2006 - The Worst AFL draft ever

Oct 5, 2004
14,145
7,084
Melbourne
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Collingwood
Other Teams
Rochester FC, Waroona FC, Pacers
B: Bachar Houli - Nathan Brown - James Frawley
HB: Eric McKenzie - Ben Reid - Shaun Grigg
C: David Armitage - Josh Kennedy - Bryce Gibbs
HF: Robert Gray - Tom Hawkins - Kurt Tippett
F: Shane Edwards - Jack Riewoldt - Lindsay Thomas
R: Todd Goldstein - Travis Boak - Joel Selwood
INT: Lachlan Hansen - David MacKay - Will Schofield - Matthew Leuenberger
EMG: Mitch Brown - Chris Dawes - Andrejs Everitt
 

jaxx

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Oct 9, 2002
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Port Adelaide
B: Bachar Houli - Nathan Brown - James Frawley
HB: Eric McKenzie - Ben Reid - Shaun Grigg
C: David Armitage - Josh Kennedy - Bryce Gibbs
HF: Robert Gray - Tom Hawkins - Kurt Tippett
F: Shane Edwards - Jack Riewoldt - Lindsay Thomas
R: Todd Goldstein - Travis Boak - Joel Selwood
INT: Lachlan Hansen - David MacKay - Will Schofield - Matthew Leuenberger
EMG: Mitch Brown - Chris Dawes - Andrejs Everitt
No-one rates Westhoff hey. He can look a bit lazy at times but he definitely makes the 25 here. 200+ games, 200+ goals, and still actually on an AFL list unlike some of the spuds here.
 

Captain_Bender

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No-one rates Westhoff hey. He can look a bit lazy at times but he definitely makes the 25 here. 200+ games, 200+ goals, and still actually on an AFL list unlike some of the spuds here.
Don't really see who he would replace besides the emergencies
 
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El_Scorcho

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Don't really see who he would replace besides the emergencies

I'd argue he's had a better individual career than Brown, Reid, Frawley, Tippett and Edwards from that first 18.

He comfortably has everyone on the bench and emergencies covered. The idea that someone like Dawes is ahead of him is laughable.
 
Aug 11, 2006
33,042
27,534
Perth
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Hawthorn
Other Teams
Timberwolves, Crystal Palace
I'd argue he's had a better individual career than Brown, Reid, Frawley, Tippett and Edwards from that first 18.

He comfortably has everyone on the bench and emergencies covered. The idea that someone like Dawes is ahead of him is laughable.
OVer Tippett/Edwards yeah, but Ben Reid and James Frawley both have AA jumpers and Frawley has been an elite defender for years now.

Westhoff is pretty under-rated however, and yeah deserves a spot in that team someone posted. He'll hit 250 games by the end of his career
 

Furn2

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Sep 27, 2012
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Hawthorn
Looking at the best 22 id say it's above average overall but considering it was supposed to be better than 2001 it was a pretty big disappointment.
 

Pykie

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Fell well short of the hype.

You have to remember, this was hyped as potentially the best draft ever at the time of the draft.
 

Captain_Bender

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I'd argue he's had a better individual career than Brown, Reid, Frawley, Tippett and Edwards from that first 18.

He comfortably has everyone on the bench and emergencies covered. The idea that someone like Dawes is ahead of him is laughable.
I would have Brown, Reid and Frawley all over him Tippett I would agree with and Edwards plays a different position
 
B: Bachar Houli - Nathan Brown - James Frawley
HB: Eric McKenzie - Ben Reid - Shaun Grigg
C: David Armitage - Josh Kennedy - Bryce Gibbs
HF: Robert Gray - Tom Hawkins - Kurt Tippett
F: Shane Edwards - Jack Riewoldt - Lindsay Thomas
R: Todd Goldstein - Travis Boak - Joel Selwood
INT: Lachlan Hansen - David MacKay - Will Schofield - Matthew Leuenberger
EMG: Mitch Brown - Chris Dawes - Andrejs Everitt
Compare to 2005 draft:

B: Patfull, Carlile, Hurn
HB: Montgomery, Spangher, Birchall
C: Douglas, A Swallow, Murphy
HF: Vince, M Clark, Higgins
F: Varcoe, Kennedy, D Thomas
R: Ryder, Pendlebury, N Jones
I: Warnock, Gilbert, Ellis, Stokes
E: West, Dempsey, Ibbotson
 
I would have Brown, Reid and Frawley all over him Tippett I would agree with and Edwards plays a different position

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy...d2=5&type=A&pid1=1788&pid2=1726&fid1=C&fid2=C

Westhoff has played 90 more games than Ben Reid and leads Reid in every statistical category per game other than a 0.3 deficit in average marks. By no measure has Ben Reid had a better career than Westhoff, Westhoff has played significantly more games and has performed better on a per game basis. Gee it'd be nice to play for a big Victorian club.
 
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