Fifty Pick Phantom 2017

[Yojimbo]

Have struggled a little to do a phantom this year as it does get
very speculative fairly early in the draft. I have tried to factor
in the trade period and needs, but it is quite difficult. This draft
is as good as i can remember in the KPD area so i have tried to
bleed them in even though some teams do not have a dire
need for them. I have done no bidding just to keep it simple
to follow for myself mainly. Anyhow may as well start hope you
enjoy the read.

Pick 1- Brisbane: Luke Davies-Uniacke 187 cm 85 kg
When in doubt go for the private school kid or the hyphanated
surname, or both.
(Drafted Pick 4)

Pick 2- Fremantle: Adam Cerra 186 cm 80 kg
Highly rated mid by his coach who battled injury at times.
(Drafted Pick 5) right team

Pick 3- Carlton: Paddy Dow 185 cm 78 kg
Dow compliments the big bodied midfielders well.
(Drafted Pick 3)

Pick 4- North Melb: Cameron Rayner 187 cm 87 kg
Could not land Dusty, so the new Dusty awaits.
(Drafted Pick 1)

Pick 5- Fremantle: Andrew Brayshaw 184 cm 82 kg
The Cerra/Brayshaw double act is a good start.
(Drafted Pick 2) right team

Pick 6- Collingwood: Jarrod Brander 195 cm 92 kg
The whispers of where Darcy Moore will play this year may
see the Pies reach for Brander here.
(Drafted Pick 13)

Pick 7- St Kilda: Jaidyn Stephenson 189 cm 75 kg
A bit of sexy for the Saints.
(Drafted Pick 6)

Pick 8- St Kilda: Aiden Bonar 189 cm 87 kg
A bit more sexy for the Saints.
(Drafted Pick 11)

Pick 9- Bulldogs: Nick Coffield 191 cm 82 kg
Speed, leadership and a dogs supporter to boot, amazed
he got to our pick well not that amazed.
(Drafted Pick 8)

Pick 10- Carlton: Hunter Clark 186 cm 80 kg
Hard nut medium mid/defender.
(Drafted Pick 7)

Pick 11- GWS: Nicholas Shipley 188 cm 92 kg
Well regarded soccer convert and local academy product
who could be a massive PR opportunity.
(Drafted Pick 64) last pick instead of first

Pick 12- Adelaide: Darcy Fogarty 192 cm 95 kg
Local product picked to get off the board to be honest.
(Drafted Pick 12)

Pick 13- West Coast: Jack Higgins 178 cm 77 kg
A good start to rebuild the midfield rotations, Vic metro
MVP and Morrish Medalist.
(Drafted Pick 17)

Pick 14- Sydney: Charlie Constable 191 cm 96 kg
Could replace Josh Kennedy long term.
(Drafted pick 36)

Pick 15- Brisbane: Nathan Murphy 188 cm 80 kg
Utility and handy batsman with upside.
(Drafted Pick 39)

Pick 16- Bulldogs: Oscar Allen 191 cm 82 kg
Larke Medalist and hard working forward with upside.
(Drafted Pick 21)

Pick 17- Richmond: Patrick Naish 183 cm 73 kg
Father/son wing small forward.
(Drafted Pick 34) St K bid

Pick 18- Brisbane: Connor Ballenden 198 cm 96 kg
Academy big boy, Schache who ?
(Drafted Pick 43) Freo bid

Pick 20- Richmond: Sam Hayes 203 cm 93 kg
Project ruck/fwd to get off the board to be honest.
(Drafted Pick 47) right type

Pick 21- West Coast: Tim Kelly 182 cm 81 kg
Mature Daniel Wells type from the WAFL who was runner
up in the Sandover Medal.
(Drafted Pick 24)

Pick 22- Geelong: Matthew Ling 183 cm 75 kg
Highly skilled winger with speed and a depressing
surname.
(Drafted Pick 14)

Pick 23- North Melb: Lochie O'Brien 184 cm 77 kg
Skilled outside worker to compliment their workhorses.
(Drafted Pick 10)

Pick 24- Geelong: Gryan Miers 178 cm 77 kg
Small forward goal machine with x-factor.
(Drafted Pick 57) right club

Pick 25- Richmond: Noah Balta 195 cm 95 kg
Jack of all trades swingman with good traits.
(Drafted Pick 25)

Pick 26- West Coast: Aaron Naughton 194 cm 85 kg
KPD and local product, WA MVP winner who is hard to place.
(Drafted Pick 9)

Pick 27- GWS: Ed Richards 185 cm 78 kg
Zippy medium defender left footed.
(Drafted Pick 16)

Pick 28- GWS: Lachlan Fogarty 179 cm 75 kg
Small pressure mid/fwd who loves to tackle.
(Drafted Pick 22)

Pick 29- Melbourne: Ryley Stoddart 183 cm 74 kg
Medium defender left footed nice pace.
(Drafted Pick 53)

Pick 30- Carlton: Joel Garner 184 cm 83 kg
Quick good skills, left footed indigenous player.
(Drafted Pick 60)

Pick 31- Melbourne: Bayley Fritsch 186 cm 82 kg
Casey rangy forward flanker with good upside.
(Drafted Pick 31)

Pick 32- West Coast: Jordan Houlahan 185 cm 76 kg
Dynamic half forward very good in the air perfect fill
for Marc LeCras who is almost cooked.
(Drafted Pick 49)

Pick 33- Sydney: Harrison Petty 195 cm 82 kg
KPD from South Australia, SA MVP winner.
(Drafted Pick 37)

Pick 34- St Kilda: Jack Petrucelle 185 cm 78 kg
Speedy outside mid fairly new to the game from a
basketball background.
(Drafted Pick 38)

Pick 35- Geelong: Toby Wooller 193 cm 90 kg
General forward with good endurance and link to the cats.
(Drafted Pick 41)

Pick 36- Melbourne: Cassidy Parish 191 cm 87 kg
Quite athletic good hands not great kick.
(Undrafted)

Pick 37- West Coast: Brandon Starcevich 187 cm 86 kg
Quick and powerful mid/fwd nephew of Craig, late bloomer.
(Drafted Pick 18) by uncles club

Pick 38- Collingwood: Sam Taylor 196 cm 87 kg
WA KPD good overhead and uses it well.
(Drafted Pick 28)

Pick 39- Adelaide: Charlie Ballard 196 cm 82 kg
Project tall mid with the horrible word potential.
(Drafted Pick 42)

Pick 40- Brisbane: Dylan Moore 176 cm 66 kg
Elite runner small mid/fwd.
(Drafted Pick 67)

Pick 41- Gold Coast: Brayden Crossley 198 cm 101 kg
Academy local product ruck/fwd, Allies MVP.
(Drafted Pick 52)

Pick 42- Fremantle: Liam Ryan 184 cm 76 kg
WAFL small powerful forward who can excite.
(Drafted Pick 26)

Pick 43- Hawthorn: Brett Bewley 185 cm 81 kg
Williamstown mid with cannon left foot in the classic
Hawthorn style who deserves his chance at AFL.
(Undrafted)

Pick 44- Brisbane: Ben Paton 186 cm 77 kg
Athletic defender who uses it well.
(Drafted Pick 46)

Pick 45- St Kilda: Will Walker 187 cm 78 kg
Goal kicking midfielder.
(Drafted Pick 23)

Pick 46- Port Adelaide: Nathan Kreuger 196 cm 89 kg
Indigenous KPP with elite speed and agility who can
play at either end.
(Undrafted)

Pick 47- Melbourne: Jackson Ross 193 cm 74 kg
Project utility/fwd with upside.
(Drafted Pick 71)

Pick 48- Essendon: James Worpel 185 cm 86 kg
Inside leaning medium mid, Vic Country MVP winner.
(Drafted Pick 45)

Pick 49- Port Adelaide: Aiden Domic 185 cm 79 kg
Indigenous medium mid good ball user, gold.
(Undrafted)

Pick 50- Gold Coast: Oscar Clavarino 196 cm 85 kg
Intercept marking KPD good one on one player.
(Drafted Pick 35)

Well there it is fifty picks some dubious and destined to be
wrong, but such is life.

 

[PMBangers]

Nicholas Shipley at 11? This is a typical 'I've got no clue but want people to think I do" phantom draft

 

[Yojimbo]

Nicholas Shipley at 11? This is a typical 'I've got no clue but want people to think I do" phantom draft

Get excited mate he is actually from Western Sydney and as i said
would be a good PR story for your club. Shipley, Richards and
L.Fogarty would be good haul no matter what number appears
next to their names.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Aaron Naughton is sliding to 26?

Also, Tim Kelly at 21 seems early.

 

[Yojimbo]

Aaron Naughton is sliding to 26?

Also, Tim Kelly at 21 seems early.

Unlikely i found him hard to place, Kelly i really want to stay in WA
with twin boys coming.

 

[THE_GUN]

When you have P.Naish to Richmond at #17 without a bid , That indicates to me its a lazy mock draft and any mock worth reading need some work put into it and this would be the easiest thing to do . Shipley pick #11 - WOW

 

[yougobacha]

Shipley at 11? Fukc off troll

 

[M Malice]

Shipley at 11? Fukc off troll

Classic first post, welcome to BF.

 

[PMBangers]

Get excited mate he is actually from Western Sydney and as i said
would be a good PR story for your club. Shipley, Richards and
L.Fogarty would be good haul no matter what number appears
next to their names.

I know he's a good player but having him at Pick 11 means either a) Someone bids on him in the top 10 or b) we pick him outright at 11 which they are both extremely unlikely scenarios

 

[Yojimbo]

When you have P.Naish to Richmond at #17 without a bid , That indicates to me its a lazy mock draft and any mock worth reading need some work put into it and this would be the easiest thing to do . Shipley pick #11 - WOW

As i said in the intro, i am not into the bidding system at all so you
are right it is the easy way out and a bit lazy. I think it is fair to
say Naish in particular sits 17 to 25 in any case and Richmond
would be praying for an early bid as their depth in that area is
very healthy as it is.

 

[SumTingWong]

As i said in the intro, i am not into the bidding system at all so you
are right it is the easy way out and a bit lazy. I think it is fair to
say Naish in particular sits 17 to 25 in any case and Richmond
would be praying for an early bid as their depth in that area is
very healthy as it is.

Why would rfc be praying for an early bid?

 

[Yojimbo]

Shipley at 11? Fukc off troll

Avatar to post quality first rate.

 

[Smythe]

I agree that Shipley at 11 is a massive stretch especially without a bid and no way richmond waste a pick on naish if there has not been a bid...neither of those will happen, however i can tell you Shipley has claimed an invite to the draft indicating that there could be a bid inside top 15/20 for him. The fact is that both have been invited and they only recieve one if the chance of going high-ish is there or at least going top 20.

 

[Yojimbo]

Why would rfc be praying for an early bid?

Because you have drafted his type of player for years, but praying
for is a bit over the top i will give you that.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Unlikely i found him hard to place

Naughton has generally been mentioned as a first-rounder, top 10 even.

Kelly i really want to stay in WA
with twin boys coming.

Why do you care if he stays in WA?

That's got nothing to do with whether WC would take him with their second pick.

 

[THE_GUN]

As i said in the intro, i am not into the bidding system at all so you
are right it is the easy way out and a bit lazy. I think it is fair to
say Naish in particular sits 17 to 25 in any case and Richmond
would be praying for an early bid as their depth in that area is
very healthy as it is.

Yes you did but without where you think a bid will come in it actually effects every other selection and scews it so much that with 3-4 academy/father son
Possibilities its just pointless.

E.G A bid comes in for Naish at #25 but prior to that bid Richmond may take Oscar Allen with #17 which means the team takes another player so on and so on.
Without including the bids you may as well only just do your ranking and not do a Phantom as its pointless.

With no dis respect the phantom is absolutely pointless as its not really your opinion on whats going to happen but just listing names as it comes.

Anyway - No offence just an opinion

 

[Yojimbo]

Naughton has generally been mentioned as a first-rounder, top 10 even.

I meant it's unlikely he slides that far, but i found him hard to
place. I was agreeing with you.

 

[Yojimbo]

Why do you care if he stays in WA?

That's got nothing to do with whether WC would take him with their second pick.

Because three kids is a hand full for anyone especially under two and
having support and family at hand makes the footy easier. I really
rate him as a player and hope he goes to West Coast at either of
the picks in the twenties.

 

[sydney eagle]

Higgins, Kelly Starcevich. All look pretty good for the Eagles (I don't know if Starcevich will last to pick 37 however). The others i'm a bit less enthusiastic about, but at least you have the Eagles going for a midfielder first up.

 

[ProgUbud13]

Not happy with pick 19????

 

[Yojimbo]

Not happy with pick 19????

Having got Lachie Weller, Harrison Wigg and to a lesser extent
Aaron Young in the trade period Zac Bailey is a bit similar so i
understand you not being happy. You did pick up Will Brodie,
Brad Scheer last year who were more inside orientated. Who
would you have liked ?

 

[Yojimbo]

Higgins, Kelly Starcevich. All look pretty good for the Eagles (I don't know if Starcevich will last to pick 37 however). The others i'm a bit less enthusiastic about, but at least you have the Eagles going for a midfielder first up.

You did trade Brendon Ah Chee from Port who is 188 cm 88 kg
so i thought giving you Houlahan to replace Le Cras and Hill
made sense and Naughton has great traits even if his disposal
is a little basic at times, so was Rance initially.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

Wow be happy with this, Naughton a massive steal. Swap kelly for Fogarty or Bailey.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Like North's picks.

 

[Yojimbo]

Yes you did but without where you think a bid will come in it actually effects every other selection and scews it so much that with 3-4 academy/father son
Possibilities its just pointless.

E.G A bid comes in for Naish at #25 but prior to that bid Richmond may take Oscar Allen with #17 which means the team takes another player so on and so on.
Without including the bids you may as well only just do your ranking and not do a Phantom as its pointless.

With no dis respect the phantom is absolutely pointless as its not really your opinion on whats going to happen but just listing names as it comes.

Anyway - No offence just an opinion

No offence taken and i agree with your point, last year i did a
phantom and i included some bids as they were important in
the overall flow of the draft especially with the volume of
academy players held by GWS, you had to make them choose.
I will use the example of the BigFooty phantom as it is fairly
recent, the Geelong guy bid on Naish at 22 then when he was
matched he bid on Ballenden which was also matched. I would
argue that the Brisbane guy should have valued Ballenden a
little higher having delisted Close, Freeman, Hammelmann and
traded Schache. In the end Brisbane had four picks inside
pick 50: Uniacke, Naughton, O'Brien and Ballenden, in my
draft Brisbane had five picks inside pick 50 because i valued
Ballenden higher: Uniacke, Murphy, Ballenden, Moore and
Paton.

On Naish i would agree Richmond would love Oscar Allen or
Jarrod Brander at pick 17, but in my draft they were off the
board so i gave you Naish, Hayes and Balta, Hayes is a
good fit as you have Toby Nankervis, Shaun Gale-Hampson
and Ivan Soldo. If you don't take Hayes god knows where
he could end up. Anyway i was happy to bid last year as
it was a big deal this year if teams give their prospects
the right pick value i see no reason to bid i hope that
explains it better than i did in the op.