Analysis 2025 Draft watch

[Aphrodite]

 

[TerryWallet]

Thredgold KPD
HOF moved to KPF?

I think HOF will stick to KPD. That's where he's best, and after his ACL i'd rather him down back for at least a few years i think.

 

[ctwenty1]

No, that went out the door earlier in a pick swap that included Brisbane's future 1st.

Didn’t realise wce traded the f2 tied to st kilda, not their own. So not as bad as first appears.

 

[Stamos]

So what did WC achieve by bidding on Dean?

No, I don’t believe they thought he was the third best player in the draft. This was supposed to be a tactic of some kind.

If they were bidding for tactics they would have bid on Patterson at 3

 

[carlton_99]

You mean the Power who just left us?

Wouldn't want to do his old club a favour?

 

[ctwenty1]

If they were bidding for tactics they would have bid on Patterson at 3

Their whole bidding strategy should’ve been built around getting the players they wanted, so no idea what they were doing

 

[KnaveyBlue]

It’s accurate because of the inside information he gets from the clubs not because he is some sort of talent ID guru.

Speaking of Twomey and his sidekick - did anyone else find it in poor taste to put Dean on a mock game show and play the footage of his old man stacking it at the GF? Dean handled it well but it was pretty cringe and needless. Twomey seemed to be absolutely revelling in it as well throughout other coverage - even calling for the footage to be played again during the live draft, making jokes about Peter wearing good footwear so he doesn’t fall when presenting the jumper, etc.

Maybe I’m being too precious but I felt it was a bit disrespectful given the gravity of the day for the family.

 

[Stamos]

If North/Dogs are going to bid and let us know prior we can always just trade out 28 for a F2 anyway. Then let the left over picks match the bid. Would be a tiny deficit - assuming it won't impact our F1 picks? How does it work when the deficit is so small it's not enough to drop a first round pick down one?

Deficit would come from the 2nd round.
Either 33 points (which might change a pick) or 5 (which wouldn’t).

 

[The Blueseum]

Speaking of Twomey and his sidekick - did anyone else find it in poor taste to put Dean on a mock game show and play the footage of his old man stacking it at the GF? Dean handled it well but it was pretty cringe and needless. Twomey seemed to be absolutely revelling in it as well throughout other coverage - even calling for the footage to be played again during the live draft, making jokes about Peter wearing good footwear so he doesn’t fall when presenting the jumper, etc.

Maybe I’m being too precious but I felt it was a bit disrespectful given the gravity of the day for the family.

Wait until Garry Hocking's kids are drafted.

 

[Bletch]

If they were bidding for tactics they would have bid on Patterson at 3

Yep, it really looks like they didn't do their sums after GC traded with WB. Should have bid on Patterson, if not at 3, then at 4. Leeched them of points. Left with egg on their faces after GC matched their 2 later bids without going into deficit.

 

[GT619]

My purely gut feel preference if we get the pick before Ison is for us to draft Hetherton. I don't have a good feeling for Ludowick for some reason. Emmett would be alright but we've got HOK and Reidy already.

I think Thredgold is clearly the best pick left but we've got our backline sorted now. Thredgold looks a real solid backman, but only a backman.

I'd go the KPF with big upside, and to me, that's Hetherton over Archie.

how tall is he?

 

[Abers]

Speaking of Twomey and his sidekick - did anyone else find it in poor taste to put Dean on a mock game show and play the footage of his old man stacking it at the GF? Dean handled it well but it was pretty cringe and needless. Twomey seemed to be absolutely revelling in it as well throughout other coverage - even calling for the footage to be played again during the live draft, making jokes about Peter wearing good footwear so he doesn’t fall when presenting the jumper, etc.

Maybe I’m being too precious but I felt it was a bit disrespectful given the gravity of the day for the family.

If you’ve never meet Cal I can inform you that he is an attention seeking flog of the highest order.

 

[Dramoth]

Would not mind those names, Thredgold and Dean could lock up our defensive unit for years.

Don't forget HOF

 

[GoBlues!]

So what did WC achieve by bidding on Dean?

No, I don’t believe they thought he was the third best player in the draft. This was supposed to be a tactic of some kind.

SFA.

Some on here were saying WCE were in need of a backman and that is one of the reasons why they bid on Dean. Yeah sure, three picks in R1 and guess what, no backman.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Along with the music of a brilliant artist/band…

 

[GoBlues!]

I think Thredgold is clearly the best pick left but we've got our backline sorted now. Thredgold looks a real solid backman, but only a backman.

I'd go the KPF with big upside, and to me, that's Hetherton over Archie.

Blake Thredgold Draft Profile

Sturt's Blake Thredgold has developed into a key defender who can lock down one-on-one or peel off to intercept prolifically.

central.rookieme.com

His bio suggests he could play more than one position:

While he looks a natural defender with his ability to shut down dangerous forwards, Thredgold originally hit the state scene as a ruck-forward at Under 16 level.

He was thrown into every key position post for Sturt at times this season and proved a reliable team player along the way. His dynamism was further proven at the National Draft Combine, where he achieved three top-10 results across the event.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Who would we still want if ison isn’t picked up by our pick ?

Hibbens-Hargreaves

 

[ctwenty1]

Also say Walker comes in at pick three our pick is looking like about 6 at this stage and we have the Sydney pick. The only way walker isn’t already covered is if we gave a blinder of a year

Our 2026 is looking like 18 to me

 

[Revenant1995]

For those Clubs / others commentators complaining about F/S selections, focus instead on Academies affecting the draft. This draft, only 1 F/S taken in first round (Pick 3), essentially costing the club picks 9 and 11. But Acadamy picks matched are 6 in 1st Round, with 4 going to 1 club (GC). It's the Academies that have a greater effect on changing draft order, not F/S... then throw in some dodgy FA compensation...

 

[teagueyubeauty]

Highly doubt it. All the talk is changes and GC just got another 4 1st rounders.

They had to trade in 2 first round picks and used their own this year to do so

The clubs have no idea what the changes would be and we’ve just been through a trade and draft process where picks have flown all over the joint from next years draft.

The changes had to be made prior to this years trade period for it to affect next years draft.

I’m willing to lay a hefty bet nothing changes next year and nothing would have changed even before 2 clubs didn’t match bids. Clubs clearly convinced the AFL to let the changes they only made last year to be tested and see the outcome first.

 

[BRADLESTICKS]

Let's not forget they gave up a F2 to skip ahead of hawthorn - the only possible reason for that is they thought haw were keen on Addinsall too. Then they miss on Addinsall because they can't add up points on a calculator.

Genius.

Can you imagine the meltdown on here if it was Austin doing that?

Austin isn’t very good at math either and did worse than that by taking two picks in the teens into draft night giving us no bargaining power and forcing us to take the shit deals offered from Essendon and North Melbourne. The north deal in particular terrible.

 

[Sector 7G]

People (including the AFL it seems) are underestimating the changes they brought in for this year.
To change it again immediately would be absurd.

They should look at only 1 player per round or discount only applies to 1 player per year.

 

[Sam The Doc]

After what WC did? Not even SOS would have bid on Dean at #3.

SOS is the least of our worries.

Cheers moiteee

 

[carlton_99]

Austin isn’t very good at math either and did worse than that by taking two picks in the teens into draft night giving us no bargaining power and forcing us to take the shit deals offered from Essendon and North Melbourne. The north deal in particular terrible.

Ah yes we should have waited longer before making trades and yet somehow still have it done prior to Pick 3 when the bid came?

And no pick swaps were allowed from a couple of weeks before so when exactly were you expecting these trades to be done? It's only become clear that Harry was going to be bid on this early recently. During the trade period a lot on here were still hoping he may fall closer to 9.

 

[BigFrizz36]

No. They gave up the F2 tied to StK for literally nothing.

Once again they had a throw at the stumps with a couplevl of academy kids but rated Lindsay and thought that the Hawks would take him. They paid for that privilege but Lindsay is a good player.

 

[DZ4]

Thredgold KPD
HOF moved to KPF?

Leave HOF at CHB. He’s set and forget, no point messing around with his development.

If we want a KPF at the draft it is with an eye for 5 years time, I’d sooner have a few train on over summer and pick the one that is most ready to go.