AFL Mock Draft 2007 - Pick 1, Carlton
Here is a guess at who the teams are going to select in the 2007 AFL draft. The draft order, updated after trade week is being used. There is a team in the West that might lose a pick or two, and that could radically alter who goes where, but that does seem unlikely to happen and even if some action is taken it could instead change the 2008 AFL draft order.
As with any mock, phantom, fake, prediction draft there will be plenty of choices that are a bit out. Only pick 39 can be written about with any certainty, as Darcy Daniher is locked into that spot.
Every pick in the draft will be posted here in the coming days. Maybe a few sleepers will be found, maybe a player or two will be over-hyped a tad, some of the picks might be spot on. It isn't just the Under 18 teams that will provide players for this draft, the VFL should be popular later in the draft as will older players from other leagues. Plenty of delisted AFL players would be considered from around pick 45. As Rodan showed during season 2007, a "recycled" player taken with the last pick can still be a match-winner.
Closer to the draft, another update of the mock draft will be provided.
1. Carlton - Matthew Kreuzer.
Ruckman/Tall Forward. 199cm, 91kg. Northern/Bundoora
Possible comparison: Just like Leuenberger, but an inch shorter. Kreuzer is a ruckman who can run, he can also mark above his head. Corey McKernan, at the start of his career with North Melbourne, is another player he is similar to, but not as strong as he was when he first played AFL.
Why: Teams should always draft the best tall at the top of the draft, Kreuzer is the best prospect among the tall and smaller options. If Carlton don't pick him, words like laughing stock and crazy would be used to describe them. Even if Hampson is going to be great, and he is several years away from anything close to that, a team needs a couple of big ruckmen to win.
Selected at pick 1 in the 2006 AFL draft:
Bryce Gibbs (Carlton, midfielder)
As with any mock, phantom, fake, prediction draft there will be plenty of choices that are a bit out. Only pick 39 can be written about with any certainty, as Darcy Daniher is locked into that spot.
Every pick in the draft will be posted here in the coming days. Maybe a few sleepers will be found, maybe a player or two will be over-hyped a tad, some of the picks might be spot on. It isn't just the Under 18 teams that will provide players for this draft, the VFL should be popular later in the draft as will older players from other leagues. Plenty of delisted AFL players would be considered from around pick 45. As Rodan showed during season 2007, a "recycled" player taken with the last pick can still be a match-winner.
Closer to the draft, another update of the mock draft will be provided.
1. Carlton - Matthew Kreuzer.
Ruckman/Tall Forward. 199cm, 91kg. Northern/Bundoora
Possible comparison: Just like Leuenberger, but an inch shorter. Kreuzer is a ruckman who can run, he can also mark above his head. Corey McKernan, at the start of his career with North Melbourne, is another player he is similar to, but not as strong as he was when he first played AFL.
Why: Teams should always draft the best tall at the top of the draft, Kreuzer is the best prospect among the tall and smaller options. If Carlton don't pick him, words like laughing stock and crazy would be used to describe them. Even if Hampson is going to be great, and he is several years away from anything close to that, a team needs a couple of big ruckmen to win.
Selected at pick 1 in the 2006 AFL draft:
Bryce Gibbs (Carlton, midfielder)
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So the clubs that rate Morton and Cotchin higher employ psych patients as RM's??
Kreuzer is the only player to consider at number 1, if Carlton don't take him it will be a great day for Richmond.