Emma Quayle's Top 30 in this years draft

[melliot]

I like the sound of Wright. Haven seen any of the draftees play except Moore in the vfl. However, my concern with our list and particularly tall forwards, is that we potentially have no young ones coming through at all.

Cloke is 27
White is hit and miss and will be a role player. Not a class player
Grundy is a 1st ruck
Witts is a 1st ruck
Gault is more likely to be nothing substantial.
Reid is potentially a back man only or swing man at best. We don't know if he can play a season as a key forward.
Moore, see Reid.

You'd hope Moore may develop as a forward. But he is what he is. And he may be like Reid. Not a permanent forward but handy to throw around to mix it up.

So this assessment tells me a class key forward is a need. Picking Wright if he is best available, isn't a pick that unbalances the list. In fact the opposite.

[woftam]

Only saw Wright play once against Vic Country so it isn't a big sample. But he wasn't impressive at all. In fact both Wright & Moore were well beaten by the Vic Country backs. Marchbank had them both covered when opposed to them.

[Dave The Man]

[magpieazza]

I don't know what else to say except, "get a midfielder that can help Pendlebury out" ala Port Powers Olly Wines.

We still don't have midfield depth.

Going on 2014 its shite, even if there is upside and improvement to come, our midfield still lacks depth. Too many unknowns is the predicament, but I can only see what I see and its not as much as Hiney.

So from my lounge chair I see the potential improvement in the midfield coming from Swan, Adams, Fasolo, Dwyer, Broomhead, Freeman, Thomas, Seedsman and maybe Elliott.

I'm not sure if Kennedy, Karnesis, Sinclair and even Blair can provide us with what we need.

It pains me to say that we only have Pendlebury and Sidebottom that can give us class and grunt in the midfield, and like I said the rest have to prove themselves lock ins.

So on that basis I say get a midfielder that can impact straight away, whether that's Laverde or Ahern or Cockatoo or Pickett....I don't know.

I read somewhere that Laverde doesn't have big possession numbers and doesn't get his own ball, so for all those other qualities its hard to justify getting him at pick 5. I was in his corner now I don't know.

Interesting times hmmmm....

[RudeBoy]

[John Wren]

what does next year's draft look like for good talls? bear in mind that if everything goes to plan we are unlikely to have a top 10 pick next year.

i'd take a tall this year.

[Captain_MyCaptain]

[stui magpie]

[cityslick1]

am not sold on Wright. Granted I've only seen youtube clips, but he looks like another soft tall... albeit with nice skills, but not the type that dominates at AFL level. We need someone that will crash packs and dominate in the air, not another super tall HFF... or ruck, that we already have our young quota for. Happy to be told I'm wrong, but if he is avail and we pass, I think this will be the reason why.

McCartin would be ideal to partner cloke & maybe Moore later on, but with him gone, I think we will go after Laverde or another tall mid

[melliot]

http://boundforglorynews.com/paige-cardonas-phantom-draft-6-0/

This is a pretty good mock draft. Has pies getting Laverde. Wright drops very late.

[Presti35]

[jackcass]

[Stinger]

[swoop42]

[didick]