Player Watch #50 Marlion Pickett Retirement

[Marcel Proust]

Best player in the mid season draft - steal

Pick 13: Marlion Pickett

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Marlion Pickett

Age

32

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

5.5

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

1.5

4star

D

11.7

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.6

4star

CL

1.3

4star

D

12.8

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.6

4star

(Richmond)

Marlion Pickett highlights

Alistair Paton

The Tigers take the biggest gamble of the draft, picking the WA sensation who spent time in jail from 2010-12.

The exciting 27-year-old midfielder broke his finger in the WAFL at the weekend but Richmond has taken the plunge on a long-term project.

Sydney Stack

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Sydney Stack

Age

24

Ht

179cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.5

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

8.7

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

3.0

5star

MG

202.0

3star

D

9.8

2star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.4

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.8

4star

MG

133.0

2star

D

16.2

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.6

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

227.4

4star

Mark 2?

Here’s what Jon Ralph wrote about Pickett last week:

Pickett’s manager Van Der Wielen says clubs would not be sorry they took a risk on the brilliant midfielder.

“He is like the king at our football club (South Fremantle). He is hard as nails, he moves with grace and all of our players, especially the indigenous ones, hang off his every word.

“He barely speaks but he leads by example. He went into jail in 2010 and came out in 2012.

“He has been a real cleanskin since then. It isn’t a worry. I have sat him down in front of clubs and if they haven’t asked the hard questions I have made sure they ask them.

“This is a free hit for between 13 and 16 weeks. If it doesn’t work out they have nothing to lose

 

[tigs2010]

Welcome Marlion. 2 brownlows or bust. No pressure

 

[3rdManUp]

Superb move. We were lucky that finger broke at just the right time.
**** this is an awesome good club

 

[Grockadoc]

Superb move. We were lucky that finger broke at just the right time.
**** this is an awesome good club

Stoked with this. Inside grunt who has pace ans clean skills and can play a variety of roles. Similar to Tim Kelly.

 

[Zoom]

Delicious

 

[rmcq]

Richmond loading up their injury list just as one player gets off it. Interesting strategy!... Keep under the radar...

 

[Tigerandy63]

we drafted a 27 year old with a broken finger, won’t play for at least 6 weeks. Hardly a long term prospect, looks to me like a bit of insurance in case someone goes down.

hmmmm!!

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Smart move best player it’s more than just this year another indigenous gun our wafl scouts need a pay rise

 

[Muddiemoose]

Woooo he’s gonna dominate next year than we can trade him for freo’s or west coasts first rounders
Tim kelly mk2

 

[tigs2010]

What number is he?

 

[Marcel Proust]

we drafted a 27 year old with a broken finger, won’t play for at least 6 weeks. Hardly a long term prospect, looks to me like a bit of insurance in case someone goes down.

hmmmm!!

Richmond get first crack at him next year - and he is good

 

[db26]

From those who watched him is he inside or outside midfielder or both and his strengths and weakness.Like this pick take a risk nothing to loose I think he will be motivated to prove himself after missing out.

 

[tigs2010]

Woooo he’s gonna dominate next year than we can trade him for freo’s or west coasts first rounders
Tim kelly mk2

He's better than Kelly if we are all being honest.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

we drafted a 27 year old with a broken finger, won’t play for at least 6 weeks. Hardly a long term prospect, looks to me like a bit of insurance in case someone goes down.

hmmmm!!

We picked the best player not on an afl list who’s compared to Tim Kelly

 

[tigs2010]

We picked the best player not on an afl list who’s compared to Tim Kelly

Tim Kelly gets comparisons to Marlion Pickett.

 

[tony__montana]

I’m stoked with this! What a great pickup

He wasn’t even on my radar bc I was convinced he was long gone by our pick. Got about 8-9 weeks to learn the running patterns and gameplans before coming in towards the end of the season and doing a Jack graham of 2017. **** he’s good!

 

[captain blood 17]

So, Richmond has injuries, what do we do? Draft a bloke with an injury. You couldn’t script this stuff.


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[Grockadoc]

we drafted a 27 year old with a broken finger, won’t play for at least 6 weeks. Hardly a long term prospect, looks to me like a bit of insurance in case someone goes down.

hmmmm!!

Maybe some insurance for Bolton in case he leaves as well, but Pickett is exactly the type of player we need. We moan we need 2 Dusty's so we can have one up forward and one in the middle. Pickett gives us that. He is explosive out of a stoppage, powerful, evasive, hard to tackle, clean skills, excellent mark overhead. He will provide us some much needed dynamism in the midfield. Most of our inside mid stocks aren't explosive or quick. Pickett changes that immensely.

 

[BruceTempany14]

Know bugger all about him but I’m excited !!


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[Zoom]

Will debut in the Granny.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Some highlights

 

[energyquant]

Wow, did we rort that! Used the mid-season draft to grab a hard nut from WA for 2020. Nice one Tigers!

 

[Bojangles17]

Fantastic , can come clean with the real diagnosis on finger now, strap it to the next one and play vfl next week . Love it tigers

 

[NZ_Tiger]

I had kind of given up on there being anything left for us after we slipped down the draft ladder. Great to see us take a long term approach, we are about to get some bodies back in the next four weeks.


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[Zoom]

What finger is it? Just chop it off like Chick did and get him in this weekend