How would you rate Richmond's overall recruiting this year?

[bluey_21]

tivendale 

[torch]

just not happy giving up Picks No.19 and No.35 ...

Good pick ups ...

question about our 3 out of 4 Rookies ...

they all turn 23 end of 2008 ... not Collard (20)

are we able to keep them after 2008 ?

if not, they only have 1 year to do something ... which frees up 3 spots at the end of 2008 ... not bad move ...

also ...

2002 Draft, we traded Pick No.28 to Essendon for Justin Blumfield ... guess who Essendon picked ?

Tristan Cartledge ...

[Struggletown]

Alex wouldn't be the best example to use, was speculative even before being drafted

He was a first rounder though wasn't he?
At least a top 20 pick IIRC and along with the Fioras and Schulzs haven't produced what would be expected by the club.
Speculative picks (ie meaning working along with some obvious deficiencies) should be punted on 3rd or 4th rounders IMO.
We have had some success with late picks, but our history of higher picks is very ordinary.

[bluey_21]

gilmour was completely out of left field

[WilliamPowell]

That we have kept the focus on kids and players under 24-25 - we've done well

The general feel around the club is exciting and this draft has had a lot to do with it but we will have to wait and see how good these kids are. We still need to be patient - surely an interesting concept for some

8 for me

[mightytiges]

question about our 3 out of 4 Rookies ...

they all turn 23 end of 2008 ... not Collard (20)

are we able to keep them after 2008 ?

if not, they only have 1 year to do something ... which frees up 3 spots at the end of 2008 ... not bad move ...

IIRC the maximum number of years as a rookie is 3 so 2008 is Howat's last. As for the other two, Silvester and Cartledge, one of them could remain as a mature-age rookie as each club is allowed one mature-age rookie. Of course the club also has the option of promoting any or all of the three to the senior list at the end of 2008 if it wants to hold onto them for 2009.

[mightytiges]

Alex wouldn't be the best example to use, was speculative even before being drafted

He was a first rounder though wasn't he?
At least a top 20 pick IIRC and along with the Fioras and Schulzs haven't produced what would be expected by the club.
Speculative picks (ie meaning working along with some obvious deficiencies) should be punted on 3rd or 4th rounders IMO.
We have had some success with late picks, but our history of higher picks is very ordinary.

Gilmour was pick 21 in the 2003 draft. We gained pick 20 from trading Holland and then on-traded it with pick 6 (Kepler Bradley) to get Browny.


Alex Gilmour (Tassie Mariners, draft pick 21). The Tiges traded their first two draft picks for Brown but still did a helluva lot of drafting with a bucket-load of late selections. Gilmour is a lightly-built on-baller with good skills, but as the youngest player drafted (17 years and fifty-odd days), he's a way off yet. Made senior debut for Wynyard aged 13 and comes from a huge Tiger-supporting family.

http://www.footy.com.au/dags/wrapup/wrapup-R00-team-changes.html

[Judge Roughneck]

just not happy giving up Picks No.19 and No.35 ...

Good pick ups ...

question about our 3 out of 4 Rookies ...

they all turn 23 end of 2008 ... not Collard (20)

are we able to keep them after 2008 ?

if not, they only have 1 year to do something ... which frees up 3 spots at the end of 2008 ... not bad move ...

also ...

2002 Draft, we traded Pick No.28 to Essendon for Justin Blumfield ... guess who Essendon picked ?

Tristan Cartledge ...

Mitch Morton for #35 is a massive win for us.

[harry bosch]

About a 7 , still frustrating that we don't draft more untried kids in nd and rd..
Hopefully with cameron on board that will change..

[bluey_21]

who voted 1 

[tigerfan1961]

Speaking to Francis Jackson a few times since the draft, we have done really well. Also spoke to him about JON and he remains very confident the young fella will make it. Have to remember he is only just older than Jack Riewoldt!

[bluey_21]

Speaking to Francis Jackson a few times since the draft, we have done really well. Also spoke to him about JON and he remains very confident the young fella will make it. Have to remember he is only just older than Jack Riewoldt!

fantastic news. if there is one person's opinion i respect it is FJ

[WilliamPowell]

who voted 1 

Little Jackie   ???

Speaking to Francis Jackson a few times since the draft, we have done really well. Also spoke to him about JON and he remains very confident the young fella will make it. Have to remember he is only just older than Jack Riewoldt!

People forget how young JON is and that for the last couple of years he's been growing. Hence the stress factures last year. JON will be fine

[one-eyed]

Alex wouldn't be the best example to use, was speculative even before being drafted

He was a first rounder though wasn't he?
At least a top 20 pick IIRC and along with the Fioras and Schulzs haven't produced what would be expected by the club.
Speculative picks (ie meaning working along with some obvious deficiencies) should be punted on 3rd or 4th rounders IMO.
We have had some success with late picks, but our history of higher picks is very ordinary.

Gilmour was pick 21 in the 2003 draft. We gained pick 20 from trading Holland and then on-traded it with pick 6 (Kepler Bradley) to get Browny.


Alex Gilmour (Tassie Mariners, draft pick 21). The Tiges traded their first two draft picks for Brown but still did a helluva lot of drafting with a bucket-load of late selections. Gilmour is a lightly-built on-baller with good skills, but as the youngest player drafted (17 years and fifty-odd days), he's a way off yet. Made senior debut for Wynyard aged 13 and comes from a huge Tiger-supporting family.

http://www.footy.com.au/dags/wrapup/wrapup-R00-team-changes.html

We'll get to see Gilmour again as he's playing for the Tassie Devils in the VFL next year.

[Judge Roughneck]

Speaking to Francis Jackson a few times since the draft, we have done really well. Also spoke to him about JON and he remains very confident the young fella will make it. Have to remember he is only just older than Jack Riewoldt!

JON is not yet 20 yoa.

Foley, Nathan  49 22yr 3mth 8 Sep 1985 177cm 77kg Geelong Falcons Midfield
Pattison, Adam  35 21yr 9mth 5 Mar 1986 197cm 99kg Northern Knights Forward
              Ruck
Raines, Andrew  51 21yr 9mth 8 Mar 1986 184cm 81kg Southport Defender
Thursfield, Will  22 21yr 7mth 19 Apr 1986 191cm 83kg Sandringham Dragons Defender
Jackson, Daniel  36 21yr 7mth 25 Apr 1986 187cm 90kg Oakleigh Chargers Forward
Meyer, Danny  17 21yr 4mth 3 Aug 1986 183cm 76kg Glenelg Midfield
Polo, Dean  25 21yr 4mth 5 Aug 1986 187cm 81kg Gippsland Power Midfield
Tambling, Richard  53 21yr 3mth 12 Sep 1986 180cm 80kg Southern Districts Midfield
Hughes, Cleve  10 20yr 10mth 15 Jan 1987 193cm 93kg Norwood Forward
Morton, Mitch  12 20yr 10mth 28 Jan 1987 185cm 79kg Claremont Midfield
McGuane, Luke  16 20yr 10mth 12 Feb 1987 191cm 86kg Broadbeach Defender
White, Matthew  18 20yr 7mth 15 Apr 1987 179cm 80kg Calder Cannons Midfield
Graham, Angus  2 20yr 7mth 16 Apr 1987 200cm 96kg Calder Cannons Ruck
Deledio, Brett  62 20yr 7mth 18 Apr 1987 189cm 89kg Murray Bushrangers Midfield
Casserly, Travis  0 20yr 6mth 20 May 1987 188cm 80kg Swan Districts Midfield
Oakley-Nicholls, Jarrad  7 19yr 10mth 9 Feb 1988 188cm 81kg East Perth Midfield
Connors, Daniel  4 19yr 2mth 22 Sep 1988 184cm 80kg Bendigo Midfield
Edwards, Shane  16 19yr 1mth 25 Oct 1988 180cm 71kg Nth Adelaide Midfield
Riewoldt, Jack  8 19yr 1mth 31 Oct 1988 192cm 86kg Tassie Mariners Forward
Collins, Andrew  0 19yr  17 Nov 1988 184cm 72kg Bendigo Midfield
Collard, Clayton  1 19yr  4 Dec 1988 182cm 90kg Sth Fremantle Forward
Putt, Dean  0 18yr 8mth 10 Apr 1989 203cm 90kg Calder Cannons   
Rance, Alex  0 18yr 2mth 9 Oct 1989 192cm 88kg Swan Districts Defender
Gourdis, David  0 17yr 11mth 14 Dec 1989 192cm 92kg Subiaco Forward
Cotchin, Trent  0 17yr 8mth 7 Apr 1990 185cm 80kg Northern Knights

Still a pup.