Mid Season Drafts were largely unsuccessful with only two in the last 20 years. The first was in 1990 and the last in the 1993 season which saw 31 players being added to AFL lists including five current AFL players switching clubs which were James Theissen, Damian Bourke, Dale Kickett, Brad Fox and Stephan Crochrane.

However lets have some fun with a Phantom mid season draft on how we can improve our AFL team. This follows an article by Collingwoods Nick Maxwell asking for it to return were he uses Cain Ackland and last years Collingwood player Ben Davies as examples on who could benefit from the system.

Rules of the K2k Phantom Mid Season AFL Draft

Lets go really simple and the TWO rules is you cannot swap the clubs elite players which I have listed below and your club has to realistically be able to fit them into the salary cap. I have also listed a link to the clubs player lists.

Adelaide

Simon Goodwin, Jason Porplyzia, Scott Thompson, Andrew McLeod

Brisbane

Jonathon Brown, Luke Power, Daniel Bradshaw, Daniel Merrett

Carlton

Chris Judd, Brendon Fevola, Nick Stevens, Bryce Gibbs

Collingwood

Scott Pendlebury, Paul Medhurst, Cameron Cloke, Dale Thomas

Essendon

Mathew Lloyd, David Hille, Henry Slattery, Adam McPhee

Fremantle

Mathew Pavlich, Rhys Palmer, Luke McPharlin, Aaron Sandilands

Geelong

Gary Ablett, Paul Chapman, Steve Johnson, Mathew Scarlett

Hawthorn

Buddy Franklin, Jarred Roughead, Luke Hodge, Campbell Brown

Kangaroos

Nathan Thompson, Mathew Campbell, Brent Harvey, David Hale

Melbourne

Brad Miller, Austin Wonaeamirri, Brad Green, Brock McLean

Port Adelaide

Chad Cornes, Kane Cornes, Peter Burgoyne, Dean Brogan

Richmond

Mathew Richardson, Nathan Brown, Brett Deledio, Nathan Foley

St Kilda

Nick Riewoldt, Luke Ball, Robert Harvey, Jason Gram

Sydney

Barry Hall, Leo Barry, Brett Kirk, Tadhg Kennelly

West Coast

Dean Cox, Daniel Kerr, Darren Glass, Andrew Embley

Bulldogs

Jason Akermanis, Brad Johnson, Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen

Trade away….