Biggest Draft Disappointments

[nineteen eighty]

Fiora at 3 over pavlich

game set match!

from an age article a few years back...

"Among the next 10 players taken after Fiora were Matthew Pavlich, Robert Murphy, Joel Corey, Damian Cupido and Luke McPharlin. In footy parlance, Richmond "had to fall over to miss". It did."

ouch!

 

[dan warna]

2003 selection: 6, Kepler Bradley, West Perth - Continues the Sheedy tradition of nurturing ********* CHBs (Walsh, O'Connor, Bolton)

The Bombers have had pretty bad aim with their early picks - way more misses than hits.
It's incredible they avoided the bottom four for so long really, but most of their good players have come from the later picks and also the rookie draft.

I lol'd over this one, funniest thing i've read, and all good comedy is ground in truth.

 

[Alphanumeric]

I was sent an e-mail last year sometime that had this link on it

http://www.matera.com.au/historyofdockers/

Basically it was a little slide show of how Freo have stuff up there trading and drafting.

It was funny has hell.

Unfortunately the link doesn't work anymore, but has anyone else seen it??

 

[Quinz]

I was sent an e-mail last year sometime that had this link on it

http://www.matera.com.au/historyofdockers/

Basically it was a little slide show of how Freo have stuff up there trading and drafting.

It was funny has hell.

Unfortunately the link doesn't work anymore, but has anyone else seen it??

I'd be surprised if most people haven't seen that vid before, thanks to Frank from Canning Vale. A little inaccurate but pretty funny all the same.

 

[Alphanumeric]

I'd be surprised if most people haven't seen that vid before, thanks to Frank from Canning Vale. A little inaccurate but pretty funny all the same.

You wouldn't happen to have a copy of it??

 

[Quinz]

You wouldn't happen to have a copy of it??

Sorry mate, can't help ya.

 

[The Joker]

Hahahahahahhahaha.

Hindsight is a great thing... Noone, besides Kerr, is comparable to Judd. He will be up there with Leigh Mathews and the other greats of the game. Hodge and Ball will become elite players in their time, both of which have the ability to win a brownlow. Everyone came out winners in that priority pick part of the draft.

Would you like to remind us who you picked with pick #4 in the DRAFT OF ALL DRAFTS, how many games he played, and where he's at now . Then consider all the talent that went after him, Bartel, Mitchell, Dal Santo, McGuire, Campbell Brown, Reilly, Hale, Xavier Clarke, Hansen, James Kelley, Gram, Seaby, Montagna, Waite, Schneider, Swan, David Johnson etc.

Or how about the many number of draft blunders your lot have created.

How about letting Bell (because he's too small) go for nothing - then moving heaven and earth to get him some years later, or passing on McLoed. Or trading Clement, Jeff White, Winston Abraham, Troy Simmonds, McPhee, Sinclair, Holland, Black - only to trade for him again, Croad - only to trade him a year later, and I haven't even started on players you've brought in.

Then consider you actually had the number one pick in the 2001 draft, which you gave back to us. In the end we got Luke Hodge, Rick Ladson, Campbell Brown, and Sam Mitchell. Two future club captains and two consistently good performers, then we got Croad back the next year. VERY VERY happy with that outcome, thanks.

Yep and because of that not drafting him was a bigger mistake then any of Fremantles **** ups...Simple & Plain

Judd>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>any of those players Freo Traded/didnt draft joined together...

Besides the only one worth talking about is Andy McLeod the rest are run of the mill players, but even still Judd>>>>>>>>>>>>>McLeod>>>>>>>>>>>>Ball & Hodge together.