2002 Retro-Phantom Draft

Who should of been pick number one ?

  • Jared Brennan

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Luke Ball

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Michael Johnson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Gary Ablett

    Votes: 21 87.5%
  • Dane Swan

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Luke Hodge

    Votes: 2 8.3%
  • Josh Gibson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Andrew Mackie

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Kade Simpson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nick Dal Santo

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • David Hale

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • Total voters
    24
  • Poll closed .
Aug 27, 2014
38,196
41,193
spacetime
AFL Club
Carlton
Other Teams
there are no other teams worthy
This is one of the last few in this series of retro draft pools from past I will look back on as years after this too many careers still running to judge a pool of players and would start to get into speculation of how they end their carers in future years. Most players careers here are finished or close enough to completed to judge their worth fairly against players born in same year.

This one is a look back at players born in 1984 that at least played one game at AFL level.
It does not mean they were part of the draft pool in the year of actual 2001 but it does mean that under current AFL conditions since 2009 all the eligible types that turned 18 in that year of 2002 are included if they made their debut at some point.

I did a series of retrospective draft pools last year that I posted here starting with players turning 18 during the year 1975 and each subsequent year the next batch of 18 year olds. This is just a fun task to look back in the time that I been watching football in this league and wondering the quality of players that can be found retrospectively, as if drafts were done the same as they've been done since 2009, which is to have no players younger than 18 at end of that year able to be drafted.

Most of us would have watched football from this period, so feel free to add your own thoughts on players you felt would have been number 1 in the 2002 retro-draft and search the polls below of previous years.

This retro draft of players born in 1984 for a retro-draft of 2002 looks a clear case of picking Luke Hodge or Gary Ablett as stand out first pick in such a draft pool. Looks a pool of players where a stand out key forward or ruck is hard to come by. Some decent options for classy defenders and key defence though.

Here is the retrospective draft pool of 18 year olds in year 2002:


1984 Born players (retrospective 2002 Draft)
Walsh, Darren
Mullins, Luke
Cloke, Cameron
Merrett, Daniel
Patfull, Joel
Porplyzia, Jason
Stokes, Mathew

Shackleton, Luke
Johns, Courtney
Laycock, Jason
Murphy, Brad
Johnson, Michael
Jericho, Luke
Rivers, Jared
Macdonald, Joel
Winderlich, Jason

Ferguson, Matthew
Bevan, Paul
Campbell, Bryce
Duigan, Nick
McIntosh, Hamish
Gilham, Stephen
Smith, Nick
Malceski, Nick
Mackie, Andrew
Brennan, Jared

Nixon, Bo
Urch, Callum
Fanning, David
Thewlis, Josh
Meiklejohn, James
Johnson, Paul
Corrie, Anthony
McGough, Mark
Polak, Graham
Hodge, Luke

Jones, Chad
Grima, Blake
Reynolds, Joel
Maguire, Matt
Ball, Luke
Staker, Brent
Hale, David

Faulkner, Cameron
Lonergan, Tom
Davey, Alwyn

Browne, Andrew
Ablett, Gary
Schneider, Adam
Simpson, Kade

Selwood, Troy
Selwood, Adam
Seaby, Mark
Gram, Jason

Fisher, Leigh
Walker, Tristen
Fisher, Brad
Byrnes, Shannon
Warnock, Matthew

Hunter, Cameron
Watson, Ashley
King, Jake
Moore, Kelvin
Pyke, Mike

Powell, Mark
Roe, Jason
Gibson, Josh
Crowley, Ryan
Edwards, Aaron
Swan, Dane

McGrath, Martin
Dal Santo, Nick
Ladson, Rick

Goodes, Brett
Sewell, Brad
Jones, Clinton
Boyle, Tim
Moloney, Brent
Sampi, Ashley
Dempster, Sean

Armstrong, Steven
Callan, Tim
Rogers, Aaron


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1975 retro-draft
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1978 retro-draft
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1980 retro-draft
1981 retro-draft
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yyou

Norm Smith Medallist
Sep 18, 2014
5,756
7,169
AFL Club
Fremantle
Other Teams
NY Mets, NO Pelicans, Toronto Leafs
Geez
This one doesn't even need a poll.
Anybody who didn't choose Ablett is taking the pi55!!!!
 
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