Essendon's Greatest Draft Year

[Kong]

2002
Draft selection: 10, Jason Laycock
Draft selection: 11, Jason Winderlich
Draft selection: 27, Darren Walsh
Draft selection: 28, Tristan Cartledge
Draft selection: 40, Jobe Watson Father/Son Rule
Draft selection: 67, Steve Alessio from Essendon

2003
Draft selection: 6, Kepler Bradley
Draft selection: 13, Brent Stanton
Draft selection: 28, Jay Nash
Draft selection: 44, Ricky Dyson
Rookie: Nathan Lovett-Murray
Rookie: Andrew Lovett
Rookie elevation: Courtney Johns
Rookie elevation: Ben Haynes

2004
Pre season: 6, Ty Zantuck
Draft Selection: 14, Angus Monfries
Draft Selection: 30, Andrew Lee
Draft Selection: 46, Henry Slattery
Draft Selection: 60, Paul Thomas
Rookie: 11, Ryan Bain
Rookie: 27, Ben Jolley

2005
Draft Selection: 7, Patrick Ryder
Draft Selection: 19, Courtenay Dempsey
Draft Selection: 39, Jay Neagle father/son selection
Draft Selection: 50, Sam Lonergan
Draft Selection: 66, Austin Lucy
Rookie: 4, Lachlan McKinnon
Rookie: 20, Heath Hocking
Rookie: 35, Matthew Firman
Rookie: 47, Tim O’Keefe
Rookie elevation: Nathan Lovett-Murray
Rookie elevation: Andrew Lovett
Pre Season: 4, Scott Camporeale
Pre Season: 16, Chris Heffernan
Trade: Richard Cole

2006
Draft Selection: 2, Scott Gumbleton
Draft Selection: 18, Leroy Jetta
Draft Selection: 20, Tom Hislop
Draft Selection: 36, Alwyn Davey
Draft Selection: 42, Bachar Houli
Draft Selection: 47, Kyle Reimers
Rookie: 2, Dean Dick
Rookie: 18, Danny Chartres
Rookie: 33, Adam Ramanauskas
Pre Season: 2, Mal Michael

2007
Draft Selection: 6, David Myers
Draft Selection: 23, Tayte Pears
Draft Selection: 39, Darcy Daniher father/son selection
Draft Selection: 54, Cale Hooker
Pre Season: 5, John Williams
Pre Season: 8, Tom Bellchambers
Rookie elevation: Adam Ramanauskas
Rookie elevation: Heath Hocking
Rookie: 5, Rhys Magin
Rookie: 21, Jarrod Atkinson


Currently listed
Rookie listed

 

[anti.]

voted 06, looks like a great bunch.

 

[Enki]

Clearly 2004

Edit: Should have noted I went for 2005 due to my player bias, but 2006 was great as well. Now if only we can get Gumby onto the park...

 

[loopy_cam]

I voted 06 with 05 a very close second.

07 shouldn't be in there. Way too early. Could turn out real good with a Full Back, some classy mids and some talls.

 

[monty1104]

I voted 06 with 05 a very close second.

07 shouldn't be in there. Way too early. Could turn out real good with a Full Back, some classy mids and some talls.

Its really too early to tell how the 06 draft went too, yet its leading the pack. I assume people are voting on potential and not on results with this one.

 

[Bomber32]

Not much in it but 2006 is slightly in front of 2005 for me.

 

[daffo]

2006 for me. i said it the day we picked them, and i'll say it again. those 5 could all play 200 games for essendon.

 

[daffo]

Oh, go look at our 2000 - 2001 drafts. the are so so SO bad

 

[loopy_cam]

Watson should be bolded in the 02 draft.

 

[BABYBOMBERS2007]

2006 is the best year.

 

[lamaros]

Jobe is currently listed...

 

[Windas_Magic]

I voted 2005 because they're the most proven to this point but there is no doubt that the 06 draft will probably be the best from the lot

 

[thebigboy]

Ryder is the sole reason i voted for '05.

 

[Longy413]

Lovett and NLM were actually drafted in 2003 weren't they?

With that in mind, on performances to date alone it's -
2003
2002
2006
2005
2004
2007

 

[Kong]

Lovett and NLM were actually drafted in 2003 weren't they?

yeah they were rookie drafted in 2003, however only promoted to the senior list in 2005. (lovett-murray did play in 2004 though).

those draft lists are straight from the essendon website.

 

[retroparty]

05 or 06. Lots of talent there.

 

[timbo3195]

I went 03,
Standton, Dyson key midfielders of the future.
Nash is my favourite player
Johns wasn't given enough games in a row to show how good he can be.

WTF happened to Haynes though?
I've always wondered, because the few games I saw him play he was wonderful.

 

[gossy]

Lovett and Natrat should be included in 2003, as that was when they were drafted to the club.

On potential 05 and 06 are very close, and could form the core to our next tilt at a premiership (07 is too early to tell).

2003 would be the best so far, as longy said, on performance. Stanton, Dyson, Nash, Lovett, Lovett-Murray have all play a fair few games with good performances mixed in.

 

[Kong]

Lovett and Natrat should be included in 2003, as that was when they were drafted to the club.

as i've said, these lists are straight from the essendon site, but i'll get onto fixing that one up.

 

[Kong]

Its really too early to tell how the 06 draft went too, yet its leading the pack. I assume people are voting on potential and not on results with this one.

"What year will prove to be the greatest in Essendon's recent history?"
Yeah, the idea was to vote on what you thought WILL be the best draft, not on results so far.

 

[Slattery_20]

1992 Not getting a run?

 

[Barts]

1991.. We drafted Alessio, Misiti, Mercuri and Hird all in the same draft didn't we?

 

[Longy413]

1991.. We drafted Alessio, Misiti, Mercuri and Hird all in the same draft didn't we?

Nope, we drafted Hird in 1990 I'm pretty sure.

The others all came via zoning.

 

[Barts]

Nope, we drafted Hird in 1990 I'm pretty sure.

The others all came via zoning.

Your spot on with all counts me thinks now. Hird missed his first season with a knee I think.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

hopefully 2008...but at the moment 2006 for mine