Every AFL club's best top-up player option and mid-season draft considerations

[bornadog]

link

With the immediate success during the pre-season supplemental period of mature agers Hugh Dixon, Jack Hayes, Jarrod Lienert, Nic Martin, Paddy McCartin and Patrick Naish, there is mounting evidence that there are mature age prospects who go undrafted, as well as unwanted former AFL listed talents, good enough to contribute at the elite and be valuable components to a club's best 22.


As we have seen with West Coast, who in the early rounds have needed to call upon top-up players to field a team, there may be more of these players who will receive AFL exposure this season.


The following is a list of the best top-up player at each club, in terms of their viability for use at AFL level, and who should be considered during the mid-season draft.

Western Bulldogs


One of the VFL's premier midfielders, Footscray captain Lachie Sullivan is ready-to-go as a classy, ball-winning midfielder. Averaging 27 disposals and seven clearances per game, Sullivan has arguably been Footscray's most consistent contributor through the first four rounds, despite playing alongside several very capable AFL listed midfielders.


Read the rest of the teams here

[Grantysghost]

Good to see Cavarra and Hayes doing well.

[bornadog]

Chris Doerre has got this wrong, we certainly don't need another midfielder.

Surely we can have a word to Liam Jones and entice him out of retirement. I know we need a spot, but we can look at that

[Grantysghost]

Chris Doerre has got this wrong, we certainly don't need another midfielder.

Surely we can have a word to Liam Jones and entice him out of retirement. I know we need a spot, but we can look at that

Still looks in reasonable shape, playing for Palm Beach in QAFL