AFL draft regrets (Herald-Sun)

[one-eyed]

The annual regurgitation of Pavlich/Fiora & Buddy/Tambling. It says something that the media has to go back 10+ years nowdays.

AFL draft regrets — which stars could have been at your club?
Al Paton
Herald-Sun
November 11, 2014 2:38PM

1999    Matthew Pavlich (pick 4)  v Aaron Fiora (pick 3)
2004    Lance Franklin (pick 5)    v Richard Tambling (pick 4)
2004    Mark LeCras (pick 37)     v Luke McGuane (pick 36)
2005    Nathan Jones (pick 12)   v Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls (pick 8 )

http://media.heraldsun.com.au/multimedia/2014/nov/draft/footy_cards_desktop.html

Richmond fans don’t need reminding they could have had bookends of Lance Franklin and Matthew Pavlich, but chose Richard Tambling and Aaron Fiora instead. Less while known is the decision to recruit battler Luke McGuane with pick 36 in 2004, then watch West Coast call out a blonde forward named Mark LeCras. He would make a handy foil for Jack Riewoldt in the Tigers’ forward line today.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-draft-regrets-which-stars-could-have-been-at-your-club/story-fndv7pj3-1227119198362

[dwaino]

Great article. I wasn't aware of this.

[tigs2011]

Journalism would be the best gig in the world.

[🏅Dooks]

Richmond fans don’t need reminding........

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-draft-regrets-which-stars-could-have-been-at-your-club/story-fndv7pj3-1227119198362

Thanks to Al Paton for that ingenious life hack. What I would like him to remind me of is not to chit my pants if I feel like it.

[Go Richo 12]

Open another door for doomsayers.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Rubbish article.

Someone should point out to him that if we had selected Pavlich we probably wouldn't have been in position to get the pick for Tambling/Franklin.

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It would be more pertinent to list players such as Newman,Tambling,JON, etc

[wayne]

Lol @ Jones.

Not once have I ever thought 'geez we missed out on Jones'. It was a poo draft.

Did we really miss out on Franklin? We'll get Ritchie's kids as father sons 

[Phil Mrakov]

Pavelich is douche bag

[Owl]

Yeah I can see it now Buddy, Pavlova and Richo all on the ground at the same time,

[Mr Magic]

Yes LeCras would make a handy foil to our Jack Riewoldt. The player Hawthorn overlooked for Mitch Thorpe. 

[mat073]

Time will tell if the franklin/Tambling selection will come back to bite us.

[tony_montana]

haha

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Time will tell if the franklin/Tambling selection will come back to bite us.

How long should we wait?

[pmac21]

Crap article.  Let it go Journo's.
Every time these come out I get 20 emails from smart alec mates bagging the tigers