Player Watch #50 Marlion Pickett Retirement

[Funky Chicken]

Where is Lynch?

Back pocket.

 

[Big Unit 30]

Quick and skillful with a huge leap. He has also taken some of the ruck work on occasion due to his leaping ability. He has played primarily as a halfback so I would expect to see him there in the AFL.

Thanks to Gaskin from the Sth Freo WAFL thread

 

[Greggy]

Wonder if he’s related to Bolton? His mum’s a Pickett?

 

[Funky Chicken]

Seriously though I love Sydney Stacks development, but believe me this guy is next level and you will be going how the **** has he not been drafted until now. I reckon he is much better at WAFL level than Kelly was (although older).

 

[caddyshack]

"He's very athletic and you certainly don't want to get in his way, but he reads the play beautifully, so he'll probably be a big-bodied midfielder or a running half-back in the AFL."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-05...tigers-pounced-on-a-27yo-with-a-troubled-past

 

[Black Saab]

I cant believe he was available at 13!

Yeah, yeah...me too!! Bloody oath I'm pumped!!

*exhales nervously hoping no one on here can tell I have no idea who Pickett is*

 

[Muddiemoose]

Yeah, yeah...me too!! Bloody oath I'm pumped!!

*exhales nervously hoping no one on here can tell I have no idea who Pickett is*

Short version

A grade talent who spent time in prison witch made clubs nervous about recruiting him

Compared a lot to Tim Kelly in the way he goes about his football

 

[biaseddustyfan]

his manager said he wont play this year

was brought in to help with the all important VFL flag this year

 

[Coach_Required]

Its clear to me that we will offer him a 4 year contract at years end with an extra year added as incentive if we 4peat.

On SM-G935F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[biaseddustyfan]

do you pronounce his name mar-lion and if so do we call him one of the names from the lion king

 

[Coach_Required]

Wonder if he’s related to Bolton? His mum’s a Pickett?

smart move by the club pull at the heart strings so he stays a tiger

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[Black Saab]

Short version

A grade talent who spent time in prison witch made clubs nervous about recruiting him

Compared a lot to Tim Kelly in the way he goes about his football

Cheers and thankyou.

 

[Tigertot]

We got Prestia and Caddy, Lynch came to us to be with his best mates.
We got Stack and Pickett, ?Kelly comes to us to be with his best mates?

Imagine the melts from cats fans. Reckon they would surpass the QF.

What about the pussy melts when we beat them in this years prelim and pickett bog.

 

[Muddiemoose]

Cheers and thankyou.

No problems mate

He broke one of his fingers over the weekend witch meant he’s out of action between 6 - 8 weeks

Apparently Essendon were very keen on him as well but because of the break they elected not to pick him hence why he fell to our pick

A lot have him as the most talented player currently not in the AFL

 

[Bazzar]

I can't believe AFL clubs can get away with paying kids only $50k lol That doesn't get you very far these days....let alone having to relocate to another state! You've been practicing your profession for 20 years, get a job at 27yo and you get paid that. Ouuffff

50 grand for 16 weeks isn't to bad, plus if he isn't re-signed ge gets another 20 grand.

 

[rank and file]

Yeah, yeah...me too!! Bloody oath I'm pumped!!

*exhales nervously hoping no one on here can tell I have no idea who Pickett is*

Watch an ABC series called "Outside chance"
Narrated by Andrew Krakouer about the
Wooroloo Prison footy team.Marlion gets a run.

 

[Karp3_dm]

WA local sports talk 6-8pm every night with Haeslby and Karl Langdon... listen on way home most evenings... rate haselbys opinions and he has talked up Pickett for a couple of years and coached him

Likes him to Tim kelly, if not better

 

[mad_tiggy911]

do you pronounce his name mar-lion and if so do we call him one of the names from the lion king

Mustafa.

 

[Maurice Mitchell]

What's wrong with these clubs? Don't have the guts to back themselves in.

Can't believe how smart we've become. Our recruiting is unbelievable lately. Top sides aren't supposed to be improving at the top end and building for the future.

And when they play we are allowing them to play to their strengths.

 

[Danog]

Highlights vid doesnt load for me.

Anyone else?

 

[Karp3_dm]

Highlights vid doesnt load for me.

Anyone else?

Works fine for me.. thru the Richmond app

 

[Lsta062]

Highlights video up on RFC website.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-05-27/marlion-pickett-highlights

Wow, this guy is so talented! The type of midfielder that we have been wanting to see alongside Dusty and Cotchin for so long.

Hurry up and fix your finger so we can see you play!

 

[GoTigers2015]

The Bombers pulled out because of his broken finger. He wears number 25 at South Fremantle, I reckon he will get no 24

Agent reveals why Tigers pounced on a 27yo with a troubled past



OPERATION: Get Marlion Pickett Drafted began, in some ways, about eight weeks ago.

Pickett had long tried to put himself on the AFL radar – and watched former South Fremantle teammate Tim Kelly do exactly that – but the stigma of his two-and-a-half-year jail stint as a teenager continued to linger.

Intervention was required to breathe life into his football dream, which was realised when Richmond selected the 27-year-old in Monday night's NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft.

Pickett approached his now agent Anthony Van Der Wielen, who he had known for six years through the WAFL, in a plea for help.

Van Der Wielen immediately began working the phones, figuring out firstly what had stopped the hard-as-nails midfielder from being drafted until now.

Retired Dockers champion Paul Hasleby and former Magpie and Bulldog Todd Curley, who have both coached Pickett at South Fremantle, were also enlisted.

"He needed to get his story told," Van Der Wielen told AFL.com.au.

"It was about him not just being the guy who did two-and-a-half years in jail, because that was six or seven years ago and that was something he did when he was 17 or 18 years of age.

"Once we were able to get clubs to sit down and meet with him, they saw he's got a lovely family and four good kids, he's as fit as a trout and really clean-living and never misses a training session.

"I think people took the stereotype out and just saw him for who he is."

The plan looked to have come unstuck on Saturday, when Pickett – a dual South Fremantle club champion – re-broke the right index finger that had ruled him out for all bar two games of the WAFL season.

The Tigers and Essendon were his keenest admirers, but his surgeon told him on Saturday night he faced another eight to 10 weeks on the sidelines.

The Bombers pulled out on Monday morning, but Richmond list manager Blair Hartley remained in contact and eventually let the Pickett camp know the good news just before the draft started.

"He's been impeccable since arriving at our football club and I'm rapt for him and it's been overwhelming all the responses on my phone," Van Der Wielen said.

Pickett will fly to Melbourne on Wednesday, with his long-time partner Jess and their children remaining in Western Australia for the time being.

So what sort of player are the Tigers getting?

"He hits as hard as Byron Pickett but he plays with a lot of grace," Van Der Wielen said.

"He wears the No.25 at South Fremantle, which was worn by our greatest ever footballer, (Hall of Famer) Stephen Michael, and there are some similarities between them.

"He's very athletic and you certainly don't want to get in his way, but he reads the play beautifully, so he'll probably be a big-bodied midfielder or a running half-back in the AFL."

 

[Tforce]

So what if he's been inside. He paid his dues. I'm happy for our club to give him his chance.

 

[hutstar]

What's wrong with these clubs? Don't have the guts to back themselves in.

Can't believe how smart we've become. Our recruiting is unbelievable lately. Top sides aren't supposed to be improving at the top end and building for the future.

And when they play we are allowing them to play to their strengths.

Our recruiters are safe in their jobs and trusted by the entire club. We've got good kids out the ears, so we can take risks. Most recruiters (and lists) can't afford to take up a spot on the list with a guy this old.