How our team was built

[valkorum]

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2013-09-21/how-our-grand-final-team-was-built

Freo, way to go.

Those are the words to our club song that, just moments ago, reverberated around Patersons Stadium after the final siren sounded to confirm our place in the 2013 AFL Grand Final.

[Ricochet]

man 2009 was a handy draft for us

[Cicjose]

i just wish 2001 was more productive for us..............

[valkorum]

Its all good for us now Cic.  This week is either gonna go REALLY slow or just fly by

[Cicjose]

So long as we win this weekend whatever mistakes the club has made, whatever drafting choices were questioned,
all can be forgiven for the glory of the last saturday in september

[valkorum]

i just wish 2001 was more productive for us..............

I had to go back and re-visit this.... I couldnt leave it alone

2001

We traded away pick #1 (everyone knows that), but we did get Luke McPharlin... oh and Trent Croad
We also traded in Troy Simmonds and Jeff Farmer
Paul Medhurst was drafted in that year along with Graham Polak and Andrew Browne

Not that bad a year really

Edit: How could I.... I forgot Sandilands at #33 in the rookie draft.

[Cicjose]

i agree with you Valk to be fair tho the players selected were not up to the caliber that was avaliable

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-23/hawks-fremantle-connection

The Hawks received picks one, 20 and 36, using the first and last of those to recruit Luke Hodge and Sam Mitchell.

The captain and his immediate predecessor have both been central to the Hawks' status as an AFL power.

Between them, they've won six of Hawthorn's past eight best and fairest awards, and Hodge won the Norm Smith Medal in the 2008 grand final upset of Geelong.

The veteran pair is still showing the way.

Mitchell's tireless ball-winning efforts against Geelong last Friday night did more than anything else to drive the Hawks into another decider.

A fortnight earlier, Hodge was best afield in the qualifying final defeat of the Sydney Swans.

The two are the Hawks at shortest odds to win the Norm Smith Medal on Saturday.

Rewind 12 years, and it was Fremantle who was touted as the big winner in the 2001 trade period.

[valkorum]

I don't think the 2001 draft pool was that strong in general

Lets move on from #1 - we all know we could have gotten Hodge/Ball/Judd

Fremantle Picks
#4 Graham Polak
#52 Andrew Browne
#56 Paul Medhurst

These are the players that we could have drafted that I would be happy with

National Draft
#8 Jimmy Bartel
#13 Nick Dal Santo
#17 James Kelly
#24 Steve Johnson
#36 Sam Mitchell
#37 Joey Montagna
#40 Gary Ablett (He was a father-son pick)
#58 Dane Swan
#71 Brian Harris (now known as Brian Lake)


Rookie Draft
#23 Matthew Boyd
#25 Nathan Bock
#40 Ben Rutten
#51 Martin Mattiner

It's a very short list

[Cicjose]

wow okay that is a short list

[valkorum]

There are others lesser players but none that I would want either

Lewis Roberts-Thompson
Brad Miller
Rick Ladson
Campbell Brown
Adam Schneider
Mark Seaby
David Hale
Matt Maguire
Jason Gram
Mark Jamar (rookie)
J-Pod (rookie)
Quenten Lynch (rookie)