So, what you are saying is you are a mid-saint-guy?
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Strategically I think our core midfielders Young, Serong and Brayshaw can all spend some rotation time forward. Johnson and Erasmus should be part of that, but small forwards bring a different dynamic. Bolton is deadly and will certainly attend CBDs, and if Berry also has that capacity it is a tick.
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I thought it was going to be an upset Richmond fan that I didn’t rate the guys they picked highly enough. It’s not my fault they had all those picks and chose the Gold Coast route instead of GWS.
Not many upset Tigers fans today I would think. To paraphrase Kerry Packer; you only get one North Melbourne in your lifetime and they just had theirs.
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7. Murphy Reid
9. Joe Berry
18. Bo Allan
My rankings were a month old, but not a lot would have changed.
I liked Reid, he’s a footballer. I can see him playing games next year across half forward for us, think he plays faster than he tests. Our board just needs to view him as a half forward/mid and not just lump him in automatically as midfield depth. For me he jumps ahead of Simpson for the pure reason that he’s a ball winner wherever he plays.
My rating of Allan is mostly because I’m not sure what he is - a mid or a half back. Could be excellent. Or West Coast could find themselves still with no midfield once Reid leaves.
Maybe once you put up your draft winners and losers, where everyone loses marks because they didn't draft <state league scrubber>
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ohh, who was that who went undrafted ?
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A+ for Fremantle once we get Narkle on board then.
Poor Jaxon Artemis. I thought he was probably only 50/50 to be picked up but I liked what I saw. There’s still time though.
Why?
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Everyone has their opinion. No need to be upset by any of it. You have done well in the past.
The one that deviates in terms of significance is Lalor (1 to 10 on your board). Obviously if that eventuates it's going to be a bad draft as he needs to be very good.
The others some you rated a bit earlier and a few abit later. I do find it interesting that you rank Lalor even below guys like Berry.
Your top 10 is definitely very different to most so will be interesting to watch how they all develop
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Overpaid in the trade, overpaid for the player.
To be fair, I viewed my rankings more in tiers rather than a straight list. O’Sullivan and Ashcroft were the clear top tier, then the next 10 were largely interchangable.
With Lalor, I think he could be excellent. Or he could spend the next 10 pre seasons being talked about as a potential breakout candidate.
I think Richmond took a riskier approach than they could have.
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Any thoughts on what happened with Phoenix Hargrave? Seemed a definite to be drafted end of last year and played senior SANFL this season, but not even rookied?
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Not much room for growth I would say
Why be upset about your judgment when we can just hope that you're wrong?
Saying we went the Gold Coast route is strong, there's only one Gold Coast...
By your rankings, the Dees did well, Richmond reached for Lalor, Faull and to a lesser extend Hotton and Smillie, with Armstrong better than expected and Trainor in line.
Going to be fun following this draft cohort though!
