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BluesRules said:
What a stuff up. I hope i'm wrong, but Rich is much better than Yarran
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FFS ... Why not blame the other 5 clubs who also passed on Rich ...

I'm very very happy with Yarran, and it's just crazy talk to say Rich is much better then Yarran, we badly need another dangerous foward option (which has looked one-dimensional at times and too Fev-Centric)

Yarran is a class act.

BTW LOL Essendon fans are already filthy that Dodoro picked Hurley :D :D
 

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celtic_pride said:
BTW LOL Essendon fans are already filthy that Dodoro picked Hurley :D :D
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Well, personally I would have been a bit worried if we had picked a tall defender. We all know about Luke Livingston as a tall forward/back option and what happened there, so I'm kind of glad the Bombers went that way and not us.

I have a good feeling about Yarran, fingers crossed eh? :thumbsu:

Does this mean Yarran and Betts in the forward pockets, or?
 
25 – BRISBANE LIONS – MITCH ROBINSON
Tassie Mariners, TAS, Medium midfielder, June 7 1989, 184.7cm, 79.1kg
(Draft range: 21-41)

Robinson has been closely watched by the Lions and is now firming as its second selection, with Shuey, Beams, Blight and Liam Jones also believed to be in calculations. The Tasmanian has also been linked with Fremantle, Collingwood, the Swans (No.30) and Western Bulldogs. With the Lions' next pick at No.41, it's hard to see Robinson falling any further.

(from burgan)

The way Lions paused we may have just trumped them there.
 

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Quigley's 2008 Mock
9. North Melbourne

With North’s finances continuing to be very delicate they have to continue to win and I think their selection will reflect this. Some class in the middle would help and if Hartlett falls as I think he would get a long look here as would Blease although both are still very light and probably a year or two away from contributing. McKernan given his family ties to the club and his superb Camp is also likely to be seriously considered. But in the interests of winning now I am taking a player who is very undervalued on Big Footy – Robinson. I only have one reservation if Robinson goes to North in the real thing – it kills him off as a dream team prospect next year.

Mitch Robinson (DOB – 7/6/89, Ht – 188, Wt – 77)
Overaged player who has come from nowhere before the Champs to be a virtually certain first round pick in my book. He lead all players in disposals in the second stage of the Champs with 110 disposals across the 5 games and was second in contested possessions. He was Tasmania’s best player throughout the Champs. In the Div 2 Champs he played mostly an outside role but did more inside work when the Div 1 side of things rolled around and was getting his fair share of clearances. He reminds me quite a bit Cale Morton – he is a tall thin mainly outside player who runs well, reads the play well and is a key link man who his team mates look to use him at every opportunity. He has excellent vision and the options he takes are usually first class. His disposal is pretty good although when combined with his vision and option taking and a good feel for weighting his kicks it often appears very good indeed. He is a player who makes his disposals count and has definite hurt factor. Pace wise he seems good although not exceptional and during the Champs he went all day and kept racking them up indicating a good motor. He likes the run and carry side of the game, has good balance and breaks the lines well. He can take a good contested mark and is a persistent tackler who will keep his feet and follow the ball. He crunched a few guys who got near him in the Champs. In the Vic Country game he was matched up on Zeibell for a while and I thought he had the better of Zeilbell all things considered. I think he will start on the wing in the AFL but with his ability to read the ball off hands and his quick hands in close I think he could spend his fair share of time in the square as he develops. His age might count against him a little but teams will factor in that he has only been in the system this year and the massive improvement he has shown might well indicate that there is a bit more developing to go yet. At his age I would expect him to play next year. He needs to bulk up a bit but he is quite strong. He won the medal for the most outstanding Div 2 player and was AA this year. He played senior football for much of the year and was up there in the best and fairest count when all was said and done.


17. Melbourne

As mentioned at the top of the draft Melbourne have holes all over the ground and accordingly I think it is safe to say they will take the best available with all three of their first early picks. If Swift was available here I think they will take him as they really have little to lose and everything to gain by taking him with their extra pick. The WA boys Swift and Morton could potentially be a great one two punch in their midfield for the next 10 years. Both have the potential to be star players in the AFL. If Blease is still on the board I also expect him to be hard for the Demons to resist. As it is Yarran is on the board and I think the Demons have to take him notwithstanding that small forward is actually reasonably solid for Melbourne. Wona and Davey are good options up front but Yarran could take their small forward brigade to a whole other level.

Christopher Yarran (DOB – 19/12/90, Ht – 180, Wt – 84)

Where Yarran ends up going is extremely hard to judge. I was a fan last year but probably less so this year notwithstanding that he has been more impressive this year and has performed well against senior company. The reason – last year I thought Yarran would end up being a midfielder capable of going forward and kicking goals. This year I have serious doubts that he will be a midfield option and accordingly I am valuing him as a small forward only. As a small forward he looks a very good prospect but they are notoriously difficult to pick and even the good ones are horribly inconsistent. Pure small forwards rarely go higher than the late teens even quality prospects like Maric and Jetta. I see him going somewhere in the teens but I am not sure if some teams might see him going higher – note that Mike Sheehan mentioned him in September as one of the options to go number 1 and virtually every professional expert has him in their top ten. I can’t see him going top 5 myself but it goes to show that he does have admirers and they are people who know what they are about usually. What you are looking at is a very elusive, one touch player who has a great nose for a goal. He is not that great overhead and I would not expect many goals to come from big marks. What he does do very well is use his body and superior ball in flight reading ability to move his opposition player away or under the ball and allow him to get to it. Below the knees his hands seem to be much better and cleaner when he is working up forward and his kicking around the ground also seem to be better up forward rather than when he was working in the midfield. He picked up 38 goals in the WAFL this year for Swan Districts so you know performing in senior company is not going to overawe him and there is every chance he will play next year and play very well. His weight is a bit of a concern for me as he is carrying a bit of puppy fat at the moment and I think he has the physique that indicates that he is likely to have a career long struggle to keep the weight off. Despite carrying a little bit of condition on him he is still very quick on the lead and is hard to cover (he was 13th at Camp in the repeat sprint). I may have been a little bit unfair here as he has had injury issues this year. Early in the year he had ankle ligament damage that put him out for 6 or 7 weeks and then before the finals he was restricted with a hamstring injury. Prior to the injury he was playing more through the midfield but after the injury he was played mostly as a forward. I am sticking with my prognosis of him being a forward only but there might be a pretty good chance that I might be wrong on this one given the injury issues. There have also been some questions floating around about his attitude and concerns that moving him from WA might be a risk (ie he is a major go home candidate). He can also appear lazy on the field although I think laconic might be a better description. He comes from a dysfunctional family and his father is currently in prison. His attitude to this was reported very positively in the WA press and he comes across as very much willing to work hard and do the things necessary to ensure that that type of thing never happens to him. Taking these things together and from the games I have seen this year it should not surprise you the player he reminds me most of is Jeff Farmer both the good and the bad. He is an extremely talented player but there are significant risks in taking him.
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