Game Day 2025 Telstra AFL Draft Day Day Three - Rookie Day

[serial_thrilla]

 

[CaseySibosadoHOF]

Bolstered our small fwd ranks

Grabbed a couple of our own boys for sqits

No normal names spelt weird ass ways

And best of all … no fu-cking hyp-hens

Only really matters if they can play of course but 1st impressions are pretty good haul for mine

Cuddly Dudley might want to pull the finger out

Surely Tobyn has to be a yellow card on that front.

 

[Quay Club]

Eagles will go for Fred I think.

One day too early.

Sorry Fred!

 

[King Huskii]

Nice pick up there. Talk was that Kickett will need a little while, so perfect for the rookie list.

Plus now we all get to dislike Rodriguez.

He loves Freo though

I know you are happy Mr draft expert

 

[Chris25]

He loves Freo though

I know you are happy Mr draft expert

Cool. And now he no doubt loves West Coast.

 

[ImperialPurple]

Cool. And now he no doubt loves West Coast.

Fred when he realised he would be wearing bluenyella in 2026.

 

[jerms]

So who does the club invite to train on for the final SSP spot?

NHH, Krasnadamskis, Tom Burton, Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier (who I read somewhere we were interested in) and Rory Wright all still on the board. Presumably we wouldn't be the only ones asking, but seems to still be some options around. Or do we go mature age, and if so, what kind of role?

 

[FreoRicci]

Pretty good draft to be honest

 

[Vimal Anand]

I have copied this from some one in general Bigfooty forum Draft Discussions...

" Let the draft results from the previous 48hrs be a sign of the times regarding what the AFL clubs are now looking for in young prospects.

Must have a solid endurance/speed profile irrespective of your size/weight.
Must have the ability or experience in playing multiple positions.
Must have strong fundamental kicking and hand skills.
Must be able to work both ways, and the ability to work in transition.

Reaching the heights of AA, AFL Academy or National Combine selection isn't a sure fire guarantee that you're going to make it either by the look of the names that were left on the board."

 

[Minz]

Is it too much to ask that all of our new draftees be multiple AA hall-of-famers?

*Multiple premierships

 

[Minz]

Sad for Fred.

 

[DQ 4EVER]

Fred when he realised he would be wearing bluenyella in 2026.

I hear his family & friends have already booked their lobotomies

 

[go_the_dockers]

Is it too much to ask that all of our new draftees be multiple AA hall-of-famers?

I will take premiership winners.


Edit. At Freo, not like Neake

 

[DQ 4EVER]

I will take premiership winners.


Edit. At Freo, not like Neake

Careful
Those typos just neake up on you

 

[Superkoops]

Sad for Fred.

Sucks to be him but we move on. I like Kickett - has small forward x-factor oozing out. Plus he is related to the great Dale Kickett.

 

[holy diver]

Cool. And now he no doubt loves West Coast.

 

[thistimeforsure]

Surely Tobyn has to be a yellow card on that front.

Sailing close to the wind but I decided to NOT consider it a normal name

It’s the Alixzander type parental floggery that really annoys me … oh your so edgy , all it does is force your poor kid to spell his perfectly normal name out every time

 

[Ge3ks]

A good rundown on all our picks from the boofheads at The West. Very high on all our picks.

 

[E Shed]

I give our draft an A considering what we had to work with. Have added multiple options in the weakest areas of our list.
All the players taken look to have really solid attributes and potential to make a difference. Some maybe even round one.

 

[mightymouse75]

Next year for some fullbacks.
The easiest position to fill.

 

[pK75]

So to recap, we’ve essentially drafted to provide depth/succession planning for all our small forwards?

Bolton - Kickett
Switta - Murray
Reid - Sweid
Frederick - Luke (was surprised to read he’s our fastest with 2.89 20m)

Then added to our Wing (Whan) and HBF (McVee) options.

Definitely addressed our list needs.


“Luke kicked eight-goals in a half for South Fremantle colts against Swan Districts, and had excellent State Draft Combine testing results with top five finishes in the 20m sprint (2.89 secs) and agility test (8.08 secs).”

 

[Lach72]

I would say Murray may cause Feddy some headaches

 

[guidodp15]

Kickett is a massive longshot to make it fwiw but his leap is exciting af

I don't think he is, Cal had him around 30 in a phantom draft around july/august

 

[freo_leo29]

I don't think he is, Cal had him around 30 in a phantom draft around july/august

No he didn't, his first phantom was July and he wasn't in it

I checked August too and he wasn't

Kickett has come from a long way back, he is certainly a long shot, there is a reason he is rookie draft

He is an over ager too