Opinion Biggest spud taken at #1

[Riders of Rohan]

He wasn't a number 1 pick was he?

 

[Crafted]

He wasn't a number 1 pick was he?

Nope, he was taken at #3 in 2002

 

[the distributer]

Ok, my mistake, still a spud though, always has been too.

 

[Kelsey Krakauer]

Surely Cale Morton (not a #1 pick) has to get the nod at #4

 

[Mister_A]

Josh Fraser

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[MiloStedman]

Being a fan of the NBA and the AFL, it's ridiculous to see how easily AFL teams totally lay and egg wit their draft picks. In the NBA it's pretty rare and everyone jumps on a team who asses up their pick.

Concerning Jack Watts, give him time. There may be a number of factors why he's not performing. Maybe he doesn't like Melbourne? Who would anyway?

 

[00Stinger]

Surely Cale Morton (not a #1 pick) has to get the nod at #4

Previous pick 4's he has got covered are Polak (2001), Walsh (2002), Ray (2003) & Tambling (2004).

Don't get me wrong morton looks like a spud, but geez there have been some other spuds taken at pick 4

 

[Natho]

Morton isn't a better player than Ray

 

[Some Idiot]

Watts = gibbs currently out of those still playing imo.

 

[whatlez]

Josh Fraser has to be up there haha.

 

[Crow_Sting]

Bryce Gibbs.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Being a fan of the NBA and the AFL, it's ridiculous to see how easily AFL teams totally lay and egg wit their draft picks. In the NBA it's pretty rare and everyone jumps on a team who asses up their pick.

Concerning Jack Watts, give him time. There may be a number of factors why he's not performing. Maybe he doesn't like Melbourne? Who would anyway?

 

[MiloStedman]

Tis a classic mate. Could watch it many times in a row

 

[ioppolo]

Should watch the 'Kwame Brown Lottery' vid. Classic stuff

 

[doodles98]

Jack Watts reminds me a lot of Cameron Wood
Josh Fraser taught Cameron Wood everything he knew
Alex McDonald for me though.... just one huge list clogging SPUD

 

[Schauermann]

Only the last 15 years or so should really be considered in these sort of discussions, before then clubs didn't put anywhere near the resources into drafting as what they do today.

Sound reasonable. Quality seems to have improved about then by quite a lot.

 

[BadGuy]

Richard Lounder (1987), Anthony Banik (1989) and Steven Hooper (1990) have got to be all the worst Number 1 picks coming from the Draft.. I suppose you would have to throw in John Hutton (1991) also.

Lounder though, only managed 4 games and 5 goals and has also been called the most unsuccessful number 1 draft pick of all time. So if any thing, you'd have to say it was him.

 

[Power Raid]

It is a race to the bottom with this list:

waterhouse, lounder, hutton, hooper, banik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hutton_(footballer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hooper_(Australian_footballer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Banik
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lounder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Waterhouse

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Richard Lounder (1987), Anthony Banik (1989) and Steven Hooper (1990) have got to be all the worst Number 1 picks coming from the Draft.. I suppose you would have to throw in John Hutton (1991) also.

Lounder though, only managed 4 games and 5 goals and has also been called the most unsuccessful number 1 draft pick of all time. So if any thing, you'd have to say it was him.

We certainly could have used him against North on the weekend - according to his wiki, he kicked 4 goals against them on debut

 

[Some Idiot]

Still amazes me the criticism Watts cops, while Gibbs still hasn't won a hard ball in his career.

 

[YaPSaUnE]

Jack Watts by a country mile

 

[Cdreamer]

1991 Draft John Hutton taken by Brisbane.

 

[Power Raid]

clive waterhouse

 

[CianF]

Tom Scully is nothing special not the biggest spud but in the same draft Fyfe was taken at pick #20


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[thetank]

Tom Scully is nothing special not the biggest spud but in the same draft Fyfe was taken at pick #20

Every other club passed on Fyfe at least once, including Freo too. It's all easy with hindsight.