List Mgmt. Trade & F/A - 2020

[Chrispiesssss]

Long story short...
So why isn’t he a Magpie?
The answer is simply because they ranked Trey Ruscoe even higher, and held their nerve on draft night.
So they sent No. 51 to GWS – aware it would be used on Riccardi – in a deal that also saw the Pies move up the order in this year’s draft.
Importantly, they now hold a selection in every round.
Like the Giants did with Riccardi, the Magpies ranked Ruscoe a long way ahead of where they landed him.
They fell in love with the West Australian’s versatility, believing he was one of only a few players who could play in all three parts of the ground.
Ruscoe had excelled as a forward and a midfielder before he was surprisingly deployed in defence at last year‘s national championships.
It was an inspired move and left Ruscoe on the edge of Under-18 All-Australian selection.

RUS-GOD?

 

[Soups]

Well looks like Ruscoe and Riccardi will be forever pitted against one another.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

We play Gold Coast in a few weeks, what’s the odds of 2mp playing for pies in the scratch match? If were interested I’m sure we’d ask to try before we buy

I doubt they’d learn much from a 14-a-side scratch match (or whatever it is), that they don’t already know from his senior appearances in the league.

 

[unplugged]

Well looks like Ruscoe and Riccardi will be forever pitted against one another.

Ruscoe will probably have a career like Tyson Goldsack. Jack of all trades, master of none.

Riccardi probably go the way of either Wayne Carey (on field only) or the complete opposite. Corey Gault.

Oh and can we get Will Sutherland to convert back to footy yet??

 

[Jen2310]

Thats fair enough. They rated Ruscoe higher with his versality of being able to play anywhere on the ground.

 

[Soups]

Ruscoe will probably have a career like Tyson Goldsack. Jack of all trades, master of none.

Riccardi probably go the way of either Wayne Carey (on field only) or the complete opposite. Corey Gault.

Oh and can we get Will Sutherland to convert back to footy yet??

I am hoping Jack Gunston for Ruscoe

Goodluck with Sutherland, should have a breakout year, bar injury.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Riccardi probably go the way of either Wayne Carey (on field only) or the complete opposite. Corey Gault.

Hahahaha so it’s more likely then that he becomes Wayne Carey, one of the greatest footballers of all time, than a bog average AFL player? I love it.

 

[unplugged]

Hahahaha so it’s more likely then that he becomes Wayne Carey, one of the greatest footballers of all time, than a bog average AFL player? I love it.

Given that he'll forever be the KPF that got away from us (by choice), of course he'll succeed!

 

[barrackers]

Well looks like Ruscoe and Riccardi will be forever pitted against one another.

It’s unlikely to be seen this way, but if Ruscoe was always going to be our last selection perhaps Rantall or Bianco should be the comparison.

Riccardi has a year or two on Ruscoe, so it will be interesting to see their development. Versatility is great to have, however I think a player still needs to dominate one position to be more than a role player.

The extra points in this years draft hopefully helps us trade out/up our first round pick.

Saints, dogs and tigs had the picks in between. Wonder which club the GWS were worried would select Riccardi.

 

[Go Woods]

Can anyone post this. Salt into the wounds and all that...

Someone send it to Eddie, Bucks, Hine etc......FM!

 

[AndrewShawble]

Someone send it to Eddie, Bucks, Hine etc......FM!

Had a read if it, for those that haven’t, it essentially says we wanted Ruscoe over Riccardi.

Still hasn’t answered the question of why we wouldn’t take both.

 

[gouki88]

Had a read if it, for those that haven’t, it essentially says we wanted Ruscoe over Riccardi.

Still hasn’t answered the question of why we wouldn’t take both.

Must have wanted Bianco more than both?

 

[Jen2310]

While yes, I would have loved Riccardi, but I am absolutely happy with Ruscoe.

The Magpies completed a mountain of homework on Riccardi, 20, and considered taking him straight out of the TAC Cup.

But the goalkicker had a tendency to float wildly in and out of form, making him harder to read than a Chinese newspaper.

They were also wary that the strike-rate of talls taken in the rookie draft was low.

Then last year their eyes popped at Riccardi’s improvement in the VFL.

Suddenly, the good games started to string together.

Riccardi booted four goals for Werribee in Round 17 and then 6.2 in Round 18.

Playing on crammed VFL ovals he would find space where others would find trouble.

Some clubs spoke to Riccardi in the lead-up to last season‘s mid-year draft.

But his hot streak gained steam after that, and so he was left on the shelf as the likes of Will Snelling (Essendon), Marlion Pickett (Richmond) and John Noble (Collingwood) started their AFL careers in May.

Pies coach Nathan Buckley was in need of a focal point and Riccardi was available.

So why isn’t he a Magpie?

The answer is simply because they ranked Trey Ruscoe even higher, and held their nerve on draft night.

Collingwood‘s plan was always to take Ruscoe, 19, with its last pick, and that’s exactly what transpired.

It was tight between Ruscoe and Riccardi, but once that call was made the Magpies decided to gift-wrap Riccardi to GWS.

Giants coach Leon Cameron requested a tall or medium forward and his recruiters rated Riccardi at pick 30.

But they did not have a selection in that range.

So once pick 40 rolled around they hit the phones, desperate to trade into the draft.

Finally, at pick 51, the Magpies answered the call. The Pies held 51 and 55 and knew they’d land Ruscoe at 55.

So they sent No. 51 to GWS – aware it would be used on Riccardi – in a deal that also saw the Pies move up the order in this year’s draft.

Importantly, they now hold a selection in every round.

Like the Giants did with Riccardi, the Magpies ranked Ruscoe a long way ahead of where they landed him.

They fell in love with the West Australian’s versatility, believing he was one of only a few players who could play in all three parts of the ground.

Ruscoe had excelled as a forward and a midfielder before he was surprisingly deployed in defence at last year‘s national championships.

It was an inspired move and left Ruscoe on the edge of Under-18 All-Australian selection.

Already he has been a spark for the Magpies, booting 5.4 in four AFL games, even if his mum missed his first goal due to a cigarette break.

Riccardi is rocking at the Giants, already displacing spearhead Jeremy Finlayson who is now considered trade bait.

But make no mistake. The Maggies are rapt with Ruscoe.

 

[Jen2310]

Must have wanted Bianco more than both?

I would think so. They spoke to him a day before the draft. They wanted him but thought he was not be there. We did to Bianco what GWS did with Riccardi. Traded up.

 

[YouBeauty]

I wonder how well Tom Lynch plays midfield or defence. What a strange criteria RE Riccardi.

 

[TradeDraft]

Can anyone post this. Salt into the wounds and all that...

I don't care he can go out of Form. Every Player Does.

We badly needed Him.

Yes I like Ruscoe but Riccardi was a Bigger Need. More Proof we don't rate KPF's very Highly

Hine you Idiot

 

[TradeDraft]

Must have wanted Bianco more than both?

He was Rated quite a Bit Higher the Ruscoe and Riccardi

 

[TradeDraft]

I would think so. They spoke to him a day before the draft. They wanted him but thought he was not be there. We did to Bianco what GWS did with Riccardi. Traded up.

Would been same with Rantall

 

[gouki88]

He was Rated quite a Bit Higher the Ruscoe and Riccardi

Yeah, he seemed to be someone who fell more than we probably thought he did. If he hadn't fallen that far I feel we would have taken Ruscoe and Riccardi

 

[Jen2310]

Would been same with Rantall

Both Rantall and Bianco were ranked in the first/2nd rounds. We were very blessed they slid to where our picks were

 

[TradeDraft]

Yeah, he seemed to be someone who fell more than we probably thought he did. If he hadn't fallen that far I feel we would have taken Ruscoe and Riccardi

and Might of Retired Reid IF we knew he was going to Fall

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Sounds like we’ve hamstrung ourselves by retaining list cloggers, so that we were unable to add an assessed talent at a position of need, and consoled ourselves by adding a 2021 pick which will probably just be used for points.

*slow clap*

 

[HFF]

Sounds like we’ve hamstrung ourselves by retaining list cloggers, so that we were unable to add an assessed talent at a position of need, and consoled ourselves by adding a 2021 pick which will probably just be used for points.

*slow clap*

Sadly.

However i do think we have quite a fair few of players coming off contract this season so that should create some flexibility for us.

 

[TradeDraft]

Sounds like we’ve hamstrung ourselves by retaining list cloggers, so that we were unable to add an assessed talent at a position of need, and consoled ourselves by adding a 2021 pick which will probably just be used for points.

*slow clap*

More Proof us being Too Collingwood in keeping players are the Club because the been Loyal Servants that are been Finished for a year or 2

 

[STAY SHARP]

17 other clubs passed on him and more than once. Now suddenly its Collingwood that missed him... whatever