For Demon fans, the excitement was taken out of next month's AFL National Draft when Melbourne traded pick 12 to the Brisbane Lions for Mitch Clark leaving us to contemplate picks 36, 52 and 54. Beyond that, if we delist another player or two we're looking at a pick in the 70s or the Pre Season Draft.
But where do you go to even find out who's available at these levels?
I finally got a brainwave. Go to the experts at bigfooty.
I agree there's a lot of BS going on over there but I do like the cut of draft watcher Knightmare's jib so I checked out his latest phantom draft and below are the players in the range of his predictions:-
Knightmare's Phantom Draft
I like the sound of pick 35 Shane Kersten right down to his playing style equivalent. I have no doubt that those Demonlanders clamoring for us to get Fev will like him too!
Then we go down to the range of our second and third selections and discover that Fletcher Roberts is down as far as 50. Perhaps the draft is a bit deeper than I thought.
I reckon I deserve a phone call of gratitude from the Demon recruiters for bringing these players to their attention.