Competitions PHANTOM DRAFT 2014 - Carlton Edition

[HARKER]

PARTICIPANTS:

Cringle:..................Gold Coast
ItsAllAboutMe:.........Melbourne
Harker:...................GWS
Blue & Silver:..........Collingwood
Sheephead:............St.Kilda
LemmingMaster:.....Sydney
blue_boyz14:..........North Melbourne
MC_Doggy_Frog18..Port Adelaide
fnm_just a man......Geelong
zeeCFC: ..................Carlton
gotheJUDD..............Essendon
TerryWallet..............Bulldogs
coryne.....................Richmond
Doc2Drej ................Fremantle
slashin_velvet..........Hawthorn
FlowersByIrene........West Coast
The Facepainter........Adelaide
Blugazi.....................Brisbane

thylacine60:...........Fitzroy



1. Saints ........Christian Petracca
2. Melb ..........Angus Brayshaw
3. Melb ..........Jake Lever
4. GWS ..........Patrick McCartin
5. C’wood .......Peter Wright
6. GWS ..........Paul Ahern
7. GWS ..........Jarrod Pickett
8. G.C. ..........Jayden Laverde
9. C’wood .......Darcy Moore F/S
10. G’long ......Lachlan Weller
11. W.C. ........Sam Durdin
12. R’mond ....Liam Duggan
13. Freo ........Hugh Goddard
14. Adel ........Caleb Marchbank
15. G.C. ........Connor Blakely
16. North ......Kyle Langford
17. E’don ......Corey Ellis
18. Syd .........Isaac Heeney
19. C’ton .......Connor Menadue
20. E’don ......Ed Vickers-Willis

21. Saints .....Tom Lamb
22. Saints .....Reece McKenzie

23. GWS .......Oscar McDonald
24. GWS .......Jack Steele
25. North ......Nakia Cockatoo
26. W.B. ........Jordan De Goey
27. W.B. ........Tyler Keitel
28. C’ton .......Jarrod Garlett
29. G.C. .........Clem Smith
30. C’ wood ....Alex Neal-Bullen
31. Hakws ......Nathan Drummond
32. W.C. .........Peter Bampton
33. R’mond ....Damian Cavka
34. Freo .........Dillon Viojo-Rainbow
35. Adel .........Toby McLean
36. North .......Touk Miller
37. Syd ..........Tom Wilkinson
38. Syd ..........Jack Hiscox
39. W.B. .........Daniel McKenzie
40. Melb .........Harrison Wigg

41. Saints .......Dean Gore
42. Melb .........Billy Stretch F/S
43. Adel ..........Matthew Goodyear
44. Lions .........Liam Dawson
45. W.B. .........Declan Hamilton
46. W.B. .........Oleg Markov
47. G’long .......Caleb Daniel
48. C’wood ......Jackson Nelson
49. Hawks .......Keenan Ramsey
50. Hawks .......Matthew Hammelmann
51. W.C. ..........Branden Abbott
52. R’mond ......Brayden Maynard
53. Melb ..........Josh Deluca
54. Freo ..........Josh Glenn
55. G’long .......Jack Lonie
56. North ........Jack Cripps
57. Port ..........Sean McLaren
58. Syd ...........Jordan Cunico
59. Adel ..........Dainel Howe

60. G’long .......Ahmed Saad
61. C’ton .........Ed Langdon
62. E’don ........Jacob Chisari
63. Lions ........Harris Andrews
64. W.B. .........Zaine Cordy F/S
65. C’ton .........Ben Newton
66. G.C. ..........Brenton Payne
67. Lions ........Brett Eddy
68. Hawks ......Teia Miles
69. W.C. .........Alec Waterman
70. R’mond .....Mitch "Bloody" Robinson
71. E’don ........Harry Dear
72. Freo ..........James Rose
73. G’long .......Ben Cavarra
74. North ........Jaden McGrath
75. Port ...........Josh McGuiness
76. Syd -..........Abe Davis
77. Hawks .......Mark Pittonet

81. Lions...........Billy Gowers
99. Lions...........Kory Beard

 

[Sheephead]

1. St. Kilda - Christian Petracca
(VIC – Mid/Fwd)
186cm, 92kg, 04/01/1996
Eastern Ranges
Range: 1-3
Midfielder/forward.
Petracca can play both deep in the front half as a marking target and off a forward flank to a high standard when playing forward. Deep in the front half Petracca provides strong scoreboard impact and is an imposing marking presence with his 1v1 strength, overhead marking ability, marking on the lead and superior ability to read the drop of the ball. He can deep in the front half also win the ground ball. Petracca can also play off a forward flank and have a big impact, he can on a forward flank accumulate the footy in bunches, do damage with his footskills, present as a strong marking target, provide strong scoreboard impact and push up the field.Midfield talent – Petracca is an improved midfielder this year having improved his endurance and decreased his skinfolds. He has a nice mix between inside and outside game. He is a very good contested ball winner and stoppage player and these areas of his game can continue to improve given his size and strength. He is a strong ground ball winner. He is a strong tackler. He also has a rare power to him not only with his strength to bully guys inside the contest but some real explosive power where he can burst through a contest, come up with the ball and break away from the contest at speed. He also has excellent evasiveness and can sidestep guys and burst away with some real explosiveness. Some of his work inside by hand finding targets also is impressive. Outside the contest Petracca shows that he can find the footy but also use it really well utilising his damaging footskills and vision allowing him to find damaging targets up the field. Scoreboard impact – Forward or through the midfield Petracca provides strong scoreboard impact and is capable of kicking multiple goals and breaking games open with his scoreboard impact in any given game whether that be from set shots or in general play. There are not many 92kg midfielders going around and even fewer with the explosiveness and power of Petracca. He wins his own ball and can either burst through the contest or run around you with ease. He stands up through tackles and has the strength through his core and hips, he can shrug tackles and give a strong don’t argue. In the 1v1 contests he can take advantage of anyone who is not key position sized making him a matchup nightmare. Versatility – Petracca because he can play not only through the midfield but also on a forward flank or deep in the front half as a marking target gives you options and this versatility should also help him receive immediate senior games on any team. Has an excellent mix between footskills hitting his targets around the ground with consistency, vision allowing him to find some really damaging targets in great position but also he has the finishing ability and set shot goalkicking to allow him to make the most of his opportunities in front of goal. I have also enjoyed some of his kicks to target while tackled showing that even when tackled he can still execute and find his targets. Few if any medium size types have the marking ability of Petracca. He has the 1v1 marking ability, contested marking ability and ability on the lead to take his marks and he has the strength overhead to take them consistently. He also reads the drop of the ball exceptionally well and uses his body well in the contest allowing him to effectively protect the drop zone making him incredibly hard to defend particularly if he can isolate a smaller player defender deep in defence.

NB: Adapted from Knightmares Draft.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

No dramas love drafting for the coasters - home team

 

[HBF]

This is going to make for some very interesting reading.
The PD on the D&T board is coming up over the next few weeks.
See how this one compares to that one.

 

[MC_Doggy_Frog18]

Can you use other peoples write ups, not word for word but just adapted?

 

[Sheephead]

Saints are going to find it hard to get past Petracca aren't they?

Best available or needs? Not all Saints supporters will be happy for not taking McCartin though.

NEXT: ItsAllAboutMe

Will not surprise me if they went big forward but heard their list manager suggest this fella would be very hard to bypass. Reckon MEL are in a super position with multiple class acts left.

 

[coryne]

Will not surprise me if they went big forward but heard their list manager suggest this fella would be very hard to bypass. Reckon MEL are in a super position with multiple class acts left.

Yep which is why #3 for Frawley is CRAZY. It was better to finish 2nd last and lose a half-decent defender (he has done nothing for three years) than finish last. St. Kilda should have tried and traded #1, a player and a later pick (e.g #21) for #2 and #3. They would be better off with Brayshaw and McCartin than say Petrecca, Armitage and #21.

 

[TerryWallet]

Harks, might be worth mentioning to the guys that when it is their turn they can initially just select their choice and then can edit in the write up while the next selectors can pick.

Helps with the flow a bit.

 

[coryne]

Harks, might be worth mentioning to the guys that when it is their turn they can initially just select their choice and then can edit in the write up while the next selectors can pick.

Helps with the flow a bit.

What Terry are you saying that there is currently a lack of flow in the PD ??? .................. hehe

 

[LemmingMaster]

Feel free to go to the AFL website home page.

Search the player you're going to pick.
Watch their highlights video.
Write about what you see from their highlights.

 

[coryne]

Feel free to go to the AFL website home page.

Search the player you're going to pick.
Watch their highlights video.
Write about what you see from their highlights.

That sounds like A LOT of work. I would rather just plagiarize off the PD board

 

[coryne]

Has anyone seen ItsAllABoutMe lately ??? Think it would be a pretty safe bet to say that Bradshaw + McCartin will be selections #2 and #3 for Melbourne.

 

[Mr_Plow]

HARKER is always around, we'll hopefully fly through the top 10 after GWS has their 3 bloody picks.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

I've got my pick locked and loaded in the barrell

 

[fnm_just a man]

I've got my pick locked and loaded in the barrell

Have you a back-up?

 

[Blugazi]

Seeing as I only have 1 live pick as the Lions, I'm happy to fill in if anyone is taking too long

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Have you a back-up?

Nope, wont need it

 

[fnm_just a man]

No rush, no rush ... got a month to stretch it out.

 

[fnm_just a man]

Nope, wont need it

I like the braggadocio!

 

[TGR]

Nope, wont need it

Why? Is he a Dud?

 

[zeeCFC]

Suprise, 'ItsAllAboutMe' being selfish

 

[Squida25]

Blugazi stay prepared.

We'll give this until 7.00p.m. tonight and will then unfortunately have to kill off ItsAllAboutMe

A p.m. from our Melbourne recruiter to tell me hold off will suffice but if we don't get one, we'll have to move on.

I hear Squida25 has been waiting for a position to open up .

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Sorry been in meetings and training all day and first time I have looked at BF

2. Angus Brayshaw - Melbourne
3. Jake Lever- Melbourne

Some May question over looking McCartin, however I think with Hogan and Dawes KPF Melbourne have covered. Brayshaw is a no brainier and IMO is the best player in the draft and I think Lever can hold down CHB for the next decade and an ideal replacement for Frawley

Will do the write up tonight......

 

[coryne]

Sorry been in meetings and training all day and first time I have looked at BF

2. Angus Brayshaw
3. Jake Lever

Some May question over looking McCartin, however I think with Hogan and Dawes KPF Melbourne have covered. Brayshaw is a no brainier and IMO is the best player in the draft and I think Lever can hold down CHB for the next decade and an ideal replacement for Frawley

mmmmmm, interestinggggggggggggggg


Throws a cat among the pigeons there and the GWS would be walking around with a happy for a week ..........

 

[Azul]

Question from the peanut gallery, ItsAllAboutMe

How close were Melbourne to selecting Peter Wright as a ruckman? (who also is pretty handy up forward)

Gawn is very injury prone, Jamar is 31 etc. Spencer isn't bad but Fitzpatrick appears to be going nowhere.