Predict who we will draft

[Ghost Dog]

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I'm envisioning

5. O'Rourke
6. Macrae
22. Membrey (only because that tattoo is sent to torment me by having to watch it for 10 years)

Make him wear long sleeves! I guess we delisted Sherman. Need a replacement tatt specialist!

[boydogs]

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Everything I've read suggests that if Grundy isn't picked by GWS he will slip past 6. Why wouldn't we be interested? I thought Roughead was being turned into a defender?

Stringer is a massive talent, got votes in all 3 VFL matches he has played in, the next Pavlich. Will only get better as he recovers from his leg break and has been training with us

Clurey is our Lake replacement, has that rare ability to read the play and zone off in defence as well as being accountable for his man. Wouldn't be surprised if we had him in mind with the pick upgrade Hawthorn offered for Lake.

5 - Grundy
6 - Stringer
22 - Clurey

[The Underdog]

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Everything I've read suggests that if Grundy isn't picked by GWS he will slip past 6. Why wouldn't we be interested? I thought Roughead was being turned into a defender?

Stringer is a massive talent, got votes in all 3 VFL matches he has played in, the next Pavlich. Will only get better as he recovers from his leg break and has been training with us

Clurey is our Lake replacement, has that rare ability to read the play and zone off in defence as well as being accountable for his man. Wouldn't be surprised if we had him in mind with the pick upgrade Hawthorn offered for Lake.

5 - Grundy
6 - Stringer
22 - Clurey

Not concerned about our lack of pace and foot skills then?

[Mofra]

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Not concerned about our lack of pace and foot skills then?

A cynic would suggest he fits in well then

[LostDoggy]

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Everything I've read suggests that if Grundy isn't picked by GWS he will slip past 6. Why wouldn't we be interested? I thought Roughead was being turned into a defender?

Stringer is a massive talent, got votes in all 3 VFL matches he has played in, the next Pavlich. Will only get better as he recovers from his leg break and has been training with us

Clurey is our Lake replacement, has that rare ability to read the play and zone off in defence as well as being accountable for his man. Wouldn't be surprised if we had him in mind with the pick upgrade Hawthorn offered for Lake.

5 - Grundy
6 - Stringer
22 - Clurey

Between Minson and Campbell we seem pretty well served. Outside of hard inside midfielders ruck seems to be the only place we have significant depth. Very excited about this week! Going to go

5 - Toumpas
6 - Menzel
22 - Shaw

In the hope GWS try to cover needs re ruck/backline with Plowman and Grundy. Unlikely but not impossible.

Fingers crossed but will happily take O'rourke or Mayes as next choices

[boydogs]

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Not concerned about our lack of pace and foot skills then?

It's an interesting one, I see the need there but there's that age old saying 'don't pick for needs in the 1st round'. That's really the thing that gets me with all the Grundy talk, and may be why we have run into trouble previously trying to nail talls early on, when they are the hardest to predict being that they take the longest to develop and that their performance against kids doesn't always convert to their performance against adults.

O'Rourke, Mayes or Macrae who suit our needs better may well be best available if Grundy is gone, but if he isn't then we've got a decision to make.

[jeemak]

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I'm going with:

O'Rourke at five
Stringer with six

Later on it gets a bit hard for me to pick.

[Bornadog]

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I think we have firmed with O'Rouke"and Menzel

[kruder]

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I think we have firmed with O'Rouke"and Menzel

I hope so. I'm changing my mind every minute but taking in all the information out there I'm now convinced that GWS will take Whitfeild, Toumpas and Menzel( makes sense as he is regarded as top 3 in talent and with the AFL gifting the new teams too many picks why wouldn't you take the risk?) and hope that Plowman will slide which is possible.

In which leaves us

5 O'rourke
6 Plowman/Mayes/Macrae/Stringer

[The Pie Man]

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Would like O'Rourke and Menzel, though O'Rourke's the one I'm confident (based on media reports) that will be available to us.

5. O'Rourke
6. Macrae
22. ??

If one of Toumpas or Menzel is available, I'll predict they'll go at 5 and O'Rourke at 6.

Every pick is about who's left, but 22 could be anyone. I'd like one of Jacksh (very unlikely) or Membrey (less unlikely but still probably taken) or even O'Brien, though suggestions in the media are we'll go for a running HB.

[Mofra]

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Would like O'Rourke and Menzel, though O'Rourke's the one I'm confident (based on media reports) that will be available to us.

5. O'Rourke
6. Macrae
22. ??

If one of Toumpas or Menzel is available, I'll predict they'll go at 5 and O'Rourke at 6.

Every pick is about who's left, but 22 could be anyone. I'd like one of Jacksh (very unlikely) or Membrey (less unlikely but still probably taken) or even O'Brien, though suggestions in the media are we'll go for a running HB.

I like the sound of Macrae or Grundy to pair with O'Rourke, but I assume Menzel will be there at 6.

Colquhoun seems the whisper at 22 as a rebounder, and I dare say O'Brien will be gone before our pick 22. 51 is a pure guess

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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I hope so. I'm changing my mind every minute but taking in all the information out there I'm now convinced that GWS will take Whitfeild, Toumpas and Menzel( makes sense as he is regarded as top 3 in talent and with the AFL gifting the new teams too many picks why wouldn't you take the risk?) and hope that Plowman will slide which is possible.

In which leaves us

5 O'rourke
6 Plowman/Mayes/Macrae/Stringer

its a bit of a shame we might miss out on Menzel. GWS have been gifted way too many picks and it will show in a few years.

I agree that O'rourke will go no 5 then Stringer/Macrae/Menzel at 6

[Cyberdoggie]

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I'm going with:

O'Rourke at five
Stringer with six

Later on it gets a bit hard for me to pick.

I'd agree on these two as well.

Stringer has too good an upside to pass on, and i like his attitude, i think Bmac would as well.


No way Todd Viney would pass up on Wines, his son's best mate, and Viney himself has tought him all he knows about football. It would be like selecting your son first, then getting the chance to pick your foster son and picking someone else instead.

The only change would be if Toumpas was still available at pick 5, then it would all get shuffled around.

[turtle]

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5) Toumpas
6) O'Rouke
22) Membrey

[Bulldog Revolution]

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I probably lean towards thinking it will play out as:
5. ORourke
6. Menzel
22. It's really, really hard to know what will be available here: OBrien, Membrey, Corr, Kennedy, Shaw, BJacobs