Richmond makes play for Dom Tyson [revisited?]

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Richmond remains optimistic of snaring Greater Western Sydney youngster Dom Tyson, as part of a three-club deal involving the Western Bulldogs.

Under the deal the Giants would gain the Dogs' picks five and six in exchange for the rights to midfield prospect Jack Martin in the 17-year-old mini-draft, and possibly another teenager, Jed Anderson, who is tied to GWS as a Northern Territory zone player.

The Bulldogs would also receive pick nine from Richmond, with Tyson moving to the Tigers despite having completed just the first of his initial two-season contract.

Effectively, the Giants would be trading Tyson, last November's No. 3 draftee, for picks five and six.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/geelong-leads-trio-in-chase-for-gold-coast-onballer-20121003-26zqk.html#ixzz28G4bSVdP

Correction. They would be trading pick 3 and the mini draft pick for pick 5 and 6. May need a sweetener from us to get it over the line.

[WilliamPowell]

Richmond remains optimistic of snaring Greater Western Sydney youngster Dom Tyson, as part of a three-club deal involving the Western Bulldogs.

Under the deal the Giants would gain the Dogs' picks five and six in exchange for the rights to midfield prospect Jack Martin in the 17-year-old mini-draft, and possibly another teenager, Jed Anderson, who is tied to GWS as a Northern Territory zone player.

The Bulldogs would also receive pick nine from Richmond, with Tyson moving to the Tigers despite having completed just the first of his initial two-season contract.

Effectively, the Giants would be trading Tyson, last November's No. 3 draftee, for picks five and six.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/geelong-leads-trio-in-chase-for-gold-coast-onballer-20121003-26zqk.html#ixzz28G4bSVdP

Correction. They would be trading pick 3 and the mini draft pick for pick 5 and 6. May need a sweetener from us to get it over the line.

Yep that's what I reckon

[Smokey]

And I can't think of anything sweeter than Graham.

[Penelope]

yeah, cream puffs are pretty sweet

[WA Tiger]

So is this kid a superstar in the making??

Did he play much last year, how did he go??

[JVT]

To get Tyson for Pick 9 is an absolute steal.  We will have to give something else up to get it done I reckon.

Anyone think we'll be able to trade our picks 29 or 31 back into the first round? Maybe a package deal, one of those picks and a player? 

[Smokey]

Went ok WAT.  Showed a fair bit like many of the GWS kids but rumours abounded for a fair while that his heart was back home so you don't know if that was an on-field influence or not.  From http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dom_Tyson.html:

Just turned 19, 186cm, 80kgs, played 10 games, averaged 15.8 disposals, kicked 4 goals, 4.6 marks, 2.3 tackles.  I think having Mark Williams on board would be an advantage in deciding if the kid was worth pick 9.

And from the GWS site:

Dom Tyson is a midfielder from the Oakleigh Chargers in Melbourne.

Dom is good decision-maker who excels at clearances and winning the contested ball. He has the ability to dispose of the ball even when under pressure or being tackled using his left foot and excellent hands.

He represented Vic Metro at the NAB AFL U18 Championships, averaging 22 disposals at 78.9 per cent efficiency, 11 contested possessions and 3.6 tackles.

The GWS GIANTS selected Dom with pick number 3 in the 2011 NAB AFL Draft.

Was also a Rising Sun nominee in R23.

One way of looking at it is that we are upgrading our pick 9 to pick 3!

[WA Tiger]

Went ok WAT.  Showed a fair bit like many of the GWS kids but rumours abounded for a fair while that his heart was back home so you don't know if that was an on-field influence or not.  From http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dom_Tyson.html:

Just turned 19, 186cm, 80kgs, played 10 games, averaged 15.8 disposals, kicked 4 goals, 4.6 marks, 2.3 tackles.  I think having Mark Williams on board would be an advantage in deciding if the kid was worth pick 9.

And from the GWS site:

Dom Tyson is a midfielder from the Oakleigh Chargers in Melbourne.

Dom is good decision-maker who excels at clearances and winning the contested ball. He has the ability to dispose of the ball even when under pressure or being tackled using his left foot and excellent hands.

He represented Vic Metro at the NAB AFL U18 Championships, averaging 22 disposals at 78.9 per cent efficiency, 11 contested possessions and 3.6 tackles.

The GWS GIANTS selected Dom with pick number 3 in the 2011 NAB AFL Draft.

One way of looking at it is that we are upgrading our pick 9 to pick 3!

Thanks Smoke, looks pretty good on paper...young enough as as you say an upgraded pick...might be a bit of pay back for us after the last two comprimised drafts.

[Smokey]

Dug a bit deeper into his season WAT and he missed a number of games due to injury, then played as a sub for a few when coming back so his stats are actually better than what they seem at face value.  Here is a bit from a Hun article:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/localfooty/midfielder-dom-tyson-talent-shines-despite-ill-timed-run-of-injuries/story-fn53klc6-1226470984254

DOM Tyson, 19-year-old GWS midfielder, might be the only player in the league who wishes the season was longer.

Injury interrupted Tyson's first AFL campaign but he played in seven of the last 10 matches of the home-and-away season and received an AFL Rising Star nomination in the final round.

"For me it would be good to have another month to six weeks of playing," he said.

"I played seven full AFL games, three as sub and three in the reserves, so it's not that much footy.

"Early days I had a few back issues with a bulging disc so I missed a little bit of pre-season, which put me back.

"I played the first two games as sub, missed two, came back to the reserves then I got five games in a row there. I then got a fracture in my shin and that forced me to miss eight weeks.

"So the moment I was playing some consistent footy I was getting injured, so it was frustrating.

"Now I'm looking towards pre-season, staying injury free and preparing as best I can because you don't appreciate how important the pre-season is until you're injured."

Looking at his stats for the 7 full games he played he averaged 19.7 disposals, 6.1 marks and 3.1 tackles.

[gerkin greg]

Correction. They would be trading pick 3 and the mini draft pick for pick 5 and 6. May need a sweetener from us to get it over the line.

Thing is though the Mini Draft picks have to be traded – well they don't have to but the Giants can't use them – so if they don't take this deal they will have to deal with another club and as far as I can see the Dogs have the best available offer. The Giants won't want the Dogs to walk away from this IMO.

[JVT]

Exactly. Melbourne won't give up pick 4 (pick 3 being used on Viney going off reports) which means the next 2 picks could be theirs if they give Footscray the mini draft pick (which they can't use). Footscray will be keen for us to get involved, seeing we have a decent pick at 9 and they obviously want an early first round pick.

Win - Win - Win for all parties really.

[tiga]

So is this kid a superstar in the making??

Did he play much last year, how did he go??

Watched Dom play live in a number of games and two of the most notable things about his game was his composure and his disposal by hand and foot which was above average for someone at his stage of development. He was prone to getting knocked off the ball at times by bigger bodies but he has the frame that suggests he will bulk up quite easily. He's very much like a Simon black type in the way he looks like he has all the time in the world to do what he needs to do. In a couple of games he had strapping on the shoulders but I think this was purely precautionary. He is not afraid to get into the hard stuff either as he copped a few heavy head knocks going for the ball but kept on ticking. 
So it would be a huge get if we can sign him up.

[blaisee]

the draw in round 23 may well be very important.

Pick 9 vs pick 13

Lets see what happens eh

[taztiger4]

the draw in round 23 may well be very important.

Pick 9 vs pick 13

Lets see what happens eh

Agree, I wonder if that is why Dimma had Robbie running around in the backline in the last 1/4

[rogerd3]

nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.
i reckon the NEW RFC might just pull this off.