How did we think we went in the draft overall?

[one-eyed]

Now we've had a couple of hours for our picks to sink in, how did we think we went?

Are we happy drafting one tall and 4 smalls?

Jack Riewoldt Tassie Mariners 31/10/1988 192.3 85.4
Shane Edwards Nth Adelaide 25/10/1988 179.6 68.6
Daniel Connors Bendigo 22/09/1988 183.1 78.5
Carl Peterson Claremont 3/07/1987 182.7 69.55
Andrew Collins Bendigo 17/11/1988 184.4 70.95

[Moi]

Like the sound of Carl - midfielder who played ruck because of great vertical leap
Excitement machine Terry described him as 
But I think he's said that of others in the past lol

The others, wouldn't have a clue

[cub]

NFI here, but would of thought we could do with an extra tall (KPP) type player - as for the smalls they seem very light on.
One of my biatches of late is how easily we get pushed off the ball and our lack of tackling skills.
Maybe Wallaces plan is for no one to catch us, which really solves those above problems.
Then again the premiers of the 2000s have been strong (physically) teams so um er like I said I have nfi anyway.

[Bulluss]

From what i have read, it seems that this is the first draft in a while we have actually drafted kids that have footy skills.

Our biggest problem has been quality of supply and hopefully these guys can add to the young bunch coming through and improve our level of disposal.

[Ramps]

7/10...We picked well today, only thing for me is im not a big fan of Jack Riewoldt but hes with us so lets all get behind him and all the other draftees.

[Moi]

How many of these will get a taste of senior footy next year?

[Fwoy3]

I'm prety happy...was a little underwhelmed when I heard Jack Reiwoldt named, but that may be due to reading too much into the opinions of too few. The whole group seem to have huge potential from what I've read (I admit I've seen none of them play yet), so they all get my full support.
 

[Fwoy3]

How many of these will get a taste of senior footy next year?

I'd dare say not a lot...maybe a game or two at most...but we still have the likes of Casserly to make his debut, and the ever improving Tambling and Polo to look forward to next year...plus maybe Hughes, Meyer and JON taking a step up, Pattison getting more game time, Polak making his mark, Rainsey consolidating, Brown, Newmo and Cogs returning,  Hall carving it up for Coburg , and a little fella known as Deledio...

 

 

[Moi]

Looking promising doesn't it, Fwoysie 

[mightytiges]

How many of these will get a taste of senior footy next year?

Riewoldt given he has already played VFL against men and Connors would be physically ready to play next year.

Like fwoy I wasn't so sure after our first two picks but getting Connors at 58 looks like being an absolute bargain. I'll still need convincing on Riewoldt. The times I saw him play he wasn't that impressive compared to the wraps on him. The other 3 being 69-70kg  will need 3 years to develop physically.

Overall we got 2 talls (including Polak) and 4 smalls which is a pretty good balance. We've then got probably Kingsley? to come in the PSD plus 2 more rookies. Can't complain with getting 9 new faces to Punt Rd.

[Gordon Bennett]

I haven't seen Peterson or Collins play.

I'm not sure about reiwoldt - does he have sufficient speed to be a leading forward?He's a good contested mark, and seems to read the play well. I suppose when it's all said and done, if they picked him, then there must be good reasons why they did so.

Edwards is fast, brave and a good tackler. I'm happy with him.

Connors - what a bargain!

The way the draft has panned out, all those bleating that we gave up too much for Polak...well, I think we came out of that deal not too disadvantaged, especially with Connors, who we could have easily taken with our 3rd rd pick anyway.

[one-eyed]

Matt Burgan's view from the AFL site:

RICHMOND

The Tigers jagged Jack Riewoldt - the cousin of St Kilda superstar Nick - with their first selection after strongly being linked with the yellow and black. Richmond pounced on South Australian midfielder Shane Edwards at No.26, after the Crows bypassed him due to the availability of James Sellar. Midfielder Daniel Connors had many varying opinions from AFL recruiters. Several suggested Connors could be a top 20 selection, while there some questioning where he would fit in the overall scheme of the draft. At No.58, the Tigers will be pleased with this pick. Versatile, spring-heeled jack Carl Peterson was touted as a likely back-end draftee, which proved true, while Richmond always set its sights on onballer Andrew Collins at No.73. The Tigers passed on No.84 with a view to using it in the Pre-Season Draft. It looms as a very sound draft for the yellow and black.

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=307795

[WilliamPowell]

As I said on another thread I've only seen Riewoldt play once and everyone's entitled to a bad day  but please don't carry on like you cousin or you'll have me pulling my hair out .

I will admit that my initial reaction when I heard his name was disappointment - I just thought there may have been a few others (read Brown that's now an Eagle) ahead of him but I will bow the expertise of FJ & GM and say welcome Jack!

As for the others - as always I am concerned with their tiny bodies (2 under 70kgs and 1 just over 70 by .95 ) but going by what I've read skill wise they seem to be what we need.

As to how many will play seniors next year - I reckon Riewoldt will because that's what they are saying and size wise you'd lean towards Connors. The other 3 - well that will be up to them

[Ramps]

The Age trashed our picks in todays paper.

[mightytiges]

The Age trashed our picks in todays paper.

Who was the journo? They didn't include a summary of our picks online  .