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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on November 18, 2010, 09:04:52 PM
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How did you rate our draft effort?
D.O.B. Height Weight Position From
6. Reece Conca 12/08/1992 185cm 79kg Midfielder Perth
30. Jake Batchelor 13/02/1992 188cm 79kg Defender Dandenong Stingrays / Frankston Bombers
47. Brad Helbig 28/02/1992 185cm 79kg Midfielder West Adelaide / Waikerie
51. Dean MacDonald 06/07/1992 184cm 87kg Forward Gippsland Power / Morwell Tigers
63. Tom Derickx 07/12/1987 201cm 100kg Ruckman Claremont / Margaret River
79. Pass
94. David Gourdis (PR) 14/03/1989 193cm 93kg Forward ??? Richmond
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Hard to know until they start playing some games
But overall it appears good as it seems we had a strategy and stuck to it
However was disappointed we didn't go for a KPP
Hopefully all the mids we picked up can add some beef seeing 3 of them are under 80Kgs
Here's a thought Tiges send them around to my place for a BBQ - I'll stuff 'em with steak ;D
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Hard to know until they start playing some games
But overall it appears good as it seems we had a strategy and stuck to it
However was disappointed we didn't go for a KPP
Hopefully all the mids we picked up can add some beef seeing 3 of them are under 80Kgs
Here's a thought Tiges send them around to my place for a BBQ - I'll stuff 'em with steak ;D
after christmas they be all over 84kg ;D
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Have to wait and see. Pity about Polec but Conca is similar.
Last year I was worried and most turned out. I guess we have to put our faith in our recruiters.
We certainly cant accuse them of picking the popular choices.
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I thought it was okay. Not the spectacular like last year but not complaining.
Happy we picked up a ruckman a defender in Batchelor and a third type of fwd player in McDonald to add to the
Gourdis and Grimes we saw late last year.
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in a word , outstanding :thumbsup
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Very impressed, names out of left field but all appear to have excellent skills and no ragdolls amongst them, good strong bodied players who will develop even more over time. An obvious strategy to recruit players who can play the modern game rather than the plodders we have recruited in the past :clapping
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Very impressed, names out of left field but all appear to have excellent skills and no ragdolls amongst them, good strong bodied players who will develop even more over time. An obvious strategy to recruit players who can play the modern game rather than the plodders we have recruited in the past :clapping
Pretty much agree with that, just got a nagging feeling that we have paid overs for Conca
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Have to wait and see how they turn out, their bios look ok and the selection committee didn't really bauk in their selections very much which would suggest that they got who they were after and were well prepared. Good signs.
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Very impressed, names out of left field but all appear to have excellent skills and no ragdolls amongst them, good strong bodied players who will develop even more over time. An obvious strategy to recruit players who can play the modern game rather than the plodders we have recruited in the past :clapping
Seems that way :thumbsup
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My mouth is hurting, i have had a grin from ear to ear since ive seen all the clips of the new kids on the richmond web sight. Cant wait to see this Conca kid go and the new ruckman/farward in Derikx. Well done Richmond F.C !!! Well i have faith in ya...
:gotigers
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Wouldn't :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Have :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa A :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Bloody :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Clue :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa It :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Normally :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Takes :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa 5 Years :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa to :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa find :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa out
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Wish we got Lycett with 30 and Farmer with 47. Content with it otherwise.
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Agree with William Powell
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Wouldn't :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Have :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa A :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Bloody :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Clue :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa It :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Normally :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa Takes :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa 5 Years :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa to :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa find :birthday :clapping :bow :birthday :santa out
You think all our Christmases and birthdays have come at once, Jake?
Agree with the rest - how on earth would I have a clue lol
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way too early to rate anything but the club is very pleased.
FJ absolutely loves conca, rates him extremely highly, his leadership is outsstanding, he has been locked in for this pick for 6 months.
Guthrie would have been great for our second pick but it was not to be
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I am quite happy with the type of players they targeted. Only time will about the individual players.
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Clearly kicking skills have been rated a no 1 priority, which is as it should be. Just hope that FJ hasn't tried to pull a heap of rabbits out of hats. Only time will tell!
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At least none are midgets
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And none look to be skinny girl types
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Some of these guys seem to be a bit of a streech to me but I am no expert. As long as they got the guys they wanted I supose it dont matter what others thought of them or what number they were taken.
Only thing I will say and I am not sure if its a good thing or a bad thing. They seemed (from my positon) to be set on these guys and might not of looked at who else was still on the board. Anybody else think this??
It all a bit hard to tell from outdside though.
Welcome to all the boys and I hope they all have wonderfull careers in the Yellow and Black
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FJ absolutely loves conca, rates him extremely highly, his leadership is outsstanding, he has been locked in for this pick for 6 months.
He has to dosent he? .... im not confidant with teh Conca bloke ... players we missed Atley, Heppel, Caddy, all these i would have taken before him
But never the less welcome !!! better prove your self better tehn the players i just listed or heads will role ( dont want anotehr Bling v Lance problem in the club)
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FJ absolutely loves conca, rates him extremely highly, his leadership is outsstanding, he has been locked in for this pick for 6 months.
He has to dosent he? .... im not confidant with teh Conca bloke ... players we missed Atley, Heppel, Caddy, all these i would have taken before him
But never the less welcome !!! better prove your self better tehn the players i just listed or heads will role ( dont want anotehr Bling v Lance problem in the club)
Conca will be a good player. The rest of em Im not so sure of. :gotigers
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FJ absolutely loves conca, rates him extremely highly, his leadership is outsstanding, he has been locked in for this pick for 6 months.
He has to dosent he? .... im not confidant with teh Conca bloke ... players we missed Atley, Heppel, Caddy, all these i would have taken before him
But never the less welcome !!! better prove your self better tehn the players i just listed or heads will role ( dont want anotehr Bling v Lance problem in the club)
There is two aspects to making it as an AFL footballer. You need ability obviously, but you also need aptitude.
You could take 4 different people who watched all these players a bit and come up with 4 different answers as to who is the better footballer.
The real hard part is deciding which one is most likely to make the grade. This is where their psych test comes in.
We gave all our psych tests from the Draft Combine at the end of the season to the Club’s psychologist, Kim Stephens. He didn’t know any of the players - all he had was 30 names, with 30 psych profiles for different tests - and Reece came out No. 1
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Perhaps there were some better footballers overlooked in skill wise, but they've picked the one they believe most likely to have the attributes to actually make the grade.
If in 5 years Conca is a very good footballer, yet some of these others are even better, i couldnt give a rat's. What is important is that conca actually goes on and becomes a good footballer for Richmond, nothing else really matters
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thats right AL
as long as we have the right professionals in place to lift them to the next level
We are building & developing for now & the future :thumbsup sit back & watch, Enjoy ;D
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Did we pay overs for most of the players we got? ie they wouldve gone later?
Let me clarify, Im pretty happy with the limited vision I've seen bc its obvious that they are ALL natural footballers with sound skills which I am most happy about. Natural footballers tend to make better decisions on field and thats an area we've lacked in. But if conca wasnt rated that high by anybody else, couldnt and shouldnt we have traded pick 6 for 2 in the teens?
anyhow we shall see soon enough but at face value I'm pretty happy
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So we dropped 9 players and traded 2, total loss 11 (3 of them rookies)
We got one back in trade, picked up 5 kids, promoted a rookie, and didn't use one pick, but we will use it on houli.
So we have 3 empty rookie spots or 4 if we take a second international rookie.
Does anybody know if we are going to take a second international rookie?
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Well I am happy just like I am every draft. Go the kids.. :gotigers...I notice this year we went for bigger bodied players too... :thumbsup
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So we dropped 9 players and traded 2, total loss 11 (3 of them rookies)
We got one back in trade, picked up 5 kids, promoted a rookie, and didn't use one pick, but we will use it on houli.
So we have 3 empty rookie spots or 4 if we take a second international rookie.
Does anybody know if we are going to take a second international rookie?
We are allowed 8 rookies in total as we have no veterans and at the moment we only have 4 rookies after moving Gourdis (promoted to senior list), Polak (retired), Roberts (delisted), Gilligan (delisted) off the rookie list.
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The more our selections sink in I am content with our picks and almost admire the club for choosing players that they rate. Even if the our outside the box.
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Looks like I got beaten to it! How the F would I know?
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With the PSD and rookie draft done, how did we all rate our overall recruiting effort this year?
D.O.B. Height Weight Position From
ND6. Reece Conca 12/08/1992 185cm 79kg Midfielder Perth
ND30. Jake Batchelor 13/02/1992 188cm 79kg Defender Dandenong Stingrays / Frankston Bombers
ND47. Brad Helbig 28/02/1992 185cm 79kg Midfielder West Adelaide / Waikerie
ND51. Dean MacDonald 06/07/1992 184cm 87kg Forward Gippsland Power / Morwell Tigers
ND63. Tom Derickx 07/12/1987 201cm 100kg Ruckman Claremont / Margaret River
ND79. Pass
ND94. David Gourdis (PR) 14/03/1989 193cm 93kg Forward ? Richmond
PSD3. Bachar Houli 12/05/1988 180cm 84kg Midfielder Essendon
R11. Ben Jakobi 01/04/1991 186cm 76kg Forward Sandringham Dragons
R28. Brad Miller 06/07/1983 194cm 94kg Forward Melbourne
R45. Tom Hislop 07/06/1988 185cm 85kg Defender ? Richmond
R60. Pass