Unofficial Preview 2018 AFL National Draft - The Review

[The Nostradamus]

Two picks inside the top 5 plus TT would be massive.

BUT.. The only person I could see getting us a top 5 pick off our list is Ben10.

Two of Rankine/Walsh/Lukosis would be a crazy result so, if a Brisbane, GC or Carlton came to us at the end of the season and said we give you our first and you give us Cunners, would you do it??

cant see a rebuilding club giving us a top 5 pick for cunners

but yes in the rare chance that happens id take it

 

[Passmore]

Two picks inside the top 5 plus TT would be massive.

BUT.. The only person I could see getting us a top 5 pick off our list is Ben10.

Two of Rankine/Walsh/Lukosis would be a crazy result so, if a Brisbane, GC or Carlton came to us at the end of the season and said we give you our first and you give us Cunners, would you do it??

I guess it depends if we ever want to contend or just go around on the draft pick merry go round.

Cunners is 26 with probably 6 good years in him. If we're not contending within that time frame we ought to shut the joint down.

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[Heaps of fun]

Two picks inside the top 5 plus TT would be massive.

BUT.. The only person I could see getting us a top 5 pick off our list is Ben10.

Two of Rankine/Walsh/Lukosis would be a crazy result so, if a Brisbane, GC or Carlton came to us at the end of the season and said we give you our first and you give us Cunners, would you do it??

Yep.

 

[tales129]

It’s so much more complicated than would you take it.

Realistically there’s 3-4 KP’s that could be top five and 3-4 mids.

You trade out cunners who we know is a gun, has that ability that if you have LDU Simpkin and McDonald come on plus a kid from this draft and TT, then he goes to another level doesn’t get sat on as much and is a pivotal part of premiership push.

Or you get rid of him and wait another five years for that kid to be a gun, Higgins Ziebell are gone, McDonald is older and doesn’t have the other bit parts around him, but we have a core of LDU Simpkin and other lads all jets at the same time same age.

Then you throw in the fact that ideally we would be taking a combo of rankine and a KPF, for cunners. What happens if the drafting order doesn’t suit, and we end up with two KPs and don’t get what we quite require midfield wise to take us to the promised land.

The ideal scenario is Rankine + cunners for the now,

Rankine + lukosius for the future

 

[The Nostradamus]

Biggest decision this year will be the choice between Lukosius and Rankine

Ian Hill and Walsh the smokies

 

[Jesslc]

Biggest decision this year will be the choice between Lukosius and Rankine

Ian Hill and Walsh the smokies

I think Ian Hill looks like a freak but he won't be near the top with the previously mentioned three. He will come in at round 6-9.

You've gotta remember there's Max King aswell (currently alot of peoples number 1)

 

[giantroo]

 

[King Corey]

And this wasn't a topic when there were only the northern academies??

Twomey = Stooge

 

[giantroo]

COMMENT: Is the draft becoming compromised?
Callum Twomey
Mar 8, 2018 10:00AM

North has first dibs on highly rated prospect Tarryn Thomas
AS THE AFL continues to work on ways to enliven its draft night, it has an issue on its hands. Its product is becoming compromised.

As AFL.com.au reported last week, this year's draft pool looms as a big one for father-son prospects with more than 15 players eligible to join clubs under the rule.

A few may be early picks, however not all will end up on AFL lists. But add on a selection of northern Academy picks, plus a far greater proportion of top-end Next Generation Academy than ever before, and some recruiters believe there could be as many as 20 players who attract a bid during this year's drafts..

NGA Academies: What region does your club have?

If the League wants its draft night (potentially even two nights) to attract more attention and be entertaining for fans, the growing amount of players who are already tied to clubs works in opposition to this.

Of course, the number of father-sons will change from year to year. Last season saw only two taken in the national draft – Patrick Naish (to Richmond at pick No.34) and Tyler Brown (to the Pies at No.50).

Draft's bounty of sons, brothers, cousins

But the likelihood is that clubs will generate more and more NGA prospects in their respective zones as extra time and resources are placed in that development area.

This year could be the first time a top-10 pick comes out of a club's NGA, with North Melbourne having access to Tasmanian talent Tarryn Thomas. Collingwood also has first call on Isaac Quaynor from its Academy zone and some scouts view him as a possible top-20 selection.

The revised bidding system that was introduced in 2015 for father-son and northern academy players also applies to the NGA prospects, and will keep clubs honest with the top picks. It also has a safeguard in place where the finishing ladder position has a direct influence on how many academy players a club can draft inside the top 20, with top-four clubs only able to take one each draft.

But later on, with their 20 per cent points discount, it is easy for clubs to match a bid without impacting the position of their leftover picks. And despite the foxing of clubs closer to the draft, the best prospects will always end up at their nominated homes.

The Next Generation Academy is well intentioned. It was introduced by the League in a bid to develop more opportunities for players from multicultural and indigenous backgrounds. The AFL felt the best way to do it was by assigning regions of Australia to the 14 clubs outside of New South Wales and Queensland.

They had to incentivise it for clubs to full engage in the program, and granted the clubs first rights to players who come out of their NGA programs if they meet the required criteria in their 18th year.

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The AFL will counter that the NGA is doing its job by producing more players out of markets it previously did not have great representation and that, instead of compromising the pool, it is actually growing the numbers of players up for grabs.

But with that, it has also bred more predictability for a draft night that AFL boss Gillon McLachlan admitted last year the League hasn't quite perfected.

Lots of things are under consideration for the annual intake of players, including breaking the draft into two nights, while live trading of picks during the draft appears likely to come into effect this year.

But as the AFL considers all of its plans, including where to actually stage this year's draft, it has to also keep an eye on whether its programs are healthy for a draft system that is its central equalisation plank.

 

[hilly]

Lol

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[Harris 10]

Make clubs pay the full price for these players, no discounts.

It becomes fairer and less compromised as soon as you do that.

 

[Grogg]

Tarryn should be a consensus Number 1 within a couple of months.

Possibly sooner.

 

[The Nostradamus]

I think Ian Hill looks like a freak but he won't be near the top with the previously mentioned three. He will come in at round 6-9.

You've gotta remember there's Max King aswell (currently alot of peoples number 1)

potentially, will come down to the champs.

Hill has everything we need so im hoping he dominates

 

[Heaps of fun]

Make clubs pay the full price for these players, no discounts.

It becomes fairer and less compromised as soon as you do that.

Yeah, make them pay full price. Next year.

 

[Jesslc]

potentially, will come down to the champs.

Hill has everything we need so im hoping he dominates

I love the look of him too. Should be interesting.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Something benefits us: Get rid of it immediately.

 

[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Hes going to be a clear #1.

 

[Passmore]

Hes going to be a clear #1.

Seemingly can do anything. Go back and take 20 grabs, go forward and kick 5. I’m sure he can fulfil the defensive back pocket role we have him earmarked for.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Seemingly can do anything. Go back and take 20 grabs, go forward and kick 5. I’m sure he can fulfil the defensive back pocket role we have him earmarked for.

North Melbourne: Where players strengths are identified and are put in positions to utilize exactly none of them.

 

[Passmore]

North Melbourne: Where players strengths are identified and are put in positions to utilize exactly none of them.

Look, we’re implementing a game plan to match it with the best and have players work on their deficiencies to the point that neither they or anyone else actually remembers what their strengths once were.

It’ll make those easy fixes even easier.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Twomey is a flog. A SuperCoach nerd who has never actually kicked a football in his life.

He was frothing at the mouth when Gold Coast and GWS had access to all those top 20 picks years ago. Those excessive handouts at the draft table royally ****ed the system and has diluted the draft pool for the last 5 years

 

[pupstar]

Two picks inside the top 5 plus TT would be massive.

BUT.. The only person I could see getting us a top 5 pick off our list is Ben10.

Two of Rankine/Walsh/Lukosis would be a crazy result so, if a Brisbane, GC or Carlton came to us at the end of the season and said we give you our first and you give us Cunners, would you do it??

No chance in hell. We just seem to get players where we want them and then people want to trade them out .I must be missing something. Thats my opinion anyway right or wrong.

 

[Shermanator]

No chance in hell. We just seem to get players where we want them and then people want to trade them out .I must be missing something. Thats my opinion anyway right or wrong.

I simply stated he is the only player on our list with trade currency to net us a top 5 pick and simply asked people's opinion if they would do it. I didn't say I would do it, I love the bloke. Thank you for giving yours.