What would we get?

[Mofra]

Yes, we're going terribly on field at the moment and already there has been talk of drafting.

It's easy to get excited by a likely bounty of picks 5 & 6 in the draft (assuming we keep the picks and don't enter the mini-draft with GWS), so I thought I'd look at what we'd be likely to get (by comparison with picks in past years) with our picks as it stands.

Picks: 5, 6, 27, 46, 47

(Assuming remaining picks will be rookie upgrades)


2005

Pick 5 - Scott "Scont" Pendlebury
Pick 6 - Beau Dowler
Pick 27 - Dylan Addison
Pick 46 - Travis Baird
Pick 47 - Ryan Gamble

Geez a Pendlebury would be a great outcome. Not sold on the other choices.


2006

Pick 5 - Travis Boak
Pick 6 - Mitch Thorp
Pick 27 - Brad Howard
Pick 46 - Colin Garland
Pick 47 - Kyle Reimers

Like 2005, pick 5 nets a gun, 3rd rounders are pass marks


2007

Pick 5 - Jarrad Grant
Pick 6 - David Myers
Pick 27 - Andy Otten
Pick 46 - Dennis Armfield
Pick 47 - Toby Thoolen

Picks 6 & 27 would be wins here, jury still out on Grant


2008

Pick 5 - Michael Hurley
Pick 6 - Chris Yarren
Pick 27 - Sam Wight
Pick 46 - Luke Rounds
Pick 47 - Rhys Stanley

First year both picks 5 & 6 are guns, well done with the Saints for pick 47


2009

Pick 5 - Ben Cunnington
Pick 6 - Gary Rohan
Pick 27 - Callum Bartlett
Pick 46 - Ben Stratton
Pick 47 - Ryan Harwood

Satisfied with picks 5 & 6 with this one - Rohan could be anything


2010

Pick 5 - Jarad Polec
Pick 6 - Reece Conca
Pick 27 - Kieran Harper
Pick 46 - Daniel Farmer
Pick 47 - Bradley Helbig

Picks 5 & 6 look pretty safe bets. Helbig played 10 games last year, Harper on 31 games is a great outcome.


2011

Pick 5 - Matt Buntine
Pick 6 - Chad Wingard
Pick 27 - Sam Kerridge
Pick 46 - Nicholas Joyce
Pick 47 - Patrick Weardon


In short, since 2008 picks 5 & 6 look set to be more than decent players (potential stars), and previously at least 1 turns out to be a gun. The later picks are a lottery so the talk of "5 picks in the top 50" is a misnomer - our later picks are likely to yield similar results, although the 2010 draft looks relatively solid all the way through.

[LostDoggy]

Re: What would we get?

Previous year's picks for the last three are an indication of nothing being guaranteed.

To have the picks is one thing - to use them to advantage is another.

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: What would we get?

I guess this shows that with picks under 10 your more than likely to get a gun or very good player.

Picks 27 and up a lot less likely.

I guess from averages you could say we would likely get 2 good players out of 5 picks in the top 50.

Any more than that and your ahead of the average.

[Eastdog]

Re: What would we get?

If we're lucky in the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the draft there can be gems. Picks 5 and 6 at least one of those will be really good. It requires good recruiters who really know about the players.

[The Pie Man]

Re: What would we get?

Stratton at pick 46 was a result for Hawthorn

[Ghost Dog]

Re: What would we get?

Has Dylan Addison at 27 been a result for us? ^_^

[Eastdog]

Re: What would we get?

Has Dylan Addison at 27 been a result for us? ^_^

He try's hard for us but Im not sure that he would be up there with some of the really good players picked in the lower rounds of the draft.

[Eastdog]

Re: What would we get?

Stratton at pick 46 was a result for Hawthorn

Stratton was a very good pick for Hawthorn. James Hird was picked very low down in the draft and became a champion player.

[LostDoggy]

Re: What would we get?

Stratton was a very good pick for Hawthorn. Don't James Hird was also picked very low down in the draft and became a champion player.

Yes, he was a late pick - not sure about the last part

[Bornadog]

Re: What would we get?

I prefer to have picks 5 and 6 that anything above ten, so a better chance to get a decent player.

[DOG GOD]

Re: What would we get?

Even if we had picks 1 and 2, our recruiters would probably stuff it up

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: What would we get?

Has Dylan Addison at 27 been a result for us? ^_^

He's more like a pick 85 than 27

[Bulldog4life]

Re: What would we get?

I prefer to have picks 5 and 6 that anything above ten, so a better chance to get a decent player.

So do I. Isn't it lucky we haven't won more matches.

[FrediKanoute]

Re: What would we get?

Has Dylan Addison at 27 been a result for us? ^_^

No. If we had picked him at 50+ then maybe he would be a pass, but a top-30 pick no.

[G-Mo77]

Re: What would we get?

Has Dylan Addison at 27 been a result for us? ^_^

Wasn't he a NSW scholarship pick? Or am I thinking of someone else.