Universal Love 2023 Port Board Buddy Draft

[TeeKray]

Welcome to the 2023 Port Board Buddy Draft thread which I have taken over from Ant Bear who has done a superb job of organising this over the past several years.

For those who haven't participated before, each poster will draft a player from Port's list who will then be their nominated Buddy for season 2023. You will be responsible for hyping that player the moment they do anything remotely good or alternatively defending that player to the death no matter how bad they play. For example:

Schulzenfest:

Jed McEntee might have only had two possessions today but if you didn't notice his amazing defensive pressure then I don't know what to tell you.

You will be entitled to take all credit if your Buddy has a good game, kicks a bag of goals, wins the Brownlow, etc.

This year we will not be doing a random allocation so each player will only be allocated one Buddy - the poster who drafts them. The draft order will be randomised and each poster will be assigned a small window in which to make their selection before the next selection is allowed to be taken (you may still make your selection if your time has expired but you would have effectively slipped down the draft order).

Spots are limited to just 43 so reply to this thread if you want in and once we have 43 we'll kick things off ...

... In.

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DRAFT ORDER AND TIMES (ALL TIMES ACDT)

1. Ant Bear - 3pm Tue 10/1 - Jason Horne-Francis
2. Traveling_Power - 4pm Tue 10/1 - Connor Rozee
3. El Zorro - 5pm Tue 10/1 - Aliir Aliir
4. OriginalSinn - 6pm Tue 10/1 - Jase Burgoyne
5. HinkleysHeroes - 7pm Tue 10/1 - Zak Butters
6. davesnothere - 8pm Tue 10/1 - Dante Visentini
7. Powerade 08 - 8am Wed 11/1 - Ken Hinkley
8. Rendaw - 9am Wed 11/1 - Mitch Georgiades
9. NoddyHolder - 10am Wed 11/1 - Lachie Jones
10. TeeKray - 11am Wed 11/1 - Trent McKenzie
11. Cheesey Mac - 12pm Wed 11/1 - Sam Powell-Pepper
12. DaTBird187 - 1pm Wed 11/1 - Miles Bergman
13. Zakk Wylde - 2pm Wed 11/1 - Josh Sinn
14. Vic_Vinegar - 3pm Wed 11/1 - Orazio Fantasia
15. Ports1870 - 4pm Wed 11/1 - Dan Houston
16. proman_x - 5pm Wed 11/1 - Ollie Wines
17. BigBadBergman - 6pm Wed 11/1 - Xavier Duursma
18. Thornhill - 7pm Wed 11/1 - Todd Marshall
19. AlbertPower - 8pm Wed 11/1 - Jeremy Finlayson
20. Portwon - 8am Thu 12/1 - Ollie Lord
21. Smartys Power - 9am Thu 12/1 - Tom McCallum
22. El_Scorcho - 10am Thu 12/1 - Charlie Dixon
23. Duck Farmer - 11am Thu 12/1 - Jed McEntee
24. Duckimus Prime - 12pm Thu 12/1 - Junior Rioli
25. No21sTightManPerm - 1pm Thu 12/1 - Jake Pasini
26. robbo1981 - 2pm Thu 12/1 - Thomas Scully
27. Kickpuncher - 3pm Thu 12/1 - Trent Dumont
28. chiwigi - 4pm Thu 12/1 - Darcy Byrne-Jones
29. Tibbs - 5pm Thu 12/1 - Dylan Williams
30. blackdiamond - 6pm Thu 12/1 - Travis Boak
31. EternalOptimist - 7pm Thu 12/1 - Kane Farrell
32. Jonts - 8pm Thu 12/1 - Brynn Teakle
33. Sleezy - 8am Fri 13/1 - Hugh Jackson
34. TazD - 9am Fri 13/1 - Tom Jonas
35. powerrrrrrrrrrrr - 10am Fri 13/1 - Scott Lycett
36. glitch01 - 11am Fri 13/1 - Tom Clurey
37. Schulzenfest - 12pm Fri 13/1 - Sam Hayes
38. Fizzler - 1pm Fri 13/1 - Nathan Barkla
39. Expat power - 2pm Fri 13/1 - Ryan Burton
40. dirty2 - 3pm Fri 13/1 - Jackson Mead
41. RossFC - 4pm Fri 13/1 - Willem Drew
42. Memphis - 5pm Fri 13/1 - Riley Bonner
43. Adz2332 - 6pm Fri 13/1 - Francis Evans
44. Port2Power - 7pm Fri 13/1 - Kyle Marshall

After you've picked, please tag the next person in the draft order to alert them that they're on the clock. If your allocated time arrives without the poster or posters prior to you picking, feel free to make your selection.

 

[TeeKray]

1 spot left

 

[Powerade 08]

I’ll join if it speeds things up

 

[Sleezy]

The enthusiasm is palpable

 

[TeeKray]

OK we officially have a randomised draft order and allocated times.

DRAFT ORDER AND TIMES (ALL TIMES ACDT)

1. Ant Bear - 3pm Tue 10/1
2. Traveling_Power - 4pm Tue 10/1
3. El Zorro - 5pm Tue 10/1
4. OriginalSinn - 6pm Tue 10/1
5. HinkleysHeroes - 7pm Tue 10/1
6. davesnothere - 8pm Tue 10/1
7. Powerade 08 - 8am Wed 11/1
8. Rendaw - 9am Wed 11/1
9. NoddyHolder - 10am Wed 11/1
10. TeeKray - 11am Wed 11/1
11. Cheesey Mac - 12pm Wed 11/1
12. DaTBird187 - 1pm Wed 11/1
13. Zakk Wylde - 2pm Wed 11/1
14. Vic_Vinegar - 3pm Wed 11/1
15. Ports1870 - 4pm Wed 11/1
16. proman_x - 5pm Wed 11/1
17. BigBadBergman - 6pm Wed 11/1
18. Thornhill - 7pm Wed 11/1
19. AlbertPower - 8pm Wed 11/1
20. Portwon - 8am Thu 12/1
21. Smartys Power - 9am Thu 12/1
22. El_Scorcho - 10am Thu 12/1
23. Duck Farmer - 11am Thu 12/1
24. Duckimus Prime - 12pm Thu 12/1
25. No21sTightManPerm - 1pm Thu 12/1
26. robbo1981 - 2pm Thu 12/1
27. Kickpuncher - 3pm Thu 12/1
28. chiwigi - 4pm Thu 12/1
29. Tibbs - 5pm Thu 12/1
30. blackdiamond - 6pm Thu 12/1
31. EternalOptimist - 7pm Thu 12/1
32. Jonts - 8pm Thu 12/1
33. Sleezy - 8am Fri 13/1
34. TazD - 9am Fri 13/1
35. powerrrrrrrrrrrr - 10am Fri 13/1
36. glitch01 - 11am Fri 13/1
37. Schulzenfest - 12pm Fri 13/1
38. Fizzler - 1pm Fri 13/1
39. Expat power - 2pm Fri 13/1
40. dirty2 - 3pm Fri 13/1
41. RossFC - 4pm Fri 13/1
42. Memphis - 5pm Fri 13/1
43. Adz2332 - 6pm Fri 13/1

Ant Bear has the first pick in the draft in what seems to be some sort of karmic reward.

I will copy this draft order to the OP for easy access along with a list of available players. After you've picked, please tag the next person in the draft order to alert them that they're on the clock. If your allocated time arrives without the poster or posters prior to you picking, feel free to make your selection.

 

[Memphis]

OK we officially have a randomised draft order and allocated times.

DRAFT ORDER AND TIMES (ALL TIMES ACDT)

1. Ant Bear - 3pm Tue 10/1
2. Traveling_Power - 4pm Tue 10/1
3. El Zorro - 5pm Tue 10/1
4. OriginalSinn - 6pm Tue 10/1
5. HinkleysHeroes - 7pm Tue 10/1
6. davesnothere - 8pm Tue 10/1
7. Powerade 08 - 8am Wed 11/1
8. Rendaw - 9am Wed 11/1
9. NoddyHolder - 10am Wed 11/1
10. TeeKray - 11am Wed 11/1
11. Cheesey Mac - 12pm Wed 11/1
12. DaTBird187 - 1pm Wed 11/1
13. Zakk Wylde - 2pm Wed 11/1
14. Vic_Vinegar - 3pm Wed 11/1
15. Ports1870 - 4pm Wed 11/1
16. proman_x - 5pm Wed 11/1
17. BigBadBergman - 6pm Wed 11/1
18. Thornhill - 7pm Wed 11/1
19. AlbertPower - 8pm Wed 11/1
20. Portwon - 8am Thu 12/1
21. Smartys Power - 9am Thu 12/1
22. El_Scorcho - 10am Thu 12/1
23. Duck Farmer - 11am Thu 12/1
24. Duckimus Prime - 12pm Thu 12/1
25. No21sTightManPerm - 1pm Thu 12/1
26. robbo1981 - 2pm Thu 12/1
27. Kickpuncher - 3pm Thu 12/1
28. chiwigi - 4pm Thu 12/1
29. Tibbs - 5pm Thu 12/1
30. blackdiamond - 6pm Thu 12/1
31. EternalOptimist - 7pm Thu 12/1
32. Jonts - 8pm Thu 12/1
33. Sleezy - 8am Fri 13/1
34. TazD - 9am Fri 13/1
35. powerrrrrrrrrrrr - 10am Fri 13/1
36. glitch01 - 11am Fri 13/1
37. Schulzenfest - 12pm Fri 13/1
38. Fizzler - 1pm Fri 13/1
39. Expat power - 2pm Fri 13/1
40. dirty2 - 3pm Fri 13/1
41. RossFC - 4pm Fri 13/1
42. Memphis - 5pm Fri 13/1
43. Adz2332 - 6pm Fri 13/1

@AntBear has the first pick in the draft in what seems to be some sort of karmic reward.

I will copy this draft order to the OP for easy access along with a list of available players. After you've picked, please tag the next person in the draft order to alert them that they're on the clock. If your allocated time arrives without the poster or posters prior to you picking, feel free to make your selection.

RossFC aren’t we scraping the bottom of the barrel this year lol.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Breakout year coming for pick 35 in the buddy draft I feel.

 

[Adz2332]

damn dead last haha. guess ill be hinkleys buddy

 

[DaTBird187]

damn dead last haha. guess ill be hinkleys buddy

You can just pass.

 

[Ant Bear]

Haha, I never was game enough to give myself the #1 pick!

Ooh, it's a target-rich environment!

With the first selection in the Buddy Draft, I will choose Jason Horne-Francis, he looks like a superstar in the making.

Traveling_Power, your go, mate

 

[chiwigi]

At least at 28 I won’t have to pick Hinkley

 

[Traveling_Power]

Thanks

a quick draft is a good draft
(Or so they say)

I think I will pick - Connor Rozee

I think he will have another great year
(After training in the states with Boaky & RedBull team)



El Zorro
you're up

get ready: -

OriginalSinn
HinkleysHeroes
davesnothere
Powerade 08
Rendaw

 

[El Zorro]

Thanks

a quick draft is a good draft
(Or so they say)

I think I will pick - Conner Rozee

I think he will have another great year
(After training in the states with Boaky & RedBull team)



El Zorro
you're up

get ready: -

OriginalSinn
HinkleysHeroes
davesnothere
Powerade 08
Rendaw

Cheers. I'll go with Connor Rozee, thanks.

Anyway, Allir x2 for me.

OriginalSinn

 

[Traveling_Power]

Cheers. I'll go with Connor Rozee, thanks.

Anyway, Allir x2 for me.

OriginalSinn

Dam fingers & going back & forth between several players
(It has been corrected)

 

[dirty2]

I'll just come back tomorrow pick 40 pfft..

 

[Duck Farmer]

Pick 23. I get the medisub.

 

[Visenfest]

Jase Burgoyne. Only going to get better and better.

HinkleysHeroes you're up

 

[TeeKray]

Haha, I never was game enough to give myself the #1 pick!

Ooh, it's a target-rich environment!

With the first selection in the Buddy Draft, I will choose Jason Horne-Francis, he looks like a superstar in the making.

Traveling_Power, your go, mate

Does this mean JHF will be sleeping in an Ant Bear guernsey tonight?

 

[Ant Bear]

Does this mean JHF will be sleeping in an Ant Bear guernsey tonight?

Best I can do at short notice

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

Ok.

Pick 5 selection for the 2023 Buddy draft is...

Zac Butters

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

davesnothere

 

[davesnothere]

Dante Visentini.

Has the Darryl Poole vibe about him. Ruck/Forward that finds a way stay on the game and a physical presence we will be looking for when Dixon is gone. Should be getting AFL games by the end of the year and be our favourite SANFL player most of the year.

 

[Powerade 08]

Ken Hinkley. dont want a player

Rendaw

 

[Rendaw]

I'll take Georgiades

NoddyHolder you are up.

 

[NoddyHolder]

Lachie Jones. He's ready to explode and I'm ready to bask in the carnage.

TeeKray you can pick Trent McKenzie now

 

[TeeKray]

TeeKray you can pick Trent McKenzie now

Ya joking, can't believe he didn't go higher.

Pick 10 - Trent McKenzie

Cheesey Mac you're up.