Judd2sewell just put him 5. Heppel has had plenty of top years.
Draft Review 2010 - Revisit the 2010 Draft
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Sorry - J2S makes it official? It’s a weak draft - if heppell is top 10 it’s all the proof you need.
Darling and to a lesser extent Lynch are being underrated significantly. AA forwards who play over 200 games are locks for top 5 in this draft especially when Parker, Gaff and I.Smith have been the only consistent midfield guns of the draft.
My list broken up into tiers:
Tier 1 - Star of the competition
McGovern
Tier 2 - Consistent guns/High level KPFs
Parker
Darling
Lynch
Gaff
Smith
Tier 3 - High level players who’ve had 1 or 2 gun seasons
Heppell
Prestia
B.Smith
Guthrie
T.McDonald
Libba
Howe
Jonas
Tier 4
Menengola
Seedsman
Lyons
Swallow
Dalhaus
Johanisen
Hibberd
Lycett
Jenkins
Polec
Cripps
Caddy
Wallis
Puopolo
My thoughts are:
- You could argue that Parker and Darling deserve to be in a tier 2 by themselves given Darling will kick over 500 goals and Parker is no question the best mid in the draft.
- I have Menengola, Seedsman and Lyons as likely to jump into tier 3 given they were late developers and are only separated from some of the players in tier 2 because they’ve played significantly less football.
My list broken up into tiers:
Tier 1 - Star of the competition
McGovern
Tier 2 - Consistent guns/High level KPFs
Parker
Darling
Lynch
Gaff
Smith
Tier 3 - High level players who’ve had 1 or 2 gun seasons
Heppell
Prestia
B.Smith
Guthrie
T.McDonald
Libba
Howe
Jonas
Tier 4
Menengola
Seedsman
Lyons
Swallow
Dalhaus
Johanisen
Hibberd
Lycett
Jenkins
Polec
Cripps
Caddy
Wallis
Puopolo
My thoughts are:
- You could argue that Parker and Darling deserve to be in a tier 2 by themselves given Darling will kick over 500 goals and Parker is no question the best mid in the draft.
- I have Menengola, Seedsman and Lyons as likely to jump into tier 3 given they were late developers and are only separated from some of the players in tier 2 because they’ve played significantly less football.
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Good list. Seedsman plays another year like 2021 and yeah definitely tier 3.
Lyons is a really interesting case.
How many players have been delisted twice on the way to becoming really good players at their 3rd club.
How many players have been delisted twice on the way to becoming really good players at their 3rd club.
Menegola I guess
The difference for Menegola is that he had only previously been rookied and had not been continuously on a list.
Actually Podsiadly had a similar background to Menegola having been rookie listed by 2 clubs prior to getting to Geelong some years later.
Lyons wasn’t a real delisting the second time round though. GC had a contract in front of him but Brisbane made an offer to him after the trade period was finished so to look after Lyons they delisted him as they weren’t willing to come close to matching Brisbanes offer
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1. Jeremy McGovern
2. Luke Parker
3. Andrew Gaff
(Steven May)
4. Jack Darling
5. Tom Lynch
6. Dyson Heppell
7. Dion Prestia
(Charlie Dixon)
8. Isaac Smith
9. Brodie Smith
10. Cameron Guthrie
11. Jeremy Howe
12. Michael Hibberd
13. Jarryd Lyons
14. Tom Liberatore
15. Tom Jonas
16. Tom McDonald
17. Josh Jenkins
18. Luke Dahlhaus
19. Jason Johannison
20. Jamie Cripps
Fairly deep draft with a few quality players missing (Swallow, Polec, Caddy, Atley, Wallis, Lycett, Puopolo, Seedsman, Menegola), but the top-end isn't that much to write home about. Not sure how happy non-West Coast fans would be with the draft.
2. Luke Parker
3. Andrew Gaff
(Steven May)
4. Jack Darling
5. Tom Lynch
6. Dyson Heppell
7. Dion Prestia
(Charlie Dixon)
8. Isaac Smith
9. Brodie Smith
10. Cameron Guthrie
11. Jeremy Howe
12. Michael Hibberd
13. Jarryd Lyons
14. Tom Liberatore
15. Tom Jonas
16. Tom McDonald
17. Josh Jenkins
18. Luke Dahlhaus
19. Jason Johannison
20. Jamie Cripps
Fairly deep draft with a few quality players missing (Swallow, Polec, Caddy, Atley, Wallis, Lycett, Puopolo, Seedsman, Menegola), but the top-end isn't that much to write home about. Not sure how happy non-West Coast fans would be with the draft.
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Luke Parker at 2? You're joking.
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IMO he's clearly the best mid of the draft. And has been rock-solid reliable for pretty much all of his career. I guess you can say that he's never been truly elite but he's held it together better than Gaff has and has been more consistent than Darling/Lynch.
Yeah, possibly. Though he did have one really good year back in 2014 and was really solid for a number of years. Prestia and Smith at least definitely have cases to be ahead, though.
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Dixon at 7? Jesus. That's about 20 too high.
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Prestia has won BnF’s in flag years. Absolutely no way he is behind any of those guys and also is ahead of Heppell.
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Yeah I'd say Prestia and Issac Smith should be higher. At least above Heppell and maybe even Lynch
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If I can throw in another scud missile, swap Gaff and Darling.
Gaff has as much hurt factor in his usage than what Tom Mitchell does.
While he's not shown it this year, Jack Darling has shown himself to be more damaging and clutch worthy than Gaff.
Gaff has as much hurt factor in his usage than what Tom Mitchell does.
While he's not shown it this year, Jack Darling has shown himself to be more damaging and clutch worthy than Gaff.
Darling does have a couple of moments in important finals that he will not want his grandchildren to ever see.
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Was kinda shocked to see how many games Darling has played and goals kicked. More than I thought.
Prestia is somehow still so underrated.
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Now it’s correct.
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I'm taking Lynch ahead of Prestia then, now and forever.
No one can eclipse Parker though.
Also, Isaac Smith ---> Cameron Guthrie ---> Jarryd Lyons.
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Probably true as Prestia just cannot get his body right. He's done a lot but let down a fair bit by injury.
Guthrie is having a late run but his last ~2 years have been a big improvement. Probably way too late to catch the top few but I'd have him creeping into the top 10
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My best 22 of this draft:
Jeremy Howe - Jeremy McGovern - Tom Jonas
Brodie Smith - Josh Walker - Dyson Heppell
Andrew Gaff - Dion Prestia - Isaac Smith
Mitch Wallis - Tom McDonald - David Swallow
Jack Darling - Tom Lynch - Luke Dahlhaus
Scott Lycett - Luke Parker - Tom Liberatore
Cameron Guthrie - Paul Seedsman - Jarryd Lyons - Jason Johannisen
Stacked midfield, great tall forwards. Lack a second good key defender and a small forward.
Jeremy Howe - Jeremy McGovern - Tom Jonas
Brodie Smith - Josh Walker - Dyson Heppell
Andrew Gaff - Dion Prestia - Isaac Smith
Mitch Wallis - Tom McDonald - David Swallow
Jack Darling - Tom Lynch - Luke Dahlhaus
Scott Lycett - Luke Parker - Tom Liberatore
Cameron Guthrie - Paul Seedsman - Jarryd Lyons - Jason Johannisen
Stacked midfield, great tall forwards. Lack a second good key defender and a small forward.
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