Phantom Draft Gawndog's phantom draft

[gawndog37]

Hey all, I've been following the draft a lot in the last few months so I thought I'd put together a 3 round phantom draft. I tried to consider each clubs list needs at each pick, I'll be updating it as it gets closer to the draft too.

R1

1. Adelaide – Logan MacDonald (WA) – key forward
2. Western Bulldogs (NGA) – Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (VIC) – key forward
3. North Melbourne – Elijah Hollands (VIC) – balanced midfielder/general forward
4. Sydney – Denver Grainger-Barrass (WA) – key defender
5. Hawthorn – Riley Thilthorpe (SA) – key forward
6. Gold Coast – Will Phillips (VIC) – inside midfielder
7. Essendon – Archie Perkins (VIC) – balanced midfielder/general forward
8. Sydney (NGA) – Braeden Campbell (NSW) – balanced midfielder/small forward
9. Essendon – Nik Cox (VIC) – tall utility
10. Port Adelaide (NGA) – Lachlan Jones (SA) – general defender
11. Essendon – Zach Reid (VIC) – key defender
12. Adelaide – Tanner Bruhn (VIC) – inside midfielder
13. GWS – Oliver Henry (VIC) – general utility
14. North Melbourne – Heath Chapman (WA) – general defender
15. Fremantle – Finlay Macrae (VIC) – balanced midfielder
16. GWS – Nathan O’Driscoll (WA) – balanced midfielder/general defender
17. Collingwood – Brayden Cook (SA) – outside midfielder/general forward
18. Collingwood (NGA) – Reef McInnes (VIC) – inside midfielder/general utility
19. GWS – Jack Carroll (WA) – balanced midfielder/general defender
20. Richmond – Tom Powell (SA) – inside midfielder
21. Hawthorn (NGA) – Connor Downie (VIC) – outside midfielder/general defender
22. Melbourne – Caleb Poulter (SA) – balanced midfielder/general forward
23. Brisbane (NGA) – Blake Coleman (QL) – small forward
24. Melbourne – Bailey Laurie (VIC) – small forward/balanced midfielder
25. Sydney (NGA) – Errol Gulden (NSW) – outside midfielder/small forward
26. GWS – Eddie Ford (VIC) – general forward/inside midfielder
27. St Kilda – Zavier Maher (VIC) – inside midfielder

R2

28. Adelaide – Zane Trew (WA) – inside midfielder
29. Adelaide – Zac Dumensy (SA) – outside midfielder/general defender
30. Gold Coast – PASS
31. Fremantle (NGA) – Brandon Walker (WA) – general defender
32. Melbourne – Jake Bowey (VIC) – small utility
33. GWS – Jackson Callow (TAS) – key forward/key defender
34. North Melbourne – Sam Berry (VIC) – inside midfielder
35. Fremantle (NGA) – Joel Western (WA) – balanced midfielder/small forward
36. Carlton – Corey Durdin (SA) – small forward
37. Richmond – Matt Allison (VIC) – key forward
38. Carlton – Patrick Walker (TAS) – outside midfielder
39. Essendon (NGA) – Cody Brand (VIC) – key defender
40. Adelaide (NGA) – Tariek Newchurch (SA) – small forward
41. North Melbourne – Liam Kolar (VIC) – key forward

R3

42. Hawthorn – Max Heath (VIC) – Ruck
43. Hawthorn – Jack Ginnivan (VIC) – general forward/inside midfielder
44. Melbourne – Kaine Baldwin (SA) – key forward
45. Geelong – Henry Walsh (VIC) – Ruck
46. GWS – PASS
47. Brisbane – Shannon Neale (WA) - Ruck
48. Western Bulldogs – Isiah Winder (WA) – small utility
49. Brisbane – Luke Edwards (SA) – general defender
50. Port Adelaide – Connor Stone (VIC) – general utility
51. Richmond – Fraser Rosman (VIC) – outside midfielder

 

[Scratchy05]

This is very good. I think JUH will get bid on with pick #1 though. Maybe Adelaide take O'Driscoll with their 2nd pick if they land McDonald

 

[big boy jackavoy]

This is very good. I think JUH will get bid on with pick #1 though. Maybe Adelaide take O'Driscoll with their 2nd pick if they land McDonald

Could you imagine the Crows saying to their fans even though you suffered all through year and we got the number 1 pick we still didn’t get the player we wanted it’s bad publicity

 

[Yojimbo]

It's Ugle-Hagan (spelling), but loving those picks Ugle-Hagan, Winder, don't wake me from this wonderful dream.

 

[Lemma]

Yeh as a North fan I want either Hollands or McDonald. Not as interested in Thilthorpe

 

[gawndog37]

It's Ugle-Hagan (spelling), but loving those picks Ugle-Hagan, Winder, don't wake me from this wonderful dream.

Agreed it's a great result for the dogs, Winder is just what you guys are after

Yeh as a North fan I want either Hollands or McDonald. Not as interested in Thilthorpe

I also agree, I don't rate Thilthorpe too highly, I wouldn't have him in my top 5 in my rankings.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

I'd be very annoyed if Melbourne bid on Coleman with the pick they acquired from us, and if we passed on Winder. Neale is nice and all but Winder is a steal that late.

 

[GWS Goose]

I'd be surprised if the Giants went 3 midfield types with their first 3. Id expect us to go someone like Chapman, or Reid or Cox if available in our early selections. Unless someone sneaks through surprisingly, that we rate highly, Bruhn or Perkins could fit that bill.
Be interesting to see what Adelaide do with pick 1.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

I'd be surprised if the Giants went 3 midfield types with their first 3. Id expect us to go someone like Chapman, or Reid or Cox if available in our early selections. Unless someone sneaks through surprisingly, that we rate highly, Bruhn or Perkins could fit that bill.
Be interesting to see what Adelaide do with pick 1.

It would feel like a repeat of 2018, taking all those midfielders when the midfield was already stacked. And if it happened again I'd expect more Hatelys.

 

[gawndog37]

I'd be very annoyed if Melbourne bid on Coleman with the pick they acquired from us, and if we passed on Winder. Neale is nice and all but Winder is a steal that late.

I see where your coming from where you'd hope the clubs would do trades in good faith of not bidding but Melbourne is crying out for another small forward to partner Kozzy and he is the best pure small forward on the board at that point. A bid could potentially come even earlier than that with talk of Collingwood being interested in Coleman. Winder will be a steal, I had him sliding past your pick due to Lions having a raft of good small forwards and needing a developing ruckman.

I'd be surprised if the Giants went 3 midfield types with their first 3. Id expect us to go someone like Chapman, or Reid or Cox if available in our early selections. Unless someone sneaks through surprisingly, that we rate highly, Bruhn or Perkins could fit that bill.
Be interesting to see what Adelaide do with pick 1.

I think Giants definitely go Cox or Reid with their first pick if they are still on the board, I didn't have you taking Chapman because of how similar he is to Haynes. Difference is with the mids I had you taking is they are all extremely versatile, O'Driscoll and Carroll could replace Shaw and Williams down back, or they can play outside midfield, and Ford is a good general forward. Henry can be played just about anywhere on the ground as well. Problem was with the likes of Caldwell and Hately is they could only play inside midfield, but the mids I've got you taking can play a raft of other positions as well.

 

[blueiris]

You basically haven’t given Brisbane what we need most and that’s outside speed

 

[winalotroos]

Overall I like what what you have picked for North, but with pick 11 I would like Macrae.

but what would I Know.

 

[gawndog37]

You basically haven’t given Brisbane what we need most and that’s outside speed

If a bid comes before Lions second round pick for Coleman which I think it will they don't have that many high picks to work with but Winder is one they could look at but could potentially miss out on a developing ruck which I had them taking.

Overall I like what what you have picked for North, but with pick 11 I would like Macrae.

but what would I Know.

If North took a key position player at Pick 2 I'd have them taking a midfielder at 11, I actually really like North's young midfield with Simpkin, LDU, Thomas, Anderson, Stephenson, and add in picking up Hollands I think going another midfielder at pick 11 wouldn't be the biggest need.