Tigers planning to be active trade week players

[WA Tiger]

Tigers planning to be active trade week players
By Steve Lavell
7:23 PM Wed 05 May, 2010

RICHMOND has revealed its plans to target players from opposition clubs as it strengthens its developing list beyond 2010.

In a report on richmondfc.com.au, general manager of football Craig Cameron wrote that the Tigers' trade-week intentions had been encouraged by the introduction of the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney franchises.

Former Port Adelaide national recruiting manager Blair Hartley crossed to Punt Road in the off-season, and Cameron confirmed Hartley, as opposition and list analyst, would be heavily involved in luring senior players.

However, parting with the club's first draft pick was unlikely at this stage.

"We need to search for players outside the traditional pathways," Cameron said.

"If we have an early selection in the draft, then that will come via the traditional pathways (i.e. TAC Cup), but we will broaden our recruiting horizons in a bid to find the necessary talent to bolster our playing list and, with Blair now on board, we anticipate being quite active in the trade market.

"We're one of the first AFL clubs to have a fully-resourced trading division in our overall recruiting structure, so we are confident we'll be capably equipped to make smart decisions with regards to trades."

Cameron also said that despite Gold Coast's prominence in this year's NAB AFL Draft, Richmond would not be disadvantaged.

Gold Coast will have nine of the first 15 selections while 2010's wooden spooner will receive pick No.4.

Richmond is currently on the bottom of the AFL ladder and, along with Adelaide, is yet to win a game this season.

"A lot has been made about ... how it's not a good time to be 'bottoming out', with Gold Coast having so many early picks," Cameron said. "Well, I can assure you there will still be talented players available at our draft selections.

"The whole issue of bottoming out is an interesting one, too, because it's difficult to pinpoint the actual time when you bottom out.

"We brought 14 new players into the club late last year, and have drafted quite a few other young players over the past two or three years ... so I don't agree that we're going to be as disadvantaged as what many others in the football world would have you believe.

"We have a substantial group of young players on our list and we'll add to that at the end of the year, as well as find some more experienced, bigger-bodied players, who can help us out as well."

Meanwhile, Cameron added that media criticism of emerging forward Jack Riewoldt had been unfair, and that the 21-year-old "battles his heart out each week for us".

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/93714/default.aspx

[WA Tiger]

I think we should have been more active this year too, to the tune of at least 2-3 experienced players and NO NOT AT THE COST OF EARLY DRAFT PICKS!!!!

[WA Tiger]

However, parting with the club's first draft pick was unlikely at this stage.

Unlikely, Unfreakinglikely alright, completely off limits IMO.

[Smokey]

However, parting with the club's first draft pick was unlikely at this stage.

Unlikely, Unfreakinglikely alright, completely off limits IMO.

      Yep!

[jackstar is back again]

I wonder who on earth is running Punt Rd.
We should of picked up Bradshaw this year
Although in the past we pick up Kingsley and Hudson

[wayne]

I wonder who on earth is running Punt Rd.
We should of picked up Brayshaw this year
Although in the past we pick up Kingsley and Hudson

The guy from the Footy Show?

[wayne]

I wrote in the Boak thread asking how we afford these players.

I think our best hope is that GC17 can't lure any huge name players and will be happy to trade picks 7 onwards for experienced bodies. We might be able to get an early pick for a Morton (I'm happy to trade this guy) or maybe Tambling could get us something early-ish.

On-trade one of these picks for Boak, i'd be happy.

[Francois Jackson]

I wonder who on earth is running Punt Rd.
We should of picked up Brayshaw this year
Although in the past we pick up Kingsley and Hudson

I tell you  if we did, jack r would be a different than what we are seeing right now
he is surrounded by midgets on that forward line.

[tigersalive]

We should of picked up Bradshaw this year

Bradshaw would have retired had we read his name out.

He made it perfectly clear who he wanted to play for and was not worried about retiring from the game if he didn't make his way to Sydney.

Would have been another shemozzle you could have whinged about of course though in a "why did we draft bradshaw" thread.      

Not to mention it would have been another short term decision to please the supporters who are too braindead to identify that short-term shortcuts have been the death of this club for the past 30 years.  Until we develop a base and are contenders these players will continue to pass us by.

[Chuck17]

We should of picked up Bradshaw this year

Bradshaw would have retired had we read his name out.

He made it perfectly clear who he wanted to play for and was not worried about retiring from the game if he didn't make his way to Sydney.

Would have been another shemozzle you could have whinged about of course though in a "why did we draft bradshaw" thread.      

Not to mention it would have been another short term decision to please the supporters who are too braindead to identify that short-term shortcuts have been the death of this club for the past 30 years.  Until we develop a base and are contenders these players will continue to pass us by.

I didn't think Jack was serious, but maybe he was, dumbest comment of the year from Jackster right here

[jackstar is back again]

We should of picked up Bradshaw this year

Bradshaw would have retired had we read his name out.

He made it perfectly clear who he wanted to play for and was not worried about retiring from the game if he didn't make his way to Sydney.

Would have been another shemozzle you could have whinged about of course though in a "why did we draft bradshaw" thread.      

Not to mention it would have been another short term decision to please the supporters who are too braindead to identify that short-term shortcuts have been the death of this club for the past 30 years.  Until we develop a base and are contenders these players will continue to pass us by.

I didn't think Jack was serious, but maybe he was, dumbest comment of the year from Jackster right here

I am deadly serious, we have NO Leadership on the field, the guy is GUN !

[jackstar is back again]

Can also tell you NUFFERS that Freo have been looking at each clubs playing lists for the past 4 years..
Its amazing the Richmond now say they are going to do it, its big news in the media

[Chuck17]

We should of picked up Bradshaw this year

Bradshaw would have retired had we read his name out.

He made it perfectly clear who he wanted to play for and was not worried about retiring from the game if he didn't make his way to Sydney.

Would have been another shemozzle you could have whinged about of course though in a "why did we draft bradshaw" thread.      

Not to mention it would have been another short term decision to please the supporters who are too braindead to identify that short-term shortcuts have been the death of this club for the past 30 years.  Until we develop a base and are contenders these players will continue to pass us by.

I didn't think Jack was serious, but maybe he was, dumbest comment of the year from Jackster right here

I am deadly serious, we have NO Leadership on the field, the guy is GUN !

Well it would be no use sticking him in the forward line, could he play CHB or FB?

Also what would it have cost us to recruit him do you think, keeping in mind that he has probably only two years left with a side of players where most aren't up to AFL standard.

[Chuck17]

Can also tell you NUFFERS that Freo have been looking at each clubs playing lists for the past 4 years..
Its amazing the Richmond now say they are going to do it, its big news in the media

Thanks for that amazingly insightful comment

[tigersalive]

We should of picked up Bradshaw this year

Bradshaw would have retired had we read his name out.

He made it perfectly clear who he wanted to play for and was not worried about retiring from the game if he didn't make his way to Sydney.

Would have been another shemozzle you could have whinged about of course though in a "why did we draft bradshaw" thread.      

Not to mention it would have been another short term decision to please the supporters who are too braindead to identify that short-term shortcuts have been the death of this club for the past 30 years.  Until we develop a base and are contenders these players will continue to pass us by.

I didn't think Jack was serious, but maybe he was, dumbest comment of the year from Jackster right here

I am deadly serious, we have NO Leadership on the field, the guy is GUN !

Also what would it have cost us to recruit him do you think, keeping in mind that he has probably only two years left with a side of players where most aren't up to AFL standard.

Put himself into the pre-season draft with the contract requirements of 1.5 million over 3 years.