2021 Draft thread

[one-eyed]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/632305/twomey-s-draft-team-of-the-year-wa-goalkickers-on-target-saint-s-brother-in

[Tigeritis™©®]

Why doesn’t this Twomey character rate Connor McDonald?

I’m not sure how a kid can be in the top 10 for “power rankings” which means he is ahead of the other players he’s mentioned but he isn’t named in twomeys top 25?  Strange.

[one-eyed]

Current draft picks per club:

Richmond has a very strong draft hand that will make it a dangerous proposition in this year's Trade Period. The Tigers currently hold four picks inside the first 30 selections, including picks 11 and 16 (tied to Geelong after a swap of first-round picks during last year's national draft). 

Richmond     11, 16, 25, 30, 40, 48

Adelaide         7, 26, 37, 62, 63
Brisbane       15, 18, 49, 52, 59, 73
Carlton           5, 24, 60
Collingwood  36, 41, 44, 45
Essendon       9, 46, 51
Fremantle      8, 27
Geelong       28, 29, 35, 53
Gold Coast     3, 19, 22, 42, 55, 58, 64
GWS             4, 10, 47, 65
Hawthorn      2, 21, 23, 56, 66
Melbourne   34, 39, 54,
North Melb.   1, 20, 38, 70
Port Adel.    14, 57, 69, 71
St Kilda        6, 43, 61
Sydney       13, 32, 68
West Coast  12, 31, 33, 50, 67
W.Bulldogs  17, 72

https://www.afl.com.au/news/634717/indicative-draft-order-dees-genius-trade-tigers-strong-hand

[one-eyed]

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Best draft prospects ranked (June 30)

nb. Remember this is not a mock draft – it is our rankings of the best players and does not take into account where father-son or Academy bids could come.

1. Nick Daicos (Coll F/S) ........ Midfielder               183cm/72kg   3/1/03    Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro
2. Jason Horne ..................... Midfielder                183cm/77kg 21/6/03    South Adelaide/South Australia
3. Sam Darcy (Dogs F/S) ....... Forward/defender    204cm/75kg 19/7/03    Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro
4. Finn Callaghan .................. Midfielder               189cm/82kg  26/4/03   Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
5. Ben Hobbs ....................... Midfielder                183cm/80kg 16/9/03    Greater Western Victoria Rebels/Vic Country
6. Josh Gibcus ...................... Key defender           195cm/84kg  4/4/03    Greater Western Victoria Rebels/Vic Country
7. Josh Rachele .................... Forward/midfielder   180cm/78kg 11/4/03    Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country
8. Josh Sinn ......................... Half-back/midfielder 186cm/73kg  7/1/03    Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
9. Matthew Roberts ............... Midfielder/forward   183cm/81kg  31/7/03    South Adelaide/South Australia
10. Arlo Draper ..................... Midfielder/forward   185cm/71kg  20/1/03    South Adelaide/South Australia
11. Matthew Sonsie ............... Midfielder               181cm/77kg  27/1/03    Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro
12. Mac Andrew .................... Ruckman                200cm/70kg  12/4/03    Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country
13. Campbell Chesser ............ Midfielder/defender  186cm/83kg 27/4/03    Sandringham Dragons/Vic Country
14. Neil Eramus .................... Midfielder/forward   188cm/80kg  2/12/03    Subiaco/Western Australia
15. Matthew Johnson ......,...... Midfielder               192cm/80kg  16/3/03    Subiaco/Western Australia
16. Jye Amiss ....................... Key forward            195cm/83kg  31/7/03    East Perth/Western Australia
17. Josh Ward ...................... Midfielder                181cm/79kg  15/8/03    Northern Knights/Vic Metro
18. Jack Williams .................. Key forward            195cm/91kg  1/12/03    East Fremantle/Western Australia
19. Sam Butler ....................  Midfielder/forward   184cm/73kg  10/2/03    Greater Western Victoria Rebels/Vic Country
20. Darcy Wilmot .................  Defender                183cm/75kg  31/12/03  Northern Knights/Vic Metro

Full summary of each potential draftee here: https://www.afl.com.au/news/639253/cal-twomeys-phantom-form-guide-june-update-best-players-in-the-2021-nab-afl-draft-ranked

[one-eyed]

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2021-provisional-draft-order-live-based-on-current-ladder.1251001/page-5#post-70906222

[Damo]

How does it work for the dogs matching for Darcy when they have hardly any points?
Obviously they can trade to get picks , but if they don’t have enough is it bad luck ?

[mightytiges]

Only positive tonight is we now have pick 7 as our first pick.

[pmac21]

Pick 7.  Hope theres a good mid there

[Andyy]

Use it. Don't trade it please.

In fact use all our picks and trade any dead weight for picks to upgrade our picks.

Only bloke I wanna trade in is Green +/- Taranto if he wants to come home.

Trade:
George
CJ
Chol
KMac
Not sure anyone else has currency if anything.

[Knighter]

Only one of that lot worth anything is CJ. We’d have to pay to have the others taken away

[one-eyed]

WEAK DRAFT?

David Zita reports …
Foxsports
14 July 2021

List managers believe this year’s draft intake is one of the weakest in years.

Aside from the top few selections, draft experts don’t see many key position prospects and say there are hardly any ruckmen beyond the top 10.

Of course, the national championships later this year will flush out some more talent, but one list manager told foxfooty.com.au: “It’s not the year to stockpile lots of draft picks as it falls off a cliff.”

The draft combine has also changed structure, list managers were told this week. Traditionally the multi-day event at Marvel Stadium would include an assortment of physical tests as well as interviews.

But this year’s edition has been shortened and will just see players interviewed by clubs – among other smaller tasks. It means there will be no 20m sprint, kicking test or even a 2km time trial.

Source: Foxsports

[Andyy]

That'd be right.

Supposed to be strong after a compromised 2020.

The real problem is we have too many teams and there's not enough elite talent to go around.

Hope we nail it this year. You can always find diamonds in the rough.

[Diocletian]

..or we could just chuck it all at Cerra & Green instead...

[camboon]

The same managers were saying it was a strong draft not long ago . We thought It was , it was the reason we sold our draft picks off last year . Could it be that we are after a certain type of player.

[georgies31]

Here the same everyyear weake draft super draft etc you do your homework good recruiters pand good picks players are there.