Top 20 prediction

[lionshine]

Will probably be funny come draft night to look back at this and see how far off the mark I was but thought I'd post it anyway


Pick 1 Essendon Bombers Hugh McCluggage

Pick 2 GWS Giants Andrew McGrath

Pick 3 Brisbane Lions Ben Ainsworth

Pick 4 GC Suns Tim Taranto

Pick 5 GWS Giants Will Setterfield(Matched Blues bid)

Pick 6 Carlton Blues Sam Petrevski-Seton

Pick 7 GC Suns Jack Scrimshaw

Pick 8 GC Suns Jack Bowes(Matched Freo bid)

Pick 9 Fremantle Dockers Tim English

Pick 10 Sydney Swans Griffin Logue

Pick 11 GC Suns Will Hayward

Pick 12 North Melbourne Kangaroos Will Brodie

Pick 13 West Coast Eagles Jy Simpkin

Pick 14 GWS Giants Harry Perryman(Matched Crows bid)

Pick 15 Adelaide Crows Oliver Florent

Pick 16 Port Adelaide Jarrod Berry

Pick 17 Brisbane Lions Daniel Venables

Pick 18 Port Adelaide Josh Battle

Pick 19 Western Bulldogs Cedric Cox

Pick 20 Sydney Swans Luke Ryan

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Top 12 is exactly how I have it too.

 

[lionshine]

Top 12 is exactly how I have it too.

Out of interest how does your picks 13 onwards differ to mine?

 

[JPetro83]

Geez I hope if Berry is there at the crows first pick that the Crows take him over Florent

 

[lionshine]

Geez I hope if Berry is there at the crows first pick that the Crows take him over Florent

Yeah fair enough I was sort of tossing up between Berry and Florent for the Crows and Port and in the end thought the Crows would opt for Florent.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Out of interest how does your picks 13 onwards differ to mine?

1) McCluggage (Ess)
2) McGrath (GWS)
3) Ainsworth (Bris)
4) Taranto (GC)
5) Setterfield (GWS)
6) SPS (Carl)
7) Scrimshaw (GC)
8) Bowes (GC)
9) English (Freo)
10) Logue (Syd)
11) Hayward (GC)
12) Brodie (NM)
13) Perryman (GWS)
14) Gallucci (WC)
15) Simpkin (Adel)
16) Berry (Port)
17) Florent (Bris)
18) Battle (Port)
19) Witherden (Dogs)
20) Ryan (Syd)

The Perryman bid is hard to place - I initially had him at 10, but then figured Sydney wouldn't have moved up in the order just to bid on a player that will get matched, unless they are just keeping GWS honest. I also think North could bid, but Brodie is too good to pass up at 11 even if he doesn't fill a need.

Also reckon Adelaide might take Cox, but Simpkin is best available there. I think it's too high for Gallucci but he has been invited to the draft so someone has expressed an interest (ditto Battle).

 

[lionshine]

1) McCluggage (Ess)
2) McGrath (GWS)
3) Ainsworth (Bris)
4) Taranto (GC)
5) Setterfield (GWS)
6) SPS (Carl)
7) Scrimshaw (GC)
8) Bowes (GC)
9) English (Freo)
10) Logue (Syd)
11) Hayward (GC)
12) Brodie (NM)
13) Perryman (GWS)
14) Gallucci (WC)
15) Simpkin (Adel)
16) Berry (Port)
17) Florent (Bris)
18) Battle (Port)
19) Witherden (Dogs)
20) Ryan (Syd)

The Perryman bid is hard to place - I initially had him at 10, but then figured Sydney wouldn't have moved up in the order just to bid on a player that will get matched, unless they are just keeping GWS honest. I also think North could bid, but Brodie is too good to pass up at 11 even if he doesn't fill a need.

Also reckon Adelaide might take Cox, but Simpkin is best available there. I think it's too high for Gallucci but he has been invited to the draft so someone has expressed an interest (ditto Battle).

Yeah I've heard Port have shown an interest in both Gallucci and Battle.

 

[Hutchy Jnr]

Wil Brodie at 12 to North Melbourne, is clutching at straws.
He is a secure Top 10 pick and North Melbourne have indicated not much contact with Will throughout the season.

 

[blueiris]

1) McCluggage (Ess)
2) McGrath (GWS)
3) Ainsworth (Bris)
4) Taranto (GC)
5) Setterfield (GWS)
6) SPS (Carl)
7) Scrimshaw (GC)
8) Bowes (GC)
9) English (Freo)
10) Logue (Syd)
11) Hayward (GC)
12) Brodie (NM)
13) Perryman (GWS)
14) Gallucci (WC)
15) Simpkin (Adel)
16) Berry (Port)
17) Florent (Bris)
18) Battle (Port)
19) Witherden (Dogs)
20) Ryan (Syd)

The Perryman bid is hard to place - I initially had him at 10, but then figured Sydney wouldn't have moved up in the order just to bid on a player that will get matched, unless they are just keeping GWS honest. I also think North could bid, but Brodie is too good to pass up at 11 even if he doesn't fill a need.

Also reckon Adelaide might take Cox, but Simpkin is best available there. I think it's too high for Gallucci but he has been invited to the draft so someone has expressed an interest (ditto Battle).

Why do you think Brisbane choose Florent over Witherden not sure Lions need Small midfielders with Zorko Taylor and Christensen already in our best 22

 

[lionshine]

Why do you think Brisbane choose Florent over Witherden not sure Lions need Small midfielders with Zorko Taylor and Christensen already in our best 22

Florent is hardly small. Needs to put on size but at 183cm he is a decent height for a midfielder. Not small or tall.

 

[lionshine]

Wil Brodie at 12 to North Melbourne, is clutching at straws.
He is a secure Top 10 pick and North Melbourne have indicated not much contact with Will throughout the season.

We will see come draft night. From all reports a go home risk and slipping out of the top 10 calculations.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Why do you think Brisbane choose Florent over Witherden not sure Lions need Small midfielders with Zorko Taylor and Christensen already in our best 22

Because Florent is best available there for me. You can never have enough quality mids and I think Florent will end up a really good inside/outside mid.

It's all guess work anyway.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Wil Brodie at 12 to North Melbourne, is clutching at straws.
He is a secure Top 10 pick and North Melbourne have indicated not much contact with Will throughout the season.

I expect we wouldn't have seen him as being in our reach for a lot of the season. Even now he could go as high as four, but with the likes of Logue, Simpkin and Hayward moving into top 10 calculations, someone has to fall.