Autopsy The theme is:

[eastfreo75]

Speed, Endurance and Professionalism.

 

[yakamoto]

Looks like Bond and Lloyd heeded my plea, posted earlier today, not to squander our selections on tall defenders. Well done.

 

[PapaJ]

I'm surprised we didn't go for at least one tall in there somewhere, I would feel better about things if we had one coming through the door this year, but otherwise I'm pretty cool with it. Certainly not complaining about Weller though, as much as KPP matter, the midfield matters more, much more. Has for a long time and will for a the foreseeable future so you have to keep that position deep, talented and filled with players that are versatile.

 

[Eski3]

I think Simpson being delisted may have opened up a spot for Weller in our midfield

 

[rodney hoo]

Speed, Endurance and Professionalism.

That's it plus no dickheads policy.

 

[Eski3]

Knightmare has Blakely as number 7 on his power rankings

 

[democritus]

Really pleased with Weller and Blakely. Anyone taken later in the draft is always a punt, especially tall blokes. Seems like we are keen to bolster the midfield with Guys like Mundy and Crowley coming into their twilight guys and blokes who should be hitting their peak in MDB, Suban, Clancee showing indifferent form.

 

[Purpletown]

Our midfield runneth over.

It's hard to believe the club thinks Tabener and Apeness will be able to hold down the key forward positions post Pav. Tabener I am happy with as he has shown a bit but Apeness has only played 1 game so that would be a huge call to back him in from there. I am not saying he won't make it but rather saying he is a long way off at the moment.

Perhaps the club is going to make a huge play for a key forward from another club next season (Hogan?) We could swap 6 spare mids for him after all and still have enough left to do the job.

 

[Square Peg]

I'm pretty happy with the bias towards pace and skill. We had future weaknesses in our midfield that needed addressing just as much as kpp. Good draft I think

 

[go_the_dockers]

I think our plan is draft mids. And then recruit kpps through trade or free agency.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

More mids is a good thing

Sure we have some really good mids at the moment - but we were in struggle down when 2 or 3 of them were missing through injury/suspension. More depth for them is a plus

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Two genuine lol moments from this draft:

- when all three of the talls bigfooty had their hearts set on slid to our pick only for us to ignore them all, and

- when the eagles drafted the reportedly safe, vanilla option in Duggan

I laughed... and then i cried

 

[sherrif]

Weller was being discussed as a top 5 possibility, and we're weak for pace, run and ball use in our midfield. It's a nice fit actually. Lever and Durdin (EDIT: Goddard too!) were both there, and we left them both on the table to pick up Weller. Suspect the club couldn't believe their luck that he slipped that far and had to pull the trigger.

Looks like a real talent, with no go-home factor to worry about.

The write up by Chris25 on Weller has made me a true beliver. He looks enourmously athletic in the highlights. I could be wrong, but perhaps the plan is for Fyfe to play permanent forward in the post Pav years. For that to happen we need high quality mids in the next couple of drafts.

 

[Taylor]

What do you mean no talls? Blakely is 189cm.

Freo had the draft West Coast needed.

 

[Moist Biscuit]

I think Port are the bench mark. They're all about speed and quick ball movement.

They have 1 key forward, Shulz and another tall forward in Westhoff.

Freo have Pav (and eventually Apeness) as well as Tabs not to mention arguably the best small forwards in the comp at their feet.

In what world are port the benchmark?

 

[Tonga Bob]

Tin foil hat time:
1) Bondy & Lloydy were drunk, or
2) Alex Rance come on down in 2016.

 

[Mr Fonebone]

Good draft for Peel. They are going to go well with DeBoer, Danyle and Suban in the guts

 

[Stronzo]

Yeah see I don't think so. Tall's won't be ready for another 3 years, we need to win and build up an advantage in the midfield again NOW.

I was being satirical.

 

[Boppo]

In what world are port the benchmark?

Port handing us our arses on our home ground in a final is arguably template to look at.

 

[free at last]

Tin foil hat time:
1) Bondy & Lloydy were drunk, or
2) Alex Rance come on down in 2016.

Richmond have a dilemma on their hands with both Cotchin and Rance being free agents in 2015.

 

[free at last]

Port handing us our arses on our home ground in a final is arguably template to look at.

You forgot to mention we were on one leg though.

 

[Moist Biscuit]

Port handing us our arses on our home ground in a final is arguably template to look at.

Us kicking ourselves out of it hardly makes port Adelaide's forward line the benchmark. Hawthorns is the
Benchmark.

 

[jedi mind tricks]

We will draft tall in the rookie draft with Tanner and.... what's the guy from West Aus who hasn't been picked up yet?

 

[free at last]

We will draft tall in the rookie draft with Tanner and.... what's the guy from West Aus who hasn't been picked up yet?

Keitel?

 

[Tonga Bob]

Cameron Loersch is the rookie tall you're looking for.