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
  • Poll closed .

peppy la pew

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Sorry peppy la pew I got some pretty good mail tonight (not related to the phantom draft) that Rayner's going #1. We'll just have to trade him in next year :thumbsu:
Well that's a load of bollocks isn't it, I can live with UDL though especially as he wants to model his game on Fyfe

Maybe a chance of D-Fog for that x factor

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Well that's a load of bollocks isn't it, I can live with UDL though especially as he wants to model his game on Fyfe

Maybe a chance of D-Fog for that x factor

Time to look for a new aviator
I guess the 2nd best player in the draft is an ok consolation prize.
 

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I'd actually prefer LDU to Rayner now after weighing up all the factors. I think he'll be more damaging for us. If Rayner had to sit mostly forward for us, he'd still be getting mediocre delivery BUT if we inject some class into our mid/hf line then even Tabs will look a million bucks. In theory.
 

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I'd actually prefer LDU to Rayner now after weighing up all the factors. I think he'll be more damaging for us. If Rayner had to sit mostly forward for us, he'd still be getting mediocre delivery BUT if we inject some class into our mid/hf line then even Tabs will look a million bucks. In theory.
I basically want pure mids for that reason. We have two guys that should be in the top bracket of half forwards in Harley Bennell and Michael Walters. Recruit enough mids and these two shouldn’t need to play more than about 10% of genuine midfield time again.

I’m not sure Bennell’s calf will allow him to play anywhere near midfield kms tbh, whilst Walters is a proven gun AFL forward. Both could get 40-50 goals a season in a good high scoring team playing that role imo.
 
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I understand the caveats. But I'm still yet to hear a tangible upside to Andrew's game versus Hamish's, apart from the year of age difference and the fact that Andrew's combine results were outstanding (as compared to Hamish being in the same gene pool, but unable to test last year due to injury). It seems the established view is 'Andrew is better' - however, I can't help but feel that during Andrew's meteoric rise, their relative values have fallen out of sync. In September, Andrew "bolted", by all accounts, into top 10 contention. After his combine testing he bolted, yet again, to #1 calculations. At least with, say, the Swallows and Kolodjashnijs there was tangible, relatively objective strengths and differences - I'm just hunting for what people think those differences are here.

[edit: also Hamish missed 12 TAC games, which kind of renders the championships moot.]
Glen Luff said Hamish (although as a mature Agee) averaged 131 SuperCoach points this year and would be great value as a late pick (also thinks whoever drafts Andrew also drafts Hamish).

RE: Rayner v LDU it’s a Stringer v JP Kennedy. Different players/positions.
 

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Twomey says that AFL clubs have been seeking legal(!) advice on Stephensons heart condition. Wtf?! Like, if he has a heart attack on the ground is the club liable for damages that might be claimed by fans/viewers? How bizarre. I guess the Richmond legal team will have something else to worry about rather than just players sharing nudie pics.

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I understand the caveats. But I'm still yet to hear a tangible upside to Andrew's game versus Hamish's, apart from the year of age difference and the fact that Andrew's combine results were outstanding (as compared to Hamish being in the same gene pool, but unable to test last year due to injury). It seems the established view is 'Andrew is better' - however, I can't help but feel that during Andrew's meteoric rise, their relative values have fallen out of sync. In September, Andrew "bolted", by all accounts, into top 10 contention. After his combine testing he bolted, yet again, to #1 calculations. At least with, say, the Swallows and Kolodjashnijs there was tangible, relatively objective strengths and differences - I'm just hunting for what people think those differences are here.

[edit: also Hamish missed 12 TAC games, which kind of renders the championships moot.]
The knock on Hamish is that he is slow. If I was liken Hamish to a present day player it would be like a Barlow type, not quick but can find the ball is pretty good in the air and your old fashion footballer. This type really isn't in vogue at the moment but I think he's worth a shot late in the draft or in the rookie and would love it to be at Freo.
 
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Who is WA Claremont's Will Powell?...just been talked up by Quartermaine Duff and Summa as a likely pick and moves and plays like Dean Kemp. Has a few clubs after him. Has to develop body a fair bit only 65kg
 

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Was it early October when Lloyd was interviewed about the draft prospects and he said Freo really liked the top 5 (then he immediately corrected to top 5-7) players available. At that stage of the interview, Brayshaw wasn't considered a top 5 prospect (top 12 according to Twomey). Do you think we were after Brayshaw all along? Or we've changed our preferred draftees after the combine results came in?

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Was it early October when Lloyd was interviewed about the draft prospects and he said Freo really liked the top 5 (then he immediately corrected to top 5-7) players available. At that stage of the interview, Brayshaw wasn't considered a top 5 prospect (top 12 according to Twomey). Do you think we were after Brayshaw all along? Or we've changed our preferred draftees after the combine results came in?

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The only way you'll know is if we land him with #5, then the club might say we got our man + UDL for Weller
 
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