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Player Watch #32 Samson Ryan
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we planning to fill key forward roles with ruckmen?
This is a real surprise this one. Trying to figure out why you take him at pick 40 rather than as a rookie.
He is about 18 months older than and average 18yo draftee so I guess he would be closer to being able to compete at AFL standard than most 18yo rucks.
But with:
Nankervis and Soldo specialist rucks
Coleman-Jones and Chol ruck/forwards
Ryan and Colina as possible long term developing specialist ruck prospects
it is starting to look like we have a lot of specialist rucks.
Possible reasons:
- Richmond identified a high priority need for a back-up specialist ruck 2021, see Ryan as best available, just didn’t want to risk anyone else taking him in a year where rucks are seen as a bit scarce and valuable.
- Richmond continuing a bit of a tradition of bringing in players of a type together, and looking at matching him with Colina. Perhaps this is seen as the best way to accelerate development to get them competing against each other, but also gives the club a clear choice in future years, as with Castagna/Butler, Collier-Dawkins/Ross, Coleman-Jones/Balta/Miller, Baker/Higgins.
- Needing a ruck and not liking the look of any mature prospects, Richmond figured why not grab the best young prospect who has any real chance of playing effectively 2021.
That’s about the best I can come up with. Our recruiters know their stuff really well and I am sure they have followed sound reasoning here.
He is about 18 months older than and average 18yo draftee so I guess he would be closer to being able to compete at AFL standard than most 18yo rucks.
But with:
Nankervis and Soldo specialist rucks
Coleman-Jones and Chol ruck/forwards
Ryan and Colina as possible long term developing specialist ruck prospects
it is starting to look like we have a lot of specialist rucks.
Possible reasons:
- Richmond identified a high priority need for a back-up specialist ruck 2021, see Ryan as best available, just didn’t want to risk anyone else taking him in a year where rucks are seen as a bit scarce and valuable.
- Richmond continuing a bit of a tradition of bringing in players of a type together, and looking at matching him with Colina. Perhaps this is seen as the best way to accelerate development to get them competing against each other, but also gives the club a clear choice in future years, as with Castagna/Butler, Collier-Dawkins/Ross, Coleman-Jones/Balta/Miller, Baker/Higgins.
- Needing a ruck and not liking the look of any mature prospects, Richmond figured why not grab the best young prospect who has any real chance of playing effectively 2021.
That’s about the best I can come up with. Our recruiters know their stuff really well and I am sure they have followed sound reasoning here.
A very interesting selection but I think we’ve all learnt to expect these rogue kind of picks from the club, a fair chunk of our Premiership winning teams have been built on the back of these selections so the club deserve to be backed in.
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Jack Carroll was still there, I fear we will be reminded by the Blues of this for a long time to come...agree with what was said above, we must think one of this plethora of developing ruckmen is going to replace JR up forward. I guess it is CCJ.
Welcome Samson and good luck.
Welcome Samson and good luck.
Barnzy
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We hate picking genuine midfielders hey
I think the club has future in mind.Nank struggles to play 22 games, Soldo unknown after his injury, Chol make or breake in 2021,CCJ we don't know yet if he can play the ruck role I think he is more a forward 2021 will tell us , and Colina a project.
I won't lie and pretend that I wouldn't have preferred Carol. But I guess the recruiters see a lot of question marks concerning our ruck stocks. Will Chol make it, will Soldo come back from a knee (and is he someone that we should be looking to upgrade on even if he does), is Coleman-Jones a ruck or a forward, and how will Mate Colina go (and will he even make it here as there is a chance, regardless how remote that a US pro basketball team could still eventually recruit him). In the end the only sure thing is an undersized Nankervis.
Being happy about the swap of first rounders I would have kissed the sky if we got Carol, but I can see why they did it.
Being happy about the swap of first rounders I would have kissed the sky if we got Carol, but I can see why they did it.
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Tigers supporter. Get around him.
Not like we haven't picked 8 since the 2018 draft or anything.
Barnzy
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To be fair, I remember people said the same thing about Liam Stocker and he went to Carlton.
Was the hot Bigfooty pick but hasn't fired a shot.
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We've got Ross, Dow, RCD all waiting in the wings. All genuine mids. And a wing in Ralphsmith.
Carroll may end up a better player than Ryan, although given the Blues recruiting recently I'm not that stressed.
These guys have plucked bargains like Graham at 53 let alone our rookies. Keep the faith.
Maybe we thought lions were interested with their next pick
Maybe they heard lions (or another team) were keen to take him with next pick or two. Lions did take a ruckman at pick 48 so u would think they at least had a look.
Maybe they heard lions (or another team) were keen to take him with next pick or two. Lions did take a ruckman at pick 48 so u would think they at least had a look.
The blues have quite a reputation for developing young mids into fantastic players , it’s part of the reason they’ve been so successful in recent times...
wish we could just catch a break sick of watching the blues win flags
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Welcome aboard big fella looking forward to seeing what you can do at the tiges
if you're looking for footage, he dominated this QAFL Senior game this year. He is also a rabid Tigers supporter
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Reasonable standard of footy, about 6 ex AFL listed players still in their 20s out there, plus some SANFL Premiership players.
He was best on by a country mile.
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Reasonable standard of footy, about 6 ex AFL listed players still in their 20s out there, plus some SANFL Premiership players.
He was best on by a country mile.
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Ralpsmith is a forward, Dow and RCD could be backs and Ross still has to make it
Sir_Loin
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this is like how Kevin Keegan used to play his 1-2-6 formation at NUFC
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Which ruckman is he? The one in the black and white or the other one?
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Mate is going to be playing basketball...
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Rcd is an inside mid
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he is not proven yet
Elton Johns Wig
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Ralphsmith is a Wing/Fwd. As he matures, it's wing.
RCD is not a back, end of.
Ross will make it.
You can't pick midfielders every year.
Narks gotta nark though.
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wanna bet?
