Bulldog Draft Countdown

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That would be my biggest nightmare.

Talia or Melksham would be my wish but both are unlikely. I would rather McMillian-Pittard than Sheppard.

Despite our recent drafting, I would still prefer to take a tall with our first pick but it doesn't look like there will be any worth it.

We just have enough young talls on our list now, there's none available later on that seem likely to make it and with our first available pick next year being about pick 60, I doubt we will get any then either.

You're a little harsh on Sheppard, he's a solid player and could develop into a good HBF option. His kicking isn't the greatest but I don't think it's a major weakness.

Agree Talia/Melksham would probably be our best bet along with Jetta. All three unlikely to make it through to us, but you never know. Melksham's reputation has boomed all because of one game.

I wonder if we'll look at Griffiths? He's super talented IMO. Very strong, takes big grabs and has a huge kick. Only problem is he's already injury prone and perhaps that'll translate over to his AFL career. We've got enough injured young KPP's but he is talented.

Like Comrade, I am not a huge fan of Carlisle. I'd rather we stay away from him, but traditionally we like his type especially as he can play forward and back.

I suspect it'll come down to a midfielder with pace v a KPF.

[The Coon Dog]

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Eagleton makes it four (veterans list or no contract).

Normally you would only place a player on the veterans list for a bit of salary cap relief, particularly if they were on big bucks.

If Eagleton is offered say $100K, then we would save half of that from a salary cap perspective.

It would also mean we would have an extra draft pick to take us up to our compliment of 38.

By using that additional pick & paying the drafted player say $50K, we square the ledger with the $50K we save elevating Eagleton to the vets list.

I guess we are in the situation where we can elevate Eagleton if we want, not to save money, but gain an additional draft pick, albeit pick #79.

[LostDoggy]

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I am certainly no expert, but Im hoping for something similar to:

15. Moore/Sheppard

31. Hartigan/Grimes

63. Small foward such as duryea

79. Sean Tighe/Levi Casboult/Tom Hill

[boydogs]

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That would be my biggest nightmare.

Just Sheppard at 15 or the others as well, and if so why?

Talia or Melksham would be my wish but both are unlikely.

Agree

I would rather McMillian-Pittard than Sheppard.

Probably a better player type to suit our needs, but I'm not sure he is the better player

Despite our recent drafting, I would still prefer to take a tall with our first pick but it doesn't look like there will be any worth it.

Agree

We just have enough young talls on our list now, there's none available later on that seem likely to make it and with our first available pick next year being about pick 60, I doubt we will get any then either.

Not a Reid fan?

[GVGjr]

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15 D.Menzel
31 L.Thompson
63 B.Stratton

Stratton looks to be a ready made half back who could play a number of games next seasons. I'm not sure who told me but I was under the impression that North are interested in him.

[Go_Dogs]

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15. McMillian-Pittard - (I think we'll highly consider him here unless one of our top players slides through, which is certainly a real possibility in this draft)

31. Donaldson - (After SS selected him in our mock draft I have dug around to find out a bit more, and this guy is certainly a type I think we could look at. We already quite a few developing talls though, so not sure if that will effect the strategy)

63. No idea! I'd like us to either consider someone like Stopp, ready made type player but he could also be more a rookie list type, or someone like Sumner who could be another good half backer for us.

[chef]

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Barry (and others I guess) do you really see Eade going after someone like Thorp or Hooper? I think they have a bait to offer, especially with the expansion teams diluting the talent pool but I know Eade has a "no dickhead policy" and both seem to well and truly fit into the category.

Also, I thought we had 4 picks. Have I miscounted or are you guys just going up to 3 picks.

I wouldn't mind Hooper. He could slot straight into our forward line as a small forward, he has good defensive pressure and he would be handy around Hall's feet. He apparently grow up with and hangs out with the wrong crowd(wannabe gangsters) in Queensland. Harbrow, Hill, Stack and Akermanis could provide a good influence if we gave him a second chance. We need a small forward and at pick 79(if we have it) he might be the best option.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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I wouldn't mind Hooper. He could slot straight into our forward line as a small forward, he has good defensive pressure and he would be handy around Hall's feet. He apparently grow up with and hangs out with the wrong crowd(wannabe gangsters) in Queensland. Harbrow, Hill, Stack and Akermanis could provide a good influence if we gave him a second chance. We need a small forward and at pick 79(if we have it) he might be the best option.

Pass.

Hooper plays maybe 2 good games per year.

He rarely touches it and his skills are awful.

[chef]

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Pass.

Hooper plays maybe 2 good games per year.

He rarely touches it and his skills are awful.

Then why would you take Mal Lynch at pick 63?

[RCRM]

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15 - Aaron Black
31 - James Craig
63 - Nicholas Winmar

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Then why would you take Mal Lynch at pick 63?

Lynch is far more talented than Hooper will ever be and by all reports was able to turn his attitude around.

Hooper's attitude coupled with his ability amazes me how he even got on a list in the first place.

[Rocco Jones]

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Pass.

Hooper plays maybe 2 good games per year.

He rarely touches it and his skills are awful.

Lynch is far more talented than Hooper will ever be and by all reports was able to turn his attitude around.

Hooper's attitude coupled with his ability amazes me how he even got on a list in the first place.

Whilst you raise some good points, I find your extreme support of Lynch and criticism of Hooper somewhat ironic.

You're spot on about Hooper struggling to find the find enough but Lynch struggles to get touches at VFL level.

I think Hooper has shown more but I think Mal Lynch's poor attitude seems a lot more fixable than Hooper. Lynch seems more up for defensive pressure work and Hooper's attitude seems to extend past those directly related to footy.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Whilst you raise some good points, I find your extreme support of Lynch and criticism of Hooper somewhat ironic.

You're spot on about Hooper struggling to find the find enough but Lynch struggles to get touches at VFL level.

I think Hooper has shown more but I think Mal Lynch's poor attitude seems a lot more fixable than Hooper. Lynch seems more up for defensive pressure work and Hooper's attitude seems to extend past those directly related to footy.

I'm not a big fan of Lynch, but I'd rather we re-draft him than take Hooper. Lynch has had a few hamstring problems but he's quicker, smarter and disposes of the ball better than Hooper. He doesn't seem to have the work rate required to make it at this stage though.

Whilst neither really deserve to be on a list, Lynch has the most potential out of the two. I was only speculating we'd pick him back up again, mainly because I don't know enough about the draft that deep.

Perhaps this is where taking a player like Daw would be worthwhile if there's not much to pick from.

[LostDoggy]

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15 Daniel Talia
31 Jasper McMillan-Pittard
63 Mitch Thorp
79 Tom Hill

[comrade]

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15 Daniel Talia
31 Jasper McMillan-Pittard

If that happened our recruiting team would be over the moon.