Mega Thread 2013 Official Draft Thread

[NUFC Tiger]

We rate it lower than last year's pool

Thanks UTG - probably just as well we will be moving up the ladder in the near future then!

 

[TFLUA-Tiger]

Reporting for duty.

Interesting draft this one. Lots of big bodied midfielders, some real high end key forwards and a dearth of ruck men/key defenders.

 

[Stylo]

dearth of ruck men

That's not good considering our current ruck prospects.

Anyone know of any State League rucks worth watching this year?

 

[Sin City]

Reckon you've underrated Salem's pace MR. Regularly burns his opponent off after winning the ball.

 

[purrrrrrrrrrfect]

BILLINGS! BILLINGS! BILLINGS!

 

[MR]

I said this last year, but I personally rate this draft higher than I did the last. The early talent is much stronger and it runs a little deeper.

 

[David3030]

Is there any early indication of how deep this draft pool will be?

Similar depth to 2012 NUFC. Some clubs rate this years draft quite highly and others are not very enthusiastic.

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Similar depth to 2012 NUFC. Some clubs rate this years draft quite highly and others are not very enthusiastic.

Interesting to see how different clubs hold different assessments of draft pools.

Is there any talk if there is any particular strong areas in the draft (i.e midfielders, rucks, forwards etc?).

Think we should consider an outside midfielder at this stage (though that can change pretty quickly depending on how the season pans out).

 

[David3030]

We rate it lower than last year's pool

I heard the same thing UTG. We did not rate last years draft and we think this year is worse again.

IMO Billings is a top 3 pick this year. He is only behind James Aish from Norwood and Eastern Rangers KPF Tom Boyd.

 

[Kick it 2 Royce]

Scharenberg is the one hopefully we get to see him in the midfield this year to see his true talent but he is one of my favorites in this years pool . potetial A grader!!!

 

[Tigers26]

At this stage I believe an outside,pacey, Lewis Jetta type would be handy.

Jay Kennedy Harris or Christian Salem perhaps?

 

[Dragonss]

Nahas for first round pick. I called it.

 

[SumTingWong]

Hi MR,
Heard a word or two about the fact that we're quite prepared to trade our first round draft pick this year because we don't rate the draft very highly. Have you heard anything about this?

 

[3rdManUp]

Are GWS going to pick the eyes out of this one too or have they run out of tricks?

 

[Calcium Man]

Just keep going the way we have with the first pick, Vlastuin, Ellis, Conca, Martin, Vickery, Cotchin and Riewoldt!!!

 

[MR]

Hi MR,
Heard a word or two about the fact that we're quite prepared to trade our first round draft pick this year because we don't rate the draft very highly. Have you heard anything about this?

A little bit, I can't really say i'm entirely confident in what I've heard. As I said in the OP, we have an eye on certain players in this year's draft so I wouldn't be surprised if we retained our pick but at a guess we also have our eye on some quality players from opposition which could potentially cost us our first round pick.

It's way too early anyway to decide to trade the first round pick. There is still a whole year of under 18s which the club needs to analyse and dissect before coming to that decision.

 

[MR]

At this stage I believe an outside,pacey, Lewis Jetta type would be handy.

Jay Kennedy Harris or Christian Salem perhaps?

Want another Nahas???

 

[Grockadoc]

Want another Nahas???

What are your thoughts on Reynolds, MR? I see him as a similar play to Paul Chapman, and some have commented they see a bit of Dusty about him. I think he could be that missing link in our forward line.

 

[Tigerland]

Find me a midfielder with speed, skills and class, somewhere between 187-192cm.

How tall is Sam Blease from Melbourne?

Tiger supporter isn't he. Has the kind of speed we need.

Played as a sub on the weekend when a whole lot of recycled spuds got a game in front of him.

If he wanted out then a 2nd round pick or player should get it done.

That would allow us take a risk with our first round pick by selecting a flashy potential star with speed. A rioli or betts type would do just fine. Basically an upgrade on Nahas that could go into the midfield at some point.

 

[Danog]

How tall is Sam Blease from Melbourne?

Tiger supporter isn't he. Has the kind of speed we need.

Played as a sub on the weekend when a whole lot of recycled spuds got a game in front of him.

If he wanted out then a 2nd round pick or player should get it done.

That would allow us take a risk with our first round pick by selecting a flashy potential star with speed. A rioli or betts type would do just fine. Basically an upgrade on Nahas that could go into the midfield at some point.

There is absolutely no way I'd give up a 2nd round pick for Blease. Maybe Melbourne would be interested in Tom Derickx. With Jamar getting on, and their younger ruckmen not able to get on the park, they need a mature, competitive ruck. Big X is the solution.

 

[Richo83]

Yeah I'm with those who are calling for a flanker who can link up from the midfield to the forwardline. I think Cotchin, Deledio, Martin, Conca, Tuck, Foley and hopefully Vlastuin can easily act as a gun midfield. Just tell Tuck that he's a required member and we're set.

Forward of that, what do Richmond have? Knights, Nahas, King is about it. I'd like a bit more. I think the backline is good with Chaplin, Rance, Grimes, Morris, Houli and Batchelor (Ellis), it just needs time and improvement, I'm not sure a young kid would improve it much. A guy whose role is either to use his pace or foot skills just to set up goals and not win the ball would be nice.

Someone like Lewis Jetta would be amazing.

 

[Tigerland]

There is absolutely no way I'd give up a 2nd round pick for Blease. Maybe Melbourne would be interested in Tom Derickx. With Jamar getting on, and their younger ruckmen not able to get on the park, they need a mature, competitive ruck. Big X is the solution.

Sounds reasonable. The way McGuanne is going the Demons could do with his matchwinning qualities as well but they'd have to pay large. He's way better than Dawes.

 

[UpTheGuts]

I heard the same thing UTG. We did not rate last years draft and we think this year is worse again.

IMO Billings is a top 3 pick this year. He is only behind James Aish from Norwood and Eastern Rangers KPF Tom Boyd.

We rated last year's draft as average and this one below average

 

[Goldust]

That Matt Scharenberg kid looks a lot like Francis Bourke.
If he can play half as good as St Francis, I pick him!

 

[Tigers26]

Want another Nahas???

If Kennedy Harris could build up some consistency, (something Nahas doesn't) then yes I believe he could be what we need.

Do you believe he could get that consistency?