Opinion Which players are worth pick 1?

[Hawk_francais]

As far as I know, no single player has ever been traded in a straight swap for pick 1. It was recently rumoured that Treloar could be on the table for pick 1. It's not going to happen, it seems, but I've often felt that draft picks (even the first) are still an overrated gamble, and that if I was a list manager with pick one, I'd go to town.

So this is an invitation to go to town. Who is worth pick one this year?

Edit: I changed this to a poll, I tried to think of all players who might be worth pick 1. If you have a suggestion, I'll add it.

 

[Moist Biscuit]

Lol who the hell is giving up pick 1 for Ben Brown?

 

[Procrastinator35]

Less than half your list would secure pick 1.

Bontempelli
Martin
Fyfe
Cripps
J. Cameron

 

[Hawk_francais]

Lol who the hell is giving up pick 1 for Ben Brown?

Anyone who wants a 60-goal per year forward for at least the next 5 years?

 

[Moist Biscuit]

Anyone who wants a 60-goal per year forward for at least the next 5 years?

A one dimensional forward like Brown would never fetch the first pick in the draft.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Joe Daniher

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Dougal Howard

 

[HarryFlashman]

Less than half your list would secure pick 1.

Bontempelli
Martin
Fyfe
Cripps
J. Cameron

You would want more than just pick 1 for those players, u would want more than 1 for Sam Walsh

 

[Hawk_francais]

A one dimensional forward like Brown would never fetch the first pick in the draft.

One-dimensional... just lol.

 

[Procrastinator35]

You would want more than just pick 1 for those players, u would want more than 1 for Sam Walsh

The O/P post never stipulated anything about extras.....Just who would demand pick 1.

Sam Walsh aint in the same convo as those players as yet.....But he's off to a good start.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Less than half your list would secure pick 1.

Martin
Fyfe

It'd have to be a pretty poor draft to give up pick 1 for a 28 year old, especially when a club with pick 1 is pretty unlikely to be pushing for a flag in the close future, which you'd need to be if giving up 1 for 28 year olds.

 

[HarryFlashman]

The O/P post never stipulated anything about extras.....Just who would demand pick 1.

Sam Walsh aint in the same convo as those players as yet.....But he's off to a good start.

He’s not, but he is 100% worth pick 1- pick 1 is a gamble (a short priced one- but still a gamble). Given his performance to date- u have to say he’s worth pick 1 (if not a little more)

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Adrian Dodoro

 

[Ash1337]

You're Missing Josh Kelly...

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

Brad Hill?

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Everyone but Neale, Brown, Charlie Cameron, Gresham and McGovern.

You can build teams around the others.

 

[Hawk_francais]

I think part of why the number one pick rarely gets traded is that the bottom club is almost always beginning a rebuild... therefore getting elite talent in their prime is pointless.

But I'm one of maybe very few that looks at GC's trade for Lachie Weller as pretty even. It sounds crazy, because he was so 'unproven', but so was Andy Brayshaw, and there's not a lot between them in age. Both look like being decent, but not game-changing players for their clubs. In addition, Weller wants to be there.

 

[PAFC_1870]

Too many of those are too old imo

 

[King_Tredrea]

Dusty the clear one. In the eye of the beholder for some of the other candidates.

 

[Tbone McGraw]

Less than half your list would secure pick 1.

Bontempelli
Martin
Fyfe
Cripps
J. Cameron

All except Cripps.

 

[RUNVS]

Not quite what the OP is asking but if I were Gold Coast and Adelaide offered both the Crouch brothers I would seriously consider paying pick 1.

 

[petrolium]

Trent Croad and Luke McPharlin

 

[Hawk_francais]

As I suspected, most fans really seem to have an irrational fascination with pick 1. Historically it just doesn’t yield the best player in the draft class, and often not even close.

Consider all the players listed... only one top pick among them. They are best/most valuable players in the league and the vast majority were taken outside the top ten.

 

[Hawk_francais]

Trent Croad and Luke McPharlin

Thanks mate, we remember.

Single player.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Joe Daniher

I mean, you'd be wanting 2 Firsts for him at a bare-arsed minimum....surely.

Trent Croad and Luke McPharlin

Toss in picks 20 & 36 & you have yourself a deal.....Too bad we blew pick 20 on Elstone (Hodge's mate) rather than Stevie Jay.