2022 AFL Draft

[grassy1]

If I get a chance to browse The Age on Thursday,I’ll read about it.

There’s a World Cup on you know.

Wonder if that’s where Gil is headed instead of the AFLW Grand Final and Draft?

[Windy_Hill]

Please, can we just draft the kid who all the pundits reckon will be the best at our pick than letting 20 year perennial draft fluffer Adrian Dodoro anywhere near the selection.

[bpdons]

Melbourne offering pick 13 and 2 x future first rounders (freo & melb) for next year for our pick 4.

If it were a team not likely finish top 4 next year you would have to consider.

Is pick 4 worth picks 13,17,18 at worst?

I’d prefer to keep pick 4 than live in regret if that pick becomes a star.

[nudder12]

Melbourne offering pick 13 and 2 x future first rounders (freo & melb) for next year for our pick 4.

If it were a team not likely finish top 4 next year you would have to consider.

Is pick 4 worth picks 13,17,18 at worst?

I’d prefer to keep pick 4 than live in regret if that pick becomes a star.

Well, we didn't take the offer.
Tough decision.
Placing your bets on one "star" or with 3 "solid" players.
I have no idea of what next years potential draftees are like, but if I was deciding I reckon I'd take Melbourne's offer.
Because....we already have a young list, too many kids is a concern, so let's create a "gap year" before introducing more, plus we get 3 potential useful players instead of 1 (and I'm a believer in "role players"), and our age profile is spread a bit more which helps in a few years time.

[Windy Hille]

Tsatas
Hayes
A. Davey
J. Davey

Must admit, I didn’t know much about Phillipou going into the draft, but then the flood of info I saw of him just prior to draft night - I was taken in. Still, Tsatas is going to be terrific. He, Hobbs and Perkins will be around for a decade plus. Sweet.

[F111]

Tsatas
Hayes
A. Davey
J. Davey

Must admit, I didn’t know much about Phillipou going into the draft, but then the flood of info I saw of him just prior to draft night - I was taken in. Still, Tsatas is going to be terrific. He, Hobbs and Perkins will be around for a decade plus. Sweet.

Always an increased chance of homesickness for the interstaters.
Hobbs and Perkins were good in '22.
I'd also like to see Cox & Jones do some consistently good stuff in '23.
Add:
Montgomerie
Munkara.

The future has promise, but we do say that every year.

Add the rest of the turnover that's happened and hopefully we'll see some real improvements.

[Windy Hille]

Tsatas
Hayes
A. Davey
J. Davey

Must admit, I didn’t know much about Phillipou going into the draft, but then the flood of info I saw of him just prior to draft night - I was taken in. Still, Tsatas is going to be terrific. He, Hobbs and Perkins will be around for a decade plus. Sweet.

Always an increased chance of homesickness for the interstaters.
Hobbs and Perkins were good in '22.
I'd also like to see Cox & Jones do some consistently good stuff in '23.
Add:
Montgomerie
Munkara.

The future has promise, but we do say that every year.

Add the rest of the turnover that's happened and hopefully we'll see some real improvements.

Yes, as we’ve seen with Horne-Francis.

Wonder if Phillipou will give the Saints 100% commitment. Rossy Lyon will be a factor for sure.

[nudder12]

Tsatas
Hayes
A. Davey
J. Davey

Must admit, I didn’t know much about Phillipou going into the draft, but then the flood of info I saw of him just prior to draft night - I was taken in. Still, Tsatas is going to be terrific. He, Hobbs and Perkins will be around for a decade plus. Sweet.

Always an increased chance of homesickness for the interstaters.
Hobbs and Perkins were good in '22.
I'd also like to see Cox & Jones do some consistently good stuff in '23.
Add:
Montgomerie
Munkara.

The future has promise, but we do say that every year.

Add the rest of the turnover that's happened and hopefully we'll see some real improvements.

Wonder if Phillipou will give the Saints 100% commitment. Rossy Lyon will be a factor for sure.

He'd be crazy if he didn't. It's his one chance to impress - for the club he's drafted to and for potential future suitors.
It will be super interesting to see how Horne-Francis goes in 2023.

[F111]

It will be super interesting to see how Horne-Francis goes in 2023.

He's had surgery on both calves. That might be a factor if the causal pain continues to limit performance. No guarantee the surgery works, but for him he'd get the best shot at rehab.
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