Mr.Craig's Rookie Spotlight 2014 (Index On Page 1)

[Nige]

Paige Cardona of Supercoach Paige/Bound for Glory/TAC Cup Radio has released the November edition of her phantom draft.

I'll run through the first round but the rest can be seen through the hyperlink.

1 - Tom Boyd
2 - Josh Kelly
3 - Jack Billings
4 - James Aish
5 - Kade Kolodjashnij
6 - Matt Scharenberg
7 - Nathan Freeman
8 - Luke McDonald
9 - Christian Salem
10 - Cameron McCarthy
11 - Dom Sheed
12 - Ben Lennon
13 - Marcus Bontempelli
14 - Lewis Taylor
15 - Rory Lobb
16 - Blake Acres
17 - Darcy Gardiner
18 - Billy Hartung
19 - Zak Jones
20 - Zac Merrett

[Noz]

James Aish will slip to Collingwood at pick 6

[Mr.Craig]

Bontempelli is easily top ten material in my view and should be taken before Freeman.

[kilbluff1985]

no Crouch? what a joke...

[Mr.Craig]

no Crouch? what a joke...

Early second round might be handy for fantasy. ;)

[kilbluff1985]

no Crouch? what a joke...

Early second round might be handy for fantasy. ;)

hope he doesn't let me down when i take him with pick 5 in BXV  :'(

[Bill Manspeaker]

no Crouch? what a joke...

Early second round might be handy for fantasy. ;)

i'll be really surprised if the Saints pass on Crouch if he's available at 18 or 19

[Mr.Craig]

no Crouch? what a joke...

Early second round might be handy for fantasy. ;)

i'll be really surprised if the Saints pass on Crouch if he's available at 18 or 19

Each day that goes past I think more and more that he might slide. It might be considered a "shallow pool" this year but competition for the first 30 odd spots is red hot and his lack of aerobic capacity and poor disposal efficiency could well see him drop down further than we may have thought previously.

[Nige]

The Father-Son pick - Luke McDonald.

This last group is called 'Defence Force'.



As for Crouch - I can't see him going before 20. Only because as Craig said, the top 30 is anyone's guess, but there are others whose stocks are rising. If Crouch was to go in the top 20, landing at Melbourne (very slim), Richmond (unlikely) or St Kilda (don't see it happening) would be it.

There's no doubting his ability to rack it up (DT slut?) but running out games and his efficiency could improve.

[kilbluff1985]

would you say Crouch is a top 10 play fantasy relevant wise?

[Ricochet]

would you say Crouch is a top 10 play fantasy relevant wise?

Would really depend where he goes i reckon. To a Saints/Melb/etc he's top 5 for fantasy scoring potential.

[kilbluff1985]

would you say Crouch is a top 10 play fantasy relevant wise?

Would really depend where he goes i reckon. To a Saints/Melb/etc he's top 5 for fantasy scoring potential.

yeah a top 4 team will put him in the 2's to develop but a bottom 8 could use him straight away will be interesting

[Ricochet]

Yeh man, well thats what I think anyway. Even GWS probably have too many good young mids for him to slot straight in there

[Nige]

As good as I think Crouch will be in time, I wouldn't use a top 15 fantasy draft (XVs) pick on him.

[specky92]

As good as I think Crouch will be in time, I wouldn't use a top 15 fantasy draft (XVs) pick on him.

I wouldn't use a top 12 pick but after that is definitely be looking his way but I'm not exactly a rookie guy,  :-[