The Good and Bad of the 2003 AFL Draft - Geelong
7 - Kane Tenace
22 - Cameron Thurley
38 - Mark Blake
42 - Matthew Spencer
54 - pass
From The Age: Who your team picked
Sometimes the clubs get a bit excited after they have picked their players. Cameron Thurley didn't get too close to being another Akermanis.
Where would the Cats be without the father/son picks, that allowance provided the Cats with their most useful player out of their picks from this AFL draft, ruckman Mark Blake. Blake is going to be a valuable ruckman for a long time. The Cats probably had the right idea when they went looking for some speedy players with their early picks, but they didn't pick the right ones. Spencer did have the size for AFL, so it wasn't a bad choice later in the draft.
The other teams should be happy that Geelong didn't have a lot of success in this draft, none of these players played in the 2007 AFL Grand Final, although Blake certainly was close. The Cats could have left the 2003 AFL draft with Beau Waters, Jed Adcock, Mark Blake and Sam Fisher, and that would have made them an even better team than they are now.
The Good and Bad of the 2003 AFL Draft - Fremantle
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22 - Cameron Thurley
38 - Mark Blake
42 - Matthew Spencer
54 - pass
From The Age: Who your team picked
The club says "Overall, we’re happy to get a combination of height and pace. We were happy to take Tenace because he adds something to our midfield that we haven’t got, which is electric pace. We’ve got more of a workman-like midfield. Cameron Thurley has played for Tasmania against AFLlisted players, is quick and a dangerous goalsneak, an Akermanis type. Matthew Spencer can play centre-half forward/centre-half back at 195 centimetres."
Mark Thompson, senior coach
Sometimes the clubs get a bit excited after they have picked their players. Cameron Thurley didn't get too close to being another Akermanis.
Where would the Cats be without the father/son picks, that allowance provided the Cats with their most useful player out of their picks from this AFL draft, ruckman Mark Blake. Blake is going to be a valuable ruckman for a long time. The Cats probably had the right idea when they went looking for some speedy players with their early picks, but they didn't pick the right ones. Spencer did have the size for AFL, so it wasn't a bad choice later in the draft.
The other teams should be happy that Geelong didn't have a lot of success in this draft, none of these players played in the 2007 AFL Grand Final, although Blake certainly was close. The Cats could have left the 2003 AFL draft with Beau Waters, Jed Adcock, Mark Blake and Sam Fisher, and that would have made them an even better team than they are now.
The Good and Bad of the 2003 AFL Draft - Fremantle
For AFL news and fantasy footy information, go to www.allfooty.info
