Competitions WCE Board Mock Draft 2023

[Keys]

Draft Order and Selections

ROUND 1 :

1. West Coast - Harley Reid
2. Gold Coast - Jed Walter (Matched bid)
3. North Melbourne - Colby McKercher
4. North Melbourne - Zane Duursma
5. Hawthorn - Connor O’Sullivan
6. Western Bulldogs - Ryley Sanders
7. Melbourne - Daniel Curtin
8. Gold Coast - Ethan Read (Matched bid)
9. GWS - Nick Watson
10. Western Bulldogs - Jordan Croft (Matched bid)
11. Gold Coast - Jake Rogers (Matched bid)
12. Geelong - Nate Caddy
13. Essendon - Ollie Murphy
14. Adelaide - Darcy Wilson
15. Melbourne - James Leake
16. Hawthorn- Will McCabe (Matched bid)
17. Sydney - Archer Reid
18. St Kilda - Caleb Windsor
19. Adelaide - Arie Schoenmaker
20. North Melbourne - Will Green
21. GWS - Harry DeMattia
22. North Melbourne - Lance Collard
23. North Melbourne - Riley Hardeman
24. Collingwood - Charlie Edwards
25. Adelaide - Taylor Goad
26. St Kilda - Ashton Moir
27. Carlton - Koltyn Tholstrup

ROUND 2 :

28. West Coast - Zane Zakostelsky
24. Gold Coast Matched bid
29. Geelong - Archie Roberts
26. Gold Coast Matched bid
27. Gold Coast Matched bid
30. Carlton - Tew Jiath
31. Richmond - Will Patton
32. Brisbane - Caidyn Cleary (Bid not matched)
33. Essendon - Mitch Edwards
30. Gold Coast Matched bid
35. Gold Coast - Will Graham (Matched bid)
35. Collingwood - Angus Hastie
36. Fremantle - Phoenix Gothard
37. Essendon - Jack Delean
34. Gold Coast Matched bid
38. West Coast - Cooper Simpson
36. Gold Coast Matched bid
39. Brisbane - Joel Freijah
40. St Kilda - Luke Lloyd
39. Gold Coast (surplus from Read bid) Matched bid
41. Richmond - Charlie McCormack (Bid not matched)
41. Gold Coast (traded from Melbourne) Matched bid
42. Western Bulldogs - Luamon Lual (Matched bid)
43. GWS - Billy Wilson

ROUND 3 :

41. Hawthorn Matched bid
44. Sydney - Koen Sanchez
45. Fremantle - Logan Morris
44. Hawthorn Matched bid
45. Western Bulldogs Matched bid
45. Hawthorn Matched bid
47. Western Bulldogs Matched bid
46. Brisbane - Riley Weatherill
49. Western Bulldogs Matched bid
50. Western Bulldogs Matched bid
47. Sydney - Wil Dawson
47. Western Bulldogs Matched bid
48. North Melbourne - Liam Fawcett
49. West Coast - Lachie Charleson
50. Fremantle - Nathan Philactides

ROUND 4 :

51. Carlton - Joe Fonti
52. Port Adelaide - Kane McAuliffe
53. Hawthorn (surplus from McCabe bid) - Clay Hall
54. Geelong - Kade De La Rue

ROUND 5 :

55. West Coast - Shaun Mannagh
56. Geelong Harvey Johnstone
57. St Kilda - George Stevens
58. Geelong - Pass

ROUND 6 :

59. St Kilda - Will Lorenz
60. Port Adelaide - Bodie Ryan
61. Western Bulldogs
62. Melbourne (traded from Gold Coast)
62. Gold Coast Matched bid
63. Western Bulldogs - Pass
64. Western Bulldogs - Pass
65. Gold Coast Matched bid
66. Gold Coast Matched bid
65. Hawthorn - Pass
66. Gold Coast - Pass
67. Gold Coast - Pass

NB: I have removed picks that clubs aren’t going to use based on Cal Twomey’s analysis of how many selections each club is expected to make

 

[Keys]

With West Coast holding the golden ticket for this years draft after (another) season from hell, there’s once again heavy interest in the draft. Albeit that interest has been skewed to the No.1 pick - not so much who it will be but moreso which club will eventually hold it

Outside of pick 1 it’s still an intriguing draft with a clear top 8-10, another small group of perhaps half a dozen or so before a group of 25-30 with their own strengths but also significant weaknesses. It’s an even group with a draft order likely to be influenced by club needs over talent

So with that in mind, time to run another mock draft for 2023

For those wanting to have a crack, sign up below.

SELECTORS (Team as allocated)

1. Keys - Gold Coast
2. SumaGodCoach - Essendon
3. Miguel Sanchez - GWS
4. Doashuey - Adelaide
5. ToastieBoy18 - Carlton
6. ArdentEagle - Collingwood
7. Wedgetailed Westerner - Richmond
8. Eastcoasteagle - Sydney
9. Carbine Chaos - West Coast
10. eaglespremiers - Fremantle
11. ThePuma #9 - Geelong
12. UseR2006 - Melbourne
13. CountryLad - Port Adelaide
14. eagles rule - Western Bulldogs
15. Mop - St Kilda
16. Hook461123 - North Melbourne
17. AsterixTheGaul - Brisbane
18. Schtinker - Tasmania
19. dinnaz - Hawthorn
20. briztoon - Fitzroy

Teams will be randomly assigned once we get enough participants to start.

I’ll take Gold Coast simply because that’s purely a bid matching exercise and no thought going into picks

RULES
1. Time is of the essence. If this drags it becomes a lot less interesting. You have a maximum of 12 hours to select after you have been tagged. If you do not meet this deadline or if you’re otherwise delaying for the sake of it, I will select for you.
2. Please do remember to tag the next selector as the process runs much faster if you do.
3. If you are aware of an upcoming inability to take a pick, please PM me a few preferences. I won’t be participating as such so I’m no danger of giving away your strategy
4. This is a draft designed to educate the board on prospects. Please write some details about the player you are selecting.
5. We'll try to get it as accurate to the real thing as possible, so father-son and academy players can be bid on and their team can decide to match. Tag me in a post if you are planning on bidding for a player, and I will sort out the points/PM the relevant selector if they wish to match. As mentioned above, we’ll just run with the assumption Gold Coast will match the bids
6. Teams will be allocated by using the draft points as a ladder then drawing names at random to match 1st through to 18th on the ladder (skipping Gold Coast)

 

[SumaGodCoach]

Sign me up.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

In, why the hell not.

 

[Doashuey]

 

[ToastieBoy18]

Keen to have a go. Hopefully get Port with their awesome draft hand

 

[Keys]

I’ve also added posters who expressed an interest in joining a mock draft in the draft thread before this one was started

 

[eaglespremiers]

Yeah, I'll do it.

 

[briztoon]

If you need to make up the numbers, I’ll join in.

It’s why I’m here after all.

 

[ThePuma #9]

Count me in

 

[UseR2006]

Count me in too

 

[CountryLad]

Happy to have a crack.

 

[eagles rule]

I'll give it a go this year ..

 

[Mop]

In

 

[Mop]

Heh heh. Briztoon's copping Port isn't he

 

[ArdentEagle]

With West Coast holding the golden ticket for this years draft after (another) season from hell, there’s once again heavy interest in the draft. Albeit that interest has been skewed to the No.1 pick - not so much who it will be but moreso which club will eventually hold it

Outside of pick 1 it’s still an intriguing draft with a clear top 8-10, another small group of perhaps half a dozen or so before a group of 25-30 with their own strengths but also significant weaknesses. It’s an even group with a draft order likely to be influenced by club needs over talent

So with that in mind, time to run another mock draft for 2023

For those wanting to have a crack, sign up below.

SELECTORS (Team TBA)

1. Keys - Gold Coast
2. SumaGodCoach
3. Miguel Sanchez
4. Doashuey
5. ToastieBoy18
6. ArdentEagle
7. Wedgetailed Westerner
8. Eastcoasteagle
9. Carbine Chaos
10. eaglespremiers
11. ThePuma #9
12. UseR2006
13. CountryLad



18. briztoon

Teams will be randomly assigned once we get enough participants to start.

I’ll take Gold Coast simply because that’s purely a bid matching exercise and no thought going into picks

RULES
1. Time is of the essence. If this drags it becomes a lot less interesting. You have a maximum of 12 hours to select after you have been tagged. If you do not meet this deadline or if you’re otherwise delaying for the sake of it, I will select for you.
2. Please do remember to tag the next selector as the process runs much faster if you do.
3. If you are aware of an upcoming inability to take a pick, please PM me a few preferences. I won’t be participating as such so I’m no danger of giving away your strategy
4. This is a draft designed to educate the board on prospects. Please write some details about the player you are selecting.
5. We'll try to get it as accurate to the real thing as possible, so father-son and academy players can be bid on and their team can decide to match. Tag me in a post if you are planning on bidding for a player, and I will sort out the points/PM the relevant selector if they wish to match. As mentioned above, we’ll just run with the assumption Gold Coast will match the bids
6. Teams will be allocated by using the draft points as a ladder then drawing names at random to match 1st through to 18th on the ladder (skipping Gold Coast)

Are we allowing pick trades boss?

 

[Hook461123]

I'm happy to participate if you need numbers, love a good mock draft

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I'm in!

 

[Keys]

Are we allowing pick trades boss?

Unless someone makes a convincing case to the contrary I’m thinking no as it can delay things and doesn’t serve any real purpose in terms of what the mock should be about

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

I'm in

 

[ArdentEagle]

Unless someone makes a convincing case to the contrary I’m thinking no as it can delay things and doesn’t serve any real purpose in terms of what the mock should be about

Far enough. I enjoy that part of it but can understand why you wouldn't want to do it.

 

[Schtinker]

I'll have a crack

 

[dinnaz]

Sounds fun

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

I'm still scarred from the time I traded away all GWS picks for a bag of Twisties, so will watch from afar this time.

 

[ArdentEagle]

I'm still scarred from the time I traded away all GWS picks for a bag of Twisties, so will watch from afar this time.

That wasn't me...Was it mate

 

[Keys]

Looks like we’re full

Over full in fact

Sorry briztoon but as a visitor you’re the easiest to cut

Given that the thread is only a few hours old I m reluctant to do a selection based on first in best dressed so someone will randomly miss out

If this one goes quickly enough we could have time to do a second mock but including pick trades as a point of difference

I’ll do a team selection and draft order to post up tonight so this can get started tomorrow