Here is the 2019 version. Lot of fun putting it together. Couple of standout points;
- Not many quality talls so think a fair chance a few go ahead probably where people would have in a talent ranking
- Its pretty even. First 20 are all potentially very good players
- The pick swaps on the...
That time of year again for the Big Footy Phantom Draft where we get the best junior footy watchers on the Board to give us a sense of who they think will go and where. We will kick off Monday morning at 9am (happy to start earlier if posters ready)
The Phantom Draft will be as realistic as...
With National Champs over its a good time to start asking some of the best junior footy watchers on BF to let us know how they rate this years draft crop and more importantly where they think some of these kids will land. We will kick off Thursday at 9am. Any questions on the way through let...
Did a quick update this morning based on the picks left and new order. Just used the AFL website.
Night one played pretty close to what I had so this isnt to much different. Only Ned and Xavier O crept in and missed on Hill and Taylor.
23 West Coast - Curtis Taylor
24 GIANTS Matching Bid -...
Welcome to my annual mock draft. Few things to note;
Have assumed all clubs will take 44 players albeit have assumed different mixes for differenct clubs based on the feedback
As per rules if a player is an NGA player and played at Champs they can automatically be listed as Cat B players if...
Tomorrow morning at 9am we are kicking of this years Big Footy Phantom Draft.
Things to note;
- We will do a National and a Rookie Draft for the first time this year
- Pick swapping is not allowed. We may do a variation on this closer to the date to see how things might change.
- Lists have...
The Phantom draft will kick off on Monday morning. The teams and participants this year are;
Adelaide - Thunderstruck
Brisbane - Snoop Dog
Carlton - LemmingMaster
Collingwood - Knightmare
Essendon - foj1
Fremantle - Chris25
Geelong - D_P_S
Gold Coast - Danger in Texas
GWS - Snoop Dog
Hawthorn -...
Wanted to post last night but decided against it and looks like I may have to keep that policy all year.
Overall was poor. What bothered me most was had all summer to work on getting through their defensive set up and we couldn't. What also bothered me was we free wheeled against Mitchell and...
Had a crack at this years and ended up doing the rookie as well as looks like not that many selections will come through the rookie this year.
Key observations were that its a very even pool and there are so many possibilities in that top 10 its ridiculous. I think LDU goes 1 but after that any...
All we are go again this year with the Official Big Footy Phantom. Official kick off is not until Wednesday morning (hence tomorrow will be a slow day given the Melbourne Cup).
Live bidding for Father / Son and Academy players is on and I will readjust the order based on when the bids come in...
All
Welcome to the 2017 Big Footy Phantom Draft Trial Run.
Rule as per normal with the trial in that we dont bother about the F/S and Academy selections.
For participants you have 3 hours to make your selection. If you dont think you will be around PM either Lemmingmaster / Chris 25 or myself...
Well I have been holding off for a few weeks from doing this. I usually do in the bye but probably like many of us have been utterly confused this year with 'our lot'. We have games vs Sydney, Geelong, GWS which fill me full of hope that we are on the right trajectory and then we have games vs...
Noted last night Hine made mention of the fact we are targetting small forwards, key defenders and key forwards in the draft. Here are some names to watch out for;
Small Forwards
Interesting given I think Brown and Daicos both can play that role but if they are going more broadly then could...
Here is this year’s installment. Have been asked by a number of people if doing one this year and to be fair its been a work in progress for a while as I wanted to get the best read on the squad as have been 50:50 on my views on a number of players for a long time. In the end, I really wanted to...
Terrific effort tonight lads. Well done. Effort was there and the tackle pressure and decision making a lot better. Skill early was just awful but in the end was actually pretty good (77% team DE).
Also before we start let me just say that was an outstanding performance by Tyson Goldsack. That...
I wanted to do a player review last night but I was not in the right head space to do one as just thought our effort was appalling. I won't go player by player as I fear that will also lead me to being to negative.
To be fair my expectations were that we would lose as thought Richmond good...
What a terrific win. Terrific in the sense the work rate was just sensational.....not because we were particularly 'pretty' or skilful to watch.
Jordan De Goey - Thought he struggled a fair bit tonight. Did some good work off the ball which should get credit for and arguably should have been...
All that time of year again for Big Footy's best draft minds to give some thought to the likely selections for this years AFL National Draft. History suggests our drafters do a very good job of identifying the players likely to be picked and more over identifying some of the left fielders that...
If you just take our injured players and those from our last VFL side for a best 22 this is what you'd get I reckon;
B RAMSAY - BROWN - WILLIAMS
HB TOOVEY - GOLDSACK - SCHARENBERG
C LANGDON - AISH - SINCLAIR
HF FASOLO - CLOKE - BROOMHEAD
F ELLIOTT - MOORE - GAULT
FOLL WITTS - SWAN - ADAMS
INT...
ROOKIE DRAFT
# 1 Carlton - Nick O’Kearney (Calder Cannons / 180cm / 70kg)
Surprised didn't get drafted. Body size maybe as a few that were light who I thought might go missed so maybe a theme this year. Still a very good natural football with high IQ who is a ball winning magnet who has been a...
Enjoy the read.....as always constructive comments best.
Overall comments;
Its a draft in which top 25 I think are very good but after that it really opens up and beauty will be in the eye of the beholder. I reckon some big bolters and sliders will be on this year from about 25 onwards.
Also...
That time of year again when we get some of the best Big Footy junior footy watchers together for the annual Phantom Draft. As always please be supportive / constructive. Some important notes;
- Have updated the order given the bids for Academy and F/S selections
- Have worked out clubs...
Must say am struggling to understand why our Club immediately discounts a bloke like Bennell.
I understand the kid is no saint but equally I am not sure in the context of what he has 'done' it is that bad against players like Dane Swan, Taylor Adams (admittedly not at Collingwood), Marley...
Big Footy Phantom Trade & List Management Game
Key Dates
Father Son & Academy Nominations – Starts 20th to closes 21st September at Noon.
Father Son & Academy Bids - 21st at 1pm to noon 22nd September
Father Son & Academy Matching Bids - Must be in by 8pm on 22nd or players will go their...
Welcome to this year’s Big Footy Phantom Draft trial run. We will kick off at 9am Thursday morning. Any issues usually best to get a hold of Lemmingmaster, Chris25 or myself.
Rules
- All players are available for selection (ie there are no Father Son / Academy selections etc)
- We will do 4...
Sorry folks need to be quick tonight. Overall good win as thought Dees would be up for this. Was worried with no Adams what could happen in the middle and that played out as expected (i.e. we found it a lot tougher). Adams does a lot of good work around the stoppage and Crisp, Pendles, Swan and...