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Reckon three picks, upgrade Wood and keep one for an SSP or mid-season draft for the Saints

1 X Fwd.Ruck = Keeler 1x KPD who is bigger than Cordy = Van Es 2 x mids = Phillipou & Hotton Well played sir

Yup, Saints took Josiah Kyle and Jack Peris last year this way

Did some digging - there is no complete list anywhere that I found but apparently the top prospects for this year are: Adelaide - Max Michalanney (also father-son), Isaac Keeler Brisbane - Jaspa Fletcher Essendon - Anthony Munkara Melbourne - Finn Emile-Brennan St Kilda - Cameron Mackenzie

The whole system's an inconsistent mess - a few clubs got to milk it, the rest have been stuffed about

They've put fixing this year's draft in the too-hard basket but are suggesting eliminating the ability to match a bid in the first two rounds: https://www.afl.com.au/news/493041/draft-shake-up-next-gen-academies-to-phase-out-access-to-top-prospects From St Kilda's POV, we get stuffed since...

Unsurprisingly lots of teams will be barracking against us after our trade frenzy last year. Thanks

Age of players and position should give an indicator as to a club's plans and thought process: Carlton: Josh Deluca (23yo mid) Gold Coast: Mitch Riordan. (19yo mid) Melbourne: Kyle Dunkley. (18yo mid) Sydney: Michael Knoll. (26yo ruck) North: Lachie Hosie. (22yo forward) Bulldogs: Ryan Gardner...

Not quite, 28 was part of the Hanneberry trade. Eagles got Hickey and Saints 2019 fourth Saints got Eagles 2018 2nd rounder (pick 39 at the time) and Eagles 2019 fourth

What we need is midfield class. No saying we're going to get that.

St Kilda needs a rebounding defender? Probably the last position we need, already got Savage, White, Roberton, Webster and Rice not to mention Newnes, McKenzie and Wright as options. There'd be no shortage of melts if we took Constable with Brayshaw and Cerra still on the board.

Geary's not a key defender, he's only 182cm tall

Fantastic update

Never would've picked Sydney to be holding pick 1 after 5 rounds. Great job

Gold Coast certainly won't be short for points this year, if their academy kids don't make the grade just watch them trade for future picks

That's not how it works. Rice gets bid on the the 20's, points from available picks are deducted from our later picks and if that's still not enough we go into deficit on our first pick next year. We also get a 20% discount from the pick bid. Bit of a difference between giving up our 1st...

Who'd make that kind of bid on Rice?

He does have an awesome name.

If the Saints hang onto 18, do you see us taking Harvey?

No point starting until the draft order's finalised, still another week of trading to go

Also a former St Kilda NSW scholarship prospect, rookie listed for one year then cut by Ross Lyon who didn't believe he'd make AFL grade. 199cm sounds about right.

I think you're right, plus clubs know that WS have to trade the mini-draft picks this year or lose them. Lowers their value, like a player that's out of contract

Love the idea of the Saints landing String McBean, but the last thing we need is another <195cm backman, even as a development project.

Not a fan from a St Kilda point of view. Would prefer Grigg to Talia at 25 and Paine at 35, since Melbourne's unlikely to take a ruck at 36 allowing us to take Downie at 37. Worth reading any attempt though

I would do a little dance if the draft panned out this way

Can't say I agree with your assessment of the Saints' needs given the club loaded up on speedsters last year. What's needed are big men, at least one ruckman given our current deficiency in that area. (Will Johnson's spent the year playing full forward in the VFL by the way. Simpkin's the key...

It's going to be an interesting day when a team is outbid for a father-son

As you say, tough call. On one hand hand Viney's a lock for next year, on the other they took four KPP's last year.

Saints' NSW scholarship player is Jackson Ferguson http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=104424

St Kilda won't draft that many, replace Uysal with Tom Simpkin (Rookie Elevation)