt with Burgo I think he could become an effective winger. Its also to do with Salem's 'chip kick' sort of style of kicking, his kicking isn't line breaking which is what you want in a half back flanker but his kicking is good at hitting forwards inside 50 as his chip kicks make are easy to mark for the forwards, which is what you want in a winger. I'm also happy to draft a winger like Cook but personally I think Salem's playing style is more suited to a wing and would compliment Langdon really well.

I also wouldn't count out Nathan O'Driscoll who could be our Nev replacement, although he does need to improve his kicking.

I can't find any highlights of Winder but from what I've heard he has a ton of X-factor and has the potential to be a really good small forward. He's probably more of a chance for pick 50 as he doesn't have quite the runs on the board that Laurie does, but he is also versatile where he's shown he can play small forward or half back very effectively. I really want us to get Carroll as it will allow Salem to push up to a wing and I think there's a really good chance he will still be there at our pick where there is always a few surprising selections in the second half of the first round every year which causes guys like Macrae and Carroll to slide. Cox would be massive if he made it to our pick but I feel like he will be off the board by then due to his upside which was reinforced by the combine.

Hi guys I did a bit of research into a few players who look like they might be available at 18,19, or 28 in the draft this year. I've compiled a list of 10 player profiles who appear a chance to be available at our selections: Finlay Macrae Position: Inside or Outside midfielder Height: 186cm Weight: 78kg Club: Oakleigh Chargers Plays like: Jack Macrae Draft range: 12-25 Finlay, brother of Jack is one of the most classy midfielders in this years draft and plays very similar to his brother. Some of his best traits are: very good kick on both feet, clean hands, decision making, composure, vision, agility, work rate. Finlay is very good at chaining up possessions in the midfield and then lowering his eyes to hit up targets inside 50. Some of his drawbacks is that he is not overly quick or explosive, but he makes up for that with his endurance where he ran a 6:17 2km time trial. Finlay doesn’t do the flashy stuff but he’s a very clean, classy, consistent player where he didn’t get much midfield time for Oakleigh last year due to how stacked their midfield was with the likes of Rowell and Anderson. With good height and football nous, Finlay could step into AFL level next season on a wing or half forward/half back and have an immediate impact. Nik Cox Position: key defender, key forward, wing Height: 200cm Weight: 87kg Club: Northern Knights Plays like: Darcy Moore Draft range: 15-25 Nik Cox is one of the most unique prospects in this year draft, the AFL might have never seen a player like him with his skill set. Cox is a very good key position height at 200cm where he has played at either end of the ground successfully but he also played a fair bit of footy on the wing where he proved his capabilities at the combine running a 6:02 2km time trial, and a 2.95 second 20m sprint. Cox is ridiculously quick for his size and has an enormous tank, but add on to that he is very good kick on both sides of his body, and has very clean hands as well. Cox is dominant in the air with his overhead marking and dominant on ground level with his skills, he is just very raw at this stage but he possesses all the tools to be an absolute star of the competition. Cox will likely take quite a few years to develop where he needs to put on size to be able to compete 1v1 with bigger bodies of the AFL, but he possesses all the attributes to develop into a dominant intercepting CHB, a roaming CHF, or a unique wingman. Jack Carroll Position: Half back flank or inside/outside midfielder Height: 188cm Weight: 76kg Club: East Fremantle Plays like: Adam Cerra/Trent Rivers Draft range: 15-30 Carroll is basically a clone of Trent Rivers in his under 18 year in the way he plays and has played plenty of footy already with Riv and Jacko due to him coming from the same club as them. Carroll combines class, toughness, and athleticism to form a very ceiling for what he could become at AFL level. Physically Carroll possesses some very good attributes to become a great player in numerous positions, he ran a 3.018 20m sprint, 8.67 second agility test, and a 88cm running vertical leap. Carroll possesses a piercing left foot kick and always makes the best decision with ball in hand. Carroll also has very clean hands and at times somehow manages to find time and space where others cant. Carroll started the season off at half back where he was seen as just an outside player but in the second half of the season he moved into the inside midfield for East Fremantle where he showed a very good contested side to his game as well. Despite his light frame Carroll is not afraid of running back with the flight of the ball or crashing open a pack to win the ball on the inside. With his progression to a midfield he led the WAFL colts competition in contested possessions per game with 15. Carroll needs to add size to his frame and work on his endurance but he is also the youngest player in this years draft pool where he doesn’t turn 18 until December. Carroll will likely start his AFL career at half back where he can have an immediate impact next season and then could potentially develop into an inside midfielder in the long term. Brayden Cook Position: wing or medium forward Height: 189cm Weight: 82kg Club: South Adelaide Plays like: Jaidyn Stephenson Draft range: 15-30 Brayden Cook is this years biggest draft bolter when he shot onto the scene for South Adelaide this year where he took over games and won them off his own boot. Cook is an athletic outside midfielder who can go forward and kick bags of goals where he proved that by kicking 5.5 and collected 22 possessions in a 1 point win over Woodville-West Torrens. Cook is a really strong overhead mark and he boasts a 74cm running vertical leap. He is also just as good on the ground where he recorded a 8.45 seconds agility test where he uses that to be creative at ground level and then makes good decisions with ball in hand. Cooks field kicking and goal kicking could use some work, he kicked 26 goals this year but also recorded 27 behinds. Cook will also need to add strength to his frame where he is a very raw player at the moment but has a very high ceiling. Cook will likely take a few years as a wingman where he needs to build his endurance but he could have an immediate impact next year as a medium forward where he could potentially produce the same output as Jaidyn Stephenson did in his first year. Caleb Poulter Position: inside/outside midfielder or medium/key forward Height: 192cm Weight: 79kg Club: Woodville-West Torrens Plays like: Bailey Smith Draft range: 15-30 Poulter is this years tall midfielder who is capable of eye-catching plays with his ability to impact the game on the inside and outside and has the ability to use his size to go forward and kick goals. Poulter possesses a penetrating left boot and clean hands where he is just as effective at extracting the ball in and under, as well as chaining up possessions on the outside and hitting forwards on the lead. Poulter has a 81cm running vertical leap, 3.058 seconds 20m sprint, and a 6min38seconds 2km time trial which allows him to provide a marking option around the ground as a midfielder or up forward inside 50. He also uses his size and presence around the ball with a great tackling ability and has a knack of breaking tackles with ball in hand. At the moment Poulter has a tendency to drift in and out of games but that can happen when played in multiple positions, but he also needs to work on consistent execution by foot as he can tend to blaze away from time to time when in front of goal. Poulter’s ceiling is enormous and the potential to play just about any position on the ground, he may take a little bit of time to develop but he has all the tricks to be a star at AFL level and potentially make an impact next year. He also has an incredible Bailey Smith-like mullet that will attract fans to games with his looks and what he is capable of. Tom Powell Position: inside midfielder Height: 183cm Weight: 74kg Club: Sturt Plays like: Tom Mitchell Draft range: 15-35 Powell is the one of most consistent midfielders in this years draft where he won SANFL under 18 league best and fairest. Powell has the ability to rack up enormous amounts of possessions where has very clean hands and highly skilled stoppage craft. He is a good decision maker and excels at finding players on the outside. He is not overly quick but he does have great agility where he recorded a 8.35 seconds agility test. Powell is a great competitor who always gets the best out of himself and has great leadership qualities, and he applies good defensive pressure and tackling on the field. There have been questions on how much does Powell hurt you by foot which is an area of his game he continues to work to become a more damaging midfielder. Powell averaged just under 35 disposals a game for Sturt this year and will likely be a very, very good midfielder at AFL level but may struggle for opportunity in Melbourne’s midfield. Nathan O’Driscoll Position: inside/outside midfield or defender Height: 187cm Weight: 76kg Club: Perth Plays like: Ed Curnow Draft range: 15-35 O’Driscoll might just be the hardest working player in this years draft, where he influences games through his work rate and defensive work; he could be described as this years draft’s “Mr Fix It.” He is a running machine who recorded a 6:23 minute 2km time trial which allows him to play on the inside and outside in the midfield. O’Driscoll busts his guts on defensive and offence where he will tirelessly chase and negate his man on defence and then outwork them on offence. O’Driscoll will often run the length of the ground just to provide an option or to open up pockets of space for his teammates. O’Driscoll excels around stoppages where he usually racks up large tackle numbers and possessions himself. He started the season in defence he is able to shut down small forwards with his 2.931 seconds 20m sprint and 8.12 seconds agility test and provide rebound from half back. He also shown the ability to lockdown the best midfielders on the inside or outside when used in the midfield. O’Driscoll is also a courageous overhead mark where he uses his size to his advantage. The offensive side to his game does need a bit of work, with tidying up his kicking, improving his kick-to-handball ratio, and increasing scoreboard impact but he makes up for it with his enormous influence on games defensively. O’Driscoll could potentially be the best tagger in the league one day and is likely where he will start his career, but he also potentially could be one of the best lockdown defenders in the league. Bailey Laurie Position: small forward or inside midfielder Height: 179cm Weight: 78kg Club: Oakleigh Chargers Plays like: Toby Greene Draft range: 20-30 Laurie is the best small forward in the open pool this year who can carve opposition up with his creative skills more as a high half forward. Laurie is not overly quick for a small forward but makes up for it with his work rate (6:24 2km time trial), agility, smarts, decision making, and most importantly his evasion. He is an incredibly crafty player who is very hard to tackle and you feel like every time he touches the ball something good is going to happen. He is an incredible crumber who seems to always know where the ball is going to drop. Laurie’s defensive side of his game is just as proficient, he is a keen tackler works really hard to keep the ball inside 50. Laurie excels around stoppages where his incredible handball skills are on display, his vision and craftiness with his hands give him the potential to become a midfielder as well. You want the ball in Laurie’s hands going inside 50 as he has great skills and composure on both feet and has great finishing ability around goal and on tough angles. Laurie is packed full of X-factor but can drift in and out of games and does need to put on size. Laurie could step straight in next year as a small forward due to his great work rate and whilst he may not kick massive bags of goals he sets up a lot of goals as well chipping in a goal or 2 game himself. Zane Trew Position: inside midfielder Height: 185cm Weight: 80kg Club: Swan Districts Plays like: Clayton Oliver Draft range: 20-40 Trew is a dominant contested ball player who thrives at winning his own ball and then feeding it to receivers on the outside. Trew is a very good size for a midfielder which allows him to influence stoppages by winning possessions and is a good tackler. He is quite agile (agility test time of 8:39 seconds) and has a bit of toe (3.034 seconds 20m sprint), but his best asset in his midfield craft is his clean hands that almost every time release a player on the outside. He also has excellent poise with ball in hand and is a reliable kick by foot. Trew doesn’t have much of an outside game at the moment but that is an area he could develop where he can hurt the opposition on the scoreboard with his sound kicking. He also has had an injury interrupted last few years where he has struggled to string together runs of matches. Trew is a reliable high production midfielder who would be ready to step into AFL next year due to his size but like Powell Melbourne’s midfield would be a hard one to break into. Kaine Baldwin Position: key position forward Height: 193cm Weight: 90kg Club: Glenelg Plays like: Charlie Curnow Draft range: 20-60 Baldwin is one of the biggest unknown commodities at this draft, he was one of the most promising youngsters at the Under 16s National Championships, but since he has done 2 ACL’s. As a player Baldwin can play either as a mobile centre half forward or a close to goal key forward where he possesses a real strong contested mark. He is a one grab player who is aggressive in the way flies for the ball and attacks the contest. He also covers the ground really well and gets involved in link up play where he is a really good kick going inside 50. His ground level ability also brings the potential for Baldwin to run through the midfield. In his Under 16s campaign for Glenelg he averaged 21.8 disposals, 9.6 marks, and 2.8 goals a game as a key forward. The obvious drawbacks with Baldwin is the unknown area around if he will be the same player he was post injury, and how well his body will hold up in the long term. However due to his untapped raw potential and versatility he looks certain to be drafted but it is highly likely he won’t feature at AFL level next season as a club will look to build his body up and ease him into things.

I'd be absolutely stoked if we could nab 3 of Macrae, Perkins, Caroll, Cox, Cook, Laurie with our top 3 picks. It'll be very interesting to see who slides and how far.

Depending on where a bid for Collingwood's academy prospect Reef McInnes comes, I could see Collingwood trying to trade their future first for one of our pick 18 or 19 if a bid hasn't come by the time our pick has come around. They want to get rid of their future first because it will get swallowed up by Daicos going top 5 and they have openly emphasised getting more picks in this years draft.

I was never a fan of Harmes as a forward, I just think Viney should be at least tried forward. When we were at our best Harmes was also one of our most important players as a negating mid, didn't do the flashy stuff but I thought his influence on games was enormous. Viney also has great influence as a mid I just think for our midfield balance and potential usefulness in a second position Viney is the man to play forward. I still maintain belief that our best midfield set up is Oliver, Brayshaw, and Harmes which provides the best balance of inside grunt (Oliver), outside nous (Brayshaw), and defence (Harmes), with then Petracca, Viney, and Jackson rotating through there.

IMO one of Oliver/Brayshaw/Harmes/Viney/Petracca will have to spend the majority of their time in another position which Brayshaw and Harmes have tried and failed at. I think Viney has some really good attributes of a small forward, he's a relentless tackler and wins a lot of 1v1s, I think he'd be great at the feet of our tails. I just think out of our mids apart from Petracca he'd have the best potential to play well in a second position, would still get some midfield time, sort of like Kane Lambert. Apart from Kozzy I think Viney would be a better small forward than any other small forwards on our list, highly doubt it happens though knowing Goody, it's just what I reckon would be best for the team.

B: Jetta, May, Hibberd HB: Lever, T.Macdonald, Salem C: Langdon, Brayshaw, Tomlinson HF: Fritsch, Weideman, Petracca F: Pickett, B.Brown, Viney R: Gawn, Oliver, Harmes I: Jackson, Rivers, Melksham, Spargo Only potential change I would make is Tomlinson out, Salem to a wing, Hunt to a half back flank or if we pick up a classy half back flanker with one of our picks they could potentially step in. This is how I would set up: 3 tall forwards (Brown, Weideman, Jackson) 3 small forwards (Pickett, Viney, Spargo) 3 medium forwards (Fritsch, Petracca, Melksham) 3 full time inside mids (Oliver, Brayshaw, Harmes) Petracca to split his time 50/50 between forward and midfield, Viney to split 75/25 forward midfield, Jackson to split 50/50 forward midfield (25% ruck, 25% inside mid) Harmes to go back tagging the best mid and then getting his own pill, melksham to go back to negating the best defender and then being linkman between midfield and forwards Jetta and Hibberd to lock down on small forwards, Salem and Rivers to rebound from half back, May Lever and Tmac can form really good defence and rebound Honestly reckon if everyone is utilised in the right position we can definitely contend for top 4 and a flag next year, bring it on.

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I'd rather us try get an Essendon 3rd rounder this year and then try move up 26,31, and Essendon 3rd to the dogs first round pick. picks 26 and 31 will end up being late 30s/early 40s, that wouldn't be a great result for us.

That's where I'd love for us to go hard at Witherden, but if not I'd move Hunt back to HBF.

Agreed, I would like to see Salem pushed up to fill the vacant wing position, Brayshaw to play as an inside mid and then cover on the wing when Langdon or Salem is off the ground. I'd have Oliver and Harmes playing predominately inside mid as well and then Petracca, Viney, and Jackson rotating between forward and inside mid.