2019 Draft

[Dragonfire]

Didn’t appear to be our night tonight. Martyn and Ralphsmith are nice types but Biggs and Cumberland look rookie level

 

[richoatthedisco]

Strange pick with the amount of talls/rucks we've already got

Rucks yes, KPP no. He can play forward or back.

Don't particularly like the selection of Nyoun. Players picked largely on their athletic ability should be left for the rookie draft for me due to the one year deal vs two year deal as national selection.

Who says he was chosen largely on athletic ability? His numbers are very respectable for a late round KPP. 10.7 disposals, 4.2 marks, 1.9 goals per game in the NAB League.

I don’t like our strategy of just bidding on anyone’s academy if that’s what they were doing.
It’s odd because I haven’t thought this in years, but it doesn’t feel like we have done enough homework heading to this draft. Since about 2014-2015 to last year, it really felt like we were well researched and prepared but I don’t get that vibe this year.

I say this not because the group of players that we picked up. Rather, it is more to do with the apparent lack of targeted pickups. Some teams like Carlton, Geelong, Gold Coast and Collingwood had that vibe about them this year and we did too in the last couple of years but not this year.

I don’t know, we’ll have to wait and see how our group go before making any judgement, but how they reached their selections this draft doesn’t fill me with confidence like it did in the last few years. I mean, we have three unmatched academy picks on our list. Does it say that we got a bargain, or was there a reason why there was no bid on them? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Someone did bid on them. The best club with the best recruiters.

How the **** do you deduce our pick-ups weren't targeted?

Not sure about taking project players in the ND, they get 2 years minimum..

Project players need more than two years.

Nyoun would have slipped to the rookie draft surely?
Did we reach for him?

If he slipped to the rookie draft, he slipped to St Kilda. If we wanted him, that's where we had to take him.

Pretty clear we really wanted Martyn so bid on Cumberland expecting Brisbane to match. Meaning they wouldn’t have the points to match our bid for Martyn. U could see Thursfield move Cumberlands magnet up when Brissy didn’t match. Probably cost us Bianco so we did the trade then. A pretty major stuff up. Hope they learn a lesson from it.

Pfft.

 

[tony__montana]

Pretty clear we really wanted Martyn so bid on Cumberland expecting Brisbane to match. Meaning they wouldn’t have the points to match our bid for Martyn. U could see Thursfield move Cumberlands magnet up when Brissy didn’t match. Probably cost us Bianco so we did the trade then. A pretty major stuff up. Hope they learn a lesson from it.

If we wanted Bianco we wouldn’t have accepted collingwoods pick swap request - pretty obvious I would’ve thought

 

[theflea]

Do you believe that he is a star of the competition based on his output? The first initial point I was making is that I don’t think he is. Secondly, I think that his 2019 season specifically was at the level of a fringe player. I didn’t really think he was that much of an essential player, hence why I used the term fringe player.

It’s a personal opinion I have of him, but you guys are more than welcome to disagree with me if you view him differently. My opinions on AFL aren’t the most informed, so I am happy to acknowledge that I could be wrong on him.

Imo you need to foget the idea that first rounders have to be stars of the comp. They are rare. First rounders should be players that play 100 games plus. Thats the level rating. Stars of the comp are top 20 of 800 and can come from everywhere so I think you are asking for far far too much. If you can have 4 or 5 in steam that is gold. And very lucky.

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[Toadvine]

Pretty clear we really wanted Martyn so bid on Cumberland expecting Brisbane to match. Meaning they wouldn’t have the points to match our bid for Martyn. U could see Thursfield move Cumberlands magnet up when Brissy didn’t match. Probably cost us Bianco so we did the trade then. A pretty major stuff up. Hope they learn a lesson from it.

 

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Pretty clear we really wanted Martyn so bid on Cumberland expecting Brisbane to match. Meaning they wouldn’t have the points to match our bid for Martyn. U could see Thursfield move Cumberlands magnet up when Brissy didn’t match. Probably cost us Bianco so we did the trade then. A pretty major stuff up. Hope they learn a lesson from it.

How did it cost us Bianco when we still had the very next pick there to then take him?

 

[smurfin]

So who are we looking at for the rookie draft?
KPD Finlay, Hilder, Pasini all still available - although we did get Nyuon who is most likely as a KPD.
Mitch O'Neill, Darcy Cassar, Fraser Phillips, Josh Shute, Darcy Chirgwin, Daniel Mott, Josh Honey all available?

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Rucks yes, KPP no. He can play forward or back.


Who says he was chosen largely on athletic ability? His numbers are very respectable for a late round KPP. 10.7 disposals, 4.2 marks, 1.9 goals per game in the NAB League.

We did.

We liked the fact Bigoa improved throughout the year and was starting to show his rare athleticism more as the year wore on.

 

[Mr Magic]

We have Ross, Balta, chol, Stack, Naish, RCD, CCJ, Graham, McIntosh, Turner, English and Higgins to come into the the side next year that didn't play in the GF.
Add Pickett with a full preseason.
We certainly did draft for three years down the track. Not 2020.

Assuming the players don't get let go and or they decide to leave .

RFC has one general forward being Dusty and no left foot forwards. Yet we pass on Thayen who Geelong gave up a 2019 pick , a future 3rd round and a future 4th round

 

[fargothegreat]

Didn’t appear to be our night tonight. Martyn and Ralphsmith are nice types but Biggs and Cumberland look rookie level

Where does your club Intel come from Dragonfire?

You were spot on last night, and I really don't want what you're saying to be right again tonight (no offense)

 

[gunnagunnagunna]

The whole draft looks underwhelming! Did what we could with what we had! Not disappointed, if we walk away with 2 100+ game players we've done well!

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[tugga]

can someone ecplain the trade with Collingwood to me?
Did we move spots and then just exchange 2nd rounder for 2020?
Or did they give us something else?
If it's the former, then we could potentially have moved DOWN both drafts?

 

[richoatthedisco]

It's ******* lightning for anyone. Usain Bolt did 2.93 in the first 20 metres of the London Olympics 100m final (9.63 for the 100) and 2.89 when he ran the 9.58 world record.

Just on this, if you take out the reaction time, Bolt did 2.70/2.74. Not sure if they count the reaction time at the Combine or start the clock when the kid actually gets going. Whichever, 2.86 is rare air.

 

[Roksman]

Didn’t appear to be our night tonight. Martyn and Ralphsmith are nice types but Biggs and Cumberland look rookie level

Cumberland looks the best of the lot from tonight IMO.

 

[Tiges1229]

All Duds delist best

 

[Lsta062]

the host calling every club "the richmond football club" "the carlton football club" and so on is mildly infuriating just say richmond, carlton etc you campaigner we all know they're a football club

Lmao

 

[Tigerbob]

What’s being missed as well is Essendon actually helped us out significantly with their earlier bid on the Brisbane academy kid which they didn’t expect. They scrambled to get enough points to not lose their immediate pick but it cost them for Cumberland and Martyn.

Trust me when I say, Brisbane would be very disappointed to not get either of those on their list.

Look at the holistic draft not just the individual picks.

 

[Roksman]

can someone ecplain the trade with Collingwood to me?
Did we move spots and then just exchange 2nd rounder for 2020?
Or did they give us something else?
If it's the former, then we could potentially have moved DOWN both drafts?

We won the premiership with a horror season... I don't think we're worried about Collingwood finishing above us

 

[richoatthedisco]

We did.

We didn't in that quote.

 

[Cevap_Roll]

fu** i did not get picked

did you nominate?

 

[theflea]

None, did not make my radar.

When they do, let me know

How many of any did you watch live?

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[richcogs]

The whole draft looks underwhelming! Did what we could with what we had! Not disappointed, if we walk away with 2 100+ game players we've done well!

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Exactly right. What I do know is they won't be breaking into the side next year like Ross did with his big body.

 

[TigersMP4]

Think we’ve ****ed it... ah well


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[rado]

Seriously can’t believe the many posters on here are full of the proverbial.

Really like the strategy of taking a combination of bottom age (Dow) early and relative inexperience (Cumberland, Nyuon) laterpicks.

Plenty time to develop these kid, especially since a number of recent draftees are well ahead of them.

 

[Stylo]

Cumberland looks the best of the lot from tonight IMO.

small sample size but I agree, looks tough, quick, good size, nice left foot