Competitions 2016 PHANTOM DRAFT

[Wickzki]

I know I forgot to write whose up next but not certain with Gold Coast Suns bid matching. FlowersByIrene tagged anyway.

 

[Jimmae]

I know I forgot to write whose up next but not certain with Gold Coast Suns bid matching. FlowersByIrene tagged anyway.

It's FBI, so good choice.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Gold Coast select....

Shai Bolton - HFF

HARKER up next for North Melbourne.


ROUND 1
1. Will Brodie... ESS
2. Ben Ainsworth... BRIS
3. Hugh McLuggage... FREM
4. Sam Petrevski-Seton... GCS
5. ACADEMY BID CARLTON - (Matched) Jack Bowes... GCS
6. Andrew McGrath... CARL
7. Todd Marshall... RICH
8. Tim English... GWS
9. ACADEMY BID PORT - (Matched) Will Setterfield... GWS
10 Daniel Venables... PORT
11. Jack Scrimshaw... STK
12. Tim Taranto... NTHM
13. ACADEMY BID WCE - (Matched) Harry Perryman... GWS
14. ACADEMY BID WCE - (Unmatched) Kobe Mutch... WCE
15. Joshua Battle... WBD
16. Jarrod Berry... ADE
17. Alex Witherden... HAW
18. Dylan Clarke... SYD

ROUND 2
19. Jordan Gallucci... ESS
20. Griffen Logue... BRIS
21. Jy Simpkin... GCS via FREM
22. Joshua Rotham... GCS
23. ACADEMY BID CARL - (Matched) Brad Scheer... GCS
24. Willem Drew... CARL
25. Sam Powell-Pepper... COLL
26. ACADEMY BID MELB - (Matched) Jacob Allison... BRIS
27. ACADEMY BID MELB - (Matched) Harrison Macreadie... GWS
28. Jonty Scharenberg... MELB
29. Shai Bolton... GCS via PORT
30. (...)NTHM
31. (...)WCE
32. (...)WBD
33. (...)GWS
34. (...)HAW
35. (...)GEEL
36. (...)SYD

 

[zeeCFC]

It's worth doing a 3rd round, still plenty of kids available

 

[Blue and Silver]

Yeah, I have about 10-20 in mind still

 

[HARKER]

Bolton was needed by North but seems we missed out by a whisker.
Going to take a chance here as I liked the way this guy moved around the ground and North need someone like him to create.
Looked hard at Oliver Florent & Zac Fisher, but going to throw caution into the wind as we don't need any more meat & potatoes.....

North Melbourne: Pick #30

Jamie Hampton

Won't do the talking, so:



You're up Jimmae

 

[Blue and Silver]

Oi Harker.

Stop talking up the guys I want before my pick

 

[HARKER]

Oi Harker.

Stop talking up the guys I want before my pick

Well, I got gazumped by one pick with Bolton.

I think Hampton may be an over-ager but he is the brother of the now, Adelaide player.

Looked like he had potential when I saw him. Worth the shot over more MOR midfielders here.

 

[Jimmae]

Going to bid on Sproule, Blugazi

 

[Blugazi]

Going to bid on Sproule, Blugazi

GWS do not match the bid. He's all yours Jimmae

 

[Blugazi]

blue_boyz14 your turn.

 

[Blue and Silver]

Wow. I would have taken Sproule.

 

[Jimmae]

Wow. I would have taken Sproule.

So would GWS I suspect.

Zach Sproule
198 cms, 84 kgs, GWS/Murray Bushrangers

Sproule has flown under the radar a little after kicking 16 in 8 in last year's TAC competition, mostly due to him playing further away from goals or in defence to allow the less versatile Marshall and over-age (yet possibly still GWS eligible) Tizani.

Tall, athletic and an excellent kicking action for both goal and general disposal, there are shades of Tom Lynch in his athleticism and approach to football. His style will particularly thrive alongside Jeremy Cameron, provided he continues to develop his fitness once in AFL environment, which seems a no-brainer given his work ethic in matches.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

It's worth doing a 3rd round, still plenty of kids available

Just that we havent been doing Academy changes for them, so it would be out of whack.

What we're going to do is have everyone post their - "just missed the cut" and chat and learn about players

The best part about the exercise is learning from each other I think.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

It's worth doing a 3rd round, still plenty of kids available

Just that we havent been doing Academy changes for them, so it would be out of whack.

What we're going to do is have everyone post their - "just missed the cut" and chat and learn about players

The best part about the exercise is learning from each other I think.

 

[Wickzki]

 

[Mr_Plow]

The Bulldogs are going to take:

Patrick Kerr.

We've gone tall with our first pick, we'll go tall again.

 

[Mr_Plow]

Blugazi

 

[Blugazi]

Don't know much about the kids available at this pick.

Purely picking by needs for the Bulldogs here. We've taken Collins as a KPD in the previous draft, we'd like another medium defender with Bob Murphy retiring very soon.

Pick 31. Alex Witherden, 186cm, 80kg.

Having sustained a broken leg this year, there is some upside that could be realised with development. And with the Bulldogs fairly well stocked in defence for now, there is certainly ample time.

KM describes Alex as having a penetrating kick, good vision, composure, decision making and intercept marking ability.

Edit: Having done a little article reading, Alex has played through the middle in juniors, so there is also scope to... push into the midfield.

Hawks have already taken Witherden, try again blue_boyz14

 

[Mr_Plow]

It's been a long day of studying...

 

[Bluey24]

So would GWS I suspect.

Zach Sproule
198 cms, 84 kgs, GWS/Murray Bushrangers

Sproule has flown under the radar a little after kicking 16 in 8 in last year's TAC competition, mostly due to him playing further away from goals or in defence to allow the less versatile Marshall and over-age (yet possibly still GWS eligible) Tizani.

Tall, athletic and an excellent kicking action for both goal and general disposal, there are shades of Tom Lynch in his athleticism and approach to football. His style will particularly thrive alongside Jeremy Cameron, provided he continues to develop his fitness once in AFL environment, which seems a no-brainer given his work ethic in matches.

Lots to work with apparently, but those clips didn't exactly knock me over.

 

[Jimmae]

Lots to work with apparently, but those clips didn't exactly knock me over.

I'm not hugely across this next tier of draftees, but I sifted through about 15 names and 4 stood out to me. He was the top of that four because of his mobility, contested marking ability and his skills.

Footy IQ and work rate seem to be high quality as well, so I'd be surprised if he makes it this far in the draft actual.

 

[Jimmae]

Hawks have already taken Witherden, try again blue_boyz14

You're up again Blugazi

 

[Blugazi]

Pick 33 (GWS) - Jeremy Goddard
Height: 202cm
Weight: 95kg
From: Claremont

Using this pick to bolster the draft stocks - in preparation for Lobb's departure and Mumford being over 30. In comparison to English who was picked up earlier in the draft, Goddard is a much more physical player who has proven the ability to dominate hitouts.

 

[Bluey24]

Pick 34 - Zac Fisher

This pick was in inspired by one Caleb Daniel. He doesn't fit a specific need for us, but he's an exciting prospect and we reckon he'll fit in nicely at the Hawks.

Fisher was best on ground for Western Australia vs Allies in July. Somehow at 175cm and 61 kg, he's a contested beast. He recently fell into Knightmare's top 30 for the first time.

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Knightmare:

Strengths:
- Production
- Stoppage work
- Ability to win first possession at stoppages
- Contested-ball winning ability
- Tackling
- Clean hands
- Precise footskills
- Vision
- Decision-making ability
- Acceleration
- Agility
- Evasiveness

Weaknesses:
- Size by position

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Geelong, Old navy