Matt Burgan's Phantom Draft

[Blue_4_Life]

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=307299

Interested in everyone's thoughts....

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

dissapointing.

Gibbs,
Renouf
M. Brown (dont know why)
Grigg
Prismall
Sheldon.

 

[Blue_4_Life]

dissapointing.

Gibbs,
Renouf
M. Brown (dont know why)
Grigg
Prismall
Sheldon.

Funnily enough I feel the same way!!!

Maybe I'm over rating Proud, but would really like to get him, happy with Renouf. Don't know much about the others.

 

[ClayBlue87]

Burgan has the same top 7 as my mock draft... the early rounds are quite reasonable but I dont agree with later picks...

Mitchell Brown is not worth pick 19.
No one seems to rate Albert Proud anymore, do they?
Mitch Thorp seems to have slip a lot.
Brock O'brien and Daniel Connors are rather late.

Have to agree that I'm rather dissapointed with our selcetions.

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

The selection of M. Brown astounds me ... unless we are drafting him, with the intention of grooming him as a FB (like his brother; Nathan).

I would have thought our forward line was jam packed with talls already. Let alone adding another 194 cm big bodied player there.

But I suppose if he was played as a defender that would be ok - but surely not at the cost of #19.

 

[Bender The Offender]

I don't think proud will slip that far.

 

[HavUEvaSeenTheRain]

We would be mad to take Renouf over Armitage. The Bombers wont take Renouf so we would be better off taking Armitage then Renouf. Funny to see him say that that both Hampson and Renouf look certain to be taken in the top 20 so i guess that it means we will grab one of the two i just hope its Renouf.

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

Also with the selection of Renouf/Hamspon at #17 .... just doesnt sit right.

I would have no objection to this selection if Renouf or Hampson were deemed the best available in terms of talent and abillity. But I get this feeling were being pushed into drafting a ruckman merely for the sake of it.

I think Proud/Collard/Armitage would add a lot more to the side than Renouf/Hampson.

If anything, pick up the ruckman at #19.

1 - Gibbs
17 - Proud/Collard/Armitage
19 - Renouf/Hampson
35 - Houli

I feel the above would be a more than decent outcome.

 

[Blue_4_Life]

Also with the selection of Renouf/Hamspon at #17 .... just doesnt sit right.

I would have no objection to this selection if Renouf or Hampson were deemed the best available in terms of talent and abillity. But I get this feeling were being pushed into drafting a ruckman merely for the sake of it.

I think Proud/Collard/Armitage would add a lot more to the side than Renouf/Hampson.

If anything, pick up the ruckman at #19.

1 - Gibbs
17 - Proud/Collard/Armitage
19 - Renouf/Hampson
35 - Houli

I feel the above would be a more than decent outcome.

I agree, seems more balanced...and more exciting!

I can't possibly see Proud being around at 34...could be wrong. It's almost as if he got picked at 34 by the Lions because he's in Qld!

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

You're right, just seems to me - he has us picking on needs rather than best available.

Imagine if we landed:

1.Gibbs
17. Proud
19. Collard/Armitage
35. Houli

and picked up a ruckman later on.

 

[DIG]

You're right, just seems to me - he has us picking on needs rather than best available.

Imagine if we landed:

1.Gibbs
17. Proud
19. Collard/Armitage
35. Houli

and picked up a ruckman later on.

Totally agree - i don't think we'll get a ruck with any of our first 3 picks.

 

[Blue_4_Life]

You're right, just seems to me - he has us picking on needs rather than best available.

Imagine if we landed:

1.Gibbs
17. Proud
19. Collard/Armitage
35. Houli

and picked up a ruckman later on.

Fingers crossed!!!

Not to mention we'd also be adding an even balance of ethnic culture...keeping our diverse supporter base happy!!!

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

Fingers crossed!!!

Not to mention we'd also be adding an even balance of ethnic culture...keeping our diverse supporter base happy!!!

lol

Bachar will bolster our support in Coburg, Brunswick, Bankstown, Lakemba.

 

[marcmurphy3]

I would be very dissapointed if that was how the draft turned out.

pick`1 Bryce Gibbs - fantastic

pick 17 Brent Renouf - we need a ruckman but 17 is to high for Renouf in my opinion and he has poor footskills. Would rather take a ruckman with a later pick.

pick 19 Mitchell Brown - also dissapointing. He occupies the one position that we have lots of good players in. I would be extremely dissapointed if we overlooked the likes of Proud, Collard, Armitage Connors ect. to take him. It would be very dissapointing if we didn't take any of these talented mids at 17 or 19.

pick 35 Shaun Grigg - This pick was also dissapointing. Personally I don't rate Shaun Grigg. He has poor skills and decision making. The likes of Connors and Moss would have been much better selections.

pick 51 Rhyce Prissmal - Don't know much about him.

pick 67 Sam Sheldon - good selection

Overall the most dissapointing thing is all the talented mids we overlooked at 17, 19 and 35. We failed to pick up a genuine hard at it inside midfielder which is something we are in great need of.

 

[one_twelve112]

Draft day will be a big dissappointment if thats the case.....

How accurate do we think he will be?

Gibbs is near certain
Renouf is a possibilty at best for 17 or 19
Sheldon is likely if still available at the lower picks, but not-so at 35, 19 or 17
I doubt Brown will end up in the Navy Blue
and 35 and 51 are anyones guess

 

[Blue_Boy43]

Just get the best available talent left at every pick...

 

[Blue_4_Life]

lol

Bachar will bolster our support in Coburg, Brunswick, Bankstown, Lakemba.

Membership is after all the lifeblood of the club!!

 

[barnesy]

Thank christ it's not Wayne Hughes's phantom draft -

 

[one_twelve112]

When compared to Essendon (keeping iin mind we have first dibs on the 3 first picks)-

Gumbleton
Armitage
Krakouer
Petterd
Allen
Dlck
Houli

Our pick don't look so crash hot do they?

 

[Lindy]

When compared to Essendon (keeping iin mind we have first dibs on the 3 first picks)-

Gumbleton
Armitage
Krakouer
Petterd
Allen
Dlck
Houli

Our pick don't look so crash hot do they?

who wants to bet his an dons member?

its not going to be like this, ones guys opinon.

 

[ClayBlue87]

Was looking at best available after every pick we have... for this "mock" draft. It could have looked something like this...

1. Gibbs
17. Armitage (ESS 18)/ Petterd (GEE 25)/ Proud (BRIS 34)
19. Renouf (asuming ESS dont take at 18)/ Tippett (BRIS 22)
35. Allen (ESS 36)/ Connors (BRIS 38)/ Houli (ESS 47)/ O'brien (WCE 50)
51. Most players after here are beyond my knowledge.

Now I have been to watch some victorian games in the TAC cup and some others so I do have some clue as to players abilities. But I am no Matt Burgan, and he probably knows a lot more than most of us so we just have to wait til the 25th.

 

[OZBomb]

Burgan's had a shocker this year. No way he'll have a good strike rate.

If Shaun Grigg comes to Carlton before pick 67, I'd be really REALLY unhappy. One-sided, poor decision maker, who wasn't good enough to get drafted last year. He's quick, but so is death following a gun shot to the head.

What the hell happened with Proud, O'Brien, Connors and Thorp?!? Any recruiter that picked Riewoldt before Thorp would be fired.

Luckily the real draft will look nothing like this.

 

[HBF]

Lets not get caught up too much on his phantom draft. Just cannot imagine Carlton taking Renouf/Brown at 17 & 19 respectively. Much more likely to take a mid at 17 and either a mid or a tall at 19.

 

[ClayBlue87]

Lets not get caught up too much on his phantom draft. Just cannot imagine Carlton taking Renouf/Brown at 17 & 19 respectively. Much more likely to take a mid at 17 and either a mid or a tall at 19.

Wouldnt mind if it was Renouf and Nathan Brown !
According to this Burgatron...who is the best defender/ FB left?

 

[Salaryman]

looking at the way he has things happening i would be much happier with:

#1 Gibbs
#17 Armitage
#19 Collard
#35 O`Brien
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