Would be happy to give our 3rd rounder for him, but that will be pushing it as they'll most likely want our 2nd pick. At most I'd offer Pick 26 for their 3rd rounder which would be 35ish I think
The problem is being a ruckman Seaby's market value is significantly higher than his performance value. Being a premiership player would bump up his price as well (so was Ben Marsh 
). So pick 26 is probably a right market price to appease the Eagles "seeking a first round pick" 
but we would be paying way over especially in this draft. Seems a done deal going by that link HMH posted 
. Another RFC "quick fix" that trades us out of a draft 
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I reckon he offers better value than you make out...his stats are reasonably good apart from hitouts, prob avg 13-14 possies , not bad as second fiddle...was a rising star nomination, can take a grab...I worry about using high draft picksa on ruckman , they are very very hit and mis..much better using lower pix and in any case their value tends to get overrated, i didnt see too many Polly Farmers at the GF last saturday...our R1 selection should be reserved for potential gamebreakers...already we have putt, Vickery doesnt look to be any improvement on that...Seaby will fill an important void that will help us take that next step
Seaby's averaged just 9 possies over his whole career and he did so again this year. Even as a second stringer that's ordinary. We bag Patto yet his stats from similar limited gametime ain't so different to Seaby's. Seaby also went backwards this year. Not a good sign for a 24 year old. I don't buy the 'Cox hinders him' line as that says we are accepting second best and for a good pick like 26 you shouldn't accept second best. Reminds me of when we picked up Shane Morrison and the club claimed he was being held back by Jonathan Brown
. Temporary measures are just that temporary whereas the kid we pick up at #26 in this strong draft could end up playing for us for the next 10-12 years.
I know there's the argument that pick 26 or any of our early picks could end up a dud so trading is a "safe" option. However clubs that think that way and trade away their good picks don't end up doing any good. Sadly Richmond has been one of them. As I said good successful clubs place their faith in the draft system. You don't just draft one ruckman over so many drafts either. If it means we end up with say 4 or 5 young ruckmen on our list and only 1 or 2 make it in the end then so be it. You can always trade away a surplus ruck to dumb desperate clubs for a good pick to keep the cycle going. That's the whole point. You try to get as many early picks as possible so over time you can sort and collect the best young footballers over many drafts to form a strong talented 22 with depth behind them. Yes it takes time for the list to mature when you have been starting from scratch as we have but it's the way to rebuild properly.
Hitouts to advantage is what is really important to a ruckman. I can't find those stats on the web though to know how Seaby exactly does. Robert Campbell percentage wise is apparently No.1 in the comp for hitouts to advantage. He now has a premiership medallion.
Btw Vickery can play in the ruck and up forward. He's not a one trick pony. Not that he may still be around at pick 8. We may go for a young mid or KPP instead.
