I know it's always choose the best available mantra, but if there was very little difference in Young and Rivers or Serong and Robertson, I'd prefer the W.A. no go home factor. I'm a bit over players wanting to leave, although I realise that's a part of modern football. Also do we need another half back?
FREMANTLE
Picks: 7, 8, 49, 58, 66, 73 (likely to use four or five selections)
All of Fremantle's work leading up to the draft was securing a move up the draft order to ensure it didn't have to match a bid on Liam Henry with one of its top-10 picks. After the Dockers' trades with Melbourne and Adelaide, it means they will likely match a bid for Henry with later picks and go into a points deficit. It also means their fourth pick (and fifth if they decide to use it) will be shifted right towards the end of the draft. At that point, it's hard to see Riley Garcia getting through to them, although the Dockers did have an interest in the midfielder, who went down with a torn ACL in the under-18 championships. Perhaps locals Ronin O'Connor, a tall midfielder, and Callum Jamieson, a ruck/forward, could come into their thinking late, while they have nominated NGA prospects Isaiah Butters and Leno Thomas. Freo did some extra testing on Jack Sarcevic, who played for the Geelong Falcons, but the Dockers' recruiting team is known to be diligent on all available prospects.
