Richmonds activity in the upcomming 'Super-draft'

[Bentleigh]

now i know you think of yourself as a bit of a football guru, but having Jason Gram on a list of players who have been failures is wrong, he is anything but, have you even watched St Kilda play this year, his a very good player

Lions let him go.

He's been handy, but I wouldn't go as far as 'very good'.

Decent at best.

 

[tomthetiger]

just thought I would add in that I no Hansen

Suuuure you do.

 

[pettifers.sexy]

Suuuure you do.

I don't no him no him, but some of my friends do.

 

[TrewTIGER]

So who gets who and who are we left with.

1 Carlton Go big? Gumbleton
2 Essendon Loves razzle dazzle. Collard or Proud.
3 Hawthorn Mid fielder Gibbs
4 Kangaroos Need lots Selwood
5 Brisbane Lions Need Rucks Sellar
6 Port Adelaide Stable Forwards Tippet
7 Richmond Choice of Hansen or Thorp
8 Geelong

Banking on Essendon to do the unexpected and choose between Collard Proud and Jetta.

How do you figure? Have Charman, McDonald, Clark, Merret & Bradshaw and thats if they let go Keating and possibly Wood. Also have mobile talls such as Brennan.

 

[tigerdan]

I don't no him no him, but some of my friends do.

Looks like the letters K and W have been removed from the english alphabet!

 

[pettifers.sexy]

Looks like the letters K and W have been removed from the english alphabet!

HAHA (being sarcastic)

I am only young, leave me alone
Everyone picks on my spelling!!

 

[bombers6]

now i know you think of yourself as a bit of a football guru, but having Jason Gram on a list of players who have been failures is wrong, he is anything but, have you even watched St Kilda play this year, his a very good player

Cole will be fine, finally at his home, go well next year. Sampi, what is wrong with him? Shane Harvey, yeh no good in the big league. Funny that north could of elevated davey but opted to get harvey. Is that correct? Very smart men down there.

 

[Calcium Man]

So who gets who and who are we left with.

1 Carlton Go big? Gumbleton
2 Essendon Loves razzle dazzle. Collard or Proud.
3 Hawthorn Mid fielder Gibbs
4 Kangaroos Need lots Selwood
5 Brisbane Lions Need Rucks Sellar
6 Port Adelaide Stable Forwards Tippet
7 Richmond Choice of Hansen or Thorp
8 Geelong

Banking on Essendon to do the unexpected and choose between Collard Proud and Jetta.

If that happens take hansen in a heart beat, but unfortuntly Collingwood dont have the No. 2 draft pick this year. Sheedy might do something unusual but i doubt it.

Besides it looks like we have the 8th pick now so i think we may end up with little choice.

 

[Weaver]

How do you figure? Have Charman, McDonald, Clark, Merret & Bradshaw and thats if they let go Keating and possibly Wood. Also have mobile talls such as Brennan.

Merret, Bradshaw and Clark aren't ruckmen. Charman, McDonald and Keating can barely get on the field these days. They won't / can't let go of Wood as some on here suggest. They need him down the track.

Lions this year will be too tempted by Proud, Pettard, Armitage and Urquhart to not take one of them. Getting a blue-chip QLDer will be irresistable with Voss and Akermanis gone or going.

 

[Jamdonut5]

Originally Posted by Tyger
So who gets who and who are we left with.

1 Carlton Go big? Gumbleton
2 Essendon Loves razzle dazzle. Collard or Proud.
3 Hawthorn Mid fielder Gibbs
4 Kangaroos Need lots Selwood
5 Brisbane Lions Need Rucks Sellar
6 Port Adelaide Stable Forwards Tippet
7 Richmond Choice of Hansen or Thorp
8 Geelong

Banking on Essendon to do the unexpected and choose between Collard Proud and Jetta.

Would be surprised if Gibbs doesn't go 1 or 2

 

[Richo83]

Bentleight literally has no clue. This is the man who is suggesting we pick Tom Hislop, Ben Reid and Tom Hurley, while dissmisses my suggestion that we pick Riewoldt. While Hilsop, hurley and Ried are having okay seasons, Jack is in great form in the VFL.

We would do well to pick up a KPP. If not gumby, hansen, thorp or sellar, we should go for Riewoldt, who is the 5th best KPP. Since we will get pick 7,8 we will miss out on the top 4 KPP, so if Miller is a smart man, Riewoldt will be a tiger in 2007.

BTW, not another midfielder. We have enough of them and can easily pick up a Boak, Petterd with our second pick. I realise this is a midfielder's game, but we need players to put at each ends. Riewoldt at 193cm and 84 kilos (and growing) would suit one of our KP areas well. Well, certinally better than a rover would.

 

[Supertiger]

I would rather a midfielder like Benjamin or Morton rather than Riewoldt. I wouldnt take Riewoldt in the first 10. He is a 15 to 20 selection for mine.

 

[Weaver]

Wouldn't be keen on Morton or Benjamin in the top-40 picks. But both are the type that we will be interested in. Both are soft, lazy and lightly built. They fall into that area of not being genuine KP players but not nearly talented enough to be onballers. The athletic utility types that we go for, but we are pretty well covered for.

 

[tigers1au]

Hey Weaver, I've noticed that you've mentioned Daniel O'Keefe's name a few times on the boards, but I can't find any info on him. Could you give us a quick summary of what kind of player he is.

Cheers

 

[Weaver]

Hey Weaver, I've noticed that you've mentioned Daniel O'Keefe's name a few times on the boards, but I can't find any info on him. Could you give us a quick summary of what kind of player he is.

Has been compared to Nathan Brown by his coach which is a huge burden to carry.

He is a mid-sized (184cm) wingman / forward with pace and flair and a love of kicking goals. More than 50 scoring shots this year from the HFF and wing.

One of the few guys in Vic this year who can actually make stuff happen. Very good kick and kicks long. Leads the TAC in marks which is a reflection of the ground he covers, the positions he takes up, and how hard the opposition find to keep up with him.

Played with Vic Country but was a fringe players. He started the season slowly and has been charging home.

Would certainly be the type of prospect that we would look closely at. Will be a key player in the Geelong Falcons finals campaign - and the Falcons have probably the best record of all the junior clubs.

Light, quick, skilled, ball-carrying, prolific possesion getter and kicker of goals from midfield. Ticks a lot of boxes for a Richmond-future player.

I imagine come draft time he will be compared to Dale Thomas - although he probably isn't quite as clever and maybe doesn't have the vision that Thomas has.

(Not advocating we go for him - just that at pick 7/8 don't be suprised if we zig instead of zag - and he'd be in the mix if we do).

 

[Heisenberg_]

reckon there is much chance of Selwood getting to us next year and is he the goods?

 

[Booms]

Has been compared to Nathan Brown by his coach which is a huge burden to carry.

He is a mid-sized (184cm) wingman / forward with pace and flair and a love of kicking goals. More than 50 scoring shots this year from the HFF and wing.

One of the few guys in Vic this year who can actually make stuff happen. Very good kick and kicks long. Leads the TAC in marks which is a reflection of the ground he covers, the positions he takes up, and how hard the opposition find to keep up with him.

Played with Vic Country but was a fringe players. He started the season slowly and has been charging home.

Would certainly be the type of prospect that we would look closely at. Will be a key player in the Geelong Falcons finals campaign - and the Falcons have probably the best record of all the junior clubs.

Light, quick, skilled, ball-carrying, prolific possesion getter and kicker of goals from midfield. Ticks a lot of boxes for a Richmond-future player.

I imagine come draft time he will be compared to Dale Thomas - although he probably isn't quite as clever and maybe doesn't have the vision that Thomas has.

(Not advocating we go for him - just that at pick 7/8 don't be suprised if we zig instead of zag - and he'd be in the mix if we do).

Aaron Fiora anybody? Last thing we need is another pussy outside midfielder. For me its a key position defender, a inside midfielder or a CHF. Selwood sounds like a tough player....

 

[tomthetiger]

Has been compared to Nathan Brown by his coach which is a huge burden to carry.

He is a mid-sized (184cm) wingman / forward with pace and flair and a love of kicking goals. More than 50 scoring shots this year from the HFF and wing.

One of the few guys in Vic this year who can actually make stuff happen. Very good kick and kicks long. Leads the TAC in marks which is a reflection of the ground he covers, the positions he takes up, and how hard the opposition find to keep up with him.

Played with Vic Country but was a fringe players. He started the season slowly and has been charging home.

Would certainly be the type of prospect that we would look closely at. Will be a key player in the Geelong Falcons finals campaign - and the Falcons have probably the best record of all the junior clubs.

Light, quick, skilled, ball-carrying, prolific possesion getter and kicker of goals from midfield. Ticks a lot of boxes for a Richmond-future player.

I imagine come draft time he will be compared to Dale Thomas - although he probably isn't quite as clever and maybe doesn't have the vision that Thomas has.

(Not advocating we go for him - just that at pick 7/8 don't be suprised if we zig instead of zag - and he'd be in the mix if we do).

Aren't we more likely to take the risk and wait until our second or third round picks though ?

 

[blxx]

Have to remember that the 'consenus' is actually the opinion of half a dozen people who watch the games magnifing by 100 Bentleighs repeating what they have read as their own opinion.

and that 'bentleighs' gag

 

[blxx]

just thought I would add in that I no Hansen

well i yes him, so there...

 

[pettifers.sexy]

well i yes him, so there...

You what him?

 

[tomthetiger]

Huh? You mustve got that

 

[pantsdown]

We will be picking the best available with our first pick whether that be a tall or a mid, from horses mouth, just clearing the decks come trade time i reckon, maybe a few specials coming our way lets hope Greg is on the ball.

 

[Weaver]

Aaron Fiora anybody? Last thing we need is another pussy outside midfielder. For me its a key position defender, a inside midfielder or a CHF. Selwood sounds like a tough player....

There is the debate about what we SHOULD do and the debate about what we WILL do.

You'd be mad to recruit a key defender. Most of them are junior forwards because that is where the good players play. Specialist junior fullbacks are generally available in the rookie draft.

We might like an inside midfielder but our club is unlikley to draft too many particularly early.

Like it or not most of our draft picks from now on are going to be guys who record top-10 results in the sprint tests at draft camp. We are going to be the quickest team in the comp. That is the plan.

In the same way the Dogs targetted soft, stick-men who could run and kick (Gilbee, Gio, Murphy etc) those are going to be our early picks.

Don't be suprised if we overlook Selwood because he is not quick enough. Selwood is a very good player but a little over-hyped.

 

[pantsdown]

There is the debate about what we SHOULD do and the debate about what we WILL do.

You'd be mad to recruit a key defender. Most of them are junior forwards because that is where the good players play. Specialist junior fullbacks are generally available in the rookie draft.

We might like an inside midfielder but our club is unlikley to draft too many particularly early.

Like it or not most of our draft picks from now on are going to be guys who record top-10 results in the sprint tests at draft camp. We are going to be the quickest team in the comp. That is the plan.

In the same way the Dogs targetted soft, stick-men who could run and kick (Gilbee, Gio, Murphy etc) those are going to be our early picks.

Don't be suprised if we overlook Selwood because he is not quick enough. Selwood is a very good player but a little over-hyped.

Spot on.