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I thought I'd get my Phantom drafting out there, just prior to the real thing, just for fun.
First the disclaimer: I haven't seen any of these players play live. You're unlikely to get any great new insights here!
I've taken the approach of making a power rankings based on the mathematical mean positions of the latest November rankings done by Knightmare, Lemming Master, Gary Buckernara, Cal Twomey and AFL Drafting Central. Between them they've ranked about 80 players and using some mathematical rules I've combined their lists into one and then based my drafting on that.
Since this has largely been a mathematical exercise, and I don't have any of my own insights into the players to offer, I've not put the reasons beside each pick. My picks are heavily based on the power rankings, which is heavily based on the expertise of those who know what they're talking about. I expect this method will throw up some silly picks for certain clubs, but that's been my approach anyway.
Having said all that, I've tried to take into account each clubs previous picks and have tried to apply some sort of strategy to get each the best harvest. For example, St Kilda are building and have a single early pick and then much later picks - so I've favoured a pick best available first then pick the best available mature age players, in the hope of getting better value later.
No Doubt I've made mistakes, this was a lot more difficult and time consuming than I'd anticipated!
The Draft:
1 Carlton Sam Walsh
2 Gold Coast Jack Lukosius
3 Gold Coast Izak Rankine
4 St Kilda Max King
5 Sydney Nick Blakey (NSW - Sydney Academy) Sydney gives up picks 26, 33 and 38, gains picks 5 & 52
6 Port Adelaide Jackson Hately
I've gone against the power rankings based on PA favouring local and Hately having been so good in the SANFL.
7 Gold Coast Bailey Smith
8 Western Bulldogs Ben King
9 Adelaide Connor Rozee
10 Greater Western Sydney Jye Caldwell
11 Port Adelaide Riley Collier-Dawkins
12 Greater Western Sydney Jordan Clark
13 Geelong Zak Butters
14 Adelaide Chayce Jones
15 North Melbourne Tarryn Thomas (North Melbourne Academy)
North Melbourne gives up pick 40 (originally 42), 45 (originally 47) & 46 (originally 48) and gains picks 15 & 55
16 Western Bulldogs Rhylee West (VIC - Western Bulldogs father-son) Western Bulldogs giveup picks 28 (originally 27) & 33 (originally 32) and gain picks 16 & 43
17 Fremantle Liam Stocker
18 Port Adelaide Xavier Duursma
19 Adelaide Luke Valente
20 Richmond Sam Sturt
21 Brisbane Lions Connor McFadyen
I might have stuffed up here, Brisbane would probably be better off waiting for a bid and so getting the benefit of the discount.
22 Greater Western Sydney Ian Hill
23 Collingwood Isaac Quaynor (Collingwood Academy)
Collingwood gives up pick 39 (originally 41) and pick 41 (originally 44) and gains pick 23 and pick 53
24 West Coast Curtis Taylor
25 Adelaide Jez McLennan
26 West Coast Xavier O’Halloran
27 Melbourne Ned McHenry
28 Greater Western Sydney Kieran Briggs (GWS Academy)
GWS gives up pick 29 and gains picks 28 and 58
29 Gold Coast Bailey Williams
Could he end up being an intercepting Key Defender?
30 Melbourne Ely Smith
31 Gold Coast Marty Hore
32 Brisbane Lions Sydney Stack
33 Fremantle Luke Foley
34 Collingwood Will Kelly
Collingwood gives up picks 53 & 54 and gains picks 34 & 64
35 North Melbourne Bailey Scott
North Melbourne give up pick 45 and gains picks 35 and 72
36 Essendon Jacob Kennerley
37 Brisbane Lions Jack Bytel
38 St Kilda Callum Wilkie
39 Richmond Thomas Sparrow
40 West Coast Jarrod Cameron
West Coast give up picks 59 & 71 and gain pick 40, taking a deficit of 45 points into 2019
41 Sydney Tom Joyce
42 Melbourne Toby Bedford
Melbourne give up pick 52and gain picks 42 and 70
43 Sydney Fraser Turner
44 Fremantle Jonathon Marsh
45 Western Bulldogs Buku Khamis
46 Western Bulldogs Will Hamill
47 St Kilda Ben Cavarra
48 Geelong Nick Hind
49 Geelong Noah Gown
50 Greater Western Sydney Michael Gibbons
51 Hawthorn Jack Ross
52 Sydney Jacob Koschitzke
53 North Melbourne Jye Bolton
54 Brisbane Lions Tom McKenzie
55 North Melbourne Mitch Grigg
56 North Melbourne pass
57 Collingwood Harry Reynolds
58 Greater Western Sydney pass
59 Collingwood pass
60 Melbourne Tom Sparrow
61 Western Bulldogs Zac Foot
62 Richmond Mitch Podhajski
63 Fremantle Matthew Parker
64 Collingwood pass
65 Essendon Boyd Woodcock
66 St Kilda Mitch Maguire
67 Richmond Durak Tucker
68 Carlton Haiden Schloithe
69 Geelong Oscar Brownless
70 Carlton Tyron Smallwood
71 North Melbourne pass
72 Adelaide pass
73 Richmond pass
74 Western Bulldogs Tom Atkins
75 West Coast Damon Greaves
76 Carlton Marlion Pickett
77 Brisbane Lions Tom Berry
78 St Kilda Laitham Vandermeer
79 Gold Coast Brayden Ham
80 Fremantle pass
81 Western Bulldogs pass
82 Adelaide pass
83 Essendon James Rowbottom
84 Port Adelaide pass
85 North Melbourne pass
86 Geelong pass
87 Sydney pass
88 Greater Western Sydney pass
89 Hawthorn Irving Mosquito
90 Melbourne Marcus Lentini
First the disclaimer: I haven't seen any of these players play live. You're unlikely to get any great new insights here!
I've taken the approach of making a power rankings based on the mathematical mean positions of the latest November rankings done by Knightmare, Lemming Master, Gary Buckernara, Cal Twomey and AFL Drafting Central. Between them they've ranked about 80 players and using some mathematical rules I've combined their lists into one and then based my drafting on that.
Since this has largely been a mathematical exercise, and I don't have any of my own insights into the players to offer, I've not put the reasons beside each pick. My picks are heavily based on the power rankings, which is heavily based on the expertise of those who know what they're talking about. I expect this method will throw up some silly picks for certain clubs, but that's been my approach anyway.
Having said all that, I've tried to take into account each clubs previous picks and have tried to apply some sort of strategy to get each the best harvest. For example, St Kilda are building and have a single early pick and then much later picks - so I've favoured a pick best available first then pick the best available mature age players, in the hope of getting better value later.
No Doubt I've made mistakes, this was a lot more difficult and time consuming than I'd anticipated!
The Draft:
1 Carlton Sam Walsh
2 Gold Coast Jack Lukosius
3 Gold Coast Izak Rankine
4 St Kilda Max King
5 Sydney Nick Blakey (NSW - Sydney Academy) Sydney gives up picks 26, 33 and 38, gains picks 5 & 52
6 Port Adelaide Jackson Hately
I've gone against the power rankings based on PA favouring local and Hately having been so good in the SANFL.
7 Gold Coast Bailey Smith
8 Western Bulldogs Ben King
9 Adelaide Connor Rozee
10 Greater Western Sydney Jye Caldwell
11 Port Adelaide Riley Collier-Dawkins
12 Greater Western Sydney Jordan Clark
13 Geelong Zak Butters
14 Adelaide Chayce Jones
15 North Melbourne Tarryn Thomas (North Melbourne Academy)
North Melbourne gives up pick 40 (originally 42), 45 (originally 47) & 46 (originally 48) and gains picks 15 & 55
16 Western Bulldogs Rhylee West (VIC - Western Bulldogs father-son) Western Bulldogs giveup picks 28 (originally 27) & 33 (originally 32) and gain picks 16 & 43
17 Fremantle Liam Stocker
18 Port Adelaide Xavier Duursma
19 Adelaide Luke Valente
20 Richmond Sam Sturt
21 Brisbane Lions Connor McFadyen
I might have stuffed up here, Brisbane would probably be better off waiting for a bid and so getting the benefit of the discount.
22 Greater Western Sydney Ian Hill
23 Collingwood Isaac Quaynor (Collingwood Academy)
Collingwood gives up pick 39 (originally 41) and pick 41 (originally 44) and gains pick 23 and pick 53
24 West Coast Curtis Taylor
25 Adelaide Jez McLennan
26 West Coast Xavier O’Halloran
27 Melbourne Ned McHenry
28 Greater Western Sydney Kieran Briggs (GWS Academy)
GWS gives up pick 29 and gains picks 28 and 58
29 Gold Coast Bailey Williams
Could he end up being an intercepting Key Defender?
30 Melbourne Ely Smith
31 Gold Coast Marty Hore
32 Brisbane Lions Sydney Stack
33 Fremantle Luke Foley
34 Collingwood Will Kelly
Collingwood gives up picks 53 & 54 and gains picks 34 & 64
35 North Melbourne Bailey Scott
North Melbourne give up pick 45 and gains picks 35 and 72
36 Essendon Jacob Kennerley
37 Brisbane Lions Jack Bytel
38 St Kilda Callum Wilkie
39 Richmond Thomas Sparrow
40 West Coast Jarrod Cameron
West Coast give up picks 59 & 71 and gain pick 40, taking a deficit of 45 points into 2019
41 Sydney Tom Joyce
42 Melbourne Toby Bedford
Melbourne give up pick 52and gain picks 42 and 70
43 Sydney Fraser Turner
44 Fremantle Jonathon Marsh
45 Western Bulldogs Buku Khamis
46 Western Bulldogs Will Hamill
47 St Kilda Ben Cavarra
48 Geelong Nick Hind
49 Geelong Noah Gown
50 Greater Western Sydney Michael Gibbons
51 Hawthorn Jack Ross
52 Sydney Jacob Koschitzke
53 North Melbourne Jye Bolton
54 Brisbane Lions Tom McKenzie
55 North Melbourne Mitch Grigg
56 North Melbourne pass
57 Collingwood Harry Reynolds
58 Greater Western Sydney pass
59 Collingwood pass
60 Melbourne Tom Sparrow
61 Western Bulldogs Zac Foot
62 Richmond Mitch Podhajski
63 Fremantle Matthew Parker
64 Collingwood pass
65 Essendon Boyd Woodcock
66 St Kilda Mitch Maguire
67 Richmond Durak Tucker
68 Carlton Haiden Schloithe
69 Geelong Oscar Brownless
70 Carlton Tyron Smallwood
71 North Melbourne pass
72 Adelaide pass
73 Richmond pass
74 Western Bulldogs Tom Atkins
75 West Coast Damon Greaves
76 Carlton Marlion Pickett
77 Brisbane Lions Tom Berry
78 St Kilda Laitham Vandermeer
79 Gold Coast Brayden Ham
80 Fremantle pass
81 Western Bulldogs pass
82 Adelaide pass
83 Essendon James Rowbottom
84 Port Adelaide pass
85 North Melbourne pass
86 Geelong pass
87 Sydney pass
88 Greater Western Sydney pass
89 Hawthorn Irving Mosquito
90 Melbourne Marcus Lentini
