Its always good to have a back-up so here's what I think we should do with my limited knowledge.
Pick 2.
Masten: Onballer that dishes it out beautifully and not another outside player like Morton that we dont need.
Cotchin: Silky, silky, silky. The X-factor that can tear games apart but I lead towards Masten because he's rough and tough which is what we need, we already have alot of silk that just needs to disher.
Pick 18/19 (Priority and subsequent pick)
Tayte Pears: The CHB we need, Rance will go before him but Rance isnt worth pick 2 so we have to take that. At 90kgs and 192cms we cant say no, already very well built with sufficient skills.
Jack Grimes: If we end up with Cotchin or Kruezer I'd love this kid at Tigerland as a rover in the Foley ilk. Needs a bit of work on kicking but could be ironed out and is a ball winner, not a receiver. As captain or Cotchin and Kruezer he must have good leadership skills too and I hear he is a massive worker.
Tom Collier: Being injured for the season may let the kid drop. Not sure where he will end up but plays solidly as a backman and in spells on the ball. Is very well built.
Tom Bellchambers: Maybe a bit too one-dimensional to go this early but as a ruckamn he is very good. As a mover and player around the ground there is much work to do. Maybe one to look at at this stage but probably taking a gamble.
Pick 36ish:
Bellchambers: Again.
Jay Bowden: I dont know where he'll go in this draft but I like the look of him. Usually a midfield runner but played forward for Tassie in the champs and had a very good carnival. I like versitile players at later picks and I think he might be worth looking at although maybe more at the 50 mark of our next pick. Tough to say.
Adam Maric: Possibly a slider, great champs but I see him more as a Neon Leon type. Would be a good pick at 36, many have him top 15, and quite a few have him 50ish. I'd like to think he'd slip to here with the plethora of smaller blokes in the draft and big men being drafted earlier than they should, and we get ourselves a bargain HFF player that does find the ball.
pick 50ish:
Jay Bowden: Again
Andrew Renton: Has improved in the ruck this year and seems to still have improvement in him. Long term ruckman prospect but a decent one none-the-less, would be a gamble this early tbh.
Chris Kangars: Just incase we still havent got a KPP backman by now he may be an option, very much a backman. Handballs alot, kicks rarely. Thats not so bad, shows he likes to stay at home and be accountable.
Pick 65+s
Andrew Renton: again
Polkinghorne: Give the little rover a decent go at it I say. Decent rover that could turn into something. Maybe just a rookie though, No earlier than our 5th pick.
Jarrad Sylvester: Alot has been said about him. Has come leaps and bounds this year. Definitely wouldn't get him before our 4th pick though.
Luke Sampey: Will be slipper I'm sure of it. A FF and nothing else. Good player but will a club risk an early pick on a unversatile FF. Would be good at a pick around here.
Ryan Hobbs: Its all pretty hush hush on this kid so he's likely to slip this far but from memory was in the best twice in the champs and can play forward or back. 194cms and already 89 kgs at 18 so should be room to grow even more and would be more than handy at a pick this late.
Lee Staple: May be worth it here at 189cms and only 80 kgs but would need to hit the weights and we dont need another like him since we already have Thursty and McGuane.
Remember limited knowledge so feel free to correct me on anything or shoot me down if I've rated a dud.
