Emma Quayle's club-by-club guide to the 2014 AFL draft ... (Age)

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Club-by-club guide to the 2014 AFL draft: part two
Emma Quayle
The Age
November 23, 2014

RICHMOND

In: Taylor Hunt

Out: Aaron Edwards, Brett O'Hanlon, Brad Helbig, Orren Stephenson, Ben Darrou, Cadeyn Williams, Todd Banfield, Daniel Jackson, Jake King, Matthew Arnot

Rookie upgrades: Anthony Miles

Draft picks: 12, 33, 52, 70, 88 (Miles).

TALL FORWARDS: Jack Riewoldt, Tyrone Vickery, Ben Griffiths, Liam McBean, Todd Elton

TALL DEFENDERS: Alex Rance, Dylan Grimes, Troy Chaplin, David Astbury

SMALL/MEDIUM FORWARDS: Ben Lennon, Chris Knights, Sam Lloyd, Nathan Gordon, Matt McDonough

SMALL/MEDIUM DEFENDERS: Chris Newman, Steven Morris, Jake Batchelor, Bachar Houli, Ricky Petterd, Kamdyn McIntosh, Matt Dea

MIDFIELDERS: Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Dustin Martin, Nick Vlastuin, Brandon Ellis, Reece Conca, Shaun Grigg, Shane Edwards, Nathan Foley, Anthony Miles (rookie), Taylor Hunt, Matt Thomas (rookie)

RUCKS: Ivan Maric, Shaun Hampson

The Tigers looked here, there and everywhere for midfielders during the trade period, eventually adding Taylor Hunt on as a free agent. The potential availability of Peter Wright seems the only thing that could sway them for going that way with pick 12; the Tigers have not used their first pick on a tall since choosing Ty Vickery at No.8 in 2008, but while Liam McBean has shown promise in the VFL they don't really have a genuine next option on the go when it comes to untried, developing players, and Wright would appeal for that reason as well as his ability to jump into the ruck in time. That said, there will be a number of top-notch onballers available at their pick, and someone like Tom Lamb could get through to round two. Any of Liam Duggan, Paul Ahern, Corey Ellis and Lachie Weller would be good picks for different reasons, given Duggan's smarts, Ahern's creativity and run, Ellis' cool head and kick, and Weller's class. Nakia Cockatoo would give them a burst of pace they could do with but may be too big a call at 12 given his injury history, lack of exposed form and the other players likely to be available at that pick. Should the Tigers opt for Wright, they should still find themselves with a selection of good options at 33. Lamb would be a value pick at this point, Nathan Drummond is tough and Toby Green plays with some inventiveness across half-forward.

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[WilliamPowell]

Quality from Emma as always 

[Judge Roughneck]

Ellis over weight would not be kotcha

[Andyy]

I'm hoping for Weller at 12, then Lamb at 33.

If Wright was available though you'd have to consider him.


This bird is a better journo than most of the bunch.

[the claw]

ah ive been going on about getting another pick in the first rnd for tom lamb. it didnt happen and we wont take him at 12.

the one id like at 33 is tyler  kietel.

amazing emma knows more about our list than most posters
only positions she got wrong was elton who should be in with the defenders.
mcintosh is a tall defender not a medium.
plus griffiths, vickery and possibly mcbean should have been listed as ruck/fwd or tall utilities.we dont need 3 200cm utilities.

the clear and obvious list deficiencies are
1kpf not 200cm tall. 1 tall fwd 190-194 cm
tall defender numbers if you put elton and mcintosh there are spot on id argue though we need a top level kpd to partner rance.
we have too many flankers both fwd and defense the problem also  being quality.
4 to 6 mids short on the list
1 ruckman at the very least.

[Judge Roughneck]

can you explain why talls have to be 194 and not taller or is that a claw secret?

[Judge Roughneck]

Dust Martin is the same height as jack dyer was

Trend is not for smaller players

[the claw]

can you explain why talls have to be 194 and not taller or is that a claw secret?

nope ive done that lots of times. its pretty simple but i find the simple things for you are hard. if you actually read posts properly or  used just one iota of common sense you would not need to ask. go look for yourself.
but i will ask these questions again for about the 100th time.
how many 200cm plus players have become good consistent key fwds. you can count em on a few fingers. tippett is one and probably the best of em.
how many 200cm plus ruck /fwds do we need while we only have one at 195cm. seems you dont think we need balance in our list.

[Judge Roughneck]

The famous claw '22' formulae 

[Judge Roughneck]

Hale. 201
Franklin 196?
Tippett 200?
Ottens 202
Tom Boyd 201
Patton 197
Kreuzer 200. ( I have memory's of hm doing well in fwd line vs richmond)
Watts 196.  (vs richmond )
Kosi 197. (Before that bump on wing) / 50 goals 2009

Edit: Mathew richardson guy was close 200cm

how many 200cm plus players have become good consistent key fwds.

every position is getting bigger / stronger / faster so there will be more 200cm plus players  good consistent key fwds in the future than the past i guess

[Penelope]

how many 200cm plus players have become good consistent key fwds. you can count em on a few fingers. tippett is one and probably the best of em.

Perhaps it would be be more pertinent to ask how many 200+cm players become good good consistent footballers, which position they normally play and why?

how many 200cm plus ruck /fwds do we need while we only have one at 195cm. seems you dont think we need balance in our list.

perhaps i'm reading this wrong, but it seems to be that you are suggesting we should look at ensuring our tall forwards are under between 195 and 200cm rather than their ability and attributes.

surely the taller the kpf is, with all other thing being equal, the harder he is to match up on?

[Phil Mrakov]

Quality from Emma as alwayss 

dont rate her

[tdy]

Hale. 201
Franklin 196?
Tippett 200?
Ottens 202
Tom Boyd 201
Patton 197
Kreuzer 200. ( I have memory's of hm doing well in fwd line vs richmond)
Watts 196.  (vs richmond )
Kosi 197. (Before that bump on wing) / 50 goals 2009

Edit: Mathew richardson guy was close 200cm

how many 200cm plus players have become good consistent key fwds.

every position is getting bigger / stronger / faster so there will be more 200cm plus players  good consistent key fwds in the future than the past i guess

how tall was Salmon? Also simon madden used to go fwd and take marks though he was a ruck.

[Judge Roughneck]

198

6' 5  6.49606299

[Phil Mrakov]

I wouldn't take the ruck man, even if he was avail, how did Kreuzer go, more  chance FJ paninng for gold  at another Maric family bbq  would back him in