Draft Thread

[E Shed]

For once I'm not expecting a flanker as Bond explicitly said this time we were going needs based.

Yes, I'm setting myself up for a big fall.

actually what he said was -

“Obviously we’ll be filling some specific needs for certain types throughout the Draft, but you can’t be silly about it with each pick. You need to make sure the talent matches that pick as you go.”

Lloyd said Freo would enter Thursday’s Draft with a specific list management model, which doesn’t only cover positional players.

“We’ll be looking at different types of players who may have specific attributes that we think could play roles for the side,” he said.

“With our recruiting, be it through trade and free agency or through the draft, we’re always looking to fill specific requirements in our list management model, so we’ll be working along those lines once again on Thursday.”

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2013-11-20/draft-the-culmination-of-hard-work-says-lloyd

 

[Righteo]

actually what he said was -

“Obviously we’ll be filling some specific needs for certain types throughout the Draft, but you can’t be silly about it with each pick. You need to make sure the talent matches that pick as you go.”

Lloyd said Freo would enter Thursday’s Draft with a specific list management model, which doesn’t only cover positional players.

“We’ll be looking at different types of players who may have specific attributes that we think could play roles for the side,” he said.

“With our recruiting, be it through trade and free agency or through the draft, we’re always looking to fill specific requirements in our list management model, so we’ll be working along those lines once again on Thursday.”

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2013-11-20/draft-the-culmination-of-hard-work-says-lloyd

Cheers mate, no surprise I took his quote and optimistically reinvented it inside my head!

 

[Dudley Leopard]

I am going to get some popcorn for when the servers melt down tonight after Bond/Lloyd pass over 195cm McCarthy for 173cm Taylor.

It should be fun to watch.

 

[go_the_dockers]

I am going to get some popcorn for when the servers melt down tonight after Bond/Lloyd pass over 195cm McCarthy for 173cm Taylor.

It should be fun to watch.

We do not have any 173cm mid's, so this could be considered a need. I expect us to look at back pocket with one of our later picks. I feel with Forster leaving we do not have anyone other than Spurr to lock down on a quick small forward.

 

[Nickos66]

I am going to get some popcorn for when the servers melt down tonight after Bond/Lloyd pass over 195cm McCarthy for 173cm Taylor.

It should be fun to watch.

Lachie Neal would be kept on his toes then. Maybe we can then recruit a 168cm mid with our final pick, to keep Lewis Taylor on his toes, we don't have one of them either.

 

[willoblue]

I heard the pronunciation of his name on the radio today and was a bit dissapointed.
It's "Ap-ness" not "Ape-ness" like I have been saying in my head all this time.

One thing's for sure is that Eddie McGuire will be saying his name carefully

 

[Clems Knee]

I think we should pronounce the e. So it would be App-ee-ness.
There's a Beatles song made for him: Apeness is a Warm Gun

 

[FreoRicci]

I am going to get some popcorn for when the servers melt down tonight after Bond/Lloyd pass over 195cm McCarthy for 173cm Taylor.

It should be fun to watch.

That would be a serious meltdown.. We have repeatedly said 'NEED' a KPF but wouldn't be surprised if we went for best available again.

 

[manpurple]

We do not have any 173cm mid's, so this could be considered a need. I expect us to look at back pocket with one of our later picks. I feel with Forster leaving we do not have anyone other than Spurr to lock down on a quick small forward.

I'm not sure I understand this desire to have someone as short as the forward on the forward. Surely bigger is better in a defender so all we should be concerned about is can our guy get there as quick as theirs. In that, pace and a footy brain is whats required.

 

[manpurple]

I'm sure that I'm paraphrasing but was it RTB or someone who said size is a quality all of its own. RTB by and large plays big mids.

Just as a side note imagine Marsh in our midfield.

 

[PapaJ]

I think we should pronounce the e. So it would be App-ee-ness.
There's a Beatles song made for him: Apeness is a Warm Gun

Funny enough, I actually thought it was close to that originally before I heard commentators say it, only with a short 'e' sound, so a bit like ap-i-ness. Not sure why I read it that way, probably my continental European roots.

I suspect that is actually right, but in everyday speech the 'e' sound has been lost all together so it becomes ap'ness.

 

[willoblue]

what about Tom Vandeleur? His name always has me thinking of Art Vandelay

 

[BananaOnTheRun]

emma quayle just tweeted that the swans are also keen on mccarthy.

 

[go_the_dockers]

emma quayle just tweeted that the swans are also keen on mccarthy.

Are they kidding me, Tipett, Reid, Goodes, Franklin and now McCarthy. That is a joke.

 

[Nickos66]

emma quayle just tweeted that the swans are also keen on mccarthy.

Yeah that'd be right.. Typical.

 

[electricfeel]

emma quayle just tweeted that the swans are also keen on mccarthy.

I will punch each Swans recruiter in the dick if this happens.

 

[stormee]

emma quayle just tweeted that the swans are also keen on mccarthy.

**** OFF SWANS YOU ALREADY HAVE BUDDY TIPPET REID RICHARDS

 

[Righteo]

emma quayle just tweeted that the swans are also keen on mccarthy.

Ok I'm a little upset now.

Can see I'm not alone at least.

 

[Seppo]

emma quayle just tweeted that the swans are also keen on mccarthy.

Yeah coz they need more key forwards.

 

[mike91]

Wouldn't be surprised if both McCarthy & Acres are gone by our pick.

 

[go_the_dockers]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-20/cripps-in-blues-sights

UPDATED PHANTOM DRAFT
1. Greater Western Sydney - Tom Boyd
2. Greater Western Sydney - Josh Kelly
3. St Kilda - Jack Billings
4. Western Bulldogs - Marcus Bontempelli
5. Gold Coast - Kade Kolodjashnij
6. Collingwood - Matt Scharenberg
7. Brisbane Lions - James Aish
8. North Melbourne - Luke McDonald
9. Melbourne - Christian Salem
10. Collingwood - Nathan Freeman

11. West Coast - Dom Sheed
12. Richmond - Ben Lennon
13. Carlton - Patrick Cripps
14. GWS - Lewis Taylor
15. Sydney Swans - Tom Cutler
16. Geelong - Blake Acres
17. Fremantle - Cameron McCarthy
18. St Kilda - Luke Dunstan
19. St Kilda - Billy Hartung
20. Gold Coast - Zak Jones

21. Port Adelaide - Trent Dumont
22. Brisbane Lions - Michael Apeness
23. Adelaide - Matt Crouch
24. Hawthorn - George Hewett
25. Brisbane Lions - Darcy Gardiner
26. Essendon - Zach Merrett
27. Gold Coast - Jake Kolodjashnij
28. Brisbane Lions - Daniel McStay
29. GWS - Rory Lobb
30. North Melbourne - Jarman Impey

Bolded players are the players we have been rumoured to be interested in.

If this order is correct, Giles could be available at our 2nd pick.

McCarthy, Giles and Thorp would be an unbelievable draft.

 

[Noobrifle]

I can see it unfolding that both Mccarthy and Acres survive into the teens only to be taken by Sydney and Geelong.

Pick 15 - Sydney - Mccarthy
Pick 16 - Geelong - Acres
Pick 17 - Fremantle - #$@!

 

[Taylor]

McCarthy is a forward in 2017, they will have a place then.

 

[BananaOnTheRun]

yeah, can't wait for this shit to be over.

 

[stormee]

McCarthy is a forward in 2017, they will have a place then.

But Buddy will still have 4 years on his contract?