Rookie draft - picks 11, 27 & 42

[Penelope]

sweet, don't have to wait 2 or 3 years.
Instant result.

[Gigantor]

The club made the de listings it deemed necessary.I think we should all take a deep breath at this point in time and place some faith in our football department.
The RFC have been on an upaward curve for the past 4 years both on field and off field,lets hold fire on the clubs decision making for the time being .
Its fine and great reading to see people suggest names and reasons behind them,but lets not lambaste the club,they are going dam busters at the minute

[the claw]

My mail is we have 3 selections with Thomas  in our sights 

wouldnt be surprised. locked and loaded for sure better make the gf or else.

[Bengal]

Why didn't we just get Gordon and Lloyd in the rookie draft ?

we could still have taken them  both at 66 and one of the picks we passed at. to enable this to happen we just keep petterd on as a rookie.

geez at pick 50

marsh, hourigan, templeton, conlon, darcy, sokal just to name a few. woulkd have been rapt to give any one of them a go.

would have loved for us to give sully a go with one of the later picks.  hope we look to rookie him. would give josh waldhuter a spot as a rookie as well.both mature players.

for me i wanted scily or marsh at 50. so   marsh at 50. thing is we could have had sicily at 50 and marsh at 66. anyway marsh at 50 and   the two mature types we took at 66  gordon, and use 78 on lloyd.  it wasnt hard to do it only needed a sml bit of tinkering.

it is interesting as far as i can see only matt fuller at 42 and the two we took gordon and lloyd were mature players taken in the entire draft excluding rookie upogrades. with this in mind im certain both gordon and lloyd would have been there much later or in the rookie draft. there was few live picks after pick 49 anyway.

imo the way we have gone about the entire trade and nd period has been poor. we seem to make the same sort of mistakes over and over every yr.


come the rookie draft one of hourigan or templeton would be great. two of hourigan templeton conlon darcy and sokal even better, unlikely.  use the last pick on sully or waldhuter or chris cain.

Yep those same mistakes saw us finally make the finals..  We have plenty of kids. We need mature age depth.   We still have one of the youngest starting 22.

[Chuck17]

My mail is we have 3 selections with Thomas  in our sights 

wouldnt be surprised. locked and loaded for sure better make the gf or else.

Undefeated too please

[tigs2011]

My mail is we have 3 selections with Thomas  in our sights 

wouldnt be surprised. locked and loaded for sure better make the gf or else.

Undefeated too please

Yessssss big man. That's the spirit...if only the club took a leaf out of this book but inevitably they won't because they are pea-hearts. 

[Francois Jackson]

Why didn't we just get Gordon and Lloyd in the rookie draft ?

we could still have taken them  both at 66 and one of the picks we passed at. to enable this to happen we just keep petterd on as a rookie.

geez at pick 50

marsh, hourigan, templeton, conlon, darcy, sokal just to name a few. woulkd have been rapt to give any one of them a go.

would have loved for us to give sully a go with one of the later picks.  hope we look to rookie him. would give josh waldhuter a spot as a rookie as well.both mature players.

for me i wanted scily or marsh at 50. so   marsh at 50. thing is we could have had sicily at 50 and marsh at 66. anyway marsh at 50 and   the two mature types we took at 66  gordon, and use 78 on lloyd.  it wasnt hard to do it only needed a sml bit of tinkering.

it is interesting as far as i can see only matt fuller at 42 and the two we took gordon and lloyd were mature players taken in the entire draft excluding rookie upogrades. with this in mind im certain both gordon and lloyd would have been there much later or in the rookie draft. there was few live picks after pick 49 anyway.

imo the way we have gone about the entire trade and nd period has been poor. we seem to make the same sort of mistakes over and over every yr.


come the rookie draft one of hourigan or templeton would be great. two of hourigan templeton conlon darcy and sokal even better, unlikely.  use the last pick on sully or waldhuter or chris cain.

Yep those same mistakes saw us finally make the finals..  We have plenty of kids. We need mature age depth.   We still have one of the youngest starting 22.

You left the part that we were embarrassed by a side who didn't even make the finals.

I wouldn't be snapping one off about making the finals this year mate, let's wait till we perform better than that rubbish.

[Penelope]

yeah, lets look at one game rather than a whole season. That is a much more accurate gauge.

[Francois Jackson]

your only as good as your last game pal.

[Smokey]

your only as good as your last game pal.

Actually Dan, I would have thought you're only as good as your current game.  The last game is already history and even the premiers had their share of bad ones.  To learn and improve on your last game is the challenge.

[Francois Jackson]

your only as good as your last game pal.

Actually Dan, I would have thought you're only as good as your current game.  The last game is already history and even the premiers had their share of bad ones.  To learn and improve on your last game is the challenge.

fair point but thats all that sticks in my mind and im pretty sure it would for the players/coaches also.

Hope the result is not history and they take it into R1 and smash those cheating pricks.

[Chuck17]

Hmmmm R2?

[Smokey]

your only as good as your last game pal.

Actually Dan, I would have thought you're only as good as your current game.  The last game is already history and even the premiers had their share of bad ones.  To learn and improve on your last game is the challenge.

fair point but thats all that sticks in my mind and im pretty sure it would for the players/coaches also.

Hope the result is not history and they take it into R1 and smash those cheating pricks.

Yep, I'm with you on that!   

[Francois Jackson]

Hmmmm R2?

Your right

Forgot about GC

[one-eyed]

Paige Cardona has Richmond linked to James Toohey in tomorrow's rookie draft.


James Toohey



Club: Oakleigh Chargers
D.O.B: 27/3/9
Height: 197cm
Weight: 96kgs
Position: Key Defender/Forward
Plays Like: Ben Reid

An absolutely outstanding year for Oakleigh Chargers saw key defender, James Toohey take home the coveted best and fairest award. Th 197cm versatile big man was once upon a time a key forward, however was pushed into defense this year to ramp up his draft prospects. Toohey is every bit an athlete; he has a fantastic engine, a big endurance base that almost always sees him overrun his direct opponent as he loves to get higher up the ground. Up forward, Toohey has a whopping left foot, and an accurate one at that. He reads the ball well in flight, and his vertical leap often sores over opponents taking big contested grabs. But since shifting to defense this year, Toohey displayed he was able to play a key lock down role, whilst also go with the center half forwards, often wearing them down and playing a physical style of play. If this wasn’t enough, Toohey also moved into the midfield, where he stood out and was unmatched in the period he spent through the middle. His running game and marking around the ground was near unstoppable, presenting a precise kicking efficiency and the ability to win the ball ground level. Toohey averaged 15 disposals this year, whilst also running a quick 3.05 sec 20m sprint at the state combine. in October.

Who’s Looking? Richmond took to Toohey with warmth in the lead up to the draft, and could deliver on that interest in the rookie draft.


Her full look at all the rookie draft prospects is here:
http://www.scpaige.com.au/preseason-and-rookie-draft-guide-the-prospects/

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Snoop from BF has done a rookie phantom draft and he also has Toohey going to us.

# 12 Richmond
James Toohey – Oakleigh / 197cm / 95kg / ‘94
Little hard to peg where he will go as is overage and hence if he does might be more at the back end. On the other hand this kid is very good. Beast of a kid with a mans body already and has terrific agility / speed and an absolute monster left foot on him. I have seen him go forward and back and I tend to think this will appeal to clubs as he has huge scope albeit I lean more to him as a key back. Hands in the contest are good and he is fearless in marking contests. Clubs will like him because he has lots of scope and a couple of really handy attributes so the fact he also has tested well suggests he could be a mid range selection. Would be surprised if wasn’t taken at all. The knock on him has been why doesn’t he do more but am prepared to put that down to the fact he has been used as a swingman. I would leave him as a defender and see how he travels.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/snoop-2013-phantom-draft-with-final-order-and-rookie.1041575/