Apex36
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I don’t believe that for a second tbh. Fluff from the club to cover their stuff up.
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Not sure why everyone is so upset about one player. Sure it would be nice to have him, but we don’t, we still had a decent draft.
We back Kelly and Ruscoe to come good and draft another tall this year. If Riccardi wants to come home in a a few years then have a conversation then.
We back Kelly and Ruscoe to come good and draft another tall this year. If Riccardi wants to come home in a a few years then have a conversation then.
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Straight out of tac cup? We didn’t have a lot of spare picks late with redrafting players.
2017 - ND Stephenson, Murphy, T Brown; RD Appleby, Mihocek, Oxley
2018 - ND Quaynor, Kelly, Atu; RD Broomhead, Murray (contract)
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Oh, I was referring to last year. But yes, straight from Tac Cup, we prob didn't have the picks then.
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Is that you Decka?
Yeah, the pick we got in the trade is actually North's third so in isolation that aspect of it is turning out pretty well.
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No, but is that you Mick...
Apex36
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Didn’t we only have one list spot left?
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Yes but Rather Riccardi on the List then a Broken down Reid
The first part of the article regarding Riccardi stated:
"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.
Like the Giants did with Riccardi, the Magpies ranked Ruscoe a long way ahead of where they landed him.
Importantly, they now hold a selection in every round."
"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.
Like the Giants did with Riccardi, the Magpies ranked Ruscoe a long way ahead of where they landed him.
Importantly, they now hold a selection in every round."
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So intead of Picking Riccardi we tried to get Points possible for Reef?
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Well quite obviously it’s important so that instead of having Riccardi now, we have a slim chance of selecting someone similar one year later.
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That wasn’t the point Dave.
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Ah ok. That makes it hurt that much more really....
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It was to accumulate points for Reef so we’re able to get value for our first by trading it, or if a bid doesn’t come before our first pick.
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I was thinking maybe points for Reef, but you don’t NEED a pick in every round for that.
I think it’s all bs. We wanted Ruscoe. We got Ruscoe.
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Correct. We need to wait a couple of years to assess who's the better player. Ruscoe I think is a couple of years younger.
Riccardi has had form issues in the past. We shall see.
I'm sick of hearing we could have had him. We move on
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Reckon we might get a Few New Contract News over the Bye
Hope we have a look at McLean from the swans. Out of contract, 197cm, 21 year old KPF who is a really good contested mark. I was big fan of him in his draft year before he went to the swans as a supplementary pick up for 2019, He has been playing mostly ruck for them due to necessity but I Think he has the scope to be a really good KF.
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