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Laurie and Carroll I reckon it will be

Annnnnd, he's gone.

Bolter!! Angwin to GWS

Will he though?

Disappointing that there wasn't a bid for McInnes though

Brayden Cook, Finlay Macrae, Oliver Henry, Bailey Laurie, Jack Carroll - At least one of these will be at our picks

Yep, hoping it isn't Macrae

what was the trade? I'm watching the fox telecast and haven't seen anything pop-up

Early bid for Campbell at 5 by Hawks, might make Guldon gettable later down the track.

And McDonald to the Swans...

Nah, they're just discussing as the picks come through to them. Need to sign up to Kayo or Foxtel to watch it properly. Even then you're not seeing that much extra though. Just Gil walking on stage to announce the picks really.

Wow, Phillips to North. All the Phantoms are out of whack already.

Haven't found a draft tracker on any online sites yet

Does anyone know if it will be 5 minutes per pick? Trying to work out how long this draft might drag on for.

Would love this outcome, also wouldn't mind if Carroll was substituted in for one of the latter two.

Cal now saying Luke Pedlar likely to go between 10 - 15

I wonder if we could do a deal for Collingwoods pick 14 or 16 if they don't use them to move up the board. 18 and 28 for 14 and a future 3rd. Gives us the extra future currency we're after and hopefully puts us in a position to land Macrae and still hold onto 19. Also gives Collingwood more collateral to either match a bid for McInnes or take to the draft since their next pick after 16 is 65.

Anyone have access to Herald Sun's phantom draft?

I've only watched a brief bit of that footage but the main thing that stood out for me was how clean and composed Bowey is. Would love to have him in our colours if he can bring that to AFL level.

As the picks currently stand pre-draft. 18. Carroll 19. Holmes 28. Bowey (if we keep it) or 50. Callow Think we'll add a tall to compliment our team if we go for two medium sized runners. Either that or another small forward but I don't think there will be much in the way of quality at the back end of the draft.

Also what's happened to Seamus Mitchell? Doesn't seem to be factored into any phantoms drafts that I can see and doesn't rate a mention in Cal's whispers for later selections among any clubs. Slipped back into late/rookie territory?

That's two phantoms that have us taking Carroll and Cook.

That would just be about my dream result I reckon. Although I'm hoping for Macrae to somehow sneak through to us.

My uneducated prediction of the first round influenced by various phantom drafts such as todays article from Cal Twomey. 1. Western Bulldogs – JUH – (Matching bid) 2. Adelaide – Riley Thilthorp 3. North Melbourne – Elijah Hollands 4. Sydney – Denver Grainer-Barras 5. Hawthorn – Logan McDonald 6. Gold Coast – Will Phillips 7. Essendon – Tanner Bruhn 8. Essendon – Zac Reid 9. Essendon – Reef McInnes (bid not matched) 10. Sydney – Braeden Campbell (matched bid) 11. Adelaide – Finlay Macrae 12. GWS – Heath Chapman 13. North Melbourne – Archie Perkins 14. Freemantle – Brayden Cook 15. Port Adelaide – Lachie Jones 16. GWS – Bailey Laurie 17. Collingwood – Nik Cox 18. GWS – Luke Pedlar 19. Brisbane – Blake Coleman (matched bid) 20. Collingwood – Conor Stone 21. Sydney – Errol Guldon (matched bid) 22. Richmond – Tom Powell 23. Melbourne – Jack Carroll 24. Melbourne – Jake Bowey 25. GWS – Nathan O’Driscoll 26. St Kilda – Sam Berry *Edit: Just realised I missed Oliver Henry entirely, will have to re-work the order again.

Cal's Phantom Draft is in Cal Twomey's 2020 Phantom Draft: Top 30, late picks, your club's whispers He has us taking Jack Carroll and Max Holmes at 21 and 23 respectively with a bid on Sydney's Errol Guldon in between (which he predicted would be matched). He has tipped Macrae to go to Richmond one place before us :( JACK CARROLL - 21 POS: Midfielder Ht 187cm, Wt 79kg, DOB 20/12/02 From East Fremantle/Western Australia There are plenty of clubs who are fans of Carroll, with the talented West Australia turning heads with his decision making ability and capacity to dodge and weave through traffic. The midfielder is adept at winning his own disposals – noted by his place atop the colts' competition's contested disposal count – but also can get into space. At his height he also offers a bigger presence than some others around his mark in the pool. If not him? The Demons would be looking to see if Bailey Laurie is available, while Finlay Macrae would also be wiped off the board if still available at the Dees' pair of picks. MAX HOLMES - 23 POS: Midfielder Ht 189cm, Wt 74kg, DOB 29/8/02 From Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro There's always room for a smokey. Holmes would be a genuine surprising inclusion in the top-30, but it is not beyond the realms. The excellent athlete shapes as a real bolter given he has played so little football in the talent pathway, but he put himself on the map with his testing, when he ran 2.8 seconds in the 20-metre sprint and 6:25 in the 2km time trial. He played one game for Sandringham last year having given away an athletics career, with his mother Lee Naylor a former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist. If not him? The Dees have been linked to Holmes for his running power and he would get a look under certain scenarios. Caleb Poulter is another who may be in their thoughts as the first round stretches out. Melbourne "The Dees will use three picks at the draft, but where their third selection actually is remains in play. Melbourne is another club who is open to offload its second-round pick in exchange for a future pick if it can find a taker, which would mean they grab their third player at No.50. They have shown some interest in Sandringham Dragons small Jake Bowey, as well as athletic tall Fraser Rosman, who blew away the testing with his speed and endurance mix and can play on the wing. Another outside option who they could think about is Gippsland's Ryan Angwin, while leaping tall Jaidyn Hunter attracted some investigation through the year." *Cheers to the admin for cleaning up my post, I haven't got my head around the toolbar just yet.