Phantom Draft

[ScottyMac]

Intersting reading... Bit of Background on POSSIBLE collingwood pick ups

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=127295

[Sultan of spin]

In the past these phantom drafts haven't been very accurate so don't read a lot into it. Although it is interesting that they think Richmond will take Rupert

[David]

Unfortunately I have a feeling Rupe won't be picked, in previous PS drafts only 5 or 6 players have been picked, and I would say that if that happens this year Rupe won't get taken.

[stoliboy]

How the phantom draft went
Monday 24 November 2003

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=draft&spg=display&articleid=128037

How Matt Burgan fared with his 2003 National AFL Phantom Draft:

Summary:
- Picked 51 of the 70 players selected in the draft and missed 19 players
- Predicted 15 passes and 13 were taken
- Only six players selected in the top 50 were not included in the Phantom Draft
- Picked nine of the top 10 selections – including five in exact order
- Picked 16 of the 18 players drafted in the priority/round one selections – including eight in exact order.



Selections exactly correct – 24 (on top of six father/son selections):
1. Western Bulldogs – Adam Cooney
2. Carlton – Andrew Walker
3. Melbourne – Colin Sylvia
4. Western Bulldogs – Farren Ray
8. St Kilda – Raphael Clarke
11. West Coast – Beau Waters
14. Adelaide – Fergus Watts
18. Brisbane Lions – Llane Spaanderman
26. West Coast – Daniel McConnell
30. Port Adelaide – Brad Symes
51. Hawthorn – Matthew Ball
52. Melbourne – Pass
54. Geelong – Pass
62. Western Bulldogs – Pass
65. St Kilda – Craig Callaghan
66. Kangaroos – Pass
68. Brisbane Lions – Pass
71. St Kilda – Pass
74. St Kilda – Pass
77. St Kilda – Pass
78. Carlton – Pass
80. Carlton – Pass
82. Richmond – Pass
83. Richmond – Pass

Note: The Father/son selections were 32, 36, 37, 38, 43 and 48 but were decided before the draft

Correct club and player but wrong selection – 4:
44. Essendon – Ricky Dyson (Phantom Draft – 2
29. Sydney – Tim Schmidt (45)
64. Richmond – Shane Morrison (53)
53. Richmond – Daniel Jackson (76)

Players who were predicted to be drafted yet did not get selected:
1. Callum Burges (20) – West Coast
2. Jacob Surjan (27) – Fremantle
3. Will Gayfer (29) – Sydney
4. Aaron Davey (33) – Brisbane Lions
5. Ben Clifton (40) – Kangaroos
6. Jake Furfaro (42) – Geelong
7. Adam Hartlett (44) – Essendon
8. Joel Campbell (50) – Western Bulldogs
9. Dylan Pfitzner (55) – St Kilda
10. Brett Jones (56) – Kangaroos
11. Chris Stewart (57) – Carlton
12. Paul Duffield (61) – Brisbane Lions
13. Ben Marsh (63) – Carlton
14. Brad Seymour (64) – Richmond
15. Brett Robinson (72) – Carlton
16. Shannon Motlop (79) – Richmond
17. Rupert Betheras (81) – Richmond

Note: Two more passes were also predicted which brought the number to 19 players being missed

Players who were drafted yet were not predicted in the phantom draft:
1. Cameron Thurley (22) - Geelong
2. Chad Jones (24) – Kangaroos
3. Josh Krueger (31) – Adelaide
4. Robert Forster-Knight (39) – Port Adelaide
5. Amon Buchanan (45) – Sydney
6. Iszac Thompson (50) – Western Bulldogs
7. Sam Fisher (55) – St Kilda
8. Brent Le Cras (56) – Kangaroos
9. Ben Hudson (5 – Adelaide
10. Matthew Davis (59) – Sydney
11. Michael Rischitelli (61) – Brisbane Lions
12. Glen Bowyer (63) – Carlton
13. Jordan Bannister (69) – Carlton
14. Brent Hartigan (70) – Richmond
15. Adrian De Luca (72) – Carlton
16. Steve Kenna (75) – Carlton
17. Andrew Raines (76) – Richmond
18. Simon Fletcher (79) – Richmond
19. Kyle Archibald (81) – Richmond