Game Day The 2024 Draft Day Thread

[Keys]

Draft Day is here

Unlike last year when the excitement of adding No.1 pick Harley Reid to our list was palpable (and also near certain), this draft is uncertain and viewed with equal parts excitement and trepidation

We go into the first night with pick 12, which is expected to slide to 15 after academy and Father Son selections and a lot of guesswork on who we’ll take. Or even if we actually use that pick with rumours circulating that we might trade up or back

Night two we have pick 26 (subject to change) along with a gaggle of late picks. Again, there’s the possibility of trading into the draft with another pick using one of our later future picks and even less certainty on who we might pick

The one near guarantee is that NGA product, Malakai Champion, will be an Eagle at some point over the next couple of days

So sit back and watch to see how the draft unfolds whilst praying we don’t do something stupid

 

[Altum Volantes]

"Oh great, just watch Fremantle go ahead and bid on champion now!"

"Oh great, watch these cats campaigners guaranteed to bid on Champion"

"Called it, here comes Sydney bidding on Champion everybody"


Literally heard that ad nauseam from every piss pants since Freo's first selection at 17 all the way through this entire draft

Pissblueandgold?

 

[Astro7]

A lot to work with, great depth, speed and grunt...and an angry ranga, all good!

 

[Yeahnahmate]

We have done so well, extracted so much value. That’s a really good haul

 

[larrikin]

We are behaving like we’re going to bring champion onto the main list…

I think it's just in case there's a bid on him.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

I assume we are still on the list in case we need to match a bid?

Think so, our picks dialling through and reappearing. Thought once you passed you were out.

 

[Ghossein]

Not sure what we’re doing here if we’re gonna take champion surely we would just do it with one of the passed picks


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we may need to bid on him

 

[Wce17]

I wonder if Phil ever looks happy

 

[Ghossein]

not sure why we haven't taken champion yet if thats our plan?

 

[Ghossein]

not sure why we haven't taken champion yet if thats our plan?

nah mate its just in case we need to bid on him

 

[TerryFilk]

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Far out, if you'd told me yesterday morning that we'd end up with Bo Allan, Jobe Shanahan, Tom Gross, and Hamish Davis, I'd be rapt.

If you told me we ended up with that haul I would’ve thought we’d done something silly with our future picks.

Clark and Pyke have mostly redeemed themselves, just hope they don’t make early commitments to players again, lol.

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

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[Ruben Grubarb]

Grego

STRENGTHS:

• Bad can't

That's all I need to see. I don't give a rats ass about himself composure

I don't mind that either. Like them able to kick straight, though.

 

[eaglevision]

I think it's just in case there's a bid on him.

Yep removed it as soon as I wrote it, potentially can still go into the main list depending on what we want to do with bags Burgiel via rookie or SSP

 

[mat11]

Did the Tigers actually do well? As a non-draft follower there's not a lot of names on that list I've seen mentioned positively by others, if at all.

I preferred St kildas haul

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[Balls In]

I'd have more confidence in these picks if old mate walked up to a dart board blindfolded and threw a fistfull of darts at it. Good luck to all the new kids.

 

[Eagles>Football]

WCE_phil Would love to know if we were keen on Boxshall at 46 or 48 had Saints not traded in. If so, would have it been Gross and Boxshall?

 

[new breed]

Essendon , Giants pass its all over....

 

[Ghossein]

wow we've got some real talent in this draft!
we really gotta find a way to keep Burgiel on the list

 

[amazingjoshy]

Just end the thing lol

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Surely we take no players in the rookie draft tomorrow.
Prefer the excitement of having train on players over the summer lol.
Move Dewar to the rookie list and list Champion as a cat b rookie.

 

[Hillsy13]

Phil’s itching to get out of the room and post on bigfooty


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[HoneyBadger35]

How many times do we have to pass before they take us off this board, bloody hell

 

[PremiershipNo4]

I thought Clancy Dennis might have been a chance, maybe a rookie spot?

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Wrapt with today's performance