Top 5 draft picks

[saynta]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-07-03/ ... horse-race

[B.M]

Anderson would be the one

But Kemp would also do.

Marshall, Billings, Gresham, Clarke, King, Anderson/Kemp need to become our stars

Bytel, Battle, Coffield, Paton need to become players

And then, we might just become a team

[saynta]

If Carlton keep winning and we don't, Kemp is the most likely.

Anderson if we finish 17th.

No e in Clark.

[saintsRrising]

We may miss the two main guns, but there will still be good mids available at our pick.

Saints pick could be anywhere from Pick 2 to 6.

We play both the Blues and Dees and those two games in particular are likely to have a huge effect on where our pick ends up being.

[saintsRrising]

If Carlton keep winning

One advantage this year is that as Carlton have already traded their first pick that they will not be trying to finish lower.

[saynta]

could finish on top of us anyway.

[Trev from the Bush]

I';m just going to barrack my heart out tomorrow and hope we win.

Enjoy you navel gazing!

[saintsRrising]

I';m just going to barrack my heart out tomorrow and hope we win.

Enjoy you navel gazing!

We still have to pick players regardless of whether we win 6 games or 0.

Glad you could join us in the "navel gazing" though by reading a thread clearly labeled what it is actually discussing.

[Myron Gaines]

Assuming Rowell & Anderson are out of the picture (I don’t see us finishing bottoms 2) I’d look at the following:

Brodie Kemp
Dylan Williams
Lachie Ash
Hayden Young
Caleb Serong

Fairly ordinary draft with the exception of the top 2. Kemp or Williams for me, both forward-mids. Maybe Ash for his pace & skills but he is another small back.

[barks4eva]

If the two games against the Gold Coast where St.kilda won by 1 point and 4 points were reversed then St.kilda would currently have the number one draft pick. It makes a complete nonsense of all the talk about the Gold Coast being gifted the top two selections.

[SMS]

forget top 5 now. We will end up with pick 7/8

I say use it and get Ben King from gold coast.
Throw in armo or Newnes if they complain.

[diddley]

Should be able to grab Brodie Kemp with a bit of a discount now.
Just did his ACL.
Source. AFL.com.au

[Toy Saint]

Should be able to grab Brodie Kemp with a bit of a discount now.
Just did his ACL.
Source. AFL.com.au

Please don't recruit injured players

[diddley]

Should be able to grab Brodie Kemp with a bit of a discount now.
Just did his ACL.
Source. AFL.com.au

Please don't recruit injured players

We could have the best team of “if only I wasn’t injured, I would reach my potential” players

[DJ Higgins]

Don't get Bridie Kemp he is done for a year with his ACL. Get the best outside mid available at pick 4-8.
We don't need another broken player, we want one ready to go next season.
Will start looking at draftees closer to season end once I know our position but what I don't want is a) a broken player, b) a half back flanker, c) a HBF that may become a mid, d) an inside mid E) a small forward.

[saintsRrising]

Looking at the fixture as we play all of the Dees, Blues and Swans we could well win them all, or lose them all or anywhere in between.

North with their draw could win 4 or lose 4.

We could still finish second last or could even climb to 10th.

So picks 2 to 9.

Ignoring the ACL many pundits have Kemp as the third best player, with picks 4+ then a bit of a drop off.

If we have say pick 8 or 9 and Kemp is still there you could see Saints still picking him if they believe that he is a genuinely much better player, and not just slightly better.

So the question then becomes is one really worried about 2020, or is one more worried about being the best team we can be from 2021 on.

[desertsaint]

not worth worrying about. it's all piss in the wind when it comes to picking the curd from the whey when it's still squirting from the cow.

[B.M]

I would jump on Kemp, regardless of Injury.

The win against the dogs has hurt our chances of getting Anderson.

[fugazi]

Maybe a good year to trade our first pick for a player and second pick

[SMS]

Ben King for our first pick and Newnes.

Thats whats happening

[Devilhead]

Why would GC want Newnes?

Teams don't want steak knives

[diddley]

Why would GC want Newnes?

Teams don't want steak knives

Also, if GC want Newnes, he is a free agent. They don’t need to trade for him.
If anyone offers anything worthwhile, Saints won’t match.

[Wayne42]

Why would GC want Newnes?

Teams don't want steak knives

Also, if GC want Newnes, he is a free agent. They don’t need to trade for him.
If anyone offers anything worthwhile, Saints won’t match.

We'll get diddley squat for Newnes

[Wayne42]

Year in, year out at this time of year we are told "this draft is light on for Key Position players", why is that, don't tall kids play footy anymore.

[saintsRrising]

Year in, year out at this time of year we are told "this draft is light on for Key Position players", why is that, don't tall kids play footy anymore.

Just luck of the draw.

Look at 2015. Of the first 14 players picked 6 were KP players. 7 now if you now include Francis who wants to play CHB.

Blues in that gained three of them in Weitering, McKay and Curnow.