Dee-licious

Seems like what Roos and Melbourne want. Proven player, right age and has some skill.

Hvroat (inside mid) and Towers (Mature Age inside mid) - we would have taken either of these two. Both have played some good games for WB and Syd respectively. But I am happy with Dawes

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-20/dayle-garlett Wow. Thats a highlights reel. Av16 pos 6 marks in the WAFL

Interesting because I personally thought the Freeman video was much more impressive than Lennon. If you look at the stats Lennon didn't get as many touches. I'd assume he played through the forward line more? So my impression was, he got through the packs well and got the goals but Freeman took the game on and ran through the middle. I loved the footage early on where he was trying to shake his man just to get the touch.

Although it is a good idea and works well for us, If I was St K or Bris I would be looking at getting Jolly for free, which is better than trading us for Russian. Unless Jolly doesn't want to go? I thought I heard on trade radio or one of the papers that St K was talking to Jolly?

That is correct. If you bring in Daniel Cross, that leaves us with no openings. Any word on Magner? I would doubt we would use 57 on a Rookie Upgrade. If we only want 2 from this draft then moving on Pick 57 to improve 40 would be the way to go.

Question - don't we have to use 3 picks in the draft? So giving up pick 9 for Adams means we are putting 40, 58 and 74 as our new kids?

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/knightmares-2013-phantom-draft.983436/ He (or she) has been documenting drafts for quite a while now over at Big Footy. Updates every couple of week throughout the season based on going to games and speaking to coaches. Generally gets it pretty spot on in the first round.

Collingwood moving to 6 for Bomptelli. Has been reported across the sun, age and afl.

Cripps or Templeton for mine. There will be defenders left in the rookie draft #43 Gold Coast – Eli Templeton (TAS – Util) Height: 182cm, Weight: 67kg, DOB: 19/08/1995 Recruited from: Burnie Dockers Style: James Kelly Player comparison: Range: 20-50 Profile: Templeton is a high motor midfielder with the versatility to also play forward or back. Has a very light body but despite this has a very advanced game and has dominated throughout his junior footy with his form in the u16s particularly dominant but then has also played plenty of senior footy in Tasmania showing he can mix it with the bigger bodies. Templeton is a very clean user of the footy and uses it well by hand and foot. A real accumulator and has the ability to do some damage with a penetrating kick on him as well as his ability to hit the scoreboard. Templeton can win some of his own ball but given his light frame likely finds a role as an outside player. #44 West Coast – Patrick Cripps (WA – Mid) Height: 188cm, Weight: 88kg, DOB: 18/03/1995 Recruited from: East Fremantle Style: Michael Barlow Player comparison: Range: 20-50 Profile: A familiar name but very different to West Coast’s Jamie as a taller, stronger inside player. Patrick is a relatively late bloomer who has from reports grown 20cm in the past two years which often suggests that there is further upside ahead of him as a footballer. Patrick is an exceptional inside player who reads the ruck taps well and has the ability to win his own ball. For an inside player Cripps is a very good user of the footy with his outside game above average with his spread for the contest good and getting to the right spots but is more a smart runner who while not super slow won’t be a line breaking threat. He’ll need to improve his endurance and add some more penetration to that kick to take that next step but there’s a bit to work with.

Knightmare has updated his draft and look who he has put us down for: #9 Melbourne (Via GWS Activated Compensation) - Nathan Freeman (VIC – Mid)Height: 181cm, Weight: 85kg, DOB: 16/06/1995 Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons Style: Luke Shuey Player comparison: Range: 5-20 Profile: Freeman is an absolute dynamite midfielder. He has that Patrick Dangerfield and Chris Judd type explosion inside the contest. He’s an above average contested ball winner. He’s a guy who has that rare combination of inside game and extreme explosiveness with his pace, agility and sidestep all as good as you’ll see. In addition to that explosiveness Freeman has a real hardness to him with the way he attacks the footy and contest. Also features of Freeman’s game are his ability to take grabs overhead and his 1v1 ability. He can push forward and hit the scoreboard in a big way particularly enjoying those finishes on the run streaming into goal or running to the 50 and going long for the goal. As well as this he’s also an excellent field kick to a target with the ability to hit his targets over a variety of distances knowing his limitations but also at the same time doing some big damage. In short this guy has all the tricks and other than Jack Martin is that only other midfielder I see as a genuine game changer. To improve Freeman needs to firstly find the footy more consistently, he can find 25 disposals one game and less than 10 the next. He can also continue to improve his hands in close and become more of an inside distributor by hand instead of just jamming into onto his boot in close, so he does need to be more aware of what is around him in traffic in those situations where he can’t just burst away. Additionally he also needs to add more of an outside game so that he can find more easy ball outside the contest to boost his disposal numbers.

I'm happy to have resting mids down there. Kent, Blease, Tappy and hopefully Barry might fit the bill. See what we can get late in the draft. Willi Rioli will be there in the rookie draft.

Not sure what we are doing at the moment in trades. None of the Brissy boys have chatted to us. Adams hasnt. Ellis hasnt. Looks like the only one who wants a chat is Shaw =(

I got the phone call about the raffle today from MFC. In the call she said that Sylvia had signed a 3 year deal and Sylvia signed on so should I. Just wondering why this hasn't been reported. Phone call at 2:14pm.

Don't expect Jones to go first round. Just a lot of hype over the past few weeks. It will settle down. He will be there for our second rounder. Dunstan will also be there so here is hoping we do get another pick down there.

Started alright in the TAC cup grand final. Hard at it but nothing eye catching. Boyd however 2 kicks 2 goals

Interesting when they did the draft review over the past 5 years(?) they said they wanted Shuey at 19 and were disapointed not to get him.

Thanks KC. That is not a bad list at all. Gives us some structure up forward and down back.

Going ok. Sort of games you want them playing week in week out.

Toump looking spent but I recon he's put in quite a few kms. Garland back on the ground

Howe has played deep today so don't read into his or Tappy's possessions too much.

Garland in the rooms, Frawley ginger. Casey didn't really want to play finals did they?

I like that Pederson has realised he hasn't touched it so he's running hard....right into Sylvia

awesome......

Guess whos in the back line?