Oleg Markov [merged]

[Lozza]

Makes McBean look obese.

[Francois Jackson]

In before anyone else says he looks like Jordan McMahon

 

[🏅Dooks]

Does any one else think, and I'm just putting this out there, that we may just have a Jordy McMahon lookalike on the cards?

[the claw]

Claw will actually be happy for once!

You bet ya my only gripe is i wanted us to rookie him last year. Yeah hes a bit on the skinny side still, but this kid will get big enough. Not often you get an athletic freak who has good footy skills and a footy brain.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Makes McBean look obese.

[one-eyed]

From the Richmond recruiters
richmondfc.com.au
24 November 2015

Oleg mixed his football in 2015 with the North Adelaide reserves and senior side, as well as representing South Australia in the under-18 National Championships. In the majority of his games, he has played as a marking, medium forward.

Oleg possesses explosive speed and a vertical leap that enables him to achieve split from opponents.

He has great repeat effort and speed, which was highlighted at this year’s AFL Combine, when he was ranked fifth overall of all players tested.

Against Vic Metro in the second round of this year’s National Championships, Oleg dominated from half-forward with 16 disposals and five goals.

Oleg was born in Belarus and he is the son of World Champion pole-vaulter Dimitri Markov.

Dimitri achieved the feat competing for his adopted country of Australia in 2001.  The family already has a Richmond connection with Dimitri a former Australian Athletics teammate of the Tigers’ current High Performance Manager, Peter Burge (long/triple jump).

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-11-24/2015-national-draft-pick-50-oleg-markov

[The Mole]

Im sure he will take markov the year

[tony_montana]

 

[Petey]

any relation to markov from this forum?

[bojangles17]

Can play a bit this kid, a real fj smokey , when he sees something in a player, whoa , he ain't often wrong 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

any relation to markov from this forum?

Nephew.

[lamington]

Be interesting to see how he performs in the eating competition between himself, Menadue and McBean.....

Not sure why we have gone for all the skinny kids again, we did that years ago and it didn't work..

I'm not against going for a skinny kid with potential at pick #50. I agree it backfired in the past but I  think after realising a skinny kid like Nat Fyfe can become such a player he is, I think club's are factoring in mental fortitude as something which shouldn't be underestimated

[Stalin]

any relation to markov from this forum?

Nephew.

tell him to buy jordan a hamburger

[eliminator]

Hope he has a very successful career at Richmond.

[tdy]

OK Im gonna dowse this fire, if you look at his highlight reel its not that flash, a lot of goals from marks in space and 30m out.  He's not tall enough for key forward.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-11-24/2015-national-draft-pick-50-oleg-markov

He doesn't look that mobile on the turn but he does adjust his kicks to a target a few times quite well  which is good.

I only saw one burst of speed in the highlights reel too, at least he has some.

Didn't we take a medium sided forward a few years back at about this pick, I forget his name and he was gone after a few games and 2 years.
Here it is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_O'Hanlon
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Brett_OHanlon.html

He was 189cm 87Kg not quite big enough or fast enough to make it and he was Pre Season Draft.

Juries still out but I think its a funny pick, maybe he will play the high half forward flank or some midfield to forward role.