Mega Thread 2013 Official Draft Thread

[Heisenberg_]

I hope the other selections go quicker. It's going to be a long night if they interview and make a commentary of every player. Just call out the names and do the interviews later. I just want to know who Richmond gets.

It's just the top 10, at least they turfed the ridiculous 10-1 countdown.

 

[Frank Grimes]

Emma Quayle has been correct so far for the first 8 picks. The next 4 will be crucial for who we select.

 

[_RT_]

There goes Salem

 

[Frank Grimes]

Damn it. Melb got Salem and I'm betting that Collingwood is going to take Lennon.

Edit: Phew. The pies picked Freeman. Lennon come on down!

 

[Richo83]

LENNON!

 

[3rdManUp]

How many talls do GWS want?
Patton, Cameron, Boyd, McCarthy..

Must be stocking up to do some heavy duty trading come 2014

 

[TheAnt]

Cam Giles still on the board. #believe

 

[TheAnt]

****.

 

[3rdManUp]

OH SNAP

Garlett to Hawthorn!!

 

[Frank Grimes]

Garlett lasted to pick 38. I suspect he must still have issues or he would have been selected much earlier.

 

[Richo83]

Riley Knight still there *loud interstate travelling cough*

 

[Richo83]

Damnit!

 

[TheAnt]

tigs2010 had a heart attack following us not picking Eli Templeton at pick 50.

 

[Calcium Man]

shattered we missed Byrne-Jones. tigs2010 and Tigerbob must be spewing we didnt nab Templeton but still on the board tho we apparently picking Lloyd at 66

 

[TheAnt]

If we pass on Templeton twice..

 

[3rdManUp]

If we pass on Templeton twice..

Must not rate him??

 

[_RT_]

Interesting draft for us, taking the one kid and then grabbing 2 mature aged players as well as upgrading Petterd. Looks like we may not have rated the kids that highly after all. Be interesting to see just who pushes up into the 22.

 

[_RT_]

Interesting draft for us, taking the one kid and then grabbing 2 mature aged players as well as upgrading Petterd. Looks like we may not have rated the kids that highly after all. Be interesting to see just who pushes up into the 22.

 

[Danog]

Still got 3 rookie picks left, and FJ said there were a few players there that we thought would get taken. Could still get Eli.

 

[Calcium Man]

Still got 3 rookie picks left, and FJ said there were a few players there that we thought would get taken. Could still get Eli.

Wilson, Batersby and Conlon would be worth looking at too.

 

[MR]

tigs2010

You Atkins'd Templeton.

Next time keep your loved player to yourself or you'll curse him.

 

[Tigerland]

Happy with the picks the club made although my junior knowledge isn't great. Lennon appears to be a gun in the making.

But...

Is it just me or do we lack pace? I mean electric pace.

The small forwards we picked don't look to be zippy going by their highlights.

Deledio has pace. We lost White and Nahas. Our midfield isn't slow but it isn't that fast.

An x-factor with electric pace appears to be a glaring hole in our list.

Hopefully we'll rookie a couple of risky players with speed to try and get at least 1 fast player to make it.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Interesting draft going for 3 mid/forwards. Lennon (a high draft pick) and two 23 year olds in Gordon and Lloyd. All three should push for selection given our lack of small forward options.

 

[telsor]

Interesting draft for us, taking the one kid and then grabbing 2 mature aged players as well as upgrading Petterd. Looks like we may not have rated the kids that highly after all. Be interesting to see just who pushes up into the 22.

I'm kinda curious about our overall strategy...

Last year we changed our forward structure to only use 2 small forwards (King & Edwards by preference), pissing off Nahas who leaves. Fair enough with that.

We then recruit 2 mature age small forwards. What are we going to do with them?

On top of that, our first pick is currently more a HFF than a mid (although he does do both an should develop that way).

 

[telsor]

Interesting draft going for 3 mid/forwards. Lennon (a high draft pick) and two 23 year olds in Gordon and Lloyd. All three should push for selection given our lack of small forward options.

Beat me to it...Although by last years efforts, I'm not sure we really wanted any more small forwards.