AFL 2007 Draft Table Talk Mock Draft: Pick 18
18. Essendon:
Clayton Collard. 177cm, 80kg. Midfielder/Small Forward (South Fremantle)
Essendon need midfield help, and a smaller player to crumb the packs up forward might add more scoring to an Essendon forward line that will have plenty of tall firepower next season. Collard might be able to do both, and if he lasts this long Essendon will be happy. Lloyd, Lucas, Hird, Ryder and Johns are taller marking options for Essendon up forward, and while they do have Monfries and Lovett as smaller options they could certainly use Collard. In the midfield Collard would bring a different game that would compliment Watson and Stanton.
Clinton Benjamin: An option around half back and maybe further up the field later in his career. If he was picked by Sheedy he would be tried in numerous spots. Essendon would be hoping that he was there at pick 20 if they passed on him at this spot.
Ricky Petterd: Essendon will look everywhere for players and a Queenslander like Petterd could be the pick. Petterd could be played onball or in the backline for the Bombers. If Essendon do go small at pick 2, then a key position prospect at this spot might be their pick.
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
Clayton Collard. 177cm, 80kg. Midfielder/Small Forward (South Fremantle)
Essendon need midfield help, and a smaller player to crumb the packs up forward might add more scoring to an Essendon forward line that will have plenty of tall firepower next season. Collard might be able to do both, and if he lasts this long Essendon will be happy. Lloyd, Lucas, Hird, Ryder and Johns are taller marking options for Essendon up forward, and while they do have Monfries and Lovett as smaller options they could certainly use Collard. In the midfield Collard would bring a different game that would compliment Watson and Stanton.
Clinton Benjamin: An option around half back and maybe further up the field later in his career. If he was picked by Sheedy he would be tried in numerous spots. Essendon would be hoping that he was there at pick 20 if they passed on him at this spot.
Ricky Petterd: Essendon will look everywhere for players and a Queenslander like Petterd could be the pick. Petterd could be played onball or in the backline for the Bombers. If Essendon do go small at pick 2, then a key position prospect at this spot might be their pick.
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
