2017 Draft rumours

[briztoon]

Must hate his family and friends then... imagine saying you don't want to play in your home state (would be refreshing at least).

SPS said last year he wanted to play in Melbourne for a big Victorian club. Must be a W.A. thing.

 

[StCicatriz]

SPS said last year he wanted to play in Melbourne for a big Victorian club. Must be a W.A. thing.

Freo factor

Naughton and his mentor were pretty badly ****ed over by the freo "development" system

 

[briztoon]

Wonder if the kid has a commitment from Collingwood. Pretty ballsy to come out like that without a commitment.

 

[FirstAccount]

Freo factor

Naughton and his mentor were pretty badly ****** over by the freo "development" system

Has probably just been reading our boards where very few want him.

 

[Taylor]

I think the Melbourne clubs are more worried about the interstate clubs poaching back their players than the other way around, just as the Victorian boys say how they would like to stay in Melbourne but will be happy to play anywhere, the WA boys say they want to play in Melbourne if they get a chance.

They all want to be picked as highly as possible. Even if they go home in two years they are still a #1 draft pick

 

[mike91]

Freo factor

Naughton and his mentor were pretty badly ****** over by the freo "development" system

Whats the Saints system? Talk big, deliver Austin?

No Gaff
No Kelly
No Whitfield
No Dusty
No Fyfe
No Sloane
One Logan Austin

lel.

 

[Hellgood]

It's Aaron Naughton, has nominated Collingwood as his club of choice.

Seems the whole "Let me go to Collingwood" was paraphrased. From the interview itself all he really said was that he'd be happy to go to Melbourne to play, cue bigfooty outrage based upon a sensationalised "quote"

 

[Quixote]

I'll be shocked if he gets <7 min.

I'm thinking between 7min 15 sec - 7 min 30 sec

My thoughts too, 7m30s at best

 

[captainMyCaptain]

Would you swap Wines for Whitfield ?
I wouldnt

Really depends if your team was in need of an inside bull like Wines or needed the outside run and class of Whitfield, but both very good players and both are very good at what they bring to a team.

 

[Quixote]

Call me conservative, but Carton telling Raynor to cheat before he's even reached the Club would be a new low, even for them.

 

[Apex36]

Wonder if the kid has a commitment from Collingwood. Pretty ballsy to come out like that without a commitment.

Come out like what? Has there acually been any report on this or is this another BF rumour?

 

[Darkyprotector]

Hilarious coming from a freo supporter, our first 3 years returned a finish of 8th, 4th and 11th, not too bad at all for the first 3 years, which was followed by a period of dominance. On the other hand, freo managed finals twice in their first 15 years, and 7 out of 23 years since inception. What's that saying about throwing stones and glass houses?

Given that we had to pay millions to join the league and had to pay teams to come and play us I'm not surprised that at some point we may have needed some help, but to say we were a basket case is just wishful thinking on your behalf, we're the most profitable sporting club in Australia and probably contribute more financially to the AFL than most clubs, if not all.

Which of course shows you may have got a fair headstarr when forming
Always felt with the home advantage and players you ? had , should have been better ?

 

[Footywizard]

Whats the Saints system? Talk big, deliver Austin?

No Gaff
No Kelly
No Whitfield
No Dusty
No Fyfe
No Sloane
One Logan Austin

lel.

Haha Logan Austin. He looks like a praying mantis

 

[briztoon]

Come out like what? Has there acually been any report on this or is this another BF rumour?

Let me go to Collingwood’.

Considered a ready-made AFL defender, experts have been suggesting that Freo would attempt to snap up the youngster with pick five.

But Naughton, who is born in Victoria, has his sights on Collingwood at pick six.

“For me personally I think Melbourne, being the home of footy and playing for the biggest club in Australia, that'd be the way to go for me,” he said.

https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/af...ood-over-fremantle-dockers-pick-ng-b88661570z

 

[Darkyprotector]

Apparently on the radio in Perth today, it was reported that one high ranked potential draftee has said he will refuse to go to Freo if drafted. Does anyone know who it is or have any info on this?
If that’s the case the AFL should step in and suspend the player from the draft because as ai understand it, if you nominate for the draft then you are saying you are prepared to go anywhere.

Yeah we got shafted over this years ago

 

[Darkyprotector]

The club has repeatedly said we are targeting mids this draft with our first three picks. If, in the long term, Rayner can't spend at least 50% of his game time impacting through the midfield, then it's arguable he fits a need.

Carlton are in Melbourne. Unless you live in Brisbane it's hard to describe how little exposure the Lions receive in the local market. There's little to no media or marketing opportunities for Lions players locally, to earn an income off the field. We're a city of 1 million plus people and less than 2% of the Brisbane population are members or attended home games.

Are you advocating relocation?
Gifted a few flags
Still no one goes
It's a TV game
Afl very worried

 

[triggering bro]

https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/af...ood-over-fremantle-dockers-pick-ng-b88661570z

Given what’s he’s quoted as saying in this article he looks to be a lock at 6.

 

[Wild Bill]

Yes, but that was narrowed down to 2 with about 3-4 weeks to go ...

Agree. A week out we have 4 that could still go 1. I have no idea who should or will be picked 1st next week.

 

[M Malice]

Given what’s he’s quoted as saying in this article he looks to be a lock at 6.

He's going to be disappointed if Collingwood don't call his name out, wont get to their next pick. I wonder if the Pies have told him they will select him at 6 if available.

 

[Altum Volantes]

He's going to be disappointed if Collingwood don't call his name out, wont get to their next pick. I wonder if the Pies have told him they will select him at 6 if available.

You would imagine so.

I doubt they would appreciate the kid flapping his gums about that in the paper though.

The league should issue a very firm warning - I would suggest publicly announce that should a similar situation arise in the future that the player in question would be ruled out of the draft that year and the club in question would forfeit the pick under question.

Pretty big penalty but kids ‘nominating’ their ‘club of choice’ before the draft is ridiculous - next it’ll be refusing to sign their rookie contracts and demanding a trade before they step on the field.

 

[Flandersss]

Whats the Saints system? Talk big, deliver Austin?

No Gaff
No Kelly
No Whitfield
No Dusty
No Fyfe
No Sloane
One Logan Austin

lel.

Yes.

Hallahan & Suban at 7/8 to come aswell.

Champagne corks will be popping accordingly.

 

[Flandersss]

Haha Logan Austin. He looks like a praying mantis

Dude. You have Jed Anderson.

Shut your mouth.

 

[Unique Name]

I get the feeling we will see a retraction of sort from Naughton or his manager in the next few days. He may have been taken slightly out of context but it's still not a good look.

In saying that i hope he gets to Collingwood.

 

[TradeDraft]

Wonder if the kid has a commitment from Collingwood. Pretty ballsy to come out like that without a commitment.

You would think so OR he Could look Dumb IF we Draft someone else over him

 

[TradeDraft]

You would imagine so.

I doubt they would appreciate the kid flapping his gums about that in the paper though.

The league should issue a very firm warning - I would suggest publicly announce that should a similar situation arise in the future that the player in question would be ruled out of the draft that year and the club in question would forfeit the pick under question.

Pretty big penalty but kids ‘nominating’ their ‘club of choice’ before the draft is ridiculous - next it’ll be refusing to sign their rookie contracts and demanding a trade before they step on the field.

Simmlar to WIngard telling he wanted to stay in Adelaide. Though he did not say it Publicly like Naughton has