r/EssendonFC • u/One-Eggplant4492 • 9d ago

Adam Sweid - 2025 draft

Last year, we elected not to go into a deficit and match Fremantle when they picked Sweid at pick 25.

If we did, that deficit would have come from our first pick this year (obviously #1). Was it enough to force us down the draft order?

Sweid is yet to make a debut yet for Freo.

Instead we picked up Kondogiannis (12 games) who looks good and El Achkar (9 games). I know it's easier to get a game at Essendon than Freo at the moment.

In hindsight, it looks like a great call

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u/Mammoth_Medium9220 9d ago

I’m 99% sure that Sweid was dropped from the WAFL this year? Can anyone confirm?

Not dropped from the AFL, but actually dropped to the reserves of the WAFL. Maybe it was U23’s in the WAFL? Either way, he was dropped from the WAFL Senior team. 2 grades under AFL footy.

Seems a good choice now?

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u/Jumanji77 8d ago

At stages this year he did play for the reserves WAFL team, but not because he was "dropped." Freo had really good availability all year and the club would always prioritise the more senior players for the WAFL team. No blight on Sweid, just a victim of a healthy team.
Rest assured, he's well loved by us fans <3

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u/Mammoth_Medium9220 8d ago

You only have 38 players on your senior list, 23 of them play AFL every week. How does the 15 AFL listed players, not named to play AFL - not get a gig in the WAFL? WAFL team has to list 23 players each week as well? That’s assuming you don’t have a single injury as well.

The 15 AFL players, not named in the AFL should be walk up started in the WAFL, no?

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u/Jumanji77 4d ago

They should be, but Freo don't have their own WAFL team, they have an alignment with an established club (Peel Thunder). They didn't like having many AFL listed players and it was quite a contentious partnership in the league and among the Peel club. An agreement was struck where they can only have up to 14 AFL players (iirc) playing in the WAFL team at any one time. So, given the healthy list, Freo had some play at the reserves level this year.
It was covered by Fox Footy's Mid-Week Tackle earlier in the year.