Draft: Essendon board Top Ten 2008

[Smyth94]

What are everyone's thoughts on how the top ten will round itself out this season?

Here's my top ten from the D&T board:

1. Watts (self-explanatory)
2. Naitanui (WCE may believe that Nat's potential is too high to pass up)
3. Rich (Freo will jump straight at Rich)
4. Ziebell (I'm going for a left field selection here)
5. Sidebottom (Will pass on Hurley, Sidebottom adds class to Bombers middle)
6. Hurley (Carlton will develop Hurley as a forward)
7. Yarran (Vossy will love this bloke)
8. Vickery (Tigers get their man)
9. Hartlett (North will jump at Hartlett)
10. Trengove (Adelaide will pick best available tall)

That's my top ten and it is basically just a stab in the dark

 

[Burzum]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Daniel Rich
3. Fremantle - Nick Naitanui
4. Port Adelaide - Michael Hurley
5. Essendon - Steele Sidebottom
6. Carlton - Jack Ziebell
7. Brisbane - Hamish Hartlett
8. Richmond - Tyrone Vickery
9. North Melbourne - Sam Blease
10. Adelaide - Chris Yarran

 

[Hirdman]

1. Jack Watts
2. Daniel Rich
3. Nick Naitanui
4. Tyrone Vickery
5. Jack Ziebell
6. Michael Hurley
7. Hamish Hartlett
8. Jackson Trengrove
9. Steele Sidbottom
10. Chris Yarren

 

[AndyLesPaul]

1. Jack Watts
2. Nick Naitanui
3. Daniel Rich
4. Michael Hurley
5. Steele Sidebottom
6. Jack Ziebell
7. Hamish Hartlett
8. Tyrone Vickery
9. Sam Blease
10. Chris Yarran

Like the fact we have sidebottom
but wc dont need naitanui, they still have seaby dont they?

 

[bomberz08]

1.Watts
2.Natanui
3.Rich
4.Hartlett
5.Hurley
6.Ziebell
7.Sidebottom
8.Vickery
9.Yarran
10.Trengove

 

[Houli2Gumbleton]

1. Jack Watts
2. Nick Naitanui
3. Daniel Rich
4. Tyron Vickory
5. Steele Sidebottom
6. Jackson Trengove
7. Hamish Hartlett
8. Jack Ziebell
9. Michael Hurley
10. Lewis Johnstone

 

[Jono B]

1 Watts
2 Rich
3 Vickery
4 Naitanui
5 Sidebottom
6 Ziebell
7 Hartlett
8 Hurley
9 Hill
10 Swift

 

[eth-dog]

Watts
Naitanui
Yarren
Rich
Trengrove
Hurley
Hartlett
Vickery
Sidebottom
Ziebell

 

[fishguts]

1. Watts
2. Rich
3. Naitanui
4. Vickery
5. Sidebottom
6. Hartlett
7. Ziebell
8. Blease
9. Trengrove
10. Swift

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

1. Watts
2. Naitanu
3. Rich
4. Hurley
5. Sidebottom
6. Trengove
7. Ziebell
8. Harlett
9. Vickery
10. Yarran

 

[Burzum]

Like the fact we have sidebottom
but wc dont need naitanui, they still have seaby dont they?

Edited it.

 

[Colin D'Cops]

1. Jack Watts
2. Daniel Rich
3. Nick Naitanui
4. Tyrone Vickery
5. Jack Ziebell
6. Michael Hurley
7. Steele Sidebottom
8. Hamish Hartlett
9. Chris Yarran
10. Lewis Johnstone

 

[loopy_cam]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Daniel Rich
3. Fremantle - Nick Naitanui
4. Port Adelaide - Tyrone Vickery
5. Essendon - Hamish Hartlett
6. Carlton - Jack Ziebell
7. Brisbane - Steele Sidebottom
8. Richmond - Chris Yarran
9. North Melbourne - Michael Hurley
10. Adelaide - Sam Blease

 

[Enki]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Nick Naitanui
3. Fremantle - Daniel Rich
4. Port Adelaide - Jack Ziebell
5. Essendon - Chris Yarran
6. Carlton - Steele Sidebottom
7. Brisbane - Hamish Hartlett
8. Richmond - Tyrone Vickery
9. North Melbourne - Tom Swift
10. Adelaide - Michael Hurley

This is probably not what I expect to happen, I just thought I'd mix it up a bit as the draft usually thows up surprises anyway.

 

[Phat Toni]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Nick Naitanui
3. Fremantle - Daniel Rich
4. Port Adelaide - Michael Hurley
5. Essendon - Tom Swift
6. Carlton - Steele Sidebottom
7. Brisbane - Hamish Hartlett
8. Richmond - Tyrone Vickery
9. North Melbourne - Jack Ziebell
10. Adelaide - Chris Yarran

 

[LukeParkerno1]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Daniel Rich
3. Fremantle - Nick Naitanui
4. Port Adelaide - Michael Hurley
5. Essendon - Tom Swift
6. Carlton - Steele Sidebottom
7. Brisbane - Hamish Hartlett
8. Richmond - Tyrone Vickery
9. North Melbourne - Jack Ziebell
10. Adelaide - Jackson Tengrove

 

[ant555]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Daniel Rich
3. Fremantle - Nick Naitanui
4. Port Adelaide - Steele Sidebottom
5. Essendon - Chris Yarren
6. Carlton - Micheal Hurley
7. Brisbane - Hamish Hartlett
8. Richmond - Tyrone Vickery
9. North Melbourne - Jack Ziebell
10. Adelaide - Lewis Johnstone


Not my prefered order but close to what i think may actually happen.

 

[Daytripper]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Daniel Rich
3. Fremantle - Nick Naitanui
4. Port Adelaide - Steele Sidebottom
5. Essendon - Chris Yarren
6. Carlton - Micheal Hurley
7. Brisbane - Hamish Hartlett
8. Richmond - Tyrone Vickery
9. North Melbourne - Jack Ziebell
10. Adelaide - Lewis Johnstone


Not my prefered order but close to what i think may actually happen.

Would Blease be in your preferred order ?

Also, do you think WCE would be tempted to see Naitinui as a logical replacement for Cox in about 3-4 years time when he is fully developed ?

 

[ant555]

Would Blease be in your preferred order ?

Also, do you think WCE would be tempted to see Naitinui as a logical replacement for Cox in about 3-4 years time when he is fully developed ?

I don't think Blease did enough during the last 6 TAC Cup games to push himslef into the top 10. He was rather ordinary in a few games where Rangers needed him to stand up.

As far as Naitinui goes yes West Coast will probably discuss him and are a chance of picking but word has it they are very keen on Rich as well.

 

[GoDons]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Daniel Rich
3. Fremantle - Nick Naitanui
4. Port Adelaide - Jack Ziebell
5. Essendon - Michael Hurley
6. Carlton - Chris Yarran
7. Brisbane - Steele Sidebottom
8. Richmond - Tyrone Vickery
9. North Melbourne - Jackson Trengove
10. Adelaide - Hamish Hartlett

I think Port will really shape it in whether or not they go with Tyrone Vickery, unless of course Fremantle and West Coast get nervous with Naitanui.

 

[Smyth94]

I think Port will really shape it in whether or not they go with Tyrone Vickery, unless of course Fremantle and West Coast get nervous with Naitanui.

I agree

I think that Watts/Rich/Naitanui are most likely the top three

Port IMO are going to choose between Ziebell/Hurley/Vickery

 

[yaco55]

Mark Williams watched one or 2 games played by Murray Bushrangers at the end of the season.

I assume he was watching Sidebottom or Ziebell.

 

[Unieeq]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Daniel Rich
3. Fremantle - Nick Naitanui
4. Port Adelaide - Tyrone Vickery

5. Essendon - Hamish Hartlett

6. Carlton - Jack Ziebell
7. Brisbane - Steele Sidebottom
8. Richmond - Chris Yarran
9. North Melbourne - Michael Hurley
10. Adelaide - Sam Blease

I agree with you there

 

[skdownunder]

1. Melbourne - Jack Watts
2. West Coast - Nick Naitanui
3. Fremantle - Daniel Rich
4. Port Adelaide - Tyrone Vickery
5. Essendon -Jack Ziebell
6. Carlton - Michael Hurley
7. Brisbane - Hamish Hartlett
8. Richmond - Steele Sidebottom
9. North Melbourne -Chris Yarran
10. Adelaide - Jackson Trengove

 

[dons_fan185]

1. MELB: Watts
2. WCE: Rich (because WC are greedy and narrow minded and won't realise they'll need Naitanui in 2010)
3. FREO: Trengrove (yes it's a long shot, but I just can't see freo risking N.N.)
4. PORT: Vickery
5. ESS: Hatlett
6. CARL: Naitanui
7. BRIS: Ziebell
8. RICH: Sidebottom
9. NM: Swift
10. ADEL: Hurley

Like others have said this probably wont happen, but I just have a feeling N.N. wont be top 5. Too risky considering lots of clubs seem to be after 'AFL ready' because of GC17 & etc