Draft Watcher SMYTHE - 2022 DRAFT THREAD

[RedmanWasHere]

2023 NAB AFL ACADEMY​

Lachlan Cabor (New South Wales/Sydney Swans Academy)
Nate Caddy (Vic Metro/Northern Knights)
Jack Callinan (Tasmania/Tasmania Devils)
Caiden Cleary (New South Wales/Sydney Swans Academy)
Daniel Curtin (Western Australia/Claremont)
Jack Delean (South Australia/South Adelaide)
Zane Duursma (Vic Country/Gippsland Power)
Mitchell Edwards (Western Australia/Peel Thunder)
William Green (Vic Metro/Northern Knights)
Riley Hardeman (Western Australia/Swan Districts)
William Lorenz (Vic Metro/Oakleigh Chargers)
Kane McAuliffe (South Australia/North Adelaide)
Colby McKercher (Tasmania/Tasmania Devils)
Ashton Moir (South Australia/Glenelg)
Connor O'Sullivan (New South Wales/Murray Bushrangers)
William Patton (South Australia/West Adelaide)
Nathan Philactides (Vic Metro/Oakleigh Chargers)
Ethan Read (Queensland/Gold Coast Suns Academy)
Archer Reid (Vic Country/Gippsland Power)
Harley Reid (Vic Country/Bendigo Pioneers)
Archie Roberts (Vic Metro/Sandringham Dragons)
Jake Rogers (Queensland/Gold Coast Suns Academy)
Ryley Sanders (Tasmania/Sandringham Dragons)
Cooper Simpson (Vic Country/Dandenong Stingrays)
George Stevens (Vic Country/Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
Koltyn Tholstrup (Western Australia/Subiaco)
Orlando Turner (Northern Territory/West Adelaide)
Jed Walter (Queensland/Gold Coast Suns Academy)
Nick Watson (Vic Metro/Eastern Ranges)
Darcy Wilson (Vic Country/Murray Bushrangers)

How did you go with this pushintheback?

 

[pushintheback]

How did you go with this pushintheback?

The comparison list below. I managed to select 19 out of 30. Keeping in mind I selected 10 bottom agers in my original selection as there are normally 9-10 selected. In 2022/2023 no bottom agers have been selected at this stage.
No = I did not have them in my list
Yes = I had them in my list.

Vic Metro
Nick Watson	Yes
Nathan Philactides	Yes
Will Lorenz	Yes
Nate Caddy	Yes
Archie Roberts	Yes
Will Green	No
Vic Country
Zane Duursma	Yes
Archer Reid	Yes
Harley Reid	Yes
Cooper Simpson	Yes
Geogrge Stevens	No
Darcy Wilson	No
WA
Daniel Curtain	Yes
Koltyn Tholstrop	Yes
Mitchell Edwards	Yes
Riley Hardeman	Yes
SA
Jack Delean	Yes
Will Patton	Yes
Moir	Yes
McCabe	Did not make the academy
Kane McAuliffe	No
NSW
Lachlan Cabor	Yes
Caiden Cleary	No
Connor O'Sullivan	No
QLD
Jed Walter	Yes
Ethan Read	No
Jake Rogers	No
NT
Orlando Turner	No
TAS
Sanders	Yes
Jack Callinan	No
Colby McKercher	No

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The comparison list below. I managed to select 19 out of 30. Keeping in mind I selected 10 bottom agers in my original selection as there are normally 9-10 selected. In 2022/2023 no bottom agers have been selected at this stage.
No = I did not have them in my list
Yes = I had them in my list.

Vic Metro
Nick Watson	Yes
Nathan Philactides	Yes
Will Lorenz	Yes
Nate Caddy	Yes
Archie Roberts	Yes
Will Green	No
Vic Country
Zane Duursma	Yes
Archer Reid	Yes
Harley Reid	Yes
Cooper Simpson	Yes
Geogrge Stevens	No
Darcy Wilson	No
WA
Daniel Curtain	Yes
Koltyn Tholstrop	Yes
Mitchell Edwards	Yes
Riley Hardeman	Yes
SA
Jack Delean	Yes
Will Patton	Yes
Moir	Yes
McCabe	Did not make the academy
Kane McAuliffe	No
NSW
Lachlan Cabor	Yes
Caiden Cleary	No
Connor O'Sullivan	No
Qld (1)
Jed Walter	Yes
Ethan Read	No
Jake Rogers	No
NT
Orlando Turner	No
TAS
Sanders	Yes
Jack Callinan	No
Colby McKercher	No

That's a pretty bloody good strike rate.

 

[pushintheback]

That's a pretty bloody good strike rate.

kinda looks like i know what i'm talking about

 

[allyearround]

The comparison list below. I managed to select 19 out of 30. Keeping in mind I selected 10 bottom agers in my original selection as there are normally 9-10 selected. In 2022/2023 no bottom agers have been selected at this stage.
No = I did not have them in my list
Yes = I had them in my list.

Vic Metro
Nick Watson	Yes
Nathan Philactides	Yes
Will Lorenz	Yes
Nate Caddy	Yes
Archie Roberts	Yes
Will Green	No
Vic Country
Zane Duursma	Yes
Archer Reid	Yes
Harley Reid	Yes
Cooper Simpson	Yes
Geogrge Stevens	No
Darcy Wilson	No
WA
Daniel Curtain	Yes
Koltyn Tholstrop	Yes
Mitchell Edwards	Yes
Riley Hardeman	Yes
SA
Jack Delean	Yes
Will Patton	Yes
Moir	Yes
McCabe	Did not make the academy
Kane McAuliffe	No
NSW
Lachlan Cabor	Yes
Caiden Cleary	No
Connor O'Sullivan	No
QLD
Jed Walter	Yes
Ethan Read	No
Jake Rogers	No
NT
Orlando Turner	No
TAS
Sanders	Yes
Jack Callinan	No
Colby McKercher	No

Any idea why they haven’t selected any bottom agers?

 

[Smythe]

For this whole last week I have been going through this (fairly thoroughly) trying to make sure the swaps and pick positions are in order as well as all the players I think will be drafted.
I think they are, and I think the positions are in order, so here is my final mock after fixing my North Melbourne pick mistakes(I had too many), and going back to my original swap of Ess and Stk picks.

ROUND ONE
1 - GWS - Aaron Cadman
2 - NTH - George Wardlaw
3 - NTH - Harry Sheezel
4 - BRIS - Will Ashcroft- Bid matched
Ess bid then trade 4, 22 & F3 to Stk for 10, 33, 44, 70 and F1
5 - STK - Elijah Tsatas
6 - GC - Bailey Humphrey
7 - HAW - Mattaes Phillipou
8 - GEE - Jhye Clark
9 - WCE - Ed Allan
10 - ESS - Cam McKenzie
11 - CAR - Jedd Busslinger
12 - WB - Rueben Ginbey
13 - BRIS - Jaspa Fletcher - Bid matched
14 - WCE - Oliver Hollands
15 - GWS - Jacob Konstanty
Melb trade 15 & F2 to GWS for 20 & 21
16 - SYD - Matthew Jefferson
17 - GWS - Brayden George
18 - COLL - Jake Ryan
19 - SYD - Lachlan Cowan
20 - MELB - Oli Hotton

ROUND TWO
21 - MELB - Harry Barnett
22 - WCE - Elijah Hewett
23 - ADEL - Max Michalanney - Bid matched
24 - WB - Josh Weddle
25 - STK - Charlie Clarke
26 - NTH - Lewis Hayes
27 - HAW - Mitch Szybkowski
28 - COLL - Henry Hustwaite
29 - ESS - Alwyn..Davey..Jnr - Bid matched
30 - WCE - Darcy Jones
31 - COLL - Joe Richards
32 - STK - Ethan Phillips
33 - CARL - Coby Burgiel
34 - FREO - Kaleb Smith
35 - CARL - Max Gruzewski
Carl trade F2 to Gws
36 - PORT- Jaiden Magor
37 - WCE - Isaac Keeler
Wce trade F3 to Melb

ROUND THREE
38 - WB - James Van Es
39 - HAW - Noah Long
40 - GWS - Harry Rowston - Bid matched
41 - SYD - Adam D’Aloia
42 - ESS - Anthony Munkara - Bid matched
43 - FREO - Harry Cole
44 - FREO - Jaxon Binns
45 - GC - Hugh Davies
46 - HAW- Tom..Scully
47 - RICH - Harry Lemmey
48 - GEE - Jed Hagan
49 - ESS - Tom McCallum
50 - PORT - Billy Dowling
51 - NTH - Cooper Harvey - Bid matched
52 - FREO - Jasper Scaife - Bid matched
53 - RICH - Jake Walker
54 - ADEL - Will Verrell

Now we can all look forward to draft night
(so we can laugh at this attempt )

 

[weltschmerz]

For this whole last week I have been going through this (fairly thoroughly) trying to make sure the swaps and pick positions are in order as well as all the players I think will be drafted.
I think they are, and I think the positions are in order, so here is my final mock.

ROUND ONE
1 - GWS - Aaron Cadman
2 - BRIS - Will Ashcroft - Bid matched
haw trade 50, 52, 65 for pick 36
Freo trade 43, 44 for pick 35
Stk trade 47 for 2023 F3rd tied to WB
3 - NTH - George Wardlaw
4 - NTH - Harry Sheezel
5 - ESS - Mattaes Phillipou - I like him here and have for a while, I think ess do too.
6 - GC - Bailey Humphrey
7 - HAW - Elijah Tsatas
8 - GEEL - Jhye Clark
9 - WCE - Ed Allan - should not take the chance he gets taken before their next pick which is a big possibility, talk he may go earlier too, but if Clark falls to Geelong I believe they take him.
10 - STK - Cam McKenzie
11 - CARL - Jedd Busslinger
12 - WB - Rueben Ginbey
13 - BRIS - Jaspa Fletcher - Bid matched
14 - WCE - Oliver Hollands
15 - GWS - Jacob Konstanty
GWS trade 20, 21 to melb for 15 and F2nd - he will not last until their next pick and they want him, so they move up and grab him here whilst moving a pick out into next year
16 - SYD - Matt Jefferson - making the fwd line of the future look very promising at the swans
17 - GWS - Brayden George
18 - COLL - Jake Ryan - word now has it they like him a lot, and he is a very Collingwood style of player, he won’t make it to their next pick and is best available that suits a need to help out their backline so I have him going here
19 - SYD - Lachlan Cowan
20 - MELB - Oli Hotton

ROUND TWO
21 - MELB - Harry Barnett - melb like him and this is probably how they get him, using that trade from gws
22 - WCE - Elijah Hewett
23 - ADEL - Max Michalanney - Bid matched
Nth trade 40 for 46 and F3rd tied to Coll
24 - WB - Josh Weddle
25 - CARL - Charlie Clarke
Ess trade 25 and F3rd to Carl for 29, 66 and F2nd - Carl jump up to grab Clarke here and get their wish of getting another player early, he will provide tackling pressure and toughness, and another scoring option
26 - NTH - Lewis Hayes
27 - HAW - Mitch Szybkowski
28 - COLL - Henry Hustwaite
29 - ESS - Alwyn Davey Jnr - Bid matched
30 - WCE - Darcy Jones
31 - COLL - Joe Richards - several clubs want him and someone will have to take him around this mark if they want him more, will be a perfect foil down fwd for the pies and replace Elliot eventually in a smooth transition
32 - STK - Coby Burgiel
33 - FREO - Kaleb Smith - Ethan Phillips is a chance here, but I don’t think Jed Adams will go in the ND leaving him to get listed by Freo anyway in the rookie draft so they go for a very attacking, super quick player here with fwd nous as well, he plays with intent and is athletic necessary fits the Fremantle style
34 - STK - Ethan Phillips
STK trade F2nd to gws for 34 - Stk jump up to fill a need and grab the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medalist here
35 - STK - Jaxon Binns - fits a need they have sorely missed out on the wings
36 - PORT - Jaiden Magor
37 - FREO - Tom Scully
38 - HAW - James Van Es
39 - NTH - Isaac Keeler
melb trade 39 to Nth for F3rd - a fwd to help out who is also a dual position fwd who can pinch hit in the ruck, the need help in both areas so they jump up to grab him here and melb trade out to next yr

ROUND THREE
40 - WB - Lachlan Sullivan - gets the nod here from their vfl team especially with Dunkley leaving he fits the bill (also talk recently is that this is their plan)
41 - ESS - Harry Lemmey
Ess trade 55, F3rd to haw for 40 - I think ess will have faith that their new coach and new system can get the best out of lemmey and I don’t see him being able to run the Mitchell system at haw, munkara was an option but I think teams will show good faith towards the players wish to get to ess so haw get a pick next year and choose someone they think will fall to their next pick
42 - GWS - Harry Rowston - Bid matched
43 - SYD - Adam D’Aloia
44 - GC - Hugh Davies - suits a need especially with Rory Thomson retiring
45 - NTH - Cooper Harvey - Bid matched
46 - ESS - Anthony Munkara - Bid Matched - haw make the bid knowing ess will match just to make sure they can get who they want with that last pick which came from ess
47 - HAW - Noah Long - after keeping Nth and ess honest hawks grab Noah here as a mid/Fwd option with plenty of upside
48 - CARL - Max Gruzewski - couldn’t find a spot earlier for him, tried hard, but he suits a need here and I know they like him as a swingman
49 - WCE - Connor McDonald
wce trade F3rd to Coll for 49
50 - RICH - Jasper Scaife - maybe this is the guy that can fill that fwd need for the future, Freo may match but with Amiss showing huge promises, Taberner and Treacy there as well, and after taking Scully early I have them passing here with Jed Adams on the radar for the rookie draft with possibly another mid, maybe McDonald
51 - ADEL - Billy Dowling
52 - GEEL - Jed Hagan
53 - ADEL - Harry Cole
54 - PORT - Tom McCallum - suits a need and will free up Allir
55 - HAW - Harvey Gallagher - hawks get their guy here to provide run and carry as well as a scoring option from the Def
56 - RICH - Luke Teal - with a full injury free year should be much higher so a best available here
57 - GEEL - Blake Drury

Now we can all look forward to draft night
(so we can laugh at this attempt )

Sullivan will 100% be a Bulldog next year, but he'll slide to the rookie draft. We seem to have a policy to draft our Footscray B&F as an incentive. (Whether we need them or not.)

Ginbey would be great.

 

[Smythe]

Sullivan will 100% be a Bulldog next year, but he'll slide to the rookie draft. We seem to have a policy to draft our Footscray B&F as an incentive. (Whether we need them or not.)

Ginbey would be great.

i Like Sullivan but couldn’t find a spot here for him, so rookie draft it is.

 

[Mofra]

For this whole last week I have been going through this (fairly thoroughly) trying to make sure the swaps and pick positions are in order as well as all the players I think will be drafted.
I think they are, and I think the positions are in order, so here is my final mock.

ROUND ONE
1 - GWS - Aaron Cadman
2 - BRIS - Will Ashcroft - Bid matched
haw trade 50, 52, 65 for pick 36
Freo trade 43, 44 for pick 35
Stk trade 47 for 2023 F3rd tied to WB
3 - NTH - George Wardlaw
4 - NTH - Harry Sheezel
5 - ESS - Mattaes Phillipou - I like him here and have for a while, I think ess do too.
6 - GC - Bailey Humphrey
7 - HAW - Elijah Tsatas
8 - GEEL - Jhye Clark
9 - WCE - Ed Allan - should not take the chance he gets taken before their next pick which is a big possibility, talk he may go earlier too, but if Clark falls to Geelong I believe they take him.
10 - STK - Cam McKenzie
11 - CARL - Jedd Busslinger
12 - WB - Rueben Ginbey
13 - BRIS - Jaspa Fletcher - Bid matched
14 - WCE - Oliver Hollands
15 - GWS - Jacob Konstanty
GWS trade 20, 21 to melb for 15 and F2nd - he will not last until their next pick and they want him, so they move up and grab him here whilst moving a pick out into next year
16 - SYD - Matt Jefferson - making the fwd line of the future look very promising at the swans
17 - GWS - Brayden George
18 - COLL - Jake Ryan - word now has it they like him a lot, and he is a very Collingwood style of player, he won’t make it to their next pick and is best available that suits a need to help out their backline so I have him going here
19 - SYD - Lachlan Cowan
20 - MELB - Oli Hotton

ROUND TWO
21 - MELB - Harry Barnett - melb like him and this is probably how they get him, using that trade from gws
22 - WCE - Elijah Hewett
23 - ADEL - Max Michalanney - Bid matched
Nth trade 40 for 46 and F3rd tied to Coll
24 - WB - Josh Weddle
25 - CARL - Charlie Clarke
Ess trade 25 and F3rd to Carl for 29, 66 and F2nd - Carl jump up to grab Clarke here and get their wish of getting another player early, he will provide tackling pressure and toughness, and another scoring option
26 - NTH - Lewis Hayes
27 - HAW - Mitch Szybkowski
28 - COLL - Henry Hustwaite
29 - ESS - Alwyn Davey Jnr - Bid matched
30 - WCE - Darcy Jones
31 - COLL - Joe Richards - several clubs want him and someone will have to take him around this mark if they want him more, will be a perfect foil down fwd for the pies and replace Elliot eventually in a smooth transition
32 - STK - Coby Burgiel
33 - FREO - Kaleb Smith - Ethan Phillips is a chance here, but I don’t think Jed Adams will go in the ND leaving him to get listed by Freo anyway in the rookie draft so they go for a very attacking, super quick player here with fwd nous as well, he plays with intent and is athletic necessary fits the Fremantle style
34 - STK - Ethan Phillips
STK trade F2nd to gws for 34 - Stk jump up to fill a need and grab the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medalist here
35 - STK - Jaxon Binns - fits a need they have sorely missed out on the wings
36 - PORT - Jaiden Magor
37 - FREO - Tom Scully
38 - HAW - James Van Es
39 - NTH - Isaac Keeler
melb trade 39 to Nth for F3rd - a fwd to help out who is also a dual position fwd who can pinch hit in the ruck, the need help in both areas so they jump up to grab him here and melb trade out to next yr

ROUND THREE
40 - WB - Lachlan Sullivan - gets the nod here from their vfl team especially with Dunkley leaving he fits the bill (also talk recently is that this is their plan)
41 - ESS - Harry Lemmey
Ess trade 55, F3rd to haw for 40 - I think ess will have faith that their new coach and new system can get the best out of lemmey and I don’t see him being able to run the Mitchell system at haw, munkara was an option but I think teams will show good faith towards the players wish to get to ess so haw get a pick next year and choose someone they think will fall to their next pick
42 - GWS - Harry Rowston - Bid matched
43 - SYD - Adam D’Aloia
44 - GC - Hugh Davies - suits a need especially with Rory Thomson retiring
45 - NTH - Cooper Harvey - Bid matched
46 - ESS - Anthony Munkara - Bid Matched - haw make the bid knowing ess will match just to make sure they can get who they want with that last pick which came from ess
47 - HAW - Noah Long - after keeping Nth and ess honest hawks grab Noah here as a mid/Fwd option with plenty of upside
48 - CARL - Max Gruzewski - couldn’t find a spot earlier for him, tried hard, but he suits a need here and I know they like him as a swingman
49 - WCE - Connor McDonald
wce trade F3rd tied to port to Coll for 49
50 - RICH - Jasper Scaife - maybe this is the guy that can fill that fwd need for the future, Freo may match but with Amiss showing huge promises, Taberner and Treacy there as well, and after taking Scully early I have them passing here with Jed Adams on the radar for the rookie draft with possibly another mid, maybe McDonald
51 - ADEL - Billy Dowling
52 - GEEL - Jed Hagan
53 - ADEL - Harry Cole
54 - PORT - Tom McCallum - suits a need and will free up Allir
55 - HAW - Harvey Gallagher - hawks get their guy here to provide run and carry as well as a scoring option from the Def
56 - RICH - Luke Teal - with a full injury free year should be much higher so a best available here
57 - GEEL - Blake Drury

Now we can all look forward to draft night
(so we can laugh at this attempt )

Really good effort here.
I suspect we'd be more likely to take Teal (we've apparently shown some interest) or Leary with our 3rd pick and go to the rookie draft for Sullivan

 

[LittleG]

For this whole last week I have been going through this (fairly thoroughly) trying to make sure the swaps and pick positions are in order as well as all the players I think will be drafted.
I think they are, and I think the positions are in order, so here is my final mock.

ROUND ONE
1 - GWS - Aaron Cadman
2 - BRIS - Will Ashcroft - Bid matched
haw trade 50, 52, 65 for pick 36
Freo trade 43, 44 for pick 35
Stk trade 47 for 2023 F3rd tied to WB
3 - NTH - George Wardlaw
4 - NTH - Harry Sheezel
5 - ESS - Mattaes Phillipou - I like him here and have for a while, I think ess do too.
6 - GC - Bailey Humphrey
7 - HAW - Elijah Tsatas
8 - GEEL - Jhye Clark
9 - WCE - Ed Allan - should not take the chance he gets taken before their next pick which is a big possibility, talk he may go earlier too, but if Clark falls to Geelong I believe they take him.
10 - STK - Cam McKenzie
11 - CARL - Jedd Busslinger
12 - WB - Rueben Ginbey
13 - BRIS - Jaspa Fletcher - Bid matched
14 - WCE - Oliver Hollands
15 - GWS - Jacob Konstanty
GWS trade 20, 21 to melb for 15 and F2nd - he will not last until their next pick and they want him, so they move up and grab him here whilst moving a pick out into next year
16 - SYD - Matt Jefferson - making the fwd line of the future look very promising at the swans
17 - GWS - Brayden George
18 - COLL - Jake Ryan - word now has it they like him a lot, and he is a very Collingwood style of player, he won’t make it to their next pick and is best available that suits a need to help out their backline so I have him going here
19 - SYD - Lachlan Cowan
20 - MELB - Oli Hotton

ROUND TWO
21 - MELB - Harry Barnett - melb like him and this is probably how they get him, using that trade from gws
22 - WCE - Elijah Hewett
23 - ADEL - Max Michalanney - Bid matched
Nth trade 40 for 46 and F3rd tied to Coll
24 - WB - Josh Weddle
25 - CARL - Charlie Clarke
Ess trade 25 and F3rd to Carl for 29, 66 and F2nd - Carl jump up to grab Clarke here and get their wish of getting another player early, he will provide tackling pressure and toughness, and another scoring option
26 - NTH - Lewis Hayes
27 - HAW - Mitch Szybkowski
28 - COLL - Henry Hustwaite
29 - ESS - Alwyn Davey

Multiple players found. Use birthday to differentiate. eg [PLAYERCARD="23/11/1962"]Joe Smith[/PLAYERCARD]

Jnr - Bid matched
30 - WCE - Darcy Jones
31 - COLL - Joe Richards - several clubs want him and someone will have to take him around this mark if they want him more, will be a perfect foil down fwd for the pies and replace Elliot eventually in a smooth transition
32 - STK - Coby Burgiel
33 - FREO - Kaleb Smith - Ethan Phillips is a chance here, but I don’t think Jed Adams will go in the ND leaving him to get listed by Freo anyway in the rookie draft so they go for a very attacking, super quick player here with fwd nous as well, he plays with intent and is athletic necessary fits the Fremantle style
34 - STK - Ethan Phillips
STK trade F2nd to gws for 34 - Stk jump up to fill a need and grab the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medalist here
35 - STK - Jaxon Binns - fits a need they have sorely missed out on the wings
36 - PORT - Jaiden Magor
37 - FREO - Tom Scully

21

Tom Scully

Age

32

Ht

181cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.7

5star

K

9.9

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.5

5star

CL

2.3

4star

D

12.6

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

5.1

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.1

2star

CL

0.8

3star

D

19.8

5star

K

8.8

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.6

5star

CL

3.8

5star

38 - HAW - James Van Es
39 - NTH - Isaac Keeler
melb trade 39 to Nth for F3rd - a fwd to help out who is also a dual position fwd who can pinch hit in the ruck, the need help in both areas so they jump up to grab him here and melb trade out to next yr

ROUND THREE
40 - WB - Lachlan Sullivan - gets the nod here from their vfl team especially with Dunkley leaving he fits the bill (also talk recently is that this is their plan)
41 - ESS - Harry Lemmey
Ess trade 55, F3rd to haw for 40 - I think ess will have faith that their new coach and new system can get the best out of lemmey and I don’t see him being able to run the Mitchell system at haw, munkara was an option but I think teams will show good faith towards the players wish to get to ess so haw get a pick next year and choose someone they think will fall to their next pick
42 - GWS - Harry Rowston - Bid matched
43 - SYD - Adam D’Aloia
44 - GC - Hugh Davies - suits a need especially with Rory Thomson retiring
45 - NTH - Cooper Harvey - Bid matched
46 - ESS - Anthony Munkara - Bid Matched - haw make the bid knowing ess will match just to make sure they can get who they want with that last pick which came from ess
47 - HAW - Noah Long - after keeping Nth and ess honest hawks grab Noah here as a mid/Fwd option with plenty of upside
48 - CARL - Max Gruzewski - couldn’t find a spot earlier for him, tried hard, but he suits a need here and I know they like him as a swingman
49 - WCE - Connor McDonald
wce trade F3rd tied to port to Coll for 49
50 - RICH - Jasper Scaife - maybe this is the guy that can fill that fwd need for the future, Freo may match but with Amiss showing huge promises, Taberner and Treacy there as well, and after taking Scully early I have them passing here with Jed Adams on the radar for the rookie draft with possibly another mid, maybe McDonald
51 - ADEL - Billy Dowling
52 - GEEL - Jed Hagan
53 - ADEL - Harry Cole
54 - PORT - Tom McCallum - suits a need and will free up Allir
55 - HAW - Harvey Gallagher - hawks get their guy here to provide run and carry as well as a scoring option from the Def
56 - RICH - Luke Teal - with a full injury free year should be much higher so a best available here
57 - GEEL - Blake Drury

Now we can all look forward to draft night
(so we can laugh at this attempt )

You have Bombers trading back and then matching a bid…. That is rather poor trading by them. Better to stay out than trade and then draft your father son.

 

[Smythe]

You have Bombers trading back and then matching a bid…. That is rather poor trading by them. Better to stay out than trade and then draft your father son.

Not really, I had them turning a future 4th into a future 2nd and getting extra points for the bids they know will come.

 

[BLACAE]

Smythe Solid effort mate. The only thing you put that hope we don't do is take Sullivan in the main draft. Happy to take him as a Rookie but we really don't need him, there would be others I would take ahead of him from Footscray.

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[Stamos]

ROUND TWO
25 - CARL - Charlie Clarke
Ess trade 25 and F4th tied to syd to Carl for 29, 66 and F2nd - Carl jump up to grab Clarke here and get their wish of getting another player early, he will provide tackling pressure and toughness, and another scoring option

29 - ESS - Alwyn Davey Jnr - Bid matched

I like the effort, but this trade doesn't make sense.
Essendon will only trade out that pick if either a bid for Davey comes, or (less likely) they can move up the draft to get ahead of the bid. Also, Carlton want an extra pick, not just to move up our 2nd, and given this scenario, #29 is more valuable to Carlton than Essendon, as it gets swallowed by the bid.
A more realistic trade would be #25 for F2 + #49 (and maybe #66). Essendon get a future pick and points, Carlton get an extra higher pick.

 

[weltschmerz]

Not really, I had them turning a future 4th into a future 2nd and getting extra points for the bids they know will come.

Wouldn't they do better to take someone at pick 25 and then match the bid on Davey with later picks? Get an extra player out of it.

 

[Smythe]

Wouldn't they do better to take someone at pick 25 and then match the bid on Davey with later picks? Get an extra player out of it.

Maybe, but I have them taking the guys they want this year and improving their hand next year and also jumping in to get Lemmey later in the draft as the extra player they need, there is nobody around that mark early so they trade back whilst getting that need this year and the players they will match and improving next years hand.
It could go either way, but at that stage of the draft to go with the guys they will match in Davey Jnr and munkara as well as the other Davey in the rookie draft I think they need a fwd, too early for anyone this year, they could go Keeler but I think drastically improving next years hand whilst trading back to get lemmey and still get their guys was a good option.

 

[pushintheback]

Any idea why they haven’t selected any bottom agers?

I can only assume as the 2023 talent is so strong that it would have been difficult to leave any of the 30 out.

 

[Smythe]

Smythe Solid effort mate. The only thing you put that hope we don't do is take Sullivan in the main draft. Happy to take him as a Rookie but we really don't need him, there would be others I would take ahead of him from Footscray.

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That’s fine, I’m going by what they have said they may do. Other clubs like him and even enquired about his availability in the MSD but he didn’t nominate for the draft the year before so he was ineligible, they tried for an exemption but didn’t get it, I believe he will go in the main draft and the dogs want to keep him so they may have to jump here.

 

[Smythe]

i Like Sullivan but couldn’t find a spot here for him, so rookie draft it is.

Sorry, for a minute there I thought you meant Jack osullivan as I have a list of possible rookies to each club and Jack is on the doggies list.
I just re-read what you wrote and understand who you meant. I think he goes main draft as other clubs are interested. So, disregard my previous reply.

 

[BLACAE]

That’s fine, I’m going by what they have said they may do. Other clubs like him and even enquired about his availability in the MSD but he didn’t nominate for the draft the year before so he was ineligible, they tried for an exemption but didn’t get it, I believe he will go in the main draft and the dogs want to keep him so they may have to jump here.

Fair call. You guys know this space more than I do.

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[weltschmerz]

I’d like if someone picks Sullivan before us. A lot of clubs would do well to draft a mature age ball winning mid who could slot right into their side. We are not one of those clubs.

 

[Swiggy]

For this whole last week I have been going through this (fairly thoroughly) trying to make sure the swaps and pick positions are in order as well as all the players I think will be drafted.
I think they are, and I think the positions are in order, so here is my final mock.

ROUND ONE
1 - GWS - Aaron Cadman
2 - BRIS - Will Ashcroft - Bid matched
haw trade 50, 52, 65 for pick 36
Freo trade 43, 44 for pick 35
Stk trade 47 for 2023 F3rd tied to WB
3 - NTH - George Wardlaw
4 - NTH - Harry Sheezel
5 - ESS - Mattaes Phillipou - I like him here and have for a while, I think ess do too.
6 - GC - Bailey Humphrey
7 - HAW - Elijah Tsatas
8 - GEEL - Jhye Clark
9 - WCE - Ed Allan - should not take the chance he gets taken before their next pick which is a big possibility, talk he may go earlier too, but if Clark falls to Geelong I believe they take him.
10 - STK - Cam McKenzie
11 - CARL - Jedd Busslinger
12 - WB - Rueben Ginbey
13 - BRIS - Jaspa Fletcher - Bid matched
14 - WCE - Oliver Hollands
15 - GWS - Jacob Konstanty
GWS trade 20, 21 to melb for 15 and F2nd - he will not last until their next pick and they want him, so they move up and grab him here whilst moving a pick out into next year
16 - SYD - Matt Jefferson - making the fwd line of the future look very promising at the swans
17 - GWS - Brayden George
18 - COLL - Jake Ryan - word now has it they like him a lot, and he is a very Collingwood style of player, he won’t make it to their next pick and is best available that suits a need to help out their backline so I have him going here
19 - SYD - Lachlan Cowan
20 - MELB - Oli Hotton

ROUND TWO
21 - MELB - Harry Barnett - melb like him and this is probably how they get him, using that trade from gws
22 - WCE - Elijah Hewett
23 - ADEL - Max Michalanney - Bid matched
Nth trade 40 for 46 and F3rd tied to Coll
24 - WB - Josh Weddle
25 - CARL - Charlie Clarke
Ess trade 25 and F4th tied to syd to Carl for 29, 66 and F2nd - Carl jump up to grab Clarke here and get their wish of getting another player early, he will provide tackling pressure and toughness, and another scoring option
26 - NTH - Lewis Hayes
27 - HAW - Mitch Szybkowski
28 - COLL - Henry Hustwaite
29 - ESS - Alwyn Davey Jnr - Bid matched
30 - WCE - Darcy Jones
31 - COLL - Joe Richards - several clubs want him and someone will have to take him around this mark if they want him more, will be a perfect foil down fwd for the pies and replace Elliot eventually in a smooth transition
32 - STK - Coby Burgiel
33 - FREO - Kaleb Smith - Ethan Phillips is a chance here, but I don’t think Jed Adams will go in the ND leaving him to get listed by Freo anyway in the rookie draft so they go for a very attacking, super quick player here with fwd nous as well, he plays with intent and is athletic necessary fits the Fremantle style
34 - STK - Ethan Phillips
STK trade F2nd to gws for 34 - Stk jump up to fill a need and grab the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medalist here
35 - STK - Jaxon Binns - fits a need they have sorely missed out on the wings
36 - PORT - Jaiden Magor
37 - FREO - Tom Scully
38 - HAW - James Van Es
39 - NTH - Isaac Keeler
melb trade 39 to Nth for F3rd - a fwd to help out who is also a dual position fwd who can pinch hit in the ruck, the need help in both areas so they jump up to grab him here and melb trade out to next yr

ROUND THREE
40 - WB - Lachlan Sullivan - gets the nod here from their vfl team especially with Dunkley leaving he fits the bill (also talk recently is that this is their plan)
41 - ESS - Harry Lemmey
Ess trade 55, F3rd to haw for 40 - I think ess will have faith that their new coach and new system can get the best out of lemmey and I don’t see him being able to run the Mitchell system at haw, munkara was an option but I think teams will show good faith towards the players wish to get to ess so haw get a pick next year and choose someone they think will fall to their next pick
42 - GWS - Harry Rowston - Bid matched
43 - SYD - Adam D’Aloia
44 - GC - Hugh Davies - suits a need especially with Rory Thomson retiring
45 - NTH - Cooper Harvey - Bid matched
46 - ESS - Anthony Munkara - Bid Matched - haw make the bid knowing ess will match just to make sure they can get who they want with that last pick which came from ess
47 - HAW - Noah Long - after keeping Nth and ess honest hawks grab Noah here as a mid/Fwd option with plenty of upside
48 - CARL - Max Gruzewski - couldn’t find a spot earlier for him, tried hard, but he suits a need here and I know they like him as a swingman
49 - WCE - Connor McDonald
wce trade F3rd tied to port to Coll for 49
50 - RICH - Jasper Scaife - maybe this is the guy that can fill that fwd need for the future, Freo may match but with Amiss showing huge promises, Taberner and Treacy there as well, and after taking Scully early I have them passing here with Jed Adams on the radar for the rookie draft with possibly another mid, maybe McDonald
51 - ADEL - Billy Dowling
52 - GEEL - Jed Hagan
53 - ADEL - Harry Cole
54 - PORT - Tom McCallum - suits a need and will free up Allir
55 - HAW - Harvey Gallagher - hawks get their guy here to provide run and carry as well as a scoring option from the Def
56 - RICH - Luke Teal - with a full injury free year should be much higher so a best available here
57 - GEEL - Blake Drury

Now we can all look forward to draft night
(so we can laugh at this attempt )

Have you only got freo taking 2 picks? they have said they’ll use 4

 

[Smythe]

Have you only got freo taking 2 picks? they have said they’ll use 4

I did say they may match scaife and I couldnt quite see anyone worthy of a ND for them to take late in the piece hence them jumping up early with a swap

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I did say they may match scaife and I couldnt quite see anyone worthy of a ND for them to take late in the piece hence them jumping up early with a swap

Draper?
Bourne?
Williams?

 

[Smythe]

Draper?
Bourne?
Williams?

for me....rookie chances

 

[_RT_]

For this whole last week I have been going through this (fairly thoroughly) trying to make sure the swaps and pick positions are in order as well as all the players I think will be drafted.
I think they are, and I think the positions are in order, so here is my final mock.

ROUND ONE
1 - GWS - Aaron Cadman
2 - BRIS - Will Ashcroft - Bid matched
haw trade 50, 52, 65 for pick 36
Freo trade 43, 44 for pick 35
Stk trade 47 for 2023 F3rd tied to WB
3 - NTH - George Wardlaw
4 - NTH - Harry Sheezel
5 - ESS - Mattaes Phillipou - I like him here and have for a while, I think ess do too.
6 - GC - Bailey Humphrey
7 - HAW - Elijah Tsatas
8 - GEEL - Jhye Clark
9 - WCE - Ed Allan - should not take the chance he gets taken before their next pick which is a big possibility, talk he may go earlier too, but if Clark falls to Geelong I believe they take him.
10 - STK - Cam McKenzie
11 - CARL - Jedd Busslinger
12 - WB - Rueben Ginbey
13 - BRIS - Jaspa Fletcher - Bid matched
14 - WCE - Oliver Hollands
15 - GWS - Jacob Konstanty
GWS trade 20, 21 to melb for 15 and F2nd - he will not last until their next pick and they want him, so they move up and grab him here whilst moving a pick out into next year
16 - SYD - Matt Jefferson - making the fwd line of the future look very promising at the swans
17 - GWS - Brayden George
18 - COLL - Jake Ryan - word now has it they like him a lot, and he is a very Collingwood style of player, he won’t make it to their next pick and is best available that suits a need to help out their backline so I have him going here
19 - SYD - Lachlan Cowan
20 - MELB - Oli Hotton

ROUND TWO
21 - MELB - Harry Barnett - melb like him and this is probably how they get him, using that trade from gws
22 - WCE - Elijah Hewett
23 - ADEL - Max Michalanney - Bid matched
Nth trade 40 for 46 and F3rd tied to Coll
24 - WB - Josh Weddle
25 - CARL - Charlie Clarke
Ess trade 25 and F4th tied to syd to Carl for 29, 66 and F2nd - Carl jump up to grab Clarke here and get their wish of getting another player early, he will provide tackling pressure and toughness, and another scoring option
26 - NTH - Lewis Hayes
27 - HAW - Mitch Szybkowski
28 - COLL - Henry Hustwaite
29 - ESS - Alwyn Davey Jnr - Bid matched
30 - WCE - Darcy Jones
31 - COLL - Joe Richards - several clubs want him and someone will have to take him around this mark if they want him more, will be a perfect foil down fwd for the pies and replace Elliot eventually in a smooth transition
32 - STK - Coby Burgiel
33 - FREO - Kaleb Smith - Ethan Phillips is a chance here, but I don’t think Jed Adams will go in the ND leaving him to get listed by Freo anyway in the rookie draft so they go for a very attacking, super quick player here with fwd nous as well, he plays with intent and is athletic necessary fits the Fremantle style
34 - STK - Ethan Phillips
STK trade F2nd to gws for 34 - Stk jump up to fill a need and grab the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medalist here
35 - STK - Jaxon Binns - fits a need they have sorely missed out on the wings
36 - PORT - Jaiden Magor
37 - FREO - Tom Scully
38 - HAW - James Van Es
39 - NTH - Isaac Keeler
melb trade 39 to Nth for F3rd - a fwd to help out who is also a dual position fwd who can pinch hit in the ruck, the need help in both areas so they jump up to grab him here and melb trade out to next yr

ROUND THREE
40 - WB - Lachlan Sullivan - gets the nod here from their vfl team especially with Dunkley leaving he fits the bill (also talk recently is that this is their plan)
41 - ESS - Harry Lemmey
Ess trade 55, F3rd to haw for 40 - I think ess will have faith that their new coach and new system can get the best out of lemmey and I don’t see him being able to run the Mitchell system at haw, munkara was an option but I think teams will show good faith towards the players wish to get to ess so haw get a pick next year and choose someone they think will fall to their next pick
42 - GWS - Harry Rowston - Bid matched
43 - SYD - Adam D’Aloia
44 - GC - Hugh Davies - suits a need especially with Rory Thomson retiring
45 - NTH - Cooper Harvey - Bid matched
46 - ESS - Anthony Munkara - Bid Matched - haw make the bid knowing ess will match just to make sure they can get who they want with that last pick which came from ess
47 - HAW - Noah Long - after keeping Nth and ess honest hawks grab Noah here as a mid/Fwd option with plenty of upside
48 - CARL - Max Gruzewski - couldn’t find a spot earlier for him, tried hard, but he suits a need here and I know they like him as a swingman
49 - WCE - Connor McDonald
wce trade F3rd tied to port to Coll for 49
50 - RICH - Jasper Scaife - maybe this is the guy that can fill that fwd need for the future, Freo may match but with Amiss showing huge promises, Taberner and Treacy there as well, and after taking Scully early I have them passing here with Jed Adams on the radar for the rookie draft with possibly another mid, maybe McDonald
51 - ADEL - Billy Dowling
52 - GEEL - Jed Hagan
53 - ADEL - Harry Cole
54 - PORT - Tom McCallum - suits a need and will free up Allir
55 - HAW - Harvey Gallagher - hawks get their guy here to provide run and carry as well as a scoring option from the Def
56 - RICH - Luke Teal - with a full injury free year should be much higher so a best available here
57 - GEEL - Blake Drury

Now we can all look forward to draft night
(so we can laugh at this attempt )

Notice Foster misses the draft, would he be a possible for us if Freo matched for Scaife?

Also are there any bigger bodied midfielders, not necessarily inside mids, that are worth taking with the Tigers last pick if Teal wasn't there?