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Game Day 2017 draft discussion

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I've never heard of any of the kids in the draft. Hopefully whoever we pick turn out to be guns :)
They only need to be in our jumper to be guns.
 

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I've already said I don't know his name.
I’ve no idea, but wonder where Seton sits - I heard on Fox that he’s slid on account of an injury plagued season.
 

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Nailing the multis: The best of the draft best
Marc McGowan November 24, 2017 4:58 PM


FREMANTLE, Carlton and St Kilda are all armed with dual top-10 picks in Friday night's NAB AFL Draft, which they hope will change their future for the better.

History shows that nailing multiple early selections propels clubs into premiership contention, but that is easier said than done.

The draft is riddled with examples where teams picked up one star and missed badly on the other, but when they get it right – really right – the pay-off is enormous.

AFL.com.au looked back on the past 31 drafts since the inaugural edition in 1986 to uncover the greatest heists.

The rankings take into account players' impact at the club that drafted them and exclude the expansion drafts where Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast had numerous top-10 selections.

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1. Hawthorn (2004) Jarryd Roughead (No.2), Lance Franklin (5) and Jordan Lewis (7)
This is the scenario every recruiter dreams of, but rarely plays out. The Hawks changed their trajectory in one fell swoop in an extraordinary draft, recruiting two key forwards in Roughead and Franklin and a hard-at-it but skilful midfielder in Lewis. Only Roughead, now club captain, remains at Waverley Park, but their combined Hawthorn achievements include the 2008, '13, '14 and '15 flags (Franklin missed the last two after joining Sydney), 699 games, 1254 goals, two best and fairests, three Coleman Medals and seven All Australian honours. Lewis is still going strong as a Demon.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-11-24/nailing-the-multis-best-of-the-draft-best

There is not a day that goes by that i'm not grateful for that 2004 draft.
 
Interesting strategy for Fremantle. They pick up two extremely talented midfielders but don't really rectify their pressing need for a key forward or back.
All the talent was in the midfield for the early picks. Can't mess around with picks 2 and 5.
 
All the talent was in the midfield for the early picks. Can't mess around with picks 2 and 5.
I agree. If we had live-trading, Freo probably would have dropped back from #5 to pick up a need in KPF/KPD

But yeah, I like the move from them. You take best available in the top 10, not necessarily what you need
 

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Geez Jarrod Brander being selected by West Coast, the kid so wanted to get to the tigers.
Biggest I'm going interstate sook I've seen for some time at draft night.
 

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