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Nearly cost Collingwood Len Thompson and des tuddenham.
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This seems like a very "I hate Port" take.
Chad has multiple AAs and was appropriately hyped.
He should have been a 300 game champion. After he turned 23 he turned into a nothing player.
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Richard Lounder 1st came to mind...
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Richmond No. 1 draft pick recollections: Richard Lounder
With Richmond having the No.1 pick in the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft, we are taking a look at the three players previously taken by the Tigers as the top draft selection, starting with Richard Lounder in 1987.
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Number 1 pick in 1986 did not mean what it means nowRichard Lounder 1st came to mind...
Richmond No. 1 draft pick recollections: Richard Lounder
With Richmond having the No.1 pick in the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft, we are taking a look at the three players previously taken by the Tigers as the top draft selection, starting with Richard Lounder in 1987.
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It was actually one comment from Garry Hocking, where he said in some ways he "reminded him" of Ablett. And, at that time around 2000-2001, he wasn't wrong. He'd gone from a promising winger to a really good (and dangerous) half forward flanker who could take a great high mark and could kick goals. Our team was various levels of underwhelming to putrid in those years and he kicked 34 and 29 goals - including 6 against Essendon in 2000. He could play.
Unfortunately though, we traded him at the end of 2001 to get a pick that turned out to be James Kelly. For whatever reason, Melbourne were utterly determined to plonk him in a back pocket and keep him there no matter what. So in 88 games for Melbourne he managed to kick 7 goals. Worse was all his natural athleticism and flair was gone, almost by intention it seemed. Never came close to the player he'd been at Geelong.
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No, I agree with the poster and his career at Port was fantastic. He just kept dropping and dropping from age 22 onwards.
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Essendon took McGrath at Pick 1. That’s hype.
A bang average back pocket.
A bang average back pocket.
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There was plenty of hype at the time about him being the next big thing.
However, recruitment checks are much more thorough now.
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Were all pick 2's in the draft.
Slightly harsh on Lukosius, however he went at 2 in a super draft and at one point during the season the media had dubbed games between the bottom clubs as 'the Lukosius cup'. He's turned into an average AFL player.
Jimmy Toumpas was also a pick 4 who had plenty of hype after dominating the SANFL as a 17 year old. Ended up only playing 27 games for Melbourne then 10 for Port Adelaide and his career was over in 5 years.
Jono O'Rourke
Josh Schache
Jack Lukosius
Were all pick 2's in the draft.
Slightly harsh on Lukosius, however he went at 2 in a super draft and at one point during the season the media had dubbed games between the bottom clubs as 'the Lukosius cup'. He's turned into an average AFL player.
Jimmy Toumpas was also a pick 4 who had plenty of hype after dominating the SANFL as a 17 year old. Ended up only playing 27 games for Melbourne then 10 for Port Adelaide and his career was over in 5 years.
Every club has a shocker ours was Laurence Angwin picked at number 7 played zero games and got sacked for 4 counts of burglary rumour has it one was against a team mate, then went to the blues and got busted for drugs
Not sure how it could get worse than that
Not sure how it could get worse than that
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Yeah, he was a real disappointment because a great talent, but unfortunately a complete headcase.
We have had quite a few early pick flops.
#6 McAsey (& we had #4 which we traded to GWS who picked Ash)
#8 Meesen ruckman with big wraps who did little & Maric at #40 in the same draft was actually decent.
Leading into the 1999 National Draft Kevin Sheehan said Josh Fraser was the best junior footballer he had seen since Wayne Carey. He was certainly a decent AFL player, a 200 gamer who played seniors immediately, but it would have been very hard to believe in 1999 that he would never be an All Australian or win a B&F.
David Wirrpanda was having articles written about him when he was with the Eastern Ranges when just 15/16 in 1995 regarding him being a very likely future AFL megastar. Again, like Josh Fraser, he was certainly good but hardly phenomenal, and was an AA just once and never won a B&F.
David Wirrpanda was having articles written about him when he was with the Eastern Ranges when just 15/16 in 1995 regarding him being a very likely future AFL megastar. Again, like Josh Fraser, he was certainly good but hardly phenomenal, and was an AA just once and never won a B&F.
A question to avid watchers of junior football -
Who was the best and worst player since 2000 as a junior to be taken at #1?
What I mean is if all the players taken at #1 since 2000 were born in the same year/in the same draft then who would be first and last picked?
Nothing to do with their subsequent AFL careers. Just how they were perceived as juniors.
I know Luke Hodge was not a consensus #1 pick in 2001. IIRC ten clubs would’ve gone for Hodge, four for Ball and two for Judd. FWIW Bomber Thompson said Geelong would’ve taken Hodge without any hesitation.
Lethal thought Jack Watts was nowhere near good enough to be taken #1.
There was a rumour at the time Marc Murphy wouldn’t have gone top ten if he’d be born a year later but Noel Judkins thought that was hyperbole saying he would probably be taken at 5-8 in 2006. Similar range as Boak and Selwood.
Aaron Cadman didn’t have epic hype IIRC. Unlike Harley Reid.
Who was the best and worst player since 2000 as a junior to be taken at #1?
What I mean is if all the players taken at #1 since 2000 were born in the same year/in the same draft then who would be first and last picked?
Nothing to do with their subsequent AFL careers. Just how they were perceived as juniors.
I know Luke Hodge was not a consensus #1 pick in 2001. IIRC ten clubs would’ve gone for Hodge, four for Ball and two for Judd. FWIW Bomber Thompson said Geelong would’ve taken Hodge without any hesitation.
Lethal thought Jack Watts was nowhere near good enough to be taken #1.
There was a rumour at the time Marc Murphy wouldn’t have gone top ten if he’d be born a year later but Noel Judkins thought that was hyperbole saying he would probably be taken at 5-8 in 2006. Similar range as Boak and Selwood.
Aaron Cadman didn’t have epic hype IIRC. Unlike Harley Reid.
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I recall Swallow was massively hyped pre draft.
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a pretty good career all things considered but one can't help but feel we missed out on something special
a pretty good career all things considered but one can't help but feel we missed out on something special
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