Academy Rorts - The 2025 Draft Thread

[Perrip]

That is crazy early regardless of anything else

Wonder if they thought Cats would bid on him with their pick after the Pies.

 

[Hollow Knight]

What do we do at 43?

Odds on to take one of those non-academy players that the pundits linked us to. I’m going for that dude with the weird hyphenated name.

 

[Pns_blister]

What do we do at 43?

Pour one out for Jakey Barrett

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Wake me up when it's over...

 

[Bucking Beads]

Say it every year, and I’m aware it’s their job to talk them up, but boy you get sick of Ablett and Shifter calling every draftee elite and a steal.

It's extremely boring coverage with no lateral thinking at all.

 

[Lace Out]

It wouldn’t be nice if we took a player the Crows wanted with their next pick

 

[Hollow Knight]

Wake me up when it's over...

It’s an absolutely terrible TV product. I swear it gets worse every year.

The commentators sound so bored.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Leppa currently weighing up which potential draftee would be most suitable to choke slam into a wall.

 

[scoman]

Feels like we have been waiting for Collingwood for about 10 minutes?

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Damn it, I wanted Thomas Matthews!

 

[irel]

F you Collingwood.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Lots of last names that I've never ever heard before. Swadling is a new one.

 

[Hollow Knight]

If you told me Ben Waterworth from Fox Footy was 14 or 41 I would believe you both times.

 

[Nathan Barley]

We've traded up

 

[Hollow Knight]

We traded up!

 

[Sproj]

We've traded up.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Trade looks fair.

 

[Nathan Barley]

50 and a future 3rd to Carlton for 38

 

[Comeback Lions]

Were on the clock. Good trade to use a future 3rd

 

[Nathan Barley]

We've made a bid

 

[Warwick]

The GC tall?

 

[Sproj]

We've made a bid, turning it up so St Kilda can have something else to whinge about.

 

[Hollow Knight]

It’s an academy player.

Would be hilarious if we did a deal with Carlton to move up then bid on Ison.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Guessing the trade means we'll use the next 2 picks?

 

[Johnny Bananas]

They've done well by not overthinking it. Last time they had a bunch of first round picks they busted them by thinking they were smarter than everyone else and trying to get clever.

Not having Dodo running things helps immensely.