BigFooty Official 2018 Big Footy Phantom Draft

[foj1]

Pick 34 Jarrod Cameron 180cm 69kg Small Forward Swans Districts/WA
Jarrod is a quick small forward who is a dangerous threat in the forward half and has improved his defensive work which is imperative in the position he is required to play. Jarrod took some time to work his way into the season but his 5 goal national champs game was almost his coming out party.
He showed some exciting form in the colts with his qualifying final performance of four goals being particularly eye catching. Only Rankine is a more exciting small forward in this draft class. I think Cameron could be very exciting playing around Daniher, Stringer, Fantasia and Tippa.

Rationale For Pick
Cameron was the highest rated on my board and Essendon delisted Green and have Baguley as a small forward which probably means there is a position that will be open sooner rather than later. People talk about our midfield depth but we added Shiel and lost no one from our midfield. We also have Kobe Mutch and Dylan Clarke who have been in the system two years and Matt Guelfi has been out of the 18s for three years.If the Cameron bid was matched which would most likely happen in the real deal I had Rowbottom as next choice. I love his attack at the ball and the opponent.
I am a big wrap for Jack Bytel but i believe his back is a real issue.

 

[cotter101]

Sorry fellas. Family emergency today.

I’d have gone Berry.

 

[Snoop Dog]

Given Sunday tomorrow won't pressure anyone into picks. Lets pick up Monday!

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

Valente.

I would've gone Tom Swift!

 

[Newatthis]

Pick 34 Jarrod Cameron 180cm 69kg Small Forward Swans Districts/WA
Jarrod is a quick small forward who is a dangerous threat in the forward half and has improved his defensive work which is imperative in the position he is required to play. Jarrod took some time to work his way into the season but his 5 goal national champs game was almost his coming out party.
He showed some exciting form in the colts with his qualifying final performance of four goals being particularly eye catching. Only Rankine is a more exciting small forward in this draft class. I think Cameron could be very exciting playing around Daniher, Stringer, Fantasia and Tippa.

Rationale For Pick
Cameron was the highest rated on my board and Essendon delisted Green and have Baguley as a small forward which probably means there is a position that will be open sooner rather than later. People talk about our midfield depth but we added Shiel and lost no one from our midfield. We also have Kobe Mutch and Dylan Clarke who have been in the system two years and Matt Guelfi has been out of the 18s for three years.If the Cameron bid was matched which would most likely happen in the real deal I had Rowbottom as next choice. I love his attack at the ball and the opponent.
I am a big wrap for Jack Bytel but i believe his back is a real issue.

What is your opinion of those players on Essendon's NGA list?

 

[eDPS]

St Kilda bid on Toby Bedford, but LemmingMaster is usually on so should have an answer soon one way or another.

Well this backfired haha

 

[foj1]

What is your opinion of those players on Essendon's NGA list?

There is not a lot there from a metropolitan point of view. Mason Fletcher is likely to go around for the cannons again, young Max will be a bottom ager and Josh Misiti will be at Calder I believe. I am not sure if Johnson will be still in NGA as I believe he will play for Oakleigh next season. I believe the Tiwi Islands has some promising players.

 

[Pie 4 Life]

Well this backfired haha

Well you are the expert on bids backfiring

 

[eDPS]

Well you are the expert on bids backfiring

Not really backfiring since I rate the kid, you get a good one if a bid isn’t matched aswel

 

[briztoon]

Sorry fellas. Family emergency today.

I’d have gone Berry.

That makes me feel a lot better. Happy to be asked, but prefer to leave the BF phantom drafts to guys who get to watch the kids live.

 

[briztoon]

Pick 35 Brisbane - Tom Berry (briztoon)

I won't deny it, there is a lot of romance for Brisbane supporters in this pick.

Tom Berry's older brother, Jarrod Berry, is already viewed as a leader within the club, and one day possible Captain or Vice Captain. Adding Tom Berry, who captained Vic Country at under 16 level, to our list not only fills a need on the field, but also fills that leadership and solid citizen on and off the field the club has been looking for in many of it's draftees.

It also help that Tom Berry can play a bit to.

Tom is a hard nut midfielder who will bury himself in a pack to win the hard ball, but he's much better staying on his feet, winning the ball and breaking from contests at speed. He lacks some polish with his disposals, which can be worked on in a full time environment.

Tom can also go forward and kick a goal. As long as he keeps a little distance from point posts in the future.


The club's recruitment team has repeatedly said we are looking for midfielders and smaller defenders this draft, with a focus on speed and the ability to run the ball out of defence. Tom Berry certainly adds speed to our midfield, and while played as a small defender in the National Championships, that is not his position.

When making this decision, my first thought was to look for a half back flanker with speed. But in following the various draft watchers and their draft boards, there just weren't any running defenders around this pick that I liked. It took me about 30 seconds to realise I should stick with the kid we've spoken about so much on the Lions board for this pick. Hopefully we can look for a small defender with pace at our last pick, or in the rookie draft.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

That’s a tough one, I like them both from very very limited vision. The one issue with Smith (like others have raised) is the fact he’s such a big unit and likes putting people his own age on their asses, but will this translate to AFL level.... even WAFL level where he’ll be facing bigger bodies than he’s used to? Something about having two captains join would be nice and fits in well with the great young leaders already brought into the club over the past few drafts in Sheed, Duggan, Waterman & O.Allen. O’Halloran seems like the type we would be very interested in for sure with his reported mental toughness and never give up attitude. Especially now with Nico running that mental toughness program.

Well said... Hopefully this is the way it plays out.

 

[LemmingMaster]

St Kilda bid on Toby Bedford, but LemmingMaster is usually on so should have an answer soon one way or another.

Match Pie 4 Life

 

[Yoda_]

There is not a lot there from a metropolitan point of view. Mason Fletcher is likely to go around for the cannons again, young Max will be a bottom ager and Josh Misiti will be at Calder I believe. I am not sure if Johnson will be still in NGA as I believe he will play for Oakleigh next season. I believe the Tiwi Islands has some promising players.

Not going to be selecting Mason are we?

 

[Pie 4 Life]

St Kilda selects Will Hamill (Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country).

 

[Pie 4 Life]

Richmond selects one big-bodied midfielder, Luke Foley (Subiaco/Western Australia)... there you go plan complete THE_GUN

 

[eDPS]

Swans select James Rowbottom

Write up to come

Knightmare your up

 

[Knightmare]

#39 Collingwood - Noah Gown (VIC)
Best position: Key forward
Height, weight: 193cm, 91kg
Recruited from: Gippsland Power
Projected draft range: 20-60
Similar to: Tom McDonald
Rationale: Among Gippsland's bests in each of their past 10 matches, managing TAC Cup highs of 21 goals and 19 contested marks in his last seven matches. Rises on the back of a super finish to 2018.
September Ranking: not ranked
Strengths:
Scoreboard impact
Reading of the ball in flight
Protects the drop of the ball
Bodywork in one-on-one contests
Keeps his feet in the contest
Contested marking
Attacks the ball aerially
Marking on the lead
Leading patterns
Intercept marking
Football smarts
Courage
Competitiveness
Reliable skills
High leaper
Rate of improvement over second half of the season
Scope to play forward or back
Weaknesses:
Capable but not freakish at ground level
Only average speed and agility

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Rationale: On my draft board a clear best available and the best key position player in the draft outside of Lukosius and the King's. While he has gone to work as a key forward with 21 goals, 45 marks (19 contested marks) in his last 7 TAC Cup games I feel like he could be even better as a key defender with the way he reads it and takes grabs.

Snoop Dog

 

[TheSunGod]

Snoop Dog

Jye Caldwell

Simply a case of best availble with the first pick for the crows here and what a class player he is. For the moment, I will look simply and purely at the quality football player he is (and certainly was before his injuries) which was right up there with Smith and Walsh as a top shelf mid in this draft.

Caldwell is a classy dual-sided midfielder with a real burst of speed out of congestion and is exciting to watch when in full flight. He is the consumate inside/out midfielder, my favourite type where they can win their own ball, burst away and deliver it. I have no doubt if he had a full campaign this year he'd go top 5. His sideways movement is excellent as well, he's hard to tackle and slips through the gaps, using his agility and speed well in those first few steps and that's all you need, especially in tight. His hands are good but perhaps not excellent, whilst his kicking is usually very good off both feet but certainly he can kick the ball too hard sometimes if I were to find a flaw. His defensive game is very good, and he will tackle when required and finally he possesses very good leadership skills and was co-captain with Sam Walsh for VC. He's got quite the resume and if (a big if) he can overcome his injuries then he'll be a long term AFL gun mid. There is perhaps the risk he takes the Brad Crouch path and succumbs regularly to injury but hopefully that does not happen.

In summary, a great fit for the crows, speed, power and a very good all round game with few weakneses to really bolster a midfield that needs some more pace and class.

Nice write up This kid interests me and apparently impressed the Suns a lot. Just few questions, if he hadn’t been injured this year and got to show his best, would you have rated him higher than Bailey Smith? Who is the more damaging of the two? And who has the higher ceiling / potential in your opinion?

 

[foj1]

Not going to be selecting Mason are we?

My belief is he will not nominate at this stage.

 

[foj1]

#39 Collingwood - Noah Gown (VIC)
Best position: Key forward
Height, weight: 193cm, 91kg
Recruited from: Gippsland Power
Projected draft range: 20-60
Similar to: Tom McDonald
Rationale: Among Gippsland's bests in each of their past 10 matches, managing TAC Cup highs of 21 goals and 19 contested marks in his last seven matches. Rises on the back of a super finish to 2018.
September Ranking: not ranked
Strengths:
Scoreboard impact
Reading of the ball in flight
Protects the drop of the ball
Bodywork in one-on-one contests
Keeps his feet in the contest
Contested marking
Attacks the ball aerially
Marking on the lead
Leading patterns
Intercept marking
Football smarts
Courage
Competitiveness
Reliable skills
High leaper
Rate of improvement over second half of the season
Scope to play forward or back
Weaknesses:
Capable but not freakish at ground level
Only average speed and agility

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Rationale: On my draft board a clear best available and the best key position player in the draft outside of Lukosius and the King's. While he has gone to work as a key forward with 21 goals, 45 marks (19 contested marks) in his last 7 TAC Cup games I feel like he could be even better as a key defender with the way he reads it and takes grabs.

Snoop Dog

Isn't interesting this kid goes undrafted for mine.
Lack of afl athleticism and iffy size for a plodding key position"
I am not the hugest wrap for qua nor as the grand final highlighted his frailties but he is way more likely to make it for mine.
Interesting choice.

 

[Knightmare]

Chris25 you're next

 

[Knightmare]

Isn't interesting this kid goes undrafted for mine.
Lack of afl athleticism and iffy size for a plodding key position"
I am not the hugest wrap for qua nor as the grand final highlighted his frailties but he is way more likely to make it for mine.
Interesting choice.

He's a possible second half of draft pick, but one I view as perhaps the most underrated in the pool and is my last remaining top 20 ranked player on my board.

There was this guy who dominated Collingwood in both finals with 9 marks (4 contested) and 9 marks (3 contested) in Jeremy McGovern who is renowned for not being an athlete and still isn't. Like McGovern, Gown reads it and takes grabs as well as any in the pool. Gown I consider to be this draft's equivalent of and if he grows another 2-3cm, as McGovern did, I give him a shot to become something similar. Even playing as a forward, there was a game I saw Gown take three intercept marks across half-forward, he's gets to those best spots each time and like McGovern takes his 1v1 marks and has the strong hands.

Quaynor is high likelihood to make it (as a role player) as he has the advanced body that suggests he can play season one, though in terms of scope to develop and given Collingwood's key position needs, Gown is the clear priority and someone I'd be advocating Collingwood take. They'll go Quaynor and Kelly and match bids, but late draft, go get this guy.

 

[eDPS]

He's a possible second half of draft pick, but one I view as perhaps the most underrated in the pool and is my last remaining top 20 ranked player on my board.

There was this guy who dominated Collingwood in both finals with 9 marks (4 contested) and 9 marks (3 contested) in Jeremy McGovern who is renowned for not being an athlete and still isn't. Like McGovern, Gown reads it and takes grabs as well as any in the pool. Gown I consider to be this draft's equivalent of and if he grows another 2-3cm, as McGovern did, I give him a shot to become something similar. Even playing as a forward, there was a game I saw Gown take three intercept marks across half-forward, he's gets to those best spots each time and like McGovern takes his 1v1 marks and has the strong hands.

Quaynor is high likelihood to make it (as a role player) as he has the advanced body that suggests he can play season one, though in terms of scope to develop and given Collingwood's key position needs, Gown is the clear priority and someone I'd be advocating Collingwood take. They'll go Quaynor and Kelly and match bids, but late draft, go get this guy.

Why pass on Kelly then?

 

[Davo-27]

I went to a couple of Gippsland Power games to check out the Hawk NGA's and Gown stood out as a classy forward, his voice on the field is very loud and to the point, he is a commanding presence on field and a good height at 193cm, im more of a fan of a forward who can be flexible, unless you have the speed and agility of buddy the 198cm+ forwards can be a bit 1 note, on top of that he is starting to clunk some big marks and generally kicks accurately

but damn i was secretly hoping Hamill would slide to my pick.