AFL 2007 Draft Table Talk Mock Draft: Pick 17
Priority Round
17. Carlton:
Kurt Tippett. 201cm, 96kg. Tall Forward/Ruckman (Southport)
If Carlton don't take Leuenberger then a ruckmen here is the right pick. They won't want to wait for pick 19 to do it as Essendon could very likely take who they want with their next pick. Sheedy would like a project big like Tippett who is already advanced in development even though he has played less football than most potential picks. But Tippett is ready to help immediately up forward, while also having the potential to develop into a powerful ruckman. The Blues have lost Deluca who was a forward option of similar height to Tippett, that shouldn't change the Blues' draft strategy because they needed more height even before Deluca left.
Daniel Connors: Assuming they take Gibbs at 1, Carlton will use at least one pick at 17 and 19 on a big. It will depend on who they think Essendon want, and if Carlton hear that Essendon want the same midfielder as Carlton then it could be a small at 17 and then a tall at pick 19. Connors is also an option for their next pick. The Blues look to have one wing position settled with Simpson, and Connors could play on the other wing or Connors could join Murphy in the centre.
Clayton Collard: The Carlton forward line consists of mainly tall players, and Eddie Betts as a smaller option, and if the Blues take Collard it could be to play him more as a forward than further up the ground.
1. Carlton: Bryce Gibbs
2. Essendon: Scott Gumbleton
3. Kangaroos: Lachlan Hansen
4. Brisbane Lions: Joel Selwood
5. Port Adelaide: Matthew Leuenberger
6. Hawthorn: Mitchell Thorp
7. Geelong: Leroy Jetta
8. Collingwood: Albert Proud
9. St Kilda: Jack Riewoldt
10. Collingwood: Brent Renouf
11. Western Bulldogs: James Sellar
12. Melbourne: Tom Hislop
13. Richmond: Nathan Brown
14. Adelaide: Eric MacKenzie
15. Sydney: Brock O’Brien
16. West Coast: Garry Moss
17. Carlton:
Kurt Tippett. 201cm, 96kg. Tall Forward/Ruckman (Southport)
If Carlton don't take Leuenberger then a ruckmen here is the right pick. They won't want to wait for pick 19 to do it as Essendon could very likely take who they want with their next pick. Sheedy would like a project big like Tippett who is already advanced in development even though he has played less football than most potential picks. But Tippett is ready to help immediately up forward, while also having the potential to develop into a powerful ruckman. The Blues have lost Deluca who was a forward option of similar height to Tippett, that shouldn't change the Blues' draft strategy because they needed more height even before Deluca left.
Daniel Connors: Assuming they take Gibbs at 1, Carlton will use at least one pick at 17 and 19 on a big. It will depend on who they think Essendon want, and if Carlton hear that Essendon want the same midfielder as Carlton then it could be a small at 17 and then a tall at pick 19. Connors is also an option for their next pick. The Blues look to have one wing position settled with Simpson, and Connors could play on the other wing or Connors could join Murphy in the centre.
Clayton Collard: The Carlton forward line consists of mainly tall players, and Eddie Betts as a smaller option, and if the Blues take Collard it could be to play him more as a forward than further up the ground.
1. Carlton: Bryce Gibbs
2. Essendon: Scott Gumbleton
3. Kangaroos: Lachlan Hansen
4. Brisbane Lions: Joel Selwood
5. Port Adelaide: Matthew Leuenberger
6. Hawthorn: Mitchell Thorp
7. Geelong: Leroy Jetta
8. Collingwood: Albert Proud
9. St Kilda: Jack Riewoldt
11. Western Bulldogs: James Sellar
12. Melbourne: Tom Hislop
13. Richmond: Nathan Brown
14. Adelaide: Eric MacKenzie
15. Sydney: Brock O’Brien
16. West Coast: Garry Moss
