Draft Thread

[Arcassius]

Well on the bright side - our recruiting is so left-field nobody knows what we're going to do. Especially us

It's like a 'WTF?' christmas every year.. we're half surprised, half shocked, kinda hopeful the club knows what it's doing, and scrambling to find any information about a player nobody has heard of

 

[Seppo]

Well on the bright side - our recruiting is so left-field nobody knows what we're going to do. Especially us

It's like a 'WTF?' christmas every year.. we're half surprised, half shocked, kinda hopeful the club knows what it's doing, and scrambling to find any information about a player nobody has heard of

REFER TO: NINTENDO SIXTY FOUUUUUUURRRRRRRR!!!!

 

[salim malik]

REFER TO: NINTENDO SIXTY FOUUUUUUURRRRRRRR!!!!

Whats a Nintendo and were will he go in the the draft .64?

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Whats a Nintendo and were will he go in the the draft .64?

Nah more likely to go first round pick 17 which is overs and Freo may need to look at upgrading.

 

[Nickos66]

Whats a Nintendo and were will he go in the the draft .64?

Going by today's trend - his name will be 'Jack Nintento' and he'll be drafted by Melbourne and fail to live up to expectations.

 

[Beetlebum]

Everything I read on the pre draft discussions and mock drafts seems to have us taking McCarthy with pick 17, so I think we can safely assume we won't be drafting him.

 

[apuchar]

Paige Cardosa
http://www.scpaige.com.au/tuesday-draft-update-the-latest-whispers/
FREMANTLE could pull a selection from left-field with Michael Apeness being mooted to find his way to the lovely city of Fremantle. Recruiters believe he can play a role as early as round one next year with a body that’s ready for AFL.
The Dockers still hold keen interest in Launceston Captain/Coach Mitch Thorp, whilst rebounding defender Nick Robertson could come into the mix at 37, too.

 

[Dockernut]

Am warming to the Mitch Thorp idea.

 

[apuchar]

Am warming to the Mitch Thorp idea.

You may have to.
How would you feel if we took Apeness?

 

[jedi mind tricks]

You may have to.
How would you feel if we took Apeness?

Wouldn't mind but would prefer McCarthy.

 

[Dockernut]

You may have to.
How would you feel if we took Apeness?

Not great, to be honest. I feel like we have ruck/forward prospect depth like no other team in the comp. As Sonny has shown, a true forward is priceless in the big games. So, in the absence of any decent KPF prospects I'd be happy for us to pick up the best available KPD and then get someone like Thorp as a bit of insurance for Gumby, then either keep developing Tabs/Hannath or keep flashing our money around until we snare a Black or Hogan (haha I say that as if we have a choice).

 

[estibador]

Am warming to the Mitch Thorp idea.

I'm actually going to be a little disappointed if we don't get him now.

If he works out, a 25yo ready-made key forward could (in tandem with Gumby) seamlessly extend our post-Pav premiership window without skipping a beat.

 

[apuchar]

Wouldn't mind but would prefer McCarthy.

Pretty sure we would take McCarthy as our first choice, if available.
I'll have to trust Freo's judgement on Apeness if they take him.

 

[Tim Cooper]

Apeness is a Nintendo 64 in a Playstation 4 box.

 

[george2]

Paige Cardosa
http://www.scpaige.com.au/tuesday-draft-update-the-latest-whispers/
FREMANTLE could pull a selection from left-field with Michael Apeness being mooted to find his way to the lovely city of Fremantle. Recruiters believe he can play a role as early as round one next year with a body that’s ready for AFL.

The Dockers still hold keen interest in Launceston Captain/Coach Mitch Thorp, whilst rebounding defender Nick Robertson could come into the mix at 37, too.

I don't quite get this. If we got apeness why would we get him because we have the belief of him playing round 1. Isn't that why we got gumby? If we did take apeness there is zero chance we would take thorp then. I would much prefer us to take a mid with our first pick if McCarthey is not there rather than reaching for a lop that isn't worth that pick. Reminds me a lot if Robbie tarrant. Bondy on the radio last night said that they were after a kpf and a mid

 

[apuchar]

I don't quite get this. If we got apeness why would we get him because we have the belief of him playing round 1. Isn't that why we got gumby? If we did take apeness there is zero chance we would take thorp then. I would much prefer us to take a mid with our first pick if McCarthey is not there rather than reaching for a lop that isn't worth that pick. Reminds me a lot if Robbie tarrant. Bondy on the radio last night said that they were after a kpf and a mid

This is just whispers she has picked up, there may be nothing in it.
I agree with you, if we take Apeness with our first we will likely take a midfielder with our second so we would be unlikely to take Thorpe. My only guess (if it is even true) is that Gumby will be the leading forward and Apeness would be the contested mark type.

 

[Righteo]

I don't quite get this. If we got apeness why would we get him because we have the belief of him playing round 1. Isn't that why we got gumby? If we did take apeness there is zero chance we would take thorp then. I would much prefer us to take a mid with our first pick if McCarthey is not there rather than reaching for a lop that isn't worth that pick. Reminds me a lot if Robbie tarrant. Bondy on the radio last night said that they were after a kpf and a mid

Did he specifically say a tall forward? Someone in another thread said Bondy just said "KPP", I'm kinda hoping it was KPF.

 

[arrow_dactyl]

According to the Draft Machine on the AFL website the preferred picks by the fans are: Marsh at No17, Thorp at No37 and Tom Vandeleur with No58. (Vandeleur is a 193cm defender from South Fremantle)

 

[george2]

Did he specifically say a tall forward? Someone in another thread said Bondy just said "KPP", I'm kinda hoping it was KPF.

He said forward. Didn't say kpf. Could get another tweener

 

[jusjoshin]

I don't quite get this. If we got apeness why would we get him because we have the belief of him playing round 1. Isn't that why we got gumby? If we did take apeness there is zero chance we would take thorp then. I would much prefer us to take a mid with our first pick if McCarthey is not there rather than reaching for a lop that isn't worth that pick. Reminds me a lot if Robbie tarrant. Bondy on the radio last night said that they were after a kpf and a mid

Which means they have their eye on a rebounding defender .

 

[Righteo]

He said forward. Didn't say kpf. Could get another tweener

You would have to imagine it'd be a tall then, we have medium forwards coming out of our ears.

 

[Dudley Leopard]

If we do pick Apeness at 17 I can see quite a few posters going apesh*t.

Sorry.... I had to be first with that pun.

 

[manpurple]

Going by today's trend - his name will be 'Jack Nintento' and he'll be drafted by Melbourne and fail to live up to expectations.

Which is what you get for drafting someone who is 64

 

[manpurple]

If we do pick Apeness at 17 I can see quite a few posters going apesh*t.

Sorry.... I had to be first with that pun.

Enough Monkeying around

 

[Righteo]

I actually had to check and see if it was a proper word or not, it really does sound like the word for "resemblance or likeness to an ape or apes".