I think you might have Acres mixed up with someone else as he born in Perth and played his all his football in the city.
Huh, yeah I don't know a great deal about the WA boys. I have a feeling Richmond will probably go local anyway though.
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I think you might have Acres mixed up with someone else as he born in Perth and played his all his football in the city.
I think you might have Acres mixed up with someone else as he born in Perth and played his all his football in the city.
Acres worries me, not in terms of his playing style, but his homesickness risk. I read somewhere that even though he played for West Perth, he's a country lad so the move might be tough? Or am I wrong on this.
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I think you might have Acres mixed up with someone else as he born in Perth and played his all his football in the city.
The thing with country players is where are they going to go home to?

The thing with country players is where are they going to go home to?
The thing with country players is where are they going to go home to?
As a rustic myself, I take offence!![]()

Hey Tigs,
I was having a read of last years draft preview and noticed that yourself and MR compiled a top 60 draft prospects which in turned out to be quite accurate. Will you be doing the same again this year?
Haha I meant no team to go to.
I'll do my best. Probably won't be 60 of them purely because I don't rate that many.

The thing with country players is where are they going to go home to?
I will be interested to see who you rate at #32 and which selection he goes![]()

Hey Tigs,
I was having a read of last years draft preview and noticed that yourself and MR compiled a top 60 draft prospects which in turned out to be quite accurate. Will you be doing the same again this year?
Ok I've updated my list for now. I still reserve the right to adjust it over the next 4 weeks. It certainly goes against the consensus and I really struggled to eek out 43 names. Lol.
I'll leave a gap where there is a considerable drop off IMO and group similar level players.
1. Tom Boyd
(Boyd is a cut above the rest)
2. James Aish
(Aish isn't at Boyd's level but is ahead of the next batch)
3. Dom Sheed
4. Luke McDonald
5. Christian Salem
6. Luke Dunstan
7. Matt Scharenberg
8. Blake Acres
9. Ben Lennon
10. Nathan Freeman
11. Josh Kelly
(Very even group and we should be happy with any being at pick 12)
12. Kade Kolodjashnij
13. Jack Billings
(Talented but don't see as top 10 picks)
14. Cam McCarthy
15. Jarman Impey
16. Eli Templeton
(Little batch of personal favorites that we can do better at pick 12 but I would be disappointed if they were available at pick 32. I.e. Hampson fits in between Templeton and Hourigan for me)
17. Darcy Hourigan
18. Dwayne Wilson
19. Daniel McStay
20. Zac Jones
21. Darcy Cameron
(Starting to struggle by this stage to get really good players)
22. Cameron Conlon
23. Matt Crouch
(Conlon would be higher if not for injury and Crouch I'm not a big fan of his kicking but he can rack the ball up, just not for me)
24. Nick Bourke
25. Malcolm Karpany
26. Lewis Taylor
27. James Battersby
28. Trent Dumont
(Very even group for mine. Some are ready to go and the top 2 are more based on upside.)
29. Rory Lobb
30. Charlie Cameron
31. Richard Bourne
32. Marcus Bontempelli
33. Ben Sokol
34. George Hewett
(Next group is project time - All have tools to work with but also big holes. All could be very, very high level players or busts.)
PRETTY MUCH DONE HERE BUT A FEW OTHERS I DON'T MIND...
35. Darcy Gardiner
36. Patrick Cripps
37. Jono Marsh
38. James Tsitas
(Guys who are all predicted higher but I expect to slide because I'm not all that high on. All worth a look with a late pick though won't be there)
39. Jake Kolodjashnij
40. Nicholas Robertson
41. Alex Spina
42. Alex Saunders
43. Nathan Gordon
(All worth a crack late draft)
Hey tigs2010 , any chance we could go for KK & JK. I'm just a bit sentimental re the Gale bro's ?
interesting you rate Taylor and Bontempelli so low. Is it the size with taylor?
I agree with you're rankings of Billings and Kolodjashnij, very happy they'll be top 5 picks as someone in that third bunch will be there at 12. Not sure why anyone would take KK ahead of Scharenberg if you want a HBF/utility.
Hey tigs2010 , any chance we could go for KK & JK. I'm just a bit sentimental re the Gale bro's ?

Looks like with pick 50 we have a choice of stuff all and pick 68 next to nothing![]()
Boyd.
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If we miss out on Bontempelli @32 because of Hampson - I will be extremely pissed off 
Ok I've updated my list for now. I still reserve the right to adjust it over the next 4 weeks. It certainly goes against the consensus and I really struggled to eek out 43 names. Lol.
I'll leave a gap where there is a considerable drop off IMO and group similar level players.
1. Tom Boyd
(Boyd is a cut above the rest)
2. James Aish
(Aish isn't at Boyd's level but is ahead of the next batch)
3. Dom Sheed
4. Luke McDonald
5. Christian Salem
6. Luke Dunstan
7. Matt Scharenberg
8. Blake Acres
9. Ben Lennon
10. Nathan Freeman
11. Josh Kelly
(Very even group and we should be happy with any being at pick 12)
12. Kade Kolodjashnij
13. Jack Billings
(Talented but don't see as top 10 picks)
14. Cam McCarthy
15. Jarman Impey
16. Eli Templeton
(Little batch of personal favorites that we can do better at pick 12 but I would be disappointed if they were available at pick 32. I.e. Hampson fits in between Templeton and Hourigan for me)
17. Darcy Hourigan
18. Dwayne Wilson
19. Daniel McStay
20. Zac Jones
21. Darcy Cameron
(Starting to struggle by this stage to get really good players)
22. Cameron Conlon
23. Matt Crouch
(Conlon would be higher if not for injury and Crouch I'm not a big fan of his kicking but he can rack the ball up, just not for me)
24. Nick Bourke
25. Malcolm Karpany
26. Lewis Taylor
27. James Battersby
28. Trent Dumont
(Very even group for mine. Some are ready to go and the top 2 are more based on upside.)
29. Rory Lobb
30. Charlie Cameron
31. Richard Bourne
32. Marcus Bontempelli
33. Ben Sokol
34. George Hewett
(Next group is project time - All have tools to work with but also big holes. All could be very, very high level players or busts.)
PRETTY MUCH DONE HERE BUT A FEW OTHERS I DON'T MIND...
35. Darcy Gardiner
36. Patrick Cripps
37. Jono Marsh
38. James Tsitas
(Guys who are all predicted higher but I expect to slide because I'm not all that high on. All worth a look with a late pick though won't be there)
39. Jake Kolodjashnij
40. Nicholas Robertson
41. Alex Spina
42. Alex Saunders
43. Nathan Gordon
(All worth a crack late draft)