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Also quite possible she is a demons supporter. Would make that moment all the more special.

Going to love this death ride next year.

Dude just does not like Melbourne.

Based off this years final ladder position, this is what the draft order will be for season 2023 post this years trade and draft period. ROUND ONE 1. North Melbourne 2. West Coast Eagles 3. GWS Giants 4. Essendon 5. Adelaide 6. Hawthorn 7. Gold Coast Suns 8. North Melbourne 9. St Kilda 10. Carlton 11. Western Bulldogs 12. GWS Giants 13. Melbourne 14. Melbourne 15. Western Bulldogs 16. Collingwood 17. Sydney Swans 18. Geelong ROUND TWO 19. Adelaide 20. Fremantle 21. West Coast Eagles 22. Adelaide 23. Essendon 24. Gold Coast Suns 25. Sydney Swans 26. Gold Coast Suns 27. West Coast Eagles 28. St Kilda 29. Collingwood 30. Hawthorn 31. Richmond 32. Melbourne 33. Melbourne 34. Western Bulldogs 35. Port Adelaide 36. Sydney Swans 37. Brisbane Lions ROUND THREE 38. North Melbourne 39. Fremantle 40. West Coast Eagles 41. GWS Giants 42. Essendon 43. Gold Coast Suns 44. Sydney Swans 45. Gold Coast Suns 46. West Coast Eagles 47. St Kilda 48. Fremantle 49. Hawthorn 50. Richmond 51. Port Adelaide 52. North Melbourne 53. Brisbane Lions 54. Gold Coast Suns 55. Sydney Swans 56. Brisbane Lions ROUND FOUR 57. Fremantle 58. West Coast Eagles 59. GWS Giants 60. Carlton 61. Gold Coast 62. North Melbourne 63. Gold Coast Suns 64. Port Adelaide 65. Gold Coast Suns 66. Carlton 67. Western Bulldogs 68. Richmond 69. Brisbane Lions 70. Western Bulldogs 71. GWS Giants 72. Collingwood 73. Essendon 74. Western Bulldogs

ESPN Chris Doerre continues to dislike our performance at the trade and now draft table. Melbourne Picks: 15, 38 Players drafted: Matthew Jefferson, Jed Adams Grade: E Rationale: Melbourne's first selection in Matthew Jefferson was a speculative one for the stage in the draft. Jefferson is an athletic and strong marking key forward who doesn't need a lot of the ball to hit the scoreboard heavily but will also need to start finding more of the football more often to become a consistent key forward. Adams was a surprise choice in the second round given his injury history though is an athletic defender who has played a competitive brand of football when available.

Has he given us a D- or F yet in his ratings? Just checked, he gave us an E 😅

Cal Twomey didn't know who this guy is. Looking forward to a highlights package if one exists.

An article linked us to him earlier and we're allegedly keen on a young ruck so wouldn't be surprised to see us pick him assuming he's available. Also on board with @Pennant St Dee and hope we look at Sam Gilbey as a medium defender. Not a real need for us but I really like Blake Drury as well while Jonti Shuback might add more depth to our wings if we go down that path.

We're only taking one more pick so this won't work. Maybe f1 and 37 for 22 and a f2?

I think more sizes from previous season 6 Jackson to Grundy 12 Bedford to Hunter 19 Rosman to Schache Mostly like for like height wise. I reckon Jefferson would look good in 12.

Looking at our list it I think our needs are ruck, medium defenders, small/medium forwards and perhaps a key back to future proof life beyond May. Ruck: Barnett, Foster, Verrall, Knobel, Northam and Madden (would probably put a line through the last two). Medium defenders: Cowan, Ryan, Gilbey, Teal Small/medium forwards: George, Clarke, Burgiel and Hotton (both mid/fwds), Long Key back: Hayes, Van Es, Davies Obviously not an extensive list but some of the more well known/talked about prospects. Be interesting to see what sort of player we will prioritise for the national then positionally fill at the Rookie. No doubt there will be other names in the mix with most likely some smokies most haven't heard of.

Wasn't about the future firsts as you rightly asserted. Given the uncertainty of where the future firsts will end up with all clubs vying for finals, you'd take the deal that offer this years pick 11 over pick 13 would you not?

They probably have us beat if they're offering both future firsts along with pick 11. Think Essendon hold onto pick 4 regardless.

37 was originally the Swans pick but given to the Bombers in the Francis trade. Interestingly the trades between Swans, Bombers and us were all done separately, I.e. not part of a 1 x 3-way transaction. Not sure if that means we can trade it back to them or not though.

13 and 15 would be a good outcome if we cant get in the top 6/7. George is more a Petracca style forward. If we wanted a small forward type we could look at Konstanty or Charlie Clarke in the later stages of the first round with Darcy Jones probably in that range as well. Clarke and Jones have also rolled through the midfield a bit. I would be happy with any of them. Noah Long is someone else that might appeal later in the draft as well. If Kozzie goes next year then at this stage Nick Watson would be the ideal replacement with Jack Delean also showing talent in his bottom age year. Obviously a lot can change in a year.

Awesome win in probably the highest pressure game I've seen from this comp. We stood up after Brisbane threw everything they had at us in the first quarter. So proud of this group and happy we could do it for Daisy and Paxman, who I hope will go around again next year.

Indeed, I think he went 9/9 for the first picks then was a bit more hit and miss. West Coast selected Chesser at 12 where Cal had him going at pick 24 while he predicted Matthew Johnson, who was highly rated and invited to draft night, to go at pick 10. He didn't get selected until pick 21 which was the first pick of the second round. I wonder what this year's "curve ball" will be?

Most likely, that's why it would be a nice surprise if he did. He could even go as early as the Suns pick 5. However, despite Twomeys prediction I don't think Allan makes it to their second pick so they will have a decision to make there. Wouldn't rule us out of moving up a few selections to get ahead of West Coast second pick as well.

Would be happy with that as well. I'm alsp hoping for some surprise selections that puts us in the frame to grab either Ginbey or Mackenzie.

Will be suprising if we dont pick up at least 1 ruck or ruck/forward in the national or rookie draft.

Just looked this up and you are correct. They have 2 x 2nd round picks, 3 x 3rd round and 3 x 4th round. They are well sorted for next years academy bids.

Brisbane would be loving that outcome.

Didn't miss much to he honest. Only other thing of note was he pretty much said we won't be able to trade into the top 5-6.