National Preseason Draft Results

Scotland's exactly the kind of midfielder your old mate Osama bin Stevens (supposedly) isn't. If you hadn't been laughing quite so loud. you might have got more than diddly-squat back for him. So we have Port to thank for getting both of them for next to sod all.

1 1 Western Bulldogs James Condos Werribee
1 2 Carlton Andrew Carrazzo Geelong
1 3 Melbourne Aaron Davey Port Melbourne
1 4 Richmond Nathan Foley Geelong Falcons
1 5 Geelong Luke Buckland Geelong Falcons
1 6 St Kilda Dylan Pfitzner Central Districts
1 7 Kangaroos pass
1 8 Hawthorn Ben Clifton Calder Cannons
1 9 West Coast Brett Jones Claremont
1 10 Fremantle Paul Duffield South Fremantle
1 11 Essendon Ben Cosgriff Murray Bushrangers
1 12 Adelaide Tim Hazell Hawthorn
1 13 Port Adelaide Adam Grocke North Adelaide
1 14 Sydney Aaron Rogers Melbourne
1 15 Collingwood Zane Leonard Dandenong Stingrays
1 16 Brisbane Daniel Pratt Brisbane Lions

2 17 Western Bulldogs pass
2 18 Carlton Murray Boyd Western Jets
2 19 Melbourne Paul Newman Kyabram
2 20 Richmond Mark Dragicevic Richmond
2 21 Geelong James Allan Geelong Falcons
2 22 St Kilda Nick Stone Hawthorn
2 23 Kangaroos pass
2 24 Hawthorn Michael Rix Box Hill Hawks
2 25 West Coast Michael Embley Swan Districts
2 26 Fremantle Dylan Smith Fremantle
2 27 Essendon Nathan Lovett-Murray Bendigo Bombers
2 28 Adelaide Rowan Andrews Tassie Mariners
2 29 Port Adelaide Salim Hassan West Adelaide
2 30 Sydney Scott McGlone Sydney
2 31 Collingwood David Fanning Aberfeldie
2 32 Brisbane Matthew Pardew Morningside

3 33 Western Bulldogs pass
3 34 Carlton Adam Bentick Calder Cannons
3 35 Melbourne Luke Molan Melbourne
3 36 Richmond pass
3 37 St Kilda pass
3 38 Kangaroos pass
3 39 Hawthorn Josh Thurgood North Ballarat Rebels
3 40 West Coast Jaymie Graham South Fremantle
3 41 Fremantle Michael Warren Claremont
3 42 Essendon Andrew Lovett East Perth
3 43 Adelaide Brad Dabrowski West Adelaide
3 44 Port Adelaide Dale Ellis Woodville-West Torrens
3 45 Sydney Daniel Hunt Sydney
3 46 Collingwood Dean Benson Oakleigh Chargers
3 47 Brisbane Josh Drummond Northern Eagles

4 48 Western Bulldogs pass
4 49 Carlton Sam Pleming Gippsland Power
4 50 Melbourne Joel Campbell Pioneers (NT)
4 51 St Kilda pass
4 52 Kangaroos pass
4 53 Hawthorn Shaun Bergin Bendigo Pioneers
4 54 West Coast Clancy Rudeforth Claremont
4 55 Fremantle Ben Colreavy Claremont
4 56 Essendon Peter Summers Northern Bullants
4 57 Adelaide Matthew Smith Adelaide
4 58 Port Adelaide pass
4 59 Sydney Luke Taylor Murray Bushrangers
4 60 Collingwood Justin Crow Collingwood
4 61 Brisbane Jacob Furfaro Brisbane Lions

5 62 Carlton Setanta O hAilpin Ireland
5 63 Kangaroos pass
5 64 Hawthorn Paul Shelton Morningside
5 65 Essendon James Davies Essendon
5 66 Sydney Nick Potter Pennant Hills
5 67 Brisbane Leigh Ryswyk Southport
6 68 Essendon Adrian Wilson Essendon
6 69 Sydney pass
6 70 Brisbane Jeremy Stiller Northern Eagles

7 71 Sydney pass
7 72 Brisbane pass

8 73 Sydney pass
8 74 Brisbane pass
9 75 Brisbane pass

Dragacevich (pick 20) must have just sneaked under the age limit. Notice WC nabbed Andy Embley's kid brother. Ben Clifton (Haw) is the son of radio racing commentator Terry Clifton. Be interesting to see if Josh Thurgood (Haw) is a descendant of the Essendon legend from the very early days, Albert.

Melbourne drafted Paul Newman. Oh well, at least with that name they'll have one bloke who can act like a footballer CONVINCINGLY.

Bottom line is nick stevens got screwed, he wanted collingwood, they decided he's not worth 500K, so they offered rubbish, the same rubbish that carlton pounced upon. you copped an outside player whose heart is with the arch enemy for 2 mill. So if your happy for him to compete 1 quarter and think you got more than port, then id suggest your join john elliott as his asset manager.

Port tried to act tough and forgot they weren't dealing with Sturt and Centrals any more. Port can pat themselves on the back for screwing Stevens all they like but they screwed themselves good and proper at the same time.

we lost a player we were overly concerned at losing and a player that wanted to leave, weve freed up salary cap, sure we got nothing in return, but nothing sometimes is better than the crap offered.

facts and figures (he was on 350 at the power and ive yet to see a player leave for less than what he was getting, at least not in the modern era) would suggest fred, that he was after 500K per year and seeing as he was quite willing to cross to carlton that he might have received what he wanted, thats how it works fred, you ask for something if its not given then you try somewhere else until you find the inept poorly run club that is desperate to increase its playing stocks so it pays well over the market rate for something, that in the long run leads to unrest in the organisation because the bloke getting paid the big bucks is the game breaker that similiar players are who are on the same money.

Anyway you seem happy with what youve got, might be interesting to revisit the winners and loser of the n stevens affair at some point in the future, perhaps after a few of the home carlton games when you and your fellow supporters realise that he's not worth it

That should read "ISNT"

Leigh Ryswyk.......Results at 2003 National Draft Camp.......6th in 20 metr sprint 2.95......5th in Vertical Jump (running) behind Jake Furfaro (2nd) ...... 8th in Beep Test.

Looks like a couple oc good new recruits for the Lions.