2022 AFL National Draft and Rookie Draft 28 & 29 November 2022

[dejavoodoo44]

Maybe the last one should be a pic of Barnett to really drive the point home.

His highlight reel is quite impressive: especially for someone who probably won't reach their best for another 3 or 4 seasons.

Harry Barnett highlights | 2022 NAB AFL Draft prospect | AFL - YouTube

[Goal Sneak]

His highlight reel is quite impressive: especially for someone who probably won't reach their best for another 3 or 4 seasons.

Harry Barnett highlights | 2022 NAB AFL Draft prospect | AFL - YouTube

He looks like a decent prospect. Tall, strong marking ability and moves around the ground well.

[i'm-uninformed2]

His highlight reel is quite impressive: especially for someone who probably won't reach their best for another 3 or 4 seasons.

Harry Barnett highlights | 2022 NAB AFL Draft prospect | AFL - YouTube

What I like about that is he seems to read the play well. Suggests a very good footy IQ (which personally, I rate very highly and suspect our recruiting team does too).

[bloodspirit]

Ludwig, Chris Doerre thinks almost every tall prospect would flourish best if used as a backman.

I'd be happy with Barnett but happier with Jefferson or Busslinger. Don't want Hollands - we have plenty of his type.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Sydney: Indhi Kirk (Sydney Swans VFL, son of Brett)

THE ELIGIBLE ACADEMY AND FATHER-SON PROSPECTS.

Father-Son nominations

[Foreign Legion]

What I like about that is he seems to read the play well. Suggests a very good footy IQ (which personally, I rate very highly and suspect our recruiting team does too).

Yep he seems to have very good judgement of the flight of the ball. Also he looks pretty mobile and is not a bad kick. We need another 200cm+ player for sure.

[rb4x]

Would be very happy with Harry Barnett with our pick 17 but what could be better than one Harry B but two Harry B's. Would be also be happy to take Harry Boyd with our pick 42 which would give us both a developing ruckman and one who is right ready to go right now. Harry Boyd could also cover Key Defence and Forward positions as well. Speculation that Melbourne are looking as well.

Bit disappointed that we took Francis as he does take up a list slot that could have been used for a developing player and we don't need a specialist VFL defender.

[707]

I was aghast when I found out we were chasing Francis, but I've since warmed to the idea given he has undoubted talent but was caught in the quicksand of mediocrity that has now been exposed at the Bombers.

Moving to us might be just the tonic he needs to fulfill that talent, he knows this is now his last chance and we are a high standards club.Could be either a cheap bust or a long term player and therefore a steal.

Only seven sleeps to go and all will be revealed .....

AFL has issued the official draft order. Quite a number of picks in the 60s have been extinguished because clubs didn't have list vacancies. Not that we're likely to use it, but our pick 75 is now into pick 69 and will come in further once Brisbane picks get extinguished in matching F/S bids.

Unless Brisbane have a can of magic draft spray, they are going to go into serious deficit in 2023 to match bids where they don't have a first rounder and only one second rounder tied to Geelong (late 30's) then three picks in the low 50's. This is going to be a great watch because they barely hold enough points this year to match Ashcroft at pick 2 let alone if GWS did the right thing and bid at pick 1. So with no points left, Jaspa Fletcher is tipped to be bid on around our picks!

[caj23]

I normally wouldn't be keen to draft a ruck, prefer to just nab one already developed from another team, but given our two first rounders and the state of our list I'd be happy if we took Barnett at 18.

Be interesting to see what we do next week, the only predictable thing is that none of us will predict what Kinnear and Simon actually do!!

[Ludwig]

Would be very happy with Harry Barnett with our pick 17 but what could be better than one Harry B but two Harry B's. Would be also be happy to take Harry Boyd with our pick 42 which would give us both a developing ruckman and one who is right ready to go right now. Harry Boyd could also cover Key Defence and Forward positions as well. Speculation that Melbourne are looking as well.

Bit disappointed that we took Francis as he does take up a list slot that could have been used for a developing player and we don't need a specialist VFL defender.

I was warming to the idea of taking Boyd with a late pick, but only if we don't take Barnett, as that would give us 3 developing ruckman, which is just too many at one time. It's hard to get them enough VFL time to develop.

I still see Ladhams as the long term Hickey replacement. He's made some dumb errors, but has otherwise played well. He just needs a lobotomy and should be fine.

I think we were all surprised by the Francis recruitment. It's a call that we should defer to the judgment of our list managers. This time next year we can weigh in on the wisdom of the call.

[rb4x]

Do you really consider MacAndrew a developing ruckman???

[Ludwig]

Do you really consider MacAndrew a developing ruckman???

Either that or a developing list clogger.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Do you really consider MacAndrew a developing ruckman???

Sadly, no.

[rb4x]

Well we won't be taking Harry Boyd as it appears he has not nominated for the draft.

[barry]

Every since we got Ted Richards from the bombers, our recruiting department seems to be obsessed by Essendon list cloggers. Like a problem gambler, we only want to talk about our wins.