List Mgmt. 2025 AFL Draft - Draft Analysis

[THE THIN MAN]

Finishing second to last a lot of folks were hung up all month on the fact we should be picking in the elite talent bracket ignoring the reality that we came away with the 7&8th best kids in the draft. 100% not in the range for the “lay down guns” in any draft.

I hope more people comment under every afl post to highlight the inequality.

It was mentioned during Rhy Gieschen speech to the media.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

yeah, same, G will fine, a good soldier for the club, but just a bit of an empty feeling after going through the death ride all year to get the extra high pick.

you really want a sky's-the-limit potential player at 4. meanwhile, efc fans will be having an absolute belter of a night, on our's and Dee's behalf.

If we wanted a Grijl-type, we could have traded down. If the trade wasn't there, you change your plans.

Why would you change your plans if Grilj was 2nd on your list?
Pick 4 or whatever is just a number.

 

[GoTigers2015]

Seems like a dumb move to trade a F2 to go up one spot in the draft and then fail to get your targets

 

[prodigy]

Like everyone else I’ve consumed a fair few Grlj and Cumming videos over the last 8 hours and what I’m loving most is their hard edged approach and defensive / tackling efforts.

Both just seem no nonsense types and crack in to get the job done.

Good times ahead!

Wait, you didn't sleep?

 

[sante]

We all got caught up in Robey hype,

Not all of us. I don’t watch any U18s or anything but knowing what the club is like, he didn't seem like someone we’d take, I even said I think we’ll go with players we’ve been watching since U16s and that’s what we did. It was even more obvious after Rhy’s interview on Gettable

 

[Moral Disorder]

It was mentioned during Rhy Gieschen speech to the media.

I was impressed it didn't come accross as a whinge either. Just a matter of fact (needs to be fixed)

 

[Michaels]

Wait, you didn't sleep?

Feels like I didn’t

 

[G String]

Finishing second to last a lot of folks were hung up all month on the fact we should be picking in the elite talent bracket ignoring the reality that we came away with the 7&8th best kids in the draft. 100% not in the range for the “lay down guns” in any draft.

I hope more people comment under every afl post to highlight the inequality.

Best solution to this and its an easy fix - I think it was Ross Lyon suggested - no academy picks or F/S in the first round. If a player is good enough for the first round they can be picked by anyone with that pick. Priority picks can also f off.

I'm happy with our picks so far but they could've looked a lot different - we might've ended up with CDT and uwland with the above in place

 

[Wavvey]

Fun draft all round. Happy with our picks albeit still a little shocked.

Think that all but confirms all the trade down rumours up until the last minute. If Grij was our man, it made complete sense to trade down with Essendon at 9(13) to grab him and gain the extra pick. Obviously couldn’t get them to bite and took him anyway. Big sign of confidence in the kid.

The late Farrow interest probably came about because we were covering all our bases in case we were picking at that 9 spot.

 

[THE THIN MAN]

No more cockamamie trade proposals.

 

[Lord of the Wings]

I bet the Aints will try and get a early 2nd round pick to get philipou

Don’t matter we want BOB

 

[shaky]

Not talking about the players we have drafted but more about the draft as a whole but anyone complaining about the new rules coming in next year regarding Father sons & academy picks can get in the bin.

The fact we were the 2nd worst performed team this year and our first actual player pick was pick 7 is a ****ing disgrace.

Agree.
Now let's wait for next year when our FS players get bid on and we can't match because of the changed points system.

 

[hammer180]

No more cockamamie trade proposals.

Except we can talk about next yr now, hey wce 2028 1st for your 2026 1st?

 

[shaky]

No more cockamamie trade proposals.

I say we trade our next puck this year back a few spots and a fourth next year, a coke and packet of twisties, as long as they are cheese, not chicken flavour.

 

[captain cotch 9]

Sam-Banks, Lalor, Cummings & Grilj.

 

[shaky]

Grlj seems like such a humble kid who’s been brought up well… seems like the ultra professional.

I can’t help but think Robey drinks his own bath water.
Huge w***er vibes

He's an Essendon supporter, which is another way of saying massive w***er

 

[SMILLIE]

Hope it’s Pou. I assume we’ve promised Kickett

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

who plays first these boys or smilie ?

All will win a premiership before essendon win a final.

 

[tigerfan1961]

Reckons he just wasn’t sold on him consistently finding the footy and that he wasn’t particularly strong or great overhead. Time will tell.

He’s going to be so far off the mark imo. Smillie will be a very very good player for us once he gets the body right

 

[4tune8]

Seems like a dumb move to trade a F2 to go up one spot in the draft and then fail to get your targets



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If they were planning on pressuring the Suns to winkle out Addinsal then they should have bid on Uwland and Patterson at 2 & 3, not Dean.

 

[Wrenny]

Could Kickett last until *61? Who’s rumoured to snap him up? I think we take this pick and just leave the other for a rookie/kellaway.

 

[We are back baby!]

Bombers and Blues have been winning the trade period and/or draft for 20+ years … they’ve got 3 x finals wins and 1 PF finish in total between them in that time.

Let others ‘win’ the draft whilst we win more

Bombers took 3 players in Robey, Sharp and Farrow with below average speed .... Farrow has elite agility .... but these boys are slower than Taranto and Hopper.

Yeah or tak medium defender e a hybrid defender in Max K.

Not a bad option after passing on XT

Great call ... Max was the better performed medium defender than XTaylor at the Nationals

 

[tigerfan1961]

Said it all along that I would be very shocked if we picked Robey. So it turned out. Richmond did amazing at not revealing much, but from what I knew, it’s not the way they operate to take a kid like that.

So are you happy with what we did Bob? With two more to be added tonight, with some decent talent still available, I reckon we’re going to come out of this draft well.

 

[captain bloodsport]

I'll admit I wanted robey. After watching the highlights of the 2 we picked up, they just look way more dynamic and agile. Robey reminds me a bit of josh caddy

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Josh Caddy

Age

33

Ht

186cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.5

5star

CL

2.5

4star

D

13.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

6.0

3star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.7

3star

D

14.0

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.8

4star

now

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

who did pies get?

Umpire McPhee