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Yeah, we have the honest foot soldiers already (Swallow, Lyons, Fiorini, Miller, Young, Rosa, Holman, Barlow etc)
Agree. Picking up guys like GHS for the sake of it because that's all we can 'realistically' get isn't the way forward though.
So who do we go for that we can 'realistically' get ?
Maybe mature age playing in the state league, that are overlook in previous draft.
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Million dollar question really isn't it? Need to see how the season plays out. Not suggesting I have many better options at this stage I'm just saying he would not improve us as a side. I wouldn't even have him as best 22. Barlow is better than him and GHS is similar in the sense he is not dual positional + slow.
I reckon throw the west coast R1 pick + Aaron Hall for Petracca and their 2nd rounder.
Would do that in a heartbeat. But I don't reckon the Dees would do anything of the sort.
Exactly. Too much emphasis placed on flashy colts, then you look at the geldings picked up at a fire sale by Richmond.
Lot of Cumming and Nutting ovet these academy kids the past two years. Think it's a bit premature and some other players will be a bit stiff.
it's the new age of immature named draftees coming through. i remember the days when collingwood's team was full of dick, cox, wood, goldsack, ball, johnson, etc.
But they are the NT Cumming , nah i agree too early but prefer to look at other state draftee than Vic , as they are normally overhyped .
Who could ever overlook Steele Sidebottom?
I wonder if it isn't beyond the realms of possibility for the Suns to draft 4 or more Academy Players. Could we even consider tapping 8 players from the Suns Academy, 6 in the National Draft and 2 as Category B Rookies? Might require some re-rookied selections, like Lonergan, Schoenfeld. Caleb Graham has been talked about as a first rounder, while I suspect Bailey Scott will cost a Second Rounder (neither Geelong nor North haven't got him highly prioritised). Is Dirk Koenen's stock rising enough to attract a bid in the Draft? Even some 19 yo guys who were overlooked like Brodie Foster, Damien Burke and Riley Dreghorn could be worth consideration. The Allies chose 10 Suns Academy players last year and 4 of them ended up being drafted. Maybe not as many this time, but could this crop have quality over last year's quantity?
Honestly, a lot of those players have played a small cross section of games and it is way too early to proclaim Richmond's list manager a genius. Castagna and Short played in bad Tigers teams in 2016 as well as the champion sides of 2017. Lambert and McIntosh are workhorse role players whose success owes more to coaching than talent, while Lloyd will be lucky to reach 100 games. Graham has played 9 games, Broad 13, Butler 28 and Townsend 42. Let's see what Richmond's list looks like in 2 years.
Maybe, but 7 of those named by me were a 1/3 of a premiership team and have started off 2018 in similar fashion.
Good observation. He'd be a handy pick up and perfect for where we are at.
