St Kilda's phantom draft selections

[sainter]

If anyone is interested, this is the final list of the 2001 Bigfooty Phantom Draft held over the past three nights.

Our fine club was represented by Savatage and myself and we believe we did relatively well and made good use of our selections.

1 Chris Judd - Hawthorn
2 Luke Hodge - St Kilda (Geelong Falcons)
3 Graham Polak - West Coast
4 Ashley Sampi - Fremantle
5 Luke Ball - St Kilda (Sandringham Dragons)
6 Sam Power - West Coast
7 Xavier Clarke - North Melbourne
8 James Bartel - Geelong
9 David Hale - Melbourne
10 Steve Johnson - Bulldogs
11 Richard Cole - Collingwood
12 Mark Jamar - Adelaide
13 Barry Brooks - St Kilda (Tassie Mariners)
14 Steven Armstrong - North Melbourne
15 Ashley Hansen - Port Adelaide
16 Jordan Barham - Hawthorn
17 David Rodan - Geelong
18 Nick Dal Santo - Essendon
19 Quinten Lynch - Brisbane

20 Daniel Elstone - Hawthorn
21 Mark McGough - St Kilda (Murray Bushrangers)
22 Damon White - West Coast
23 Cameron Croad - Geelong
24 Matt McCarthy - Geelong
25 Tom Davidson - Melbourne
26 Andrew Carrazzo - Melbourne
27 Rod Crowe - Collingwood
28 Lewis Roberts-Thomson - Sydney
29 Luke Molan - Sydney
30 Joshua Dicketts - North Melbourne
31 Charlie Gardiner - Essendon
32 Shane Harvey - Hawthorn
33 Brent Reilly - Richmond
34 Rick Ladson - Essendon
35 Ben Finnin - Brisbane

36 John Baird - Hawthorn
37 Ryan Brown - St Kilda (Dandenong Stingrays)
38 Ashley Watson - West Coast
39 Jonathon Robran - Carlton
40 Gary Ablett - Geelong
41 Paul Johnson - Geelong
42 Aaron Rogers - Bulldogs
43 Mark Seaby - Collingwood
44 Hugh Foott - Adelaide
45 Nathan Street - Nathan Street
46 Jarrad Waite - Carlton
47 Craig Glancy - Essendon
48 Sam Mitchell - Hawthorn
49 Andrew Welsh - St Kilda (Calder Cannons)
50 Simon O Keefe - Essendon
51 Steven Eichner - Brisbane

52 Justin Davies, Fremantle
53 James Kelly, Sydney
54 Aidan Parker, Kangaroos
55 Josh Houlihan, Melbourne
56 Kieran McGuiness, Fremantle
57 Tristen Walker, Claremont
58 Henry Playfair, Collingwood
59 Campbell Brown, Adelaide
60 Adam Schneider, Sydney
61 Fabian Francis, Kangaroos
62 Ben Rutten, Port Adelaide
63 Leigh Montana, Richmond
64 Andrew Browne, Brisbane

65 Jacob Schuback, Fremantle
66 Daniel Hunt, St Kilda (South Fremantle)
67 Tim McKinnon, Richmond
68 Brent Moloney, Geelong
69 Brent Gutterson, Melbourne
70 Scott McGlone, Bulldogs
71 Clancy Rudeforth, Collingwood
72 Tyson Heinrich, Adelaide
73 Mark Powell, Sydney
74 Nathan Bock, Carlton
75 Simon Rosa, Bendigo Pioneers
76 Josh Rudd, Richmond
77 Michael Basile, Brisbane

78 Trent Henschel, St Kilda (WWT/Palmerston)
79 Ben Kane, Kangaroos
80 Joel Reynolds, Geelong
81 Ben Schwarze, Melbourne
82 Robbie Ferraro, Bulldogs
83 Mark Dubyna, Sydney
84 Tim Fleming, Carlton
85 Tom Hooker, Richmond
86 Scott Cummings, Brisbane
87 Luke Guerra, St Kilda (Bendigo Pioneers u/18's)
88 Aaron Lord, Kangaroos
89 Andrew Carey, Bulldogs
90 Nick Thomas, Richmond


Our selections

2) Luke Hodge - classy left-footed goalkicker named Ron Barassi Medallist as the best player in the under 17 International Rules Series against Ireland this year. Missed AFL National Under 18 titles due to injury.


5) Luke Ball - A prolific ball-winner with speed and endurance. Has clean hands and is a good decision-maker. AIS/AFL Academy member and All-Australian at under 18 level in 2001.

13) Barry Brooks - Strong marking and mobile player who played for the Mariners (under 18s) and for Tasmania in the VFL this year. Won All-Australian under 18 honors in 2001

21) Mark McGough - High possession winner in midfield or defending roles. Strong in one-on-one situations and above his head. All-Australian at under 18 level this year.

37) Ryan Brown - Strong marking forward who kicked more than 40 goals this year. Good one-grab player and markes excellent second effort. Victoria Metro representative in 2001.

49) Andrew Welsh - Good one-on-one player and strong at the ball. Played for Victoria Metro at the AFL National Under 18 Championships in 2001.

66) Daniel Hunt - Athletic and hard-running defender who is strong overhead. AIS/AFL Academy member and WA under 18s representative in 2001.

78) Trent Hentschel - Strong marking forward who plays in front and has an excellent work ethic. Leading goalkicker in NT this year before moving to SANFL.

87) Luke Guerra - A smokey. Brother of Port's Brent.

 

[StrengthThroughLoyalty]

good job - but only time will tell

well done sainter and savatage, you blokes easily take the honors this year. if we were really able to get hodge, ball and brooks i would extremely happy, 2 classy midfielders and the best big man, what a coup that would be.

whilst it is relatively obvious who will go in the top 20, the best talent spotters are those that can pluck a quality player after the first 20 or 21 in our case. i just hope the 'experts' are right about the depth of the draft this year because with 4 picks in the top 21 we should be able to draft some kids who will play senior footy and with an ounce of luck a couple of guns. it's a bit of a lottery but it's about time our numbers came up.

 

[Savatage]

Re: good job - but only time will tell

Originally posted by StrengthThroughLoyalty
well done sainter and savatage, you blokes easily take the honors this year. if we were really able to get hodge, ball and brooks i would extremely happy, 2 classy midfielders and the best big man, what a coup that would be.

whilst it is relatively obvious who will go in the top 20, the best talent spotters are those that can pluck a quality player after the first 20 or 21 in our case. i just hope the 'experts' are right about the depth of the draft this year because with 4 picks in the top 21 we should be able to draft some kids who will play senior footy and with an ounce of luck a couple of guns. it's a bit of a lottery but it's about time our numbers came up.

In doing this phantom draft it just shows how much of a lottery it can be, it also goes to show how much of a strategic event it actually is. Was a good experience.

 

[Winmar]

Good stuff. When's the real draft? I'm a bit out of touch over here....

 

[Savatage]

On Sunday Winmar

 

[Winmar]

Tah cobber. Btw, you should check out Anarion next time they play a gig. You'll probably like 'em.

 

[Savatage]

Originally posted by Winmar
Tah cobber. Btw, you should check out Anarion next time they play a gig. You'll probably like 'em.

Know the singer/guitar player, jammed with him a couple of times.

Prefer the Vanishing Point sound more to the Anarion sound...

 

[Darkhour]

So is anyone going to Judas Preist?.. hehe

 

[Savatage]

Originally posted by Vaul Darkhour
So is anyone going to Judas Preist?.. hehe [/QUOTE

I wanna go...dunno if i've got anyone to go with yet though....when is it again??

I'm made of metal...

My circuits gleam....

I am perpetual....

I keep the country clean....

 

[Winmar]

Ah you know Ric.....I see. Hey check out the thanks list in the cover for their CD........

Vanishing Point, cool band. I'm probably the only person in Indonesia with one of their shirts...hehe.

I'd love to go to Priest but I'm a bit far away.

 

[Savatage]

Originally posted by Winmar
Ah you know Ric.....I see. Hey check out the thanks list in the cover for their CD........

Vanishing Point, cool band. I'm probably the only person in Indonesia with one of their shirts...hehe.

I'd love to go to Priest but I'm a bit far away.

You coming back to Melb soon?

Any of you blokes play a music instrument?

 

[Winmar]

Not till late next year.....I'm on a 12 month contract here, then want to travel for a month or two before returning.

I'd love to play an instrument, but the broomstick guitar's my limit.

 

[Savatage]

Originally posted by Winmar
Not till late next year.....I'm on a 12 month contract here, then want to travel for a month or two before returning.

I'd love to play an instrument, but the broomstick guitar's my limit.

I found the tuning is easier on the tennis raquet personally but it's all good

But yeah I play drums & guitar...it'd be interesting to hook up with some more musicians.

 

[Darkhour]

Yeah I'm going with my girlfriend, just have to make sure we've got a babysitter... I mainly sing and play guitar and my girlfriend plays the drums.. Should be a GREAT show!!

 

[Savatage]

Originally posted by Vaul Darkhour
Yeah I'm going with my girlfriend, just have to make sure we've got a babysitter... I mainly sing and play guitar and my girlfriend plays the drums.. Should be a GREAT show!!

Wanna Jam?? hehe....

What bands u into?

 

[Darkhour]

Man I'm in a pretty pissed mood at the moment... I just blew up my MetalZone MT-2 Pedal... ouch!!..

I listen to all music but Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, System of a Down, Led Zepp, Metallica, Pantera, White Zombie, Fear Factory etc... blah blah.. the list goes on.. David Bowie... etc.. you?