Game Day 2022 AFL Draft

[Tonga Bob]

While you're here, take a few minutes out of your Draft Day(s) to cast a vote on the 2022 Game Previews poll.

Win Prizes - Season 2022 Game Previews

Welcome back everyone. So I finally found my To Do list from a while ago, and written in red between "Mow the back yard" and "Get your act together" is "Wrap up the Game Preview thread" which I must have overlooked. Boy is there egg on my face! We ended up having ten game previews this season...

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[Tonga Bob]

Morning friends,

Well it's that time of the year again, Draft Day. And thanks to our recruitment of Generational Talent Luke Jackson

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Luke Jackson

Age

22

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

, our Draft Day begins tomorrow (the Steerage Class of draft picks).

Here's what some of the draft gurus/pundits/clairvoyants say will transpire over the next couple of days:

[INSERT MOCK DRAFTS HERE]
Callum Twomey (AFL.com): Cal Twomey's 2022 Phantom Draft: Top 30, late picks, club whispers

Chris Doerre aka Knightmare (ESPN): ESPN's three-round phantom draft for 2022

Ben Waterworth (Fox Sports): AFL phantom draft 2022: Every first round pick and bid predicted in Fox Footy mock draft

SEN (SEN): SEN's 2022 AFL mock phantom draft

Michael Alvaro (Rooke Me Central): Rookie Me Central's 2022 Phantom AFL Draft

Michael's colleague Declan Reeve:


Mitch Keating (Zero Hanger): 2022 AFL Mock Draft: Picks 1-20 (final edition)

The Doc (The Mongrel Punt): The Doc's 2022 AFL Mock Draft - The Mongrel Punt

Jasper Chellappah (The Inner Sanctum): The Inner Sanctum's 2022 AFL Phantom Draft



How do you think things will go? Who do you want in purple?

Get your bricks ready folks, and LLLLLLLLLLLLLET'S GET READY TO DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!​

 

[Van_Dyke]

I for one have always thought a lot of insert pick 30 as a promising young player, can’t believe he didn’t go higher

 

[dexter_]

I'm such a draft nerd. Even though we don't have any picks today, I'm still excited to see who everyone else drafts.

 

[Tonga Bob]

The ABC have done some phantom draft consensus gear here which is interesting from a nerd perspective.

How the data is predicting which player will end up at your club in the AFL Draft

This is where the data is predicting the top talents in the 2022 AFL Draft will end up.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Taylor]

Do we want short, fast but can't use the ball or tall and fast, can kick, but can only run half a game OOOORRR do we want big and strong, average pace but comes with surprise baggage??

Tune in tonight for five minutes of highlights where Kevin Sheehan proclaims every draftee before pick twenty a star and every pick from twenty to thirty as a real astute selection.

 

[Tonga Bob]

A friendly reminder that we have already won the draft.

 

[Tonga Bob]

If anybody wants to have a crack at predicting the draft* then Dear Leader Chief has some swag up for grabs.

Win Prizes - 2022 Official BigFooty Draft Tipping Competition - Joint winners JT_the_Man and the Ziebull!

The BigFooty Official Draft Tipping Competition is back again for 2022! Tip the first round of the draft and WIN. PRIZES 1st place = 2 year BigFooty Platinum membership + shiny badge thanks to Chief 2nd place = 1 year BigFooty Platinum membership Entries close 7:00 PM AEDT on Monday November...

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* Draft Responsibly.

 

[ubiquitous226]

In before everyone gets up in arms that ours mods have let the power go to their heads and closed the list management thread, raise the pitchforks to bring down Snuffaluphagus and then.... wait hang on, Tonga Bob ?!?!

 

[Tonga Bob]

Do we want short, fast but can't use the ball or tall and fast, can kick, but can only run half a game OOOORRR do we want big and strong, average pace but comes with surprise baggage??

Tune in tonight for five minutes of highlights where Kevin Sheehan proclaims every draftee before pick twenty a star and every pick from twenty to thirty as a real astute selection.

Foot skills and footy IQ. Everything else can be trained.

 

[Tonga Bob]

In before everyone gets up in arms that ours mods have let the power go to their heads and closed the list management threads, raises the pitchforks to bring down Snuffaluphagus and then.... wait hang on, Tonga Bob ?!?!

[Only closed while the draft is on]

 

[Purpellian Anchor]

Gee Tonga Bob I thought you might be working for Foctel and Hercules Sun - locked out of the other threads -for a day or two

Looking forward to the posts...should be a great two days

 

[Purpellian Anchor]

Do we want short, fast but can't use the ball or tall and fast, can kick, but can only run half a game OOOORRR do we want big and strong, average pace but comes with surprise baggage??

Tune in tonight for five minutes of highlights where Kevin Sheehan proclaims every draftee before pick twenty a star and every pick from twenty to thirty as a real astute selection.

good summary - so if we make a conscious effort to go for duds with each pick it may turn out to be our best draft ever

 

[Taylor]

We are in a position where we can afford to take some punts on players who didn't meet expectations this season for various reasons.

Little bit fat, little bit... hairy back - sort of players.

 

[DragoDelph]

This is like Christmas.
Except Santa didn’t come Christmas morning, coz he’s waiting for the Boxing Day sales

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

I for one have always thought a lot of insert pick 30 as a promising young player, can’t believe he didn’t go higher

My sauces tell me we had <insert pick 30> in our top 10, guaranteed gun

 

[pK75]

Waiting for the melts when we draft another HBF (Gilbey) with our first pick.

 

[Square Peg]

We lack talent and/or depth in every position on the field except half back flankers.
You all know what's going to happen

Edit what pk said

 

[Tonga Bob]

Waiting for the melts when we draft another HBF (Gilbey) with our first pick.

Skinny I hope.

 

[Tonga Bob]

This is like Christmas.
Except Santa didn’t come Christmas morning, coz he’s waiting for the Boxing Day sales

This is more like Christmas, except it's a combined birthday & Christmas present and we've already got it. Plus the draft itself is an advent calendar.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

We lack talent and/or depth in every position on the field except half back flankers.
You all know what's going to happen

I think the talent vs depth distinction is actually interesting.

Id think the forwardline has the biggest talent deficiency but plenty of depth level players but there is a massive depth issue with defenders and the ruck where we literally have just Hughes, Wilson and Hamling as defensive depth and no ruck outside the best 22.

I'd probably agree with the club that you take highest rated at pick 30 and then make sure we get a ruck and KPD to stash and develop for 3-4 years with the next couple of picks. Wouldnt be unhappy waiting until the rookie draft to pick up a ruck though...

 

[Purple Suit]

Waiting for the melts when we draft another HBF (Gilbey) with our first pick.

I can see this happening, especially with Keeler & Burgiel still on the board. I will back in who ever we draft though as our team has earned that respect of late.

 

[Tonga Bob]

To prepare you for the next couple of days, here is a handy reference of gifs to use depending on the situation.

A) First up is the gif for when we draft someone you really wanted:



B) Next is a gif for when you see someone on the draft board that you recognise:

C) Next is a gif for when we pick somebody that you haven't heard of:



D) Next is a gif for when you agree with another poster, no matter how different your opinions may usually be:



E) Next is a gif for when you're asked for an opinion on who we should draft but you have NFI on who the potential draftees are:



F) Next is a gif for when you see a player you wanted go to another club (the Ed Allan gif):

G) Next is a gif for when a player from a lower level (ie: WAFL etc) team that you follow gets drafted:



H) Next is a gif for when you REALLY don't like what we've done on Draft Days (iykyk):

I) But ultimately, whoever we select should be receiving this gif:

 

[Alfonz]

Skinny I hope.

Gilbey sure is. 187cm and 73kg. Rookieme lists his weaknesses as contested work, durability and strength. There will be massive meltdowns if we pick him, even if it seems many are starting to think it is a good chance. He had glandular fever and then a fractured tibia, so there is every chance the club could rate him quite highly based on what he might have done if he had a full season. His profile sounds a bit like a mix of Young and S.Hill.

 

[Taylor]

Are we excited yet? Abs-olutely