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Yeah but Geelong have a habit of drafting blokes nobody has heard of and then actually making something out of them.
Draft Winners and Losers
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T2B_
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As for the topic, obviously no one can say who is really a winner or loser right now, can merely speculate.
Am I happy with my club's overall haul though at this moment? Absolutely.
Am I happy with my club's overall haul though at this moment? Absolutely.
- Jun 19, 2006
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Not a great thread to start so soon after the draft.
Lots of good names picked by junior reputation but that means little now.
Let’s see how it all pans out in 5 years.
Hopefully some stars of the comp come from this years crop.
Lots of good names picked by junior reputation but that means little now.
Let’s see how it all pans out in 5 years.
Hopefully some stars of the comp come from this years crop.
I reckon one kid they took was from the Port Magpies old zone in Enright country.
Probably the only time people wanted to see more of Essendon or a club dragging out its decision
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Reid was known to be a flight risk.
What's the video about?
Agee - Blues have recruited four players who, at this stage on paper, are going to win multiple Brownlows.
Have to be happy with that.
Murphy Reid looked about as happy with getting drafted to Freo as Fischer McAsey did when drafted to the Crows.
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Even our weights are rorting the system!
If anything I think Richmond actually lost the draft. At almost every position they picked the worse of available options.
Pick #1 - I think Jagga Smith was the clear better pick here, Richmond need a 300 game player who will be the core of their side for years, Lalor has more question marks.
Pick #7 - This was ripe to trade up into the top 5 and grab one of Lalor, O'Sullivan, Draper or Langford to partner with Jagga, I don't rate Smilie as being on this level and think he's likely overvalued due to his size. I think they missed the trick by not doing the trade.
Pick #12 - Taj Hotton, rarely does the player who missed their 18s with a serious injury perform at the elite elite level. Joel Selwood might be one of the few examples across the last two decades. I think this selection was a reach.
I must admit I didn't focus too much on the talls this years as I was looking primarily into the midfielders with those players being the target of Carlton's pick #3 but I have serious questions about the talent of key position players who fall to #14, #21 and #23 in a midfield heavy draft. If they were any good they would have been automatic Top #5 options for teams like North and the Saints - I don't know much about them but they scream Matthew Watson, Pat McCarthy and Luke Mitchell to me more than they scream Roughead and Buddy or Curnow and McKay
Big call but I think we'll look back on this draft as one of the worst nights in Richmond's history. The night that could put them at the bottom of the ladder for a decade.
Pick #1 - I think Jagga Smith was the clear better pick here, Richmond need a 300 game player who will be the core of their side for years, Lalor has more question marks.
Pick #7 - This was ripe to trade up into the top 5 and grab one of Lalor, O'Sullivan, Draper or Langford to partner with Jagga, I don't rate Smilie as being on this level and think he's likely overvalued due to his size. I think they missed the trick by not doing the trade.
Pick #12 - Taj Hotton, rarely does the player who missed their 18s with a serious injury perform at the elite elite level. Joel Selwood might be one of the few examples across the last two decades. I think this selection was a reach.
I must admit I didn't focus too much on the talls this years as I was looking primarily into the midfielders with those players being the target of Carlton's pick #3 but I have serious questions about the talent of key position players who fall to #14, #21 and #23 in a midfield heavy draft. If they were any good they would have been automatic Top #5 options for teams like North and the Saints - I don't know much about them but they scream Matthew Watson, Pat McCarthy and Luke Mitchell to me more than they scream Roughead and Buddy or Curnow and McKay
Big call but I think we'll look back on this draft as one of the worst nights in Richmond's history. The night that could put them at the bottom of the ladder for a decade.
Beautiful research post.
If I were you I would re-search for some more accurate information.
Thank you to those restrained souls that feel the need to remind everyone that it’s too early to tell who ‘won’ the draft and that ‘time will tell’.
I think everyone realises that…
That said, very happy with West Coast’s haul - good mix of sizes, some local, some not, there is even a ginger in there, god help us. Looks like a good haul and good to see the club resisting the temptation to fill up on delisted scraps and really double down on this years supposed ‘super draft’.
I think everyone realises that…
That said, very happy with West Coast’s haul - good mix of sizes, some local, some not, there is even a ginger in there, god help us. Looks like a good haul and good to see the club resisting the temptation to fill up on delisted scraps and really double down on this years supposed ‘super draft’.
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It's not even a "big call". It's a down right ridiculous call with the information we have.
Lalor was the number 1 pick for me. Chad Warner and Heeney have shown how valuable goal-kicking mids are in the modern game and that's exactly what Lalor is.
Funnily enough, Lalor would have been perfect for Carlton because that's what they're missing.
Smilie at 7 is a great selection for a rebuilding side. A good foundation to build their midfield around.
Also really like the Armstrong selection.
Richmond had an excellent draft, but that's expected with the amount of picks they had in a deep draft.
Let's revisit in 5 years time. I have my doubts.
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- Apr 3, 2012
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Levi had shoulder surgery so hes likely on lighter duties.
7 Richard Tamblings would be some effort.
It's okay. You will come to understand in time.
Was more highlighting that noone knows at this stage come back in 5 years and ask the question
Of course, this and the next 2 drafts are super important to us.
We won't know for 3-5 years though, especially with the talls.
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Winners:
1: Brisbane: cashing in yet again on a flawed AFL system
2: Richmond: but I think they stuffed their mix of picks. Too many key positions when I think the direction of the league is going smaller.
3: Tauru: best key position in the draft and Travaglia. Great rebuilding pieces and Dodson to develop under Marshall.
Losers:
1: North. Sorry but you just don't trade your Future 1 unless you're getting a player like Petracca in your door. Not Matt Whitlock.
2: Laura Kane. She couldn't even pronounce the surnames of the players. She also didn't change the points system despite having a chance to do so immediately. She also had the chance to bring in 2 years of future trading but failed to do so.
3: Newbies who are suddenly annoyed about the unfair F/S and NGA rules. The time to be annoyed was 5-10 years ago. Not now. Sure, the competition isn't fair to the point where flags don't mean much anymore but it's been this case for a very very long time. Unless you've been consistently banging on about it for years like me, coming out now to state your disgust just seems like you've been living under a rock.
1: Brisbane: cashing in yet again on a flawed AFL system
2: Richmond: but I think they stuffed their mix of picks. Too many key positions when I think the direction of the league is going smaller.
3: Tauru: best key position in the draft and Travaglia. Great rebuilding pieces and Dodson to develop under Marshall.
Losers:
1: North. Sorry but you just don't trade your Future 1 unless you're getting a player like Petracca in your door. Not Matt Whitlock.
2: Laura Kane. She couldn't even pronounce the surnames of the players. She also didn't change the points system despite having a chance to do so immediately. She also had the chance to bring in 2 years of future trading but failed to do so.
3: Newbies who are suddenly annoyed about the unfair F/S and NGA rules. The time to be annoyed was 5-10 years ago. Not now. Sure, the competition isn't fair to the point where flags don't mean much anymore but it's been this case for a very very long time. Unless you've been consistently banging on about it for years like me, coming out now to state your disgust just seems like you've been living under a rock.
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Ask this question in like 5 years, nobody knows who won or lost.
Might as well shut down all footy tipping too. Nobody knows who'll win each match...
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