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After drafting all 18 clubs before the season started, The Hitout AFL Podcast check in on where it all sits, with some key criteria set to decide who comes out on top.
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00:00Teams, drafts, trade.
00:02Yeah.
00:02Team, the team's draft.
00:04Team's draft.
00:05And trades.
00:07And trades.
00:07Yeah.
00:08Okay.
00:08So, all right.
00:09Is this the best name we have for this segment?
00:11Because-
00:12It's pretty self-explanatory.
00:14It's a team's draft, but it feels like we've devised a segment purely just for SEO purposes.
00:19Well, not the name.
00:20Team, draft, AFL.
00:22You know what I mean?
00:23I get it.
00:24Do the podcast subs pick up on that?
00:25I don't know.
00:26It would probably work pretty well SEO-wise.
00:29But I don't know what you want to call it.
00:30We need to explain it again.
00:31Ultimate mega team's draft.
00:33Yeah.
00:33Okay.
00:33Ultimate mega team's.
00:35Next year can be team's draft to electric boogaloo.
00:38Okay.
00:39We need to re-explain.
00:40A recap.
00:42Yeah.
00:42So, ahead of the start of the season, the three of us did a draft for all of the 18
00:48AFL clubs.
00:49Yep.
00:50With an aim to fill out six-
00:54Criteria.
00:55Criteria.
00:56I always forget how to use the word criteria in that sense.
00:58Criteria is-
00:59Criteria, plural.
01:00Yeah, yeah.
01:00Six criteria.
01:02Each club has to fill into one part of each six criteria.
01:06You can't double up with one club.
01:09And so, the six criteria was a club that finishes in the top four, a club that finishes in the
01:12top eight, a club that finishes in the bottom four, a club that has a 50-plus goal kicker.
01:17I think we said that was at the end of the home and away season, not including finals.
01:21A club that has multiple AA selections and a club that scores 150 points in a game in the home
01:26and away season.
01:27So, we did the draft, Serpentine or Serpentine or Snake, whatever you want to call it.
01:32Yep.
01:32And we spat out our teams.
01:36So, Aiden has Richmond, Sydney, the Dogs, Hawks, Port and Carlton.
01:40Phoenix, you have Brisbane, North, Geelong, St. Kilda, Adelaide and Essendon.
01:44And I have Gold Coast, West Coast.
01:46Fremantle, GWS, Melbourne and Collingwood.
01:49Now, this is a vibes podcast.
01:51What's the vibes for you two with the assortment of clubs that you've got at this stage of the season?
01:57Confident bar one.
01:58Hey, same.
02:00I'm not confident about it, most of them.
02:02Have you tried to plug them into the criteria?
02:04I think I have, but, like, I think I just have too many teams that-
02:09I think I have, like, three teams there that aren't going to quite fill in a spot.
02:16So, like, I think Geelong is going to be a lock for top four, or maybe not.
02:22Well, Geelong or Brisbane, you assume, one of them.
02:23Yeah.
02:24Yep.
02:25Adelaide's coming up.
02:26The other one makes top eight.
02:26Top four, top eight.
02:27Yeah, Brisbane, maybe.
02:30I reckon Brisbane, you got 50-plus goal kicker in there.
02:33Who?
02:34Charlie Cameron.
02:34Logan Morris.
02:35Oh, yeah, he's on track, isn't he?
02:37Logan Morris has already kicked 35.
02:38I think Charlie Cameron's, like, 30-odd.
02:40Essendon, bottom four.
02:41Yep.
02:42Multiple AA, maybe Geelong.
02:45But then who's-
02:46So, you're relying on Brisbane being a top four?
02:48Yeah.
02:48Adelaide a top eight.
02:49Top eight.
02:50Oh, no, it's actually not too bad.
02:51It's not too bad.
02:52So, what's St. Kilda doing?
02:53They could be multiple AAs.
02:55St. Kilda-
02:55Naz and Wilkie.
02:56I don't know about Naz.
02:57It's been a bit of Max Hall chat this week.
03:00Nah.
03:01Max Hall's not making it.
03:02Jack Sinclair, probably not, but certainly not out of the equation.
03:07Who kicks 150 points?
03:09Actually, you know what?
03:09Sinclair-Wilkie might be my AA.
03:12Nah.
03:12I think Naz has a better chance than Sinclair, but you've got a chance.
03:16I've got Sinclair at Supercoach.
03:17He's racking up.
03:18He's doing heaps and Supercoaches and everything, though.
03:21All right.
03:21Yeah, it's not bad.
03:23I might try to trade out if anybody wants North Melbourne.
03:27All right.
03:27We might discuss the trades in a sec, because you are the only person that doesn't have
03:32a club that's kicked 150 points in a game this year.
03:35Yeah, so far.
03:36So, Sydney, GWS, and Freo are the three clubs.
03:38Aiden's got Sydney.
03:38I think-
03:39Would you gun for one of Mitch's?
03:42Whoa.
03:43I could trade-
03:44Would you want-
03:45I wouldn't mind a-
03:46You're not going to give up a Freo.
03:49No.
03:51I'm like Aiden.
03:52I've got five teams that I could just about lock in.
03:55Melbourne's a bit shaky, because Gorn and Cozzy, I think, will be in the All-Australian
04:00team, but the whole ruck-
04:02They'll both be in the squad.
04:03Yeah.
04:03Oh, yeah.
04:03But the whole ruck setup is very gray.
04:08So, yeah, Freo have kicked 150, but GWS is probably going to be my 150 team.
04:13D's ideally AA, Freo top four, Gold Coast top eight, West Coast bottom four.
04:17I think it leaves Collingwood with the 50-plus goal kicker, which they're probably the worst
04:22club to have for that.
04:23Yeah.
04:24They don't have a second AA outside of Dacos, I wouldn't have thought.
04:26No.
04:27I don't think they're going to pile 150 points this year, just given how blunted their attack
04:31is.
04:33They're not going to make a top eight, I don't think.
04:35No.
04:35They could.
04:36I don't think they will.
04:38And they won't finish bottom four.
04:39Yeah, they're going to be in that middle ground, the W ground.
04:43So, I'm going to put Collingwood up for trade if anyone wants them.
04:46Now, you might have your club that you're not a big fan of.
04:49Well, quick run through.
04:50So, I got Richmond, who are likely to be bottom four.
04:54Swans have done the 150 points, hit the mark there.
04:57Dogs, I think, top eight.
04:58Hawks, I think, top four.
04:59Port Adelaide, I've got Giorgiardi's maybe kicking 50 goals, which leaves multiple All-Australian
05:05selections.
05:06Could you do multiple A's for Port?
05:07It's Butters and Horn Francis.
05:10Butters and Giorgiardi's.
05:12Yeah.
05:13Butters and Aaliyah.
05:14Butters and Aaliyah.
05:15And then that leaves you with what?
05:34Carlton.
05:35Would you do Collingwood for Carlton?
05:39No.
05:39Damn it.
05:41I did want the Blues as a...
05:43Well, they might not be bottom four, I guess.
05:46I'm happy to settle or to stay with mine.
05:49But if you pitch me, I probably could be sold.
05:53Melbourne for Adelaide.
05:58Who would be...
05:59Why would you want Adelaide?
06:00They can probably tick a few boxes off with potential two All-Australians.
06:06I've already got two 150s already, so I might be set.
06:09Who's two All-Australians in Adelaide?
06:10Dawson, Miller.
06:12Dawson's almost a lot.
06:12Phil thought would have to come home pretty strong, but...
06:14Oh, no.
06:15I'd be back in those two.
06:16I'm keeping Adelaide then.
06:17Yeah.
06:18I only just figured out that...
06:1950-plus goal kicker.
06:20They might be...
06:21I don't know if they have a 50-plus goal kicker this year, the Crows.
06:24Be interesting.
06:25Who's leading their goal kicking?
06:27Let's have a look.
06:27Could be Rochelle.
06:30Rochelle's had 22 goals, which is only one more than Brodie Kemper-Cullum.
06:35He's coming to some good form, and they have a good run home.
06:38They do.
06:38They do.
06:39I think they're a good 150 sniff.
06:40That was easy.
06:41Yeah.
06:42Oh, they'll beat up on somebody at home.
06:44I think my 50-plus goal kicker is going to come from West Coast,
06:47but I don't know if Collingwood are going to be a bottom four club.
06:51So, I'm happy...
06:52What about Essendon?
06:52Would you trade Collingwood for Essendon?
06:55You've already got...
06:56No.
06:56You've got North as a bottom four.
06:58I don't know.
06:59I reckon they'll be above the ladder at the moment.
07:02I don't reckon they'll finish bottom four.
07:03North as a 12th.
07:04So, Port, West Coast, Richmond, and Essendon.
07:06No, I'm staying.
07:07I'm good.
07:08We're good.
07:08I believe in my draft.
07:10We could open up in one more trade period before the end of the year.
07:12We could.
07:13What are your thoughts on steals?
07:15We each...
07:16If you want to steal a club, it also means that someone can steal a club from you.
07:22I genuinely, now that we've had this discussion, I like my chances.
07:27You've convinced him to keep his six.
07:29Is there anything I can do?
07:29We all have to agree to the steal concept, but I'm...
07:34I threw the trade.
07:34I like the negotiating part.
07:37Even though none of us got a trade done.
07:38No.
07:39Because we negotiated.
07:40Is there any...
07:40Would anyone take Collingwood?
07:42I'll throw in like another club.
07:43Like, GWS has already got 150.
07:45So, you're going to have GWS and Collingwood, but you're going to have to give me two clubs
07:47back.
07:49What?
07:50GWS and...
07:50Nah.
07:52So, you get your 150 ticked off.
07:54Have you ever played Settlers of Catan?
07:56No.
07:56We've mentioned this before on this spot, I think.
07:58I'm a notoriously hard person to get a deal done with.
08:04I'm the Adrian Dodoro of Settlers.
08:07My super coach draft training is quite bleak as well.
08:10Just kidding.
08:11I'm a bit stubborn too, so.
08:13I think we're good.
08:14I think we're good.
08:15Yeah.
08:15I think Collingwood, I've just got to pray either...
08:19Jamie Elliott comes back from his ACL and kicks 50, or there's a second AA in that squad
08:26somewhere.
08:26Yeah.
08:27I just...
08:27Unless they put on 150, I might be set.
08:29Or they get on a run and finish top eight.
08:31I think they could squeeze a 150 in.
08:34Just like, they'll just beat up on someone.
08:36Collingwood?
08:37Yeah.
08:37Nah.
08:38At home or something.
08:39Nah.
08:40It would have to be...
08:40We've got no one to kick this year.
08:41What's the highest score you kick this year?
08:42They do usually par one against Port.
08:44We did kick a ton.
08:45Let me have a look.
08:46But they do usually do pretty well against Port.
08:49Yeah.
08:50I think we kicked a ton start of the year, which was...
08:53137 against Essendon on Anzac Day.
08:55Oh, there you go.
08:56Yeah.
08:56Yeah.
08:56Don't get to play Essendon every week, but...
08:58Yeah.
08:59But they, like...
09:00I don't know.
09:01And we had a pretty healthy team at the time.
09:04Yeah.
09:04And it was a good day.
09:05Sunny day.
09:06Top eight's a while away for Collingwood.
09:09Five spots off.
09:10How many...
09:10Ten points.
09:12Yeah.
09:12We're a game less played than a few of those clubs, though.
09:17But...
09:17Go Pies.
09:18Yeah.
09:19All right.
09:19I guess I'll stick with the Pies for now.
09:21Yeah.
09:21That was not uneventful, but...
09:24Uneventful.
09:25Yeah.
09:25It's just a check-in.
09:27But now that we've focused on the teams, let's focus on players.
09:39Um...
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