official polak is @ richmond

[Ramps]

If we hadnt of lost 42 it wouldnt be a this bad, the fact they went back 5 places in the 1st round and completely traded out of Round 3 is inexcusable absolutely inexcuseable.

[mightytiges]

who is gonna be a better player . meyer or polo???

polo by far and he was what pick 20 and meyer 12, iirc

i think too many ppl stress too much about draft picks, pick 1-4 are always where u wanna be , but u have to tank and suffer to gain those picks. from pick 5 onwards u just never know what u wuill get, no one expected polo to be as good as he has become, and what about raines, and all past and present gr8s like voss, hird etc, they were not top picks iirc.
this is where drafting is difficult, u cant just spot the obv , u have to find out which unknown is gonna be a standout

Agree X that drafting is difficult but that's why you try to get as many early picks a feasible so you limit your risk. We now have only 2 picks in the top 50 of a superdraft and lost our top 10 pick . Not happy  .

[Fluffy Tiger]

Disappointing result IMV

We shouldn't have given away 2 picks and we should at have got Freo 2nd pick

And I don't know how we can be better off with pick 13 over pick 8 in the 1st round

I am confused

I agree.  I just don't get why we would downgrade picks for this guy  

[mightytiges]

If we hadnt of lost 42 it wouldnt be a this bad, the fact they went back 5 places in the 1st round and completely traded out of Round 3 is inexcusable absolutely inexcuseable.

Exactly Ramps. We'll just get two kids and then probably draft a recycled player with pick 60. We've gone backwards in just one week  .

[mjs]

Is Polak better than Jason Cloke? Has he ever played a game anywhere near Cloke's best?

It seems from the outside that he's been punished for two GF efforts, the one he missed and the one where he was expected to perform as a key forward.
 
I think Cloke is very under-rated, and he'd be virtually a freebie wouldn't he?

[WilliamPowell]

Richmond director of football Greg Miller says the club is delighted to have secured former Fremantle defender/forward Graham Polak in a complex deal that involves former Pie Chris Tarrant shifting to the Dockers and ex-Freo forward Paul Medhurst moving to Collingwood.

Miller confirmed Polak had signed with the Tigers for three years, which will see him tied to Richmond until the end of the 2009 season. He said Polak was a terrific addition for the club.

"It's great win for the Richmond Football Club," Miller said.

"To have a guy that is 195 centremetres down there is going to be a great help."

Miller said Polak's move to Victoria would do him the world of good.

Full story

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=302994

[letsgetiton!]

And so much for - we wont be trading away our 1st round picks 

We did

we didnt trade a first rnd pick, we exchanged a spot, 13 is still a first rnd pick

[mightytiges]

Is Polak better than Jason Cloke? Has he ever played a game anywhere near Cloke's best?

It seems from the outside that he's been punished for two GF efforts, the one he missed and the one where he was expected to perform as a key forward.
 
I think Cloke is very under-rated, and he'd be virtually a freebie wouldn't he?

Jason Cloke did well early on as a loose sweeper across HB and third man up in a contest but once opposition clubs made him accountable and played 1-on-1 on him he was exposed. Dud!   

[WilliamPowell]

And so much for - we wont be trading away our 1st round picks 

We did

we didnt trade a first rnd pick, we exchanged a spot, 13 is still a first rnd pick

Yeah I understand that X but we've been told for the last 2 years that we would not trade our first round pick. At the start of this week we had pick 8 - our first round pick. It is now gone to the Pies no less

It has now been traded for another Club's 1st rd pick- we traded our 1st round pick

[Ramps]

Collingwood have 2 first rounders and good luck to them...

[letsgetiton!]

miller has gone home
dont stress, how many top 20 pics actually become stars and how many late picks actually out do all,
hird etc, and what about raines recently

Let's see X

We got

Deledio
Tambling
Myer
Pattison
Polo

inside the top 20 a few years ago and so far I reckon we'll end up going 100% or 75%-80% at worst

and a ? still remains on meyer, patto and blingers. polo and lids are the only 2 thus far u can say will vbe consistant performers at this stage, the jury is still out

[letsgetiton!]

everyone is stressing over nothing
today is frid the 13th, we have 13th pick! thats fantastic cos believe it or not 13 is a good luck number!
13-10-2006, all digits add up to 13 also

we are gonna get a killer player with this pick wait and see

[mightytiges]

We had: 8, 26, 42, 58
We have: 13, 26, 58, 60

 

[WilliamPowell]

everyone is traessing over nothing
today is frid the 13th, we have 13th pick! thats fantastic cos believe it or not 13 is a good luck number!
13-10-2006, all digits add up to 13 also

we are gonna get a killer player with this pick wait and see

 

I got married on the 13th X and normally I reckon 13 is pretty lucky myself.... but this time I don't feel very lucky


To not have a 3rd pick in this super draft is not a great result

but at least I was right about one thing - this deal's sure got us talking  

[letsgetiton!]

we have picked up a kid who wil become the best kpp player in the afl!
polak wil be a gun wait and see