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reckon i did pretty well this draft not that it was hard to do. the draft was loaded with talent and deep.on the day i went.Was a big wrap for Lalor and Draper at pick 1.Have always favored bigger bodied mids though but Draper sure was tempting from a list need perspective. Super quick mid both off the mark and top end, and a real ability to just float from inside a contest to outside it. Ideal type to play alongside the slower Hopper and Taranto.But always have been a sucker for the bigger bodied mids over smaller ones. Smillie i had us taking well before the draft at pick 1 so did a lot of others. Yep he slid but he was a monty at 7 imo and thats where i had him.Even went as far to call him a possible generational player at one stage bit over the top but hey even im allowed to get excited now and again.One i considered here was Travaglia to offset the loss of Rioli. But there was two kids i thought we could take later in the draft that would give us a good h/b wing option in Clarke and Harrison Oliver who i really liked and was filthy GWS nabbed him at 19 just two picks in front of our pick 21.Had allen or Reid at 12 and Hotton at 14. Had stated several times that i thought Hotton would be a good Bolton replacement a better mid though. Allen was a big quick sort of hybrid a h/b/mid again meeting list short falls in both roles and Reid another smart mid.As it was we took Hotton at 12 so was pleased. We used 14 on Faull and of course Allen and Reid were gone by our next pick. One i liked here from a list point of view having taken three mids already was Lindsay we still need classy outside running players and he was an ideal long term wing solution.he went at 11 one pick before ours.We actually bid on Kako at 13 so we were obviously prepared to forgo Faull here knowing there would be an abundance of talls from pick 20 onwards.We took Trainor at 21 i wanted Armstrong here the need was for kpf more than anything. Again i posted wanting Armstrong top 10 in the draft at one stage but i became a strong advocate of waiting until around pick 20 to start grabbing talls because every man and his dog knew that was where they were going to be taken. Will say i had no problem with us taking Trainor as i thought he was the best tall defender in the draft i just did not think we had a big need for anymore tall defenders prefering to load up with Forwards from here.He was also touted a top 10 pick and would not be out of place if taken there it shows just how strong and even this draft was.Clearly i wanted Armstrong at 23 and to round it out i Prefered Shanahan at our last pick at pick 28. I will also say i was a big advocate of useing more picks in this draft and cutting harder into the list.As it was we traded back in to the draft when Algar was still there so late and there were kids there i really liked Boxshall Clarke, Davis to name a few who went after we bailed out at 28.On Trainor the reason i Did not consider him because i felt we had plenty of kpds although i rated him a better defender than Tarau who was a bit of a bolter. I had Armstrong at 9 at one stage but was certain most of the talls would get to pick 20. I think everyone knew the talls would last to around this point. There ya go laugh if ya want its what you expect from petty people around here. i don't give a stuff. It was a deep draft full of talented players and just about anyone with half a brain was going to get a lot of picks right.I don't think a lot of people had Hotton going as early as he did but i had him at 14 so stupidly claimed him as one of my picks some people are petty and pathetic in here.A lot of little idiot syndrome goes on around here.
