Archibald

[Colonel]

Just wondering since we seem to have some awesome potential with our up and coming midfielder/flanker types like Jackson, Gilmoure, Tambling, Deledio, Meyer, Cogo etc do we possess the Potential KPP to assisst in our dominating games and years of AFL football?
I believe Shultz possesses what it takes and could be a great player for us but i don't know much about our other young bigman Archibald, can any1 enlighten me to as whether they believe he has what it takes, if he is mobile? a good grab? etc
this would be most appreciated!

 

[madtiger2005]

He was taken as a round 1 pick last year I think but he had alot of injuries last season. I hope he's a killer CHB or FB.

 

[Darth_Tiger]

round 1 pick? he was the last player taken in the draft. somewhere around pick 75. was a speculative selection at best. time will tell with him as i dont think he has even played for coburg seniors yet.

 

[jezza]

Plenty of injuries so far, needs to get a full pre-season under him and get some form with Coburg.

 

[tigertime]

Looked terribly awkward in the one game I saw him play.

 

[Hammerfire]

Had OP for a lot of the year, played the last couple of games at Coburg and looked ok for someone who hadn't played in a long while.

 

[sante]

He was taken as a round 1 pick last year I think but he had alot of injuries last season. I hope he's a killer CHB or FB.

Hahahaha you know heaps..... He was the picked in the last round of the draft, probably last player chosen

 

[Weaver]

In his last couple of years as a junior he would have played for 5-6 teams as he moved from near Wagga, into Wagga, then to Canberra. Combining that with school footy and playing for one version of NSW/ACT in the TAC Cup and another version in the national championships as well as a tour with the Aussie junior team that played against Ireland. The finally Coburg.

He is going to need some time to settle down, find his confidence and his position. He, like Ray Hall, will also take a little extra time coming out of a system which is not as intense as the footballing states.

When they recruited him they probably thought he would play Coburg reserves last season and at Coburg next season.

 

[Hammerfire]

Apparently that was the plans for Raines, infact i think they were even going to ask the AFL for special permission to allow him to play in the TAC Cup.

I don't expect Archibald to play for Richmond next year, but if he did he would have to come along in leaps and bounds.

 

[Bojangles17]

round 1 pick? he was the last player taken in the draft. somewhere around pick 75. was a speculative selection at best. time will tell with him as i dont think he has even played for coburg seniors yet.

plyed in seniors last couple of games after missing much of season with groin and looked very good, courageous overhead mark...hope he puts on some beef over summer