Dominator_7 wrote:
http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2016-09-29/blues-secure-pick-3
Pick 3 in the Draft to us.
With GWS and Brisbane with picks 1 and 2, if I'm not mistaken, this means we get first choice of the best talent within Victoria, as Clubs can only draft from players within their state.
So who do we want? So far we have a
utility forward (Darcy Vescio - marquee),
key defender/mid (Bri Davey - marquee),
inside mid (Lauren Arnell - pre draft selction),
ruck/kf (Kate Shierlaw - rookie) and
outside mid (Nat Exon - rookie). My initial thought is probably good to grab a ruck early as they are going to be hard to find I suspect and we don't have one except a rookie. I don't know if Selina Goodman (Qld) or Ellyse Gamble (Tas) are going into the Vic draft (there has been some speculation) but if not maybe Beth Kearney or Alison Downie. Later on we might be looking to take Assistant coach Jane Lange as a player as well given she has been a playing coach this year - don't know if she is planning to play on but it would be very hard to retire with the league just starting you would think. It will be important to get a good age spread as well as positional spread. The temptation will be to load up on younger girls (min draft age is 18) so as to get longer term players but you will also want some experience as well. It amazes me how much info I have managed to pick up without really meaning to - about the only girls footy I watch is my daughters local youth girls team and most of the players in that league who have league potential talent tend to move on to better competitions, so I have seen a few of the girls over the years (Ellie Blackburn once dominated a youth girls game for Cranbourne against my daughter's team like I have never seen a game dominated before or since) but not a lot. Still with the demo games, nationals, youth national etc you can get to know a few names. There will be 76 players drafted from the Victorian pool and that's probably about as many as I know - not suggesting the 2 lists would coincide. Will be interesting to see how lists are built.