liam123
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Welcome to the official "hindsight heroes/keyboard worrier/I know better" draft analyses for 2017. The thread where you get to show your expertise by demonstrating where West Coast got it wrong (Or right)
The 2017 draft is over and the results are in!
Now after much angst and debate coupled with more than 200 pages of legal advice and YouTube videos we have all formed our own opinions on who we should have drafted.
The rules of this thread are simple:
WARNING! Anybody who in time to come, with the benefit of hindsight claims that West Coast royally screwed this draft up but cannot quote from this thread how it was obvious to all and sundry may be subjecting themselves to ridicule and even legal ramifications once dark sharks lawyer has finished dividing up his assets!
I'll kick start this
13- J Brander -neutral- my first preference is Z Bailey. The other player I would consider at this pick is L Fogarty. This would be a decision with needs in mind while west coast have selected what they deemed the best available talent. I will admit that it's not a bad decision to grab a jk replacement at this time and Brander looks the goods. I choose Bailey.
21- O Allen -neutral- would have chosen T Kelly (first preference for this pick) or L Fogarty. I doubt that Allen will be anything other than a third tall. We already have Darling and Waterman and hence he is surplus to our needs. Picking 2 Talls at this point doesnt help our midfield. Tim Kelly was a must at this pick as we knew pre draft that geelong and north were keen with picks 22-24. I choose T Kelly
26- Liam Ryan- happy enough even though many on this board considered him a reach. My only other option would have been Spargo as his defensive pressure would be better. Ryan is exciting with tonnes of X factor so I'll stick with him at pick 26
32- Ainsworth -neutral- happy we actually picked a mid at this point. Ainsworth is a reasonable pick considering what we picked before him. Worpel would have been more ready to go but Ainsworth possibly has more upside. Happy to back this pick in. Many would chose constable here, however I have my reservations on him.
38- petruccelle-neutral- the only thing that concerns me is that his development may take too long for him to be effective while jk and nic are still at their peak. He could be anything from a star to a bust. For this reason id be tempted to go with J Worpel at this pick. What the heck I'll go with petruccelle!
68- brayshaw-super happy- brayshaw is exactly who I'd have chosen at this pick. Will be a very handy player for us
Pick 77- don't mind that we passed. suspect we wanted to rookie garlet as it took us ages to pass but got pipped by the blues. I would consider Banfield here but am happy to pass and grab 3 rookies.
Rookies:
Absolutely nailed the rookies! Burrows is my tip to be a gun, however Olango and England also look super impressive! Wouldn't change a thing.
To summerise, my draft, based on what I think are needs are as follows: Bailey, Kelly, Ryan, Ainsworth, Petruccelle, brayshaw, Burrows, Olango, England. Many of main draft players should make an immediate impact at WAFL level at the very least. Kelly and Ryan almost certainly straight into the 22
Overall comment:
Was extremely disappointed during and immediately post draft (except for Brayshaw) Initially I would I Would have swapped our draft for what geelong got despite their picks being worse than ours. I thought to myself "We bought into this draft to fix the midfield and grab some mature agers to try and snag a premiership. Realistically brander, Allen and petruccelle won't be best 22 for a few years which leaves Ryan and brayshaw. Even hawthorns draft might impact more next year. Not super happy with it but I guess we'll see how we go with time. My main concern is that we may be forced to pick more KPPs due to best availability in the 2018 draft." However now that I've had a few days to think about it I realise that this draft has been fantastic. It should provide us with a number of good players going into the future. Overall I'm happy and excited for the year ahead. My tip for the players we might regret passing on are Z Bailey, L Fogarty, T Kelly, and Spargo. I do think the club has done well to pick those talls. It would seem the rebuild is well and truly underway.
The 2017 draft is over and the results are in!
Now after much angst and debate coupled with more than 200 pages of legal advice and YouTube videos we have all formed our own opinions on who we should have drafted.
The rules of this thread are simple:
- For each pick taken by west coast state if you love, hate or are neutral in regards to the actions they took
- For each pick state who YOU personally would have chosen (you may choose the same player as west coast). You may chose to add picks 77,105 to your selections and then choose your rookies accordingly (after Monday if you prefer)
- You cannot assume a player will slide beyond a pick they are actually taken at. Liam Ryan was taken at pick 26 so you can't select him at 32
- Over the next few years you can quote these selections to prove that your not just a hindsight hero. Or, you can simply use it to look back on in a few years to see how well you went...
- Posting can begin after the ND and then rookies can be edited in after the RD which keeps things neat and clean
- Explanations and such regarding your picks are obviously allowed but we should keep debate/serious melts/analyses to another thread.
- Participation is not compulsory however please be aware of the warning below
WARNING! Anybody who in time to come, with the benefit of hindsight claims that West Coast royally screwed this draft up but cannot quote from this thread how it was obvious to all and sundry may be subjecting themselves to ridicule and even legal ramifications once dark sharks lawyer has finished dividing up his assets!
I'll kick start this
13- J Brander -neutral- my first preference is Z Bailey. The other player I would consider at this pick is L Fogarty. This would be a decision with needs in mind while west coast have selected what they deemed the best available talent. I will admit that it's not a bad decision to grab a jk replacement at this time and Brander looks the goods. I choose Bailey.
21- O Allen -neutral- would have chosen T Kelly (first preference for this pick) or L Fogarty. I doubt that Allen will be anything other than a third tall. We already have Darling and Waterman and hence he is surplus to our needs. Picking 2 Talls at this point doesnt help our midfield. Tim Kelly was a must at this pick as we knew pre draft that geelong and north were keen with picks 22-24. I choose T Kelly
26- Liam Ryan- happy enough even though many on this board considered him a reach. My only other option would have been Spargo as his defensive pressure would be better. Ryan is exciting with tonnes of X factor so I'll stick with him at pick 26
32- Ainsworth -neutral- happy we actually picked a mid at this point. Ainsworth is a reasonable pick considering what we picked before him. Worpel would have been more ready to go but Ainsworth possibly has more upside. Happy to back this pick in. Many would chose constable here, however I have my reservations on him.
38- petruccelle-neutral- the only thing that concerns me is that his development may take too long for him to be effective while jk and nic are still at their peak. He could be anything from a star to a bust. For this reason id be tempted to go with J Worpel at this pick. What the heck I'll go with petruccelle!
68- brayshaw-super happy- brayshaw is exactly who I'd have chosen at this pick. Will be a very handy player for us
Pick 77- don't mind that we passed. suspect we wanted to rookie garlet as it took us ages to pass but got pipped by the blues. I would consider Banfield here but am happy to pass and grab 3 rookies.
Rookies:
Absolutely nailed the rookies! Burrows is my tip to be a gun, however Olango and England also look super impressive! Wouldn't change a thing.
To summerise, my draft, based on what I think are needs are as follows: Bailey, Kelly, Ryan, Ainsworth, Petruccelle, brayshaw, Burrows, Olango, England. Many of main draft players should make an immediate impact at WAFL level at the very least. Kelly and Ryan almost certainly straight into the 22
Overall comment:
Was extremely disappointed during and immediately post draft (except for Brayshaw) Initially I would I Would have swapped our draft for what geelong got despite their picks being worse than ours. I thought to myself "We bought into this draft to fix the midfield and grab some mature agers to try and snag a premiership. Realistically brander, Allen and petruccelle won't be best 22 for a few years which leaves Ryan and brayshaw. Even hawthorns draft might impact more next year. Not super happy with it but I guess we'll see how we go with time. My main concern is that we may be forced to pick more KPPs due to best availability in the 2018 draft." However now that I've had a few days to think about it I realise that this draft has been fantastic. It should provide us with a number of good players going into the future. Overall I'm happy and excited for the year ahead. My tip for the players we might regret passing on are Z Bailey, L Fogarty, T Kelly, and Spargo. I do think the club has done well to pick those talls. It would seem the rebuild is well and truly underway.
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