2003 Draft - worst ever ?

[Freo Big Fella]

We didn't do too badly. Peake, Mundy and Johnson (PSD) are all first twenty two and performing pretty well.

Dunn has suffered from injury.

Murphy shows promise, but had an ordinary year.

 

[claf-43]

Nothing wrong with Chaplin, Grew and Symes

Great recruiting as always Port!

 

[Helix]

I would say its pretty close

West Coast did well though

Beau Waters, Sam Butler & elevated Mark Nicoski from the rookie draft

preparing a list now of those who have made it

We got Adcock at 33 and Rischetelli at 64. Yeah, I'd say we did ok too.

 

[gandaal]

We got Adcock at 33 and Rischetelli at 64. Yeah, I'd say we did ok too.

And we got Andrew Walker, Andrew Carrazzo (rookie) and Adam Bentick (rookie).

Sometimes you have to wonder why these players end up on the rookie list when so many duds get drafted.

 

[QL 21]

Waters was a passenger in that premiership team

26 disposals and 10 marks for Waters on GF day. Hardly a passenger.

 

[sharpie]

cooney and ray will be stars

cooney is getting there - but he has had 4 years - and little blokes don't generally take too long to develop. Ray I think is just too small

i think WCE and Brissie did the bet out of the draft!

 

[Ripper]

That was Krafty work by Freo, but it aint hard to come runner-up at Freo.

Good effort in a PF year, though and started the year with just 11 games.

Backed up again in 2007 with a top 10 finish despite missing the start of the season (some would say very unfairly).

He has easily been the best out of our 2003 recruits.

 

[Trump]

Good effort in a PF year, though and started the year with just 11 games.

Backed up again in 2007 with a top 10 finish despite missing the start of the season (some would say very unfairly).

He has easily been the best out of our 2003 recruits.

Agreed.

 

[dave_27]

Pretty happy with Stanton and Nash.

Drafted Lovett and Lovett-Murray in the Rookie draft of that year aswell if I remember correctly.

 

[Jimbo88]

Sam fisher was an absolute steal for us at 55 would be top 5 out of that draft nowadays in my opinion.
And Sam Fisher came 2nd to Riewoldt at this years Saints B&F.

 

[Lynch takes a mark]

2003 1 Adam Cooney = Good
2003 2 Andrew Walker Carlton = good
2003 5 Brock McLean Melbourne = STAR
2003 11 Beau Waters West Coast = good
2003 13 Brent Stanton Essendon =good
2003 33 Jed Adcock Brisbane =good
2003 45 Amon Buchanan Sydney = okish
2003 48 Heath Shaw (FS) Collingwood =GUN = STAR
2003 55 Samuel Fisher St Kilda = gun
2003 61 Michael Rischitelli Brisbane = ok
2003 76 Andrew Raines (FS) Richmond = good

poor rate of established players

so 12 maybe 16 players that will make it long term, bloody hell that's bad

 

[la47]

Makes trading pick 35 for Scotland look even better

 

[Chasing the Dream]

2003 76 Andrew Raines (FS) Richmond

How was Andrew Raines a FS pick when taken at 76?

 

[Chasing the Dream]

2003 1 Adam Cooney = Good
2003 2 Andrew Walker Carlton = good
2003 5 Brock McLean Melbourne = STAR
2003 11 Beau Waters West Coast = good
2003 13 Brent Stanton Essendon =good
2003 33 Jed Adcock Brisbane =good
2003 45 Amon Buchanan Sydney = okish
2003 48 Heath Shaw (FS) Collingwood =GUN = STAR
2003 55 Samuel Fisher St Kilda = gun
2003 61 Michael Rischitelli Brisbane = ok
2003 76 Andrew Raines (FS) Richmond = good

poor rate of established players

I would add Ben Hudson @ 58 to that list.

 

[Jimmy's Hot Dogs]

Geelong had a shocker

What....No father-sons

North Melbourne was ordinary as well.

 

[westerneagle]

My personal opinion is that brock is EASILY the best from that draft.

 

[folester41]

2003 2 Andrew Walker Carlton
2003 3 Colin Sylvia Melbourne
2003 4 Farren Ray Western Bulldogs
2003 5 Brock McLean Melbourne
2003 6 Kepler Bradley Essendon
2003 7 Kane Tenace Geelong
2003 8 Raphael Clarke St Kilda
2003 9 David Trotter Kangaroos
2003 10 Ryley Dunn Fremantle
2003 11 Beau Waters West Coast
2003 12 Ryan Murphy Fremantle
2003 13 Brent Stanton Essendon
2003 14 Fergus Watts Adelaide
2003 15 Troy Chaplin Port Adelaide
2003 16 Joshua Willoughby Sydney
2003 17 William Morrison Collingwood
2003 18 Llane Spaanderman Brisbane
2003 19 David Mundy Fremantle
2003 20 Samuel Butler West Coast
2003 21 Alex Gilmore Richmond
2003 22 Cameron Thurley Geelong
2003 23 Matthew Moody Brisbane
2003 24 Chad Jones Kangaroos
2003 25 Harry Miller Hawthorn
2003 26 Daniel McConnell West Coast
2003 27 Adam Campbell Fremantle
2003 28 Jay Nash Essendon
2003 29 Tim Schmidt Sydney
2003 30 Bradley Symes Port Adelaide
2003 31 Joshua Krueger Adelaide
2003 32 Brayden Shaw (FS) Collingwood
2003 33 Jed Adcock Brisbane
2003 34 Luke Peel Port Adelaide
2003 35 Brent Hall Collingwood
2003 36 Christopher Johnson (FS) Melbourne
2003 37 Tom Roach Richmond
2003 38 Mark Blake (FS) Geelong
2003 39 Robert Forster-Knight Port Adelaide
2003 40 Edward Sansbury Kangaroos
2003 41 Zac Dawson Hawthorn
2003 42 Matthew Spencer Geelong
2003 43 Brett Peake Fremantle
2003 44 Ricky Dyson Essendon
2003 45 Amon Buchanan Sydney
2003 46 Michael Pettigrew Port Adelaide
2003 47 Andrew Ericksen Sydney
2003 48 Heath Shaw (FS) Collingwood
2003 49 Tom Logan Brisbane
2003 50 Iszac Thompson Western Bulldogs
2003 51 Matthew Ball Hawthorn
2003 53 Daniel Jackson Richmond
2003 55 Samuel Fisher St Kilda
2003 56 Brent Le Cras Kangaroos
2003 57 Ricky Mott Carlton
2003 58 Benjamin Hudson Adelaide
2003 59 Matthew Davis Sydney
2003 60 Julian Rowe Collingwood
2003 61 Michael Rischitelli Brisbane
2003 63 Glen Bowyer Carlton
2003 64 Shane Morrison Richmond
2003 65 Craig Callaghan St Kilda
2003 69 Jordan Bannister Carlton
2003 70 Brent Hartigan Richmond
2003 72 Adrian Deluca Carlton
2003 73 Shane Tuck Richmond
2003 75 Stephen Kenna Carlton
2003 76 Andrew Raines (FS) Richmond
2003 79 Simon Fletcher Richmond
2003 81 Kyle Archibald Richmond

alex gimlore hahahahaha

shane morrison

tom roach - vfl standard

raines and tuck above average

jackson - watch out for him

but overall...atleast miller was not the only one to draft poorly

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

Yes easily the worst draft ever. The best player there is probably McLean and he will be the only star from that draft. The rest have some good players but no absolute guns.

Jed Adcock is a gun.

 

[melbournemartin]

Here are the players who have made it. Not too bad but its the lack of stars that really marks it as a bad draft.

Sylvia is a regular player for us, even though he's been battling injuries, so I'd have said he's 'made it' and he has the potential to be better than most of the others in that draft.

 

[rupert pupkin 87]

Mclean best player
Tuck and ritchicelli best pick ups

 

[Al Scorcho]

26 disposals and 10 marks for Waters on GF day. Hardly a passenger.

and IIRC he also took the mark at the death ala leo barry the year before, not as spectacular, but it was a long ball towards some dangerous sydney forwards, and it was beau that cut it off with a very good mark under enormous pressure

not saying he is the best, but to call him a passenger is just stupid

 

[kingyubbo]

IMO, Adcock > Shaw > McLean > Stanton

Fisher might fit in there somewhere.

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

What....No father-sons

North Melbourne was ordinary as well.

Mark Blake @ 38. Had a good season, but as the GF controversy showed, he's hardly established yet.

 

[SS_Fury]

mclean and adcock were the take with that one...sammy butler, waters, fisher, shaw, rischetelli, cooney, tuck are the better ones.

And Ray is around 6'2...he was in the gym the other day where i was training, he is getting a bigger build on him, give him time.

 

[Quinz]

Waters was a passenger in that premiership team
Yer Cooney may be lazy but even still he still had a more effective year than all those players bar adcock
And that was without a pre season
Its okay you can eat your words when he wins the Brownlow next year

Waters came close to the Norm Smith last year, outstanding effort for a 19 year old.