I put in the question for the AGM what planning and lobbying is being done for the 2027 draft. The question wasn’t answered.
Melbourne were more likely to take Farrow over Sharp. They brought in Jack Steele in the off season who would play that role for them and had arguably different needs/wants. That was the gamble and it paid off. I rate Xavier Lindsay, but very happy that we picked up two-three of the top five kicks of the draft in Kondo and Farrow.
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That in itself is the answer.
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The AFL article was saying if Taylor had been taken they were taking Nairn.
Exactly, MORE LIKELY to have taken Farrow or Nairn over Sharp
The article didn’t even mention Farrow. The implication was if we’d taken Taylor over Farrow they’d have gone Nairn.
Ok well on Gettable Cal Twomey specifically mentions that Essendon believed Melbourne were more likely to go for Farrow over Sharp, hence they took the gamble to take him later. The article is also right, in that Melbourne rated others ahead of Sharp. Both are right.
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Will be throwing stocks into Butler for sure. Also saw that he will likely have or already has had a train on spot with St Kilda.
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Xavier Lindsay was Melbourne’s pick last year, with Harvey Langford, and part of the Melbourne swap for the Kako pick.
You might be thinking Josh Lindsay who went to WCE.
Xavier Taylor
Well, the AFL article isn’t discussing what we believed, it’s discussing what Melbourne was meant to be planning. It’s saying in reality our order didn’t matter, as Melbourne weren’t planning on taking either Farrow or Sharp. Their concern was we’d take Taylor or Pickett, and if we had they’d have gone Nairn next.
We can believe we were gambling, but if the article is correct both teams wanted completely different players.
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We are agreeing with each other here though. That is my point, Essendon believed Dees weren’t going for Sharp and decided to take him later. The fact that what you’re suggesting they weren’t high on Farrow still supports that as well. Hindsight post draft shows who clubs were prioritising.
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My guess is Dees thought there was a high chance we’d take Pickett at the Sharp pick. Hence they played their interest down and snuck him in on draft night.
The Dees logic was that if we knew they were interested in Pickett, we may reach for him at the Farrow pick and then hope Farrow slide passed them. In the end, both teams were off the mark.
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