Phantom Draft Combined '18 / '19 draft pools - rankings?

[Marcel Proust]

Can some of the gurus give us a rough idea how the upcoming draft compares to Walsh and co?

 

[Yojimbo]

Lets take a UFC approach to the issue of 2018 versus 2019:

Sam Walsh vs Matthew Rowell
Jack Lukosius vs Tom Green
Izak Rankine vs Liam Henry
Max King vs Luke Jackson
Connor Rozee vs Sam Flanders
Ben King vs Fischer McAsey
Bailey Smith vs Noah Anderson
Tarryn Thomas vs Brodie Kemp
Chayce Jones vs Caleb Serong
Nick Blakey vs Josh Worrell

Jye Caldwell vs Deven Robertson
Zac Butters vs Dylan Stephens
Isaac Quaynor vs Lachlan Ash
Jackson Hately vs Finn Maginess
Jordan Clark vs Hayden Young
Ned McHenry vs Trent Bianco
Sam Sturt vs Miles Bergman
Xavier Duursma vs Elijah Taylor
Liam Stocker vs Jay Rantall
Riley Collier-Dawkins vs Trent Rivers

Ely Smith vs Cooper Stephens
Xavier O'Halloran vs Jeremy Sharp
Jez McLennan vs Angus Baker
Ian Hill vs Kysaiah Pickett
James Rowbottom vs Sam Philp
Rhylee West vs Cody Weightman
Tom Sparrow vs Jackson Mead
Xavier O'Neill vs Thomson Dow
Will Kelly vs Will Gould
Will Hamill vs Will Day

30 intense battles for octagon supremacy, the last two bouts are a bit Will-ing (boom tish), no order
intended just looking for match ups to excite the crowd.

 

[Davo-27]

from my independent PoV

2018
Elite - Walsh, Blakey, B.King, M.King, B.Smith, Lukosius, Rankine, Rozee, Clark, Thomas, Caldwell
2nd Tier - Duursma, Butters, Jones, Hately, McHenry, Sturt, E.Smith, O'Halloran, McLennan, Hill, West
3rd Tier - Quaynor, Stocker, Collier-Dawkins, Rowbottom, Sparrow, O'Neill, Kelly, Hamill

2019
Elite - Rowell, Anderson (close to elite Jackson, Kemp)
2nd Tier - Green, Young, Flanders, Serong, D.Stephens, Robertson, Ash, Gould, McAsey, Henry (close to 2nd Tier Rivers, Sharp)
3rd Tier - C.Stephens, Worrell, Day, Bianco, Taheny, D.Williams, Pickett, Bergman, Weightman, Maginness, Mead, Ruscoe, Georgiades, Rantall

something like that at a guesstimate?

Pickett, D.Williams and Taheny could be higher on pure talent, but with all 3 something is holding them back and they need to prove they can get past their issues for me to rate higher, for Pickett its Fumbling and form issue, for D.Williams its an injury issue and form issue, for Taheny its attitude issue and form issue.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Sounds like Williams is the one this draft who his new club's fans will grow frustrated at with his body.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Rowell is #1 for mine

 

[weltschmerz]

Lets take a UFC approach to the issue of 2018 versus 2019:

West vs Weightman would be brutal. I'd watch it.

 

[Yojimbo]

West vs Weightman would be brutal. I'd watch it.

My warped mind says Blakey versus Worrell, that would be like a remake of the movie ET with Worrell riding
the bike and Blakey in the basket. I would pay money for Rankine versus Henry that is one classy bout.

 

[Marcel Proust]

from my independent PoV

2018
Elite - Walsh, Blakey, B.King, M.King, B.Smith, Lukosius, Rankine, Rozee, Clark, Thomas, Caldwell
2nd Tier - Duursma, Butters, Jones, Hately, McHenry, Sturt, E.Smith, O'Halloran, McLennan, Hill, West
3rd Tier - Quaynor, Stocker, Collier-Dawkins, Rowbottom, Sparrow, O'Neill, Kelly, Hamill

2019
Elite - Rowell, Anderson (close to elite Jackson, Kemp)
2nd Tier - Green, Young, Flanders, Serong, D.Stephens, Robertson, Ash, Gould, McAsey, Henry (close to 2nd Tier Rivers, Sharp)
3rd Tier - C.Stephens, Worrell, Day, Bianco, Taheny, D.Williams, Pickett, Bergman, Weightman, Maginness, Mead, Ruscoe, Georgiades, Rantall

something like that at a guesstimate?

Pickett, D.Williams and Taheny could be higher on pure talent, but with all 3 something is holding them back and they need to prove they can get past their issues for me to rate higher, for Pickett its Fumbling and form issue, for D.Williams its an injury issue and form issue, for Taheny its attitude issue and form issue.

Ross > Stocker IMHO

 

[Davo-27]

Ross > Stocker IMHO

i agree but i was just doing the first 30 picks in the 2018 draft, i mean i was talking Ross up prior to last years draft.

 

[Marcel Proust]

i agree but i was just doing the first 30 picks in the 2018 draft, i mean i was talking Ross up prior to last years draft.

my bad. i assumed there was no stack for a reason

 

[THE_GUN]

from my independent PoV

2018
Elite - Walsh, Blakey, B.King, M.King, B.Smith, Lukosius, Rankine, Rozee, Clark, Thomas, Caldwell
2nd Tier - Duursma, Butters, Jones, Hately, McHenry, Sturt, E.Smith, O'Halloran, McLennan, Hill, West
3rd Tier - Quaynor, Stocker, Collier-Dawkins, Rowbottom, Sparrow, O'Neill, Kelly, Hamill

2019
Elite - Rowell, Anderson (close to elite Jackson, Kemp)
2nd Tier - Green, Young, Flanders, Serong, D.Stephens, Robertson, Ash, Gould, McAsey, Henry (close to 2nd Tier Rivers, Sharp)
3rd Tier - C.Stephens, Worrell, Day, Bianco, Taheny, D.Williams, Pickett, Bergman, Weightman, Maginness, Mead, Ruscoe, Georgiades, Rantall

something like that at a guesstimate?

Pickett, D.Williams and Taheny could be higher on pure talent, but with all 3 something is holding them back and they need to prove they can get past their issues for me to rate higher, for Pickett its Fumbling and form issue, for D.Williams its an injury issue and form issue, for Taheny its attitude issue and form issue.

Looking at these players and there is probably only 5/6 i would swap Sydney Stack for at this stage and he could possibly be in the best 3 players by the end of his career