saxymaxy's phantom draft V1 (with explanations)

[saxymaxy]

thought it was have having an early jab at the 09 draft, ive tried to make a few surprises here and there, so here it is:

1: (Melbourne) Tom Scully -
The obvious selection, scully is your classic midfielder and Melbourne would be crazy not to pick him.

2: (Melbourne) Jack Trengove -
The second best midfileder in the draft and i can see melbourne selecting him over butcher to strengthen their centreline.

3: (Richmond) John Butcher -
Slipped past Melbourne but i cant see richmond picking any1 over him. Big KPF and with Richmonds main forward targets being Riewoldt and Morton - this is a very suitable selection.

4: (Fremantle) Anthony Morabito -
Has just won the WAFL rising star award and is a ready-made big bodied forward or mid. Blitzing pace and a strong mark, the 192cm younsters only downfall is he's kicking.

5: (Kangaroos) Gary Rohan -
NM would highly consider Lucas Martin and Cunnington for this pick but the red-haired youngster may be too hard to resist! Amazing pace and massive X-factor about him, will be a fine edition to the kangas.

6: (Sydney) Kane Lucas -
The WA gun is probably the next best player (just edging martin out) and Sydney would find him very hard to past.

7: (West Coast) Lewis Jetta -
The eagles would be annoyed Lucas was taken, so i can see them making a shock selection and taking 21yo WAFL superstar Lewis Jetta. With Pace to burn, great goal sense and good skills, Jetta will be a fine player and with the big wings at subiaco, he could easily thrive and become a super player.

8: (Port Adelaide) Luke Tapscott -
Probably the best kick in the draft, Tapscott is very good at kicking goals and is a very quality player. Plus being a SA it is an ideal selection for the power.

9: (Hawthorn) Daniel Talia -
A fantastic KPD, which is exactly what the hawks are after. They would be very happy with daniel to strengthen their Backline.

10: (Essendon) Dustin Martin -
The bombers would be absolutely stoked if Martin managed to slip to them! A Fantastic Inside-mid with brillaint kicking skills, lucky to slip this far.

11: (Carlton) Ben Cunnington -
IMO the next best midfielder available, and carlton would be very happy with young ben to add to their talented midfield.

12: (Brisbane) Koby Stevens -
If the young midfielder did slip this far the lions would be crazy not to pick him and continue to expand their skilful young midfield.

13: (Collingwood) Jack Fitzpatrick -
Very nearly went with Vardy but Fitzpatrick imo is better and would suit them more. At 202cm he can play ruck and he often swings between forward and back.

14: (Western Bulldogs) Matthew Panos -
Talented Full-forward, exactly what the dogs need. They would also consider Griffiths but IMO panos will get the nod.

15: (Adelaide) Mitch Duncan -
The WA midfileder would be very good chocie here, could easily turn out to be one of the best players to come out of this draft and would suit adelaides game plan.

16: (Geelong) Nathan Vardy -
With Ottens getting older and mark blake and shane mumford failing to show good signs - they may feel the need to draft the young ruckman. Nearly went with christenson for this pick.

17: (St Kilda) Jordan Gysbergs -
A versatile player and imo is the next available, cant see the saints passing him.

18: (Melbourne) Jake Carslile -
After taking Scully and Trengove with their first 2 picks a kpf is perfect for them, and jake is a fantastic slection for them at this point.

19: (Richmond) Jesse Crichton -
Inside player who gets his hands on the ball alot, pretty good user and richmond would be very happy with him.

20: (Fremantle) Aaron Black -
Tall full-forward seen as being a 'Late Bolter.' Black is very capable of taking good marks and kicking goals and is exactly what dockers need. Suddenly there forward line is starting to look very dangerous.

21: (North Melbourne) Allen Christenson -
Small quick mid with good foot skills, reads the play well and i cant see him slipping any further.

22: (Sydney) Ben Griffiths -
Sydeney would be absolutely delighted if thet nabbed Griffiths! With Barry and O'loughlin gone a new young forward is exactly what there after.

23: (West Coast) Travis Colyer -
Only 175cm tall but has super-human agility, great goal sense and good kicking skills, could go higher and the eagles would be celebrating if they got him, plus he fills the missing link of a small quick crumbing forward.

24: (Port Adelaide) Roland Ah Chee -
Mark Williams loves these flashy players and i reckon he'll find Ah chee much too hard to resist. Roland has great ball use, good goal sense and is probably one of the best youngsters to come out of the NT in a while.

25: (Hawthorn) Brad Sheppard -
A talented rebounding defender with good skills, perfect for the hawks and their hard running game style.

26: (Essendon) Ryan Bastinac -
Probably the next best available. Good skills and no real downers, the bombers would be very happy to add him to their young list.

27: (Carlton) Jake Melksham -
An all-round very good player who could easily go earlier, Carlton would be stoked if they could nab him at this point.

28: (Brisbane) Andrew Moore -
Can play in many positions and is very versatile. Brisbane would be very happy if he lasted to their pick and he would slot nicely onto their list.

29: (Collingwood) Andrew Hooper -
The Larke medalist at the u18's cup, hooper is a very strong player with a good kick and is worth a late 2nd rounder.

30: (Western Bulldogs) Max Gawn -
highly considered Harwood for this pick but its not ver oftenb a 206cm ruckmen comes along and IMO the bulldogs wouldn't mind a young ruckman on their list.

31: (Adelaide) Alex Carey -
A strong in and under clearnce player who adelaide would be very happy to grab at this election. I also considered Harwood and Wanganeen for this pick but Carey imo is just above.

32: (Geelong) Derek Wanganeen -
Yet again Harwood has just been beaten. Wanganeen is only small (172cm) but is quick and can kick goals, i reckon Geelong might be interested in him at this pick.

33: (St Kilda) Nicholas Winmar -
I simply had to make this guy go to the saints for obvious reasons. A strongly built young player who could be a star in a few years, but saints are at the stage where they can take a few risks.

so there it is: my first 2 rounds for the 2009 national draft, hope you enjoyed the read and i should get an updated draft out as the real draft nears.
Would be happy for any1 to point out mistakes or people they would have rather been selected.

cheers

 

[Offsider]

Very Good effort, possibly the best I have seen so far. Not many surprises in there. Agree with WC picking Jetta at 7, don't know why though.

Great draft for Brisbane there with Andrew Moore and Koby Stevens, would fill our needs very nicely. Only issue for me is that I rate Colyer, Ah Chee and Crichton as lower secound rounders. But still a great effort.

 

[saxymaxy]

Very Good effort, possibly the best I have seen so far. Not many surprises in there. Agree with WC picking Jetta at 7, don't know why though.

Great draft for Brisbane there with Andrew Moore and Koby Stevens, would fill our needs very nicely. Only issue for me is that I rate Colyer, Ah Chee and Crichton as lower secound rounders. But still a great effort.

yea i noticed i hadn't put in many surprises like i originally said - besides jetta at 7. but i disagree with your comment on colyer, i definitely rate him a second round pick and i think he'd be perfect for wc to fill there forward pocket crumber needs. And with Ah Chee i just think Mark Williams will find him hard to pass by.

 

[Offsider]

yea i noticed i hadn't put in many surprises like i originally said - besides jetta at 7. but i disagree with your comment on colyer, i definitely rate him a second round pick and i think he'd be perfect for wc to fill there forward pocket crumber needs. And with Ah Chee i just think Mark Williams will find him hard to pass by.

Yeah your right Colyer does fit WC's needs, and Mark William's loves the quick indiginous outside players.

 

[nickh32]

hey man this is probably one of my fav drafts yet. seems really solid. it seems really hard to think thow tha cunnington, martin and stevens are all going to drop that low. but as an essendon fan would love to see any of them come into the team. bastanic almost seems certain to go to the bombers if we go by all the phantom drafts so far, but we cant really know until after trade period and draft camp. why isnt ryan harwood in your 2nd rounders i rate him very highly?

 

[Pafloyul]

A bit funny Carlton overlooking a tall with both picks but you will probably get those who will say that we'd be mad to overlook certain players.

Apart from fellow Carlton supporters who say this, you would have others saying that and picking out how incompetent our forward-line is in the same breath. It seems like Carlton are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Talk about a ridiculous conundrum.

 

[nickh32]

A bit funny Carlton overlooking a tall with both picks but you will probably get those who will say that we'd be mad to overlook certain players.

Apart from fellow Carlton supporters who say this, you would have others saying that and picking out how incompetent our forward-line is in the same breath. It seems like Carlton are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Talk about a ridiculous conundrum.

i must agee with you here. the last thing carlton needs is midfielders its all they have been drafting in the last 3-5 years. with fev at 28 and cloke hopeless. carlton do need to draft some talls.

where essendon have done the opposite and drafted talls recently so they should hopefully be getting 5 new midfielders this year by trading and drafting

 

[__aria__]

allen christensen with pick 21 surely that will not happen


i would be over the moon

 

[saxymaxy]

A bit funny Carlton overlooking a tall with both picks

yea i agree they need some talls but if cunnington and koby are still available at their pick its hard to see them overlooking those players. But then at 27 Melksham is far better then any available kpf. would imagine theyd be hoping black would make it to 27.

 

[Toadvine]

Pretty good job
My thoughts on Richmonds pick 2,

I cant see us taking Jesse Crichton at 19 thats a bit high for him I think.

especially with Moore, Bastinac, Christenson and Ledin or Bartlett (both didn't even get a mention) still available.

 

[Vader]

Being very pedantic, but there's no way Adelaide can finish the season in 3rd position, earning pick #15 as you have given us.

If we lose to Collingwood tonight, we finish in 5th.
If we lose to Geelong in the prelim final next week, we finish 4th (both Footscray & St Kilda were ahead of us at the end of the H&A season).
If we make the Grand Final, then we finish 1st or 2nd depending on the result.

 

[saxymaxy]

Being very pedantic, but there's no way Adelaide can finish the season in 3rd position, earning pick #15 as you have given us.

If we lose to Collingwood tonight, we finish in 5th.
If we lose to Geelong in the prelim final next week, we finish 4th (both Footscray & St Kilda were ahead of us at the end of the H&A season).
If we make the Grand Final, then we finish 1st or 2nd depending on the result.

sorry bout that, but after checking i think if adelaide get the pick in front of the dogs nothing will change.

Tipping crows for tonights game against collingwood so that leaves them with pick 14.

 

[Vader]

I wouldn't worry about it at all. Great to see that you've provided some good explanations and gone 2 rounds into the draft. Good effort.

 

[bmaurizio]

Well done and good read . I 'd be very happy if the Blues had the opportunity to pick Cunnington & Melksham .Two very talented players.
This would be a great outcome for the Baggers.

 

[Tiger Battler]

Great effort and really well thought out. As a Richmond supporter I would only question the selection 19. Would prefer the club to select Christenson or Bastinac if they are still available.

All up a fantastic effort though.

 

[GrandBlue]

The Dogs got 2 ruckmen in the draft last year, it's the last thing they'll need this year. I can see them rather going for a quick forward/midifielder type at their second rounder. Other than that, good job.

 

[swans16]

I think Sydney will take Dustin Martin at #6 and West Coast taking Kane Lucas at #7.

 

[lionshine]

Best phantom draft I have seen. Great job. Love Brisbanes picks and would be stoked if this happned. Mate I could see the Lions taking a quick outside player with there second pick though. Possibly Winmar. Anyway great job. Port had the best round 1 and 2 draft combo last year in Hartlett and Trengove. It could happen again with Tapscott and A Chee being great picks.

 

[saxymaxy]

I think Sydney will take Dustin Martin at #6 and West Coast taking Kane Lucas at #7.

i actually agree with you there but at the start i mentioned i was going to try and do some surprises, but in the end my only real surprise was jetta to eagles so in the end i stuck with that.

I will update my phantom at the end of the season once all the team positions have been finalized. thanks for all your tips, im taking them all in to account for my phantom draft V2. Cheers

 

[goodoldcats]

good effort. i can see geelong taking a ruckman first round as flake is getting a game at the moment. not sure with our second pick.

 

[Sin City]

If we get Cunnington I will be one happy man

 

[george2]

yeah thats definately the best effort at the drafts i have seen so far. as a freo supporter would be stoked if we could grab morabito and black. Both WA boys and both from Peel, not sure if black will last that long though. he has shot up the draft order very very quickley and for good reason. probably one of the best marks going around for his age and pretty agile for a bigger boy. good job again

 

[Demon 16]

Good work man

2 comments;

I doubt Martin will last that far - he will go top 5 at worst. Melbournes list manager said on the weekend that they are considering him for pick 2 with Morabito and Trengove (Rohan being an outsider).

Cant see Jetta going that high even if Morabito and Lucas arent available to WCE. I think he'll be around for their second pick.

 

[Anjahads]

Not sure ifeagles would take both Jetta and Colyer.
I think if they took Jetta they might pick Sheppard if he was available.
Well done though .