Resource 2025 AFL Draft prospects and discussion.

[MarkmyCrow]

I question if getting two young forwards while retaining Welsh is great list management, when we have a screaming need for a midfielder.

Maybe there isnt a midfielder out there but I would have preferred we rolled the dice rather than go back to Welsh, we have a decent sample size there, hence the vanilla call.

What midfielder though ?

Welsh we messed up last year by taking him out of loyalty , nothing to do with this year

 

[Cromulant]

This off season as felt very vanilla from us.

I am still dead keen on rolling the dice with Hollands though (if possible through SSP) , even more so after the double forward recruiting drive in the draft.

Yeah our lack of ice addicts is a real issue.

 

[Mutineer]

Should invite Tairon Ah-Mu, Waller, Ainsworth and every other undrafted decent Ruck prospect and have them duke it out for three weeks Last man standing gets a SPP spot.

Ainsworth is much more chance of making it as a KPD than a ruck. The one with the most future potential is Taj Murray but he will take 3 or 4 years development.

 

[Cromulant]

I question if getting two young forwards while retaining Welsh is great list management, when we have a screaming need for a midfielder.

Maybe there isnt a midfielder out there but I would have preferred we rolled the dice rather than go back to Welsh, we have a decent sample size there, hence the vanilla call.

Our last 2 first rounders before Wednesday were midfielders, Charlie Edwards is also a midfielder.

Its kinda laughable to suggest we dont draft them, its just our moron coach chooses to not to select them.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

What midfielder though ?

Welsh we messed up last year by taking him out of loyalty , nothing to do with this year

I wouldnt know, I am not a draft expert.

The rookie draft should be a free hit, feel like its a bit of a waste going back to a player who has had a chance.

 

[GreyCrow]

Jeffs back

 

[jackster83]

Our last 2 first rounders before Wednesday were midfielders, Charlie Edwards is also a midfielder.

Its kinda laughable to suggest we dont draft them, its just our moron coach chooses to not to select them.

Maybe if we pick up a back flanker in the SSP, the coaches will consider moving Edwards up the ground.

 

[Peter Doherty]

I wouldnt know, I am not a draft expert.

The rookie draft should be a free hit, feel like its a bit of a waste going back to a player who has had a chance.

A player who has had a chance? Welsh?

He's had 1 year on the list.

 

[50BC]

Port finally bother to select a player on day 3 of the draft.

And it's a 25 yo small forward thats already failed at AFL level. The churn they have had on small forwards the last few years beggars belief

 

[Mostyn]

Our last 2 first rounders before Wednesday were midfielders, Charlie Edwards is also a midfielder.

Its kinda laughable to suggest we dont draft them, its just our moron coach chooses to not to select them.

We used a First round pick on Dawson
First round pick on Rachele
First round pick on Rankine
First round pick on Draper
First round pick on Curtin
First round pick on Berry
First round pick on Edwards
First round pick on Pedlar

Am I forgetting any?

 

[Scorpus]

We used a First round pick on Dawson
First round pick on Rachele
First round pick on Rankine
First round pick on Draper
First round pick on Curtin
First round pick on Berry
First round pick on Edwards
First round pick on Pedlar

Am I forgetting any?

Berry was a second rounder but you can replace him with both Jones and McHenry

 

[Mutineer]

Hetherton Cat B? How?

Yeah that is a strange one, he's from Albury area which is certainly not in Sydney's AFL Academy catcment zone and I doubt he's an NGA by decent?

Edit

Fox Footy give the reason why...

Hetherton, who hails from Glenroy in country NSW, wasn’t part of the Swans’ northern academy, but joined the club on Friday as a NSW zone selection.

“We believe Liam has all the attributes to become a very good AFL player,” Swans list boss Chris Keane said.

“He missed the majority of the season though injury but showed enough promise through the early parts of the year. We are excited to add a developing tall to round out our list.”

 

[WeeBlake]

Yeah that is a strange one, he's from Albury area which is certainly not in Sydney's AFL Academy catcment zone and I doubt he's an NGA by decent?

Edit

Fox Footy give the reason why...

Hetherton, who hails from Glenroy in country NSW, wasn’t part of the Swans’ northern academy, but joined the club on Friday as a NSW zone selection.

“We believe Liam has all the attributes to become a very good AFL player,” Swans list boss Chris Keane said.

“He missed the majority of the season though injury but showed enough promise through the early parts of the year. We are excited to add a developing tall to round out our list.”

What a joke, how many leg ups do the northern clubs need?

 

[CDC60]

Berry was a second rounder but you can replace him with both Jones and McHenry

And Milera who was considered a midfielder/forward when we drafted him

 

[Scorpus]

What a joke, how many leg ups do the northern clubs need?

There's probably some rule where if a player goes undrafted and is from NSW they can join a Sydney club

Other clubs can't be too upset, none of them wanted him

 

[Crow_68]

Port sure are putting all their eggs in the Cochrane basket. If he flops in 2026, their list management will cop some serious heat.

 

[CDC60]

A player who has had a chance? Welsh?

He's had 1 year on the list.

Been in our system two years and it's hard to see much improvement

 

[Cromulant]

And Milera who was considered a midfielder/forward when we drafted him

In no way was he considered a mid

 

[Mutineer]

And Milera who was considered a midfielder/forward when we drafted him

Forward/OUTSIDE Midfielder....very much outside.

 

[CDC60]

In no way was he considered a mid

That's what our blurb said at the time! But they would have been better saying utility

 

[Peter Doherty]

Been in our system two years and it's hard to see much improvement

'Been in our system'. He was drafted last year.

I hate when players get delisted without playing a game. This is taking it to another level.

Delisting Welsh, a father son, after a single year, because you want a new toy in the rookie draft/end of draft lacks imagination.

 

[kirky]

Port sure are putting all their eggs in the Cochrane basket. If he flops in 2026, their list management will cop some serious heat.

He doesn’t need to flop, he could get a serious injury of sorts.

Just have a look at the draft since 2020 - not much to like about it other than getting JHF.

Interesting to see how 2026 turns out for them.

 

[CDC60]

'Been in our system'. He was drafted last year.

I hate when players get delisted without playing a game. This is taking it to another level.

Delisting Welsh, a father son, after a single year, because you want a new toy in the rookie draft/end of draft lacks imagination.

He left WWT in 2023 to join our SANFL set-up. Trained with us the entire season so effectively it was the same as being drafted that year. What have you seen to think he makes it or is it just wishful thinking?

 

[Peter Doherty]

He left WWT in 2023 to join our SANFL set-up. Trained with us the entire season so effectively it was the same as being drafted that year. What have you seen to think he makes it or is it just wishful thinking?

I didn't know it was an extreme view to want to give a player more than 1 year.

 

[WeeBlake]

There's probably some rule where if a player goes undrafted and is from NSW they can join a Sydney club

Other clubs can't be too upset, none of them wanted him

THEY didn’t want him either.

Why should Northern clubs get dibs on extra Cat B players, before the rookie draft is even run, on top of their gigantic academy leg ups?