Game Day 2018 DRAFT - Christmas is early this year

How do you rate our draft this year?


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hey shorty

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GC will finish bottom next year imo. they will virtually go into next year with no star players and a side full of b grade trades. Blues arent as bad next year as everyone thinks.
They will be.

They'll have good days when all their kids click but it's a very slow build. Their best player is injury prone, their next best is coming off an ACL, they have no senior midfield or defensive depth and no decent ruck.

15th at best.
 

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if you go through next years draw they have a genuine shot of winning upwards of 9 games because of the teams they play twice. if they win most of those they they will finish with a pick 5 or 6. see what happens I guess. I will chill out but this wont sit comfy for awhile
How many games did they win this year against the teams they double up on? 1?
 

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I'm not sure but can't we trade Carltons first round pick next year and maybe pick 21 for Luko or Rankine?
No, the rules were clear that you cannot trade a player once they’ve been drafted.

I’m expecting some good offers tomorrow for the first pick, which now is ours thanks to WCE trading with the swans.


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points are irrelevant. What we've done is given up two mediocre firsts for potentially one of the best picks in the game.

If Carlton are bottom 3, this could outdo the McLeod -> Groom trade.
Yeah, nah. McLeod for Groom is up there as one of the best trades in AFL history. 2 x mid-teen picks should be able to produce something for Carlton at least. McLeod played over 300 games and was a 5xAA, while Groom played about 2 games.
 

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Yeah there’s always the risk of the draft crop turning out better or worse a year on, but that is obviously the risk we chose to take

Actually feel like this trade could be mutually beneficial, I do rate Stocker
You think Ham and Reid wouldn't be across next year's likely 1st round players?

Just look at this talent, things would have to go horribly wrong for a lot of these lads not to make the next step.

Team Riewoldt
1. Kysaiah Pickett (Woodville West Torrens)
2. Rhai Arn Cox (East Perth)
3. Malcolm Rosas (Darwin)
4. Connor Budarick (Gold Coast Academy)
5. Jack Mahoney (Sandringham Dragons)
6. Trent Bianco (Oakleigh Chargers)
7. Dylan Stephens (Norwood)
8. Mitch O'Neill (North Hobart)
16. Jackson Mead (Woodville-West Torrens)
17. Deven Robertson (Perth)
18. Sam Flanders (Gippsland Power)
19. Dylan Williams (Oakleigh Chargers)
20. Lachlan Ash (Murray Bushrangers)
21. Brock Smith (Gippsland Power)
22. Tom Green (Marist)
24. Noah Anderson (Oakleigh Chargers)
25. Darcy Chirgwin (Sandringham Dragons)
26. Brodie Kemp (Bendigo Pioneers)
31. Liam Delahunty (Giants Academy)
32. Joshua Rayner (Swans Academy)
33. Joshua Worrell (Sandringham Dragons)
34. Charlie Dean (Sandringham Dragons)
35. Luke Jackson (East Fremantle)
36. Andrew Courtney (Sandringham Dragons)

Team Bartel
1. Hewago Paul Oea (Gold Coast Academy)
2. Caleb Serong (Gippsland Power)
3. Matt Rowell (Oakleigh Chargers)
4. Will Chandler (Murray Bushrangers)
5. Flynn Perez (Bendigo Pioneers)
6. Will Martyn (Brisbane Academy)
7. Ryan Gardner (Northern Knights)
8. Cameron Taheny (Norwood)
9. Darcy Cassar (Western Jets)
16. Lachlan Potter (Northern Knights)
17. Elijah Taylor (Perth)
18. Jeremy Sharp (East Fremantle)
19. Hugo Ralph-Smith (Sandringham Dragons)
20. Hayden Young (Dandenong Stingrays)
21. Trent Rivers (East Fremantle)
22. Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons)
23. Mitchell Georgiades (Subiaco)
24. Karl Finlay (North Adelaide)
31. Will Gould (Glenelg)
32. Fischer McAsey (Sandringham Dragons)
33. Bigoa Nyuon (Dandenong Stingrays)
34. Jack Buller (Claremont)
35. Emerson Jeka (Western Jets)
36. Jack Bell (Sandringham Dragons)
 

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You think Ham and Reid wouldn't be across next year's likely 1st round players?

Just look at this talent, things would have to go horribly wrong for a lot of these lads not to make the next step.

Team Riewoldt
1. Kysaiah Pickett (Woodville West Torrens)
2. Rhai Arn Cox (East Perth)
3. Malcolm Rosas (Darwin)
4. Connor Budarick (Gold Coast Academy)
5. Jack Mahoney (Sandringham Dragons)
6. Trent Bianco (Oakleigh Chargers)
7. Dylan Stephens (Norwood)
8. Mitch O'Neill (North Hobart)
16. Jackson Mead (Woodville-West Torrens)
17. Deven Robertson (Perth)
18. Sam Flanders (Gippsland Power)
19. Dylan Williams (Oakleigh Chargers)
20. Lachlan Ash (Murray Bushrangers)
21. Brock Smith (Gippsland Power)
22. Tom Green (Marist)
24. Noah Anderson (Oakleigh Chargers)
25. Darcy Chirgwin (Sandringham Dragons)
26. Brodie Kemp (Bendigo Pioneers)
31. Liam Delahunty (Giants Academy)
32. Joshua Rayner (Swans Academy)
33. Joshua Worrell (Sandringham Dragons)
34. Charlie Dean (Sandringham Dragons)
35. Luke Jackson (East Fremantle)
36. Andrew Courtney (Sandringham Dragons)

Team Bartel
1. Hewago Paul Oea (Gold Coast Academy)
2. Caleb Serong (Gippsland Power)
3. Matt Rowell (Oakleigh Chargers)
4. Will Chandler (Murray Bushrangers)
5. Flynn Perez (Bendigo Pioneers)
6. Will Martyn (Brisbane Academy)
7. Ryan Gardner (Northern Knights)
8. Cameron Taheny (Norwood)
9. Darcy Cassar (Western Jets)
16. Lachlan Potter (Northern Knights)
17. Elijah Taylor (Perth)
18. Jeremy Sharp (East Fremantle)
19. Hugo Ralph-Smith (Sandringham Dragons)
20. Hayden Young (Dandenong Stingrays)
21. Trent Rivers (East Fremantle)
22. Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons)
23. Mitchell Georgiades (Subiaco)
24. Karl Finlay (North Adelaide)
31. Will Gould (Glenelg)
32. Fischer McAsey (Sandringham Dragons)
33. Bigoa Nyuon (Dandenong Stingrays)
34. Jack Buller (Claremont)
35. Emerson Jeka (Western Jets)
36. Jack Bell (Sandringham Dragons)
You’d think the top 4 players would all be guys who’ve taken the next step, so that’s fair

However the guy we pick might be just as good as the guy Carlton picks, it could end up a very deep first round
 

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I really hope this works out.

Having said that I’m genuinely stumped at what our actual strategy is?
Are we in a rebuild?
Or we actually just making it up as we go along!

I know one thing for sure, a lot of people will be judged by this off seasons decisions.
Our strategy is that we are very very confident in our list and are backing them in.
 

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You’d think the top 4 players would all be guys who’ve taken the next step, so that’s fair

However the guy we pick might be just as good as the guy Carlton picks, it could end up a very deep first round
In that case we have the ability to trade down. Its a win for us.
 

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How many games did they win this year against the teams they double up on? 1?
2 years after port only won 3 games they played finals. Its not beyond the realms of possibility that Carlton win a few more then people expect. Now the gripe that I have with this trade is that I am not sure we would have drafted both those players had we known this was on the cards. Might have been one or the other and a different type of player. Anyways, everyone is clearly happy so I will sit back and hope for the best.
 

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I went out for a bit, saw we selected McHenry (who?), came here for melts. Left feeling over the moon!

No way Carlton finish outside bottom 5. And we had the year from hell and finished mid-table. You'd pay that for a top 5 pick. That deal will work out nicely :)
 

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Their list is horrendous. One pre season into guys who've played less than 50 games isn't going to make them good.

Wright gone. Murphy, Simpson and Thomas basically done or close to it. They played guys like Polson, Lamb, Mullet and Silvagni for bulk games. Lang and O'Shea played 10+.

And we're talking about a club that will need to win more games next season than they've done in the last 5 to make this a bad deal
They had a ton of injuries.
They have a better team than GC, Saints, Freo and WBs, Brisbane and North could all have an average year.
As I said, I think in all honesty we fininsh around the same as next year (pick 7-8) and Carlton finish 4-5 (pick 4-5). So we give up a late first rounder to move 3-4 places. Would Stocker or RCD with the player we get at our first be better than the one player we would get 3-4 picks earlier than our first? Obviously Carlton think so.
Dont worry, I will front and centre in the 2019 edition of death riding Carlton thread, but we (and Carlton) have taken a punt.
 

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Although not what I saw coming, the two selections do address going forward the struggles we had against teams Melbourne and Collingwood where we were totally outrun after losing possession (something exacerbated by hamstring issues and players fear of getting hammies).

A top five pick next year would suggest lack of a need to go key position with the next pick too you'd think.
 

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They had a ton of injuries.
They have a better team than GC, Saints, Freo and WBs, Brisbane and North could all have an average year.
As I said, I think in all honesty we fininsh around the same as next year (pick 7-8) and Carlton finish 4-5 (pick 4-5). So we give up a late first rounder to move 3-4 places. Would Stocker or RCD with the player we get at our first be better than the one player we would get 3-4 picks earlier than our first? Obviously Carlton think so.
Dont worry, I will front and centre in the 2019 edition of death riding Carlton thread, but we (and Carlton) have taken a punt.
They do not have a better list than anyone bar Gold Coast.

The Bulldogs midfield is miles ahead of Carlton. Fremantle have Fyfe, Hogan, Lobb, Walters and two Hills. St Kilda maybe worse than Carlton but that's still Carlton giving us pick 3.
 

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He might but if rankine or luko say fine you can hold me but i am gone at the end of the following year what are they going to do then
Set an example and keep him, like what Geelong did with their 1st year player in Kelly. If he's been at the club for 4-5 years, sure, try to make a deal although he is contracted and get him to a club he prefers but not a 1st year contracted player, GC will want the maximum pick for him from either SA clubs, despite his preference club.
 
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