Analysis Redo the 2018 Draft

[Tig017]

I think these kinds of threads are more suited to this board. The draft and trading board is more for discussing upcoming trade/draft periods.

This draft should prove an interesting one to analyze going forward. Already looks a very strong one, but based on what the players have shown up to this point, how would you order the first round?

Round	Pick	Club	Player
1	1	Carlton Blues	Sam Walsh
1	2	Gold Coast Suns	Jack Lukosius
1	3	Gold Coast Suns	Izak Rankine
1	4	St Kilda Saints	Max King
1	5	Port Adelaide Power	Connor Rozee
1	6	Gold Coast Suns	Ben King
1	7	Western Bulldogs	Bailey Smith
1	8	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Tarryn Thomas
1	9	Adelaide Crows	Chayce Jones
1	10	Sydney Swans	Nick Blakey
1	11	GWS Giants	Jye Caldwell
1	12	Port Adelaide Power	Zak Butters
1	13	Collingwood Magpies	Isaac Quaynor
1	14	GWS Giants	Jackson Hately
1	15	Geelong Cats	Jordan Clark
1	16	Adelaide Crows	Ned McHenry
1	17	Fremantle Dockers	Sam Sturt
1	18	Port Adelaide Power	Xavier Duursma
1	19	Carlton Blues	Liam Stocker
1	20	Richmond Tigers	Riley Collier-Dawkins
1	21	Brisbane Lions	Ely Smith
1	22	GWS Giants	Xavier O’Halloran
1	23	Gold Coast Suns	Jez McLennan
2	24	GWS Giants	Ian Hill
2	25	Sydney Swans	James Rowbottom
2	26	Western Bulldogs	Rhylee West
2	27	Melbourne Demons	Tom Sparrow
2	28	West Coast Eagles	Xavier O’Neill
2	29	Collingwood Magpies	Will Kelly
2	30	Adelaide Crows	Will Hamill
2	31	West Coast Eagles	Luke Foley
2	32	Fremantle Dockers	Luke Valente
2	33	Melbourne Demons	James Jordon
2	34	GWS Giants	Kieren Briggs
2	35	West Coast Eagles	Bailey Williams
2	36	Brisbane Lions	Tom Berry
2	37	Western Bulldogs	Laitham Vandermeer
2	38	Essendon Bombers	Irving Mosquito
2	39	West Coast Eagles	Jarrod Cameron
2	40	Brisbane Lions	Tom Joyce
2	41	St Kilda Saints	Jack Bytel
2	42	Brisbane Lions	Connor McFadyen
2	43	Richmond Tigers	Jack Ross
3	44	Sydney Swans	Justin McInerney
3	45	Western Bulldogs	Ben Cavarra
3	46	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Curtis Taylor
3	47	St Kilda Saints	Matthew Parker
3	48	Geelong Cats	Ben Jarvis
3	49	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Bailey Scott
3	50	Geelong Cats	Jacob Kennerley
3	51	Sydney Swans	Zac Foot
3	52	Hawthorn Hawks	Jacob Koschitzke
3	53	Melbourne Demons	Aaron Nietschke
3	54	St Kilda Saints	Nick Hind
3	55	Brisbane Lions	Noah Answerth
4	56	Melbourne Demons	Marty Hore
4	57	Fremantle Dockers	Lachlan Shultz
4	58	Richmond Tigers	Fraser Turner
4	59	Fremantle Dockers	Brett Bewley
4	60	Essendon Bombers	Noah Gown
4	61	GWS Giants	Connor Idun
4	62	Richmond Tigers	Luke English
4	63	Hawthorn Hawks	Mathew Walker
4	64	Adelaide Crows	Lachlan Scholl
4	65	Geelong Cats	Darcy Fort
4	66	Carlton Blues	Finbar O’Dwyer
4	67	St Kilda Saints	Robert Young
4	68	Geelong Cats	Jake Tarca
4	69	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Joel Crocker
5	70	Carlton Blues	Ben Silvagni
5	71	Gold Coast Suns	Caleb Graham
5	72	Essendon Bombers	Brayden Ham
5	73	Port Adelaide Power	Riley Grundy
5	74	Geelong Cats	Oscar Brownless
5	75	Melbourne Demons	Toby Bedford
6	76	Port Adelaide Power	Boyd Woodcock
8	77	Collingwood Magpies	Atu Bosenavulagi
11	78	Western Bulldogs	Will Hayes

Rookie Draft:

1	1	Carlton Blues	Hugh Goddard
1	2	Gold Coast Suns	Michael Rischitelli
1	3	St Kilda Saints	Callum Wilkie
1	4	Brisbane Lions	Ryan Bastinac
1	5	Fremantle Dockers	Ethan Hughes
1	6	Western Bulldogs	Lachie Young
1	7	Adelaide Crows	Kieran Stachan
1	8	Essendon Bombers	Tuth Jok
1	9	Port Adelaide Power	Tobin Cox
1	10	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Tom McKenzie
1	11	Geelong Cats	Tom Atkins
1	12	Sydney Swans	Durak Tucker
1	13	GWS Giants	Pass
1	14	Hawthorn Hawks	Damon Greaves
1	15	Melbourne Demons	Kade Chandler
1	16	Richmond Tigers	Jake Aarts
1	17	Collingwood Magpies	Tim Broomhead
1	18	West Coast Eagles	Harry Edwards
2	19	Carlton Blues	Tom Bugg
2	20	Gold Coast Suns	Jack Leslie
2	21	Brisbane Lions	Jacob Allison
2	22	Fremantle Dockers	Tobe Watson
2	23	Western Bulldogs	Jordon Sweet
2	24	Adelaide Crows	Paul Hunter
2	25	Essendon Bombers	Matt Dea
2	26	Port Adelaide Power	Cameron Hewett
2	27	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Kyron Hayden
2	28	Sydney Swans	Harry Reynolds
2	29	GWS Giants	pass
2	30	Hawthorn Hawks	Will Golds
2	31	Melbourne Demons	pass
2	32	Richmond Tigers	Jacob Townsend
2	33	Collingwood Magpies	Sam Murray
2	34	West Coast Eagles	Josh Smith
3	35	Carlton Blues	pass
3	36	Gold Coast Suns	Brad Scheer
3	37	Fremantle Dockers	Ryan Nyhuis
3	38	Western Bulldogs	pass
3	39	Adelaide Crows	Jordon Butts
3	40	Essendon Bombers	pass
3	41	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Tom Wilkinson
3	42	Sydney Swans	Kurt Tippett
3	43	Hawthorn Hawks	Tim Mohr
3	44	Melbourne Demons	pass
3	45	Richmond Tigers	Mabior Chol
3	46	West Coast Eagles	pass
4	47	Gold Coast Suns	Harrison Wigg
4	48	North Melbourne Kangaroos	pass
4	49	Hawthorn Hawks	Will Langford

Pre-season supplemental signings:

Matt Cottrell	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
Michael Gibbons	Williamstown	VFL
Zac Clarke	Essendon	Subiaco	WAFL	Previously listed with Fremantle
Sam Fletcher	Gold Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
Shane Mumford	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	Retired in 2017
Ned Reeves	Hawthorn	Box Hill Hawks	VFL
Corey Wagner	Melbourne	Casey Demons	VFL	Previously listed with North Melbourne
Jay Lockhart	Casey Demons	VFL		[190]
Tom Campbell	North Melbourne	Western Bulldogs	AFL
Mav Weller	Richmond	St Kilda	AFL
Sydney Stack	Perth	WAFL		[195]
Jonathon Marsh	St Kilda	East Fremantle	WAFL	Previously listed with Collingwood
Sam Rowe	Carlton	AFL		[190]
Hayden McLean	Sydney	South Adelaide	SANFL
Keegan Brooksby	West Coast	South Adelaide	SANFL	Previously listed with Gold Coast

 

[NetworkNerd]

Its very hard to rank the players after 1 year. Lets go back 10 years to the 2008 draft.

In his first year Daniel Rich was a jet and if I recall, he got a perfect score in the rising star. But in the fullness of time would he be number 1...

Still a good player...but most supporters would take a 15 year key defender like Michael Hurley or even other mids like Steele Sidebottom, Luke Shuey etc.

From what we have seen.. for 2018 draft... pick one is still Walsh but Rozee is not far behind. Bailey Smith brings a good amount of energy but history may rate one or both of the 2 big forwards in the King brothers at the top of the tree.

 

[Corkintheocean]

Rozee 1
Max King 2 for me.

 

[Del191229]

Curtis Taylor would be going lots higher.

 

[Rich01]

All of the top 18 picks look solid at this stage.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Carlton traded pick 2 was it for Stocker?

 

[lewdogs]

Callum Wilkie pick 1.

 

[blitzer]

Too hard to really rank but I'd be taking Max King at no 1. Key forwards are so hard to find and now that you know he's been able to get over his knee issues I'd just take him.
Rozee probably best from a performance point of view so maybe he's 2nd.
Its also miles too early for this thread.

 

[Tig017]

Its very hard to rank the players after 1 year. Lets go back 10 years to the 2008 draft.

Its also miles too early for this thread.

Haha, knew these boring posts would come up quickly.

There's no reason why it can't be judged as an ongoing thing, crybabies. Nobody said this thread is a definitive be all and end all.

 

[Power Raid]

definitely a strong draft with quality and depth

Loving Port's picks so far but can't but help be envious of other clubs picks.

I'm hoping to see Lukosius and Hately in Prison Bars one day.

 

[Mundusa]

I can't wait to see if Rankine lives up to the hype. So much x-factor.
I just hope he isn't the next Bennell. Talent cruelled by injury.

 

[RUNVS]

Thomas and Jones feel like the outliers in that top 10.

 

[Psicosis]

Thomas and Jones feel like the outliers in that top 10.

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

TT's last month:
15 Disposals 2 Goals
18 Disposals 1 Goal
21 Disposals 2 Goals
17 Disposals 2 Goals

 

[Dez!]

I like our picks at 27 and 33 in Tom Sparrow and James Jordon.

 

[Chopperdave]

One thing is for sure what an absolute super draft. Stack of talent across the board who have already shown so much.

 

[Atomboy]

Callum Wilkie pick 1.

Thank fox for the Rookie drafts, the Saints have picked up better players there than the main draft.

 

[andrewb]

definitely a strong draft with quality and depth

Loving Port's picks so far but can't but help be envious of other clubs picks.

I'm hoping to see Lukosius and Hately in Prison Bars one day.

At Collingwood?

 

[falcons2]

Looks like a pretty strong draft. Most early picks seem about right. Not sure Rankine is of top 3 quality. He will produce highlights but a similar type in Rozee - Rozee streets ahead.
The one who I think might become a real star is Lukosius. A bit of Rhys-Jones without the violence the way he goes about it.
Gonna be a good group to watch.

 

[WilloTree]

Rowbottom would go 1st round.

 

[The 747]

Walsh
Ben King
Rozee
Bailey Smith

Would be my top 4 on performance to date. May have missed someone obvious though - edit - yeah Butters on performance would be third for me.

 

[The 747]

Looks like a pretty strong draft. Most early picks seem about right. Not sure Rankine is of top 3 quality. He will produce highlights but a similar type in Rozee - Rozee streets ahead.
The one who I think might become a real star is Lukosius. A bit of Rhys-Jones without the violence the way he goes about it.
Gonna be a good group to watch.

Yeah he's a sleeper. A bit unnoticed due to the way Dew is seasoning him but he projects to be a really high quality player.

 

[conrad_437]

Yeah he's a sleeper. A bit unnoticed due to the way Dew is seasoning him but he projects to be a really high quality player.

Such an incredible kick for his size. If it all clicks he could be the MVP of the comp.

 

[Jibroni]

Duursma should have been taken in the Top 10, shame he is injured ATM.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Rowbottom would go 1st round.

He is looking like the biggest steal at the moment. Also rate Vandermeer highly from the limited footy we’ve seen.

 

[Ambrosia]

Really like what I’ve seen from Jordan Butts.