2018 National Draft thread

[Slipper]

I really liked the look of Number 29 Blanck who played full back for Vic Metro and Flanders for Vic Country as roughies

Another smokey to look out for is Tyron Smallwood from WA.

Currently a colts player with Claremont, 179 cms, 77kgs, very quick and is Robert Wiley like in front of goals. If he is anything like his father he'll also be as hard as a cats head.

Has missed a fair chunk of the season with the Colts with a broken jaw, which is to our advantage as he may miss the u18 champs because of it.

Highly rated by the WA u18 coaches.

[georgies31]

Just our luck for there to be a super draft while we're winning flags....

Hear the same crap every year super draft or weake draft etc plenty talent in draft it's how you use your picks simply.

[one-eyed]

Currently, we hold picks 18, 36, 72, 90, ...

Indicative draft order after round 14

ROUND ONE
1. Carlton
2. Brisbane
3. St Kilda
4. Gold Coast
5. Western Bulldogs
6. Fremantle
7. Essendon
8. Adelaide
9. Greater Western Sydney
10. Hawthorn
11. North Melbourne
12. Geelong
13. Adelaide (received from Melbourne)
14. Port Adelaide
15. Collingwood
16. Gold Coast (received from West Coast)
17. Sydney
18. Richmond

ROUND TWO
19. Adelaide (received from Carlton)
20. Brisbane
21. Port Adelaide (received from St Kilda)
22. West Coast (received from Gold Coast)
23. Carlton (received from Western Bulldogs)
24. Greater Western Sydney (received from Fremantle)
25. Gold Coast (received from Essendon)
26. Carlton (received from Adelaide)
27. Essendon (received from Greater Western Sydney)
28. Hawthorn
29. North Melbourne
30. Gold Coast (received from Geelong)
31. Melbourne
32. Port Adelaide
33. Sydney (received from Collingwood)
34. West Coast
35. Sydney
36. Richmond

ROUND THREE
37. Adelaide (received from Carlton)
38. Brisbane
39. North Melbourne (received from St Kilda via on-trades)
40. Gold Coast
41. Western Bulldogs
42. Gold Coast (received from Fremantle)
43. Greater Western Sydney (received from Essendon)
44. Melbourne (received from Adelaide)
45. Greater Western Sydney
46. Hawthorn
47. Port Adelaide (received from North Melbourne)
48. Geelong
49. Melbourne
50. Port Adelaide
51. Collingwood
52. North Melbourne (received from West Coast via on-trades)
53. Collingwood (received from Sydney)
54. Geelong (received from Richmond)

ROUND FOUR
55. Geelong (received from Carlton)
56. Brisbane
57. St Kilda
58. Geelong (received from Gold Coast)
59. Western Bulldogs
60. Western Bulldogs (received from Fremantle)
61. Essendon
62. St Kilda (received from Adelaide via on-trades)
63. Greater Western Sydney
64. West Coast (received from Hawthorn via on-trades)
65. North Melbourne
66. Carlton (received from Geelong)
67. Adelaide (received from Melbourne)
68. St Kilda (received from Port Adelaide)
69. Collingwood
70. West Coast
71. Sydney
72. Richmond

ROUND FIVE
73. Carlton
74. Brisbane
75. St Kilda
76. Gold Coast
77. Western Bulldogs
78. Fremantle
79. Essendon
80. Adelaide
81. Greater Western Sydney
82. Hawthorn
83. North Melbourne
84. Geelong
85. Melbourne
86. Port Adelaide
87. Collingwood
88. West Coast
89. Sydney
90. Richmond

AFL DRAFT VALUE INDEX
ROUND ONE      ROUND TWO    ROUND THREE    ROUND FOUR    ROUND FIVE
Pick/Pts    Pick/Pts    Pick/Pts    Pick/Pts    Pick/Pts
1. 3000    19. 948    37. 483    55. 207    73. 9
2. 2517    20. 912    38. 465    56. 194    74. -
3. 2234    21. 878    39. 446    57. 182    
4. 2034    22. 845    40. 429    58. 170    
5. 1878    23. 815    41. 412    59. 158    
6. 1751    24. 785    42. 395    60. 146    
7. 1644    25. 756    43. 378    61. 135    
8. 1551    26. 729    44. 362    62. 123    
9. 1469    27. 703    45. 347    63. 112    
10. 1395    28. 677    46. 331    64. 101    
11. 1329    29. 653    47. 316    65. 90    
12. 1268    30. 629    48. 302    66. 80    
13. 1212    31. 606    49. 287    67. 69    
14. 1161    32. 584    50. 273    68. 59    
15. 1112    33. 563    51. 259    69. 49    
16. 1067    34. 542    52. 246    70. 39    
17. 1025    35. 522    53. 233    71. 29    
18. 985    36. 502    54. 220    72. 19

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-26/indicative-draft-order-round-14-edition

[Diocletian]

Just our luck for there to be a super draft while we're winning flags....

Hear the same crap every year super draft or weake draft etc plenty talent in draft it's how you use your picks simply.

Was clearly the year to have a proper premiership hangover #missedopportunity

[Dont Argue]

Whatever it takes.
Give them Graham, Menedue and our 1st round pick. A freak.
#whateverittakes

[Diocletian]

Dreaming.

Would prefer Lukosius anyway....


Of the SA kids who might actually still be at our pick - Vilante, Grundy & Frederick.

Zak Butters from Metro with our second rounder. 

[Slipper]

Zak Butters from Metro with our second rounder. 

Realistically don't see him being their for our second round pick. Stocks rising fast.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Mentioned him last year. Absolute freak.

The side that gets him will be in for one hell of an enjoyable ride!

[MintOnLamb]

Very small looking player, but if he has the tank and speed, ... gee Bolton cant get a game for us and he was touted as a pretty special player. Look at the muscle on castagna, higgins, butler. Did they start that way?
Time will tell with Izak. Love the name.

Lukosius has that Aaron Fiora look?.

[Dont Argue]

Zak Butters from Metro with our second rounder. 

Realistically don't see him being their for our second round pick. Stocks rising fast.

Butters going in for a shoulder reconstruction will help. Not overly impressed with what I've seen. Plenty better.
With live trading of draft picks looming, I'm dreaming of Rankine. Their will be none better. As for small, not sure who people have been watching but the guy is a bit of a bull. Explosive, takes pack parks, kicks them from everywhere, elusive. The list goes on. I'm calling it early. Best in the draft by a street.
Couple of SA boys look very good.

[Slipper]

Zak Butters from Metro with our second rounder. 

Realistically don't see him being their for our second round pick. Stocks rising fast.

Butters going in for a shoulder reconstruction will help. Not overly impressed with what I've seen. Plenty better.
With live trading of draft picks looming, I'm dreaming of Rankine. Their will be none better. As for small, not sure who people have been watching but the guy is a bit of a bull. Explosive, takes pack parks, kicks them from everywhere, elusive. The list goes on. I'm calling it early. Best in the draft by a street.
Couple of SA boys look very good.

SA does look to have a bumper crop of premium talent this year.

I know more about the WA boys. There are a couple in the group who could be real smokeys. A number of their best players have had interrupted prep for the Champs, so we might see a few slide a bit, although I think most recruiters would be all over it.

Our second pick is 36. Butters will be gone by then I'd have thought.

I get the Rankine love. Unless he slides though, hard to see how we could snare a high enough pick to get him. Smart clubs will be looking at the model for success we have built, 4-5 premium talent players with role players around them, and will be looking to use their picks on guys like Rankine, who is undoubtedly premium talent.

Assuming we can't get Rankine, but are looking at that type of player, Smallwood from WA could be the go. Broke his jaw playing for Claremont Colts 6 weeks ago, only just recovered in time for the Champs. Still made the team despite being underdone for match fitness, and is a very similar style of player to Rankine (thought not in that class at the moment).

[one-eyed]

Callum Twomey's Top 20 --- (post U18 champs)

1.  Sam Walsh ........ Midfielder,     183cm, 74kg, DOB 2/7/00,  From Geelong Falcons/Vic Country
2.  Jack Lukosius ....  Tall Forward, 194cm, 85kg, DOB 9/8/00,  From Woodville-West Torrens/SA
3.  Izak Rankine .....  Half-For/Mid, 180cm, 76kg, DOB 23/4/00, From West Adelaide/SA
4.  Max King .........   Tall Forward, 202cm, 86kg, DOB 7/7/00,  From Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
5.  Bailey Smith .....  Midfielder,     185cm, 82kg, DOB 7/12/00, From Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
6.  Ben King .........   Tall For/Def,  202cm, 85kg, DOB 7/7/00,  From Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
7.  Nick Blakey ......  Tall For/Mid,  195cm, 80kg, DOB 27/2/00, From Sydney Swans Academy/Allies
8.  Tarryn Thomas ... Midfielder,    189cm, 73kg, DOB 25/3/00, From Tasmania/Allies
9.  Isaac Quaynor .... Half-back,    182cm, 82kg, DOB 15/1/00, From Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro
10. Connor Rozee .... Half-For/Mid, 185cm, 71kg, DOB 22/1/00, From North Adelaide/SA
11. Jackson Hately ... Midfielder,    190cm, 81kg, DOB 21/10/00 From Central District/SA
12. Ian Hill ............. Mid/Half-For, 175cm, 76kg, DOB 9/2/00,  From Perth/WA
13. Jye Caldwell .....  Midfielder,     184cm, 78kg, DOB 28/9/00, From Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country
14. Curtis Taylor ....  Half-For/Mid, 186cm, 79kg, DOB 6/4/00   From Calder Cannons/Vic Metro
15. Rhylee West ...... Midfielder,    180cm, 80kg, DOB 12/7/00  From Calder Cannons/Vic Metro
16. R. Collier-Dawkins Midfielder,   193cm, 88kg, DOB 3/2/00   From Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro
17. Bailey Williams .. Ruck/Tall For,198cm, 95kg, DOB 17/4/00  From Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country
18. Chayce Jones ..... Midfielder,    180cm, 74kg, DOB 14/1/00  From Tasmania/Allies
19. Zak Butters ......  Midfielder,    181cm, 70kg, DOB 8/9/00   From Western Jets/Vic Metro
20. Will Kelly ........ Key Defender, 193cm, 83kg, DOB 16/8/00  From Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-05/afl-draft-phantom-form-guide-july-edition

[Diocletian]

Said I'd like Butters with our second....first is a reach.....commentators yesterday reckoned he was a second or third rounder...

...would like a tall mid with our first for once - 188+, preferably 190+.....one of Hately or Collier-Dawkins from that list...

...though wouldn't be entirely unhappy if we snagged Bailey Williams either....

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Zac Foot to be a bolter. 

[Diocletian]

Wouldn't mind Ian Hill - always handy to have a bass player to help with our tempo....