The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - West Coast
29 Matthew Rosa
37 Mark LeCras
44 Mitch Morton
57 Bradley Smith
From The Age: Who your team picked
Another very good draft from the Eagles. They traded for Tyson Stenglein and that was why their picks started at 29. Rosa and LeCras are both good quality players for West Coast and bargain draft selections. Mitch Morton was a father/son selection, he is now a Richmond Tiger. Smith was a good pick later in the draft, as the Eagles always needed to find an extra tall forward for more goals it made sense to see if he could help them.
Rosa at pick 29, he was worth a higher pick than that. He is certainly better than many of the players picked ahead of him. Rosa is also suited to the Subiaco ground, it gives him the space to use his pace.
The Eagles have been able to find goals from players that are not key forwards, like Brett Heady and Phil Matera, so it isn't a surprise that they identified LeCras' talent in front of goal.
West Coast rarely make mistakes in the drafts, and in 2004 they were able to acquire three players, drafting two and trading for Stenglein, that are presently solid contributors as well as a player they would have liked to have kept, Morton, but were able to trade for a draft pick.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Sydney
37 Mark LeCras
44 Mitch Morton
57 Bradley Smith
From The Age: Who your team picked
THE CLUB SAYS "(The playing list) is very, very young, and John (Worsfold) saw the need for a more mature player and another tall with the number of midfielders that we have got. We were pretty happy. The guys we got we had rated quite highly so that is always nice. The proof will be in the pudding in a couple of years." - Trevor Woodhouse, West Coast recruiting manager
Rosa at pick 29, he was worth a higher pick than that. He is certainly better than many of the players picked ahead of him. Rosa is also suited to the Subiaco ground, it gives him the space to use his pace.
The Eagles have been able to find goals from players that are not key forwards, like Brett Heady and Phil Matera, so it isn't a surprise that they identified LeCras' talent in front of goal.
West Coast rarely make mistakes in the drafts, and in 2004 they were able to acquire three players, drafting two and trading for Stenglein, that are presently solid contributors as well as a player they would have liked to have kept, Morton, but were able to trade for a draft pick.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Sydney
