no thanks, Blood our own players fresh from draft
How has that been going for us?
Our drafting is putrid and our development not much better.
I guess if we all cross our fingers that might help 
cause no-one that we had down there the last 30 years knew how to work with young footballers & take them to the next levels. now if we had some good assistant coaches & a good head coach like we got now. then l see progress in players like Griffiths, Vlossy, Conca, Ellis, Morris, Lennon, Martin, Cotchin, Deledio, Rewoldt, Rance, Grimes, Astbury, you saying they aint some we blooded including ones l missed
Let's be honest here- the only decent players out of that group are first round draft picks- Vlossy, Conca, Ellis, Lennon, Martin, Cotch, Lids, Rewoldt, Rance,
These blokes are going to play good footy wherever they get drafted. Don't kid yourself. I wouldn't give Richmond to much credit for their development.
The others, Griffiths, Morris, Grimes and Astbury are hardly A graders. It's taken Griff and Astbury 4 years to break into the team on a regular basis.
Where is the development of the other 20 odd blokes we drafted with those first rounders??
Even the good sides with great culture need help with getting their list competitive by recruiting stars in. Look at Sydney in the last two years- two bloody stars recruited in.
It's time to keep up Richmond, you are getting left behind. Preying and hoping ain't going to get it done.
