BigFooty Official Big Footy Phantom Draft - Trial Run

[Snoop Dog]

With National Champs over its a good time to start asking some of the best junior footy watchers on BF to let us know how they rate this years draft crop and more importantly where they think some of these kids will land. We will kick off Thursday at 9am. Any questions on the way through let LemmingMaster or Chris25 know.

Important to note with the Trial Run we dont worry about F/S or Academy bidding we just let the kids fall where they may.

Please remember we are really keen to also hear your insights but please your comments constructive.

This years recruiters are;

Adelaide - Thunderstruck
Brisbane - cotter101
Carlton - LemmingMaster
Collingwood - Knightmare
Essendon - foj1
Fremantle - Chris25
Geelong - LemmingMaster
Gold Coast - briztoon
GWS - Snoop Dog
Hawthorn - Davo-27
Melbourne - PMBangers
North - eDPS
Port - Macca19
Richmond - Pie 4 Life
Swans - AsterixTheGaul
St Kilda - Ysaye
Western Bulldogs - Wizard17
WCE - Monocle

 

[Snoop Dog]

THE ORDER

ROUND ONE

1 Gold Coast - Matthew Rowell
2 Adelaide - Noah Anderson
3 Melbourne - Brodie Kemp
4 St Kilda - Deven Robertson
5 Sydney - Tom Green
6 Hawthorn - Caleb Serong
7 Western Bulldogs - Hayden Young
8 Fremantle - Finn Maginness
9 North Melbourne - Lachlan Ash
10 GWS - Sam Flanders
11 Carlton - Liam Henry
12 Port Adelaide - Dylan Stephens
13 Richmond - Mitch O'Neil
14 GWS- Cameron Taheny
15 Gold Coast - Will Gould
16 Brisbane Lions - Jeremy Sharp
17 West Coast Eagles - Cooper Stephens
18 Geelong - Josh Worrell

ROUND TWO

19 Brisbane Lions - Trent Bianco
20 Adelaide - Ryan Byrnes
21 Melbourne - Elijah Taylor
22 Sydney - Luke Jackson
23 West Coast Eagles - Trent Rivers
24 Hawthorn - Harry Schoenberg
25 Western Bulldogs - Cody Weightman
26 Fremantle - Darcy Cassar
27 North Melbourne - Dylan Williams
28 Essendon - Sam DeKoning
29 Adelaide - Will Day
30 Port Adelaide - Fischer McAsey
31 Richmond - Jackson Mead
32 Essendon - Kysaiah Pickett
33 Brisbane - Jack Mahony
34 Collingwood - Connor Budarick
35 West Coast Eagles - Miles Bergman
36 Geelong - Jay Rantall

ROUND THREE

37 Richmond - Nick Bryan
38 Carlton - Trey Ruscoe
39 Melbourne - Joshua Shute
40 Western Bulldogs - Emerson Jeka
41 Sydney - Lachlan Potter
42 Western Bulldogs - Josh D'intinosante
43 Western Bulldogs - Hugo Ralphsmith
44 Brisbane - Keidean Coleman
45 North Melbourne - Malcolm Rosas Jnr
46 Essendon - Thomson Dow
47 Carlton - Harrison Jones
48 Hawthorn - Brock Smith
49 Gold Coast - Flynn Perez
50 GWS - Fraser Phillips
51 Brisbane - Noah Cumberland
52 Collingwood - Dyson Hilder
53 Sydney - Jaxon Prior
54 Geelong - Liam McBean

ROUND FOUR

55 St Kilda - Riley Garcia
56 Sydney - Jarvis Pina
57 Melbourne - Charlie Dean
58 West Coast Eagles - Louis Butler
59 Sydney - Tyrone Thorne
60 Collingwood - Karl Finlay
61 Port Adelaide - Ryan Sparkes
62 Essendon - Harvey Hooper
63 Port Adelaide - Toby Mahony
64 Essendon - Josh May
65 Port Adelaide - Harrison Magor
66 Port Adelaide - Jamieson Rossiter
67 Richmond - Darcy Chirgwin
68 Carlton - Ned Cahill
69 North Melbourne - Charlie Comben
70 Collingwood - Hewago Paul-Oea
71 St Kilda - Jake Pasini
72 Richmond - Isaac Wareham

ROUND FIVE

73 Gold Coast - Joshua Gore
74 GWS - Mitchell Georgiades
75 Melbourne - Ryan Gardener
76 St Kilda - Ryan Bennell
77 Sydney - Josh Rayner
78 Hawthorn - Riley Baldi
79 Western Bulldogs - Ben Kelly
80 Fremantle - Ben Jungfer
81 North Melbourne - Brodie Newman
82 Essendon - Cooper Sharman
83 Carlton - Ben Johnson
84 Port Adelaide - Angus Hanrahan
85 Richmond - Kobe Tozer
86 GWS
87 Brisbane - Will Martyn
88 Hawthorn - Zakery Pretty
89 Gold Coast
90 Geelong

ROUND SIX (TAKE FREMANTLE & CROWS UP TO 4 SELECTIONS)

91 Fremantle - Matthew Nunn
92 Adelaide

 

[LemmingMaster]

Anyone that watches the draft from Geelong, feel free to PM me with kinds of players you desire or players you like.

 

[briztoon]

Pick 55 belongs to St Kilda, not Gold Coast.

Snoop Dog.

 

[Macca19]

Sweet!

 

[Smythe]

would love to have been part of this. dammit.

 

[eagles rule]

Reserved..

Should be interesting..


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[briztoon]

Would anyone mind if I kicked this off early, later tonight?

It’s doubtful I’ll be on at 9am tomorrow morning.

 

[LemmingMaster]

Would anyone mind if I kicked this off early, later tonight?

It’s doubtful I’ll be on at 9am tomorrow morning.

I have no issues.

 

[briztoon]

Round One

Pick 1. Gold Coast Suns.

Matthew Rowell.
Oakleigh Charges & Vic Metro.
Inside Midfielder. 178cm. 75kg.

Gold Coast need to hit a home run with the first pick in the draft. Their most pressing need is for quality midfielders, ready to compete from round 1, 2020.

Matt Rowell ticks all the boxes. He's an inside mid who plays a consistent brand of football, showing up game after game. He wins first use of the ball, is clean by hand or foot, tackles hard in defence, and is a good kick for goal when up forward. He looks like a 200 game prospect.

The only possible knock on Rowell might be his size, but as we've seen with the likes of Lachie Neale, size is not an issue when you can win first use of the football and distribute cleanly by hand or foot, finding team mates in better position to hurt the opposition.




Thunderstruck you're pick.

 

[Thunderstruck]

Pick #2 Adelaide - Noah Anderson 190cm 87kg Oakleigh Chargers

A very rare chance for the crows to snare one of the best in the draft and Anderson certainly qualifies as that. A clear case of best available - Anderson is the sort of player Adelaide does not have and never really has had, a tall 6ft3 midfielder who can just about do it all, the modern style footballer.

Anderson can win his own ball, and be clearly the dominant footballer on the ground through sheer weight of possession and all round production. Has the added bonus of being able to play forward better than most midfielders, is sound overhead and can hit the scoreboard all whilst still winning it 30+ times out of the middle. Can be that man who stands up and others will follow, will also tackle defensively to a strong level. It's hard to find a major weakeness in his game, perhaps it could be said his performances can ebb and flow from week to week and during the game but as far as skills and footballing go, not many will surpass him.

 

[Thunderstruck]

PMBangers

 

[PMBangers]

Pick 3 - Brodie Kemp
Bendigo Pioneers | Vic Country
193 cm 82 kg
Tall Utility

Kemps versatility and ability to play to a high standard in any position was enough to sell him to me, and for Melbourne, a team that lacks versatility IMO, his scope to be an A grader in any position is something that can't be overestimated, especially considering Melbourne's a team without any clear weakness that can be addressed by other players in this range. At AFL level I think Kemp will start as a Back Flanker and gradually build up his time in the midfield over a couple of seasons, but might be used as a third tall up forward if Melbourne were to draft him
I was going to go through and list all the positives and strengths of Kemp but think it's easier to mention his few weaknesses; Possession count and consistency. As an 18 year old I'm not too worried about his consistency as it will naturally improve with age and his ability to find greater numbers should improve with more personalised development at AFL level.

Others considered: Dylan Stephens, Hayden Young

(Snoop Dog write up is up if you want to add it to the OP)

 

[Ysaye]

Deven Robertson (Perth Demons)
Small (183cm) "inside" midfielder
Ball-winning accumulator who also is tough and is a visible onfield leader who will also keep putting his body on the line and also just continually getting to contest after contest; this leadership is a key differentiator for mine from the rest of a highly congested pack. Decision making seems fairly reliable and quick enough, if a little safe.

The areas of concern for mine is any significant hurt factor by foot and maybe a little lack of outright speed in-game, but in reviewing I still think he has almost as much upside as the others around this mark but is much safer than all the rest, and there is an "x factor" of sorts in that I just feel that Robertson is someone who can one day lead a midfield and bring the best out of other players around him as well as himself.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

pick 5 - Sydney

Tom Green – inside midfielder
Allies/GWS Academy
188cm, 85kg

Put simply, Tom is an inside hard nut and looks the best inside bull at the pointy end of the draft. His 2019 has seen him take his game to a new level with great consistency and delivered in an outstanding carnival, having trimmed down and built his tank to a strong level. Strong in the contest, doesn’t get knocked off the ball, clean hands especially when tight inside and a decent kick when leaving stoppages. He consistently gets his 30 plus possessions with 10 plus clearances. He will start in midfield from day one.

Sydney have been restocking their midfield with players who can also run through the midfield. This is a chance to get a pure midfielder and the ideal replacement for Josh Kennedy. Sometimes you need that pure inside beast to bring the best out of a midfield group.

Davo-27 you’re up

 

[Davo-27]

Pick 6 Caleb Serong - Gippsland Power
178cm 83kg (sml forw/inside mid)

i'm picking best available and with Serong that is an easy decision, as an underager he played small forw/inside mid to a high standard being one of the best players at Gippsland Power in 2018 and then this year he has been moved into the midfield full time and become an amazingly strong clearance and cont poss player, his marking is elite for his height, his tackling is very strong, he is a great kick for goal and uses the ball well in the midfield, in the recent Championships he dominated the mid in 3/4 games, if you listen to his interviews he comes across as a very competitive confident young man, he mostly plays cricket in the off-season so hasnt had a real pre-season, he seems to have a good character and potentially a leader of an AFL club in the near future.

Wizard17 you're up

 

[Wizard17]

Pick 7 - Western Bulldogs - Hayden Young (188cm, 82kg Defender)

Simply too good a player to pass up here. With Moz, Suckling and Wood getting older he and his older brother can help to fill the void when it comes.

Chris25 you are up

 

[LemmingMaster]

I’d love to get Young at seven.

 

[Macca19]

Young at 7. Total bargain.

 

[Chris25]

Pick 8 Fremantle - Finn Maginness (187cm, 80kg from Vic Metro)

Write up later on tonight.

eDPS

 

[Wizard17]

I’d love to get Young at seven.

Young at 7. Total bargain.

Could not type his name any faster when I noticed he was still on the board.

 

[eDPS]

Easy choice for mine

Pick 9 - North Melbourne - Lachlan Ash
186cm 80kg
Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country
Rebound defender

Ash ticks so many boxes as a player with not many weaknesses to speak of, he is super quick and loves to take the game on and he has the confidence not only to burn of an opponent but also to hit the difficult kicks which he often does with ease. Ash is also a good size already to make an impact but still some room to grow aswell. Ash looks most comfortable down back so he may not have the versatility like others in this range but he is just so dangerous down back that its not an issue. I would like to see how he would handle a tag from defence if possible this year but i feel he would rise above it due to his great leadership qualities.

Snoop Dog

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Pick 8 Fremantle - Finn Maginness (187cm, 80kg from Vic Metro)

Write up later on tonight.

eDPS

Maybe I should wait for the writeup, but why the departure from your board with Ash, Stephens, Gould and Taheny still available?

 

[Snoop Dog]

#10 - GWS - Sam Flanders / Gippsland Power / 182cm / 81kg

One of our local kids and think has a really bright future. Very aggressive type and can influence a game through his work in the stoppages where he is adept at winning his own footy and being able to exit the stoppage with his powerful build and explosiveness. Can also influence a game down forward and his ability to take contested marks gives him a real edge. Had a couple of really good years and showing he can play as either a mid or a forward.

 

[getgaff]

Pressure is on Monocle.

Looking forward to seeing pick 17 on traded to Geelong