Crows Rookie Selections discussion thread

Remove this Banner Ad

just of top of my head so i may be wrong but 3 players not rookie listed at all who had been linked albeit slightly to us - Sharples, Gugliotta & Sheahan.
 
A heads up from the main board in relation to Brisbane passing and then using later picks.

Warwick said:
Brisbane and Sydney have 3 local picks before the rookie draft (that appear as their last 3 picks). We selected Spackman, Dzufer, and Tippett as our local picks. That meant they were always going to be locked in as our final 3 selections regardless of what we did before that (including passes).

I don't know why Sydney didn't pick up any local rookies. They must have really not rated Klemke.
Click to expand...

So Joel was rookied even before the rookie draft started.
 

Log in to remove this ad.

NikkiNoo said:
A heads up from the main board in relation to Brisbane passing and then using later picks.
So Joel was rookied even before the rookie draft started.
Click to expand...
maybe he only had to get through the ND, before Brisbane could secure him using any of their RD picks.

good luck to Jay van Berlo; i knew the Crows wouldn't pick him up anyway...but young Bocky...to the Bombers...maybe that's why we passed on the third round. perhaps there was no one else we were interested in...or perhaps we were never interested in picking him up. who knows. good luck to him anyway. i guess we all assumed Ricky Henderson would get picked and most seem happy with the Schmidt pickup ever since he was delisted by Brisbane. good haul IMO; if only we could've got Christian Bock as well with our third, but oh well...can't have them all.
 
Will be interesting to see how John Bennell goes for Collingwood as he was the pick after our pass. Also he is the type of player many of us were saying we should rookie to give us another crumbing, elusive forward option.

We must have a heap of 6'2" plus players now. This is not necessarily a bad thing especially with the way the rules are now governed ie. no chopping of arms, no hands in back etc.

I will back the club in with their picks but lets just hope one of the boys on the list can fill this crumbing void.
 
spexau said:
Fingers crossed for Jarrhan (sp?) Jacky then ;)
Click to expand...

To be honest I reckon will Jacky will be a star. He seems like he is willing to learn and not that I've seen much of him but things seem to happen when he gets his hands on it.

However I would of like to have seen another like him on the list. But I guess the Crows feel either we have enough options or they just didn't rate any of the others left.
 
Ticktak said:
To be honest I reckon will Jacky will be a star. He seems like he is willing to learn and not that I've seen much of him but things seem to happen when he gets his hands on it.

However I would of like to have seen another like him on the list. But I guess the Crows feel either we have enough options or they just didn't rate any of the others left.
Click to expand...

Yeah I agree he'll be a good player. He looked shaky in his 3 games this year but admittedly improved in every outing. Had a couple of great games for the Eagles in both reserve and senior levels (from what I saw) before he injured his knee. Hopefully he gets an opportunity in the MMC as a small forward and pushes for round 1 selection. From what people are saying in their training reports he is going quite well.
 
Matt Rendell is quoted on the AFL.com.au site as saying they went in with a list of only 5 players they had interest in. 3 went in the first 4 picks, and he picked up the other two.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Those of you who are not sure on Ricky Henderson....I played with him this season for trentham in the marybourough/castlemaine football league and the kid is a freak...natural footballer playing at CHF and in the Ruck...190 cm not much meat on the kid though but he is quick and is a very ferocious player...only played 6 games and ran 4th in the B and F...Great pick up for the crows
 
kangaroos69 said:
Those of you who are not sure on Ricky Henderson....I played with him this season for trentham in the marybourough/castlemaine football league and the kid is a freak...natural footballer playing at CHF and in the Ruck...190 cm not much meat on the kid though but he is quick and is a very ferocious player...only played 6 games and ran 4th in the B and F...Great pick up for the crows
Click to expand...
Thanks for that :thumbsu:
 
kangaroos69 said:
Those of you who are not sure on Ricky Henderson....I played with him this season for trentham in the marybourough/castlemaine football league and the kid is a freak...natural footballer playing at CHF and in the Ruck...190 cm not much meat on the kid though but he is quick and is a very ferocious player...only played 6 games and ran 4th in the B and F...Great pick up for the crows
Click to expand...

Thanks for your input.

What possy you see him in AFL?
 
cmndstab said:
That's pretty poor if it is true. Surely they would be interested in some other players just for a try?


Edit: Here's the link: http://www.afc.com.au/tabid/4417/Default.aspx?newsid=70896
Click to expand...

The club aren't in the business of selecting (and paying) players if they're not interested in drafting them. Just because a list vacancy exists does not mean it needs to be filled. They're not a charity.

If the club didn't rate any other players in the draft, then that's a good enough reason for me.
 
Vader said:
The club aren't in the business of selecting (and paying) players if they're not interested in drafting them. Just because a list vacancy exists does not mean it needs to be filled. They're not a charity.

If the club didn't rate any other players in the draft, then that's a good enough reason for me.
Click to expand...

On one hand I can't help but agree with you, and in a way it should inspire the players that are on the list with confidence that they're not there just because they were the best of a bad bunch.


On the other hand, the salary for a rookie is a pretty cheap investment for a player that could turn out to be good. Was it is, like $70k/year or something? They'd spend that on some fancy training machine or something, why not on a player?


Still, it seems clear they went in with that strategy and one thing you have to love about Rendell is that he has his strategy in mind and he sticks to it like clockwork :thumbsu:
 

Remove this Banner Ad

Crows Rookie Selections discussion thread

Similar threads

ams4crows
Game Day AFL Finals 2024 - Match discussion party thread
280 281 282 283 284
Replies
7K
Views
149K
Moonwatcher
Moonwatcher
1990crow
  • Poll
Game Day Crows vs Hawks, AO + Dar(c)y Fogarty Thread
37 38 39 40 41
Replies
1K
Views
21K
n4sir
n4sir
The Dr
Podcast Historic Crows podcast
Replies
9
Views
274
SugarShane
SugarShane
screech
Opinion Non-Crows AFL 11
84 85 86 87 88
Replies
2K
Views
78K
jackster83
jackster83
pluggerbangerlennylover
Video Highlights Lots of Full Crows Matches
Replies
0
Views
184
pluggerbangerlennylover
pluggerbangerlennylover
Bovo
Unashamed Crows supporter
2 3
Replies
56
Views
2K
Bovo
Bovo
Bazz_27
Analysis Rebuild comparison (Crows, North & Hawks)
2
Replies
42
Views
1K
Doctor B
Doctor B

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top