If we finish 14th

[MADTIGER2010]

i thought they canned the priority picks for 2010/11 drafts?

Nope. West Coast received one last year (pick #26) for finishing with just 4 wins. They used it to select Jack Darling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_AFL_Draft#2010_National_Draft

cheers. Was I thinking there was no pre-1st round PPs?

We're a good chance for pick 10. I hope we don't take a skinny midfielder. Really need a ready built player

[big tone]

i thought they canned the priority picks for 2010/11 drafts?

Nope. West Coast received one last year (pick #26) for finishing with just 4 wins. They used it to select Jack Darling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_AFL_Draft#2010_National_Draft

cheers. Was I thinking there was no pre-1st round PPs?

We're a good chance for pick 10. I hope we don't take a skinny midfielder. Really need a ready built player

Totally agree. The kid should be at least 6'2 and have a body ready to play senior footy. Must be a safe, ready to play pick. No development type skinny kids. We have far to many kids playing for Coburg.

[Penelope]

just because a kid has a ready made body it doesn't mean they will be a good player.

there's an argument that a mature body kid playing against the skinny kids can look better than they are because of the strength advantage. Martin may to contradict this but there are some that say he has very little development left, besides he was also playing against the men already.

All i hope for is for a long term player. I dont care if we have to wait 2-3 years for his body to develop, as long as he has the attributes to make the grade and play 200 games of good footy.

FWIW richo was as skinny as a rake when he arrived at punt rd. nothing like the barrel chested machine he developed into.

[torch]

JUST TANK RICHMOND!

This year is shot! Nothing to gain, delist and trade the dirt and draft SMART, SKILLFULL, STRONG young cubs!!!

[MADTIGER2010]

just because a kid has a ready made body it doesn't mean they will be a good player.

there's an argument that a mature body kid playing against the skinny kids can look better than they are because of the strength advantage. Martin may to contradict this but there are some that say he has very little development left, besides he was also playing against the men already.

All i hope for is for a long term player. I dont care if we have to wait 2-3 years for his body to develop, as long as he has the attributes to make the grade and play 200 games of good footy.

FWIW richo was as skinny as a rake when he arrived at punt rd. nothing like the barrel chested machine he developed into.

Surely there will be a quality midfielder at pick 10 who at least 6'0" and 80kg. Wouldn't want a 6'0" and 68kg player who'd take years to get to afl standard size

[Penelope]

as long as he can play.
 

[MADTIGER2010]

as long as he can play.
 

but not outmuscled at every contest hehe

[DCrane]

Are people forgetting that we may need to spend this pick if we are any hope of getting a half decent ruckman. At the least we may have to downgrade this pick to the late teens to get anything.

I am 100% prepared to spend this pick outright to get a ruckman, our moratorium on trading picks should end imo, a ruck is our No.1 priority, personally I just cannot put up with it any longer, I don't know how much longer our inside mids will put up with it either, I'm a bit worried about what might happen to them if we don't get them some decent supply soon, I hope the powers that be at rfc are thinking the same way.

[big tone]

as long as he can play.
 

Thanks captain obvious!...  

I think our point was, if for example we had a choice between Swallow or Bennell from last years draft, regardless of who might have developed more so than another may be able to- we choose Swallow.
I hope that makes sense to you.

[Penelope]

where would you take conca if in that mix?

[big tone]

Are people forgetting that we may need to spend this pick if we are any hope of getting a half decent ruckman. At the least we may have to downgrade this pick to the late teens to get anything.

I am 100% prepared to spend this pick outright to get a ruckman, our moratorium on trading picks should end imo, a ruck is our No.1 priority, personally I just cannot put up with it any longer, I don't know how much longer our inside mids will put up with it either, I'm a bit worried about what might happen to them if we don't get them some decent supply soon, I hope the powers that be at rfc are thinking the same way.

So you would give up our first pick for the Freeo's Zac Clarke?
Maybe for the Brisbane Clarke i would but other than that.....
I think our second pick should be our limit, would personally go after Griffen from Freeo, and i think a second pick may get him considering Free used pick 61 to get him from Adelaide. I know he said he was homesick but meybe he just want out of Adelaide! Throw heaps of money at him and first ruck postion and i recon he would have to consider it.
Also don't mind Marich from Adelaide or Hampson from Carlton or West from Geelong.

[big tone]

where would you take conca if in that mix?

After both of them. You?

[WilliamPowell]

cheers. Was I thinking there was no pre-1st round PPs?

Yep that's right

PP's are now at the end of the first round as opposed to being before the 1st round

[Penelope]

I've barely seen them play so i cant really say, but I'm more than happy with conca.
I'd take him in front of martin right now.

If the club took another of his build with his attributes with the first pick I wouldn't complain.

Natural footballers make up for any lack of size or even leg speed, with change left over.

All things being equal you take the bigger body, yeah, but i reakon it should be the last criteria used to filter down the choices, unless you have a single obvious weakness in your list.

[Hellenic Tiger]

as long as he can play.
 

but not outmuscled at every contest hehe

Exactly want a kid that has size like Nigel Lappin not Cory Bell or Scott Bamford if that player is the best available player on offer.

I am also of the thought a KPP or Ruckman if available should be drafted also. I am as worried about the mids as I am of the Ruck or another tall KPP defender of good size and weight.