Review 2024 National Draft Thread Part Deux - Welcome FOS, M.Whitlock, L.Urquhart & River Stevens

[King Hansen]

F1 + F2 for saint's pick 9 and F2?

 

[DrZaius]

It took FOS half way through the race to realise he had donkey kong driving and still made up ground to just lose...

Delist

 

[chubbspeterson]

Apparently the want to trade 2 f3's with wet toast for f2 (tied to hok)

Yeah I know that but that's still not their own F2.

 

[the big lebowski]

F1 + F2 for saint's pick 9 and F2?

Great option if Tauru is on the board.

 

[shinboner magic]

Herman Pernorkel likes this

Time to start the collection to nominate for next years draft- extra 12 months should help him get noticed

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

It is crazy. The reigning Premiers have the luck of having priority access to the best player in the draft and then according to this article get to pick him at the huge discount of pick 5 even before the ridiculous 20% father-son discount is applied. They are practically getting him for free.

By comparison, if memory serves me correct, the last time we had priority access to a quality player, Adelaide came in much earlier than expected at pick 8 to force us into paying overs for TT who then went on to implode in his personal life to make us regret ever making that investment in him to really rub it in. North's bad luck knows no bounds.

Didn’t eagles who had Simmo in charge also for the first time, jump in and bid early on Luke McDonald too? We have truly been bent over in that respect.

All these posters explaining Brisbane might help us out in the third round is the reason we wouldn’t bid, I can’t cop that. I didn’t see any niceties during trade week, I didn’t see any club offer some Black Friday sales on their blue chip players, so why are we deciding to play nice guys now?

 

[shinboner magic]

Didn’t eagles who had Simmo in charge also for the first time, jump in and bid early on Luke McDonald too? We have truly been bent over in that respect.

All these posters explaining Brisbane might help us out in the third round is the reason we wouldn’t bid, I can’t cop that. I didn’t see any niceties during trade week, I didn’t see any club offer some Black Friday sales on their blue chip players, so why are we deciding to play nice guys now?

Yep there’s a few here that still believe in Santa

 

[LB2Snake]

This is draft tampering.

You’re describing draft tampering.

Dobber!!!

 

[JGreezy]

We did bid on the other Ashcroft at pick 2

 

[Ura]

Strange how much energy all these Tigers fans had when telling us North were taking Tauru and we were lucky if we would get pick 11 that we should take from them...

 

[Souup]

Only problem Soup is Crows don't have their own F2, traded it for Peatling didn't they?

It's just a hypothetical to make my point, don't take it literally haha

 

[year of the roo]

Great option if Tauru is on the board.

Great option only if we believe we'll be better than St Kilda next year. Massive gamble IMO.

 

[buttsauce]

It is crazy. The reigning Premiers have the luck of having priority access to the best player in the draft and then according to this article get to pick him at the huge discount of pick 5 even before the ridiculous 20% father-son discount is applied. They are practically getting him for free.

By comparison, if memory serves me correct, the last time we had priority access to a quality player, Adelaide came in much earlier than expected at pick 8 to force us into paying overs for TT who then went on to implode in his personal life to make us regret ever making that investment in him to really rub it in. North's bad luck knows no bounds.

Someone bid early on McDonald too.

 

[shinboner magic]

It's just a hypothetical to make my point, don't take it literally haha

So great man are you going to give us any hidden gems in the 20+ region that you’re keen on

 

[LB2Snake]

Apparently the want to trade 2 f3's with wet toast for f2 (tied to hok)

I don't want us to trade back now.......keep FOS

 

[My Left Foote]

Great option only if we believe we'll be better than St Kilda next year. Massive gamble IMO.

We don't necessarily need to be better than St Kilda we only need to be 1 or 2 places off them to make it a reasonable trade.

 

[My Left Foote]

I don't want us to trade back now.......keep FOS

We're keeping pick 2 and selecting FOS, there is nothing surer.

 

[roo blitz]

I can recall Greig being highly critical of Barassi around that time. Said that , with the teams he was given, we should have won at least 4 flags in the ‘70’s. He was probably right but Barassi was so revered for getting our first that it didn’t go down too well.

Barassi gave Greig a real tough time as he did with all his star players like Blight. They never did get on. Greig recalls the time "Ron said to me, 'If it wasn't for football you'd be nothing but a shit plumber',"

 

[roo blitz]

Sporting Life

www.theage.com.au

Greig, Barassi: the untold story
They barely talked for one season and Greig was about to walk out of the club

 

[CURVE]

Every club's expected guernsey presenters for the 2024 draft

Expected guernsey presenters​

Adelaide: Nathan van Berlo

Nathan Van Berlo

Age

38

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

8.5

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.3

5star

MG

250.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.4

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

1.4

2star

M

1.8

2star

T

0.6

3star

Brisbane: Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson

Age

48

Ht

180cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.7

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

5.1

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

Carlton: Lance Whitnall
Collingwood: N/A
Essendon: Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher

Age

49

Ht

198cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

12.3

5star

HB

3.7

3star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

301.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.2

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

2.8

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

Fremantle: Justin Longmuir

Justin Longmuir

Age

43

Ht

196cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

7.0

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

Geelong: Shannon Byrnes

Shannon Byrnes

Age

40

Ht

175cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.0

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.1

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.8

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.6

3star

Greater Western Sydney: Tom Green

12

Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

Gold Coast: Jake Rogers
Hawthorn: Jarryd Roughead

Jarryd Roughead

Age

37

Ht

193cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

8.8

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.3

4star

G

2.0

5star

No current season stats available

D

7.2

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.8

3star

G

1.0

4star

Melbourne: Nathan Jones
North Melbourne: Keith Greig
Port Adelaide: Matthew Primus

Matthew Primus

Age

49

Ht

198cm

Wt

109kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

6.2

4star

HO

16.7

5star

No current season stats available

D

12.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

HO

13.8

5star

Richmond: Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin

9

Trent Cotchin

Age

34

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.4

5star

K

13.8

5star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

5.2

5star

D

19.0

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

9.5

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

4.3

5star

CL

3.5

4star

D

16.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

8.6

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.0

3star

, Jack Riewoldt, Dylan Grimes

2

Dylan Grimes

Age

33

Ht

194cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.6

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

5.3

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

4star

MG

136.0

2star

D

12.2

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.4

2star

MG

136.0

2star

D

9.4

3star

K

3.8

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

, David Astbury

12

David Astbury

Age

33

Ht

195cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.3

3star

MG

204.2

3star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

5.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.5

2star

MG

230.8

4star

D

8.4

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

St Kilda: Andrew Thompson, Justin Koschitzke

Justin Koschitzke

Age

42

Ht

197cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.2

3star

G

0.0

1star

Sydney: Brett Kirk

Brett Kirk

Age

48

Ht

184cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.5

5star

K

8.9

3star

HB

9.6

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

5.3

5star

CL

2.4

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.8

4star

K

13.0

5star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.2

4star

West Coast: John Worsfold
Western Bulldogs: Mitch Wallis

My all-time favourite player is the expected Guernsey presenter for us tonight.

Yes, I'm that old, I didn't get to see him often as living in Canberra, the North games were only televised 4 or 5 times a year, but he was great to watch. The guy could literally walk on water.

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

GC should get Dan Gorringe to present.

 

[pupstar]

Interesting.

Watching Brisbane, Geelong, Hawthorn, Richmond since 2000, there's now a similar (ever so slight) disappointment about the 90s.

Our side left 1 if not 2 flags on the table when looking at at the quality of that side - which retooled in 1997 to possibly be even stronger and better balanced than it was for the '96 flag.

Ah well.

Yep there’s a few here that still believe in Santa

What there is no Santa since when and here i was hoping he had 6 and 11 in his Santa sack for us FOS his a pretty good 2nd option though.

 

[Shermanator]

Yep there’s a few here that still believe in Santa

 

[Rooboy53]

Lance Whitnall? Must be catered then.

The blokes the closest thing to a human lizard....he's eyes are almost on the side of his head, Im sure he could lick his eyes if he tried.

 

[choppy]

He's extremely humble. Tends to prefer to stay out of the limelight.

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A few tears ago he did some plumbing at my house with his son. Travesty that someone as decorated as him was still working into his 60s

The AFL should have a retirement fund for all those players from the 60 70 and 80s who basically played for nothing