Lord Travis

Reportedly poor attitude and doesn’t follow coaches orders/team gameplan. Would be drafted much higher if he did as he’s clearly more capable than most. I wouldn’t be disappointed at drafting him at 30!

Yeah my source was pretty bang on. Much to my dismay I knew about Jackson and Pickett about a week ago. I’ll see if I can find out anything about our early pick tonight.

I’m a Young fan and was disappointed we didn’t take him at 3, but it’s done now. Fremantle were the big winners last night. Young, Serong and Henry is about the best collection of prospects you could ever hope to draft at those picks. They’re building a superb list now. Very jealous.

Oh [censored] Bianco, Worrel and Sharp all still there too! That’s Robertson, Taylor, Gould, Rivers, Sharp, Bianco, Worrel, Schoenberg, Williams all still there. Pick 28 could turn out to be a ripper for us! Exciting!!!

One of Robertson, Taylor, Rivers, Schoenberg, Gould, Williams would be great. That’s order of preference also I reckon.

Will be a steal to whoever gets him. He’s a great young leader and good footballer to boot. I hope we can land him!

Robertson still on the board at 20!?! Can we trade up and steal him??

Nah purple as I said. Shame he’s at Freo. They’ve cleaned up landing Young, Serong and Henry! Biggest winners of draft night by far!

Not sure he was the best talent available at pick 10, but he’s a demon now so he has my support. Welcome to the club Kozzie and hope you tear it up in our forward line for years to come!

Will watch his career with interest as he dominates wearing purple.

Because for whatever reason we rate Pickett higher than those two, despite exposed form showing otherwise.

You'd think logic would dictate this, but for whatever reason in the past month when no football has been played, Pickett has rocketed up the projected draft positions. If we MUST take a small forward so high and pass on best talent, then Weightman is a better option. He kicks far more goals (11 vs 2), and had double the amount of score assists. They're both similar for tackles (defensive pressure stat). It's a no-brainer comparing the two. From the 3 champs matches: Weightman - 11 goals, ave 6 score assists, 2 tackles Pickett: 2 goals, ave 3 score assists, 2 tackles

Trading and given ongoing benefits from the AFL. The AFL looking after their franchise at the detriment of struggling established clubs. What a glorious and completely fair competition it currently is ?

Yeah I was told Carlton likely bid on Henry, have it matched, then take Stephens. I hope your mail is right! Mine was unsure and said it was now sounding later than originally expected. Sydney still a chance to bid, but seemed to have cooled/kept cards closer to chest.

Spoke to a contact last night and he gave me the below top 15. The ones in brackets are known amongst the industry as pretty much 100% going to happen. Not sure where the Green bid is going to come, but it appears to have dropped right down to around Carlton/Melbournes second pick for whatever reason. Absolute joke that GWS will get him so cheap! GC - Rowell (confirmed) GC - Anderson (confirmed) Melb - Jackson (confirmed) GWS - Ash Syd - Flanders Ade - McAsey Freo - Young (confirmed) Freo - Serong (confirmed) Freo - Henry (match Carltons bid) Carl - Stephens Melb - Pickett Haw - Kemp Port - Berman Dogs - Weightman

We can only dream! Landing Anderson would be a dream. Such a shame we’re being robbed of him. He’s got the most superstar potential of any player in this draft by a fair way IMO.

Reportedly going to slide until around 10ish somehow going by media today. Would be staggering if that happened!

If we’re dead set on drafting a small forward on a needs basis instead of the best player available at pick 10, then Weightman is the one to draft. Highest goal scorer at the champs. Great crumber. Great leap. Good leading player. Good skills. Good forward pressure. He’s the best small forward on offer in this draft.

They’d be correct!

I’d be disgusted with the club if it panned out that way.

This is no longer correct. 2-3 years ago we didn't leak, I couldn't get anything at all from contacts at the club! This year past 12 months or so are different and there's definitely leaks now. I can now get decent info from contacts at the club. 100% correct. He's a muppet who says outlandish things to try and get into the media. Just look at his list ratings for a bloody good laugh. Apparently the Wagners are better than Viney and Lever ? I can't wait for this draft period to be done so we can stop with all this rubbish and get on with reloading for 2020 after such a pathetic showing this year!

We’d take Anderson at 3 if he slid. IMO he’s the best prospect in this draft. He’s proven to be the best offensive weapon forward of centre. He’s a proven ball winning midfielder who can also play outside or up forward. At 190cm, 88kgs, he fits the tall midfielder prototype and is a smooth mover like Bontempelli. If he was there at 3 and we overlooked him I’d basically give up on the club ever achieving success.

Pickett at 10 is a reach. His output at Nationals and SAFL (outside one reserves game) is bugger all. On output he’d barely scrape into the top 50 prospects. He's clearly got some special talents, but for the most part he hasn’t even got the basics down pat yet. People are getting worked up about some big hits he’s laid to unsuspecting opponents in the SAFL reserves... If he tried those bumps at AFL level he’d bounce off most players because he’s 170cms and 67kg. He’s tiny, like Spargo and despite all the ferocious intent in the world they’ll always struggle because they’re small. Even for a small forward he’s small. People comparing him to Cyril are having a lend. Cyril was rated top 10 in his draft year and slid because he displayed poor attitude when interviewing. In terms of output, he was miles ahead of Pickett. Output aside, he’s also 8cms taller and 13kgs heavier. Pickett will always be a limited footballer and is not worthy of a top 10 draft pick. People say they trust the club will pick the right player, I don’t. The club has proven to be wrong over and over again. We’re currently a failure of a football club and just finished 17th. There will be other players available at 10 who are unarguably better prospects than Pickett. We need to pick the best talent available, not reach for a type of player.

Assuming no live pick trades: 3 - Jackson 10 - Serong 28 - Taylor

Pickett at 10 would be one of the biggest reaches of all time. He’s not a top 10 talent. Pick 28 if he’s there maybe, but pick 10?! Madness! We traded next years first rounder and a host of picks to get a second pick the top 10. Surely we wouldn’t use it on a 170cm player who doesn’t hit the scoreboard or find the ball!