2017 Draft Watch

[bulldogtragic]

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It wouldn't scare me off selecting him

His manager being Robbie Dezario/Paul Connors (Stringer's managers) does a little.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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AFL DRAFT CENTRAL
AFL Draft whispers – November 2017, November 12, 2017 by Staff Writers

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WESTERN BULLDOGS

The Western Bulldogs are a club who have Nathan Murphy right in their eyeline. With Pick 9 and 16 – they will get a good crack at two players. Ed Richards has some speed and a nice left foot kick and they could grab him at Pick 16. They’ve also been linked with Gippsland Power duo Matthew McGannon and Callum Porter as possible rookie picks. Lachlan Fogarty is a likely name at Pick 16 too. Whispers about the Bulldogs bidding on Richmond father-son Patrick Naish appear to be dying.

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As for who has an invite to the draft? Our sources suggest there are 19 players that will be attending in Sydney at this stage.

Oscar Allen
Aiden Bonar
Jarrod Brander
Andrew Brayshaw
Adam Cerra
Hunter Clark
Nicholas Coffield
Luke Davies-Uniacke
Paddy Dow
Darcy Fogarty
Lachlan Fogarty
Jack Higgins
Nathan Murphy
Patrick Naish
Aaron Naughton
Cameron Rayner
Ed Richards
Nicholas Shipley
Jaidyn Stephenson

From what I have read/watched it is exciting that we will get two of these on our list. If we could finish it off with one of Dom Barry, Ethan Penrith, Jackson Edwards, Liam Ryan, etc. at 79 I would be doing backflips.

[LostDoggy]

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Reading through the various scenarios and phantoms, my dream combination now is Stephensonv and Bailey. Stephenson is starting to look the potential slider from the top 6-7 who would be the ideal addition to our list whilst Zac Bailey just screams the Dal bolter to me. Depending on who's left, I wouldn't be shocked if we took him at 9.

[GVGjr]

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The AFL.com.au did their mock draft with Cal Twomey and Mick Ablett rotating selections right up to pick 30.

Brayshaw went at pick 4, Richards at 11, Murphy at 15, Constable at pick 20 were some of the surprises.

We got Coffield at pick 9 and after bidding on Naish we then got L.Fogarty at pick 17. Both boys are Doggies supporters.

[GVGjr]

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Reading through the various scenarios and phantoms, my dream combination now is Stephensonv and Bailey. Stephenson is starting to look the potential slider from the top 6-7 who would be the ideal addition to our list whilst Zac Bailey just screams the Dal bolter to me. Depending on who's left, I wouldn't be shocked if we took him at 9.

How could we pass on Stephenson at pick 9 if he was somehow still available?
Bailey would be a big call but if you rate him then why not.

[kruder]

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After watching and reading quite a bit of analysis Id take Coffield/Clarke at 9 and 16 Stacevich/Murphy/Bailey/Bonar.

Anyone have Combine results for both Coffield/Clarke?

I wouldn't be surprised if we took a punt on Murphy at 9 though, he reminds me a little of Will Hayward who I was keen on with our first pick in last years draft I could see hit fitting in well as a third forward in our new set up including Schache and Boyd.

[The Doctor]

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I like Zac Bailey but I don't think he is a 1st round pick with so many good options available. His break away ability is excellent however some of his finishing & delivery is not top shelf.

[divvydan]

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Hopefully for Stephenson, his heart issue is more along the lines of Eagleton than Josh Toy.

[choconmientay]

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TheRoar: AFL mock draft 2017: Top 30
Interesting read with the reasoning behind their picks between Maddy Friend and Josh Elliott. 15 Nov 2017

Pick 1 – Brisbane Lions (Maddy Friend) – Cameron Rayner
187cm, 87kg

Maddy
Rayner is the best player in the draft. He’s got class, x-factor, and is really the complete package. He can also slot in and play senior footy next year, which is an advantage for Brisbane given the club’s young list.

In taking Rayner, the Lions will have a 200-plus-game player who will complement the inside midfielders the club has recruited in recent years.

I also considered Paddy Dow, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Adam Cerra and Andrew Brayshaw

Pick 2 – Fremantle Dockers (Josh Elliott) – Paddy Dow
185cm, 78kg

Josh
If I’m Fremantle this year my number one priority is to find a big, hulking forward who can be the centrepiece of the forward line – but there just isn’t a prospect like that in this draft that you could justify taking with either of the Dockers’ top five picks.

Instead, this is a pick to keep building a promising midfield. There’s a lot of good prospects here and it’s a tight decision, but I’m picking Dow – his breakaway speed from the contest is a rare trait and could be what leads him to become an elite midfielder.

Maddy
I disagree that they need to take a key forward in the draft – they’ve got Cam McCarthy and Matt Taberner, and are looking at Brennan Cox and Griffin Logue as potential key forwards as well. They’re well stocked there.

In that sense, Dow is a great pick up.

Pick 3 – Carlton Blues (Maddy Friend) – Adam Cerra
186cm, 80kg

Maddy
The comparisons with Scott Pendlebury are cliche, but the classy Cerra shares many of the same traits.

I also considered Luke Davies-Uniacke, given the Blues have lost Bryce Gibbs, but Cerra is too good to pass up.

Pick 4 – North Melbourne Kangaroos (Josh Elliott) – Luke Davies-Uniacke
187cm, 85kg

Josh
Oof, that pick leaves me with a tough decision to make. I was planning for Jaidyn Stephenson at this pick but realistically I can’t see North Melbourne overlooking Luke Davies-Uniacke – or Dow or Rayner for that matter – if available.

It’s telling of how even the top handful of picks is that someone like LDU could easily go at No.1 but could also be available here – a big-bodied midfielder type, he’s probably the most immediately ready for AFL football of this year’s draft, which is not something I tend to take into account, but which will appeal to North given the large number of senior players they’ve cut over the last two years. They can build a future midfield around him.

Pick 5 – Fremantle Dockers (Josh Elliott) Jaidyn Stephenson
189cm, 75kg

Josh
Probably the best case scenario for Fremantle is that one of the players in the top four above slips through to them at some pick, but I’d be just as happy picking Jaidyn Stephenson.

Stephenson is tall, at 189cm, but has excellent speed, and plays courageous, offensive football – it’s not a group of traits that you see together very often and it gives him as much if not more of a superstar ceiling than any other prospect going around.

In him and Dow, I’ve picked Fremantle a pair of speedy, goal-kicking midfielders who can balance out Ross Lyon’s natural tendencies towards defensive football.


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Pick 9 – Western Bulldogs (Josh Elliott) – Darcy Fogarty
192cm, 95kg

Josh
I was probably hoping Aaron Naughton might slip to here – while the Bulldogs added two key position players over the trade period, it’s still an area on which they could work.

There isn’t really one on the board at this stage, so instead I’m going for tall midfielder-forward Darcy Fogarty. He’s 191cm, so not quite true key-position height, but clubs will look to start him off as a forward or half-forward and eventually develop him into a tall inside midfielder who kicks goals.

There are several players who would be in the mix here, I’ve picked him over them because I like his offensive capabilities as a point of difference to those who are more comfortable playing behind the ball.


Pick 16 – Western Bulldogs (Josh Elliott) – Lochie O’Brien
184cm, 77kg

Josh
From the Bulldogs’ perspective, it would be disappointing to see two promising talls in Brander and Allen taken in the two picks before this one – Brander, in particular, would’ve been a good value get here.

Noah Balta would be an option if they still wanted a tall, but with Lochie O’Brien on the table I’ll pick up him instead.

An outside midfielder with some speed and a good left-foot kick, they can start him on half-back to replace Bob Murphy, with an eye to him becoming a fulltime winger as he progresses.

- Jack Higgins (10), Nick Coffield (11), Charlie Constable(12), Aiden Bonar(13), Jarrod Brander(14) still available at our first pick.
- Sam Hayes, Ed Richards(18), Noah Balta, Nathan Murphy(22) still available at our second pick.

- Cerra tipped at 2, Naughton at 6, Richards at 18
- Tim Kelly get picked early in the second round.
- Zac Bailey tipped to be picked up with pick 30.

[Throughandthrough]

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i'll do backflips if we get Fogarty

[bulldogtragic]

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Any guesses where Sambono ends up? He seems to have a little media attention now.

[Bornadog]

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i'll do backflips if we get Fogarty

Darcy or Lachlan

[bulldogtragic]

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Darcy or Lachlan

Both?

[Bornadog]

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Any guesses where Sambono ends up? He seems to have a little media attention now.

Story here from two days ago: Adam Sambono’s remarkable and inspirational rise to genuine prospect

They predict pick 40 plus

[bulldogtragic]

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Story here from two days ago: Adam Sambono’s remarkable and inspirational rise to genuine prospect

They predict pick 40 plus

As high as 40! I thought he'd be a work in progress at best, so much later in the draft perhaps 60-70 or so. One to watch on draft night to see just how high he can go.