The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Essendon
14 Angus Monfries
30 Andrew Lee
46 Henry Slattery
60 Paul Thomas
From The Age: Who your team picked
Maybe calling them "spaced-out picks" wasn't the best choice of words. Although they just meant that because they didn't trade, they didn't have several picks in any one round. Not trading has been a problem for Essendon in quite a few of the resent offseasons, that has to change this year.
Monfries might become a midfielder that can kick goals, Slattery might be a midfielder who stops the other team kicking goals. Two useful players but not among the first picked each week at Essendon, so it was not a great draft.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Collingwood
30 Andrew Lee
46 Henry Slattery
60 Paul Thomas
From The Age: Who your team picked
THE CLUB SAYS "In Monfries, Slattery and Thomas we're got the run, and in Lee we've got the height/development player. Overall, we had spaced-out picks - we're very happy with what we got. Obviously along the way there are guys that we'd hoped would come through, but we're more than happy with what we got." - Adrian Dodoro, Essendon recruiting manager
Monfries might become a midfielder that can kick goals, Slattery might be a midfielder who stops the other team kicking goals. Two useful players but not among the first picked each week at Essendon, so it was not a great draft.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Collingwood
