List Mgmt. 2025 AFL Draft

[tiger_tough]

cheers first time I’ve seen that site.
I’m a huge Nank fan and thought he was good again last night , but hard to make a case for him being the #1 rated player. I mean his opponent was awarded the best player, SC awards him a significantly higher score .

It's probably the best site for stats.

Player ratings is the best guide, but it still has its flaws. Gawn was easily better than Nank on the day

 

[tigs2010]

AFL Match Stats

AFL Match Stats

www.wheeloratings.com

The rating system clearly broken. He was gallant but his opponent slaughtered him.

 

[THE_GUN]

I can see the brilliance and what he’s highest outcome is and it’s a NicNat as a ruck or Thilthorpe as a forward.

But I think he’s probably gonna be a more athletic Grundy. That’s still a pretty handy player.

I’d basically only pick him in top 5 if:

His marking and forward craft improve giving me faith he’s closer to Thilthorpe than Grundy, or if I feel comfortable our future midfield is set, I.e McAuliffe cements himself, or our f/s go up another level or whatever it is that makes me think we only need 1 mid in draft come end of season.

Right now imo our midfield is diabolical.

I wouldnt call it diabolical but certainly have work to do in that area but there are alot of unknowns as they are extremely young. Smillie , Lalor , Clarke , McAuliffe , Hotton and even Seth might be part of the midfield mix in 2 years time which would give it a totally different dynamic. Currently have 2 top 5 picks and we need 2 more top end mids to sure up this area. Depending on their developments and combine results Sharp / Greeves and Fred look to be the best available

 

[Charlie Pannam]

I wouldn't worry about a ruckman too much, the only ruckman that really troubles us is gawn and he is 33/34. Tom De Koning and Jackson are probably the only other ones that may trouble us going forward .We have enough existing ruck options on the list in Nank, Ryan, Lefau, Sims plus the two cat Bs in OHB and Colina. If all of these options fail we can always just pinch a ruck from someone else.

If Nank ( who turns 31 this year) is injured, Samson Ryan becomes our no 1 ruckman. That’s scary, he’s light years away from being AFL standard. For starters he doesn’t have the tank required to get from contest to contest. Reckon he’s a bust.

Cat B boys likely get delisted. They’d be non competitive at AFL level, they’re regularly towelled up at VFL level.

As promising as Sims is he’s a couple of preseasons away from being ready to play as an AFL ruckman.

I’m not saying we should be wasting early picks on a ruckman, but think we need to look at a back up to Nank .
So it’d be
Nank no 1 ruckman,
? Nanks backup,
Sims developing.
Gonski - Ryan, Mate, OHB.

 

[Ctl]

If Nank ( who turns 31 this year) is injured, Samson Ryan becomes our no 1 ruckman. That’s scary, he’s light years away from being AFL standard. For starters he doesn’t have the tank required to get from contest to contest. Reckon he’s a bust.

Cat B boys likely get delisted. They’d be non competitive at AFL level, they’re regularly towelled up at VFL level.

As promising as Sims is he’s a couple of preseasons away from being ready to play as an AFL ruckman.

I’m not saying we should be wasting early picks on a ruckman, but think we need to look at a back up to Nank .
So it’d be
Nank no 1 ruckman,
? Nanks backup,
Sims developing.
Gonski - Ryan, Mate, OHB.

Agree but I think that is something to do at the end of 2026, i'm cognicent of having too many rucks on the list at the one time hindering their development, especially since we can't rest them forward with the amount of KPPs we have on the list at the moment. The VFL team already looks a bit too tall

I know i'm in the minority on this but if Ryan has to play 5 games a year to cover for nank im ok with that, and think OHB has shown enough to be given a bit more time

 

[THE_GUN]

Well i think there needs to be a call made on the 2 Cat B boys this year
I see Colina being given the flick and OHB retained for another year and Ryan has another 2 years on his contract
But we should be looking to bring in the next Nankervis thats around 21 years old now and 2 years away from the finished project

 

[Rubber Hips]

 

[tigs2010]

We take a guy at 3 that he didn't rate top 20 about 3 days ago is odd.

 

[THE_GUN]

This guy is smoking some good sh!t if he thinks greeves is not in the top 20 and fred drops to 10

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Agree but I think that is something to do at the end of 2026, i'm cognicent of having too many rucks on the list at the one time hindering their development, especially since we can't rest them forward with the amount of KPPs we have on the list at the moment. The VFL team already looks a bit too tall

I know i'm in the minority on this but if Ryan has to play 5 games a year to cover for nank im ok with that, and think OHB has shown enough to be given a bit more time

it gets back to having a backup ruckman that’s at least competitive, gives your midfield a chance.
We saw in Ryan’s last game, he couldn’t compete. It’s been the same story every game he plays.
No good for developing young mids or building a game plan relying on midfield clearances.
Anyway I’d better stop rambling on about list management issues in the draft thread

 

[tigs2010]

This guy is smoking some good sh!t if he thinks greeves is not in the top 20 and fred drops to 10

Says in a reply he doesn't rate Sharp but has him at 7 in his rankings. Puts _RT_ 's flip flopping to shame

 

[THE_GUN]

Says in a reply he doesn't rate Sharp but has him at 7 in his rankings. Puts _RT_ 's flip flopping to shame

Sharp is being judged harshly imo
He is being played HB / HF and usually at a higher level than most other kids but dominates when played mid against his own age group

 

[HumanMeatball]

I know nothing but reckon Duursma and grinj combo dominates

 

[Michaels]

FATHER SON ALERT

Louis Kellaway last week had a team high 22 disposals in Sturts Under 18 win vs Norwood.

22 disposals
7 marks
4 tackles
3 clearances

Highlights below, share the love!

 

[lizard man]

cam hicks knows his stuff …. I wouldn’t second guess him

 

[tigs2010]

cam hicks knows his stuff …. I wouldn’t second guess him

As long as you don't second guess him more than himself i think it's fine

 

[KrispyKreme]

cam hicks knows his stuff …. I wouldn’t second guess him

What’s up hicksy

 

[lizard man]

As long as you don't second guess him more than himself i think it's fine

He’s probably made a few phone calls to recruiters and adjusted his opinions/rankings accordingly to what recruiters say

 

[lizard man]

What’s up hicksy

No, I’m not the great man

 

[tigs2010]

No, I’m not the great man

Never seen you in same room

 

[KrispyKreme]

No, I’m not the great man

Surely hicksy would know WCE would 100% draft the Duursma.

 

[lizard man]

Surely hicksy would know WCE would 100% draft the Duursma.

You think so? Why is that?

 

[KrispyKreme]

You think so? Why is that?

Help Keep HR9 there

 

[Dragonss]

I wouldn't worry about a ruckman too much, the only ruckman that really troubles us is gawn and he is 33/34. Tom De Koning and Jackson are probably the only other ones that may trouble us going forward .We have enough existing ruck options on the list in Nank, Ryan, Lefau, Sims plus the two cat Bs in OHB and Colina. If all of these options fail we can always just pinch a ruck from someone else.

the 2 cat Bs are awful and will most likely get delisted end of the year. Lefau is that pinch-hit if really needed player. Ryan has a pea heart. That leaves Sims. We need to unearth a Lloyd Meek or hope Ryan turns good after 7 or 8 years like Xerri did at norf.

 

[KrispyKreme]

AFL April Mock Draft 20 Picks Only

Fixed

Pick 1 WCE - Willem Duursma
Pick 2 Brisbane Bid - Daniel Annable
Pick 3 Richmond - CDT
Pick 4 GCS Bid - Zeke Uwland
Pick 5 Richmond - Sam Grlj
Pick 6 Essendon - Josh Lindsay
Pick 7 Sydney - Max King

Multiple players found. Use birthday to differentiate. eg [PLAYERCARD="23/11/1962"]Joe Smith[/PLAYERCARD]

Pick 8 Hawthorn - Cody Curtin
Pick 9 St Kilda - Fred Rodriguez
Pick 10 Gold Coast Bid - Beau Addinsall
Pick 11 Essendon - Dyson Sharp
Pick 12 Gold Coast - Dylan Patterson
Pick 13 Fremantle - Rory Wright
Pick 14 Western Bulldogs - Archie Ludowyke
Pick 15 West Coast - Riley Onley
Pick 16 Geelong - Thomas Burton
Pick 17 Adelaide - Samuel Cumming
Pick 18 Essendon Bid - Hussein El Achkar
Pick 19 GWS - Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves
Pick 20 Collingwood Bid - Thomas McG