Review 2025 National Draft Thread | Dovaston #16 / Thredgold #26 / Mikunda #48

[zoomba23]

No one has the last name girl. Ffs

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Riley Onley not in the top 20 let alone top 10, he is kidding.

 

[Shagga is all Class]

Sam Girl = The You'll Be A Woman Soon.

 

[andana]

Sam Swadling | WAFL

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[hoffseason gains 01]

Riley Onley not in the top 20 let alone top 10, he is kidding.

If in some bizarro world he slipped to our pick, I’d take him, dgaf that he’s a mid, he’s bloody good, and like 196cm.

 

[Flawed Genius]

No one has the last name girl. Ffs

I think it's actually Grlj.

Sam Girl = The Interrupted

 

[year of the roo]

If in some bizarro world he slipped to our pick, I’d take him, dgaf that he’s a mid, he’s bloody good, and like 196cm.

Don't fall for the "our midfield is stacked" fallacy.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Better Loosen Up]

If this draft is not rated as overly strong, would it be a good idea to not overturn our list so much at the end of the season and offer another 1 year contract to a few guys like Phillips and Ford who are reasonable depth and still have potential upside while using fewer picks in the draft?

 

[The Nostradamus]

If this draft is not rated as overly strong, would it be a good idea to not overturn our list so much at the end of the season and offer another 1 year contract to a few guys like Phillips and Ford who are reasonable depth and still have potential upside while using fewer picks in the draft?

Yep especially since we don’t even have good picks

 

[Passmore]

If this draft is not rated as overly strong, would it be a good idea to not overturn our list so much at the end of the season and offer another 1 year contract to a few guys like Phillips and Ford who are reasonable depth and still have potential upside while using fewer picks in the draft?

Unless Phillips specifically wanted out and he had an offer from another club, there’s no reason not to keep him. He’s handy depth at worst.

 

[DesertRoo]

If this draft is not rated as overly strong, would it be a good idea to not overturn our list so much at the end of the season and offer another 1 year contract to a few guys like Phillips and Ford who are reasonable depth and still have potential upside while using fewer picks in the draft?

There's forward planning and than there's North, you just know we'll dump 10, recruit a bunch of kids and wonder why we keep having to cycle through them.

 

[Harris 10]

I’m not against us packaging up our 2 second rounders for a future 1st from a club that needs academy points this year.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

I’m not against us packaging up our 2 second rounders for a future 1st from a club that needs academy points this year.

Keep an eye on Gold Coast in this draft I reckon. Their pick attached to Port will be gettable.

 

[King Corey]

Tate Hodgson roos_fanatic08

My 6 degrees of ITK stocks are runneth over.

TennisPlayerAndy maybe we can trade out of the 2026 1st round too and both CDT and Tate can be taken with North Melbourne picks.

By other clubs.

 

[Shagga is all Class]

Yep especially since we don’t even have good picks

Cody Curtin 200cm might be around our pick on rankings but both West Coast and Adelaide would be tempted to have a crack.

As for turning over the list, we don't really need more 18 year olds not ready to go as depth.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Tate Hodgson roos_fanatic08

My 6 degrees of ITK stocks are runneth over.

TennisPlayerAndy maybe we can trade out of the 2026 1st round too and both CDT and Tate can be taken with North Melbourne picks.

By other clubs.

It’s written in the stars…

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Tate Hodgson roos_fanatic08

My 6 degrees of ITK stocks are runneth over.

TennisPlayerAndy maybe we can trade out of the 2026 1st round too and both CDT and Tate can be taken with North Melbourne picks.

By other clubs.

Unreal. I reckon Tate will be up the pointy end of the draft next year. Classy, natural interceptor with composure and skill. Similar sort of player to Luke Trainor.

Pretty rare that you get games at Coates League level as a 15 year old, but he played 7-8 games for the knights last year. That in itself is bloody impressive

 

[chubbspeterson]

Keep an eye on Gold Coast in this draft I reckon. Their pick attached to Port will be gettable.

Yep. If we wanted to move our F1, we could trade for that, but we'd have to really want someone in the top 10.

 

[King Corey]

Unreal. I reckon Tate will be up the pointy end of the draft next year. Classy, natural interceptor with composure and skill. Similar sort of player to Luke Trainor.

Pretty rare that you get games at Coates League level as a 15 year old, but he played 7-8 games for the knights last year. That in itself is bloody impressive

He was up to 196cm late last year fwiw.

 

[My Left Foote]

Riley Onley not in the top 20 let alone top 10, he is kidding.

Riley Onley = The Lonely

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Yep. If we wanted to move our F1, we could trade for that, but we'd have to really want someone in the top 10.

The two second rounders will have some points value for clubs with academy needs and a previous flippancy towards first round picks.

 

[chubbspeterson]

The two second rounders will have some points value for clubs with academy needs and a previous flippancy towards first round picks.

Yep it should. Preference is probably to use those two R2's to move up into the teens or use a R2 and F2.
One of those teams like WCE with pick 15 that might get absorbed in a Wes Wally bid.

 

[chubbspeterson]

I’m not against us packaging up our 2 second rounders for a future 1st from a club that needs academy points this year.

There's a chance you could trade out one of those R2's on night 2 for a late future 1st or early R2 if the demand is there, but the only problem with trading into next year might be if any of our F/S or NGA players turn out to be top 10 level talents and the future 1st you traded out for next year might just end up getting absorbed in bids.

We could also trade our own F1 for say Swans pick 5 (absorbed in likely Max King bid) or GC pick 6 (absorbed in likely Uwland bid) if we wanted someone in the top 10 and then shift one of those R2's into next year.
WCE 15 or GC 16, 17 or Lions pick 18 we could trade up for as well and just hold onto our F1. Plenty of options.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Cody Curtin 200cm might be around our pick on rankings but both West Coast and Adelaide would be tempted to have a crack.

As for turning over the list, we don't really need more 18 year olds not ready to go as depth.

Crows a chance for sure, but WCE might not get a look if NGA Wes Walley gets a bid before pick 15.