Draft Review 2008 - Re-do the 2008 draft

[Thewlis Dish]

Liam Shiels was this draft as well and is absent from a lot of lists. Cracking player.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

FB: L. Shiels - J. Trengrove – J. Redden
CHB: H. Hartlett – P. Davis – M. Suckling*
C: S. Hill – R. Sloan - D. Hannebery
HFF: S. Sidebottom - M. Hurley - L. Breust
FF: H. Ballantyne - T. Lynch - M. Walters

Foll: N. Naitanui, D. Beams, D. Rich
Int: L. Shuey, M. Pyke, D. Zaharakis, J. Ziebell

Emg from:
S. Motlop
M. Broadbent*
L. Picken
C. Yarran*
J. Roughead
S. Wright
G. Broughton

Plus:
J. Blair
N. Suban
T. Vickery
J. Watts
S. Savage
A. Cordy
M. Brown
R. Schoenmakers
J. McKenzie
J. Garlett
M. De Boer

Maybe Motlop to HFF with Sidebottom taking Suckling's spot on the HBF?

 

[Silvagnis]

Yarran ahead of Suckling and Shiels pls.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Yarran ahead of Suckling and Shiels pls.

Suckling I can understand - any of Broadbent and Yarran being ahead of him as they're fairly similar players.

But no chance Shiels is out of the side for the likes of Yarran.

Yarran and Motlop I'd love to fit in somewhere though.

 

[hendo8888]

I know I've said this a lot but what a **** up McKernan was.......Beams or Hannebery......what could've been.

McKernan was considered a major bargain when we got him.
Was projected to go early first round, before everyone went cold on him before the draft and he fell to us.
Looks like they got it right on this one.

 

[The Bomb]

lol at the Hurley love

Bloody awesome player. Love is being justified.

 

[SizeMatters]

I was basing this ranking on 2014 performances.

LOL... if based on 2014 then why is Rich so high up? He was out for the whole season pretty much and Redden missed about 8 weeks as well.

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

Based on 2015 so far imo
1 - Nic Nat
2 - Hannebery
3 - Beams
4 - mid that i forgot
5 - Hurley
6 - Ziebell
7 - Bruest
8 - Shuey
9 - ?
10 - ?

 

[Prochard123]

Based on 2015 so far imo
1 - Nic Nat
2 - Hannebery
3 - Beams
4 - mid that i forgot
5 - Hurley
6 - Ziebell
7 - Bruest
8 - Shuey
9 - ?
10 - ?

4-Sidebottom

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Bloody awesome player. Love is being justified.

Thanks for quoting months after

 

[RobbyRoy]

Bloody awesome player. Love is being justified.

A full year as a backman is definitely proving a few people wrong. Had a huge year.

 

[The Bomb]

Thanks for quoting months after

Sometimes it's better to let the players footy do the talking.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Sometimes it's better to let the players footy do the talking.

Yeah, he's done well.... this year

 

[The Bomb]

Yeah, he's done well.... this year

Key pos player just turns 25 and will be AA, common sense tells most people once KPP hit 25+ years of age they play their best footy.
He has reached a pretty high level.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

He has reached a pretty high level.

yep, this year

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

yep, this year

Yeah, just like a few lions players from this draft only having one good year.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Yeah, just like a few lions players from this draft only having one good year.

Very similar, like Hurley

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Bloody awesome player. Love is being justified.

I could have sworn he'd be the next big thing at CHF - albeit he is performing brilliantly down back

 

[The Bomb]

I could have sworn he'd be the next big thing at CHF - albeit he is performing brilliantly down back

What the 2 time All Australian under 18 full back? well AA in 2015 backline is good enough.

 

[carnthedons]

I could have sworn he'd be the next big thing at CHF - albeit he is performing brilliantly down back

We did too, he's doing alright down back this year though.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

What the 2 time All Australian under 18 full back? well AA in 2015 backline is good enough.

Glen Jakovich was a junior CHF

When Hurley first hit the scene he had a very memorable game shutting down Riewoldt down back - however he had a number of games forward where he looked a natural with beautiful penetrating kicks off both feet

For whatever reason - whether it be being thrown about - he has gravitated back

Certainly not a bust at pick 5 and one of the elite players from that draft - I just thought in his early years I was watching Nick Riewoldt mk 2

 

[Wild Bill]

Has been a while since this thread has been discussed - IMO Sloane has gone to number 1.

1 - Sloane
2 - Hannebery
3 - Nic Nat
4 - Beams
5 - Shuey
6 - Sidebottom
7 - Bruest
8 - Hurley
9 - Rockcliff
10 - Ziebell
11 - Picken
12 - Davis
13 - Hill
14 - T Lynch
15 - Walters
16 - Shiels

 

[boncer34]

Probably switch Bruest to 9

 

[Wild Bill]

Probably switch Bruest to 9

He has kicked over 50 goals twice. Its a fair effort form a medium forward. Maybe a bit tough on Hurley but wanted to see how he comes back after a year off. He was one of the premium defenders in 2015.

 

[SizeMatters]

Rocky gets under rated on this thread. NN way to high now IMO. The bloke can't even get on the park.