2021 Draft thread

[georgies31]

I reckon the Brown pick is wrong. Not because he doesnt warrant being pickef but we have midfield problems and did nothing to fix it tonight.

We lack that creator and drive from hb Short don't have it Houli only did.

[camboon]

Oops, Draper and Warner can be added to the list

[pmac21]

The following players are left.
Matt Johnson
Sam Butler
Tyler Sonsie
Blake Howes
Josh Goater
Jesse Motlop
Mitch Knevitt
Toby Conway
Arlo Draper
Josh Fahey
Connor McDonald
Jake Soligo
Zac Taylor
Rhett Bazzo
Jack Williams

Plenty of good options

[Diocletian]

Exactly...we're still laughing at this stage...Gibcus is a great pick....Brown was unexpected due to the position he plays (his junior position which is always subject to change) but hardly some unrated unknown....was linked to us in a few phantoms albeit at one our last three picks IIRC....let's wait see what happens tomorrow before we go into collective meltdown... got a great hand with plenty of quality still left on the board.....even just two mids from that list and one of Williams or Bazzo will be a great result... 

[Rampsation]

The following players are left.
Matt Johnson
Sam Butler
Tyler Sonsie
Blake Howes
Josh Goater
Jesse Motlop
Mitch Knevitt
Toby Conway
Arlo Draper
Josh Fahey
Connor McDonald
Jake Soligo
Zac Taylor
Rhett Bazzo
Jack Williams

Plenty of good options

I dont think theyll pick Bazzo now they took Gibcus. Fahey will go to GWS. Conway is a ruck no point taking him. Of that list I like Taylor. For Johnson to not be picked there msy be an issue supporters cant see but the recruiters can. Still if he was on the board at our pick Id select him.

[Willy]

Happy with Gibby.

Brown strikes me as an unnecessary reach but watevs.

Be nice if we could get a mid at some point.

[Owl]

Best mid draft in ages they say so we load up on backmen with our best picks in years ,  next year is sposedto be good for talls so no doubt we will make a killing on midgets

[Rampsation]

You can reason tbe gibcus pick. Tarrant is 33, Grimes 31, we lost Houli and Astbury but Brown is just a half back. Those types are dime a dozen. He may be a great player but at this pick we should have taken a mid.

[georgies31]

Brown could be eyed for position in the guts to.Like I said we don't have a quality half back flanker who creates.

[pmac21]

Fact is you need good players all over the ground.  Who is to say Brown can't play mid In the Future?

[Owl]

Would like sonsie but he will go before we get a sniff

[georgies31]

Fact is you need good players all over the ground.  Who is to say Brown can't play mid In the Future?

 

[one-eyed]

Callum Twomey's round 1 draft review:

https://www.afl.com.au/video/689159/how-your-club-fared-during-the-first-round-of-the-draft?videoId=689159&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1637749181001

"Richmond pick up a key defender and a running defender. So that's clearly been an area of focus for them. Gibcus fits a need for the Richmond line-up going forward so great pick up there".

[camboon]

Time will tell, he might be a. Star.
I don’t think a lot of us think Browns is a bad player without potential  , I just question the choice seeing there was a lot of quality mids that would have fitted nicely into our mid field.

[Diocletian]

Roberts another mid still on the board as well...people seem to have gone off him of late but was rated fairly high at one point IIRC...


Ned Long another one still there....