Competitions Essendon Board 2021 Mock Draft

[eth-dog]

Normally eDPS would be running the show but he's a little time poorer this year so I've offered to do this for him. Ideally we'd have 18 people sign up but if we don't get that by Friday, one or two might have to double up.

Rules:

1. Pick trading is allowed, but the points difference have to be within 200 points per the AFL rules or include future picks.
2. You have 8 hours between 8 am and 10 PM AEDT to make your pick. Otherwise you get the next player on eDPS rankings
3. Bids can be made and matched.
4. You sign up, the teams will be randomized using random.org

Sign ups:

1. eth-dog - Fremantle and Melbourne
2. Zach Package - Essendon and Brisbane
3. boncer34 - Adelaide and Richmond
4. ghostdog - Carlton and Port Adelaide
5. Duckworth - North Melbourne and St. Kilda
6. Vindicater - Geelong and Sydney
7. Megabattimus - Gold Coast and West Coast
8. eDPS - Collingwood and Western Bulldogs
9. Tippa43 - Greater Western Sydney and Hawthorne

Draft order:

1. Collingwood - Nick Daicos (bid matched)
2. North Melbourne - Jason Horne-Francis
3. Western Bulldogs - Sam Darcy (bid matched)
4. Richmond - Finn Callaghan
5. Gold Coast - Josh Rachele
6. Adelaide - Josh Gibcus
7. Hawthorn - Neil Erasmus
8. Fremantle - Jye Amiss
9. GWS - Mac Andrew
10. Fremantle - Ben Hobbs
11. St Kilda - Matthew Johnson
12. West Coast - Arlo Draper
13. Essendon - Josh Goater
14. Richmond - Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
15. GWS - Jacob van Rooyen
16. Brisbane - Josh Ward
17. GWS - Josh Sinn
18. Sydney - Mitch Knevitt
19. Melbourne - Tyler Sonsie
20. Brisbane - Darcy Wilmot
21. St. Kilda - Michito Owens (bid matched)
22. GWS - Josh Fahey (bid matched)
23. Fremantle - Campbell Chesser
    
    
    
24. North Melbourne - Matthew Roberts
25. Hawthorn - Ned Long
26. Geelong - Sam Butler
    Multiple players found. Use birthday to differentiate. eg [PLAYERCARD="23/11/1962"]Joe Smith[/PLAYERCARD]
27. Hawthorn - Judson Clarke
28. Carlton - Zac Taylor
29. Port Adelaide - Angus Sheldrick
30. Port Adelaide - Jase Burgoyne
31. Richmond - Rhett Bazzo
32. West Coast - Samuel Banks
33. Geelong - Tom Brown
34. Sydney - Blake Howes
35. Geelong - Toby Conway
36. Melbourne - Jack Williams
37. Geelong - Leek Alleer
38. West Coast - Jesse Motlop
39. Adelaide - Kai Lohmann
40. Sydney - Alistair Lord
    
    
    
41. Gold Coast - Bodi Uwland
42. Brisbane - Charlie Dean
43. North Melbourne - Josh Rentsch
44. North Melbourne - Cooper Murley
45. Melbourne - Noah Pegoraro
46. Geelong - Lachlan Rankin
47. Essendon - Corey Warner
48. St. Kilda - Marcus Windhager (bid matched)
49. Fremantle - Paul Curtis
50. Essendon - Corey Preston
51. Adelaide - Brady Hough
    
    
    
52. Hawthorn - Connor MacDonald
53. Brisbane - Blake Schlensog
54. Western Bulldogs - James Willis
55. Port Adelaide - Josh Browne
56. Carlton - Ronald Fejo jr
57. Western Bulldogs - Charlie Molan
58. North Melbourne - Zac Becker
59. Port Adelaide - Jake Soligo
60. Port Adelaide - Martin Gleeson
    8

    Martin Gleeson

    Age

    31

    Ht

    191cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    15.4

    4star

    K

    8.8

    3star

    HB

    6.6

    4star

    M

    4.7

    4star

    T

    1.7

    4star

    MG

    184.5

    3star

    D

    11.0

    3star

    K

    7.5

    3star

    HB

    3.5

    2star

    M

    2.8

    3star

    T

    1.3

    2star

    MG

    184.5

    3star

    D

    17.0

    5star

    K

    10.2

    4star

    HB

    6.8

    5star

    M

    5.6

    5star

    T

    1.6

    4star

61. Adelaide - Jordan Lukac
62. Brisbane - Joel Trudgeon
    
    
    
63. North Melbourne - Jackson Archer
64. Collingwood - Jamieson Ballantyne
65. Melbourne - Taj Woewodin (bid matched)
66. Fremantle - Eric Benning
67. Carlton - Hugh Jackson
68. Collingwood - Miller Bergman
69. Essendon - Bailey Rodgers
70. Collingwood - Luke Nankervis
71. Melbourne - Lewis Rayson
    
    
    
72. Adelaide
73. Carlton
74. Fremantle - Ethan Regan
75. Western Bulldogs - Tyreece Leiu
76. Melbourne - Jahmal Stretch

Lore is this able to be stickied?

 

[Vindicater]

Give some reasons for your picks guys.

Makes it more interesting.

 

[eth-dog]

Give some reasons for your picks guys.

Makes it more interesting.

Write up will come later

 

[Tippa43]

GWS take Mac Andrew.

I dont mind him and would be happy to reach for hm. A good ruckman is hard to find, especially one with this guys traits. Bulk him up in the twos for a few years and see what happens.

Would have liked Gibcus but he went early.

I think theres no point in selecting another midfield that will have to bide his time in the twos and then ask for a trade in two years.


eth-dog you're up

 

[Lore]

eth-dog you could also add threadmarks for the picks so you could put it in readermode after

 

[eth-dog]

eth-dog you could also add threadmarks for the picks so you could put it in readermode after

I don't know how to do that

 

[eth-dog]

Pick 12: Ben Hobbs (183 cm/80 kg, Inside Midfielder, Greater Western Victoria Rebels).

Hobbs is probably the best "pure" inside midfielder of this draft, and I figured he would go earlier than this so I'm stoked to pick him here. An inside mid who bounces off tacklesand extracts the ball, he'll be a great addition to Angus Brayshaw

10

Angus Brayshaw

Age

29

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.6

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.3

5star

MG

233.5

4star

D

15.5

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

7.8

4star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.2

4star

MG

233.5

4star

D

11.4

3star

K

8.2

4star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

5.6

5star

and Caleb Serong

3

Caleb Serong

Age

24

Ht

180cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

4star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

5star

in the middle.

Others considered: Matthew Johnson, Josh Ward

 

[Lore]

I don't know how to do that

There should be a button under each post in the thread that says "add threadmark" (you can see it because you are the OP). Once you add the first one there will be more buttons show up in the top left, next to the watch button

 

[Duckworth]

Pick 11: St Kilda pick Matthew Johnson.
I'm happy to take him here. Was clearly the best player in the recent WA U18s games that I saw. Tall midfielder, who can get out of traffic. Has good composure and my favourite around this mark in the draft.

Megabattimus

 

[Megabattimus]

West Coast select Arlo Draper.

Zach Package, you're up.

On Pixel 3 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[foj1]

andleanback foj1 ant555 you three want to do this? You'd all know better than the rest of us.

sorry mate one was enough I have some work on the go

 

[Zach Package]

Essendon - 13 - Josh Goater

Very close 4 way toss up for me but I’ve gone Goater in the end. Not without risk but another nice size, athletic kid who could easily develop into Jack Crisp

25

Jack Crisp

Age

32

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.2

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.7

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

D

17.7

4star

K

10.7

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.0

5star

CL

1.4

4star

, the forward version of Nat Fyfe or anything in between. Can take a grab and is a nice mover in traffic, could offer a great compliment in the middle, up forward with his marking and ground ball winning or his run from behind in defence.

boncer34

 

[boncer34]

Wanganeen-Milera

Tippa43

 

[Tippa43]

GWS select Jacob Van Rooyen

Zach Package

 

[Zach Package]

Brisbane - 16 - Josh Ward

The luxury of best available. Can run like the clappers and use it, which are universal attributes but given the ball winners and big bodies Brisbane have he probably starts on a wing or flank, potentially in the VFL if they want to use him on ball a more.

Truth be told if I was going absolute best available I’d have taken him for Essendon, he’s a more refined and ready to go prospect than Goater and even though Goater has massive potential due to his size and speed I definitely wouldn’t be mad if we took him.

Back to GWS with Tippa43

 

[eth-dog]

Brisbane - 16 - Josh Ward

The luxury of best available. Will edit in more details to come.

Back to GWS with Tippa43

I was thinking after Richmond didn't take him that he'd pretty much be the steal of this draft.

 

[eth-dog]

Pick 21 for Fremantle still on the table. Have a couple of players I like the look of that probably go middle of the second round, and looking to trade back into next year's draft.

 

[boncer34]

Pick 21 for Fremantle still on the table. Have a couple of players I like the look of that probably go middle of the second round, and looking to trade back into next year's draft.

Make an offer

 

[eth-dog]

Make an offer

29 and Richmond's F2, assuming they have one, for 21

 

[boncer34]

29 and Richmond's F2, assuming they have one, for 21

I'd need to see who's left at 21 to burn a 2nd on 8 spot upgrade

 

[Vindicater]

I was thinking after Richmond didn't take him that he'd pretty much be the steal of this draft.

Absolute steal

 

[eth-dog]

I'd need to see who's left at 21 to burn a 2nd on 8 spot upgrade

That's fair. I'm likely to place a bid on there anyway. That's the sort of price it would probably go for in the draft anyway.

 

[Tippa43]

GWS take Josh Sinn. Speed and class at half back or further up the ground is what he offers. Few little things that he needs to work on, but nothing too bad. Think he will fit in well where ever he settles.

Vindicater

 

[ghostdog]

Brisbane - 16 - Josh Ward

The luxury of best available. Will edit in more details to come.

Back to GWS with Tippa43

Amazing that Ward slid so far. Rachele going at 5 made things interesting.

 

[Vindicater]

With the 18th selection Sydney selects Mitch Knevitt.

With Hewitt leaving and Josh Kennedy coming to the end of his career, the Swans take Knevitt to help fill out their inside mid stocks.

eth-dog

 

[eth-dog]

Pick 19: Tyler Sonsie

So I was very sure that Jacob van Rooyen would be around and as such I'd take him to cover a small key forward issue. With that gone I had to think about whether to reach for Bazzo as a key defender, or take a midfielder here. I figured that there are some other key defenders that were going to be around my next couple of picks so I went for the best player and midfielder available here in Sonsie, someone who can play inside or outside to good effect and can have an immediate impact.

Others considered: Campbell Chesser, Rhett Bazzo

Zach Package with Brizvegas