Ha you state that Watts won't be ready yet you put a player in Blease who will require more physical development right in the guts of the ground? Another thing this is not club footy where you can swap a player to other positions that seem to suit there physical requirements, Paul Wheatley will never ever play full forward, the concept is just ludacris, I don't think I've ever seen him take a contested mark. And you have Sylvia in your emergency's.
Ha oh well at least you trying something different and I like your emphasis on youth.
FB:Grimes Warnock Martin
HB:Rivers Garland Green
W:Morton McLean Buckley
HF:Davey Bate Jetta
FF:Maric Miller Wonnaeamirri
R:Jamar Sylvia Moloney
I: PJ, Strauss, Whelan, Petterd.
Bate will come out for Robbo when he's fit and Miller will move to CHF.
Make no mistake Bruce, Bartram and Jones don't have the footskills to go with Bailey's gameplan and will subsequently be dropped.
Personally I rather we take a punt on Casey Sibasado than draft Chris Johnson anyway.
If he was still on the list he'd have to contend with Petterd and Strauss I know who'd I'd rather have playing.
So Dappa Dan what talls would you have picked up with 17 and 19?
I have no doubt in my mind Melbourne was planning to pick up one of Mitch Brown and Ryan Shoenmakers at these selections however they were taken in the first round.
What would you have Melbourne do? Pick up some talls who they didn't rate at these picks just for the sake of it?
Strauss and Blease were the best players available at those picks no doubt about it.
You talk about the Hawks supposed "model" of drafting. In 2004 they were fortunate enough to have picks 2 and 5 used on Roughead and Franklin.
We had picks 17 and 19. Were you expecting us to pick up a Franklin or Roughead with those 2 picks? There just totally different circumstances
You're also way off with your assesements.
Bennell=Wirrapunda/Johncock
Rohan Bail=Brad Dalziell
And what's with including your name in the title, you Yze_Magic wannabe?
2012:
FB: Bennell Frawley Warnock
HB: Strauss Garland Rivers
W: Buckley McLean Blease
HF: Sylvia Miller Davey
FF: Jetta Watts Wonnaeamirri
R: Johnson Morton Grimes
I: Maric Bate Petterd Spencer
God its hard. We need another key forward clearly and ruck but farout that side looks pretty impressive. It just looks very well balanced.
Couldn't even fit in Molone, Jones and Bail