ben russell

Green will be a Giant next year regardless of when the bid comes. He, Rowell and Anderson are the clear top 3 players in the draft.

Serong racks up disposals, tackles hard, marks the footy well, is excellent by hand but unfortunately he regularly butchers the ball by foot. I think he will slide a bit due to his poor kicking skills. I hope we don’t pick him at 8.

Totally off topic, but just paid attention to your display pic. You a Richie Hawtin fan, mate?

Obviously there’s no guarantees but Kemp has all the tools to become a Bontempelli/Fyfe type of player and the only reason he won’t be a top 5 pick is due to his knee injury. I’ve watched several of the U18 matches in their entirety and I can see the Bont/Fyfe resemblance. I just feel that if he is there at pick 8, we take the long term view and pick him. Hopefully the club feels the same.

Disagree that Young is the best player outside of the top 2. Green is a better player than Young and may even be on par with Rowell and Anderson. I think the Dees will pick Green and GWS will match our bid.

Poll shows that Young and Kemp are overwhelming favourites for our picks 3 and 8. I voted for both a couple of weeks ago and my view hasn’t changed. Having a read through the draft threads on here, it still sounds like most are still wanting Young at 3 but have cooled on Kemp at 8 and I’m seeing Jackson and Stephens in particular rising in popularity. Are there still plenty in the Young/Kemp camp or have some of you changed your mind and would change your vote now if you could?

O Mac too.

Yeah shouldn’t have picked Gawn, what a terrible pick that has turned out to be.

Hopefully Kemp is still at 8 too and we select him over Jackson.

I wouldn’t mind Gould with pick 8 either provided that for some reason we don’t pick Young with pick 3. I think it’s one or the other.

I’ll rephrase. As a supporter, I am hopeful that with the draw we have for next season, we win at least 14 games.

It’s a quote from uncle Dwayne..

He’s a mix of Hurn and McGovern and will be a gun. Bookmark it. Prefer Young though.

Should be aiming for 14 wins minimum with that draw.

These days, that’s on par with the club announcing that the player has officially joined the club. Welcome to Demonland, Harley Bennell!

The headline doesn’t really match the content of the article but exciting nonetheless. We do appear to be the team most likely to land him.

No thanks.

Ripper bloke and quality player who gives his all every week. Well deserved, Harmesy.

Looking very likely now that Menzel has been delisted.

Jackson at 3 would be farcical. Sounds like it will be Young which would be a great outcome.

Absolutely no.

Swap Kemp with Stephens and that is my dream scenario too.

If dealing with one club only and keeping the picks in the first round then it would have to be for Port’s picks 12 and 18 or Geelong’s picks 14 and 17.

If we go to the Draft with pick 3 and pick 8 then it’s Young and Kemp that I hope we draft. However, my dream result which is most likely a pipe dream would be trading pick 3 to Fremantle for pick 7 and pick 10. I think it’s highly likely that Young would be picked with one of the first 6 picks, if not then we would obviously pounce with pick 7. If he has been picked then I would hope that we pick Kemp, Weightman and Gould with picks 7, 8 and 10. Question is whether Fremantle would even be interested in trading their picks with us and whether they have a target at pick 3 who would be gone by pick 7 which is probably unlikely. Gut feel is we head to the draft with pick 3 and pick 8.

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