Game Day The 2025 Draft Day Thread

[UseR2006]

And a song to sing as we watch,

Hey Matty Clarke by Kevin (Random260) Wilson :

Hey Matty Clarke you campaigner, where the **** is Sharp
I’ve looked at all these other spuds and there’s no one that I like
I wrote you a ****ing letter and posted about it twice
You dopey ****ing Richmond fart, you forgot my ****ing Sharp

If I wanted a stupid ruckman type, I would’ve bloody asked
And this half back flank and temu mid, you can shove right up your arse
You’ve stuffed the bloody order up, it’s enough to make you spew
But it’s not just me who’s snakey, SGIO is dirty too

Next time I come to see ya, I’m going to punch you in the guts
And I’ll sack the other recruiting knobs and kick Toddy in the nuts
You just wait 'til next year when you go back to the draft
And me and me little GIO come stomping through the door
And we'll say, yeah, you wait for it

Hey Pyke and Woosh you smell his breath
And check his bloodshot eyes
And don't listen to him eagles fans 'cause he tells ****ing lies
He's just a ****ing useless campaigner and he's not even very bright
'Cause the stupid ****in' w***er, forgot me ****in' Sharp

Hey Matty Clarke you campaigner, where the **** is Sharp
I’ve looked at all these other spuds and there’s no one that I like
I wrote you a ****ing letter and posted about it twice
You dopey ****ing Richmond fart, you forgot my ****ing Sharp

A Quick Ai rendition: https://suno.com/s/blQP3cSnulhqYb5g
It's funny how it interrupted the lyrics XD

 

[boondy]

Your posts are normally good Dyl but there's a lot of hyperbole in this.

No there isnt

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Comparing Allen to Banfield is dumb, it's comparing Banfield to the rookie we take tomorrow, or Barnett.

 

[Shuestar13]

If all our players from this draft turn out amazing, I would be very happy and certainly not obsessing over the perceived “errors”.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Fred not drafted? Would take pick 1 rookie draft

 

[Proeagle]

There is a time for everything . Banfield will be ok ..
We will grieve , I will anyway . I dont want to be like some who are on many ignore list . I will grieve a day or 2 then move on because we cant change things . I will post no more negativify on the Banfield stuff up .
I suspect I will be putting some on ignore if they dont get over this .

Agree with what you are saying except the ignore list part. You must miss out on a lot of funny melts

 

[VinegarStrokes]

Not a disaster but can we relieve Clarke of the duties already, I need closure. If Pyke/Worsfold cant see he's no good then we are really in the dumps.

 

[amazingjoshy]

I’ve been on the should’ve rookied Cripps for a long time. Longer than most if I’m honest, so I’m not going to defend that piece of list management as we’d have either Evans or Banfield had we done so. I’m especially disappointed we’ve missed Banfield, it’s a massive fumble

A lot will depend on how Sam Allen develops given we ranked him higher than Banfield and Evans. Possibly Williams as well who we obviously rated the highest of our club tied players

That said, have a look at who’s still on the board:
• Hibbins-Hargreaves
• Rodriguez
• Krasnadamskis
• Greeves
• Ainsworth (Sam)
• Ainsworth (Oscar)
• Hetherton
• Onley
• Blamires

We have first pick of that group - some of them were being talked as options for us at pick 29. So there’s good choices there,assuming we use the pick which we absolutely should

Wes Walley, who was the highest rated of our NGAs to start the year will also be added as a cat B

Could we have delisted Barnett? Possibly, but we’ve decided to give him another year as big men can take time

I really am pissed we lost Banfield but over the offseason we have/will brought in

• Starcevich
• Young
• Robertson
• Macrae
• Schoenberg
• Duursma
• Duff-Tytler
• Lindsay
• Allen
• Williams
• Walley
• RD pick 1 - TBA

It’s far from a train wreck

Great summary. I really wanted Banners but had we done the Cripps rookie list thing we wouldnt have a pick at all tomorrow correct?

Delisting someone else completely was probably the play and hard to believe the worst team.of all time couldn't find anyone.

Still get an extra day of this fun now...

 

[Eastern Rangers]

We got Where's Walley as a Cat B

Hopefully his shoulders have been holding him back.

 

[Deplorable trumpster]

It's what happens when people irrationally attach themselves to particular draftees and the club goes with someone else.

The melts when we took Judd over Polak, for instance.

Thats a BS framing.

It's not that we preferred other players in this draft. We didn't have to choose between other players in this draft vrs Banfield/Evans because we could match bids.

The choice was between the players currently occupying list spots and Banfield/Evans.

 

[Boohemian]

Fred and Wes tomorrow as consolation prizes please.

How disheartening.

 

[amazingjoshy]

cant wait for wes walley to not be spotted at training with kelly

It begins and im here for it all

 

[Elite Pete]

 

[MrAsh7777]

How many Cat A spots are left if we sign Dev, Macrae & Shoe. Assuming Walley take Cat B spots.

Some delicious prospects in the Rookie Draft. NHH and Greeves top of list for Pick 1?

 

[Barrybran]

I’ve been on the should’ve rookied Cripps for a long time. Longer than most if I’m honest, so I’m not going to defend that piece of list management as we’d have either Evans or Banfield had we done so. I’m especially disappointed we’ve missed Banfield, it’s a massive fumble

A lot will depend on how Sam Allen develops given we ranked him higher than Banfield and Evans. Possibly Williams as well who we obviously rated the highest of our club tied players

That said, have a look at who’s still on the board:
• Hibbins-Hargreaves
• Rodriguez
• Krasnadamskis
• Greeves
• Ainsworth (Sam)
• Ainsworth (Oscar)
• Hetherton
• Onley
• Blamires

We have first pick of that group - some of them were being talked as options for us at pick 29. So there’s good choices there,assuming we use the pick which we absolutely should

Wes Walley, who was the highest rated of our NGAs to start the year will also be added as a cat B

Could we have delisted Barnett? Possibly, but we’ve decided to give him another year as big men can take time

I really am pissed we lost Banfield but over the offseason we have/will brought in

• Starcevich
• Young
• Robertson
• Macrae
• Schoenberg
• Duursma
• Duff-Tytler
• Lindsay
• Allen
• Williams
• Walley
• RD pick 1 - TBA

It’s far from a train wreck

Do we go tall, do we go mature or do we go Fred? I personally would have liked NHH but there's obviously a reason he hasn't made an AFL list through 60 picks. Seems like a golden opportunity for a ruck or defender though.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Great summary. I really wanted Banners but had we done the Cripps rookie list thing we wouldnt have a pick at all tomorrow correct?

Delisting someone else completely was probably the play and hard to believe the worst team.of all time couldn't find anyone.

Still get an extra day of this fun now...

Not optimised the scenario by taking a rookie tomorrow.

 

[Notmuchofanexpert]

You’d think our pick tomorrow takes one of Fred, NHH, BOB, Greeves or Onley.

You'd hope.

 

[UseR2006]

Here you go, Some Draft Melts for everyone to relax to now that it is all done.

West Coast Draft Melts

Listen and make your own on Suno.

suno.com

 

[Shuestar13]

Great summary. I really wanted Banners but had we done the Cripps rookie list thing we wouldnt have a pick at all tomorrow correct?

Delisting someone else completely was probably the play and hard to believe the worst team.of all time couldn't find anyone.

Still get an extra day of this fun now...

“Fun” is an interesting descriptor in this case

 

[twadds]

I’ve been on the should’ve rookied Cripps for a long time. Longer than most if I’m honest, so I’m not going to defend that piece of list management as we’d have either Evans or Banfield had we done so. I’m especially disappointed we’ve missed Banfield, it’s a massive fumble

A lot will depend on how Sam Allen develops given we ranked him higher than Banfield and Evans. Possibly Williams as well who we obviously rated the highest of our club tied players

That said, have a look at who’s still on the board:
• Hibbins-Hargreaves
• Rodriguez
• Krasnadamskis
• Greeves
• Ainsworth (Sam)
• Ainsworth (Oscar)
• Hetherton
• Onley
• Blamires

We have first pick of that group - some of them were being talked as options for us at pick 29. So there’s good choices there,assuming we use the pick which we absolutely should

Wes Walley, who was the highest rated of our NGAs to start the year will also be added as a cat B

Could we have delisted Barnett? Possibly, but we’ve decided to give him another year as big men can take time

I really am pissed we lost Banfield but over the offseason we have/will brought in

• Starcevich
• Young
• Robertson
• Macrae
• Schoenberg
• Duursma
• Duff-Tytler
• Lindsay
• Allen
• Williams
• Walley
• RD pick 1 - TBA

It’s far from a train wreck

Would love Banfield on that list though

 

[Dark Sharks]

So we have added a mid, a ruck/utility, a half back, a wingman and a hff.
Decent mix, covered all bases.

Another mid wouldve been nice(banfield or Evans) but what can you do.

Here he is.

What can you do Gosling?

Well you can actually respect the position enough to draft midfielders at the pointy and and not rely on magic beans and NGA's to fill clear list holes for one.

Before you pipe up with Duursma being a mid... He's a utility, and it'll be long ass time before he plays inside the contest as a midfielder, so we get no relief there.

If the club adds Greeves tomorrow I'll feel a bit better. A proper grunt. Knowing them they'll do something stupid like pickup a small defender or something.

 

[InTheWings]

Anyone know what time the rookie draft starts tomorrow? I have searched the AFL website but can’t see a time.

 

[Elite Pete]

West Coast opted not to match Brisbane’s bid for Academy product Koby Evans at selection 38 – one selection before matching for Williams – and father-son Charlie Banfield went to St Kilda at pick 41.

The Eagles could not match the bid for Banfield due to not having an available list spot after selecting Allen and Williams earlier in the draft.

“Based on our talent order we prioritised drafting Tylah, and while we hoped Koby and Charlie would be available as rookies for us to select on Friday it wasn’t to be. Albeit we are really pleased for them that they are on AFL lists,” Head of List Management and Recruiting Matt Clarke said.

 

[beatlesmith]

Last point a ripper. Little incremental losses adding up. None individually worth the melt they all received, but slowly adding up.

Yeah this is it.

• The Baker “commitment” and trade.
• The Brisbane trade.
• The Chesser trade.
• Extending Cripps on the main list.
• Keeping Barnett (but drafting CDT anyway, making Barnett totally redundant).
• Extending Cole after bringing in Starcevich.
• Committing to signing three(!) mature midfielders, limiting our rookie list options.
• Telegraphing our interest in Addinsall and then only making a half-arsed bid assault on Gold Coast - allowing them both the time to get points and the ability to match more comfortably by not bidding on Patterson.
• Spending the entire Liam Ryan compensation on a one pick upgrade

All potentially defensible decisions in isolation, but together they paint a picture of a recruiting team that lacks a coherent strategy or long-term plan, and might be a little too nice.

They just seem to be making it up as they go along. It wouldn’t surprise me if there are differing views between Woosh, Mini, Clarke and Massey and this is the result.

We collect future assets but then waste them. We compromise young talent acquisition by making short-term decisions. We bemoan the compromised draft but then fail to capitalise on our own crop.

I usually give them the benefit of the doubt but I’m really struggling to understand much of what they’re doing.

 

[bzparkes]

That a BS framing.

It's not that we preferred other players in this draft. We didn't have to choose between other players in this draft vrs Banfield/Evans because could match bids.

The choice was between the players currently occupying list spots and Banfield/Evans.

It's not a BS framing whatsoever.

WCE clearly rated Williams and Allen higher, as well as being willing to have Barnett see out his contract(after finally showing something in the back end of this season), as well as keeping a senior player around for one more season. The same senior player who also happened to be our leading goalkicker for the year.

I understand people will disagree with that, as is their right and I myself would've been happy to punt Cripps to the rookie list, or retire him altogether but I don't make those decisions, the football department as a collective does. That means list manager, coach, head of development, National recruitment manager, head of football and CEO.

This is the plan they've set and whether we agree with it or not is irrelevant.

Time will tell if it's the right call obviously but none of these kids have played AFL yet, so crying and moaning over missing out on late picks in a weak draft is irrational.

 

[Seadog]

How can you argue that we will be better off over the next 5 - 8 years having Cripps, Barnett, Owies, Johnston on the list as opposed to Banfield or Evans? Barnett and Johnston will never play a game for us. Cripps has one year left. And Owies should have been paid out and delisted.

I didn't argue that ffs, I just said the draft crew had a different plan to the melters here.
I've got no idea whether it was the correct call or not.
Get some comprehension in your reading.