Much is made about where this kid goes or that one. Along the way the media gets into its head as to where the coins ought to fall and that becomes the de facto foundation of expectations. Taylor rightly points out in his looking towards the drafty it comes down to where the clubs feel they have players sorted and the clubs go off of their estimations NOT the media's.
I cant imagine Melbourne will have traded and got 9 if it wasnt happy with who will be there at 9. They obviously expect any of up to about 5 players to be there and happy to take any of them as they fall or present. Similarly the club has ideas about 40.. personally after 40 its a dart board job as to who knows who is left at any given point
The club must feel Scharenberg is a chance to slide but in all probability its just due diligence and didnt want to be caught napping or unawares. we have obviously got a much more shrewd bunch at the table now.
There are always surprises and clever gambits at the draft, lets just hope we get it half way right for a change. Our selections last visit werent too bad and as such I think it reasonable to think we wont do any worse and hopefully better.