2020 draft watch

[Bornadog]

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One of the phantom drafts had him going to Essendon. Future trade bait for Dunkley?

for Jack?

[Bornadog]

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Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: December update

[jazzadogs]

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Interesting part of that article is that we have nominated Ewan MacPherson as a father son rookie, meaning that we can't match a bid in the main draft if it comes. I didn't realise you could do that, but it shows our level of interest.

[comrade]

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Interesting part of that article is that we have nominated Ewan MacPherson as a father son rookie, meaning that we can't match a bid in the main draft if it comes. I didn't realise you could do that, but it shows our level of interest.

Also suggests we have our eye on some others in the main draft.

I love the look of Tom Highmore, a 22 year mature age defender from the SANFL (193cm).

[Axe Man]

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Cal Twomey's 2020 Phantom Draft

1 Western Bulldogs
(Matching Adelaide's bid)

JAMARRA UGLE-HAGAN
POS: Key forward
Ht 195cm, Wt 90kg, DOB 4/4/02
From Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Country

Widely considered the best player in the draft pool, Ugle-Hagan's freakish athleticism, combined with his brilliant football craft, will thrill fans for many years. Even players at rival clubs are already excited about watching the key forward at AFL level, with Ugle-Hagan's bottom-age season for the Oakleigh Chargers, when he booted 24 goals from nine games, rocketing him into the top slot despite having this season wiped out. He's tall, he's fast, he sits on heads in packs and accumulates shots at goal. The Western Bulldogs have prepared to have enough points to match a bid for Ugle-Hagan at pick one and now actively want it to happen for the prestige it would bring.

If not him? The Crows have intimated to rivals they will bid on Ugle-Hagan at the top choice, and it would take a last-minute backflip from the club for them not to pull the trigger. North Melbourne (No.2) or Sydney (No.3) at the latest would otherwise bid. If Adelaide keeps the first pick Riley Thilthorpe and Logan McDonald are the main contenders.

2. Adelaide - RILEY THILTHORPE
3. North Melbourne - ELIJAH HOLLANDS
4. Sydney - DENVER GRAINGER-BARRAS
5. Hawthorn - LOGAN MCDONALD
6. Gold Coast - WILL PHILLIPS
7. Essendon - TANNER BRUHN
8. Essendon - ZACH REID
9. Sydney (matching Essendon's Bid) - BRAEDEN CAMPBELL
10. Essendon - OLIVER HENRY
11. Adelaide (Collingwood don't match) - REEF MCINNES
12. GWS - NIK COX
13. North Melbourne - TOM POWELL
14. Fremantle - BRAYDEN COOK
15. GWS - HEATH CHAPMAN
16. Collingwood - ARCHIE PERKINS
17. Port Adelaide (Matching Greater Western Sydney's bid) - LACHIE JONES
18. GWS - BAILEY LAURIE
19. Collingwood - CONOR STONE
20. Richmond - FINLAY MACRAE
21. Melbourne - JACK CARROLL
22. Sydney (Matching Melbourne's bid) – ERROL GULDEN
23. Melbourne - MAX HOLMES
24. GWS - LUKE PEDLAR
25. Hawthorn (Matching St Kilda's bid) - CONNOR DOWNIE
26. St Kilda - NATHAN O'DRISCOLL
27. Adelaide - CALEB POULTER
28. Adelaide - LIAM KOLAR
29. Brisbane - JAKE BOWEY
30. GWS - SHANNON NEALE


WESTERN BULLDOGS
Picks: 29, 33, 41, 42, 52, 54 (likely to use two picks)

After matching a bid for Jamarra Ugle-Hagan at the top, the Bulldogs' second – and likely last – selection for the national draft will be right towards the back. They have access to Cody Raak, a key defender who is part of their Next Generation Academy, and father-son prospect Ewan MacPherson, the son of Steve and brother of Gold Coast's Darcy, but both of those are better chances as rookies, with MacPherson nominated as a father-son rookie, meaning the Dogs can't match a bid for him in the national intake. Would 21-year-old James Rowe get a look-in as a small forward? He has some suitors.

[ledge]

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Cal Twomey's 2020 Phantom Draft

1 Western Bulldogs
(Matching Adelaide's bid)

JAMARRA UGLE-HAGAN
POS: Key forward
Ht 195cm, Wt 90kg, DOB 4/4/02
From Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Country

Widely considered the best player in the draft pool, Ugle-Hagan's freakish athleticism, combined with his brilliant football craft, will thrill fans for many years. Even players at rival clubs are already excited about watching the key forward at AFL level, with Ugle-Hagan's bottom-age season for the Oakleigh Chargers, when he booted 24 goals from nine games, rocketing him into the top slot despite having this season wiped out. He's tall, he's fast, he sits on heads in packs and accumulates shots at goal. The Western Bulldogs have prepared to have enough points to match a bid for Ugle-Hagan at pick one and now actively want it to happen for the prestige it would bring.

If not him? The Crows have intimated to rivals they will bid on Ugle-Hagan at the top choice, and it would take a last-minute backflip from the club for them not to pull the trigger. North Melbourne (No.2) or Sydney (No.3) at the latest would otherwise bid. If Adelaide keeps the first pick Riley Thilthorpe and Logan McDonald are the main contenders.

2. Adelaide - RILEY THILTHORPE
3. North Melbourne - ELIJAH HOLLANDS
4. Sydney - DENVER GRAINGER-BARRAS
5. Hawthorn - LOGAN MCDONALD
6. Gold Coast - WILL PHILLIPS
7. Essendon - TANNER BRUHN
8. Essendon - ZACH REID
9. Sydney (matching Essendon's Bid) - BRAEDEN CAMPBELL
10. Essendon - OLIVER HENRY
11. Adelaide (Collingwood don't match) - REEF MCINNES
12. GWS - NIK COX
13. North Melbourne - TOM POWELL
14. Fremantle - BRAYDEN COOK
15. GWS - HEATH CHAPMAN
16. Collingwood - ARCHIE PERKINS
17. Port Adelaide (Matching Greater Western Sydney's bid) - LACHIE JONES
18. GWS - BAILEY LAURIE
19. Collingwood - CONOR STONE
20. Richmond - FINLAY MACRAE
21. Melbourne - JACK CARROLL
22. Sydney (Matching Melbourne's bid) – ERROL GULDEN
23. Melbourne - MAX HOLMES
24. GWS - LUKE PEDLAR
25. Hawthorn (Matching St Kilda's bid) - CONNOR DOWNIE
26. St Kilda - NATHAN O'DRISCOLL
27. Adelaide - CALEB POULTER
28. Adelaide - LIAM KOLAR
29. Brisbane - JAKE BOWEY
30. GWS - SHANNON NEALE


WESTERN BULLDOGS
Picks: 29, 33, 41, 42, 52, 54 (likely to use two picks)

After matching a bid for Jamarra Ugle-Hagan at the top, the Bulldogs' second – and likely last – selection for the national draft will be right towards the back. They have access to Cody Raak, a key defender who is part of their Next Generation Academy, and father-son prospect Ewan MacPherson, the son of Steve and brother of Gold Coast's Darcy, but both of those are better chances as rookies, with MacPherson nominated as a father-son rookie, meaning the Dogs can't match a bid for him in the national intake. Would 21-year-old James Rowe get a look-in as a small forward? He has some suitors.

I think we have enough small forwards now , hopefully look for a key back.

[Axe Man]

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I think we have enough small forwards now , hopefully look for a key back.

We have Weightman and Cavarra. Weightman is more of a marking forward, Cavarra is the only crumbing/pressure type and he is long odds to make it on what we have seen so far. We absolutely need a quality small forward. We also need another key back.

[Bornadog]

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Talks light up about top-five pick swap between North and Hawks

[Happy Days]

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Interesting thought but I don't really see why either team would do it. Hawks would only be interested if they thought they couldn't get McDonald, and if North wanted McDonald they would probably just not trade the pick. Swans being into DGB has been pretty consistent the whole time so doubt its them too. Seems like Hawks jumping at shadows.

[Rocket Science]

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We have Weightman and Cavarra. Weightman is more of a marking forward, Cavarra is the only crumbing/pressure type and he is long odds to make it on what we have seen so far. We absolutely need a quality small forward. We also need another key back.

Bang on. I'd argue it's the weakest link in our lineup.

We've a handful of poor/unproven small-forward types plus another handful we're trying to shoehorn into the role with fingers crossed but we are screaming out for a quick, best-22 calibre crumbing-tackling type.

[comrade]

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Bang on. I'd argue it's the weakest link in our lineup.

We've a handful of poor/unproven small-forward types plus another handful we're trying to shoehorn into the role with fingers crossed but we are screaming out for a quick, best-22 calibre crumbing-tackling type.

Around the ground ruckwork is our weakest link IMO. Just bullied by the good rucks and if we're being honest, probably only made finals because we lucked out that both Gawn and Natanui missed when we played their sides.

A quick, hard tackling small forward would be GREAT but we need Martin and English to work well together as a matter of urgency.

Second biggest pain point is lack of intercepting in defence.

[Grantysghost]

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Any of the WOOF draft gurus know much about Davis? Article behind pay wall most I can get. Looks like a small inside mid.

The Mercury
CLARENCE young gun Oliver Davis has been interviewed by Essendon, Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast and West Coast in the lead up to tomorrow's AFL draft.

Draft central :

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/oliver-davis/

[soupman]

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Second biggest pain point is lack of intercepting in defence.

Which is interesting as all of Wood, Crozier, Keath and Young are either proven intercept defenders or have shown strong glimpses. We need to search for an anchor key defender who can take the main guy and stop these other guys having to play up as such. This is the kind of player you can find late in the draft so hopefully we have some we are considering.

We are lucky in a way that the three spots of need for us are a competent ruck, big lockdown defender and fast small forward. They are probably the player types that are least dependent on being found at the top of the draft, so we are not necessarily hamstrung in our ability to uncover them by our shit draft hand post JUH. This does lead onto an argument that we would be well served to address these needs by giving ourselves a full hand of darts and being a bit more ruthless with our list, but i fear i am starting to labour the point on that front.

[comrade]

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This does lead onto an argument that we would be well served to address these needs by giving ourselves a full hand of darts and being a bit more ruthless with our list, but i fear i am starting to labour the point on that front.

Yep, I'd be a lot happier if we had 2-3 rookie spots open where we can take a flier on another ruck, a big raw defender and a small forward rather than hanging on to certified good blokes but average footballers.

[FrediKanoute]

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Bang on. I'd argue it's the weakest link in our lineup.

We've a handful of poor/unproven small-forward types plus another handful we're trying to shoehorn into the role with fingers crossed but we are screaming out for a quick, best-22 calibre crumbing-tackling type.

Yet we retained the poor crumbing forwards we had in Lloyd and Cavarra? Makes no sense to me.