Draft Review 2005 - Redo the 2005 Draft

[adammania9]

Originally taken in the 2003 draft period.

Damn I'm usually good at catching those

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Damn I'm usually good at catching those

All good.

There'd be a few that'd catch people off guard.

E.g:

Jason Porplyzia. (2002 draft period originally)
Matthew Suckling. (2006.)

In the 2007 thread, you've correctly placed Ed Curnow in it.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

or

Which one is the better fit for cover photo?

 

[E Shed]

1. [PLAYERCARD]Scott Pendlebury[/PLAYERCARD]
2. Josh J. Kennedy
3. Marc Murphy
4. Matt Priddis
5. [PLAYERCARD]Patrick Ryder[/PLAYERCARD]
6. Nathan Jones
7. [PLAYERCARD]Shannon Hurn[/PLAYERCARD]
8. [PLAYERCARD]Kieren Jack[/PLAYERCARD]
9. [PLAYERCARD]Shaun Higgins[/PLAYERCARD]
10. [PLAYERCARD]Grant Birchall[/PLAYERCARD]
11. Dale Thomas
12. [PLAYERCARD]Andrew Swallow[/PLAYERCARD]
13. [PLAYERCARD]Bernie Vince[/PLAYERCARD]
14. Matthew Stokes
15. [PLAYERCARD]Ben McGlynn[/PLAYERCARD]
16. [PLAYERCARD]Joel Patfull[/PLAYERCARD]
17. [PLAYERCARD]Richard Douglas[/PLAYERCARD]
18. [PLAYERCARD]Travis Varcoe[/PLAYERCARD]
19. [PLAYERCARD]Sam Gilbert[/PLAYERCARD]
20. [PLAYERCARD]Jason Porplyzia[/PLAYERCARD]
21. [PLAYERCARD]Alan Toovey[/PLAYERCARD]
22. [PLAYERCARD]Paul Duffield[/PLAYERCARD]
23. Mitch Clark
24. [PLAYERCARD]Xavier Ellis[/PLAYERCARD]
25. [PLAYERCARD]Garrick Ibbotson[/PLAYERCARD]

Good effort & great to see Duffield in there.
He would have absolutely thrived in today’s game with its emphasis on attacking from half back.
Duff was a bit ahead of his time with willingness to take a bounce or 2 & attack down the middle & he was the best I’ve seen at kicking the ball in after a behind. Would consistently spot the most attacking option & hit them on the tit over 40-50M.

Perhaps the zones are tougher now but it feels like ages since I’ve seen a player like him who almost always too the high risk high reward kick. He’d kill it with the play on rule now.

Loved getting forward for a goal too.

I think there are a few players I’d prefer over Priddis from your list - Hurn, Ryder, Daisy, maybe Higgins. Other than that it’s excellent.

 

[HarryBeef]

Marc Murphy was over rated

One truly elite season in 2011 but pretty average there after

2011 was definitely his best year, but I think people actually underrate him because of his last couple of years, was very good for a long time, injuries just stopped him from getting back to 2011 good.

 

[soupofficial]

Most of these players have very long since been sent to the glue factory. As a Hawthorn fan, I openly acknowledge that [PLAYERCARD]Xavier Ellis[/PLAYERCARD] (and Daisy) has been a porcine C-grade media gimmick for many years now.

And then there's Pendles... winning flags, finishing top 5 in the B&F, and getting a Norm Smith vote. Hats off. There can be zero doubt that he's the grand champion of this draft class.

 

[soupofficial]

Re: 2005 Afl draft Re-Done



definitely birch ahead of ellis at the moment.
birchall has established himself as an automatic selection - smart, well-built, versatile, and quite durable. also some scope for further development of style and role.
if you were doing the draft again now, you could be quite confident that birchall will play 200 games, and be one of the better players in most teams over that journey. a bird in the hand...

Also you're welcome on the above from 2008, when eyebrows were raised by some people putting Birchall ahead of Ellis

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I thought Birch spent all of his career a better player than Xellis.

 

[nahnah]

4 of the top 5 picks won premierships, very very good top 5 compared to most drafts.
The middle portion of this draft was weak

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Pendles, Birchall and Kennedy my top 3.

Would also take Daisy ahead of Murphy any time.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

[PLAYERCARD]Scott Pendlebury[/PLAYERCARD]'s established a 65 game gap on [PLAYERCARD]Shannon Hurn[/PLAYERCARD]. (Equivalent to 3 seasons worth of games.).

His 400th career game will see a leap from 65 games to 67 over Bunga.

Impressive.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Pendles' next game will be his 403rd and, barring a Carlton smashing at the hands of the Saints, will be his last game of the season before reloading for next year.

This will see him establish a 70 game lead on [PLAYERCARD]Shannon Hurn[/PLAYERCARD].

Just a smidge over 3 H/A seasons worth of games.

403 games will make Pendles hit equal 4th with KB.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Also, adammania9.

Your 1st's and 2nd's teams from this draft please.

 

[adammania9]

Also, adammania9.

Your 1st's and 2nd's teams from this draft please.

It's quite funny. Boredom got me a couple of off-seasons ago and I constructed teams every year back to '91.

Only some recent drafts were deep enough to bother with a second side (earliest was '06). Just a firsts side for 05 unless I feel like it some way down the track

B: Shannon Hurn (Pick 13, 333 games), Joel Patfull (Pick 56, 220 games), Sam Gilbert (Pick 33, 208 games)
HB: Grant Birchall (Pick 14, 287 games), Alipate Carlile (Pick 44, 167 games), Bernie Vince (Pick 32, 229 games)
C: Nathan Jones (Pick 12, 302 games), Matt Priddis (RD Pick 31, 240 games), Shaun Higgins (Pick 11, 260 games)
HF: Dale Thomas (Pick 2, 258 games), Josh J. Kennedy (Pick 4, 293 games), Richard Douglas (Pick 16, 246 games)
F: Travis Varcoe (Pick 15, 230 games), Ben McGlynn (RD Pick 55, 171 games), Mathew Stokes (Pick 61, 200 games)
R: Patrick Ryder (Pick 7, 281 games), Scott Pendlebury (Pick 5, 402 games), Marc Murphy (Pick 1, 300 games)
I: Andrew Swallow (Pick 43, 224 games), Kieren Jack (RD Pick 57, 256 games), Jason Porplyzia (PSD Pick 9, 130 games), Garrick Ibbotson (Pick 26, 177 games)

 

[eth-dog]

It's quite funny. Boredom got me a couple of off-seasons ago and I constructed teams every year back to '91.

Only some recent drafts were deep enough to bother with a second side (earliest was '06). Just a firsts side for 05 unless I feel like it some way down the track

B: Shannon Hurn (Pick 13, 333 games), Joel Patfull (Pick 56, 220 games), Sam Gilbert (Pick 33, 208 games)
HB: Grant Birchall (Pick 14, 287 games), Alipate Carlile (Pick 44, 167 games), Bernie Vince (Pick 32, 229 games)
C: Nathan Jones (Pick 12, 302 games), Matt Priddis (RD Pick 31, 240 games), Shaun Higgins (Pick 11, 260 games)
HF: Dale Thomas (Pick 2, 258 games), Josh J. Kennedy (Pick 4, 293 games), Richard Douglas (Pick 16, 246 games)
F: Travis Varcoe (Pick 15, 230 games), Ben McGlynn (RD Pick 55, 171 games), Mathew Stokes (Pick 61, 200 games)
R: Patrick Ryder (Pick 7, 281 games), Scott Pendlebury (Pick 5, 402 games), Marc Murphy (Pick 1, 300 games)
I: Andrew Swallow (Pick 43, 224 games), Kieren Jack (RD Pick 57, 256 games), Jason Porplyzia (PSD Pick 9, 130 games), Garrick Ibbotson (Pick 26, 177 games)

Pretty sure Patfull was a redrafted player from Port

 

[adammania9]

Pretty sure Patfull was a redrafted player from Port

Great shout. I'll have to fix that

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Great shout. I'll have to fix that

And Porpoise (2003 Crows rookie.)

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Pendles, the lone ranger, enters 2025 as the only 400 gamer in the league and the second 400 gamer born in the '80's.

A chance of extending the gap between him and Hurn to over 90 games next year. (Almost 4 seasons worth.)

Second on the all time VFL/AFL games list is achievable.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Well Pendles has extended the lead to 92 games over Hurn. (425 vs 333.)

Bring on game 433 when it happens.

Season No. 21 to come.