Roast Sam Davidson

[richoplzbreed]

Move on.

Aint a Tiger.

Let's not break a heart vessel over it.

Back our boys in.

He's an enemy now when they play their GF against us.

Sure. No worries. Backing complete and utter spuds like Dow, MRJ, Samson. Mcintosh over learning from stupidity is the surefire makings of a dynasty

 

[richoplzbreed]

Geez, Massimo D’Ambrosio, Sam Durham, Sam Davidson. Who is responsible for these 3 f@ck ups?

Try be accurate: Massimo, Durham and even the failed McDonagh were out of our hands due to our high ladder position and Dodo stealing our thunder. Davidson is a cluster f@$k of epic proportions, no excuses whatsoever.

 

[docko911]

McAuliffe not playing

Davidson not on our list

Dow better ****ing turn into a star player because **** me we are wasting a lot of opportunities on him.

 

[richoplzbreed]

McAuliffe not playing

Davidson not on our list

Dow better *ing turn into a star player because * me we are wasting a lot of opportunities on him.

Dows a Dud. Also a lazy Dud who breaks out in hives anytime he enters a gymnasium. Will be delisted eoy and playing suburban football 2026.

 

[Lord of the Wings]

How the heck did we miss this guy? Hartley needs to front the members on this one. A list full of duds and this guy gets ignored while right under our nose

 

[chriso11]

Seemed pretty obvious… not sure why it was missed

 

[Meteoric Rise]

How the heck did we miss this guy? Hartley needs to front the members on this one. A list full of duds and this guy gets ignored while right under our nose

Have a look at 11.47 to go 2nd term. You might find your answer.

 

[Karp3_dm]

I thought he went before it was our pick no?

 

[Meteoric Rise]

I thought he went before it was our pick no?

No team took him including Dogs.

They got him months later in the ND.

 

[Tiges1229]

We went for a full-rebuild not a quick fix, getting Davidson would have been a quick fix mentality, I can see why we went with all kids in the draft.

He’s only 23

 

[Bird Man]

whos in charge of these decisions? is it blair and Yze?

 

[Karp3_dm]

I like Blight and Gray

No biggie
Stop over reacting kids

 

[Tigerandy63]

McAuliffe not playing

Davidson not on our list

Dow better *ing turn into a star player because * me we are wasting a lot of opportunities on him.

This. We will lose McAuliffe to one of the SA sides. Play him FFS.

 

[Daka]

He’s only 23

It doesn't matter we haven't gone down the path of mature aged recruits, it's quite clear we went for young talented 18 years olds to develop and grow with the group, experience can always be added that's the easy part imo.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Davidson was great tonight, I’ve got to admit I am surprised he has made the leap to AFL so quickly.
I reckon he was overlooked in the msd, because he lacked a yard and was not particularly athletic. What he does have is a massive tank, and high footy IQ.
You win some you lose some, Blight could prove to be a very good msd selection.

 

[PetterdHoisted]

Say what you want but this is embarrassing. How did we let him slip through our hands?

We didn’t

We all screamed on here for the club to take the free hit

Absolutely screamed for them to do it

They, the dead @&&: recruiters at Richmond preferred …. Wait for it …. ‘Pass’

 

[ForeverHardcore]

Absolute balls up

Blight and him in the mid season draft would’ve been perfect

Don’t hate Gray but this guy won the fothergill medal for a reason
Absolute weapon on the wing and runs all day

Don’t get why we said no at all
Baffling decision

 

[Wooden Robot]

Because we picked more talented players in the draft. This guy is a mature player not that surprising.

Yeah, like we don’t need mature players who can play the game.

 

[Coach_Required]

I like Blight and Gray

No biggie
Stop over reacting kids

We had 3 picks though. Only used 2

 

[Daka]

Yeah, like we don’t need mature players who can play the game.

It's why I am big on getting Ed Richards we use no pick on him & he is a better player than Davidson.

 

[PetterdHoisted]

Hope that Doc keeps showing how dumb that ‘pass’ decision was

So it’s completely clear that our recruiting team can follow Cal Twomey with the top 10 picks like geniuses

But when they have raw talent under their noses in a VFL team that nobody is watching, they have NFI.

 

[The Mighty]

Even if we had him, we wouldn't be giving him a game with the likes of Taranto, Hopper, Dow, Prestia in the side.

LOL

Yep, McAuliffe cat even get a run.

Tigers still be gifting games to Dow.

 

[voorhees]

inserted himself into the play almost all game tonight.
played great and wish him well in his career.
will be a interesting watch going forward.

 

[The Mighty]

3 handy players stolen from under our nose.

D Ambrosio. Davidson and Durham.

 

[RockJobster0312]

I just don't understand why we didn't use all four picks. Absolute free hit, and Davidson would be lining up on the wing for us right now.

It has everything to do with managing primary list spots and 2024 draft picks. At the time of the MSD we had contracts in front of four out of contract players (Baker, Graham, Pickett and Dusty), plus seven 2024 national draft picks.

At the end of the 2024 season, those MSD guys need to go on to the rookie list; which was already full at the time. Which means you either cut a rookie guy you don’t want to cut (one or more of Tresize, Campbell, Bauer, Young, LeFau) or promote them to the primary list and run the risk of losing a national draft pick (you can’t take more picks to the draft than you have list spots).

So worse case scenario from a list management standpoint is you have four guys re-signing, and 2-3 guys you need to promote to the primary list (or cut some of those mentioned above). We know hindsight that 0 of the 4 OOC players signed on for 2025, but that wasn’t known at the time.

I’m sure there are those that will say well why did you keep Dow and KMac, the response to that is there was a reason they were the last two re-signed. I suspect that if Dusty or Pickett went around again, or Baker and Graham decided not to go west both would have been delisted.

Some may also say ‘what about Bolton and Rioli’s list spots being free’ but both were contracted (IF it was known they’d request a move at the time of the MSD), and even if you did move them, it would be for draft capital which at the very least would mean you can’t fill those spots with a rookie list promotion as they’re needed for the very picks you get in return.

You can argue that Davidson should have been over Gray or that the third pick they took and didn’t use due to the risk of list spots (I.e. no player being deemed worthy to justify the risk to list spots) was the wrong decision at the time; but at the end of the day there were very logical reasons at the time only two picks were used.

3 handy players stolen from under our nose.

D Ambrosio. Davidson and Durham.

Two of which (D’Ambrossio and Durham) we had no chance of selecting in their respective MSD years.