This Saturday the 2008 AFL Draft will take place
It’s when your AFL club picks the best young talent available and for many its one of the most anticipated days in the AFL calendar.
If your club is struggling — the Draft promises rebirth — a Chris Judd, a Lance Franklin or a Clive Waterhouse can change the football fortunes of a club both on and off the field.
If your club is strong — the draft represents a chance to top up, to further strengthen — and this year’s Draft is a particularly strong one.
So what are you hoping for?
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Please dont bore us with this draft rubbish,can we have at least part of the year AFL free,I personally loath the game and it arrogant CEO and 500 hangers on the Melbourne Perth and SA press.
Living in Perth its like an inescapable disease,I much preferred living in Sydney and Brisbane,but then I suppose you have to do something to keep the dullards here amused.
I love that Clive Waterhouse got a mention Leigh.
Draftees are like Christmas presents for footy fans. A quick scan of weight height and position gives you an idea of what potential holes in your team have just been filled. A pecking order in your mind is created, as the higher the pick used to select them, the higher the hopes you have for them. Not unlike looking under the Christmas tree and picking out which packages with your name on the card are the most promising.
It’s not until early next year that you get to unwrap them though. You start by tearing into the biggest package, and you realise that your club’s first round pick is so skinny and raw that he will take years to become a decent senior player, if he gets that far at all. You push ahead despite your disappointment, and you get to a package you had barely noticed before, and you find that the kid taken with a pick in the 80’s moves well and looks like he might be in the team for round 1.
The limitless potential that young draftees offer footy fans is one of the joys of following the sport, even though it regularly leads to disappointment.