this years draft picks from years gone by (only the good ones)

[gloveski]

A bit bored so I have gone threw all the old drafts and picked out the players who were selected with our picks for this year (31,47,63). I have left off all the duds

1990

Fabian Francis (Melb) pick 63
Went on to make his name wuth Port Adelaide

1991

Glenn Manton (Ess) 47
Went on to be a successful player with carlton

1992

Shane Wakelin (St.K) 31
Current Coll'wood fullback

1993

Mark Stevens (Kang) 31
Key player for Adelaide who has been struckdown with injuries

1995

Brent Harvey (kang) 47
Key playmaker for the Roos

1996

Jess Sinclair (Frem) 31
Backman know with the Kangaroos

Brent Montgomery (W.B) 47
Priemership player with Port this year

1997

Simon Black (Bris) 31
If you don't know what Black has done you don't know football

1999

Paul Chapman (Geel) 31
Handy player for the cats

Corey Enright (Geel) 47
Utility who can be used anywhere for the cats

2001

A.Welsh (Ess) 47
Agressive half back for Essendon


As you can see there has been some handy players picked up with our draft choices with Black the standout followed by Harvey.

Interesting to note that alot of the players picked made their name at other clubs

Haven't counted the last two years as they haven't had enough time to make any impact or were redrafted

[penga]

what about pick 15?

[caj23]

think pick 15 was done in the Jolly thread

[Doctor J.]

Re: this years draft picks from years gone by (only the good ones)

Originally posted by gloveski

1997

Simon Black (Bris) 31
If you don't know what Black has done you don't know football

And we all know who originally had pick 31 that year don't we.

[ScottH]

Re: Re: this years draft picks from years gone by (only the good ones)

Originally posted by Doctor J.
And we all know who originally had pick 31 that year don't we.

And who did we get?????

Simon Hawking (4 Games), and Brent Green(10 Games).

That was a fair trade!!!!!

We also grabbed Goodes at 43 that year.

[cruiser]

Just proves that its a lottery after draft pick 5.

[anne]

And Fosdike and Fitzgerald prove it is a lottery before pick 5.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by anne
And Fosdike and Fitzgerald prove it is a lottery before pick 5.

...or, alternatively, (dare I say it) that some clubs are better at picking/developing young talent than others...

[Sanecow]

Hey, lay off Fitzy.

[caj23]

...or, alternatively, (dare I say it) that some clubs are better at picking/developing young talent than others...

In fairness to the swans the drafting process has been further refined since then with the use of such measures as the draft camp so that the exceptional players are well known to all clubs

I'm not sure that it was the case when fossie and fitzy were taken

[robbieando]

Originally posted by Will Sangster
In fairness to the swans the drafting process has been further refined since then with the use of such measures as the draft camp so that the exceptional players are well known to all clubs

I'm not sure that it was the case when fossie and fitzy were taken

The draft camp was in place well before the 1998 draft, so we had that info available to us when picking Fitzgerald and Fosdike.

[caj23]

i stand corrected Robbie, but i still don't think that the draft screening and process was as precise then as it is now

doesn't change that we stuffed up on fitzy and fossie though!