I'd love to seen Trengove go no.1

Go the mighty hawks

Bartlett is coming off a knee recon - big risk?

Good to see a couple of basketballers nominating for the draft!

Not really, would rather that they stayed in basketball.

Yeah - I'd rather they stayed with b'ball too...

Saw an article in the Messenger recently about Peter Hoban considering a switch to SANFL.

This is the issue that basketball, and even cricket is just going to have to face though.

Youngsters will switch from both of those sports to AFL because it is easier to make the elite levels.
Especially with the 2 new teams coming in, there will be extra roster spots to fill, hence raw and unready kids will be put into those spots.

Why hoop, or play cricket for small money when you can get on an AFL list as a fringe player and receive a 2 year gig out of that.

AFL will suffer as well in the short term as players that would not normally be drafted will be, just to fill squads. A few injuries and this 38th player on the list may all of a sudden be getting a game that he normally would not. This then means inferior talent on the field.

The AFL expansion will do more harm than good to a lot of sports at grass roots level IMO.

It's all Neil Craig's fault. Sack him!!

Certainly a big risk Juror. It seems like a Rendell-type of risk, amd the Crows can afford to take one in favor of a mediocre-midfielder with their list. Upside with CB is HUGE!

Spot on DB5 .

There are already plenty of players running around in the AFL with below average skill level for an elite competition .

It means there will be around 800 players on lists ( most gettin paid well ) .

Interesting times ahead .

Shit.

Talia, Gunston, Shaw and Craig.

Lucky I trust Rendell 100% but still not happy.

Port did extremely well.

Great post - thanks.

Luke Talia is a great pickup for the Crows. U/18 All-Australian CHB this year. A genuine 6'4" who should be the Crows next great key defender. Quite suprised that Carlton passed on him for Kane Lucas.

As a Collingwood supporter, I'm pleased with how our draft turned out as well. We managed to get Luke Ball, as well as talented speedsters in Ben Sinclair and ex-Demon Simon Buckley, and somehow got highly rated Josh Thomas late in the draft too (and who we were considering with our #30 pick). I'm hoping the Pies give Redlegs forward Matthew Panos a go in the Rookie Draft as well. Quite suprised that he didn't get picked up in the National Draft.

*Daniel* Talia.

Nothing against him as a player, we just have too many young talls already. I'd swap him for Lucas right now, I think that'd work for both teams.

Collingwood obviously gearing up for a premiership shot in '10, Buckley was a great pick I still can't believe the Dees dumped him.

As for the rookie draft, Panos, Dare and Woods are definitely a few to look out for.

You're right, it's Daniel Talia. Not sure why I said Luke.

I think in a couple of years once Talia truly hits his straps (and tall defenders like Bock, Rutten and Stevens are older than they are now), you won't regret picking him. Kane Lucas is just another quick midfielder/HFF with average disposal. Not sure that Carlton needed him, and not sure that the Crows really need him either. Sure, he'll be a good player, but talented key backman like Talia are a rarer and more valueable commodity than Lucas' type.