AFL Mock Draft 2007 - Pick 60, Sydney
60. Sydney - Craig Bird (NSW scholarship player)
Midfielder. 178cm, 76kg. Nelson Bay
Possible comparison: Just pick any of their premiership onballers and he has a similarity to them. He works hard like Kirk, he can be an accountable player like Ablett, like Fosdike he knows what to do when he has the ball, and like J Bolton he has the ball a lot. Bird could be the Joel Selwood of 2008.
Why: This is a steal, at whatever pick they officially get him at, as he would go a lot higher if he was available to all teams. The Swans get a player who knows how to play in the middle and is reliable with his kicking, and will set up plenty of goals for Hall and their other forwards.
Selected at pick 60 in the 2006 AFL draft:
Carl Peterson (Richmond, midfielder)
Midfielder. 178cm, 76kg. Nelson Bay
Possible comparison: Just pick any of their premiership onballers and he has a similarity to them. He works hard like Kirk, he can be an accountable player like Ablett, like Fosdike he knows what to do when he has the ball, and like J Bolton he has the ball a lot. Bird could be the Joel Selwood of 2008.
Why: This is a steal, at whatever pick they officially get him at, as he would go a lot higher if he was available to all teams. The Swans get a player who knows how to play in the middle and is reliable with his kicking, and will set up plenty of goals for Hall and their other forwards.
Selected at pick 60 in the 2006 AFL draft:
Carl Peterson (Richmond, midfielder)
