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The general consensus from all the Phantom's doing the rounds (including Twomey's) has us taking the two best distributors in the draft, Roberts and Moir.
gurugeoff wrote:As usual, the top 40 picks all read very well, so on paper, at least, we will get two great additions.
they all read well, but most will not be long-term prospects in the end
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Liam McMahon
The developing key forward spent his first year at the club in 2021 in the VFL, kicking seven goals from seven games The 2020 second-round selection is a long-term prospect, but has a high ceiling, with a terrific vertical leap and outstanding athleticism.
He will be aiming to put his hand up for senior selection in 2022.
I’ve always enjoyed Cal Twomey’s phantom draft, though I preferred the previous format where he put the teams in draft order and then suggested who they’d pick rather than his assessment of player quality 1 to 30. also, I wondered how reliable he is from a Pies perspective. Had a little look at the last three and was impressed.
2022: he had Jakob Ryan at pick 19 with Allan likely to have been taken earlier by WC at 13. We got Allan and collected Ryan at 28. I’m going to give him a big tick: we got our man and the ‘bonus’ of Allan
2021: N Daicos at 4. Correct. Obviously we’d get him, but I feared we might have been forced to buy in as early as 2 and mostly likely 3. Twomey was correct.
2000: ‘Archie Perkins’ at our pick 16 (became 17). Essendon took him at 9. Connor Stone was to be our pick 19, but he got taken at 15 by GWS. Twomey had Henry at 10 and Reef McInnes at 11 to Adelaide and if not him then had Adelaide taking Finn Macrae. So we took them at 17, 23 and 19.From memory there was pre-draft talk of using our first on Reef, who slid a little. I would have preferred Perkins to Henry, but out of our hands. I’ve still high hopes for Finn and Reef.
2019…that’s a depressing memory. Twomeys guide only goes to 30, so he’s off the hook. Our first pick Jay Rantell pick 40 then Bianco and Ruscoe.
All in all I reckon Twomey has been as on the ball as can be in a changeable market given last minute pick trades upsetting both the order and setting off cascades of unavailable players. I’m happy to get one of his suggestions (17,19 & 21)which are about our pick 19, though history suggests we’re more likely to get a slider with our first pick and hopefully collect one of the three mentioned with our second.
I reckon Archie Reid if he's there is a no brainer - we have little to lose, he has a lot of up side, could be Paul Salmon mach 3 (remembering we're getting Paul Salmon Mach 2 via whatever draft we get the NBA players from). Maybe Mach 4 if Cox keeps going (he's getting there!)
Tholstrup might not be there by [pick 19, and even if he is, as good as he is sposed to be, do we need another third tall (which is basically what he is) - we have Elliot and then McInness in that role (or who can play that role) and even Ash Johnson - he's a tallish forward without being a tall forward. I'd take best available if Reid isn't there at 19 and then a speculative tall at 30 odd and then Wingard at 80 if he's amenable Give him a premiership
Give him a premiership 
