2025 Draft Thread

[Smiley Boy]

I think we traded for the pick to give us flexibility on the night and because we can take in 5 picks. Gives us a bit of an upper hand when clubs are tight on picks they can carry into the draft for bid matching purposes.
The two options I see as plausible is 33 to the Suns for Melbourne's F2
Or to the Lions for F2 and FF3.


Edit to add: I'd be extremely shocked if Darcy gets a bid.

Correct the acquisition of pick 53 was about gaining greater flexibility. Since a future fourth-round pick holds little value, we saw pick 53 as an opportunity especially with the number of academy selections expected to push picks up the order that pick 53 could effectively become closer to pick 48.

When Gold Coast have two of their academy players bid on, they’ll likely only have picks around 48, 49, and 50 left for their third academy player. Depending on where that third player is bid on, they might even need to go into a deficit.

Meaning we might also place a bid on that player ourselves, as we rate him in that tier. If Gold Coast do match the bid, it would push our pick up further, potentially improving its value. From there, we could trade it for stronger draft capital or a future pick to enhance our overall draft position

 

[Smiley Boy]

The bolter is apparently a real vanilla moneyball kind of pick i don't know the draft well enough to speculate who it is but he apparently ticks all our boxes

 

[VitalDread]

The bolter is apparently a real vanilla moneyball kind of pick i don't know the draft well enough to speculate who it is but he apparently ticks all our boxes

Fully expect a Bailey Williams type night of the player not having a draft profile

 

[JohnnySteel]

I don’t think Zane Peucker gets talked about enough, powerful quick small forward / midfielder. Very impactful & has a December birthday.

Models his game on Zac Bailey

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Zac Bailey

Age

26

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

, has some similar traits.

 

[Bald Headed Flog]

The bolter is apparently a real vanilla moneyball kind of pick i don't know the draft well enough to speculate who it is but he apparently ticks all our boxes

Vanilla, moneyball bolter is a weird collection of words

 

[goodcop badcop]

Ainsworth doesn’t seem to feature in any mock drafts, are you saying we use 14 on him ?

No, I'm saying we take him with 53.

 

[Smiley Boy]

Vanilla, moneyball bolter is a weird collection of words

We’ll see next week I suppose!

 

[Dav1d]

I don’t think Zane Peucker gets talked about enough, powerful quick small forward / midfielder. Very impactful & has a December birthday.

Models his game on Zac Bailey, has some similar traits.

Don’t forget about Oudshoorn-Bennier
Could see him slotting onto the wing or as a clever distributor off half back

 

[goodcop badcop]

The bolter is apparently a real vanilla moneyball kind of pick i don't know the draft well enough to speculate who it is but he apparently ticks all our boxes

I'm thinking Jack Dalton. He is a bit of a bulldogs pick, exceptional aerobic capacity and would rate highly for character.

 

[Dav1d]

Pommyinoz selected for us in his mock draft with other channels selected Oskar Taylor, Matt LeRay & Tylah Williams

Don’t mind it really, might have preferred Latrelle Pickett but he was off the board

Dylan Alexander selected the K-Man with Norths second round selection

 

[Salad dog]

Vanilla, moneyball bolter is a weird collection of words

And we don’t really know when the bolting happened, was it a recent bolter or one yet to bolt? Haha

The recent bolters by my eye are:
Oskar Taylor
Latrelle Pickett
Blake Thredgold
Cam Nairn
Lachlan Carmichael (Swans)
Harry Kyle (Swans)

All to me maybe fit moneyball if I assume what moneyball might mean. Vanilla I have no clue.

 

[iambrilliant]

And we don’t really know when the bolting happened, was it a recent bolter or one yet to bolt? Haha

The recent bolters by my eye are:
Oskar Taylor
Latrelle Pickett
Blake Thredgold
Cam Nairn
Lachlan Carmichael (Swans)
Harry Kyle (Swans)

All to me maybe fit moneyball if I assume what moneyball might mean. Vanilla I have no clue.

Watching some highlights of names you listed and Harry Kyle looks a good prospect. Very Finn Callaghan Joel Freijah vibes

 

[adogsfan5]

Latrelle Pickett??

 

[Dav1d]

Watching some highlights of names you listed and Harry Kyle looks a good prospect. Very Finn Callaghan Joel Freijah vibes

he looks like he could cut it as a defender to, very tenacious and rough without bordering into careless

 

[Mofra]

Don’t forget about Oudshoorn-Bennier
Could see him slotting onto the wing or as a clever distributor off half back

He has his fans - including me.

Quick and a good kick. I think he should go higher.

I might be the only person here actually excited about Josh Lindsay too if we get him. Class kick, excellent positioning behind the ball. High footy IQ.

 

[Dav1d]

Latrelle Pickett??

Apparently GWS is really into him which is crazy because they always seem to be taking smalls
Like how many could you need

 

[Mofra]

he looks like he could cut it as a defender to, very tenacious and rough without bordering into careless

Kyle looks like Addison if he was a defender. Certainly doesn't mind the rough stuff.

 

[iambrilliant]

Disclaimer I’m only going off highlights videos here but cam Nairn doesn’t excite me much . Seems like a Bailey fritsch type. Pretty vanilla which aligns with what smiley is saying I guess. Would be okay with him at our second but someone with a higher ceiling would be nice for pick 14

 

[Pencil case]

Nairn will go first round.

 

[adogsfan5]

Nairn will go first round.

Small fwd. fits a need for us

 

[Dav1d]

Small fwd. fits a need for us

If 188 is small
you must be a giant

 

[Mojorisin]

If 188 is small
you must be a giant

I hope we draft him just so we have another players height to argue about.

 

[Dav1d]

I hope we draft him just so we have another players height to argue about.

Remember Daniel Pearce, he was listed always a lot taller than what he actually was

 

[adogsfan5]

If 188 is small
you must be a giant

Haha I watched highlights - doesn’t look that big!

 

[Mojorisin]

Remember Daniel Pearce, he was listed always a lot taller than what he actually was

Maybe it was his long neck!