Great result especially considering he was drafted in 2017 not 2016
Draft Review 2016 - Revisiting the 2016 AFL Draft
- Jun 26, 2017
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1. McCluggage
2. Taranto
3. McGrath
4. Stewart
5. R. Marshall
6. Ridley
7. Simpkin
8. Ryan
9. English
10 Berry
11. Bowes
12. Bolton
13. Setterfield
14. Logue
15. Florent
16. Perryman
17. Witherden
18. Parfitt
19. T. Marshall
20. Lipinski
21. Darcy
22. Ainsworth
23. Petrevski-Seton
24. Daicos
25. Powell-Pepper
26. Battle
27. Cox
28. Ratugolea
29. Graham
30. Lewis
This draft is so good here’s my top 30 and I reckon there’s quite a few handy players that I couldn’t squeeze in.
I decided to leave Draper out as much as I’d like to put him in the top 10 I’m very bias as I just love the kid but there isn’t a big enough sample size that we’ve seen yet.
2. Taranto
3. McGrath
4. Stewart
5. R. Marshall
6. Ridley
7. Simpkin
8. Ryan
9. English
10 Berry
11. Bowes
12. Bolton
13. Setterfield
14. Logue
15. Florent
16. Perryman
17. Witherden
18. Parfitt
19. T. Marshall
20. Lipinski
21. Darcy
22. Ainsworth
23. Petrevski-Seton
24. Daicos
25. Powell-Pepper
26. Battle
27. Cox
28. Ratugolea
29. Graham
30. Lewis
This draft is so good here’s my top 30 and I reckon there’s quite a few handy players that I couldn’t squeeze in.
I decided to leave Draper out as much as I’d like to put him in the top 10 I’m very bias as I just love the kid but there isn’t a big enough sample size that we’ve seen yet.
- Nov 14, 2013
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I hate sounding like an absolute homer, but Zurhaar and Larkey would be super unlucky to not make the top 30.
Bolton is a gun player. Easily in the top 10.
I'd have him below only Taranto, McGrath, McCluggage and Stewart and competing with Simpkin and Ridley for the next spot. We'll see if he can maintain his form.
I'd have him below only Taranto, McGrath, McCluggage and Stewart and competing with Simpkin and Ridley for the next spot. We'll see if he can maintain his form.
Ranked every player I thought was worth ranking. Disclaimer I don’t rate defenders. Obviously the list is pretty fluid still and will likely silly as soon 2021.
- Mcluggage
- Taranto
- McGrath
- Simpkin
- Bolton
- Florent
- Larkey
- Berry
- Marshall
- Marshall
- Ridley
- Ryan
- Stewart
- Bowes
- Parfitt
- Zurhaar
- Cox
- Battle
- Logue
- Lewis
- Setterfield
- English
- SPS
- Daicos
- Hayward
- Darcy
- O’Connor
- Witherden
- Brown
- Fisher
- Powell-Pepper
- Narkle
- Long
- Henry
- Williamson
- Draper
- Ladhams
- Duman
- Ratugolea
- Hannan
- Cousins
- Lipinski
- Stengle
- Graham
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- Dec 2, 2014
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Rowan Marshall could be number 1 in this draft the way he's going.
Stewart is a 2x AA defender already, lol. He finished 3rd in our B + F last year behind only Danger and Tim Kelly - Top 10 players in the league last year.
Pretty sure he would rank the highest (as of now - McGrath, McLuggage and Taranto will all probably go past him, but not as of yet). Can't believe some have him outside their Top 10.
Pretty sure he would rank the highest (as of now - McGrath, McLuggage and Taranto will all probably go past him, but not as of yet). Can't believe some have him outside their Top 10.
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- May 6, 2007
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Lack of games in a shortened season will be the only thing stopping him from being a 3x All Australian already... Most in this draft will be lucky to reach that throughout an entire career.
Absolute star and massively disrespected just because he is a mature ager.
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So much this.
- Jun 26, 2017
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Yeah I'll cop that. I must have overlooked Zurhaar, fair chance I missed others too. I'd have Zurhaar in the low 20s and Larkey maybe just sneaking in ahead of Lewis
- Oct 13, 2015
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Witherden's not in the mix, and nor should English be. English is an active liability for the dogs in the ruck at the moment.
- Oct 13, 2015
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Also stop saying Balta was a good pick from this draft people, he was drafted in 2017!!! Keep the boring discussion about richmond young players to ones actually drafted in 2016.
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Stewart obviously gets the nod because of the 2 x AAs but I'd say right now Luke Ryan is playing better footy, given he is 3 years younger he could easily end up being the better footballer.
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- Oct 29, 2017
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Come on man, look at this from our perspective.
Sure, Stewart is a proven star with the best career to date, but these younger guys could be anything - I mean, they could even end up as good as Stewart!
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it could even be a boat!
The point on defenders has merit.
Especially loose as a goose defenders. Truth is, there aren't many defenders that are good enough to be forwards or midfielders. I mean if they were good enough to play in the midfield/forward they would. Therefore I agree that their ratings should suffer accordingly
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- Sep 13, 2011
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Rance and Balta must be pretty s**t then, given they can't play elsewhere.
Even more so Vlaustin, given you actually tried to play him forward and in the midfield.
I said most defenders, Rance is an exception, Balta may end up a forward, but your point on Flossy is right
Bit like Stewart, Vlaustin couldn't make it as a midfielder or a forward, which is why I guess there is that group of 5 rated above him even though Stewart has the score on the board.
- Jun 26, 2017
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of course they are the exceptionsDo you acknowledge that there are 17 other teams in the league at all??
- May 6, 2007
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Not going to lie but Jarrod Berry is starting to ut together a very good body of work to rival that of the big 4 guys.
You would almost have to have him at 2 behind Taranto at this point in time. McGrath been good (this year) but overall since their debut years would have the top 10 as;
1. Tom Stewart
2. Luke Ryan
3. Tim Taranto
4. Hugh McCluggae
5. Jarrod Berry
6. Andrew McGrath
7. Alex Witherden
8. Jy Simpkin
9. Brandon PArfitt
10 . Tim English
Honourable Mentions (HM) Shai Bolton, Jack Graham, Jordan Ridley, Sam Powell - Pepper
You would almost have to have him at 2 behind Taranto at this point in time. McGrath been good (this year) but overall since their debut years would have the top 10 as;
1. Tom Stewart
2. Luke Ryan
3. Tim Taranto
4. Hugh McCluggae
5. Jarrod Berry
6. Andrew McGrath
7. Alex Witherden
8. Jy Simpkin
9. Brandon PArfitt
10 . Tim English
Honourable Mentions (HM) Shai Bolton, Jack Graham, Jordan Ridley, Sam Powell - Pepper
- Oct 13, 2015
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Berry was excellent v the Saints, had been pretty quiet for the previous 4-5 rounds. I think it was directly tied to the fact that we went in to the game with one less midfielder in the rotation and he spent more time on ball. I think his progress would be more noticeable if we was playing there closer to 80% of his time on ground rather than having longer stints up forward or on the wing.
My ranking of the top 10 would be:
1. McCluggage (completely biased of course).
2. Taranto
3. Stewart
4. Ryan
5. McGrath
6. Bolton (moving up with a bullet).
7. Simpkin
8. Berry
9. Parfitt
10. Bowes
Ainsworth would be the next one I could see exploding, he's kind of been forgotten the last few years.
- May 28, 2013
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Swap Witherden and Ridley - Ridley is a huge chance to be AA this year and Witherden has been dropped for the 2nd time this year.
so bolton should not be in the top 10 because he was dropped earlier on in the year, but Witherden is 7th and has been dropped twice ?
Even though Bolton with Mcgrath the best ranked player in his draft in coaches votes
Even though Bolton is the ranked in the top 25 in AFL players rankings in 2020
And people ask why I believe that there is a blind spot on Bolton.
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