Live Chat 2017 AFL Draft - #2, #5, #42, #60, #66, #70, #77, #80, #90

Which players do we take with #2 & #5?

  • Luke Davies-Uniacke

    Votes: 128 77.6%
  • Cameron Rayner

    Votes: 25 15.2%
  • Darcy Fogarty

    Votes: 42 25.5%
  • Adam Cerra

    Votes: 12 7.3%
  • Jaidyn Stephenson

    Votes: 8 4.8%
  • Paddy Dow

    Votes: 28 17.0%
  • Andrew Brayshaw

    Votes: 56 33.9%
  • Jack Higgins

    Votes: 3 1.8%
  • Sam Hayes

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Jarrod Brander

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Aaron Naughton

    Votes: 8 4.8%
  • Oscar Allen

    Votes: 4 2.4%
  • Nick Coffield

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Charlie Constable

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Hunter Clark

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Noah Balta

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Aiden Bonar

    Votes: 2 1.2%

  • Total voters
    165
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I was UDL and Fog all the way, thinking it may end up UDL and Dow now.
Do not want Cerra, pass on Stephenson (once burnt, twice shy re heart).

Not sold on Brayshaw, heard his interview on SEN, he's a quality kid - just don't know that he's top 5 material. I think the combine results have got the hype wheels a' spinnin
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Seems to enjoy the warm weather too. Shouldn't be a flight risk. Keen.
 

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Another thought is the victorian bias of football media , Are these vic kids that much better or just in the limelight more

Yes but obviously not that scary good if we get pick 5 2018 we have to finish 14th
I'm pretty sure our recruiters don't base their decisions on what is in the media. Leave that to the BF experts.
 

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Gave himself a D rating for 2017 - ouch!
Fogarty just has that vibe around him that Freo like, sure he hasn't had a great year. But that maybe a blessing in
disguise and drive him further, and we have to back our system, our coach demands personal responsibility.
Has the most upside for our team with his height, weight, strength, in a forward line lacking Menace.
He is the wildcard in the draft, but with two picks in the top five shouldn't we take the risk?
 
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Stephenson's kicking as reported by Rohan Connelly-will be a massive hurdle at the next level.Could not agree more with....Do not want.
But a beautiful kick for goal apparently. Once he enters the afl system, his field kicking won’t be a problem. I’m thinking in a few years time, he could be the best of the lot. Reminds me of Fyfe.
 

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Fogarty just has that vibe around him that Freo like, sure he hasn't had a great year. But that maybe a blessing in
disguise and drive him further, and we have to back our system, our coach demands personal responsibility.
Has the most upside for our team with his height, weight, strength, in a forward line lacking Menace.
He is the wildcard in the draft, but with two picks in the top five shouldn't we take the risk?
Tanking for the Crows at pick 12? Haha. I do like Fogarty, but when you're only averaging 8 disposals a game it's a big stretch to take at pick 5. I'd rather we take Stephenson
 

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Tanking for the Crows at pick 12? Haha. I do like Fogarty, but when you're only averaging 8 disposals a game it's a big stretch to take at pick 5. I'd rather we take Stephenson
Stats... of SANFL compared to TAC cup... also of the 4 SANFL games Fogs played, 3 were with an untaped meniscus tear.. Glenelg never taped it. The game he played without it he got

19 disposals and 3 tackles on debut in SANFL

http://sanfl.com.au/darcy-dazzles-debut/

Can he be any good in the midfield

Plays in jumper 18 here.

 

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Stats... of SANFL compared to TAC cup... also of the 4 SANFL games Fogs played, 3 were with an untaped meniscus tear.. Glenelg never taped it. The game he played without it he got

19 disposals and 3 tackles on debut in SANFL

http://sanfl.com.au/darcy-dazzles-debut/

Can he be any good in the midfield

Plays in jumper 18 here.

I recall Pav had a sub-par U18 champs as well in hi draft year.
If we pass on Fogarty at 5 I’ll be pissed.
He is hungry to succeed and angry at the contest.
Has elite kicking and he will be a KP size if not already.
The risk is not to get him or another KP at 5, we get the best mid available at 2.
LDU, Brayshaw or Dow.
Oscar Allen or Naughton if Fogarty is gonski would be worth the reach.
 

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Tanking for the Crows at pick 12? Haha. I do like Fogarty, but when you're only averaging 8 disposals a game it's a big stretch to take at pick 5. I'd rather we take Stephenson
That article on Fogarty is strange, says 8 disposals in the SANFL, but 11 in the U18's. To put that into perspective
didn't Naughton average 15 disposals in the championship?
The reality is that forwards don't get midfield numbers, but if they average two goals a game ie Hogan, then they
are worth two top five picks?
 

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Stats... of SANFL compared to TAC cup... also of the 4 SANFL games Fogs played, 3 were with an untaped meniscus tear.. Glenelg never taped it. The game he played without it he got

19 disposals and 3 tackles on debut in SANFL

http://sanfl.com.au/darcy-dazzles-debut/

Can he be any good in the midfield

Plays in jumper 18 here.

Select him, someone just make it happen!
 

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Stats... of SANFL compared to TAC cup... also of the 4 SANFL games Fogs played, 3 were with an untaped meniscus tear.. Glenelg never taped it. The game he played without it he got

19 disposals and 3 tackles on debut in SANFL

http://sanfl.com.au/darcy-dazzles-debut/

Can he be any good in the midfield

Plays in jumper 18 here.

Said he played SANFL a month ago and got shot down by some smoker.
Fogarty has proven himself in my opinion.
Just get Fogarty........
Next year Ian Hill and Jason Carter to top up the mids and runners
 

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I'm back to LDU and Fog after window shopping elsewhere the past few days. Would love Nathan Murphy at 42 too if we could just get a pic of him onto Fbook smoking and drinking on Thursday night with NO REGRATS tattooed across his chest.
 

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Heaps of other clubs don't have that sort of elite talent. If you being drafted to Brisbane the player you'd probably want to learn the most off is... Hodgy?!, if you were drafted to Carlton, maybe um, Cripps? North Melbourne, hahaha, no luck there, unless you're a forward wanting to emulate Ben Brown.
You could do far worse than trying to learn off Beams and Zorko
 

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my 2 cents worth on Rayner is that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I spoke to someone who played against him & reckons he is an ok fella.
Yep, hes a great kid. And despite what people have assumed, is a real hard trainer. You don't build those muscles at that age by sitting around eating KFC all day
 

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I do like reading/hearing these young players who idolize Nat Fyfe - he really is the complete modern day footballer. It can't be undersold just how valuable Fyfe is to the club and how much his mentoring means for the new kids.

Heaps of other clubs don't have that sort of elite talent. If you being drafted to Brisbane the player you'd probably want to learn the most off is... Hodgy?!, if you were drafted to Carlton, maybe um, Cripps? North Melbourne, hahaha, no luck there, unless you're a forward wanting to emulate Ben Brown.

There's obviously some clubs that have that draw card for young kids, Buddy Franklin, Dangerfield, Dusty etc, but there are potentially even more clubs that don't have the A grader that we have #blessed
For mine he's a huge mitigating factor in the go-home risk. Him and Lyon. Can probably now add the new facilities and stadium to go with that too. Those are the big ones with weather probably rounding out a top 5 list of incentives to play for Freo
 

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For what it’s worth, our recruiting team will have now have sorted out the list of possibles for our pick #2 and #5 and it will have included the profilers input and the talent spotters input.

They will just work through the list... depending on who is taken before us. All the hard work has been done.

The magic will actually be done at our later picks and will be more needs basis.

So sit back, wait, relax and enjoy the ride on Friday!
 

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For what it’s worth, our recruiting team will have now have sorted out the list of possibles for our pick #2 and #5 and it will have included the profilers input and the talent spotters input.

They will just work through the list... depending on who is taken before us. All the hard work has been done.

The magic will actually be done at our later picks and will be more needs basis.

So sit back, wait, relax and enjoy the ride on Friday!
Going to be your first draft day on BF?
 
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