- Dec 8, 2010
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Geez offseason is long and boring. here is the mock draft from chatgpt:
- GC (match) – Zeke Uwland, dashing Suns academy defender/mid. (Locked to Suns.)
- Brisbane (match) – Dan Annable, powerful Lions academy mid; they said all year they had the points.
- West Coast – Willem Duursma (best pure talent; WC love high-end, all-ground mids; keeps WA fans happy enough).
- West Coast – Cooper Duff-Tytler (200cm ruck/forward; makes sense after they traded out Oscar Allen and need a long ruck/forward succession plan).
- Richmond – Dyson Sharp (explosive mid/runner — Tigers need game-speed in the next wave).
- Richmond – Xavier Taylor (rangy intercept/defender — classic “we’ll develop him” Tigers pick).
- GC (match) – Dylan Patterson (Suns academy, top-10 athlete, no way they let him walk).
- Essendon – Sullivan Robey (big, competitive mid/fwd — exactly the sort of inside/outside mix the Bombers didn’t get in the trade period).
- Essendon – Sam Grlj (speed/creativity to complement Merrett & co; Rosa said they could still move up, but if they stay, this makes sense).
- Melbourne – Sam Cumming (versatile mid/forward; Dees like footballers who can play multiple lines, and they can afford to take pure talent here).
- Melbourne – Aidan Schubert (198cm forward/ruck — Melbourne brought in Mihocek but still like stocking tall upside).
- Carlton – Josh Lindsay (half-back/mid polish; Blues just brought in Ainsworth, Florent, Chesser, Reidy so they can go for skill here).
- Carlton (match) – Harry Dean (father-son key defender, already flagged by the club).
- Hawthorn – Jacob Farrow (first WA player likely to go; Hawks love smart, kicking defenders and just lost Worpel so they keep adding quality ball-use).
- Carlton – Lachy Dovaston (impact forward; Blues lost some forward depth in the monster Curnow deal to Sydney, so they top it back up).
- Melbourne (match) – Kalani White (the Dees have been linked to him specifically).
- GWS – Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves (Giants love upside/score-involvement types; this is very Adrian Caruso).
- West Coast – Oskar Taylor (elite-testing small defender; WC need to replace Starcevich-type defensive quality they lost to Brisbane).
- Western Bulldogs – Ollie Greeves (191cm mid, Dogs always happy to draft another tall mid and sort the role later).
- Sydney (match) – Max King (Swans academy; they always match on their own talls).
- Gold Coast – Mitch Marsh (SA third tall forward; Suns can now pick for list balance after locking their three big academy boys).
- Adelaide – Harley Barker (SA wing with burst, even off the ACL — Crows like local talent and still need more outside run).
- Brisbane – Louis Emmett (199cm swing/ruck; Lions lost Brandon Starcevich and added key talls Allen + Draper, so they can now take a developmental tall with athletic profile).
- Gold Coast – Fred Rodriguez (WA MVP type mid; Suns can just take class here).
- Gold Coast (match) – Beau Addinsall (Suns academy mid, rated inside top 30; this pick becomes a match).
- Geelong – Blake Thredgold (194cm defender with speed; Geelong tried and failed to trade for a key defender in the period so they just draft one).
- Essendon (match) – Adam Sweid (Bombers NGA inside mid, ranked 20; Freo asked the question, Dons shut it down).
- Fremantle – Archie Ludowyke (197cm high-leaping forward; Freo grabbed Judd McVee in trade period so they can swing to a key forward project now).
- Essendon – Jevan Phillipou (hard, combative mid/forward; very “we’ll add another competitive body” pick).
- Essendon (match) – Hussien El Achkar (crafty NGA small forward; they don’t let him get to anyone else).
- Hawthorn – Rory Wright (lovely-kicking mid/half-back, went up late in the year — exactly the Hawks profile).
- Brisbane – Matt LeRay (clean, smart, can be a half-back/wing — Lions can afford a slightly slower-developing player here).
- St Kilda (match) – Kye Fincher (Saints NGA half-back/mid; GC made them pay).
- Gold Coast – Cameron Nairn (SA 189cm forward who works up the ground — good depth piece for them).
- North Melbourne – Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier (beautiful ball user; Roos just take quality).
- North Melbourne – Jack Dalton (endurance king; perfect “we need runners” pick for a rebuilding list).
- Collingwood (match) – Zac McCarthy (Pies NGA tall fwd/ruck; they were always going to match).
- Essendon – Sam Swadling (WA ball-magnet; Bombers can take a volume-ball type this late).
- Gold Coast – Rory Wright is gone, Thredgold is gone, so GC can go to next best versatile defender: Sam Swadling is taken, so they pivot to Matt LeRay … but Lions took him at 32, so GC grab Fred Rodriguez-type is gone; at this point they start dipping into their club board — call it “best remaining athlete” from the ESPN 30s (e.g. Central Districts mid/def Matt LeRay if still there, otherwise the next SA mid like Cameron Nairn/another WA mid).
- Gold Coast – same story: depth athlete from the 30s group (Rodriguez/LeRay/Swadling tier).
- Essendon – now deep enough to take a pure role player — think Central Districts’ Cameron Nairn if not taken, or a developing key back from outside the ESPN 40.
- Sydney – tidy up with a running half-back / depth mid.
- Sydney – second depth piece.
- Western Bulldogs – depth defender or ruck project.
- West Coast – WA talent again to keep the locals happy.
- GWS – high-upside athlete still on the board.
- Gold Coast – points turned into depth.
- Melbourne – list hygiene pick.
- Richmond – father-son Louis Kellaway type was mentioned in club wrap, so Tigers can use this for that line.
- Collingwood – depth tall or pressure forward, depending on VFL view.
- Geelong – late project mid/def.
