Opinion 2020 Draft #2: 1/9/22/23/40/80 (2021 + Melb 2nd, Haw 4th, Freo 4th)

[Deaneus!]

KEY DATES

Oct 30 – Nov 6: AFL Free Agency Period
November 4 – 12: AFL Trade Period
November 20: List Lodgment 1
November 27: List Lodgment 2
November 30: AFL Draft Nominations close
w/c December 7: NAB AFL Draft and Rookie Draft (exact date to be confirmed in due course)
Mid-December: Final List Lodgment & TPP estimates

As God is my witness, finding anything useful on the AFL.com.au site is practically impossible, may whoever designed it burn in hell.​

 

[Mutineer]

i think earliest he will go is Essendons pick 8. I doubt Hamish would show enough courage to overlook him at 9 if available, but it's possible.
Dont think ive ever seen a draft where a player is genuinely considered a pick 1 contender by "experts" a week out from draft night, yet could conceivably drop to early teens.
Crazy stuff.

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[Brett Cummings]

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at the end of the season "I had to rest cos of my groins".

*ing cringe.

 

[FAITH]

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Cal can be clueless at times.
Don't take everything he says as 100% true.

 

[Cadillac]

Bulldogs are getting ready for a pick 1 bid, it's looking likely.

Let them have the pick 1 pressure. We get the same player at pick 2 but minus the pick 1 pressure, it's a beautiful thing.

Hilarious that you think whoever you think goes pick 2 won’t have any pressure on him to perform because your club made a bid for JUH at 1 .

 

[Thetrader15]

at the end of the season "I had to rest cos of my groins".

f*n cringe.

Struggled all year with groins...

 

[Thetrader15]

Hilarious that you think whoever you think goes pick 2 won’t have any pressure on him to perform because your club made a bid for JUH at 1 .

Nah, there'll be pressure...just not as much as JUH.
Could be another Paddy McCartin or Jack Watts

Nice story on JUH last night though, I think it was on 7.30 about the work he is doing in his community. Seems a ripper lad.

 

[WeedsMullet84]

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There's also a video of McDonald on the AFC site too

 

[Brett Cummings]

Hilarious that you think whoever you think goes pick 2 won’t have any pressure on him to perform because your club made a bid for JUH at 1 .

his cons are accuracy in front of goal so umm, have fun with that lol.

 

[Mutineer]

There's also a video of McDonald on the AFC site too

And?

 

[Reakts97]

I think I’ve settled with us taking McDonald. Least injury prone, the ‘experts’ rate him as best prospect and probably the safest of the 3. Can’t overthink it, I know I have been haha

 

[Vader]

i think earliest he will go is Essendons pick 8. I doubt Hamish would show enough courage to overlook him at 9 if available, but it's possible.
Dont think ive ever seen a draft where a player is genuinely considered a pick 1 contender by "experts" a week out from draft night, yet could conceivably drop to early teens.
Crazy stuff.

You still haven't...

 

[Cadillac]

his cons are accuracy in front of goal so umm, have fun with that lol.

Yeah. He’s a terrible prospect. Clearly shouldn’t see a bid until round 2.

 

[WeedsMullet84]

The AFL Draft Central team are great but they wouldn't be privy to the actual medical records of these draftees unlike the medical staff at the AFL clubs who get to run their eyes over their medicals. Not sure with the Covid restrictions if the club medicos have had access to do the in depth personal physical checks like in recent years either.

Obviously the Draft Central team wouldn't have access to medical records, but if there was anything adverse to have popped up from medicals then it's quite possible they're close enough to catch more info than the rest of us.

That Pick 1-10 draft range seems unusual to me for it to be based purely on talent.

 

[Crowman32]

Is the draft still December 7 ?

 

[zippity doedee]

Just needs a bit more balance:

Essendon picks 6,7 & 8
NM picks 2, 12 & 30
Ade picks 1 & 9

becomes

Essendon picks 1, 12 & 30 (possibly McDonald, O’Driscoll & ???)
NM picks 7, 8 & 9 (possibly Perkins, Bruhn & Cox/Reid)
Ade picks 2 & 6 (possibly Holland’s & Tillthorpe)

Make it happen!

Assuming North's pick 2 can't be dislodged.
How about:

Ade picks 1, 9, 23 & 40
Syd picks 3 & 2021 2nd rounder
Haw pick 4
Coll picks 14, 16 & 2021 1st rounder

becomes

Ade picks 3, 4 & 16
Syd pick 1 - ensure they get a pick in before a Campbell bid
Haw pick 14 & 2021 1st (Coll) - turn 1 first round pick into 2, bank on Coll slipping next year
Coll picks 9, 23, 40 & 2021 2nd (Syd) - get a pick in before McInnes bid, points for McInnes, points for Daicos next year

Or take out picks 16 & 23 if the above is too much in our favour.

 

[Brett Cummings]

Is the draft still December 7 ?

december 9.

 

[Vader]

Is the draft still December 7 ?

I believe it's the 9th, not that you'd know it from looking at the AFL website. Has there ever been a worse designed website in the history of the interwebz?

 

[Vader]

Assuming North's pick 2 can't be dislodged.
How about:

Ade picks 1, 9, 23 & 40
Syd picks 3 & 2021 2nd rounder
Haw pick 4
Coll picks 14, 16 & 2021 1st rounder

becomes

Ade picks 3, 4 & 16
Syd pick 1 - ensure they get a pick in before a Campbell bid
Haw pick 14 & 2021 1st (Coll) - turn 1 first round pick into 2, bank on Coll slipping next year
Coll picks 9, 23, 40 & 2021 2nd (Syd) - get a pick in before McInnes bid, points for McInnes, points for Daicos next year

Or take out picks 16 & 23 if the above is too much in our favour.

Waaaaay too many moving parts.

 

[Mutineer]

Is the draft still December 7 ?

9th wednesday
Rookie - Pre Season on the 10th

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I think it’s pretty obvious that if we take Holland’s we take him and if we take McDonals we don’t. Our midfield is too poor to take 2 talls.

You’re treating this as a one year rebuild

we won’t be rebuilt after this draft

the smarter thing to do would be take the 2 best players at those picks and if they happen to be McDonald at 1 and Thilthorpe at 9 yes we may stink next year but we also will have pick 1 or similar to take a Horne

we also have those early 20s picks this year and who’s to say we won’t get a very good mid there

and have our tall forward structure set for years

 

[Brett Cummings]

Yeah. He’s a terrible prospect. Clearly shouldn’t see a bid until round 2.

if he's anything like hawkins kicking for goal you can have him.

 

[Mutineer]

Sydney have announced that apparently they'll bid at 3 on Jamarra if he's still there

Word is we will bid on Braeden Campbell if he's still there at 9.

Swans commit to bid on Ugle-Hagan if he's available at pick No.3

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan is set to slip no further than pick No.3 in next Wednesday night's national draft, with Sydney committing to bidding on the Western Bulldogs' academy prospect if he is still available at the Swans' first selection.

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[FAITH]

Apparently we aren't bidding for JUH at 1, which is a little surprising.

 

[BACCS]

Sheehan has us taking Thilthorpe pick one and Macrae pick 9 in the mock draft with Twomey

 

[Brett Cummings]

Sheehan has us taking Thilthorpe pick one and Macrae pick 9 in the mock draft with Twomey

macrae at 9 over bruhn? hasnt macrae done a knee?