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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by MintOnLamb on November 14, 2025, 05:42:29 PM »

Re draft
Question:
With TT, JH, Dion, Lalor, Smillie (??) Dow, Hotton, MRJ, all possible mids, why Would we be drafting more mids??

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by ajGreen on November 14, 2025, 02:35:38 PM »

Is Emmett a ruck/fwd or fwd/ruck.

Wouldn’t mind using our pick 38 on a ruck unless CDT slides to us. Either that or a speedster. Use early picks for best available talent and then 38 pick on specific need.

I too want Louis Emmett or Archie Ludowyke.

If CDT to wce

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on November 14, 2025, 02:31:19 PM »

Is Emmett a ruck/fwd or fwd/ruck.

Wouldn’t mind using our pick 38 on a ruck unless CDT slides to us. Either that or a speedster. Use early picks for best available talent and then 38 pick on specific need.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Keep, Trade, Retire or Delist?

« Last post by taztiger4 on November 14, 2025, 01:12:31 PM »

I'm guessing without looking it up that we've got currently:

34 primary list
3 rookies cat. A
1 rookie cat. B

Is that correct?

If so that's up to 4 picks in the National draft and possibly 3 in the rookie draft.

No, thats not correct

If we take 4 in ND then we can only have 1 pick in RD , cant have more than 42 on Main & rookie lists

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on November 14, 2025, 12:43:04 PM »

Robey, Dovaston and Taylor at druggies training today

Don’t worry, you can rest easy knowing that they can only pick the scraps of who is left after our selections.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by ajGreen on November 14, 2025, 12:39:12 PM »

Robey, Dovaston and Taylor at druggies training today

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on November 14, 2025, 11:55:28 AM »

Defo skewed on Grlj based on links to us rather than his true rankings against the rest of the class. Had a good year no doubt and obviously brings some very desirable AFL traits to any team that takes him, but you don’t reach at the top end of the draft Spesh early in a rebuild. If we are pushing up the ladder / contending and we have specific holes in our list then by all means draft for need but at this point our whole list is a hole.

Taylor has steadily risen up the boards, I take that as showing steady natural improvement throughout his U18 year as opposed to Robey who has just exploded in the last few months.

Sharp is still a bizarre one to me, I think he was touted as no.1 pick in the last couple of years and while his performances have been consistently at the top level, I get the sense that clubs just don’t think he has much more room for growth beyond what he is now and that the game is moving away from the pure in and under contested midfielder type and now prioritises hybrid mid/fwds or mids that can spread from stoppages.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by Andyy on November 14, 2025, 11:34:07 AM »

I feel like that's a bit of a drop off for Sharp? Bloke has been top 5 basically all year.

OP has done it in tiers and has Robey. Taylor. Sharp a 'level above the others.

I still wonder if this is a reflection of grij true ranking or if it's skewed by so many mocks having him linked to Richmond due to 'need'.

TK previously tracked sharp via twomey:

Just out of curiosity I went back on all twomeys phantom form guides that he’s done for the 2025 crop in July, August, September, October. Just wanted to see the risers/fallers and who was just super consistent throughout.

My understanding is that his form guides are just that, rankings based on performances to date whereas his next/last one will be his mock draft which he takes into consideration the intel he’s gotten from clubs about where everyone will be taken which is usually bang on.

Dursma 3, 3, 1, 1
Uwland 1, 1, 2, 2
CDT 2, 2, 3, 3
Patterson 4, 4, 4, 4
Annable 5, 5, 5, 5
Robey N/A, N/A, 6, 6
X.Taylor 15, 9, 7, 7
Dean 10, 8, 8, 8
Sharp 6, 6, 9, 9
Cumming 13, 12, 15, 10
Schubert 9, 13, 10, 11
Grlj 12, 11, 13, 12
Farrow 21, 14, 12, 13
Lindsay 7, 7, 11, 14
Phillipou 17, 17, 17, 15
Greeves 11, 15, 16, 16
Marsh 8, 10, 14, 17
Dovaston 24, 20, 18, 18
O.Taylor N/A, 22, 20, 19
Hargreaves 18, 16, 19, 20

So essentially at our picks it has gone from Sharp and Lindsay in July and August to Robey and X.Taylor in September and October.

re: bold, yes I think so. Aside from his impressive combine results I haven't heard that's he's been tearing it up. He's just a quick kid, very agile etc.

It's a good list from TK. Robey the clear bolter and Taylor to a lesser extent.

I'm still primarily keen now on Sharp + Robey. If we end up with Taylor instead of one of those two that would be OK. As for Grlj...I'm really not sure. Aside from the greath athletics I'm less convinced by his 2025 overall, from what I've heard.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by ajGreen on November 14, 2025, 11:29:49 AM »

I feel like that's a bit of a drop off for Sharp? Bloke has been top 5 basically all year.

OP has done it in tiers and has Robey. Taylor. Sharp a 'level' above the others.

T1. Duursma.
T2.
T3. CDT
T4. Robey. Taylor. Sharp.

Everyone else t5. And below.

* Of the open draft players

I still wonder if this is a reflection of grij true ranking or if it's skewed by so many mocks having him linked to Richmond due to 'need'. Perceived lack of speed from last year's draft.

TK previously tracked sharp via twomey:

Just out of curiosity I went back on all twomeys phantom form guides that he’s done for the 2025 crop in July, August, September, October. Just wanted to see the risers/fallers and who was just super consistent throughout.

My understanding is that his form guides are just that, rankings based on performances to date whereas his next/last one will be his mock draft which he takes into consideration the intel he’s gotten from clubs about where everyone will be taken which is usually bang on.

Dursma 3, 3, 1, 1
Uwland 1, 1, 2, 2
CDT 2, 2, 3, 3
Patterson 4, 4, 4, 4
Annable 5, 5, 5, 5
Robey N/A, N/A, 6, 6
X.Taylor 15, 9, 7, 7
Dean 10, 8, 8, 8
Sharp 6, 6, 9, 9
Cumming 13, 12, 15, 10
Schubert 9, 13, 10, 11
Grlj 12, 11, 13, 12
Farrow 21, 14, 12, 13
Lindsay 7, 7, 11, 14
Phillipou 17, 17, 17, 15
Greeves 11, 15, 16, 16
Marsh 8, 10, 14, 17
Dovaston 24, 20, 18, 18
O.Taylor N/A, 22, 20, 19
Hargreaves 18, 16, 19, 20

So essentially at our picks it has gone from Sharp and Lindsay in July and August to Robey and X.Taylor in September and October.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by Andyy on November 14, 2025, 11:23:11 AM »

I feel like that's a bit of a drop off for Sharp? Bloke has been top 5 basically all year.