2008 Phantom Draft

[piccachu]

personally dont think hartlet will go as high as 4.

i have played against all of these young lads at some stage or another and out of all of them broadbent and o'keefe were the most consistant, and dominant out of all the young adelaide hopefulls,

when hamish is on will tear you appart but hasnt really turned it on when my team has played against his, as for johnston and cahill both great talents but i get the feeling they dont like the physical side and dont really play to there ability when some one is giving them a hard time.

[The Big Shrek]

O'Keefe has had chats with plenty of clubs. Good to see a Kilburn boy go all the way. He had a great carnival and is starting to fill out.

[NFC]

Footy chick your not quite right with Rhys O'Keefe. Has spoken to ALL AFL clubs EXCEPT Adelaide. Had a one on one with Gary Buckenara last week in Adelaide. Think the guy that had him at number 50 is a bit hard. All Australian playing league he should go earlier that that.

I don't think that matters. I remember last year, maybe Kite, had spoken to like 10 clubs and Adelaide weren't one of them.

[Dogwatcher]

Not sure if this groundbreaking but Melb will definitely take Watts as one.
WC will take Natanui
But if for some reason Melb don't take Watts then WC will have a decision to make, as they are also interested in Watts.

As I said, nothing groundbreaking

Also, plenty of interest in SA's Stanley - may go earlier than predicted in the phantom draft.

[the joker]

He has changes his top 20 as Fremantle look like taking Hill at 3...

1. Jack Watts (Melbourne)
2. Nick Naitanui (West Coast)
3. Stephen Hill (Fremantle)
4. Hamish Hartlett (Port Adelaide)
5. Daniel Rich (Essendon)
6. Michael Hurley (Carlton)
7. Chris Yarran (Brisbane Lions)
8. Tyrone Vickery (Richmond)
9. Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)
10. Jackson Trengove (Adelaide)
11. Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)
12. Lewis Johnston (Sydney Swans)
13. Tom Lynch (St Kilda)
14. Ayce Cordy (Western Bulldogs)
15. Ashley Smith (Geelong)
16. Sam Blease (Hawthorn)
17. Ryan Schoenmakers (Melbourne)
18. Tom Swift (West Coast)
19. Dayne Beams (Melbourne)
20. Phil Davis (West Coast)

i would be surprised if Rich lasts out to 5 but the bombers would have done very well if it happens, i feel he will be 3 or 4.

[FD88]

Tell you what, whoever gets Sidebottom should be pretty happy. There are other players in this draft who will win clubs over before this kid with one or two standout attributes but in terms of the blokes who, you know, just play great all-round footy, this kid is an absolute gun. He chases hard, makes tackles stick, hits targets well by foot, can take a mark, will back himself to attack the goals, a real natural footballer imo. He strikes me as the sort of player that Craigy loves given his endurance and apparent work ethic, but on the same token his lack of pace (especially given the calls for us to add some leg speed) could count against him.

As Porps showed this season however, smart natural footballers will always have a place in this game and Sidebottom most definitely fits that bill imo. I wish the Crows had a couple of top 10 picks

[Groover]

As a melbourne supporter id love to see us take natanui at pick 1.
We already have some big forwards in Newton, Miller and Johnson and our team really needs a ruckman that can give us first supply to the footy, otherwise how can we ever get the footy down to the forwardline?

Also i see the likes and marketability of Natanui bringing in some well needed membership/Crowd numbers!

[FD88]

As a melbourne supporter id love to see us take natanui at pick 1.
We already have some big forwards in Newton, Miller and Johnson and our team really needs a ruckman that can give us first supply to the footy, otherwise how can we ever get the footy down to the forwardline?

Also i see the likes and marketability of Natanui bringing in some well needed membership/Crowd numbers!

Do those players you mentioned have genuine gun potential like Watts appears to have though? Either way I suppose you'll have yourselves a fine prospect.

Also, anyone know if the draft is being televised? Doesn't say anything in the foxtel tv guide.

[Groover]

As a melbourne supporter id love to see us take natanui at pick 1.
We already have some big forwards in Newton, Miller and Johnson and our team really needs a ruckman that can give us first supply to the footy, otherwise how can we ever get the footy down to the forwardline?

Also i see the likes and marketability of Natanui bringing in some well needed membership/Crowd numbers!

Do those players you mentioned have genuine gun potential like Watts appears to have though? Either way I suppose you'll have yourselves a fine prospect.

Also, anyone know if the draft is being televised? Doesn't say anything in the foxtel tv guide.

Newton has the potential to be a 60 goal forward, just needs to be the main forward, probably at FF, Miller needs to be a CHF for us and johnson as a resting ruckman in the FP, throw in a few of our small forwards like davey, Bruce and Green, and we have a pretty good forward line.
Also i still think we should have picked sheedy as our coach

[Lightning McQueen]

As a melbourne supporter id love to see us take natanui at pick 1.
We already have some big forwards in Newton, Miller and Johnson and our team really needs a ruckman that can give us first supply to the footy, otherwise how can we ever get the footy down to the forwardline?

Also i see the likes and marketability of Natanui bringing in some well needed membership/Crowd numbers!

Do those players you mentioned have genuine gun potential like Watts appears to have though? Either way I suppose you'll have yourselves a fine prospect.

Also, anyone know if the draft is being televised? Doesn't say anything in the foxtel tv guide.

Newton has the potential to be a 60 goal forward, just needs to be the main forward, probably at FF, Miller needs to be a CHF for us and johnson as a resting ruckman in the FP, throw in a few of our small forwards like davey, Bruce and Green, and we have a pretty good forward line.
Also i still think we should have picked sheedy as our coach

Sorry Groover, but the ball has to get down there for that to happen.

[Groover]

As a melbourne supporter id love to see us take natanui at pick 1.
We already have some big forwards in Newton, Miller and Johnson and our team really needs a ruckman that can give us first supply to the footy, otherwise how can we ever get the footy down to the forwardline?

Also i see the likes and marketability of Natanui bringing in some well needed membership/Crowd numbers!

Do those players you mentioned have genuine gun potential like Watts appears to have though? Either way I suppose you'll have yourselves a fine prospect.

Also, anyone know if the draft is being televised? Doesn't say anything in the foxtel tv guide.

Newton has the potential to be a 60 goal forward, just needs to be the main forward, probably at FF, Miller needs to be a CHF for us and johnson as a resting ruckman in the FP, throw in a few of our small forwards like davey, Bruce and Green, and we have a pretty good forward line.
Also i still think we should have picked sheedy as our coach

Sorry Groover, but the ball has to get down there for that to happen.

Hence why we need Natanui, first use out of the midfield is better than an unused gun forward.

[Macca19]

Footy chick your not quite right with Rhys O'Keefe. Has spoken to ALL AFL clubs EXCEPT Adelaide. Had a one on one with Gary Buckenara last week in Adelaide. Think the guy that had him at number 50 is a bit hard. All Australian playing league he should go earlier that that.

Doesnt really matter. Grundy was an All Australian playing league and didnt go until the rookie draft. Kellett was a double All Australian junior and didnt get picked up. Every year there are All Australian juniors that miss out for whatever reason.

Some people have thought O'Keefe will go in the 30s, but I guess we'll wait and see. Is a good player.

[1Eyed]

as a port supporter id be very disappointed if we didnt take Rich if he is still available. Ive seen a bit of him and he can play AFL straight away, not sure about Hartlett. looking forward to tomorrow, good to see what kids your club gets.

[Squawk]

Is the draft being broadcast anywhere tomorrow morning? (Fox, radio?). What time does it start?

[Interceptor]

Is the draft being broadcast anywhere tomorrow morning? (Fox, radio?). What time does it start?

Looks like the only video coverage will be from the AFL site:

http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=70135

[hearts on fire]

It is on Fox tomorrow morning, i don't know exact time, but i believe it is around 9:30-10:30am.

[Squawk]

Thanks guys

[Thiele]

It is on Fox tomorrow morning, i don't know exact time, but i believe it is around 9:30-10:30am.

Thats what time they start blogging. Fox Sports 1 will have a review of the draft from 4.30pm- 5.30pm

[NFC]

LIVE on AFL.com at about 9:20 our time, should kick off at 9:30.

[wycbloods]

I wish all the westies boys the best of luck and hope they all stay here in Adelaide .