Mr.Craig's 2012 Draft Predictor

[Mr.Craig]

Okay, so here's my shot at predicting this year's draft order (at least the first three rounds). To be honest, aside from the father/sons I'd be happy to get a dozen of these picks spot on but hopefully I've ballparked most of them. There's a few controversial selections so this might generate a bit of debate. Some of the heights and weights might be a little out, after all they are growing boys. Enjoy. :)

I won't do a writeup on each player, most of them have already been covered in my rookie thread...

http://www.fanfooty.com.au/forum/index.php/topic,68079.0.html


ROUND 1

1. GWS - Lachie Whitfield - Midfielder, Northern Knights. 184cm/77kg.

2. GWS - Brodie Grundy - Ruckman, Sturt. 202cm/100kg.

3. GWS - Jimmy Toumpas - Midfielder, Woodville West Torrens. 183cm/78kg.

4. Melbourne - Sam Mayes - Midfielder/Forward, North Adelaide. 187cm/78kg.

5. Western Bulldogs - Jake Stringer - Forward, Bendigo Pioneers. 191cm/94kg.

6. Western Bulldogs - Jackson Macrae - Midfielder, Oakleigh Chargers. 189cm/76kg.

7. Port Adelaide - Lachie Plowman - Defender, Calder Cannons. 192cm/84kg.

8. Brisbane Lions - Kristian Jaksch - Defender/Forward, Oakleigh Chargers. 194cm/85kg.

9. Richmond - Oliver Wines - Midfielder, Bendigo Pioneers. 188cm/90kg.

10. Essendon - Joe Daniher (F/S) - Ruckman/Forward, Calder Cannons. 201cm/89kg.

11. Carlton - Jonathan O'Rourke - Midfielder, Calder Cannons. 184cm/73kg.

12. GWS - Dayle Garlett - Midfielder, Swan Districts. 181cm/75kg.

13. Gold Coast - Tom Clurey - Defender, Murray Bushrangers. 193cm/85kg.

14. GWS - Tanner Smith - Defender, North Ballarat Rebels. 194cm/83kg.

15. North Melbourne - Nick Vlastuin - Midfielder/Defender, Northern Knights. 187cm/86kg.

16. Geelong - Troy Menzel - Forward/Midfielder, Central District. 187cm/78kg.

17. Fremantle - Mason Shaw - Forward, South Fremantle. 198cm/92kg.

18. Collingwood - Taylor Garner - Forward, Dandenong Stingrays. 186cm/77kg.

19. Collingwood - Josh Simpson - Midfielder, East Fremantle. 184cm/73kg.

20. Adelaide - Ben Kennedy - Midfielder/Forward, Glenelg. 174cm/76kg.

21. Collingwood - Jesse Lonergan - Midfielder, Launceston. 183cm/86kg.

22. Western Bulldogs - Sam Colquhoun - Defender, Central District. 179cm/72kg.

23. Sydney Swans - Matthew Haynes - Midfielder/Defender, Northern Knights. 190cm/76kg.

24. Brisbane Lions - Tim Membrey - Forward, Gippsland Power. 188cm/87kg.


ROUND 2

25. St Kilda - Jason Pongracic - Midfielder, Dandenong Stingrays. 182cm/86kg.

26. St Kilda - Jackson Thurlow - Defender, Launceston. 190cm/79kg.

27. Melbourne - Jack Viney (F/S) - Midfielder, Casey Scorpions. 178cm/80kg.

28. GWS - Dean Towers - Midfielder, North Ballarat Roosters. 189cm/83kg.

29. Hawthorn - Nathan Hrovat - Midfielder, Northern Knights. 174cm/76kg.

30. Port Adelaide - Tim O'Brien - Forward, Glenelg. 194cm/81kg.

31. Port Adelaide - Matthew McDonough - Forward, Woodville West Torrens. 180cm/85kg.

32. Richmond - Liam McBean - Ruckman, Calder Cannons. 202cm/84kg.

33. Brisbane Lions - Andrew Boston - Midfielder/Forward, Broadbeach. 180cm/75kg.

34. Richmond - Rory Atkins - Forward, Calder Cannons. 186cm/80kg.

35. Essendon - Jacob Ballard - Defender/Midfielder, Northern Knights. 186cm/82kg.

36. Carlton - Adam Saad - Forward, Calder Cannons. 178cm/73kg.

37. Fremantle - Nicholas Graham - Midfielder, Gippsland Power. 182cm/76kg.

38. North Melbourne - Spencer White - Forward, Western Jets. 195cm/90kg.

39. Collingwood - Tim Sumner - Midfielder, Woodville West Torrens. 189cm/78kg.

40. Fremantle - Marco Paparone - Forward, East Fremantle. 193cm/84kg.

41. St Kilda - Sam Lowrie - Midfielder, South Fremantle. 187cm/80kg.

42. North Melbourne - Nathan Wright - Midfielder/Defender, Dandenong Stingrays. 183cm/78kg.

43. Richmond - James Stewart - Forward, Sandringham Dragons. 197cm/82kg.

44. St Kilda - Brodie Murdoch - Forward, Glenelg. 187cm/85kg.

45. Sydney Swans - Tim Broomhead - Midfielder, Port Adelaide. 182cm/73kg.


ROUND 3

46. West Coast - Laine Wilkins - Midfielder, Peel Thunder. 183cm/78kg.

47. Sydney - Adam Carter - Midfielder/Defender, South Fremantle. 179cm/70kg.

48. North Melbourne - Josh Scott - Forward, Gippsland Power. 190cm/76kg.

49. Melbourne - Tom Temay - Defender/Midfielder, Sandringham Dragons. 179cm/74kg.

50. Western Bulldogs - Lachie Hunter (F/S) - Midfielder, Western Jets. 181cm/78kg.

51. Western Bulldogs - Myke Cook - Forward/Midfielder, Sandringham Dragons. 182cm/80kg.

52. Essendon - Mason Wood - Forward, Geelong Falcons. 190cm/78cm

53. Melbourne - Matthew Dick - Defender, Calder Cannons. 188cm/86kg.

54. Adelaide - Jarrod Stokes - Forward, Darwin. 175cm/63kg.

55. Essendon - Aidan Corr - Defender, Northern Knights. 194cm/80kg.

56. Carlton - Kyle Martin - Midfielder, Frankston Dolphins. 182cm/81kg.

57. Gold Coast - Marvin Warrell - Forward/Midfielder, South Fremantle. 182cm/70kg.

58. North Melbourne - Leigh Osborne - Defender, Frankston Dolphins. 186cm/84kg.

59. Geelong - Louis Herbert - Forward, North Ballarat Rebels. 186cm/70kg.

60. Gold Coast - Shane Nelson - Midfielder, West Perth. 179cm/73kg.

61. West Coast - Shannon Taylor - Midfielder, Claremont. 177cm/72kg.

62. West Coast - Brant Colledge - Forward, Perth. 192cm/87kg.

63. Melbourne - Michael Close - Forward, North Ballarat Rebels. 195cm/82kg.

64. Adelaide - Nick Rodda - Defender, West Perth. 194cm/94kg.

65. GWS - Liam Flaherty - Forward, Eastlake. 194cm/87kg.

66. Sydney - Ben Kearns - Midfielder, Gippsland Power. 183cm/73kg.

67. Sydney - Max Duffy - Forward, East Fremantle. 189cm/80kg.

[Mailman the 2nd]

Sydney have pick 47 and 66 ;)

[Mr.Craig]

Oh yeah, the Spangher deal. I forgot to look into that.

What was pick 47 a part of?

Edit - Ah, TDL. Missed that one too.

[Mailman the 2nd]

All good :)

[kilbluff1985]

not sure if Essendon will get another forward in this draft besides Daniher

[Jroo]

Nice work!
Would love Wines to Richmond at 9 but I am not confident of it happening

[tbagrocks]

Kennedy at 20 to Adelaide :o assuming they keep 20 ::) Ben should go higher, but nice work Mr C

[Tominator]

Great thread mate, similar to mine... I guess good minds think alike  ;)



Wines will go at 4 IMO. Mark Neeld clearly wants tough midfielders - hence why Gysberts and Morton are gone - and even though Moloney is gone, Viney has come in and Rodan and Byrnes are hardened bodies that will help the midfielders and forwards

Ollie Wines is a ready-made AFL player who runs forward and kicks goals, loves to lay tackles, has a big rig but his endurance is elite. Best mates with Jack Viney so it will be hard to see Melbourne letting him slip.

[kilbluff1985]

will GWS really want so many more mids? i think they need some really good DPP players if it's B/F M/F or B/M ad some depth to the team

[Torpedo10]

Kennedy at 20? I would think he wouldn't go outside 15.  :P

[Toga]

Love the work Mr Craig, good effort.

Really hoping Jake Stringer, Brodie Grundy or Oli Wines slip down to Richmond at pick 9, don't think its too likely though :P

[Hawks_1976]

 Ollie Wines is a beast of a kid and will have to go top 5. He is ready for R1. Its whoever feels they need to add a developing ruck to their list that will determine how high Grundy goes. I aslo note that no recycled players get another chance in this predictor? And ill throw it up for debate, if Tippett evters the draft, what pick and what club?? ;)

[kilbluff1985]

Bulldogs, Carlton or Richmond would take him don't think GWS need him

[Nige]

With Adelaide no longer in the draft, that must change things up a little. They probably would have taken Kennedy, who takes him now?

Also, from what I've seen and heard, there's no way Ollie Wines will slip to the Tigers at 9. I still think we'll go for Stringer or Menzel if they're still available.

[Spite]

Pies have pick 39 and North have 42 and 48.

I reckon Tim Membrey would be a good fit at the pies, not sure who those other mids are.