Pick 12 - who should we draft?

[pmac21]

If Jake Lever plays in 2014 he would be a top 3 selection.
If he slides take him

[big tone]

Chooka - "Richmond's pick #12 is getting intriguing. Is it out of Duggan, Weller and Ellis? Smokey Durdin?"

Brett Anderson - "I'd say its out of Laverde, Ellis, Ahern, Duggan. But if Lever was there is would be an interesting decision."

https://twitter.com/BrettAndersonIF/status/535331567745257472

Have a good feeling Leverde may slide to us 

[Judge Roughneck]

Then lever goes #13 ..

[one-eyed]

Francis Jackson says this draft is like the 2010 (Conca) draft. Clubs and their recruiters with "polarised" views on the various draftees.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2014-11-20/recruitment-zone-draft-recall-conca

[Phil Mrakov]

Francis Jackson says this draft is like the 2010 (Conca) draft. Clubs and their recruiters with "polarised" views on the various draftees.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2014-11-20/recruitment-zone-draft-recall-conca

Getting us ready for a left field dud again then. I hope he takes Heppell this time !

[one-eyed]

Damien M - "Hi Cal. I don't believe Richmond would overlook the class of Weller if he is available at 12. Surely if Weller is on the board the Tigers go Weller and not Corey Ellis?"

Callum Twomey - "Damien, you must have missed Corey Ellis this year because he is very classy too."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-21/chat-live-with-draft-expert-cal-twomey

[one-eyed]

Article on the AFL website about Laverde, Ahern and Ellis' junior footy days at Keilor ....


Ellis, who was nicknamed the 'Rolls Royce' around the club.

They played in a flag that season, which was one of eight in a row for Ellis at Keilor. In four of those, Ellis was named best on ground.

"Corey's a quiet kid, but he stood out early with his left and right foot disposal, and he was a notch above the rest," said Paul White, who coached the first-round prospect in the under-12s.
 
"He just floats across the ground. I was coach, but my aunty could have coached those kids."
 
Ellis was the early standout: he played for Victoria as an under-12 and looked the most likely player to make the grade.

Full article at: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-21/keilors-draft-raiders

[Diocletian]

Must admit, I do like the fact he's a dual sided player - don't have enough of them. Still reckon there'll be better at our pick than him though.

[one-eyed]

It's Collingwood's pick that has everyone guessing ...



Plenty of ducks and drakes being played. Pies will pick between De Goey/Laverde/Langford. GWS might take Ahern but not certain.

https://twitter.com/BrettAndersonIF/with_replies

Wouldn't count Lachie Weller out of the mix for Pies' pick 5. Classy midfielder, has pace, kicks goals. Very good addition to any midfield.

Busy week for Peter Wright. Plenty of club interviews, a medical on Tuesday & today private AFL fitness testing. Ran 3.1 for the 20m.

https://twitter.com/AFL_CalTwomey/with_replies

[georgies31]

Ellis reminds me off Simon Black from the lions plays same style.

[one-eyed]

From Emma Quayle's article in the Age today:

The Giants have been linked most strongly to four players at their picks: Jarrod Pickett, Hugh Goddard, Jordan De Goey and Paul Ahern.

Collingwood have been linked to several, as the Pies always are. Lachie Weller, Jayden Laverde, De Goey and Ahern all seem right in their mix and they have visited Pickett and Kyle Langford in the past week. If they don't choose Laverde, it will be fascinating to see how far down the order he gets, and he may go outside the top 10. If they don't pick Langford, he could be on his way to the Gold Coast, Fremantle or Adelaide.

Liam Duggan is one of the most popular players, and seemingly in the mix from pick five onwards.

Nakia Cockatoo is one of the most mysterious prospects, given his very late, one-game burst of highly exciting form that followed 18 months of injury. He seems around the mark for a couple of clubs picking at the edge of the top 10, but might drop a little lower if he ends up being the second option for them all, with North Melbourne, Carlton and Essendon all chances.

Jarrod Garlett has a lot of fans in the teens and has been linked strongly to Gold Coast and the Bombers.

Corey Ellis will slot in somewhere there too - I'd expect Richmond to look strongly at him, Duggan and Weller

- while Lever and the versatile Caleb Marchbank and Sam Durdin will come into the mix around the edge of the top 10, for clubs such as Geelong, West Coast, the Dockers and Crows.

Durdin is possibly the player who divides clubs most this year.

Peter Wright has also become quite intriguing, and the tall forward could also go anywhere from the Giants' picks to outside the top 10. Pretty much every club picking from 8-17 has caught up with him in the past week, so they all have a decision to make on the point at which he becomes too good to leave sitting there.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/top-draft-slot-still-up-for-grabs-but-giants-hold-the-keys-to-firstround-order-20141121-11rbuh.html

[Diocletian]

Love to grab Langford. Pace, height, skill. Plays like Bomtempelli, models his game on Gunston could end up like Richo circa 2008. We should be all over him like Bill Cosby on a white woman.

[one-eyed]

Us and the Pies are the most keen on Weller according to the Herald-Sun.

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THURSDAY night’s AFL national draft on the Gold Coast was always going to be a small but important step on a long football journey for Lachie Weller.

Ever since he could walk and kick around a soft cloth black-and-gold Richmond footy, this has been his destiny.

Thirteen clubs interviewed him at the recent AFL Draft Combine in Melbourne with the likes of Richmond and Collingwood believed to be the keenest on Weller who had the third lowest skinfold results among the draft hopefuls.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-draft-2014-lachie-weller-ready-to-follow-in-brothers-footsteps-and-play-at-elite-level/story-fnelctok-1227131697774

[one-eyed]

@burg11 - "Tigers chances of getting Duggan still strong or maybe Weller?"

Brett Anderson - "Duggan I think will be gone. Firming to be Ellis."

https://twitter.com/BrettAndersonIF/status/536318221217845249

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@Nickolachi - "Hey Cal, chances of Lachie Weller sliding to Essendon..?"

Callum Twomey - "it's certainly possible. I can't say what the chances are as I think he's in mix for Pies, Eagles, Tiges, GC & North"

https://twitter.com/AFL_CalTwomey/status/536047602261700608

[🏅Dooks]

Geez Ellis would be a disappointment If you believe what you read ....after all the expectation of landing a real gem .....