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Craig HillAFL 2007 Draft Table Talk Mock Draft: Pick 23
November 12th 2006 01:30
23. Port Adelaide:
Chris Schmidt. 186cm, 77kg. Midfielder/Forward (West Adelaide)
Maybe they just found a replacement for Dew. Schmidt is a skilful player who would be a medium-sized forward to compliment big Treadrea and smaller players like Mahoney and Ebert. The Power would also have the option of playing him further back, and with Wanganeen, Francou, Walsh and Kingsley all officially off the Power list there is a role somewhere for a player like Schmidt. Schmidt is a local, and if he and other prospects at this pick are rated similarly by the Power then taking the local player is the right pick.
Tom Hurley: In this draft the Power went big, really big with Leuenberger, and in the real AFL draft they probably do go big at pick 5 with Leuenberger, Sellar or another tall. Going big earlier might mean going small here, and Hurley is an onballer who gets a lot of the ball. The Power do have a lot of promising young onballers, but there is room for a few more. The Power could really draft a future onball unit in this draft, Hurley and Leuenberger could join Salopek and Pearce as a centre-square unit for the next decade.
Shaun Grigg: Not a local player as Grigg is from Victoria, but also could be someone the Power look at. Could play forward for the Power and would get a goal or two a game, and might setup a few more. Like Schmidt, Grigg could be put into a few different spots on the field next season as the Power fill some holes after retirements and delistings.
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
18. Essendon: Clayton Collard
19. Carlton: Daniel Connors
20. Essendon: Clinton Benjamin
21. Kangaroos: David Armitage
22. Brisbane Lions: Ricky Petterd
Chris Schmidt. 186cm, 77kg. Midfielder/Forward (West Adelaide)
Maybe they just found a replacement for Dew. Schmidt is a skilful player who would be a medium-sized forward to compliment big Treadrea and smaller players like Mahoney and Ebert. The Power would also have the option of playing him further back, and with Wanganeen, Francou, Walsh and Kingsley all officially off the Power list there is a role somewhere for a player like Schmidt. Schmidt is a local, and if he and other prospects at this pick are rated similarly by the Power then taking the local player is the right pick.
Tom Hurley: In this draft the Power went big, really big with Leuenberger, and in the real AFL draft they probably do go big at pick 5 with Leuenberger, Sellar or another tall. Going big earlier might mean going small here, and Hurley is an onballer who gets a lot of the ball. The Power do have a lot of promising young onballers, but there is room for a few more. The Power could really draft a future onball unit in this draft, Hurley and Leuenberger could join Salopek and Pearce as a centre-square unit for the next decade.
Shaun Grigg: Not a local player as Grigg is from Victoria, but also could be someone the Power look at. Could play forward for the Power and would get a goal or two a game, and might setup a few more. Like Schmidt, Grigg could be put into a few different spots on the field next season as the Power fill some holes after retirements and delistings.
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
18. Essendon: Clayton Collard
19. Carlton: Daniel Connors
20. Essendon: Clinton Benjamin
21. Kangaroos: David Armitage
22. Brisbane Lions: Ricky Petterd
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