2025 Draft Thread

[Saintscomemarchingin]

only 2 rookie spots left - one for Said and one for Tex (SSP)

Hall, LOC, Armstrong, McDonald have the others

pains me to see guys like Greeves, Wright, Rodriguez, Hetherton, NHH, Oudshorn-Bennier, Onley etc sitting there undrafted. and to have no room for them because we have given charity years to Dow & Byrnes, and brought in Tex as a stable pony. what odds they don't play a senior game between them next year?

the Irish experiment is in full swing too - although I have to wonder who has a better chance at a decent career - the Vic Metro MVP who has been AA at every underage level, or someone who has never kicked a Sherrin? let's just hope it's the latter...

Greeves is not a shock that he slipped to the rookie draft, proves he has big issues with being an Afl player

 

[The Cobra]

I for one am glad they kept Ronnie. I am old fashioned. A bit of loyalty. We know what we’ll get. Mostly in the Ressies, but can plug him in and he’ll do a job. Ross clearly rates his running ability.

Agree - suspect in a stronger team like we should be in 2026 it will be easier for him to get a kick

 

[Banger9798]

Nothing wrong with retaining Ronnie. Has had quite a few decent games for us. There was a game against the Swans where he was excellent. Good depth player, great courage

 

[TheJackal]

Would've been nice to draft Jackson Voss. Ironically, his Dad has the record for the most games for us in number 13. And to think we just drafted a guy who has played the 6th most games for us in that same number.

 

[LuckyBounce!]

Couple of second and third efforts in those highlights.

Could be a player.

A Ross type of player you’d think

 

[hangdog]

I'm a bit surprised that we are only taking Said in the rookie draft unless that info was incorrect, do we have 2 more spots?

NHH would be my choice if we had a spot, but I really wanted to see Voss on our rookie list as well. And Tex? Are we leaving spots open for Tex later on?

Yeah I'm confused too. I have 8 players out, 7 players in without counting either Byrnes or Said (as they're both outs and ins)

So shouldn't we have 1 spot left after we re-list Said?

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

You would think Tex Wanganeen won't be the only train on player.
Otherwise we would just rookie him tomorrow.
No guarantees for him atm.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

The afl.com.au crew said Byrnes had nominated financial terms. I assume that means he's on a one-year deal rather than a two-year. At least I'm hoping.

Thats the psd isn't it

I think the Byrnes selection is more PTSD related.

 

[SaintersFan]

Im dying laughing. This is from a blue's supporter he went on the WC draft thread:

"The Saints are a pack of dogs, seriously. Why are they bidding on a F/S in the 40s. Get a life."

Woof! Woof! Go Saints!

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Yeah I'm confused too. I have 8 players out, 7 players in without counting either Byrnes or Said (as they're both outs and ins)

So shouldn't we have 1 spot left after we re-list Said?

We will look at a few train on players, one being Tex Wanganeen then put one of them on the list later.
Although l do think we will list Tex to keep Nas happy.

 

[LuckyBounce!]

Is this Ryan Byrnes

13

Ryan Byrnes

Age

24

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

MG

1.0

1star

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

MG

1.0

1star

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

MG

1.0

1star

fella any good?

 

[austinnn]

This is getting borderline creepy now

View attachment 2482448

These dudes need to move on, I bet even Aleer is embarrassed.

If hes stopped crying, that is.

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Is this Ryan Byrnes fella any good?

50/50 it seems

 

[St Neil]

This is getting borderline creepy now

View attachment 2482448

GWS are a self entitled and irrelevant football club.

They were even having a dig about how successful Gold Coast’s Academy was.

A stain on the competition.

 

[akaifu]

Not expecting an A-grader out of Banfield but he fits the mould of the modern prototype winger

We finally have a Mason Wood

32

Mason Wood

Age

32

Ht

192cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.3

2star

D

8.3

2star

K

2.7

1star

HB

5.7

3star

M

1.7

2star

T

1.3

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

15.8

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

replacement - no need to throw up guys like Sharman anymore

Passing on Greeves is fine; he’s terrible defensively, slow, and would come close to matching Jevan in ‘arrogance’. One-dimensional contested bulls are not desirable these days

NHH recorded close to a 7 minute 2km time trial too so not too concerned about him

I would’ve loved Hetherton or Oudshoorn-Bennie though - still a chance for SSP I guess

 

[gotiges12345]

It's mostly only nuffy fans (and apparently Zeke Uwland) who are still in the ridicule stage.

Genuinly the biggest dork in the afl

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Not expecting an A-grader out of Banfield but he fits the mould of the modern prototype winger

We finally have a Mason Wood replacement - no need to throw up guys like Sharman anymore

Passing on Greeves is fine; he’s terrible defensively, slow, and would come close to matching Jevan in ‘arrogance’. One-dimensional contested bulls are not desirable these days

NHH recorded close to a 7 minute 2km time trial too so not too concerned about him

I would’ve loved Hetherton or Oudshoorn-Bennie though - still a chance for SSP I guess

Think we will pick Tex Wanganeen in the SSP, gotta do everything to keep Nas at the club.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Agree - suspect in a stronger team like we should be in 2026 it will be easier for him to get a kick

No chance he plays in the ones except for a heap of injuries and that's not being nasty just plain facts

 

[akaifu]

Think we will pick Tex Wanganeen in the SSP, gotta do everything to keep Nas at the club.

Isn’t Tex coming off a long-term injury? That plus the fact that he was never even that good makes me think we can’t lock him in yet. Needs to earn it

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

No chance he plays in the ones except for a heap of injuries and that's not being nasty just plain facts

Round 1, then he's gone?

 

[St Neil]

I don’t normally lurk on other club boards but I wandered over to the West Coast board.

Boy. Are they unhappy about the Banfield thing. In fact some are experiencing genuine grief.

Some are salty at St Kilda, but the majority are smart enough to realise that West Coast erred by not opening an additional Primary list spot instead of having additional rookie spots.

Some also made the point that West Coast made other teams pay up by bidding in the early part of the draft. It’s the nature of the draft.

If Saints didn’t bid of Banfield then another club would have.

He was too talented a prospect to remain undrafted.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Think we will pick Tex Wanganeen in the SSP, gotta do everything to keep Nas at the club.

Picking Tex to keep Nas happy is going to come back and bite them if they do it , what if Nas up and goes home after his two years ?
You cant let the tail wag the Dog,

 

[CHBench]

I don’t normally lurk on other club boards but I wandered over to the West Coast board.

Boy. Are they unhappy about the Banfield thing. In fact some are experiencing genuine grief.

Some are salty at St Kilda, but the majority are smart enough to realise that West Coast erred by not opening an additional Primary list spot instead of having additional rookie spots.

Some also made the point that West Coast made other teams pay up by bidding in the early part of the draft. It’s the nature of the draft.

If Saints didn’t bid of Banfield then another club would have.

He was too talented a prospect to remain undrafted.

It's an interesting read. I've also just learned WCE traded away our F2 we gave for Liam Ryan to Hawthorn to move 1 spot up the order...

Jamie Cripps seems to be in the gun for taking up a list spot, square up for screwing us over with that trade years ago

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Isn’t Tex coming off a long-term injury? That plus the fact that he was never even that good makes me think we can’t lock him in yet. Needs to earn it

Yeah I actually dont want him.
Essendon fc. kept him on their list for a good while.
Reckon he's just not up to Afl standard.
Blamires or Hetherton or Voss would be my preferences now.

 

[mad-saint-guy]

Interesting outcome. Feeling mixed feelings towards the picks.

Positive: Happy to get Fincher, and get him cheap. Performed very well at VFL level and has very useful traits. Quick, versatile, wins the footy and has a bit of mongrel. Seems to go for distance rather than precision when kicking on the run but disposal seems fine when he has more time. Good hands in tight as well.

Neutral: Banfield seems to be the style of big, slow inside mid that Lyon has said that the game is moving on from...but he can win the footy, take a grab and kick a goal. Clearly has a tank as well. Here's hoping he's a late developer due to being such a big unit at a young age. Don't mind backing Dalrymple here since this zone of the draft is his specialty. Just a bit surprising that we didn't go for Ludowyke here.

Negative: I just don't understand why we've chosen to use a list spot on Byrnes again. He has already had 6 years on the list and has shown that he isn't good enough. People harp on about him providing depth, but we don't need a small wingman who can't kick as depth. We have so many better options to play that role in front of him. I would have much preferred to take a crack at a slider and I think we screwed up by committing to Byrnes pre-draft.