Live Event 2021 AFL Draft live discussion

[Marcel Proust]

I don’t care what anyone says, we did not
Need to pick a small fwd.

Stack, Rioli, junior, Bolton, Shedda, Baker, George and Aarts can all run through that small fwd role.

It's hard to have confidence in stack long term atm.

DRioli is a defender by the looks of things.

It's a bonus if MRioli comes good

Bolton is a mid

Edwards won't play forever

Baker, yeah but may not be played forward.

Ideally you want to upgrade on aarts/George..

 

[tony__montana]

What if he is replacing one of George or Aarts?

I’d be happy with stack replacing one of them especially after we drafted 2 rebounding defenders and Baker/junior/Dan replacing the other

 

[Ancient Tiger]

Also Cumberland did his knee and isn’t gone he’s still on the list

I thought he technically isn't but we promised to rookie him after delisting him with Biggie.

 

[RobsJourney]

Literally all our picks except gibcus could be turned into midfielders

I love the positive thinking, but this is the problem. The best midfields, the ones that win finals, are always made up of the best pure midfielders going around. You rarely see bit-part forward/mids turn into big possession winners all around the ground, or contested players.

What we needed were ball winners, your guys like Ward, Hobbs, Johnson, Taylor even, what we got was a key defender and 4 flankers. Sonsie is a great get but I’m concerned he’ll always be a rung down from the pure mid we need.

My grandpa passed away at 86 in 2014 but used to always, ALWAYS say that Richmond had long had an issue picking too many flankers, we never got the good key position guys nor the best midfielders that would dominate games. Despite the recent success it’s crazy that this still continues, although we’re getting better at drafting key defenders.

 

[partycorolla]

Yep agree we have short Mansell stack Rioli we are loaded with them and we pick up another 2

Stack is a forward, we drafted Rioli as a forward (3 flags) before trying him at half back.... nothing to say some of the guys drafted as hbf turn out to be mids.

 

[Big Unit 30]

We had the best draft hand and did sweet f all
Only gibcus the good one and maybe sonsie

Imagine where the club would be without your stunning insight from YouTube highlights on your couch.
Thanks for the enlightenment

 

[Marcel Proust]

Or we could of like, just drafted midfielders instead?

Maybe but maybe not much point if the club doesn't think they are good enough

 

[tigs2010]

Banks is a 187cm mid. Some of you blokes smoking ice again

 

[Lord of the Wings]

It was pretty clear that we were seriously considering Sonsie at 17 given how happy Clarke was

 

[partycorolla]

he must be lodging with Bomber Thompson. Do we not need tall forwards anymore?

Maybe we actually want good ones....

 

[RobsJourney]

Yep.

If kids aren't elite midfielders as juniors it's very, very rare they make it as quality mids in the big leagues

This

 

[theyellowsash]

he must be lodging with Bomber Thompson. Do we not need tall forwards anymore?

Or mids.

 

[Cevap_Roll]

I don’t care what anyone says, we did not
Need to pick a small fwd.

Stack, Rioli, junior, Bolton, Shedda, Baker, George and Aarts can all run through that small fwd role.

Aarts and Cantstandya are s**t

Stack maybe but not quick enough, prefer mid for him
Riloli will play half back
MRJ Yes
Bolton Mid
Shedda Mid
Baker Back/Mid

I like the pick of Clarke. You want lighting quick as a small forward that can finish.

 

[Nostradumbass]

We didn't get more mids because we're getting one from gws next year.

 

[RJKTiger]

I don’t care what anyone says, we did not
Need to pick a small fwd.

Stack, Rioli, junior, Bolton, Shedda, Baker, George and Aarts can all run through that small fwd role.

Dusty is fairly short too - Cumberland still the on the list.

The lack of key forward stands out to me even more than our lack or ruckman before last season - its just not a great strategy.

wtf happened to Blake Schlensog. - wasn't he all the rage?

 

[Heisenberg_]

They were both reaches. Not massively but I remember the reactions to their selections.

And so far it's looking grim.

The reactions from here aren’t in line with reality

 

[TiggyTig]

Yeah while missing most of our midfield from round 3 onwards our ruckman for the whole season and our other ruckman for half the season. Was only 13 months ago we smashed every other finals side in clearances.



You know what else we’ve done since 2017, won 3 flags and made a prelim. Not a lot of chances for those kids to prove a lot.

Stop talking sense in here it’s not the place for it

 

[Julio Dulio]

Our recent recruiting has been sh*t that's why.

The flag list was built a decade ago.

Yeah when we were shite! Hard to draft stars with s**t picks, not to mention these guys haven’t got many opportunities yet


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[Marcel Proust]

Also Cumberland did his knee and isn’t gone he’s still on the list

I don't think he is until we rookie him

 

[Dr Tigris]

Sonie great

Banks sounds really good. But needs muscle

Clarke also sounds good.

Not the mids I wanted, but they all fill needs. So as long as we get a KPF next year happyish

 

[Calcium Man]

They were both reaches. Not massively but I remember the reactions to their selections.

And so far it's looking grim.

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[Tony Harrison]

Banks is a 187cm mid. Some of you blokes smoking ice again

Same height as the goat

 

[French Tiger]

I know nothing about the juniors apart from what people say on here or the phantom drafts here & there

Looks like 4 of our 5 picks were around the top 30 mark so nothing out of the ordinary there.

Just that we only have Tom & Jack as key forwards & that’s it ! So I guess there was no one around they wanted to use a pick on or , well I have no idea what the plan is

Anyway welcome to Tigerland boys , let’s hope you all have long careers in the yellow & black


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[GhostofJimJess]

Wonder if we are aggressive here, package 2 of those picks and look to grab either 22, 23, or 24.

Sonsie has been linked to us for a while, time to make a play and grab him. Hawks really keen.

Glad we didn't. Got him anyway and kept #30 in the process making Clarke essentially a free hit

Guys don’t worry about it. Every year when I think we’ve drafted well it’s been a shocker and vice versa. Thought it was pretty average this year so it’s bound to be the best draft haul we’ve ever had.

Yep, I punched the air the day we drafted Deledio, Tambling, Meyer and Pattison. Turned my nose up at using #3 for D Martin - thought he was a bit of a dill at Castlemaine

don't know why we traded so much to move up if this was the haul we wanted though

We only had 6 list spots available so needed to combine two draft picks for one.

 

[fargothegreat]

No point taking mids with pick 30 if they're only going to be around the same level of RCD/Ross/Dow/Martyn. May as well persist with the ones we have. We have a need for elite mids, not more projects.