Team AFL Draft Review: Geelong Cats
Draft Table Talk:
Not difficult for the Cats to decide on Selwood, they had a top 5 player available to them there at pick 7 so it was an easy choice.
It would have been interesting to hear what other players the Cats were looking at for pick 25. Players still available to select included MacKenzie, Tippett, Allen and Schofield, but the Cats might have been looking for another small. Djerrkura has some extra pace and Geelong would have considered that when comparing him to other players for pick 25.
There was never a pick easier to make than taking Hawkins in the third round with the father/son rule.
Geelong added a fast player with their last pick. That would have been something they went into the draft looking for and they got it with two of their picks.
2006 Draft vs 2005 Draft:
Varcoe slipped to Geelong's first pick in 2005 because he was injured, and again in the 2006 draft the Cats might have got a steal as Selwood would have gone earlier if he was not injured in 2006. Geelong went big in 2005 with their next picks, but went small with picks 25 and 57 in the 2006 draft. Geelong might have found a player in speedy Stokes with their last pick in 2005, and in 2006 they went with one of the quickest prospects with their final pick as they took Hogan. The big difference between the drafts is Hawkins, and he will help Geelong more than their entire 2005 draft.
Player: Pick 7 Joel Selwood, 182cm 80kg (Bendigo)
Comparison: Mark Bairstow
ETA: Round 1 2007
Possible position: Midfielder
Player: Pick 25 Nathan Djerrkura, 176cm 77kg (Wanderers)
Comparison: Sean Denham
ETA: Middle Rounds of 2007
Possible position: Small Defender, Midfielder
Player: Pick 41 (father/son) Tom Hawkins, 197cm 95kg (Sandringham Dragons)
Comparison: Barry Stoneham
ETA: Round 1 2007
Possible position: Full Forward
Player: Pick 57 Simon Hogan, 181cm 68kg (Geelong Falcons)
Comparison: Shannon Byrnes
ETA: 2008
Possible position: Midfielder
Not difficult for the Cats to decide on Selwood, they had a top 5 player available to them there at pick 7 so it was an easy choice.
It would have been interesting to hear what other players the Cats were looking at for pick 25. Players still available to select included MacKenzie, Tippett, Allen and Schofield, but the Cats might have been looking for another small. Djerrkura has some extra pace and Geelong would have considered that when comparing him to other players for pick 25.
There was never a pick easier to make than taking Hawkins in the third round with the father/son rule.
2006 Draft vs 2005 Draft:
Varcoe slipped to Geelong's first pick in 2005 because he was injured, and again in the 2006 draft the Cats might have got a steal as Selwood would have gone earlier if he was not injured in 2006. Geelong went big in 2005 with their next picks, but went small with picks 25 and 57 in the 2006 draft. Geelong might have found a player in speedy Stokes with their last pick in 2005, and in 2006 they went with one of the quickest prospects with their final pick as they took Hogan. The big difference between the drafts is Hawkins, and he will help Geelong more than their entire 2005 draft.
Player: Pick 7 Joel Selwood, 182cm 80kg (Bendigo)
Comparison: Mark Bairstow
ETA: Round 1 2007
Possible position: Midfielder
Player: Pick 25 Nathan Djerrkura, 176cm 77kg (Wanderers)
Comparison: Sean Denham
ETA: Middle Rounds of 2007
Possible position: Small Defender, Midfielder
Player: Pick 41 (father/son) Tom Hawkins, 197cm 95kg (Sandringham Dragons)
ETA: Round 1 2007
Possible position: Full Forward
Player: Pick 57 Simon Hogan, 181cm 68kg (Geelong Falcons)
Comparison: Shannon Byrnes
ETA: 2008
Possible position: Midfielder
