Draft Review 2013 - Redo the 2013 AFL draft

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1. Marcus Bontempelli
2. Patrick Cripps
3. Zach Merrett
4. Josh Kelly
5. James Sicily
6. Charlie Cameron
7. Ben Brown
8. Christian Salem
(Jesse Hogan)
9. Matt Crouch
10. Karl Amon
11. Jack Billings
12. Dom Sheed
13. Darcy Gardiner
14. Tom Barrass
15. Aliir Aliir
16. Darcy Byrne-Jones
17. Zak Jones
18. George Hewett
19. Toby Nankervis
20. Alex Pearce

Interesting draft. Big names up the top, but there's not that much of them. Lots of players who seem to be around 10-18 on their list, not that many around the 3-8 mark, so to speak.

Quite a number of good players that missed out, though.
 
I like to look at the make ups of a "best 22" of a draft. This draft has a really strong group on every line. What I would have is:

Sicily - Aliir - Barrass
Byrne-Jones - Gardiner - Salem
Amon - Cripps - Kelly
Fantasia - McStay - Billings
Cameron - Brown - Lobb
Nankervis - Bontempelli - Merrett
Sheed - Jones - Hewett - Crouch

Lacks small forward depth but a bloody good side nonetheless
 

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Alex Pearce is definitely underrated by the wider AFL public. Has his issues with injury but he’s an elite key defender if he stays on the park for the full season. Gave the inform and hyped up Peter wright a thorough beat down the weekend just past.
I think Aish and acres are not in the top 20 here from a freo point of view, but I’d have Pearce several spots higher
 
McDonald should probably be higher. Got near identical career stats to Byrne-Jones, despite being a lockdown player for most of his career.
 
Kangaroos4eva said:
McDonald should probably be higher. Got near identical career stats to Byrne-Jones, despite being a lockdown player for most of his career.
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This is why games aren’t played on a stat sheet.

McDonald wouldn’t be far off this list but really any one of these guys would be stiff to be ranked lower than him.

DBJ does have an All Australian gong, Luke McDonald hasn’t been close
 
Dockeroo said:
Alex Pearce is definitely underrated by the wider AFL public. Has his issues with injury but he’s an elite key defender if he stays on the park for the full season. Gave the inform and hyped up Peter wright a thorough beat down the weekend just past.
I think Aish and acres are not in the top 20 here from a freo point of view, but I’d have Pearce several spots higher
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Was very impressed with Pearce and I’d have him above Amon in the list a couple of posts above (Aliir would be there as well).

In terms of beating Wright, I think you’ll find that Wright was also well below performance which made Pearce’s job easy. The fact that Wright went for every mark with a pathetic one-handed attempt suggests that he was perhaps his own worst enemy at times.
 
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pride of the West said:
Mate Barrass is a star beats the best forward n then takes Intercepts!
Every team would have them in there team. I’d have him round 7th
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Did you read the post I was responding to? I was saying these 2 have to be in the discussion with the best defenders in this draft.
 
Dockeroo said:
Alex Pearce is definitely underrated by the wider AFL public. Has his issues with injury but he’s an elite key defender if he stays on the park for the full season. Gave the inform and hyped up Peter wright a thorough beat down the weekend just past.
I think Aish and acres are not in the top 20 here from a freo point of view, but I’d have Pearce several spots higher
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I don't think he is underrated by most talent wise, just simply put he hasn't played enough. 67 games in 8 years is not a lot. If he can stay on the park over the next few i expect he jumps up the draft board.
 

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Interesting to see Billings so high on the lists in this thread. Definitely been a decent contributor but have always thought he was a bit flakey and wasteful in front of goal. What would justify having him over Barrass, Aliir etc.?
 
1. Bont
2. Cripps
3. J. Kelly
4. Z. Merrett
5. Sicily
6. Ben Brown
7. Charlie Cameron
8. Dom Sheed
9. Tom Barass
10. Salem

Something like that IMO.
 
AFDogs said:
1. Bont
2. Cripps
3. J. Kelly
4. Z. Merrett
5. Sicily
6. Ben Brown
7. Charlie Cameron
8. Dom Sheed
9. Tom Barass
10. Salem

Something like that IMO.
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I get Cripps and Merrett being 50/50 but both are definitely ahead of Kelly now
 
Team 1:
B: James Sicily (Pick 56) - Tom Barrass (Pick 43) - Alex Pearce (Pick 37)
HB: Darcy Byrne-Jones (Pick 57) - Aliir Aliir (Pick 44) - Christian Salem (Pick 9)
C: Josh Kelly (Pick 2) - Patrick Cripps (Pick 13) - Karl Amon (Pick 68)
HF: Jack Billings (Pick 3) - Jesse Hogan (Mini-draft Pick 1) - Nick Holman (Pick 51)
F: Charlie Cameron (RD Pick 7) - Ben Brown (Pick 47) - Orazio Fantasia (Pick 55)
R: Toby Nankervis (Pick 35) - Marcus Bontempelli (Pick 4) - Zach Merrett (Pick 26)
I: James Harmes (RD Pick 2) - Dom Sheed (Pick 11) - Matt Crouch (Pick 23) - George Hewett (Pick 32)

Team 2:
B: Jake Kelly (RD Pick 40) - Darcy Gardiner (Pick 22) - Jake Kolodjashnij (Pick 41)
HB: Jarman Impey (Pick 21) - Tom Langdon (Pick 65) - Luke McDonald (Pick 8)
C: James Aish (Pick 7) - Luke Dunstan (Pick 18) - Blake Acres (Pick 19)
HF: Jack Martin (Mini-draft Pick 2) - Rory Lobb (Pick 29) - Tom Cutler (Pick 33)
F: Lewis Taylor (Pick 28) - Dan McStay (Pick 25) - Cam McCarthy (Pick 14)
R: Tom Boyd (Pick 1) - Zak Jones (Pick 15) - Trent Dumont (Pick 30)
I: Jayden Hunt (Pick 57) - Kayne Turner (RD Pick 25) - Sean Lemmens (Pick 27) - Sam Lloyd (Pick 66)
 
adammania9 said:
Team 1:
B: James Sicily (Pick 56) - Tom Barrass (Pick 43) - Alex Pearce (Pick 37)
HB: Darcy Byrne-Jones (Pick 57) - Aliir Aliir (Pick 44) - Christian Salem (Pick 9)
C: Josh Kelly (Pick 2) - Patrick Cripps (Pick 13) - Karl Amon (Pick 68)
HF: Jack Billings (Pick 3) - Jesse Hogan (Mini-draft Pick 1) - Nick Holman (Pick 51)
F: Charlie Cameron (RD Pick 7) - Ben Brown (Pick 47) - Orazio Fantasia (Pick 55)
R: Toby Nankervis (Pick 35) - Marcus Bontempelli (Pick 4) - Zach Merrett (Pick 26)
I: James Harmes (RD Pick 2) - Dom Sheed (Pick 11) - Matt Crouch (Pick 23) - George Hewett (Pick 32)

Team 2:
B: Jake Kelly (RD Pick 40) - Darcy Gardiner (Pick 22) - Jake Kolodjashnij (Pick 41)
HB: Jarman Impey (Pick 21) - Tom Langdon (Pick 65) - Luke McDonald (Pick 8)
C: James Aish (Pick 7) - Luke Dunstan (Pick 18) - Blake Acres (Pick 19)
HF: Jack Martin (Mini-draft Pick 2) - Rory Lobb (Pick 29) - Tom Cutler (Pick 33)
F: Lewis Taylor (Pick 28) - Dan McStay (Pick 25) - Cam McCarthy (Pick 14)
R: Tom Boyd (Pick 1) - Zak Jones (Pick 15) - Trent Dumont (Pick 30)
I: Jayden Hunt (Pick 57) - Kayne Turner (RD Pick 25) - Sean Lemmens (Pick 27) - Sam Lloyd (Pick 66)
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nick holman over lobb??????


jesus christ
 
adammania9 said:
Team 1:
B: James Sicily (Pick 56) - Tom Barrass (Pick 43) - Alex Pearce (Pick 37)
HB: Darcy Byrne-Jones (Pick 57) - Aliir Aliir (Pick 44) - Christian Salem (Pick 9)
C: Josh Kelly (Pick 2) - Patrick Cripps (Pick 13) - Karl Amon (Pick 68)
HF: Jack Billings (Pick 3) - Jesse Hogan (Mini-draft Pick 1) - Nick Holman (Pick 51)
F: Charlie Cameron (RD Pick 7) - Ben Brown (Pick 47) - Orazio Fantasia (Pick 55)
R: Toby Nankervis (Pick 35) - Marcus Bontempelli (Pick 4) - Zach Merrett (Pick 26)
I: James Harmes (RD Pick 2) - Dom Sheed (Pick 11) - Matt Crouch (Pick 23) - George Hewett (Pick 32)

Team 2:
B: Jake Kelly (RD Pick 40) - Darcy Gardiner (Pick 22) - Jake Kolodjashnij (Pick 41)
HB: Jarman Impey (Pick 21) - Tom Langdon (Pick 65) - Luke McDonald (Pick 8)
C: James Aish (Pick 7) - Luke Dunstan (Pick 18) - Blake Acres (Pick 19)
HF: Jack Martin (Mini-draft Pick 2) - Rory Lobb (Pick 29) - Tom Cutler (Pick 33)
F: Lewis Taylor (Pick 28) - Dan McStay (Pick 25) - Cam McCarthy (Pick 14)
R: Tom Boyd (Pick 1) - Zak Jones (Pick 15) - Trent Dumont (Pick 30)
I: Jayden Hunt (Pick 57) - Kayne Turner (RD Pick 25) - Sean Lemmens (Pick 27) - Sam Lloyd (Pick 66)
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Crazy deep draft. I’d probably bring in Impey, Lobb, Hunt and Jones for Fantasia, Pearce, Crouch and Holman. Pearce and Crouch are clearly best 22 on talent but don’t fit team balance. Fantasia is a gun but his body has failed him too much.
 
BUMP!

Zac Merrett, James Sicily and Alex Pearce have added their names to their clubs' lists of VFL/AFL captains.

Luke McDonald likewise.

In addition to Bontempelli, Nankervis and Cripps, 7/18 clubs have 2013's names as men's captain.
 
If Pearce hadn't missed like 80% of games he would be known as a star of the AFL, unfortunately 60 odd games in 10 years makes it hard

Would be very interesting if he is eventually recognised as our first premiership captain
 
freo_leo29 said:
If Pearce hadn't missed like 80% of games he would be known as a star of the AFL, unfortunately 60 odd games in 10 years makes it hard

Would be very interesting if he is eventually recognised as our first premiership captain
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Out of interest how far off competing for a flag do you think you are?
 
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