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Preview 2020 AFL National Draft thread
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We'll console ourselves with Phillips, McDonald, DGB or Thilthorpe.
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Phillips looks more Rhyce’s type to be honest.
Disagree... a very solid 26 yr old experienced near 100 gamer... no superstar but know what you are going to get game in game out... perfect while developing younger ones.... we aren't talking big money here!
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The only thing is Dont Trust the AFL.....they could engineer whatever they like. They want Adelaide powerful, means dollars and more dollars. How they worked out the Suns got 1and 2 plus all the NT kids plus plus is flipping astounding to me.
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I'm not sure they need a powerful Adelaide though. It's a captive audience there.They need a competitive GC and GWS so they'll keep getting favours.
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What about tv ratings mate. Super important to everything. Adelaide are on the nose. I’m sure their games would be way down, pandemic or not.
Agree should be targeting this pick unless they are going to try to use it to get ahead of the juh bid, good luck as assuming that will come at one or two.... they wouldn't want brown though... have plenty of tall fwds
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Yeah maybe. They're an established market though with no competition really.
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The TV money runs the game.....if they are saying to Gil, “Ffs please no more Adelaide games in prime spots etc”. This is what happens. Whole thing is manipulated. Watch Carlton magically get 7 Friday night games next year. And next year particularly will be the most compromised fixture we've ever seen.
Obviously plenty mentioned of dgb and Logan.... Chapman is a mid? Hb?
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Having these two clubs play the season opener every year is an embarrassment. They should rotate all the Victorian clubs (ex-VFL) clubs for this one and it should be a double header to kick the season off.
Yep.....they’ll prob play 3 times next year
I was thinking the same thing. Hawks will finish below us and we will get a couple more wins.
Hopefully they knock off Adelaide and Essendon. Means we'd need 3 wins. Not happening. We've got 1 in us, maybe 2.
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I like your optimism he will slide but a local SA lad who could be a bookend for the next 200-250 games would be exactly what you need right now.
A few astute picks as you go to build a solid core to works with
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WAFL colts notebook: Round five
Jai Jackson made an impressive start to his new club, Heath Chapman and Corey Rundle continued their hot form, while Nathan O’Driscoll and Cameron Anderson earned a promotion.
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WAFL colts notebook: Jai Jackson, Nathan O’Driscoll, Heath Chapman, Logan Guelfi, Ty Sears, Sandon Page & more
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West Perth 17.10 (112) d Perth 3.4 (34)
First-round draft fancy Heath Chapman starred as West Perth made it five wins from as many starts against Perth at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday.
Captain Chapman was best-afield as the ladder-leading Falcons remained undefeated with a 78-point thrashing of the Demons, with 28 disposals at 86 per cent efficiency to go with seven marks.
The intercept-marking defender’s draft stocks are rising, with Fremantle and West Coast already showing interest along with several interstate clubs.
He was part of a well-organised Falcons back-six with Ethan Bradford keeping dangerous Demons forward Harry Quartermaine goalless for the first time this season and State 16s squad member Kane Bevan and Rohan Scurria also playing their roles.
Colts leading goal-kicker Corey Rundle’s sublime set shot was on song after an early blemish running into an open goal, booting five majors in a powerful display to take his season tally to 20.
Callum Johnson was prolific through the midfield as usual with 33 touches and two goals, with silky-skilled on-baller Luke Reilly also prominent with 27 and two.
Brady Alvaro was lively on the wing and Darcy Dixon did some good things up forward with 2.3 and a few unselfish score assists.
Tough mid Conor McPartland was the shining light for the Demons with a hard-working display, finishing with an equal game-high 33 touches to go with six clearances, six tackles and a goal.
Zak Meloncelli and Zac Sanderson also found plenty of the footy, ruckman Jaiden Hunter competed well against Michael Mallard and Deklyn Grocott kicked a couple of goals.
Perth were missing their best two players with key forward Logan McDonald dominating in the league side and midfielder Nathan O’Driscoll earning a promotion to the reserves.
McDonald could soon be joined by O’Driscoll is closing in on a senior berth after earning the players’ player award, impressing in his inside and outside midfield roles in a winning side.
Claremont 12.6 (78) d East Perth 5.8 (38)
Like ladder leaders West Perth, reigning premiers Claremont remained undefeated for season 2020 with a comfortable 40-point win over East Perth at Leederville Oval.
Sam Alvarez was best-afield with a game-high 25 possessions to go with four tackles and three inside 50s, with Logan Young (22 disposals and a goal) and Jake Willson (21 and five inside 50s) also working hard through the middle.
Dylan Mulligan made the most of his opportunities up forward, booting 5.0 from 11 touches, while Jack Avery and Jacob Blight were reliable as ever down back.
Logan Guelfi, the younger brother of Essendon’s Matt, was his lively self across half-forward with 22 touches, six inside 50s, five tackles and two goals.
In-form speedster Cameron Anderson earned a promotion to the reserves and found a bit of it, while draft fancy Joel Western is a good chance to return from hamstring injury this week.
Josh Hubbard, Riley May, Jake Littleton, Jayden Peak, Luke Lombardi and Zac Dronow battled hard in a losing cause for the Royals, while Jye Amiss (3.3) was in everything up forward.
Subiaco 22.8 (140) d Peel Thunder 7.7 (49)
Subiaco were the biggest winners of the weekend, thrashing Peel Thunder by 91 points in Mandurah.
Former East Fremantle midfielder Jai Jackson impressed in his colts debut for his new club, amassing 21 possessions and booting two goals across half-forward.
The Chapman Valley product joined the Lions this month and is likely to push for senior selection in the coming weeks.
Lachlan McKay was the star of the show up forward with six majors, with Sandon Page, who has 13 majors in three colts appearances after starting in the reserves, chiming in with five and silky-skilled forward Tyler Brockman three.
Jake South was the premier big man on the ground with 39 hit-outs and 17 possessions, while Lachie Vanirsen (23 disposals, six marks and a goal) tough nut Jed Kemp (21 disposals and four tackles) continued their hot form.
Isiah Winder, who made his league debut a fortnight ago, was Peel’s best with 27 possessions and eight marks, with fellow State Talent Academy squad member Luke Polson competed strongly around the ground.
Jaxon Egan and Zac Trigwell were decent up forward with two goals apiece.
South Fremantle 9.8 (62) d Swan Districts 6.16 (52)
A fast-finishing South Fremantle overcame a wayward Swan Districts by 10 points at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.
The Bulldogs took the lead at the five-minute mark of the final term and held on for a 9.8 (62) to 6.16 (52) victory.
Shannon Neale, rated alongside Claremont beanpole Kalin Lane as WA’s premier big man in this year’s draft, continued his strong season with 15 possessions and 21 hit-outs.
Jaxon Bellchambers was a really hard worker with 19 touches, 10 tackles, five marks and a goal.
Baxter Jones and Jacob Plunkett kicked two majors apiece.
For the Swans, midfielder Ayden Cartwright was prolific through the midfield with a game-high 29 disposals and four tackles.
Cartwright has been a shining light in the absence of big-bodied mid Zane Trew, who missed his second consecutive game with concussion.
Draft hopeful Ty Sears was lively with 21 touches, six inside 50s and a goal.
Luke Taylor, the younger brother of GWS Giant Sam, was decent up forward with two goals.
Hale School captain and West Coast Next Generation Academy talent Lawson Humphries did some good things on debut.
I wholeheartedly believe that we will comfortably beat Collingwood on the weekend. I don't want to either. We just like to stuff up our draft positions historically.
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It'd take a rather large set of gonads from your recruiters to not take Thilthorpe. With all due respect, the Adelaide list is in complete shitsville at the moment and you need talent everywhere. And your player retention hasn't been flash. To overlook an SA kid who's got some freak attributes to take a Vic kid coming off a knee reco…..
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Don't like this. Nope
Lining up our respective efforts against Melbourne in the last week, it looms to be a close game.
I'm not going to bitch and moan if we win off an LDU blinder and a bag from Larkey though. There's still plenty of talent to pick from if we land in the 4-5 range.
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I think it will be a resounding win on the back of a largely unchanged line-up.
Meaning our kids will be on show for being more than the media (who have no f***ing idea about us as exceedingly few have done any analysis of us) thought of them.
It'll also mean if we do that any loss we suffer where we're not at that level will come under scrutiny.
Brady, Rhyce, have some work cut out for them.
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I remember watching Dusty's at the time and thinking wow, but yeah I agree I can't think of any more impressive than that.
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