Autopsy 2016 National Draft (NM Picks: 11; 32; 33; 80)
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http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/04-16/academy-riches-again-await-giants#Yw1mvx3dePrcfup1.97
Look away now rival clubs, but Greater Western Sydney could have up to a dozen academy prospects drafted at year’s end.
The concessions and zone afforded to the Giants has been a constant source of debate since their introduction to the competition, and with more and more top prospects emerging from the Riverina region, the discontent is only intensifying and the upcoming draft is looming as the most fruitful yet for the GWS academy.
Key defender Harrison Macreadie looms as a top five pick, while smooth midfielder Will Setterfield, classy utility Harry Perryman and former cricketer turned key forward Todd Marshall should all settle well inside the first round on draft night – possibly even the top 10.
Then there is ruckman/forward Max Lynch (a former soccer goalkeeper), midfielders Isaac Cumming, Kobe Mutch, Connor Byrne, Sam Fisher and Will Gowers; tall forward Zach Sproule; medium forward Jacob Turner, and utilities Tom Highmore and Lachlan Tiziani who are all also a chance to find an AFL home in late November.
Now the Giants are going to be able to select them all, but they can cherry pick the best of the crop, then leave the rest to the other clubs to fight over.
Like last year with Jacob Hopper, Matt Kennedy, Harrison Himmelberg and Matt Flynn, to do this they will need to accrue points – another topic of debate – to match incoming bids.
The Giants – who already are in possession of Collingwood and Geelong’s first round selection this year, as well as Adelaide’s second round pick – will need to again trade away talented youngsters (and they aren’t exactly short on them) who are finding it tough to break into the senior lineup and are looking for greater opportunities. Having drafted nearly exclusively Victorians in the preceding years, this will create a bidding war for cast offs.
Adam Tomlinson was heavily courted by Carlton on the final day of the trade period last year and again finds himself in and out of the senior lineup. He will still command a first-round pick, and the points associated, in any potential trade.
Another may be former academy graduate Jack Steele, who is a bit down the pecking order when it comes to the midfield depth chart, but is far too good to be running around in the NEAFL.
Richmond is one club, amongst others, who rated the hard-working midfielder highly leading into the 2013 draft and could definitely use another quality ball-winner who makes good decisions and kicks the ball efficiently.
Should Steele opt to depart the Giants, he should net a pick inside the top 15-20 and provide GWS with more points to put towards the likes of Macreadie, Setterfield, Perryman and Marshall amongst others.
Look away now rival clubs, but Greater Western Sydney could have up to a dozen academy prospects drafted at year’s end.
The concessions and zone afforded to the Giants has been a constant source of debate since their introduction to the competition, and with more and more top prospects emerging from the Riverina region, the discontent is only intensifying and the upcoming draft is looming as the most fruitful yet for the GWS academy.
Key defender Harrison Macreadie looms as a top five pick, while smooth midfielder Will Setterfield, classy utility Harry Perryman and former cricketer turned key forward Todd Marshall should all settle well inside the first round on draft night – possibly even the top 10.
Then there is ruckman/forward Max Lynch (a former soccer goalkeeper), midfielders Isaac Cumming, Kobe Mutch, Connor Byrne, Sam Fisher and Will Gowers; tall forward Zach Sproule; medium forward Jacob Turner, and utilities Tom Highmore and Lachlan Tiziani who are all also a chance to find an AFL home in late November.
Now the Giants are going to be able to select them all, but they can cherry pick the best of the crop, then leave the rest to the other clubs to fight over.
Like last year with Jacob Hopper, Matt Kennedy, Harrison Himmelberg and Matt Flynn, to do this they will need to accrue points – another topic of debate – to match incoming bids.
The Giants – who already are in possession of Collingwood and Geelong’s first round selection this year, as well as Adelaide’s second round pick – will need to again trade away talented youngsters (and they aren’t exactly short on them) who are finding it tough to break into the senior lineup and are looking for greater opportunities. Having drafted nearly exclusively Victorians in the preceding years, this will create a bidding war for cast offs.
Adam Tomlinson was heavily courted by Carlton on the final day of the trade period last year and again finds himself in and out of the senior lineup. He will still command a first-round pick, and the points associated, in any potential trade.
Another may be former academy graduate Jack Steele, who is a bit down the pecking order when it comes to the midfield depth chart, but is far too good to be running around in the NEAFL.
Richmond is one club, amongst others, who rated the hard-working midfielder highly leading into the 2013 draft and could definitely use another quality ball-winner who makes good decisions and kicks the ball efficiently.
Should Steele opt to depart the Giants, he should net a pick inside the top 15-20 and provide GWS with more points to put towards the likes of Macreadie, Setterfield, Perryman and Marshall amongst others.
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Such cushy treatment by the AFL.
We should be chasing Steele and Ahern.
Would imagine Pickett may look at heading home too if they are looking at offloading other high end players
Would imagine Pickett may look at heading home too if they are looking at offloading other high end players
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How the * is this fair.
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It's over compensation for them being manufactured franchises.
Same for Sydney proper.
ACL and broken foot (Dane Swan injury) respectively for the poor lads, so could come cheap.
Ahern was consistent in the NEAFL last year as well.
I'd be a bit cautious with Pickett with the foot injury, but as you said if GWS are desperate for F/S points they may come cheap
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Strange piece of journalism. We're the ones who bid for Jack Steele so I'd say we rated him the highest of anyone outside GWS based on that. But journo plucked out Richmond for no real reason.
Jake Barrett has been in excellent form
In the NEAFL too.
In the NEAFL too.
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FS with Damien? (Joking)
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It's a good rule but has exceptions. Natainui proved himself to be worth pick 1 and Grundy was a good use of a late round 1 pick for the Pies. Definitely won't see us paying that price for a ruck while Goldstein is around unless they're exceptional.
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Pick 1?
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Easily.
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Just had another look. Yikes. I'll have to agree.
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Eddie: AFL Have "Over-Cooked" GWS List
Collingwood president urges the league to rein in Giants' academy rights
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has urged the AFL to rein in Greater Western Sydney’s academy player rights for the sake of the competition.
The Giants painted an ominous picture of what the future might look like on Saturday when they handed three-time reigning premiers Hawthorn a 75-point shellacking.
Like Gold Coast, GWS were afforded generous draft, zone and academy concessions when they entered the competition in 2012.
The expansion club has no fewer than 22 first-round draft picks and six academy players and, with another five highly-rated academy players in their sights, Eddie believes the AFL has “over-cooked” their list.
“When the set-up came into play, and the AFL Commission presented it to the presidents, I said at the time in the presidents’ meeting this is well and good because you have to establish them and you have got to probably over-capitalise in the first instance on the players. But there will come a time where you go too far as you always do – the Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions, et cetera, et cetera. We’ve seen it over the journey,” he told Triple M's Hot Breakfast.
“When that time comes you must act and act quickly otherwise you’ll completely throw the competition out of kilter for the best part of 10 years. That time has arrived.
“The AFL, we know, are looking to maybe change some of the academy players because there are players who GWS haven’t even found ... they’ve got five of the top 25 this year coming in.
“And we’re not saying they can’t win. Let them go, they’ve got the team, they’ve got a young team that’ll be a dominant force for the next five years at least.
“There needs to be a quick adjustment and say ‘right, that’s it, barley. That’s the decision. Okay guys sorry, we gave you a little bit too much, we’re going to stop it now’.”
Greater Western Sydney have started the year in sparkling fashion.
They sit in fifth spot on the ladder with a 4-2 record and have won their last three matches by an average margin of 69 points.
Collingwood president urges the league to rein in Giants' academy rights
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has urged the AFL to rein in Greater Western Sydney’s academy player rights for the sake of the competition.
The Giants painted an ominous picture of what the future might look like on Saturday when they handed three-time reigning premiers Hawthorn a 75-point shellacking.
Like Gold Coast, GWS were afforded generous draft, zone and academy concessions when they entered the competition in 2012.
The expansion club has no fewer than 22 first-round draft picks and six academy players and, with another five highly-rated academy players in their sights, Eddie believes the AFL has “over-cooked” their list.
“When the set-up came into play, and the AFL Commission presented it to the presidents, I said at the time in the presidents’ meeting this is well and good because you have to establish them and you have got to probably over-capitalise in the first instance on the players. But there will come a time where you go too far as you always do – the Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions, et cetera, et cetera. We’ve seen it over the journey,” he told Triple M's Hot Breakfast.
“When that time comes you must act and act quickly otherwise you’ll completely throw the competition out of kilter for the best part of 10 years. That time has arrived.
“The AFL, we know, are looking to maybe change some of the academy players because there are players who GWS haven’t even found ... they’ve got five of the top 25 this year coming in.
“And we’re not saying they can’t win. Let them go, they’ve got the team, they’ve got a young team that’ll be a dominant force for the next five years at least.
“There needs to be a quick adjustment and say ‘right, that’s it, barley. That’s the decision. Okay guys sorry, we gave you a little bit too much, we’re going to stop it now’.”
Greater Western Sydney have started the year in sparkling fashion.
They sit in fifth spot on the ladder with a 4-2 record and have won their last three matches by an average margin of 69 points.
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Barley?
The academy picks should be well and truly wound up, same goes for sydney, gc/brisbane. Academies and zoning is just a stupid idea because there are always going to be teams that manipulate it in some way possible.
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It's a paradoxical trashing of all the supposed utopian uncompromised draft pulp we used to be fed.
GWS and GC have now had their startup allocations just like Port and Freo did. Agree with Eddie- that should be it.
Now either everyone gets a zone academy - without the Indigenous / Multicultural caveats for some teams - or scrap them all and every player goes into an uncompromised draft.
Or instead we can have some academies based on ethnicity, some academies based on locale, draft picks awarded as compensation based on rubbery logic and a Year 10 maths class algorithm applied to determine what picks are worth in a mythical draft pick bidding currency.
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Scrap them all and go with uncomprimised drafts. Future trading of draft picks and maybe even a mid season draft/trading period for mature players or players already on a list.
It's too easy for clubs to manipulate the whole indigenous/ethnic backgrounds they are going to potentially go with in the future. Clubs will end up trying to hide away talent then claim them as ethnic/indigenous, it will somehow end up benefitting the bigger clubs who have more resources to throw at it. The boundaries are also to randomised to have any significant substance!
