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I like Barnett, has looked better in defence when not rucking in my view. Can take a strong contested grab. Not sure he's the go at 13/14 but if we traded down to a couple picks in the 20s I think he's worth looking at. We shouldn't be going into the season with only Grundy and Gawn as recognised rucks and an untried 18yr old Cat B rookie as back up.

Cal and Kevin's mock draft 1. Gws - Aaron Cadman 2. Bris - Will Ashcroft (f/s) 3. Nth - George Wardlaw 4. Nth - Harry Sheezel 5. Ess - Elijah Tsatas 6. GC - Reuben Ginbey 7. Haw - Mattaes Phillipou 8. Gee - Bailey Humphrey 9. WC - Jhye Clark 10. Stk - Cam McKenzie 11. Car - Elijah Hewitt 12. WB - Jedd Busslinger 13. WC - Matthew Jefferson 14. Mel - Ed Allan 15. Syd - Olli Hollands 16. Gws - Lewis Hayes 17. Bri - Jaspa Fletcher (f/s) 18. Coll - Oli Hotton 19. Syd - Harry Barnett 20. Gws - Jacob Konstanty 21. Gws - Lachie Cowan 22. WC - Jakob Ryan 23. Gws - Harry Rowston (Academy) 24. WB - Brayden George 25. Ess - Josh Weddle 26. Ess - Alwyn Davey (f/s) 27. Nth - Coby Burgiel 28. Haw - Henry Hustwaite 29. Adel - Max Michaelanny (f/s) 30. Coll - Max Gruzewski

Inside info there red?

LISTEN: Who goes where? AFL.com.au's Mock Draft for 2022 - https://www.afl.com.au/news/866012 Haven't listened to this yet but this is a podcast where Cal Twomey, Nat Edwards and Kevin Sheehan do a mock draft where they select players based on their own thoughts on draftees and club needs. Not to be confused with Cals phantom draft which has more intel on how the draft might actually pan out.

@Bombay Airconditioning Jefferson missed games at NAB level due to APS commitments with Wesley College. The stats I could find shows he kicked 25 goals in 6 games at that level.

I was attempting to be a smart alec by taking "PMs only" as Prime Ministers only and completely disregarded the selected team. @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew was impressively quick on the uptake. Stanley Melbourne Bruce was also PM during our 2nd flag in 1926.

Did you watch the second round or is it readily accessible? Interested to see who they had us taking at our second pick and if they had some "project" talls falling in that part of the draft like Keeler, Lemmey, Foster and Van Es.

Weird thing to ask but ok. Someone put their copy & paste skills to work please Hope this helps.

Stanley Bruce?

Any word on if we nominated FEB? I suspect we probably haven't.

Highlights of ruck/forward prospect Phoenix Foster who projects to be taken late in the draft. Zero ruck highlights included however.

On Cal Twomeys latest draft video he mentioned Busslinger has received an invite to draft night but Hewett at this stage had not. His comments suggested that invites were directed at top 10 hopefuls rather than for the first round in general.

Most of them would still be doing their year 12 exams until mid November.

Highlights from a player some have around our part of the draft. First minute is from his 7 goal game vs WA.

Correct, its a 2 year extension keeping him at the club for at least another 3.

I recognise it's a highly unrealistic hypothetical, particularly with the apparent discrepancy between this draft and next years, but I don't think its a horrible deal. Off the premise that an early bid comes in for Davey, their pick 22 will get swallowed regardless and they will move it on in some shape or form. Now they will probably field plenty of offers for 22 to help generate points for Davey, but currently as it sits essendon will consider whether they want to have a draft haul of... Pick 4 Davey f/s (with picks 22, 54, 62 etc all used to match). Vs Pick 4 Pick 13 Davey f/s (with 37 helping to keep their later picks intact). Now a future first is a high price to pay but, unless you're Gold Coast, trading current first round picks demands a high premium and "overs" to come from the buyer to get it done. Consider any of our future pick swaps as a good example, both when we were bottom 4 and top 4. Essentially they are just moving their first from next year into this year to get ahead of the davey bid and bring in another talent one year earlier for development. The sticking point will be their anticipated finishing position next year. Essendon may have a more realistic view of themselves now, but a hubris exists in that club and it wouldn't half surprise if they fancied themselves as a top 8 team. Another sticking point could be the bombers not rating the talent around pick 13. Further balances may need to happen to make it more palatable for the bombers, say 1 or 2 x future 2nd round picks. That gives the bombers extra currency for next year to cushion the blow of not having a future first while we will walk away with 3 x f1s.

If we can't get a player we want at 13 or are unable to trade up for said player, I have come round to the thought of trading out our first this year. I wonder if Essendon might be a willing partner. Bombers have Davey as a f/s that may receive a bid before their 2nd pick at 22. The two main options they have will be to trade up to get ahead of the bid, or down to accrue more points to match. Say we trade pick 13 and 37 to them with 37 helping them with points to match a bid for davey. In return we get pick 22, 54 (likely to come into mid 40's) and a future 1st. In summary they end up with 3 first round picks (4, 13 and Davey) this year. We move 13 to 22 and get a future 1st (likely pick 5 - 10) giving us 3 first rounders for next year. Wishful thinking? Too generous?

Or a DFA in the pre-season.

Herald Sun online has an article, which I can't access, about the Dees and Saints having interest in Isaac Keeler. It seems unlikely that he would be selected early at pick 9 or 13 which means Saints have picks 28 and 32 ahead of our 37. He needs to be selected prior to pick 40 as he is an Adelaide NGA prospect.

185cm 87kg Think @dazzledavey36, who I believe is involved with the Bushies in some capacity, has summed him up pretty well a few posts earlier. Start career forward with views to progress to the midfield.

Not sure what it is about this years AFL highlights packages, but in comparison to previous years they're noticeably less impressive across the board both from an editing perspective and what they've decided to include.

Highlights of Elijah Hewett from his game against Vic Metro for those that are interested.

Any insights into Sam Gilbey @Pennant St Dee? I've liked what I've seen with his intercepting and kicking but not sure if he can play a lockdown defender role. My viewing of WA talent has been limited outside of the champs. Very unfortunate to end his season with a broken leg.