Oppo Camp Other Clubs News/General Discussion

[Moore of the Same]

Tigers organ donation is going perfectly to this point. You still need to hit with those picks, though.

 

[sr36]

What. In. The. Actual. F**k

Does Yze have incriminating photos on all these clubs?

Port fans are going to go batshit.

 

[Apex36]

THREE firsts according to Ralphy…… that is a lot for someone who when he’s on, he’s really good, but goes missing more often than not

Let’s not get carried away with the trade description here, that’s two firsts for a first round pick upgrade, 3rd rounder and Bolton.

It’s still a terrible deal, no need to make it sound worse than it already is!

 

[PieBeast]

Just saw that too - gee what a surprise hey.

What are you trying to say?

 

[gouki88]

Gees hope Rory atkins doesn’t read the welcome thread on the port board, quality melts.

The whipping boy to end all whipping boys. He's the stuff dreams are made of to be honest. Played for the hated cross-town rival, shipped off to irrelevance for a few years, and now joins PA as an overpaid plodder.

 

[Ugene41]

Although it would be utterly hilarious if they had another Tambling level draft with all these picks like they did that year.

A lot of it will also come down to development and culture. Without the experienced players and the standards in training, a lot of the high upside talents may fail to develop. Also very hard to give enough opportunities to such a large cohort of draftees coming through all at once unless you're happy to lose by 80+ points most games.

 

[gouki88]

Goodness.

Jeez!

 

[unplugged]

Can we put a request in to the AFL to play Richmond thrice?

 

[manicpie]

I can feel a repeat of Richmond's super draft of the past when they picked up the worst 5 first round players in history.

 

[sr36]

Let’s not get carried away with the trade description here, that’s two firsts for a first round pick upgrade, 3rd rounder and Bolton.

It’s still a terrible deal, no need to make it sound worse than it already is!

It's now or never for Freo - very good mids. Good talls. Needed some talent around them.

 

[celestial]

I think they're stockpiling more than they need so they get their later picks in a decent range.

If the clubs at the top end bid early by playing a tactical game, they can force all those picks to be used up. Thereby shifting all their lower picks up. St kilda , Adelaide are notorious bidders. Saints actually have multiple picks in the early third round, so if they can bid early on f/s and academy picks, their 3rd picks will shift up significantly, as will ours.

 

[Anzacday]

What are you trying to say?

I already said it

 

[gouki88]

I can feel a repeat of Richmond's super draft of the past when they picked up the worst 5 first round players in history.

What an exceptional draft!

They could have had:

• Buddy Franklin
• Jarryd Roughead
• Angus Monfries
• Nathan Van Berlo
• Mark LeCras

Instead...

• Deledio (a good player)
• Tambling (lol)
• Meyer (lol)
• Pattison
• Polo

 

[PieBeast]

I already said it

Yeah you did but it was a bit cryptic at best given bartenders aren't renowned for complaining.

Don't be shy, spell it out.

 

[Soups]

Can we put a request in to the AFL to play Richmond thrice?

They are going to be bad for a long time. Not mad at all.

 

[ksardog]

THREE firsts according to Ralphy…… that is a lot for someone who when he’s on, he’s really good, but goes missing more often than not

one First is coming back to Freo, and its an upgrade on one of the firsts going out, plus a 3rd
still a lot for a player who is hot and cold

 

[Anzacday]

Yeah you did but it was a bit cryptic at best given bartenders aren't renowned for complaining.

Don't be shy, spell it out.

Asked and answered.

 

[sr36]

I can feel a repeat of Richmond's super draft of the past when they picked up the worst 5 first round players in history.

Here's the superdraft of 2001

About a dozen champions, but they were spread out at all stages of the draft. As well as the stars, there were misses or meh players all the way through. Anyone who thinks there's a sure thing at pick 10 because it's a strong draft is kidding themselves.

2001 AFL National Draft - Draftguru

www.draftguru.com.au

 

[JuniorB]

From Port's prison bars thread:

"Is the Houston gift this year's payment to Collingwood?"

"This is not the time for jokes mf."

#SACKHINKLEY
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Gold!

 

[gouki88]

It's now or never for Freo - very good mids. Good talls. Needed some talent around them.

Especially with the decline of Walters

 

[manicpie]

What an exceptional draft!

They could have had:

• Buddy Franklin
• Jarryd Roughead
• Angus Monfries
• Nathan Van Berlo
• Mark LeCras

Instead...

• Deledio (a good player)
• Tambling (lol)
• Meyer (lol)
• Pattison
• Polo

Stop it, my goosebumps are everywhere

 

[gouki88]

From Port's prison bars thread:

"Is the Houston gift this year's payment to Collingwood?"

"This is not the time for jokes mf."

#SACKHINKLEY
██████████
█ █ █ █ █ █ █
change.org/takebackpa

Gold!

Handling it well

 

[manicpie]

Here's the superdraft of 2001

About a dozen champions, but they were spread out at all stages of the draft. As well as the stars, there were misses or meh players all the way through. Anyone who thinks there's a sure thing at pick 10 is kidding themselves.

2001 AFL National Draft - Draftguru

www.draftguru.com.au

That draft set them back 20 years

 

[upnsmoke]

AFL Chief and Board making phone calls to teams trading with Richmond to bend over it seems.


Richmond resurgence is an AFL mission perhaps

 

[sr36]

That draft set them back 20 years

I was talking the 2001 superdraft as a comparison to expectations this year and pointing out that even in a superdraft - there's not sure things.

Some seem to think that a top 10 pick is an automatic gateway to a Steele Sidebottom level player - it's just rubbish - even in the great draft years.