The best steals in the 2005 Draft!!!

[richcogs]

Who were they???????? Hurn, Hughes, ect.........

[The Shag]

Lucy to essendon at sixty-something.....bloody steal

[DaSawx]

Ryder and Lucy :D

[TheGeneral]

Hurn for mine but I couldn't believe Bower was available at pick 20.

Swallow at 44 is way better than Lucy Shag.

[Lajon]

It's hard to judge who the steals really were until they have performed and you can look back and go "wow simon black at 31 was great ey?"

Based on what these kids have done so far in juniors and reputation, it seems that Lucy and Swallow were 2 players whose clubs would have been happy to pick them up so late.

[The Dice Man]

Hurn for mine but I couldn't believe Bower was available at pick 20.

Swallow at 44 is way better than Lucy Shag.


Lucy Shag.. is that a real name??? :eek:

[magpies42]

i cant believe we didnt take muston at 21

[Embers]

Hurn and Swallow, in a heartbeat.

Also Toovey for whoever gets him in the Rookie draft.

[dirk pitt]

If anything I reckon the fact that Lucy was barely drafted show just how overated he has been (and continues to be by some).

[cosby]

it's too early. and for those who think lucy was a steal, there's gotto be a reason he slipped so much.
until the picks actually perform no one is a steal.

[Waite30]

Bower at 20 and Muston at 22.

[TheGeneral]

Lucy Shag.. is that a real name??? :eek:
I want to meet her if she exists but my impatience failed the punctuation test this time.

[Nightwolf]

Hughes in the 20's...

Muston at 22:)

[theorangeapple]

Bombers did well IMO

Hughes is an unknown really, I think he was overated because everyone just presumed the Doggies would go the best tall at 11 and he was 5th in line.

Muston was worth 22. Not sure the hawks are the club to take that risk. It might well pay off.

Bower at 20 wasnt a steal. If anything it was paying over the odds.

[LukeHodge15]

shannon hurn----------steal of the draft-he is a footballer not an athlete.

at least with hurn u know he can play the game of footy.

andrew swallow--------another footballer with the one weakness being his kicking. have the recruiters got it wrong 2 drafts in a row........time will tell

[mattyc2422]

Muston.

[79Vintage]

Will only be proven in time, by my personal rankings -

Drum at 10 for Freo.
Jones at 12 for Melb.
McKinley at 29 for West Coast
Hughes at 24 for Richmond
Tuck at 38 for Hawthorn
Swallow at 43 for Kangaroos
Obst at 48 for Port
Laidlaw at 51 for Sydney
Minson at 58 for Port

[Scham]

I think Sydney did well with pick 51, Laidlaw.

and WC did well getting McKinley where they did.

Ryder could turn out to be a steal at 7 as well.

[Embers]

Dont know about Hughes being a steal....

McKinley was a bit of a steal considering we rated him as a top 15 prospect and were about to take him with pick 13.

[cosby]

No One Has Played A Game Yet = No Steals

[Cerpin Taxt]

lol, who knows? I'd like to think Hurn was a steal.

[jrussell]

Kennedy a steal!

[TheGeneral]

Bower at 20 wasnt a steal. If anything it was paying over the odds.
He would have gone not long after pick 20 and Carlton had to take him so maybe he isn't a steal.

Still a great get for Carlton and he fills our needs more than any other player taken in the 2nd round.

Thankfully we didn't take Spangher instead.;)

[Embers]

lol, who knows? I'd like to think Hurn was a steal.

He was, everyone wud admit that, Kennedy was rated as pick 4 so its hard to classify him as a steal.

[evo]

Hughes and Swallow were absolute bargains.Mckinley was a top 15 for mine,good get at 29.

Still amazed that Riscbeith,Mc Entee and Jackson weren't pick up.

[cro_Magnum]

Will only be proven in time, by my personal rankings -

Drum at 10 for Freo.
Jones at 12 for Melb.
McKinley at 29 for West Coast
Hughes at 24 for Richmond
Tuck at 38 for Hawthorn
Swallow at 43 for Kangaroos
Obst at 48 for Port
Laidlaw at 51 for Sydney
Minson at 58 for Port
Obst at 48 went to the Crows

[blumfieldisback]

i cant believe we didnt take muston at 21


you got stanley who was widely being predicted as a possible top 10, you cant have them all and muston might not even play who knows how his knee holds up.

I reckon collingwood made the worst decision in picking thomas no.2. Although I rated the kid highly you would have got him no.5, should have gone for kennedy with no.2 or ellis.

[blumfieldisback]

and ryder would have to be a steal at pick 7 should have gone 2 or 3. If he wasnt available we would have chosen higgins.

[vinnie_vegas69]

The last player picked up, Justin Sweeney from Tyabb, could end up being the best player from the draft. Undoubtedly, one of the rookie draft selections will go on to become an All Australian.

We won't know who's a steal until the players actually play. Until then what you're asking is "who was picked lower than Burgan and FootyDraft predicted?"

[White Czar]

I reckon Hurn is a great get that late.

Didnt think Hughes would be around @ our 2nd pick. I was happy to get him @ 8 :eek: :)

[jackson_rules]

Kennedy a steal!
how can someone picked so early be a steal, so you think murphy was a steal as well:rolleyes:

[theorangeapple]

He would have gone not long after pick 20 and Carlton had to take him so maybe he isn't a steal.

Still a great get for Carlton and he fills our needs more than any other player taken in the 2nd round.

Thankfully we didn't take Spangher instead.;)

You are right, he would have gone before your next pick and combine that with your pressing needs for a tall back then it was a fair pick at 20. But wasnt a steal (as yet anyway).

BTW, Spangher > Bower ;)

[jrussell]

how can someone picked so early be a steal, so you think murphy was a steal as well:rolleyes:

Compared to how much Collingwood had to pay for two, soft outside midfielders, he was an absolute steal.:D

[jules101]

If anything I reckon the fact that Lucy was barely drafted show just how overated he has been (and continues to be by some).

thank u for that incredibly stupid comment, "barely drafted", ur either drafted or ur not drafted.

[DaSawx]

thank u for that incredibly stupid comment, "barely drafted", ur either drafted or ur not drafted.

It was really late and close to the end, therefore you could say he was barely drafted

[jules101]

It was really late and close to the end, therefore you could say he was barely drafted

so? wats the difference if he was drafted number 1 or 66 he was still drafted. he was nearly not drafted I would understand but you can't say "barely drafted". Its not a maybe thing. Yes he was drafted or No he wasn't.

[YAKUZA]

Could've sworn that someone reckoned Mills from Claremont was going to be a steal, perhaps I was dreaming!

[DaSawx]

so? wats the difference if he was drafted number 1 or 66 he was still drafted. he was nearly not drafted I would understand but you can't say "barely drafted". Its not a maybe thing. Yes he was drafted or No he wasn't.

WTF? Barely and not nearly is exactly the same :p

[Crow-mosone]

so? wats the difference if he was drafted number 1 or 66 he was still drafted. he was nearly not drafted I would understand but you can't say "barely drafted". Its not a maybe thing. Yes he was drafted or No he wasn't.

FFS he was lucky to get a gig at all. clubs were passing rather than take him.

[~GURU~]

For me Shannon Hurn at 13 and Nathan Jones at 12, they were good gets

[saladin]

logic says that if you have 20 players touted as worthy top 10 picks, then there are really 10 "steals" straight up! but of course, you can't draft everyone you want. so, really, you need to look at people who clearly went lower than anyone suspected. on that basis, swallow is probably the "steal". he went at least 30 places lower than most "judges" thought likely.

and you'd have to say that getting a well regarded FB prospect at 66 is an excellent punt. they are worth their weight in gold if they come through - hell, north gave two 1st rounders for hay!

but as others have said, it means nothing until they have played a few years. carlton rated murphy tops, essendon apparently ryder, collingwood thought thomas better than ellis. the whole thing is too clouded. i still cannot believe that 70-odd players were picked, but ryan jackson was not one of them!! offer him a rookie spot, bombers!!!

[Bobby Beecroft]

how can someone picked so early be a steal, so you think murphy was a steal as well:rolleyes:

Considering the offer from the Lions............. perhaps he was :rolleyes:

[mediumsizered]

We won't know who's a steal until the players actually play. Until then what you're asking is "who was picked lower than Burgan and FootyDraft predicted?"
This is probably the most rational thing I have read on here since the draft this morning. Every recruiting officer would have known everything about everyone of the TAC Under 18 players and were choosing according to needs identified by each club's football department. Based on this, any player taken lower than the so called expert predictions, were still available because the club's with picks before these so called steals were selected, had identified other priorities. A steal in a draft would be if a quality player was chosen from right field, ie other clubs weren't aware of the player.

[saladin]

you're right. i guess for it to be a steal, even the drafting club wouldn't know how good the player is going to be. ala' James Hird.

[andrew_embley]

Hurn
Lucy, that late was worth it.
Swallow, considering the picks the Roos had and the fact that they had stocked up on 'experienced' types in trades for what looks like a potential tilt at the flag in the next 2 years or so.

[mick ryan]

Young Brabazon will prove to be the steal of the Draft, well done Sydney.