Rank your top 6 draftees

[Grantysghost]

Re: Rank your top 6 draftees

My top 6.

Walter
H. Reid
Curtin
McKercher
Duursma
Read

Where do you rate the Wiz G?

Actually both you and MJP....

[GVGjr]

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Well you have to do a top 7 now that there's 2 academy picks in there!

Fair point, I'll have to edit and add one more

[kruder]

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With McKay compo we have pick 5, and Walter gets an early bid. So really what I?m saying is who do we draft, by process of elimination of the first 5.

Eg.

1. Reid
2. Walter
3. Curtin
4. Duursma
5. McKercher
6. Watson


So I think we draft Watson.

Is McKay compo official yet?

[GVGjr]

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Where do you rate the Wiz G?

Actually both you and MJP....

Top 10 player no doubt. I didn't think he finished the season as strongly as he should have but perhaps the coach didn't play him in the right position.

I'd have Caddy, Watson and O'Sullivan around the mark with Windsor and Wilson right there as well.

[Axe Man]

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Twomey seems to (and is very good at) try and get the top 20 or so right in terms of who gets picked where. Nightmare gives his opinions on the best players. Very different rankings.

Knightmare is gone. ESPN got someone else (not sure why). But Twomey has said his is a ranking and not a prediction. Though I agree he tends to get the order right so his rankings might be protecting that.

Throughout the year Twomey does his rankings and just before the draft he does his phantom which is usually quite accurate. Two different lists.

[hujsh]

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Is McKay compo official yet?

Nope but with the AFL giving everyone overs this yer (incompetent fools haven't adjusted for the salary cap increase) it's all but certain

[mjp]

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What do you think Caddy's prospects are as a midfielder? Can he run through there regularly or is he better as a forward?

Caddy is just 'big'. I like players who seem to understand 'space' and he understands space - he knows how to get into the clear. I think he has the capacity to play a number of roles at senior level - including a running half-back - but ultimately will be an outside/inside mid.

To me - current projection is that Dal Santo type of player.

I like Watson just fine. He is nippy and clever and all those things...but he is SO SMALL. Where does he play? Small Forward. And that's fine and great and all, but there are going to be times when you need a player to plug a gap and it just wont be him. It CAN'T be him. If you're 170cm you have to be insanely elite and I don't know if we can make that call yet.

Would I draft him? Of course. Would I draft him in the top 10? Geez....

The counter of course is he is a unique player with a unique skillset who could find a role in any side in the land 'cos EVERYONE needs someone who can kick a goal.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Caddy is just 'big'. I like players who seem to understand 'space' and he understands space - he knows how to get into the clear. I think he has the capacity to play a number of roles at senior level - including a running half-back - but ultimately will be an outside/inside mid.

To me - current projection is that Dal Santo type of player.

I like Watson just fine. He is nippy and clever and all those things...but he is SO SMALL. Where does he play? Small Forward. And that's fine and great and all, but there are going to be times when you need a player to plug a gap and it just wont be him. It CAN'T be him. If you're 170cm you have to be insanely elite and I don't know if we can make that call yet.

Would I draft him? Of course. Would I draft him in the top 10? Geez....

The counter of course is he is a unique player with a unique skillset who could find a role in any side in the land 'cos EVERYONE needs someone who can kick a goal.

This gets me excited.

[mjp]

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What do you think of Sanders mjp? Where would you have him ranked? And Watson?

Sanders is fine. He is a smart player and has more tricks - particularly inside the contest - than his detractors give him credit for but he is an inside mid, sweet and simple.

I think of him (same age) as being a bit like Steve Coniglio in terms of ball winning but Coniglio had that incredibly consistent kicking and abilty to regularly hit the scoreboard. Admittedly, that kicking seemed to desert him in the prelim this year.

I think - injury aside - he plays 200 games as the 2nd/3rd best mid on a good team.

That's pretty good. I'm just not sure what he offers is 'life changing'...good leadership skills apparently so we'll see - if he interviews well someone prob falls in love with him.

[mjp]

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My top 7.

Walter
H. Reid
Curtin
McKercher
Duursma
Read
Sanders

A top 10 ruckman G?

Well, that'll put the cat amongst it.

[GVGjr]

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A top 10 ruckman G?

Well, that'll put the cat amongst it.

Perhaps that stems from our ongoing lack of emerging rucks on our list

[Mofra]

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Jed Walter
McKercher
H Reid
Curtin
Duursma
Caddy

Wilson not far behind, I think I rate him higher than most.

Watson is great but his late season form surely runs an alarm bell or two.
I seriously would roll the dice on taking or current pick 10 to draft and keep our F1 if I had a say.

[Mofra]

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Perhaps that stems from our ongoing lack of emerging rucks on our list

Most draft watchers have Read in the top 10.
I don't - I just see Luke Jackson-ish vibes with less ruck ability

[The Doctor]

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1. Walter
2. Watson
3. Reid
4. Curtin
5. McKercher
6. Duursma
7. Read
8. Sanders
9. Wilson

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Rank your top 6 draftees

1. Walter
2. Watson
3. Reid
4. Curtin
5. McKercher
6. Duursma
7. Read
8. Sanders
9. Wilson

Watson certainly is polarising within the top 10....

Sounds like he's great at one thing but big question marks on whether he can add more to his game.