Draft talk for 2009

[Bleed Red Blood]

Go tall.

Look at Michael Hurley at the Dons'. He'll be a magnificent player, forward and back for the next fifteen years.

And we really need height - Craig Bolton will be 30 next year. Richards is not a full backs arse hole, and Grundy isn't made for the big Ko@@@@zke, Fevola, Jon Brown types in the way that Scarlett, Rutten, Presti and Glass are.

we have so many midfielder/flankers, sure, if the recruiters REALLY don't rate any KP players in the top 10, go small. But otherwise..we need to think long term.

[Jeffers1984]

Roos has said in the telegraph that he will choose the best midfielder at pick 6. He said he will be focusing more on ball use/class rather than just speed.

[UglyDuckling]

Roos has said in the telegraph that he will choose the best midfielder at pick 6. He said he will be focusing more on ball use/class rather than just speed.

sounds good to me the more classy players with good ball use we have the better a bit of pace would be handy too. That woulc mean we would be going for a Kane Lucas over a Gary Rohan. That would make the eagles fans so mad they have been wacking off over Lucas all year now we may steal him off them.

[10Totti10]

Wont be Lucas. He is a western Australian boy and in a few years if he comes good he will want to move back. Gotta go for tapscott. They have compared his kicking ability to that of Rich which is something.

[sWAns63]

Wont be Lucas. He is a western Australian boy and in a few years if he comes good he will want to move back. Gotta go for tapscott. They have compared his kicking ability to that of Rich which is something.

I'd definitely take Lucas given the chance hope he's still around when our 1st round pick comes along.........I still think Lewis Jetta as late 3rd or 4th round pick is a chance.
You take the best player available not try to benefit WCE or any other team by passing on him and leave ourselves with a dud.

[UglyDuckling]

Wont be Lucas. He is a western Australian boy and in a few years if he comes good he will want to move back. Gotta go for tapscott. They have compared his kicking ability to that of Rich which is something.

Dunno about that Sydney has to draft interstate player a lot and hope the player decides they like the city and the club and stays on. It cant really be a big consideration when drafting otherwise we couldn't draft enough players. Look at J White there was the perfect opportunity to him to go home on a fat wage and he didnt take it.
How many drafted players do we actually see go home? not that many.
Gotta take the best available players no matter were they're from.

[Jeffers1984]

Lucas or Rohan for mine.

Guess it's a good thing we did get pick 6 as we get first shot at either. (depending on what North do with their pick.

[sWAns63]

Lucas or Rohan for mine.

Guess it's a good thing we did get pick 6 as we get first shot at either. (depending on what North do with their pick.

Yeah Gary Rohan looks a great player as well.

Lucas, Rohan, Scully, Trengove, Butcher anyone of those would be good.

[BSA5]

Don't think we should worry too much about players wanting to go home. We haven't had any want to go home just for the go-home factor recently. Jolly was thinking about it for a bit, but from memory it never really got past a bit of hesitation with the new contract before he signed. ROK wanted to find out what he was worth, might have got a rude shock, but it seems to me the "I wanna go to Melbourne" thing was more a fa?ade for image reasons (after all, he had just married a Sydney girl and bought a house here). Not that I resent him for it; though it was a touch disappointing, I stand by the number in my name! It's about the footy, and when he's on the field he gives his all.

Point of all that is that if Lucas, or by some miracle Morabito, are available at our pick, we should go for them.

[wearebloods]

Don't think we should worry too much about players wanting to go home. We haven't had any want to go home just for the go-home factor recently.

Agree.

In hindsight, I'm sure even the most gung-ho Swannie fan can now understand why players in the era of Grant, Gaspar & mummys boy Rocca + beforehand, couldn't wait to get the hell out dodge.

Sydney in 2009 is a vastly different & better [but always room for improvement] beast from a players perspective

[wedge.maverick]

Just to tease you guys a bit more. Kane Lucas' father is John Lucas who played a few games with the Swans in the mid 80s (#28). Kane spent a lot of time growing up in the Riverina before the family moved to WA. There may not be as great a go home factor with him as everyone thinks.

[DST]

It has to be best available no matter where they are from.

The club has to back itself that it does things right off the field now and no one needs to go home. The last 10 years would indicate that we have solved that problem and really getting onto an AFL list now is so hard kids will go anywhere and generally stay as opposed to 10 to 12 years ago.

As per the Roos comments, it's going to be a midfielder at pick 6 and one that has classy disposal over pure speed.

From reports about the top 10 and who is likely to still be around at 6, Lucas looks very likely with our first pick.

Add him to McVeigh, Bird, Hannaberry, Jack, Vespa and probably Tom Mitchell the year after and we have the makings of a very talented group. Just need to get Schmidt, Merideth, DOK and Laidlaw over their injuries and playing some decent football.

Not overly quick but they can all use the football well and should adapt well to the Sydney game style of paticence and possesion which served us well in 05 and 06.

DST

[RogueSwan]

Completely agree, find the quickest bloke we can and make him a midfielder...

Just like the Spriggs experiment?

[bigswan]

Whoever they draft, whether they be midfield or KPP must be athletic and must be able to kick. Our first pick is crucial because there won't be another high pick for at least another 2 years.

[laughingnome]

Well, if it's Lucas he can have the #28 jumper if he wants to emulate his dad.