Draft whispers, rumours & scuttlebut

[yyou]

i know nothing!
Yeah, like Sgt Schulz, but maybe others hear things
Post here please
If thread needs to be merged with the predictions thread I accept, but that seems to be gathering phantom drafts.
So, once again, this is not about predictions, it is what you may have heard from an insider.
I don't expect that we will get many rumours as clubs play their cards close to their chest, but you never know

 

[La Dispute]

Don't take this as gospel but: Jacob Weitering a big chance to go to Carlton at Pick 1.

 

[Mego Red]

Flight risk: Milera and Francis.

 

[SizeMatters]

Keays + Hipwood will be Lions after draft night.

 

[blueiris]

Callum Twomey believes Gold Coast will bid on Hipwood at 8

 

[blueiris]

Flight risk: Milera and Francis.

Bloody South Australian's thinking they have a right to pick where they want to go

 

[earlsta]

Heard Francis wants to stay in S.A from that what what you will.


Milera the same as above.

 

[TradeDraft]

Heard Francis wants to stay in S.A from that what what you will.


Milera the same as above.

So they do a Wingard?

 

[EssendonPride]

Heard Francis wants to stay in S.A from that what what you will.


Milera the same as above.

Was that before or after the interview where he basically stated he'd love to play for essendon and was keeping an eye on where their picks were?

 

[MightyDons4]

Francis rumours are just that, doubt Milera ventures out of SA though.

 

[Rack Watts]

Francis as keen af to play at Essendon. Just listen to a single interview with him.

 

[Jumbo]

Francis happy to go to any club except one!!

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Don't want us to use 4 or 5 on a bloke who will piss off home after 2 years.

 

[blueiris]

Don't want us to use 4 or 5 on a bloke who will piss off home after 2 years.

I seriously know how you feel I'm totally getting sick of that as a Lions supporter

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

I seriously know how you feel I'm totally getting sick of that as a Lions supporter

AFL needs to do something feel for your club and it's supporters.

 

[Cringle]

Francis happy to go to any club except one!!

Which club is that?

 

[Silvagnis]

Francis rumours are just that, doubt Milera ventures out of SA though.

Laverde slid after being regarded as the next big thing who was a lock for the top ten. Truth is stranger than fiction.

 

[MightyDons4]

Laverde slid after being regarded as the next big thing who was a lock for the top ten. Truth is stranger than fiction.

Laverde tanked his interviews and skipped draft camp.

 

[Schraderbrau]

Francis happy to go to any club except one!!

I can think of at least three clubs he would be unhappy to play for, maybe even five.

 

[blueiris]

I can think of at least three clubs he would be unhappy to play for, maybe even five.

What clubs?

 

[Schraderbrau]

What clubs?

Certainly Brisbane, Carlton and Essendon. + maybe GC and Melbourne.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Certainly Brisbane, Carlton and Essendon. + maybe GC and Melbourne.

Does that sound like a bloke who wouldn't be happy to go to Essendon?

 

[Schraderbrau]

Does that sound like a bloke who wouldn't be happy to go to Essendon?

I think who players barracked for as kids has become very irrelevant in this professional era. Essendon are still clouded by ASADA, have been a bit of a mess off the park for the last decade, and are going to have a weak team for at least the next 3 seasons. They are not a powerhouse anymore and would be in the bottom half of Vic clubs with ordinary short-mid term prospects. I can't see a non-local being all that happy about being drafted by them even if he did support them as a kid. And I couldn't get the interview to work but I'd take whatever he said in it with a grain of salt. These days players don't say anything of not. He's probably already had some media training.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

I think who players barracked for as kids has become very irrelevant in this professional era. Essendon are still clouded by ASADA, have been a bit of a mess off the park for the last decade, and are going to have a weak team for at least the next 3 seasons imo. Essendon is not a powerhouse anymore, they would be in the bottom half of Vic clubs with ordinary short-mid terms prospects. I can't see a non-local being all the happy being drafted by them even if he did support them as a kid. And I couldn't get the interview to work but I'd take whatever he said in it with a grain of salt. These days players don't say anything of not. He's probably already had some media training.

Well a basic jist of what he sais is that he grew up loving hird and lloyd, recent years loved watching goddard and hodge play and models his game on them, and when questioned about who he supports he sais he's a massive essendon supporter.

Last season we get laverde and langford who were both essendon supporters, some even suggest laverde tanked his interviews to get to us- he even trained with hooker before being drafted..

I think to suggest he would be unhappy to play for us on exposed knowledge is farcical, unless you have some info I don't have.

Recent years have suggested dodoro loves drafting players who are bombers supporters aswell..

 

[replicant]

I suspect Sydney will match bids on Mills with their first pick.