Richmonds's draft picks 2007 NAB draft.

[crashandbashruckmen]

Kreuzer
McKenna
Gabriel
Gaertner
Simpson
Boumann
Sullivan
Joseph
Dixon
Gilder
Deledio

Richmond will pick several of these players at draft time. Watch for them in the championships.

Richmond has holes at the 194-196cm footballers, it should be addressed this draft. I would basically pick all talls in the draft. We chose connors, clingan, edwards to fill the roles in the midfield last draft, with coggs back we are set for mids and flankers. McGuane and Thursfield are too small. When you start getting 197+ you seem to be the in-between height. E.g. Pattison and Ryder.

Ruckmen we choose should be over 200 cm, as the the new rucking rule favours the giants to smash it forward.

 

[Wally Matera]

Its no use picking players with height, if in reality... they're still shit.

Best player available, with a hope that we can address some KPP gaps.

Just a thought

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

No Wall, choose all talls knowing a couple won't make it. Wallace cannot draft anymore downhill skiers. This draft is better than you think.

 

[HBK619]

You do realise that Leo Barry is only 184cm and yet he has been a great Backman for pretty much his whole carrer, you dont have to be tall to make an impact, in the Ruck yes I agree you do need talls but we aren't needing talls everywhere else.

 

[Wally Matera]

No Wall, choose all talls knowing a couple won't make it. Wallace cannot draft anymore downhill skiers. This draft is better than you think.

I said recruit best player available, NOT best down hill skier (aka outside skinny wingmen).

Our ruckman issues should be addressed with pick one, not because we need it, but going by what has been identified across numerous threads, the best person in the draft is actually a ruckman.

After that, couldnt give a shit. I want the best player available, if Brock McLean for example was the best player available in this years draft and was still available at pick 17... we take him.

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

You do realise that Leo Barry is only 184cm and yet he has been a great Backman for pretty much his whole carrer, you dont have to be tall to make an impact, in the Ruck yes I agree you do need talls but we aren't needing talls everywhere else.

tell me this. hypothetical tiges v hawks g.f in 2 years.

Who plays on Franklin, Boyle, Roughead, Thorp, Dowler, if they go tall up forward.

 

[TigerGlory]

tell me this. hypothetical tiges v hawks g.f in 2 years.

Who plays on Franklin, Boyle, Roughead, Thorp, Dowler, if they go tall up forward.

If we are going on hypothetical guesses...

What if the entire Hawthorn team mysteriously goes missing on the morning of the match?

On a more serious note, you would never see a forward line consisting of so many talls. Its stupid.

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

If we are going on hypothetical guesses...

What if the entire Hawthorn team mysteriously goes missing on the morning of the match?

On a more serious note, you would never see a forward line consisting of so many talls. Its stupid.

Answer the question. They played 5 deep on Fri Night. Who plays on who? Give me match-ups coach!

 

[Wally Matera]

Answer the question. They played 5 deep on Fri Night. Who plays on who? Give me match-ups coach!

Arent we allowed to have different opinions?

Come again...

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

Arent we allowed to have different opinions?

Come again...

What! good to see our tiges sticking fat. You hitman you.

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

If we are going on hypothetical guesses...

What if the entire Hawthorn team mysteriously goes missing on the morning of the match?

On a more serious note, you would never see a forward line consisting of so many talls. Its stupid.

You've outdone Blighty. He walked at 3QT, you didn't even show up.

 

[reliable source]

You say we must recruit big this time but what if we have say pick 1 and we have the choice between Chris Judd or Ashley Sampi- who do you take?

I believe you have to keep an eye on what the team needs but never overlook the best available

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

You say we must recruit big this time but what if we have say pick 1 and we have the choice between Chris Judd or Ashley Sampi- who do you take?

I believe you have to keep an eye on what the team needs but never overlook the best available

Kreuzer or Henderson

 

[duckboy]

Answer the question. They played 5 deep on Fri Night. Who plays on who? Give me match-ups coach!

Bowden, JON, Thursfield, Polak will take the first four and then you've got a toss up between Moore, McGuane, Hall or another kid. Could be worse. Question might be more like who do we play on Sewell, Hodge, Mitchell, Bateman, Lewis and Ellis in the middle.

 

[Crumden]

tell me this. hypothetical tiges v hawks g.f in 2 years.

Who plays on Franklin, Boyle, Roughead, Thorp, Dowler, if they go tall up forward.

If they went with all 5 big blokes, you put a couple of big blokes and a number of quick mid-tallish types to exploit them, then pressure their delivery into the forward line. Very, very easy to exploit a tall forward set-up like that, as long as your midfield is applying pressure.

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

If they went with all 5 big blokes, you put a couple of big blokes and a number of quick mid-tallish types to exploit them, then pressure their delivery into the forward line. Very, very easy to exploit a tall forward set-up like that, as long as your midfield is applying pressure.

Wallace doesn't coach like this

all valid and true comebacks

Seriously guys 2011 means blokes this year need 4 years in the gym and it = big blokes. If they choose mids I will be filthy.

You shut Hawthorn Down going 1 on 1. They aren't much.

 

[crashandbashruckmen]

Bowden, JON, Thursfield, Polak will take the first four and then you've got a toss up between Moore, McGuane, Hall or another kid. Could be worse. Question might be more like who do we play on Sewell, Hodge, Mitchell, Bateman, Lewis and Ellis in the middle.

Think about your match ups = smashed.
Tall is the go.
Some of the blokes you mentioned are gawn. Gone.

 

[TigerGlory]

You've outdone Blighty. He walked at 3QT, you didn't even show up.

Kidding? A quick paced backline would absolutley slaughter a tall dopey forward line.

Anybody who goes with a forward line consisting of to many top heavy blokes is going to get exposed.

Especially in todays modern game, i just think it would be a very silly tactic to try.

 

[TigerGlory]

Wallace doesn't coach like this

all valid and true comebacks

Seriously guys 2011 means blokes this year need 4 years in the gym and it = big blokes. If they choose mids I will be filthy.

You shut Hawthorn Down going 1 on 1. They aren't much.

Complete opposite, if Wallace does not coach like that, then why has he drafted so many quick skinny kids rather than talls?

Wallace's gameplan is going to revolve around pure explosive pace, starting from the back half.

Something that will ooze off JON in the next few years. Hes going to be the next big thing next year in my opinion.

 

[TigerGlory]

Answer the question. They played 5 deep on Fri Night. Who plays on who? Give me match-ups coach!

Polak, Bowden, Thursfield and McGuane to get the best talls.

JON goes and plays loose, and Raines as well, who also can occasionally do a touch up on someone.

JON and Raines would kill them with such a tall forward line. So much so, that i dont even think a coach would have to turn up for Richmond to win the game.

5 talls in a forward line is an absolute joke.

 

[duckboy]

Think about your match ups = smashed.
Tall is the go.
Some of the blokes you mentioned are gawn. Gone.

Hence the reason I listed all of them for the one remaining spot buddy and said "one of". Also mantioned that we'll probably have another kid from draft pick there to cover it.

Match-Ups
Thursfield (in 2 years) would be a reasonable match-up for Buddy.
Boyle isn't much - Bowden
Roughead - Polak
Thorp and Dowler I haven't seen so i couldn't comment.

Pls explain "Tall is the go". As a Richmond fan you've no doubt seen us go in with game plans like "Terry's Triangle" and Walls "Jurica, Richo, Evans, Harrison, Gale" forward lines. Didn't get us far.

 

[lids2004roar]

Something that will ooze off JON in the next few years. Hes going to be the next big thing next year in my opinion.

It could happen this year even.

Buddy was a hack midway through last year remember.

Anything can happen.

 

[santa claws]

if its a given that we have been badly hurt because of a lack of quality kpd and ruckmen over the last 3 yrs, my question is what do we do if polak and thursfield are badly injured early next yr. oh by the way i dont consider thursfield ready to play key position just yet i have my doubts if he will ever have the size to play as a permanent kpd. what do we do if foley goes down with a knee whos going to win the hard ball.no knobel and simmonds and look what we are reduced to sheesh. we are desperately short in 3 areas. ruckmen. kpd. and inside onballers. good list structure is not relying on your best players for each position being available. but being able to cover them without losing to much when injury does hit.

if wallace is dinkum bout 2011 he has to take talls now it will take all of 4 yrs to get them up to finals footy if then. at least with quality smalls you can get them up and going in 2 or 3 yrs especially if they have big bodies.

 

[lids2004roar]

In the last 3 years we have actually had an even drafting ratio of talls/smalls with what you need on a list, I think it's 1 in every 3 is a tall (or so I read somewhere..)

Hughes, Riewoldt, Polak, Schulz, Thursfield, Pattison, McGuane are 7 KPPs, we need 4 of them to 'make it' if we want an awesome long-term spine. Maybe 1-2 will become stars, 2-3 will be good and 2 will be depth players. Over the next 2 years we should find another star tall and another good tall then our list will be equal with others in this area, anything else is depth.

No need to go overboard in this area when we have deficiencies in others areas just as bad, or worse.

 

[Wally07]

tell me this. hypothetical tiges v hawks g.f in 2 years.

Who plays on Franklin, Boyle, Roughead, Thorp, Dowler, if they go tall up forward.

Simple. You flood them and then a run the ball out since they will be too tall.

Agree with your theory but do need a bit of balance about it.