2022 Draft Watch

[Bornadog]

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Summary

Round 1


1. GWS Giants - Aaron Cadman (GWV Rebels/Vic Country, key forward)

2. Brisbane Lions - Will Ashcroft (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro, midfielder) [Matched North Melbourne bid using picks 34, 35, 38, 40 and 41, getting 41, 82, 84 and 86]

3. North Melbourne - Harry Sheezel (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro, medium forward)

4. North Melbourne - George Wardlaw (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro, inside midfielder)

5. Essendon - Elijah Tsatas (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro, midfielder)

6. Gold Coast Suns - Bailey Humphrey (Gippsland Power/Vic Country, midfielder/forward)

7. Hawthorn - Cameron Mackenzie (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro, midfielder)

8. Geelong - Jhye Clark (Geelong Falcons/Vic Country, inside midfielder)

9. West Coast Eagles - Reuben Ginbey (East Perth/WA, inside midfielder)

10. St Kilda - Mattaes Phillipou (WWT Eagles/SA, midfielder/forward)

11. Carlton - Oliver Hollands (Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country, midfielder)

12. Brisbane Lions - Jaspa Fletcher (Lions Academy/Queensland, midfielder) [Matched Western Bulldogs bid using picks 41, 47 and 49, getting 72 and 86]

13. Western Bulldogs - Jedd Busslinger (East Perth/WA, key defender)

14. West Coast Eagles - Elijah Hewett (Swan Districts/WA, midfielder)

15. Melbourne - Matt Jefferson (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro, key forward)

16. GWS Giants - Harry Rowston (Calder Cannons/NSW-ACT, midfielder) [Matched Sydney bid using pick 17]

17. Adelaide Crows - Max Michalanney (Norwood/SA, medium-tall defender) [Matched Sydney bid using picks 43, 51 and 54, getting 69 and 79]

18. Hawthorn - Josh Weddle (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro, tall defender)

19. Collingwood - Ed Allan (Claremont/WA, tall utility)

20. Sydney Swans - Jacob Konstanty (Gippsland Power/Vic Country, forward/midfielder)

21. GWS Giants - Darcy Jones (Swan Districts/WA, midfielder)

Round 2

22. GWS Giants

23. West Coast Eagles

24. Western Bulldogs

25. Essendon

26. North Melbourne

27. Sydney Swans

28. Collingwood

29. West Coast Eagles

30. Collingwood

31. St Kilda

32. Carlton

33. Fremantle

34. GWS Giants

35. St Kilda

36. Port Adelaide

37. Hawthorn

38. Melbourne

Round 3

39. Western Bulldogs

[GVGjr]

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GWS clearly caught out

[bulldogtragic]

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GWS clearly caught out

Haven’t seen such beauty since late September 2016.

[kruder]

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It feels strange saying it as a bulldogs supporter but we are going to need to stock up on mids in next years first round!

[FrediKanoute]

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It feels strange saying it as a bulldogs supporter but we are going to need to stock up on mids in next years first round!

I think you are right. I almost think we missed a trick in not downgrading pick 11 once the good mids all went and perhaps getting a couple of picks in the teens.

Am happy with Jedd as he will fill a need, but I can see a real issue with mids coming on and they need a couple of years to build a tank.

[azabob]

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It feels strange saying it as a bulldogs supporter but we are going to need to stock up on mids in next years first round!

We just need to keep hitting the draft. Two midfielders tonight and another few next year.

It seems our list build is coming along nicely.

[GVGjr]

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A somewhat predictable but still a very interesting first night:

Essendon put pick 5 up for grabs but knocked back some very good offers. Was it ever actually up for sale?

Bulldogs place a bid on Jaspa Fletcher to ensure Bevo's comments at the B&F that Brisbane would need to "Pony up" came true.
Make no mistake we are now officially in feud with the Brisbane Lions but I honestly think that is where we rated him.

Swans made sure their cross town rivals GWS overpaid for Harry Rowston and then used the pick they got for Jordan Dawson against Adelaide to make them pay full book value for Max Michalanney. To top it off they then traded the pick to the Hawks.

Collingwood got a great deal getting the highly rated Ed Allan so late and then GWS with the last pick made sure West Coast didn't get the local boy in Darcy Jones.

Whats next?
Do we place a bid on Alwyn Davey to disrupt Essendon?

Who are our two targets tonight?

[The Doctor]

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Whats next?
Do we place a bid on Alwyn Davey to disrupt Essendon?

Who are our two targets tonight?

Pick 24

We have been linked most notably by Cal Twomey with Charlie Clarke, Lachie Cowan, Ollie Hotton, Jakob Ryan, Brayden George, Henry Hustwaite

Pick 39

We have been linked with Tom McCallum, Caleb Mitchell, Shaun Bennier, Adam D'Aloia, mature ager Rhett Montgomerie and I understand we have at least spoken to Joe Richards & Anthony Munkara

[GVGjr]

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Pick 24

We have been linked most notably by Cal Twomey with Charlie Clarke, Lachie Cowan, Ollie Hotton, Jakob Ryan, Brayden George, Henry Hustwaite

Pick 39

We have been linked with Tom McCallum, Caleb Mitchell, Shaun Bennier, Adam D'Aloia, mature ager Rhett Montgomerie and I understand we have at least spoken to Joe Richards & Anthony Munkara

Given we have taken a key defender would that likely put a line through Cowan, Ryan and maybe McCallum albeit they aren't really key defenders?

[The Doctor]

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Given we have taken a key defender would that likely put a line through Cowan, Ryan and maybe McCallum albeit they aren't really key defenders?

No I don't think so. Cowan and Ryan are quite different and with us would fill a wing position I would suspect. Both would be a good fit and I'd be happy with either as I think they will become very good AFL footballers. Ryan in particular has high disposal efficiency and reminds me a bit of Isaac Smith.

[Mofra]

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Brayden George the clear pick of the leftovers in my view. Lachie Cowan and Charlie Clarke the others we've been linked to.

Lewis Hayes unlikely for us given Busslinger was our first pick. Could probably say the same for Jakob Ryan?

Harry Barnett is available as the best ruck around. Olli Hotton probably the best mid?

Hope we bid on Davey.

We have been linked to Hotton - forward/mid with a decent 2km time so real wing scope.

Every chance a team trades up to 21 to take Barnett, Swans like him but they burnt their bridge with GWS yesterday

[Mofra]

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Given we have taken a key defender would that likely put a line through Cowan, Ryan and maybe McCallum albeit they aren't really key defenders?

I wouldn't be surprised if we do consider Bennier ay 39 as that hard-nosed shutdown type, very different to Buss.
If we don't get Clarke/George/Hotton at 24, I suspect Leary may also be in the frame at 39.

I want us to bid on Davey if the Bombers don't trade ahead of us. Highest recorded in-game speed for the year! Kid has serious wheels (they'd be crazy not to match).

[bulldogtragic]

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The Age are reporting that Melbourne are strongly after the GWS pick. Melbourne are suggesting a ruckman is their interest (i.e. Barnett).

If that happens. It's then just WCE ahead of our pick with likely five of George, Clarke, Ryan, Hotton, Hayes & Cowan for us to choose from.

I'm getting fanatical now. Bid on Davey. Force Essendon to part with the pick right after ours (25) and offer Essendon good compensation for it (Pick 39 and 60 for 592 draft points to get get Davey and Pick 66 after the bid) and a F2. (Obviously we can’t use a protected puck to ‘steal’ Munkara as we gave them that pick too). Then the earliest bid on Davey is 26 or just 526 draft points after discount). So they get two second rounders out of this, Davey this year and the F2 plus the Pick 66 after the bid for possible points for Davey Brother &/or Munkara. We use two picks in the high 30’s and a pick we won’t use to move into Pick 25 to snatch up a slider.

Huge win for both clubs. Then it's a back-to-back choice of two of George, Clarke, Ryan, Hotton, Hayes and Cowan - to add to Busslinger.

Let's get it done.

[Axe Man]

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It feels strange saying it as a bulldogs supporter but we are going to need to stock up on mids in next years first round!

At least if we do find ourselves short in the middle it is easier to trade for a quality midfielder than pretty much any other position because there are so many of them. Much harder to pry out a top line KPF or KPD and you pay through the nose if you can manage it.

We can always raid those feeder clubs in Western Sydney or South East Queensland for young mids like every other club does.

[Grantysghost]

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We have been linked to Hotton - forward/mid with a decent 2km time so real wing scope.

Every chance a team trades up to 21 to take Barnett, Swans like him but they burnt their bridge with GWS yesterday

Hotton is a name I jotted down when watching the champs.
He had something about him, moved well and looked quite skilful.