I count 10 premiership players in the top 42, compared with 8 and 5 in the two years either side.
2006 - The Worst AFL draft ever
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I count 10 premiership players in the top 42, compared with 8 and 5 in the two years either side.
Pretty good draft.
Had its share of fulfilled players at least.
A lot on the list from 2006 have played a lot of games , Would not rate a bad draft at all , maybe for super stars a little lighter than some years but not bad
Tandy
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I counted 11 'good' players out of 80. What a weak crop!
- Oct 5, 2004
- 14,145
- 7,084
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Rochester FC, Waroona FC, Pacers
B: Bachar Houli - Nathan Brown - James Frawley
HB: Eric McKenzie - Ben Reid - Shaun Grigg
C: David Armitage - Josh Kennedy - Bryce Gibbs
HF: Robert Gray - Tom Hawkins - Kurt Tippett
F: Shane Edwards - Jack Riewoldt - Lindsay Thomas
R: Todd Goldstein - Travis Boak - Joel Selwood
INT: Lachlan Hansen - David MacKay - Will Schofield - Matthew Leuenberger
EMG: Mitch Brown - Chris Dawes - Andrejs Everitt
HB: Eric McKenzie - Ben Reid - Shaun Grigg
C: David Armitage - Josh Kennedy - Bryce Gibbs
HF: Robert Gray - Tom Hawkins - Kurt Tippett
F: Shane Edwards - Jack Riewoldt - Lindsay Thomas
R: Todd Goldstein - Travis Boak - Joel Selwood
INT: Lachlan Hansen - David MacKay - Will Schofield - Matthew Leuenberger
EMG: Mitch Brown - Chris Dawes - Andrejs Everitt
No-one rates Westhoff hey. He can look a bit lazy at times but he definitely makes the 25 here. 200+ games, 200+ goals, and still actually on an AFL list unlike some of the spuds here.
Tarkyn_24
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- Dec 23, 2006
- 52,056
- 73,187
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
Pretty reasonable draft.
- May 21, 2015
- 4,509
- 6,786
- AFL Club
- Richmond
Don't really see who he would replace besides the emergencies
- Nov 8, 2016
- 2,058
- 3,431
- AFL Club
- Western Bulldogs
2003 was pretty average IMO.
craffles
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That draft looks terrible on paper. You know there are 21 other blokes on the field when a side wins a flag right? I'd definitely call 06 a bust
- Aug 21, 2007
- 31,679
- 99,050
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Aston Villa, San Antonio Spurs
I'd argue he's had a better individual career than Brown, Reid, Frawley, Tippett and Edwards from that first 18.
He comfortably has everyone on the bench and emergencies covered. The idea that someone like Dawes is ahead of him is laughable.
Upgrayedd
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OVer Tippett/Edwards yeah, but Ben Reid and James Frawley both have AA jumpers and Frawley has been an elite defender for years now.
Westhoff is pretty under-rated however, and yeah deserves a spot in that team someone posted. He'll hit 250 games by the end of his career
Should be close. We got 4 games (splitted 3,1,0) from 3 players in the regular draft and another 9 from one of our four rookies...
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Fell well short of the hype.
You have to remember, this was hyped as potentially the best draft ever at the time of the draft.
You have to remember, this was hyped as potentially the best draft ever at the time of the draft.
David Mackay. Not half the player Westhoff has been (and Westhoff hasnt been that good)
Upgrayedd
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Everyone bar David Mackay's mum would agree
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TheBrownDog
Lachie Hansen has languished in the VFL for the past 2-3 years and just got delisted, pretttttttttty confident Westhoff has him covered.
- Oct 29, 2017
- 18,943
- 36,556
- AFL Club
- Richmond
Reiwoldt, Houli, Edwards, Grigg.
Ill take it and the premiership(s).
Ill take it and the premiership(s).
- May 21, 2015
- 4,509
- 6,786
- AFL Club
- Richmond
I would have Brown, Reid and Frawley all over him Tippett I would agree with and Edwards plays a different position
Kane McGoodwin
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- May 21, 2001
- 81,489
- 82,085
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Adelaide Crows
Compare to 2005 draft:
B: Patfull, Carlile, Hurn
HB: Montgomery, Spangher, Birchall
C: Douglas, A Swallow, Murphy
HF: Vince, M Clark, Higgins
F: Varcoe, Kennedy, D Thomas
R: Ryder, Pendlebury, N Jones
I: Warnock, Gilbert, Ellis, Stokes
E: West, Dempsey, Ibbotson
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TheBrownDog
https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy...d2=5&type=A&pid1=1788&pid2=1726&fid1=C&fid2=C
Westhoff has played 90 more games than Ben Reid and leads Reid in every statistical category per game other than a 0.3 deficit in average marks. By no measure has Ben Reid had a better career than Westhoff, Westhoff has played significantly more games and has performed better on a per game basis. Gee it'd be nice to play for a big Victorian club.
