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Appears to be in some order of likely draft selection. I’d say that most of the first 20 listed will be outside our reach.

This is the list of players covered in the article with their positions ~ Jamarra Ugle-Hagan Multiple Logan McDonald Forward Riley Thilthorpe Multiple Denver Grainger-Barras Defender Elijah Hollands Multiple Braeden Campbell Midfielder Will Phillips Midfielder Lachlan Jones Defender Tanner Bruhn Midfielder Archie Perkins Multiple Alex Davies Midfielder Zach Reid Defender Oliver Henry Forward Finlay Macrae Multiple Brayden Cook Forward Heath Chapman Defender Joel Jeffrey Multiple Tom Powell Midfielder Caleb Poulter Midfielder Nathan O'Driscoll Midfielder Errol Gulden Multiple Reef McInnes Multiple Nikolas Cox Multiple Jack Carroll Midfielder Jake Bowey Midfielder Luke Edwards Multiple Connor Downie Multiple Bailey Laurie Multiple Zane Trew Midfielder Zac Dumesny Multiple Sam Berry Midfielder Cody Brand Defender Blake Coleman Forward Brandon Walker Defender Isiah Winder Multiple Conor Stone Forward James Borlase Defender Joel Western Midfielder Henry Walsh Ruck Charlie Ham Defender Tariek Newchurch Multiple Seamus Mitchell Multiple Kaine Baldwin Forward Zavier Maher Midfielder Cam Fleeton Defender Jack Ginnivan Multiple Josh Treacy Forward Eddie Ford Forward Oliver Davis Midfielder Corey Durdin Multiple Jackson Callow Forward Sam Collins Defender Harry Sharp Midfielder Malachy Carruthers Defender Max Heath Multiple Shannon Neale Ruck Phoenix Spicer Multiple Luke Pedlar Midfielder Taj Schofield Midfielder Maurice Rioli Jr Multiple

Perhaps about 10 or so years too late. When recruiters came around to Neville Jetta’s place, Nev’s mother suggested it might be worthwhile getting in touch with her nephew Lewis but it never eventuated then ... it’s now a bit late.

Collingwood’s 2021 calendar was sent off to the printers before the trade period and now features a Western Bulldog on the front cover. He’s also Mr. January. Then there’s a North Melbourne player featured for the month of October. There were no takers for Mason Cox so he’s still good for the last month of 2021 but will he still be a Magpie by then?

The Herald Sun’s draft dossier ~ 60 potential draftees. Draft dossier: Which junior stars should your club pick?

GWS Giants are showing interest in Suckling.

How bad are we traveling if we can’t get a player to make this list ~

Another half baked idea. Thankfully, they’re not going with it this year but next year ...

Technically, someone else could draft him but why would they in these circumstances? Melbourne has looked after him for two years as he’s been recovering from two ACL’s and he hasn’t played since 2018. Why take a risk with a player who is earmarked as a rookie and will spend a reasonable part of the season just recovering? It wouldn’t be a good look for the club that took him.

Aaron Nietschke has been delisted with a guarantee of being placed on the rookie list.

From the Herald Sun AFL Draft 2020: The top 30 prospects from the NAB league 18. EDDIE FORD (Western Jets/Vic Metro) Forward, 189cm, 83kg Ford plays taller than his 189cm stature due to his exceptional vertical leap, topping the charts at the Vic Metro combine (94cm). The Jet regularly took flight last year and has strong hands overhead and good speed. The forward was looking to transition into the midfield this season, requesting vision of Fremantle superstar Nat Fyfe from the Dockers to help improve his midfield craft. He goes up a gear in big games, highlighted by his hot start to the All-Stars clash on Grand Final day, finishing with two goals and 20 disposals. 19. ZAVIER MAHER (Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country) Midfielder, 185cm, 82kg A powerful and quick inside midfielder, Maher claimed Caulfield Grammar’s best-and-fairest award after a stellar APS season in 2019. He played just six games for the Bushrangers as a result, showing promise with his contested ball-winning – with 58 per cent of his possessions won in a contest – and burst of speed from congestion. The focus for Maher during the season was improving his endurance, registering a personal best in the 2km time trial at the Vic Metro combine. He also highlighted his speed with a fourth-place finish in the 20m sprint (2.89 seconds).

... pick #28 turns into pick #36:- 36. Melbourne - Matt Allison Height, Weight: 192cm, 80kg Profile: Allison is a strong-marking tall forward who reads the ball well in flight and possesses excellent endurance. Matt is the son of Coburg VFA Team of the Century player, Brian Allison.

... and pick #19 turns out to be pick #24:- 24. Melbourne - Isiah Winder Height, Weight: 180cm, 79kg Profile: An athletic utility, Winder tested strongly at the WA draft combine across the board. While super athletic with his speed and leap in particular exceptional, Winder combines this with strong hands overhead, one-touch ground level skills and excellent composure and placement of kicks out in front of inside 50m targets to lead onto.

In Knightmare’s draft, Melbourne’s pick #18 turns out to be #23:- 23. Melbourne - Sam Berry Height, Weight: 181cm, 83kg Profile: Winning a high proportion of the ball in contested situations, Berry plays with aggression and tackles strongly. He balances the aggression with acceleration out of stoppages, reliable distribution by hand, composure with ball in hand and precise kick placement out in front of leading inside 50m targets.

Every year Chris Doerre (aka Knightmare) puts together one of the best Phantom Drafts. Here are the first two rounds of his 2020 version ~ AFL Draft: ESPN's two-round phantom draft

Cal Twomey's 2020 Phantom Form Guide: November update

That’s the same Collingwood that objected to Melbourne getting draft relief after two years of barely winning a game. Collingwood’s “unusual circumstances” have manifested this year - if they want relief, let them wait another three or four years before it gets onto the AFL’s agenda.

Assuming our draft picks remain as they are then picks #18 & #19 will probably turn out to be around #23 & #24 after academy and f/sons. If we follow the AFL Draft Central picks we would miss out on Finlay Macrae but we would get Jack Carroll and Brayden Cook. I think that would be fair and reasonable for the hand we have at the draft.

It seems logical to believe that next year’s draft crop will be better than this year’s because there are going to be a number of late developers who would otherwise have been noticed this year and who won’t be apparent until 2021. Makes me wonder why we traded out of the 2021 first round.

Stay with it to the end for a nice little piece that might be a topic of conversation for when he catches up with Stephen May at Demons training.

Why don’t we look at someone like Ben Brown for the role?

Collingwood’s football manager Geoff Walsh told Triple M on Friday morning the club's decision to take the aggressive approach that led to four players being traded out of the Magpies had come after their disappointing 68-point loss to Geelong in the semi-final at the Gabba. He said the Magpies had “decided they needed to shake up their list with a better set of picks in December's national draft and sought to do that by trading Treloar, Stephenson and Tom Phillips ...” I’m calling BS on that comment. Would you give away that amount of talent for what is effectively pick 14? Why not call it a salary cap dump, which is what it is and stop denigrating your former players.

Come on down Magpies ~

Yes, why not milk this for all it’s worth?