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if i'm not mistaken melbourne will not have to use their first selection on Viney, but they're next pick. pkus, Melbourne will have 3 first round picks in next years draft from the scully compensation
Hey Knightmare, what do you think of Cameron Banfield? Was a TAC Cup premiership player for Sandy.
Stewart has been doing his preseason with GC's Tom Lynch down at Sorrento/Blairgowrie. Saw one session at the Sorrento Oval where he was under the gudiance of McCrae, his kicking is unbelievable. He can kick with ease over 50 metres on both sides, as good as I've seen for a player of that size, he would easily be 196cm & competed well with Lynch.
So what are the odds for GC, Bris & PA tanking to gain an additional early pick (priority). With the talent on offer will the 'tank' be back in the news?
Have to agree with you on Stewart's kicking, elite for a tall! Real selling point of his game.
Certainly GWS, Port Adelaide and Gold Coast if they don't improve will be in that priority pick mix.
Call me selfish but I would love to know all the KPP's that are in the mix. Happy to see Brisbane take mason shaw however is he in the mix to be a traceable player for GWS as per o'meara and crouch last year. lions's need a gun mid and the rest KPP'S in 2012.
Awesome listing Knightmare - great work!
Couple of small points, the Bulldogs have already been on record saying we will have 5 of the first 50 picks in 2012. This therefore means we intend to activate:
Also, do you happen to have any idea as to who clubs would be looking to trade for in the 2012 GWS mini draft? I.e. who will be the O'Meara and Crouch of the 2012 draft?
- Our Ward Compo pick (straight after our first pick); and
- Our Reid Compo pick (third rounder).
If there are similar guns coming through, GWS may well end up with picks 3 and 5 in 2012, along with their presumed pick 1 from finishing 18th...
2012 will probably be more of a midfield draft.
With KPPs it's no good getting them late. The best ones come early in the draft. Take them late and you just get leftovers.
The main problem for clubs looking for KPPs this year is that many of those are likely F/S choices:
Joe Daniher, James Stewart. Heck even Jordan Burke (Gee) and Will Beasley (WBD) could go F/S.
But here are some of the other KPPs who could be reasonable gets and their approx draft positions:
Mason Shaw (1st round)
Liam McBean (1st-2nd round)
Aaron Luccon (2nd round)
Kristian Jaksch (3rd round)
Hopefully a few others develop through the year because there just isn't nearly the depth as there is in the mids at this stage.
My recommendation for Brisbane at this stage is get Mason Shaw or similar early because after that 1st selection there just won't be that quality available to you, then stock up on mids later. It's one of those drafts where you could very easily end up with a nice mid in the 2nd round with likely more than a couple of quality options available.
But it's so early that things are sure to change throughout the year.
I'm not going to include compo picks until much later in the year and all teams have confirmed which compo selection they will use. Allot of clubs will be using them this year, but for now I'm more interested in getting some discussion going about some of the 2012 prospects rather than getting a super accurate 2012 mock draft together - which at this time of the year just isn't realistic. Way too much football to be played and a number of players will come from nowhere and develop into serious draft prospects.
Jack Martin at this stage is one to look out for in that mini draft. Not clear who that other top guy will be though.
I think the major other selling point of his game is his athleticism. He would be 196cm & he covers the ground like a midfielder, I have heard he had to choose b/w field & track events for Scotch as he dominated most of them (against scholarship kids on athletic grants).
Nice work!
I have previously mentioned Josh Grant who will be in the Tassie Mariners U/18 side for 2012.
At 196cm (and growing) and an athletic build, this kid will be extremely high on the radar of all AFL clubs.
He can play ruck (would need a bit more height at senior level), however he has all the athletic traits and ability to be a KPP.
It might be slim pickings in the Apple Isle for the 2012 draft, but I would put money on him this far out (excluding injury).
One player I'd be interested to hear about from Tasmania: Rohan Bones.
I have him down as a 200cm ruckman (probably taller now) and is a late December '94 birthday. Is another in addition to Lonergan, Grant and two or three others who could be of draft relevance - if he continues to grow and shows strong football development throughout the year.
Let me know if you see any of his games during the year or if you hear positive things.
Fantastic effort Knightmare!! Last night I was reviewing the 12 and under 2006 Victorian Schoolboys team that competed in the National Champs in Darwin and with interest discovered the following names:
> Lachie Whitfield
> Jack Viney
> Brad Crouch
> Nathan Hrovat
> Jonathan O'Rourke
> Joe Daniher
> Oliver Wines
> Jason Pongrasic
> Mathew Haynes
> Anthony Bonnadio
> Luke McDonald ( 2013 Draft prospect)
According to your mock draft most if not all should be drafted?? It looks like this will be a very deep draft??
Keep up the good work and I look forward to compare your current list to the end results.
Fantastic effort Knightmare!! Last night I was reviewing the 12 and under 2006 Victorian Schoolboys team that competed in the National Champs in Darwin and with interest discovered the following names:
> Lachie Whitfield
> Jack Viney
> Brad Crouch
> Nathan Hrovat
> Jonathan O'Rourke
> Joe Daniher
> Oliver Wines
> Jason Pongrasic
> Mathew Haynes
> Anthony Bonnadio
> Luke McDonald ( 2013 Draft prospect)
According to your mock draft most if not all should be drafted?? It looks like this will be a very deep draft??
Keep up the good work and I look forward to compare your current list to the end results.
Nice pick up WK...
I think there was similar numbers for the 2001 superdraft (Hodge, Ball etc) who played under 12's for Victoria.
I don't agree with Beasley getting picked up. I don't know whether you've seen him play but he's just not good enough.
does anyone know where waylon manson will be playing this year?Is he keen to give it another crack
If the Crows finished that low (hope not) I'd prefer Grundy or Shaw instead of Kennedy. Never seen Shaw or Grundy play, but a A-Grade ruckman to back up Jacobs would be handy to have. Shaw could replace Tippett (Again hope not)
Being a Glenelg supporter I have seen him quite a few times. The attributes are there, but his height and consistency worry me.