Draft Review 2016 - Revisiting the 2016 AFL Draft

Feb 5, 2018
13,936
33,319
AFL Club
Hawthorn
Other Teams
Chicago Blackhawks Melb Renegades
Still pinching ourselves that we traded out of this draft, had 2 of the final 3 selections, and Harry Morrison and Mitch Lewis have had career best seasons and look long-term players capable of playing 150+ games.

A lot of you wouldn't be able to pick Morrison out of a police line up, but he's been great this year. Consistent, hard working and a real team-first player.
 

Haychh

Premiership Player
Jun 26, 2017
4,557
6,076
AFL Club
Essendon
Other Teams
Green Bay Packers
Probably easier to rank this draft in tiers, could throw a blanket over a few:

Tier 1:
Stewart
McCluggage
Taranto
Bolton

Tier 2:
Simpkin
English
R. Marshall
Darcy
Ryan
Ridley

Tier 3:
Daicos
Lewis
Brodie
Draper
Henry
Larkey

Tier 4:
McGrath
Cox
Parfitt
Florent
Logue
Berry
Powell-Pepper
McInerney
Lipinski
Fisher
 
Probably easier to rank this draft in tiers, could throw a blanket over a few:

Tier 1:
Stewart
McCluggage
Taranto
Bolton

Tier 2:
Simpkin
English
R. Marshall
Darcy
Ryan
Ridley

Tier 3:
Daicos
Lewis
Brodie
Draper
Henry
Larkey

Tier 4:
McGrath
Cox
Parfitt
Florent
Logue
Berry
Powell-Pepper
McInerney
Lipinski
Fisher
This is the first year that Daicos, Lewis, Brodie and Draper (and it's iffy for him) have been better than McGrath, and Larkey hasn't been better at all. McGrath has to be tier 2 for me.
 
Oct 20, 2010
24,775
25,219
Perth
AFL Club
Fremantle
Other Teams
East Fremantle
Probably easier to rank this draft in tiers, could throw a blanket over a few:

Tier 1:
Stewart
McCluggage
Taranto
Bolton

Tier 2:
Simpkin
English
R. Marshall
Darcy
Ryan
Ridley

Tier 3:
Daicos
Lewis
Brodie
Draper
Henry
Larkey

Tier 4:
McGrath
Cox
Parfitt
Florent
Logue
Berry
Powell-Pepper
McInerney
Lipinski
Fisher
Cox massively underrated, best defender in the best defensive team
 

s_wd6

Norm Smith Medallist
Oct 27, 2018
6,679
17,835
AFL Club
Fremantle
Cox massively underrated, best defender in the best defensive team
Absolutely. His numbers and defensive stats this year should really have him right in the AA conversation but ofc he's getting no love externally. Comfortably our best defender at the moment, and only Hayden Young even comes close.
 

Marcel Proust

"Oohh WADA ooga booga" {Jul 11 2013}
Sep 6, 2018
29,608
38,560
#BigBigSound
AFL Club
Richmond
Come he has half the votes of Oliver, Miller and Petracca. They don’t have games where they don’t impact. Talent wise he is amazing but he can light it up for a half and hardly touch it.

They not saying he's better but asking if he's in same level.

Also dubbed the most exciting player in the game (?) Which is a fair question
 

scott_the_man

Club Legend
Feb 25, 2014
2,304
2,936
AFL Club
Brisbane Lions
Probably easier to rank this draft in tiers, could throw a blanket over a few:

Tier 1:
Stewart
McCluggage
Taranto
Bolton

Tier 2:
Simpkin
English
R. Marshall
Darcy
Ryan
Ridley

Tier 3:
Daicos
Lewis
Brodie
Draper
Henry
Larkey

Tier 4:
McGrath
Cox
Parfitt
Florent
Logue
Berry
Powell-Pepper
McInerney
Lipinski
Fisher
I'd have Daicos in the 2nd tier. Turning into a bloody good player.
 
Jun 18, 2007
25,842
49,841
Top of the tree
AFL Club
Richmond
Other Teams
#VICBIAS
Liam Baker was available in this draft too. Didn't get picked until the following year's rookie draft.
 
May 28, 2013
25,313
27,132
AFL Club
North Melbourne
Other Teams
Seattle Seahawks
Liam Baker was available in this draft too. Didn't get picked until the following year's rookie draft.
Bizarre post. Lots of good players get picked up well after their draft year. They are only discussed in the year they were drafted - not the ones they weren’t drafted in.

It would be like discussing Tom Stewart in the 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 re-do thread.
 
May 26, 2007
12,887
17,053
Melbourne
AFL Club
Brisbane Lions
Bizarre post. Lots of good players get picked up well after their draft year. They are only discussed in the year they were drafted - not the ones they weren’t drafted in.

It would be like discussing Tom Stewart in the 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 re-do thread.

Any reason to bring a random Richmond player into an irrelevant discussion I guess.
 
BRB… Just bringing up James Podsiadly for 1999-2009 re-draft threads.
He was actually drafted I'm the 99 draft. 01 as well
 
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