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Benno_900
13 Dec 2004, 12:58
What are your top 5 choices of players, that your club should rookie list? For the roos I'd say:
1.Eddie Betts
2. Heath Grundy
3. Jesse D Smith
4. Jack Juniper
5. Josh Gibson
Porthos
13 Dec 2004, 13:38
PSD: Heath Grundy
1. Andrew Gilham
2. Scott McMahon
3. Nick Becker
4. Jack Juniper
5. Marty Corrie
jimmy35
13 Dec 2004, 13:56
What are your top 5 choices of players, that your club should rookie list? For the roos I'd say:
1.Eddie Betts
2. Heath Grundy
3. Jesse D Smith
4. Jack Juniper
5. Josh Gibson
Whats the story with Jesse D Smith? All the reports I have seen seem good. His CV reads outstanding but got overlooked in the draft. It was a bit of a suprise according to the papers.
Benno_900
13 Dec 2004, 14:04
Don't know much about him, I'm just following media's reports. I know that he had 30+ touches in TAC cup grand final though, but you can't judge him over one game.
PSD - Kirkby and Knobel
Rookie - Grundy, Smith, Bain, Redden, Rix
What are your top 5 choices of players, that your club should rookie list? For the roos I'd say:
1.Eddie Betts
2. Heath Grundy
3. Jesse D Smith
4. Jack Juniper
5. Josh Gibson
If you go on recent history, North will almost certainly take 2-3 players from Port Melbourne plus probably one other from another VFL club. Over the last couple of years we've shown a real aversion to picking up TAC Cup players for some reason. Outside of Jesse Smith who was unmissable as a father/son and David Trotter who played about three games for Calder, there's been nobody. I'd expect we'll take Gibson and maybe a couple out of Hooker, Finnan and Gieschen, with perhaps a delisted player from somewhere.
GOALden Hawk
13 Dec 2004, 14:20
Rix is ineligible for the rookie list.
Kirkby would be my first choice but will be taken by Richmond, if not earlier.
1. Grundy
2. Bain
3. Clinton Young
4. Batson
5. Nayna
Realistically it will be a fluke if we get 1 of those players.
Benno_900
13 Dec 2004, 14:21
Yeah, I know but thats who I want the roos to pick not who I think they'll pick. (referring to desie's post)
Johnson#26
13 Dec 2004, 14:33
1: Ben Sharp
2: Andrew Gillham
3: Luke Jarrad
4: Luke Mullins.
Considering we only have two picks (we kept Dave Fanning and Zane Leonard) take then first two.
InForAPenny
13 Dec 2004, 14:49
Rix is ineligible for the rookie list.
Kirkby would be my first choice but will be taken by Richmond, if not earlier.
1. Grundy
2. Bain
3. Clinton Young
4. Batson
5. Nayna
Realistically it will be a fluke if we get 1 of those players.
I hope for your sake you don't get Batson or Nayna.
I have seen Batson 4 or 5 times in the last 2 years. Just tall, not much else. Was touched up bigtime by smaller, more mobile ruckmen.
Nayna would need to be a lot more disciplined to play at a level higher than TAC. He played a lot of unaccountable footy but looks specy as third man up at boundary throwins.
Russian
13 Dec 2004, 15:06
Haven't put much thought into this but
PSD: Grundy
1. Shaw
2. Murphy
3. McMahon
4. Juniper
5. Pearce
Streaker
13 Dec 2004, 15:14
Ryan Nye
Ben Wright
Scott McMahon
Beau Wilkes
Andrew Ruck
GOALden Hawk
13 Dec 2004, 15:17
Actually take off Nayna and add Luke Mullins - forgot him! Collingwood will probably re-draft him.
We have to take at least one young ruckman - I don't want to be pinning my hopes of Campbell and Taylor. Batson seems to be the best of the kids available, along with Van Shaik
Deestroy
13 Dec 2004, 15:25
1. Eddie Betts
2&3&4 - Ruckman with good size, no point in rookie listing a beanpole
5. Next best forward pocket.
Basically since we will only be using 2 picks, 1 ruckman and 1 forward pocket.
The Doctor
13 Dec 2004, 15:43
1. JD Smith
2. Stuart Hill
3. Gilham
4. Barling
5. Chris Gooley
Ragingbull
13 Dec 2004, 15:55
1. Grundy
2. McMahon
3. Betts
4. Garruba
5. Shaw
benrey_demons
13 Dec 2004, 17:37
Pearce (pearce and davey flying around the forward line!!!!)
Betts
Toovey
Grundy
Kirkby
richcogs
13 Dec 2004, 18:42
The 4 players I think Richmond should draft though the PSD and rookie draft are:
Jesse D. Smith
Ruory Kirkby
Heath Grundy
Tom Redden
Saw the Calder Cannons play the Eastern Rangers in the T.A.C Cup Grand Final, Jesse D. Smith looked absolutely brilliant. And hes was Calder captain, can't go wrong with Calder captain's at late picks, look at Brent Hartigan.
vinnie_vegas69
13 Dec 2004, 19:07
For midfielders/small players:
#1: Ryan Bain
#2: Ben Sharp
#3: Danyle Pearce
#4: Harry O'Brien
#5: Luke Jarrad
For KPP's:
#1: Heath Grundy
#2: Heath Lawry
#3: Jackson Barling
#4: Beau Wilkes
#5: Clinton Young
For all you guys listing Tom Redden, I think because he's underage he won't be in the rookie draft, as he's got another year of U/18's left to play. I'm not positive about that, but I think it's true, as no one is tlaking about drafting him, Ryan Jackson or Alan Toovey, some of the more high profile players to miss out, and they all have another year of eligibility left.
footyman
13 Dec 2004, 20:00
2. Stuart Hill
Doc I agree with you on him. Solidly built tall forward.
JD Smith got a decent article in the Herald Sun today and an interview on SEN, you'd expect someone will pick him up. Hopefully not Carlton ;) Maybe a tad slow but makes up for it in other areas of his game.
Anyone can pick Grundy and Kirkby etc, but a couple of others:
Brendan Van Schiak as a ruckman - had he not done a knee in 2003 he may have been fairly highly rated.
Out of the VFL Luke Jarrad, improved a lot this year. With his talent get him on a weights program and see how he goes.
1. Guy Campbell (Bendigo Bombers)
2. Danyle Pearce
3. Jeremy Clayton (North Melbourne)
4. Simon Rosa (Bendigo Bombers)
5. Ben Cosgriff (Essendon rookie 2004)
sydneyfootyfan
14 Dec 2004, 08:29
The 4 players I think Richmond should draft though the PSD and rookie draft are:
Jesse D. Smith
Ruory Kirkby
Heath Grundy
Tom Redden
Saw the Calder Cannons play the Eastern Rangers in the T.A.C Cup Grand Final, Jesse D. Smith looked absolutely brilliant. And hes was Calder captain, can't go wrong with Calder captain's at late picks, look at Brent Hartigan.
Ben Jolley was Calder Captain!
Benno_900
14 Dec 2004, 10:23
What are your top 5 choices of players, that your club should rookie list? For the roos I'd say:
1.Eddie Betts
2. Heath Grundy
3. Jesse D Smith
4. Jack Juniper
5. Josh Gibson
At least we got one of them.
GOALden Hawk
14 Dec 2004, 11:03
Got 2 of my top 5 choices, so very happy indeed.
Annabelle
14 Dec 2004, 13:42
Sydney has done very well in the rookie draft - better than in the AFL draft.
Congratulations to the Swannies on nabbing Guy Campbell. As a regular viewer of Bendigo matches, I was impressed with his output so he'll do well up there.
As for us, getting bain and Jolley is a very good result, reading reviews about both.
grimlock
14 Dec 2004, 14:06
Sydney has done very well in the rookie draft - better than in the AFL draft.
Very happy with the picks, we got a couple of KPP who could definitely step in during the season, plus the two best NSW/ACT players in Clarke and Shaw.
lappin_it_up12
14 Dec 2004, 19:08
Doc I agree with you on him. Solidly built tall forward.
JD Smith got a decent article in the Herald Sun today and an interview on SEN, you'd expect someone will pick him up. Hopefully not Carlton ;) Maybe a tad slow but makes up for it in other areas of his game.
Anyone can pick Grundy and Kirkby etc, but a couple of others:
Brendan Van Schiak as a ruckman - had he not done a knee in 2003 he may have been fairly highly rated.
Out of the VFL Luke Jarrad, improved a lot this year. With his talent get him on a weights program and see how he goes.
sorry to dissapoint you footyman... looks like carlton did very well gaining the services of Jesse D Smith- I am ecstatic at drafting both him, and especially Eddie Betts...