List Mgmt. 2024 Draft - The Final Countdown

[TJTIGER]

Could potentially see some rapid fire live trades on draft night. Hang on to ur hats!! Think we will be right in the line of fire & in an incredible position to dictate terms & strengthen our hand for 25 draft as well!!

 

[GoTigers2015]

 

[crackertiger]

We can only afford to trade into 2025 once with one pick. We need to Take our other picks are start the rebuild now in this 2024 draft.

 

[Mr Magic]

We can only afford to trade into 2025 once with one pick. We need to Take our other picks are start the rebuild now in this 2024 draft.

what do you mean?

 

[_RT_]

Well I'm a dumbass then.

Surely someone uses this as their signature

 

[tigers12]

No team should be helping Geelong move up the draft I say **** them make them keep their shitty picks in 45 and 57 before bids

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

RICHMOND​

Current Draft Picks: 1, 6, 10, 11, 18, 20, 23, 24​

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Tigers list boss Blair Hartley holds the keys to this year’s draft, with an unbelievable eight top-30 picks which should help accelerate the club’s rebuild. Richmond is keeping its cards close to its chest, but has been strongly linked to a number of prospects.
Sam Lalor – a powerful midfielder-forward who looks up to Dustin Martin – is favoured by rival clubs to be the No.1 pick, ahead of Finn O’Sullivan who the Tigers have also weighed up at the selection. Richmond looks near-certain to snap up 195cm big-bodied midfielder Josh Smillie with its second selection, who has drawn comparisons to Carlton star Patrick Cripps

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Patrick Cripps

Age

29

Ht

195cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.9

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

16.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

5.8

5star

CL

7.4

5star

D

21.0

5star

K

10.1

4star

HB

10.9

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

3.8

4star

CL

6.3

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.4

4star

.
What the Tigers do at picks 10 and 11 will depend on the moves that St Kilda (picks 7 and 8) and Melbourne (pick 9) make. Richmond is understood to be big fans of rebounding defenders Bo Allan and Tobie Travaglia, but the Demons could pounce on Allan first and Travaglia is also understood to have interest from St Kilda. If Melbourne does take Allan off the board, highly-rated key forward Harry Armstrong could get to the Tigers in what would be a big win. The range of talls Jack Whitlock and Jobe Shanahan begins at Richmond’s picks 10 and 11 and they shape as options if Armstrong is off the board.
With the later first-round picks, Richmond has been strongly linked to midfielder forward Cooper Hynes, as well as players like Joe Berry, Tom Gross, Ollie Hannaford, Jasper Alger and Harry Oliver. The club has also expressed interest in mobile 201cm South Australian ruckman Alex Dodson. The Tigers will consider offers for pick 24 – which will be the first pick of round 2 – but also have the option to use what would be an eighth selection.
Pictured: Sam Lalor

 

[tora tora tora]

what do you mean?

8 list spots to fill & 8 draft picks.
trading into 2025 would need us to elevate another rookie, take a DFA player or use the preseason to take a player.

 

[tora tora tora]

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one night was enough.

 

[Azzleberry]

8 list spots to fill & 8 draft picks.
trading into 2025 would need us to elevate another rookie, take a DFA player or use the preseason to take a player.

Not really. We'd just trade into 2025 and part of the package would be a later pick in 30s or 40s- maintaining the number of picks in 2024.

I do like the idea though of keeping a spot open for PSD/rookie drafts. We've had success there previously

 

[smasha]

The media desperate for us to eff this up.
#

 

[docko911]

The media desperate for us to eff this up.
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Imagine if we land every pick

 

[Simche]

No team should be helping Geelong move up the draft I say **** them make them keep their shitty picks in 45 and 57 before bids

Agree. Besides, they'll have two prospects in mind at those picks that the Falcons 'Football Factory' has conveniently kept playing at Barwon Heads for the whole year out of the eyes of other recruiters. How do they stay relevant?

8 list spots to fill & 8 draft picks.
trading into 2025 would need us to elevate another rookie, take a DFA player or use the preseason to take a player.

Looking at the John Ralph article there's a good way we can both take our fill at this draft and prepare ourselves to hit the top end next year in a really strong way. Take pick 24 as an example, if there's an offer for a future first and a third at the pointy end this year where we think someone we like might still be available then we slide back and take the first for next year while still taking a good prospect on board. I fully expect draft night melts like last year where people really lost it when we slid back twice in a row lol.

 

[Wacky Tiger]

Imagine if we land every pick

Another dynasty within 5 years


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[Steely Brown Eye]

dees prefer private school smilie over langford, possibly due to athletic profile not parents volvo

 

[tora tora tora]

Not really. We'd just trade into 2025 and part of the package would be a later pick in 30s or 40s- maintaining the number of picks in 2024.

I do like the idea though of keeping a spot open for PSD/rookie drafts. We've had success there previously

we have to use the rookie draft to replace Young, Coulthard at least.

 

[tigs2010]

we have to use the rookie draft to replace Young, Coulthard at least.

Blight and Gray take those spots

 

[captain cotch 9]

This quote is the difference between O'Sullivan and Lalor IMO...
Lalor wants to be #1 as shown in his C7 interview.
He seems to be a fair bit more competitive than FOS. Its shown in the way he plays as well.

 

[captain cotch 9]

After reading this its a 100% lock on Lalor IMO...

AFL recruiters will tell you there is no one more talented in this year’s highly touted draft class than Koroit kid and Xavier College boarder Finn O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan entered the 2024 season as a leading candidate to be the No.1 draft pick after earning under-18 All-Australian honours as a bottom-ager last year.

Finn O’Sullivan, pictured representing the AFL academy this year, could be a top-three draft pick.Credit:AFL Photos
That followed the Oakleigh Chargers midfielder being crowned the best player at the under-16 championships in 2022.
However, injuries conspired against O’Sullivan this past season, as they did top pick-elect Sam Lalor, starting with his left thumb, then a broken finger on his right hand that required surgery before further niggles that contributed to him never quite hitting top form.

His interrupted campaign adds further intrigue to a draft shrouded in mystery, with list bosses, recruiters and player agents more unsure about this year’s order than usual.
“To be honest, it really hasn’t crossed my mind [being the No.1 pick]. I just want to go the highest I can, and if it’s one, it’s one, but if it’s not one, that’s OK,” O’Sullivan said.
“I felt like I was very lucky having the past two seasons, in the way I set myself up compared to some other boys, because there’s no guarantee to be drafted.”
There are talent scouts who still think O’Sullivan could be Richmond’s choice at No.1, while he may be North Melbourne’s top alternative to intercept defender Alix Tauru if they opt against bolstering their back line stocks.


O’Sullivan was also hotly tipped as Carlton’s target after they traded up for West Coast’s No.3 selection, while Adelaide and Melbourne will both consider him at their picks. But there is a scenario where he reaches St Kilda’s No.7 if the Tigers take Josh Smillie at six.
It is that type of draft, with fellow onballers Jagga Smith, Harvey Langford and Sid Draper also having claims at the pointy end, along with Brisbane’s father-son gun Levi Ashcroft, who should receive an early bid.

O’Sullivan (left), with fellow likely top-10 pick Jagga Smith, is one of the most decorated players in this year’s draft class.Credit:AFL Photos
O’Sullivan is classy and composed, has neat skills, elite endurance, marks well overhead, kicks goals and is competitive, with one recruiter telling this masthead mid-year that he was as close to a flawless prospect as you will find.
The obvious question follows: how on earth is someone described in such a way not the runaway No.1 pick?

The convoluted answer starts with O’Sullivan’s injuries and subsequent muted performances – at least in comparison to the lofty heights of his previous two seasons – at a time peers such as Smith and Langford did not play a bad game.
Draper rebounded from his own pre-season setback to finish the year strongly for South Adelaide’s senior side, while there is an infatuation with Lalor’s upside despite injuries hitting him even harder than O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan is not a huge ball-winner and recruiters question whether he is as driven as others, believing also that he could be more professional in between games.
Even with those queries, he may be too good to pass up, with Lalor, Langford and Jack and Matt Whitlock among the top prospects to list O’Sullivan as their No.1 choice.


O’Sullivan is strong overhead.Credit:AFL Photos
Matt Whitlock called him “special” and tipped him to become an AFL premiership player, Jack Whitlock said O’Sullivan’s talent was “through the roof”, Langford added he was an “amazing player”, and Lalor opined that he had the “highest ceiling” of any prospective draftee.
“He hasn’t been at his best this year [because of injuries], but when he’s on, he’s the best player,” Lalor said.
O’Sullivan, whose father Nick was on North Melbourne’s list but did not play a senior game, grew up in a football family, with his brothers Paddy and Jack good enough to do VFL pre-seasons and play in a senior flag at Koroit. Jack also won a flag in the Darwin league with Waratah.
That support network and O’Sullivan’s easygoing nature helped him deal with the expectation that every aspiring footballer experiences in their draft year, while he even found positives from being on the sidelines.

Former Carlton and Geelong assistant coach Dale Amos is Xavier College’s head of football, and was critical in helping O’Sullivan still be productive and not too frustrated while injured.
“He’s been huge for me,” O’Sullivan said.
“I could have let those injuries get the better of me and kind of curl up in a shell, but he said it’s also a great opportunity for me to discover another side of me, which was to prove my leadership.
“I was lucky enough to be co-captain, and he gave me some [tasks] that he thought would work for me. I engaged with other players and did things I would not have been able to if I wasn’t injured, so that’s been great.”
As for where O’Sullivan ends up, we will have to wait until Wednesday night.

 

[4tune8]

There's been a fair bit of banging going on with who'll we pick at 1, Lalor, FOS and Jagga, by consensus, seem to be our likely targets.

What I can't get my head around is that there's barely any mention of Sid the Kid, I know there's been talk on the forums about the 'go home factor' but there hasn't been an inkling of that from him.

I could bang on about his about his agility (No.1 in 2023 with 7.80 secs) his speed, clean hands and ability to take the game on in recognizing key moments and leadership but I won't.

This guy had the most exposure to a senior environment during the season and dominated. To me he stands head and shoulders over the next best prospects.

Don't be surprised if he's taken at pick 1, it's just the sort of thing that Blair would do.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

what do you mean?

We can trade for example pick 23 for pick 35 and a future pick, pick 24 for a future pick and still have 7 picks in this draft.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

There's been a fair bit of banging going on with who'll we pick at 1, Lalor, FOS and Jagga, by consensus, seem to be our likely targets.

What I can't get my head around is that there's barely any mention of Sid the Kid, I know there's been talk on the forums about the 'go home factor' but there hasn't been an inkling of that from him.

I could bang on about his about his agility (No.1 in 2023 with 7.80 secs) his speed, clean hands and ability to take the game on in recognizing key moments and leadership but I won't.

This guy had the most exposure to a senior environment during the season and dominated. To me he stands head and shoulders over the next best prospects.

Don't be surprised if he's taken at pick 1, it's just the sort of thing that Blair would do.

Not tall enough for pick 1.

 

[tigs2010]

Fox Footy have Dees taking Tauru at 5. Feel like their interest would be more likely at 9 and a bluff to make North go early and let someone get to them.

 

[tigs2010]

Trainor looks likely to be on the board at our 2nd rounder. You're either going to get an absolute bargain or a complete bust with the concussions with this guy.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]