Mega Thread List Changes, Drafting, Trading & Rookie Thread

[Powerade 08]

Both. Since i had a bit to do with his development and others since he was 16, pretty happy with how it worked out. YOU? , Love to catch up with your work in progress, see how we measure up. Another quality post Powerade, what would this club do with out you.

 

[Relativity]

Yes. Hence the inside player joke.

It was too obvious wasn't it?

What was?

 

[Schulzenfest]

Cant believe you guys are still banging on about Matt. Move on, you wanted him gone he is going. You said he is worth nothing and we will get nothing for him. Your opinions were so highly rated that those close to him are in his ear about GTFO.

You say that like it's a bad thing. If I played any part in getting Matt Thomas to want to GTFO to Richmond, I'll be thrilled with myself.

Fox news reporting Tom Bell from Carlton may become available - would love to see him in Port jumper.

This guy is a talented version of Matt Thomas. Would take.

 

[El_Scorcho]

There have been a few threads in this past couple of years about what we, as supporters, can do to help the club in these hard times.

Turns out we can improve the list.

Who knew?

Well done dudes.

 

[drcollossimo]

Ok so far we've learnt itisnt2 hard is Matty t's mum or Matty t himself either way Richmond won't get anything we don't agree to, however bluntly what does he give us that a more skillful player who has the same work ethic and desire couldn't?

Great club men are just that but at some point if we don't rule a line through players who have delivered us to this point without the rose colored glasses well we will be the western power before even a handful of seasons are played at Adelaide oval

We all sit here and brutalize the footy dept for making errors why are players different if they haven't delivered? 25 yr old blokes who crack 20 touches once in a season with roughly 60% DE aren't going to help us we need more than that and now

I wish it wasn't true because there is so much to like about him but it is

 

[Slattery_20]

That's still 4 knee ligaments ruptured between he and his brother before either of them reaches 21. We surely couldn't take that risk at 7 and pass over Stringer who has far greater upside and what appears to be far less risk.

The bloke they had to re-attach the bottom half of his leg it was broken that badly, who still runs with a bit of a limp?

 

[Adz2332]

does anyone have the pic of stringers xray? someone said its floating around but inable to find it

 

[Slattery_20]

I've seen it, horrendous. Compound (outside skin) fracture to both bones.

It's hard/impossible to say whether it'll affect him, long term, and by how much - but he's not the "risk free" proposition either way.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Mayers is least risk, Stringer, Menzel and Garlett are all the opposite ends of the spectrum for different reasons each

 

[shewho]

The bloke they had to re-attach the bottom half of his leg it was broken that badly, who still runs with a bit of a limp?

Second hand report of his progress has him playing for Bendigo VFL, breaking the tackles of men easily, occassionally in the best players with no limp evident. Latest report on Menzel is 6-12 weeks out, won't attend draft camp or at least won't test. You compute the relative risk factors.

 

[YoungsterPA]

I'd take the risk with stringer but I'd expect we'd take Mayes unless toumpas for some crazy reason is available

 

[PJ Power]

I'd love to snare Mayes and Stringer with consecutive top 10 picks

 

[elsler]

Yep id take a chance with stringer also

 

[RangaInTeal]

Ild take Stringer if we have two top 10 picks, need one sure thing as opposed to the Butcher/Moore/Pittard year..

 

[PJ Power]

I like the descriptions of Stringer - not having seen him play, it sounds like he has a bit of Jack Darling about him. Big (perhaps not as tall), but mobile and agile enough to work through the midfield. Sounds aggressive and a player who can take a game by the scruff of the neck. I'd love that sort of grunt, impact player with "follow my lead" written all over him and then complement it with a pacy, skillful midfielder (Mayes) who can kick the ball a mile.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Stringer is more of a Goddard than a Darling. Midfielder/Half Back who can play Forward because of his athletic qualities.

 

[shewho]

I like the descriptions of Stringer - not having seen him play, it sounds like he has a bit of Jack Darling about him. Big (perhaps not as tall), but mobile and agile enough to work through the midfield. Sounds aggressive and a player who can take a game by the scruff of the neck. I'd love that sort of grunt, impact player with "follow my leadI written all over him and then complement it with a pacy, skillful midfielder (Mayes) who can kick the ball a mile.

I'll have to check but I believe Stringer is taller than Darling. He was certainly elite athleticism before his injury and Draft Camp should tell us how his recovery is going. That is, he makes Darling look like a 188cm Toby Thurstans.

Did I mention in his first game back from his broken leg all he could do was sit in a forward pocket? And kick 9.7?

 

[Jonts]

Played forward due to his athletic qualities being that he had a bung leg and couldn't play anywhere else

 

[RangaInTeal]

Can play forward because his athletic qualities, did play forward because the broken leg.

Could play 8 years as a Midfielder/Half Back (ala Chad Cornes) then finish his career as a Full Forward (ala Garry Ablett Snr)

 

[Wargreymon90]

We really need that top 10 pp

 

[Powerade 08]

So its looking like all mids in the top 10, say we get jolly or Sumner (or both)... we have no excuse not to take a few talls somewhere in there as well then, yeah?

 

[King_Tredrea]

Bryce Retzlaff worth a look?

 

[philthy05]

retzlaff??

gee if he hasnt been getting a game for we-have-no-talls-brisbane why would we bother??

im sick of recycling junk. would want to be some special bloody reason to go for more.

 

[It Just Is]

Didn't he do an ACL?

 

[King_Tredrea]

i thought he looked quite promising a year or 2 ago