Competitions 2018 Phantom Draft

[ray8182]

Giants select Jackson Hately

Plenty of options with outside runners, but with Port selecting next feel obligated to take inside mid
from SA. Giants will be regrouping with departures and possible raids coming at the end of the season.
Hately projects very well, a 192cm midfielder with elite hands. Extractor with potential to provide
Cripps/Oliver type service to the Giants midfielders.

With Callan Ward ageing a little, an acquisition like Hately will provide an excellent succession plan
in a couple of years. Giants have more selections early in the draft to add some more speed and class
to the mix.

Giants desperately need run, they are a slow team. Hope Hately can provide this. Ward hopper Kelly are still a good clearance combo.


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[Coona Blues]

Giants desperately need run, they are a slow team. Hope Hately can provide this. Ward hopper Kelly are still a good clearance combo.


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Check the picks to come, it is about building a list for tomorrow, as well as today.
If listing Giants clearance combo, would be more relevant to name Coniglio, Kelly can and does go through
the middle, but would serve them better receiving outside. Taranto and Bonar will also go through, as could
the likes of Perryman. It is about the combination, Hately is the type to put those runners in space with his
hands, as my profile reads. Have two more picks to use in the pointy end of the draft, hope I can land some
targets.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Check the picks to come, it is about building a list for tomorrow, as well as today.
If listing Giants clearance combo, would be more relevant to name Coniglio, Kelly can and does go through
the middle, but would serve them better receiving outside. Taranto and Bonar will also go through, as could
the likes of Perryman. It is about the combination, Hately is the type to put those runners in space with his
hands, as my profile reads. Have two more picks to use in the pointy end of the draft, hope I can land some
targets.

You’ll likely nab a name I want for west coast just before my pick

 

[Jimmae]

Check the picks to come, it is about building a list for tomorrow, as well as today.
If listing Giants clearance combo, would be more relevant to name Coniglio, Kelly can and does go through
the middle, but would serve them better receiving outside. Taranto and Bonar will also go through, as could
the likes of Perryman. It is about the combination, Hately is the type to put those runners in space with his
hands, as my profile reads. Have two more picks to use in the pointy end of the draft, hope I can land some
targets.

You've neglected Shipley there, but you're not wrong that you've still got picks to address that.

Hately and Jones were the most athletic midfield players on the board anyway.

 

[Coona Blues]

Pick 17: Luke Valente, 186cm 80kg, 8/5/2000, Norwood/SA, Balanced Mid

AFL ready balanced mid who, barring injury, should be right to go Round 1. Was terrific in the AFL academy game where his where his brilliant stoppage work set up many of the Academy side's goals in the 2nd half. Backed it up with sensational U18 National Carnival where he conducted the South Australian Midfield Orchestra with aplomb. Probably understands the game as well, if not better, than any other prospect in this draft pool. His leadership skills are on an entirely different level to anyone else in this draft, including Walsh & Smith, and the way he can organise his midfield around a stoppage often ends up engineering a positive outcome for his side. He's tough, courageous and along with his proven ball-winning skills he's exactly the type of character a rebuilding Freo could use.

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Pablito you're up.

Great selection for Freo. Have some young midfield talent, but with losing Neale, some good old Bolt's "leadership density"
and a solid all around player.

 

[Jimmae]

[looks at watch]

On the plus side, Pablito isn't picking again until the 5th round

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Here comes the BSOS bid.

 

[Jimmae]

Pablito, you've had 6 hours to make a bid, and you've even stopped by the forum a couple of times since TSG's pick.

If I'm not mistaken, you did this last year as well. Would appreciate it if you could pass on some preference lists or just not participate if people have to wait all day for you to take your turn.

ping Jeremias

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Pablito, you've had 6 hours to make a bid, and you've even stopped by the forum a couple of times since TSG's pick.

If I'm not mistaken, you did this last year as well. Would appreciate it if you could pass on some preference lists or just not participate if people have to wait all day for you to take your turn.

ping Jeremias

Was there someone keen to participate that can take over

 

[ferrisb]

I can't continue my employment under these conditions, chief...........

Someone is PAYING Thy?!?

 

[thylacine60]

well der.......

 

[Pablito]

Apologies, I must have missed the notification. Pick 18 is imminent...

 

[Pablito]

Pick 18- Port select Xavier Duursma

TerryWallet you're up.

 

[TerryWallet]

Pick 19 Adelaide: Sam Sturt

Sturt adds to the rebuilding of Adelaide's next gen forwardline with guys like Jenkins, Betts, Walker and Lynch having between 1 to 4 years left. These guys can hold the fort and have a crack at some success while they develop up a talent like Sturt along with Fog and Max King who i took earlier.

When a kid comes along rapidly in the 2nd half of the season like Sturt did it usually portends to someone who can make it, and sometimes make it big. I watched the full TAC Cup GF for the 2nd time recently to mainly watch Sturt and he is bloody good. Came into the season cold off no preseason with only a half dozen games left and by GF time he was more than a handful for the more developed and ready to go potential 1st rd'er Isaac Quaynor. Even Will Kelly was moved onto him for a while after Quaynor couldn't match him in the 1st half.

He is a very smart footballer with individual talent but a keen eye for his teammates as well. I can see his goal assist numbers matching his goal scored numbers for example.

Happy to take him here and take our time with him a little. Although with a first preseason behind him and his athletic attributes that he showed at the combine he might just go bang before having to wait too long.

Jeremias you're up

 

[Jeremias]

I’ll bid on Rhylee West here.

ScottoP with the option to match the bid.

 

[Jimmae]

I’ll bid on Rhylee West here.

ScottoP with the option to match the bid.

To match will turn picks 29 and 34 into 20 and 38.

 

[gandaal]

To match will turn picks 29 and 34 into 20 and 38.

Seriously? A four pick downgrade from 34 to 38 moves you from 29 to 20?

 

[ScottoP]

Bulldogs Match

 

[HARKER]

Seriously? A four pick downgrade from 34 to 38 moves you from 29 to 20?

Discount gets applied and you need to get the pick (#20 in this case) to take the player.

i.e. 29 & 34 gets you West & 38.

 

[gandaal]

Discount gets applied and you need to get the pick (#20 in this case) to take the player.

i.e. 29 & 34 gets you West & 38.

Even with the discount I find it surprisingly cheap. The difference between 34 and 38 is nothing. The difference between 20 and 29 is huge.

 

[HARKER]

Even with the discount I find it surprisingly cheap. The difference between 34 and 38 is nothing. The difference between 20 and 29 is huge.

West is bid on at pick #20.
Pick #20 is worth 912 points.
You hold picks 29 (653 points) & 34 (542 points) totalling 1195 points. (29 on its own won't do the deal)
Apply the discount of 20% means you only have to pay 730 points, leaving you a net balance of 475 points which falls down to a pick 38 being 465 points.
In effect you have 10 points left over to possibly help your next pick should you have one, but that would be deep into the 60's

Easy

 

[gandaal]

Thanks mate.

I'm not suggesting that the math is wrong, im sure you both have it right, just the system behind it.

That said if it makes it easier for clubs like us to trade into the first round then its a good thing I suppose.

 

[Jimmae]

Seriously? A four pick downgrade from 34 to 38 moves you from 29 to 20?

Even with the discount I find it surprisingly cheap. The difference between 34 and 38 is nothing. The difference between 20 and 29 is huge.

West is bid on at pick #20.
Pick #20 is worth 912 points.
You hold picks 29 (653 points) & 34 (542 points) totalling 1195 points. (29 on its own won't do the deal)
Apply the discount of 20% means you only have to pay 730 points, leaving you a net balance of 475 points which falls down to a pick 38 being 465 points.
In effect you have 10 points left over to possibly help your next pick should you have one, but that would be deep into the 60's

Easy

The discount value is fixed at 197 points from pick 18 onwards, so the price to be paid in this bid was 715 points.

 

[Jimmae]

Bulldogs Match

Jeremias

 

[Jeremias]

I’ll take Xavier Duursma.

Might be a bit of a surprise because I think the expectation is the Tigers take an inside mid here.

But I really like the look of Xavier and I think his versatility will appeal on draft night.

Not sure where he settles at senior level but has shown he can play inside and outside mid, half back and half forward.

Finds the ball, uses it well, has great pace.

Happy to take Xavier here and look at inside mids at the Tigers next pick, think there will still be some good options on the board.

Blugazi