List Mgmt. 2025 AFL Draft - Top 10 Candidates

[Moonatic77]

Guess what fellow Tiger's, we're gunna split a pick (2nd pick). The offers will cum in and make it a little irresistable. This will happen draft night

 

[TJTIGER]

Dyson Sharp is no brainer if you want to get sacked in five years time. Safe pick but his ceiling is far the lowest among mids being discussed in the first round. Waste a top five pick on him and watch the guy we should have taken be a star of the competition.

Who is your preference in of sharp Tomnat?

 

[TJTIGER]

I like Grlj a lot, and would be more than happy to take him if we slide down to pick 5-8 or so. Just think Sharp is the more sure-thing, and a defensive mid is something we need. Sharp also has known chemistry with Kellaway.

Seemed to be part of the thinking last draft. So Sharp having chemistry with Kellaway is a very good thing & potentially helps him settle in at the club... cheers

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Who is your preference in of sharp Tomnat?

Sully pick 3.

Would take NHH, Greeves, Cummings and Poo over Sharp as far as midfielders go.

 

[sregit]

I can absolutely see a world where Bummers trade 7 & 8 for 4 and a F2. Gets them one of the ‘big 4’, whereas 7 and 8 gets them more speculative picks.

That gives Robey at 3, then 2 of Grjl, Cumming, Greeves or X Taylor at 7/8.

I’m taking 2 of those over 1 x Sharp or CDT.

I would like to think we keep our F2, however, this would be a reasonably good result as I believe both cumming and Greeves have more upside than CDT or Sharp and any 2 of the 4 you've mentioned definitely over one.

 

[sregit]

Sully pick 3.

Would take NHH, Greeves, Cummings and Poo over Sharp as far as midfielders go.

Agree.

 

[spky1234]

I've seen this view a couple of times on here and here's my general take on it - Drafting is for best available, and trading is for filling needs. We have holes all over the ground, and our midfield is one of the bigger ones.

As it stands, these are the players we drafted in the last four drafts:

2021:

• Josh Gibcus
• Tom Brown
• Tyler Sonsie
• Sam Banks
• Judson Clarke
• Jacob Bauer (Delisted)

2022:

• Kaleb Smith
• Steely Green
• Seth Campbell
• Tylar Young
• Kaelan Bradtke (Delisted)
• Matthew Coulthard (Delisted)
• James Trezise

2023:

• Oliver Hayes-Brown (Category B rookie)
• Kane McAuliffe
• Liam Fawcett
• Mykelti Lefau
• Jacob Blight (Delisted)
• Campbell Gray

2024:

• Sam Lalor
• Josh Smillie
• Taj Hotton
• Jonty Faull
• Luke Trainor
• Harry Armstrong
• Tom Sims
• Jasper Alger

They (alongside the 2025 draft cohort) will be the core of our youth heading into next season.

You could maybe count 5 of these players as midfielders (Smillie, Hotton, Lalor, McAuliffe, and Sonsie). I'm not confident on Sonsie making it, McAuliffe is yet to grab a place, and it's too early to call for Smillie. While I've seen some good signs from McAuliffe, I'm only confident in Hotton and Lalor at this stage.

So in terms of our youth, our midfield is nowhere near done. I think Taranto, Hopper, Prestia, and Ross are fooling us into thinking we can start filling other needs when the whole point is that we need to upgrade on them. They are slow, and their ability to use the ball does not offset their lack in pace. We need to transition away from them as a group, so I'm not counting them as filling a midfield need in the long run. Taranto might be the only one if he has better users of the ball around him.

So if best available at picks 2 and 3 are midfielders, then we should absolutely pick them IMO. We shouldn't trade down to get a couple of players with less potential. A club might do that if their list is almost done, but ours is not at that stage.

We take Sharp or Duursma or Robey as that top midfielder.

Then we take another top midfielder in a better draft next season + Armstrong.

And if we get a good enough offer we split the pick and grab a Dovaston + Grlj or F1 - Unless Eagles take CDT, leaving us with 2 of Robey, Sharp and Duursma.

You are 1000% correct we need more inside mids. Taranto, Hopper and Prestia should have 0 impact in our drafting plans.

Trading down gives you two shots at grabbing a potentially better player, or you'd bank on collectively they contribute the same as 1 player.

 

[Rocco sifreddi]

Fk splitting picks i want the best 2 mids
In Australia , i want our midfield to bat deep like
2017 where no team could go with us

 

[Danog]

Sully pick 3.

Would take NHH, Greeves, Cummings and Poo over Sharp as far as midfielders go.

I'd vomit if we took NHH at 4.

 

[sregit]

I'd vomit if we took NHH at 4.

That would only be if we traded down. Also obviously doesn't rate Sharp like many others.

 

[Richorules]

Seemed to be part of the thinking last draft. So Sharp having chemistry with Kellaway is a very good thing & potentially helps him settle in at the club... cheers

Sharp and Kellaway are good friends

 

[Lord of the Wings]

Guess what fellow Tiger's, we're gunna split a pick (2nd pick). The offers will cum in and make it a little irresistable. This will happen draft night

Absolute garbage. Top 3 picks are rare. When you get them you use them.

 

[sregit]

Absolute garbage. Top 3 picks are rare. When you get them you use them.

This continuing merry go round. Ie. we'll split we won't split our pick(s) is pointless. None of us have a clue. I'm more interested if anyone knows if there is a smokey we could get at the end of the draft or as rookie? Has anyone heard the club is talking to a relatively unknown?

 

[Calcium Man]

This continuing merry go round. Ie. we'll split we won't split our pick(s) is pointless. None of us have a clue. I'm more interested if anyone knows if there is a smokey we could get at the end of the draft or as rookie? Has anyone heard the club is talking to a relatively unknown?

Chambers from eastern. We were also into Oskar but unless we find a pick 10-20 we won’t be getting him

 

[KrispyKreme]

Rookie Me Central just uploaded there top 30 rankings.

AFL Draft Power Rankings: September 2025

Rookie Me Central's September Power Rankings instalment features three fresh faces, helping shake up the end-of-season update.

central.rookieme.com

Interesting to see
X.Taylor at 6
S.Robey at 8
D.Sharp at 9
S.Grlj at 12
S.Cumming at 14

 

[Calcium Man]

Rookie Me Central just uploaded there top 30 rankings.

AFL Draft Power Rankings: September 2025

Rookie Me Central's September Power Rankings instalment features three fresh faces, helping shake up the end-of-season update.

central.rookieme.com

Interesting to see
X.Taylor at 6
S.Robey at 8
D.Sharp at 9
S.Grlj at 12
S.Cumming at 14

Lindsay at 15 ahead of Greeves at 16

Can’t wait to see Lindsay kick 4 goals and have 30+ touches in a prelim.

 

[Calcium Man]

Rookie Me Central just uploaded there top 30 rankings.

AFL Draft Power Rankings: September 2025

Rookie Me Central's September Power Rankings instalment features three fresh faces, helping shake up the end-of-season update.

central.rookieme.com

Interesting to see
X.Taylor at 6
S.Robey at 8
D.Sharp at 9
S.Grlj at 12
S.Cumming at 14

Should add that in the open pool it makes

3. Xav
4. Sully
5. Sharp
6. Schubert
7. Marsh
8. Grlj
9. Farrow
10. Cumming

 

[sregit]

Chambers from eastern. We were also into Oskar but unless we find a pick 10-20 we won’t be getting him

Are we talking to him or is it just your hope? Where do you see him going?

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Fk splitting picks i want the best 2 mids
In Australia , i want our midfield to bat deep like
2017 where no team could go with us

I did not know Richmond was considering shopping for midfielders from overseas?

 

[Calcium Man]

Are we talking to him or is it just your hope? Where do you see him going?

Just heard we were interested.

I think he probably goes 40+, he’s a right footed, slower version of Oskar for eastern. He’s best is very good, had 29 in granny but he fumbles a lot.

 

[Shinrisker]

This continuing merry go round. Ie. we'll split we won't split our pick(s) is pointless. None of us have a clue. I'm more interested if anyone knows if there is a smokey we could get at the end of the draft or as rookie? Has anyone heard the club is talking to a relatively unknown?

What did people think of Dahlitz? Haven't heard much of him since champs

 

[Calcium Man]

What did people think of Dahlitz? Haven't heard much of him since champs

Would be a 1st round pick if he was a left footer. Brilliant kick and has some serious penetration.

 

[smurfin]

Should add that in the open pool it makes

3. Xav
4. Sully
5. Sharp
6. Schubert
7. Marsh
8. Grlj
9. Farrow
10. Cumming

So, going by Rookie Me's ratings, then Xavier Taylor & Sully should be our "best available", assuming Duursma & CDT are gone. Both fill needs, and no longer perceived as that much of a "reach" if we use picks 3 & 4 on them.
following on after open pool number 10, they have:
11. Lindsay
12. Greeves
13. NHH
14. Phillipou
15. Dovaston
16. Oskar Taylor

So, there appears to be about the first 16 players in this rating that I feel have been mentioned on this board at various stages.
This is where the decision to downgrade a pick or not comes from.
Is Lindsay/Oskar + a future first better than just Xavier?
How about Greeves/Cumming + a future first instead of Robey?
Depends on how evenly the recruiters rate this list, or how different their list is.
Personally, I have little idea, but I love the idea of splitting pick 4 into say pick 10 + a future first - especially tied to Dons or Demons.
Getting at least our 10th rated player - but seriously could still be Robey or Sharp sliding and available.
And a chance for another deathride towards a reportedly much stronger draft.

 

[tigerdan]

Strong disagree. He has neat skills when he has 0 pressure on him. As soon as pressure is applied, he becomes more of a 'get it out by any means necessary' kind of player, regardless of where it goes.

I don't want another Short / Hopper / Taranto, so I'd be coaching that out of his game ASAP if we drafted him. The fact he's not using his strength more to free his arms and have an extra half second is a bit of a worry, considering he's just bigger than most players at U18 level. He's not going to have that luxury at AFL level.

Yeah, I prefer Cumming over Sharp. He just looks like he's able to push his opponents out of the way with ease. That might not be the case in the big league. Won't be disappointed of course, but I think Cumming is better.

Grill looks really good but he plays as a skilled back flanker in the footage I have seen. Think we need skilled onballers as a priority so don't want to pick him unless we split pick 4 somehow.

 

[tiger_tough]

X. Taylor sounds exactly like Josh Weddle. Wouldn't be disappointed if we landed him.