Looking back: 2003-2006 drafts

[Tigermonk]

Richmond biggest blunder comes in missing a tall in Simon Taylor ( Hawthorn ) who went pick 53 who is strong in the ruck,  instead we got Dean Limbach who was a dud at pick 52 from the 2004 draft & never played a game & never will

Hawthorn draft scouts can go down in history as getting the best
Roughhead who was always going to be a AFL goalkicker
Franklin who had injuries as a youngster & has bad wings ( watch this space when injuries hit him)
Lewis my favorite, a hard mongrel player one of the best finds who taunts his opponants
Taylor talented bigman can play a few KP

For all their brilliance in reluctantly taking Franklin, the Hawks have a few horror stories.

Dowler (missed Ryder)
Thorp (missed Selwood)
Murphy (missed Van Berlo)
Muston (missed Ibbotson)
Little (missed Egan)
Ellis (yes he's playing in the seniors, but they missed Pendlebury)

Wayne wake up what drugs you taking

Hawthorn is on top of the ladder  they didnot miss out on nobody, they got exactly what they went after & its all clicked for them & they been playing well for a few seasons now

Collingwood got exactly what they wanted & its all clicked for them & l still rate them as the team to beat for this years flag, l also picked them last year but just missed out

Richmond got what they thought was great & it blew up in thier faces cause they get it wrong 80% of the time
Hence the players who never played or are always broken & the good ones we do have, have now got the Tiger-itis desease of bad skills & turnovers & forget football goes for 4 quarters & not the half games they giving us
we draft skinny small players & dont know how to develope them, Notice the drawn faces on the young team, thats not good developement
& to top it off we still play like before Walllace took over the club just got different players

Richmond should have drafted a tall KPP Backmen years ago & built around it, Wallace start the rebuild 3 years after he got to the club & drafted Kingleys, P. Bowden, Knobel, Hickmott, oh l cant go on its too stressful 

[wayne]

Richmond biggest blunder comes in missing a tall in Simon Taylor ( Hawthorn ) who went pick 53 who is strong in the ruck,  instead we got Dean Limbach who was a dud at pick 52 from the 2004 draft & never played a game & never will

Hawthorn draft scouts can go down in history as getting the best
Roughhead who was always going to be a AFL goalkicker
Franklin who had injuries as a youngster & has bad wings ( watch this space when injuries hit him)
Lewis my favorite, a hard mongrel player one of the best finds who taunts his opponants
Taylor talented bigman can play a few KP

For all their brilliance in reluctantly taking Franklin, the Hawks have a few horror stories.

Dowler (missed Ryder)
Thorp (missed Selwood)
Murphy (missed Van Berlo)
Muston (missed Ibbotson)
Little (missed Egan)
Ellis (yes he's playing in the seniors, but they missed Pendlebury)

its all irrelevant when u pick up a guy called buddy franklin

What i'm trying to say is that we have drafted ok, it's just because of our lack of quality players in the 24-28 age group, we basically need every draft pick to become a good player.

[Fishfinger]

its all irrelevant when u pick up a guy called buddy franklin

Good.

For consistency, I expect this from you in the near future:

"its all irrelevant when u pick up a guy called Trent Cotchin"

Looking forwarding to that time when I'm not reading your constant bellyaching about draft picks. 

[dogged]

hickmott? Jackstar lewis and lids ave 7 cont poss per game each thomas only 6 ,Richie also 6 How can you say our players only get cheap possession? Are you also then saying your 2 favourite players only pick up cheap possies? Incidently thomas averaging nearly 10 less possessions than lids ,does this mean he just isn't working hard enough(gut running). The grass always looks greener.........   One other thing if you have played football ,which makes players appear better footballers ? playing in a top side or playing in a struggling side. From your knowledge is it easier to play well in a top side or a struggling side? West coast have shown that it is easier to play well in a top side.

[richmondrules]

lol. dogged, you'll do yourself an injury arguing with them. Suggest you take note of Fishfinger's avatar and give up.

[richmondrules]

lol. dogged, you'll do yourself an injury arguing with them. Suggest you take note of Fishfinger's avatar and give up.

  dont worry l wont be wasting my breath with his reply

lol. As I have said before TM, you occasionally post something I agree with. World would be pretty boring if we all agreed all the time Agreeing most of the time would be nice though. 

[Tigermonk]

hickmott? Jackstar lewis and lids ave 7 cont poss per game each thomas only 6 ,Richie also 6 How can you say our players only get cheap possession? Are you also then saying your 2 favourite players only pick up cheap possies? Incidently thomas averaging nearly 10 less possessions than lids ,does this mean he just isn't working hard enough(gut running). The grass always looks greener.........   One other thing if you have played football ,which makes players appear better footballers ? playing in a top side or playing in a struggling side. From your knowledge is it easier to play well in a top side or a struggling side? West coast have shown that it is easier to play well in a top side.

any Richmond player should get alot more possessions than any other player at other clubs in the league
They suffer from overuse leather burns & dont do nothing with the ball, Takes Richmond 15 possies to get the ball to the centre square & take the opposition 1 carry & kick to score says alot for possession stats at Tigerland
Deledio gets 30 possies ?? how many are damaging l bet half of them go sideways & backwards when 1 kick would acheive better results
As l said Thomas collects & carries the ball,  most of his stats are damaging, l know this cause l watch him every week,  his one of my favorite players
get back on your chain  stop barking

[dogged]

You haven't answered the question, you Skirt around it well with dribble. You are getting carried away with thomas' flashiness and the commentators overzealousness . I've watched thomas for a long time yes he is a good player but it would be much different for him in a weaker side. What knowledge do you base all this critiscism of our players what are your credentials,I must have missed them over the years,and remember it is YOU  who is attacking the players

[mightytiges]

I think you're underrating Davis this year. He's been consistent, played more in the midfield and he's had more disposals and kicked more goals than Dale Thomas who is classed as a champion by some on this forum lol.

Yes Dale Thomas shows the traits of a future champion & is proving himself every week, constantly runs through the centre kicking goals & setting them up, he breaks games open & peees on players like Deledio & Tambling & had 1 less year in the AFL, compared to possessions Deledio & Tambling get theirs easy from overuse stats where Thomas gathers his stats by getting the ball & carries it taking the game on, not to mention the screamers he takes & the flies he goes for every week
l be there watching him on Sunday again cause l aint wasting my effin time & money watching Richmond get thrashed with ugly football
on Davis he play little midfield & rests in the forward line of course he would kick more goals then Thomas, cause he plays on the wing & is told to drop back to help defend & then carries the ball forward & sets players like Davis up around CHF area or pocket if you notice thats where Davis zone is
Not like Deledio & Tambling standing there watching the backline get destroyed thinking its not thier job to defend & leave it to Newman, Kingy & McMahon  they dont even run hard to provide link ups in the zone their prop & start players & thats where we fail cause we too slow through them zones we handball to standing targets  the the Footy show Lous handball board moves more than our players receiving
if Thomas does something special this weekend l let ya know
Pendlebury is another who has had a year less in the AFL & takes on big names every week & is playing with injuries this year & still rated highly in the footy community
l know who l would have in my side
l hope to see Deledio or Tambling matchup on Pendles next year watch who wins out, l bet its pendles hands down

l will state again Dale Thomas in only his 3rd season now will be a champion like James Hird 

A champion like Hird? 

Thomas is a frontrunner. Looks a star when the Pies are winning on the back of the hardwork of the Pies mids and half-backs yet goes missing when they lose. He hasn't kicked more than one goal against a top 8 side. The problem is the Pies get soft draws so they've only played four top 8 sides. Beating up bottom 8 sides doesn't make you premiership material  .

Bris   15 disp.  1 goal    Loss
North 16 disp.  0 goals  Loss
Haw   15 disp.  0 goals  Loss
Geel   18 disp.  1 goal   Win   (the party trick goal in junk time)

  @ champion like Hird 

You've been watching too many Collingwood games TM. You're starting to sound like one  .

[Fishfinger]

  @ champion like Hird 

I think he meant Heard (as in Bob).

[mightytiges]

I think he meant Heard (as in Bob).

Well TM will be happy then. He'll end up at Richmond  .

[Fishfinger]

Wears a similar mask. Just got longer hair.

[jezza]

Geez looking back at 2003 it was a shocking year for the draft. In retrospect trading for Brown was a master stroke, very hard to pick many winners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_AFL_Draft

[Judge Roughneck]

Geez looking back at 2003 it was a shocking year for the draft. In retrospect trading for Brown was a master stroke, very hard to pick many winners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_AFL_Draft

Foley should have been a top pick. 

[Tigermonk]

You've been watching too many Collingwood games TM. You're starting to sound like one  .

its far more entertaining watching good football compared to watching promised talked up ugly footy that comes out of Tigerland & all the rubbish talk  coming from coaches & players about how they are going to get better but we have heard that year after year & the style & brand has not changed & the scoreboard, ladder, & percentage looks the same for this time of year so tell me where are the good points.
It will not be long before our good players will try getting to thier childhood clubs they barracked for & other clubs poach us for our talent with big dollars they have gathered over the years for being successful & playing finals

say what you like about Thomas but his a class footballer, l bet if he played for Richmond you would be saying different
l talk about footballers for what they are & bring to the game of football,  & not the colours from clubs they wear
l do see alot of Collingwood & attend most of thier games cause unfortunately l have to pay the money for the memberships my family require but l can assure you its war come footy in the home when the 2 teams clash, l have no love for them shunks
l pride myself for going to the football to watch a game of football,  not to go see my club win by 60 points but to win & win by playing a brand of football every spectator would enjoy or to lose & lose playing a good brand of football
if you think watching Richmond this year is any different to the last 10 years then your deluded & would be taking depression tablets to blind the real facts, maybe your spending too much time down there hanging off the fence  but keep going your training reports are excellent & tiger supporters like me enjoy them