Tell me about Butcher

[Ramps]

Draft isnt as bad as many are marking out. IMHO there are probably 35 kids who would be worth selecting. Im still wanting the extra pick at the start of the 2nd round. 4 picks inside 35 could set us up nicely.

[TigerLand]

Lol always hurts against the Country, well deserved win by the Country boys they have a very strong side, Butcher was too big for our boys but they all tried hard.

I just used that comment for arguing a point and I unfairly involved our Metro side. It wouldn't have been brought if it wasn't some pretty low comments from Tigermonk.

Butcher was prominent and showed why he'll go top 5 in the draft. Scully was fantastic and is easily the best midfielder going around for his age, reads the play beautifully will be devastating seeing him in a Demon jumper.

[Infamy]

Popelord said he bet his house that Vic Metro would beat a over 30 year old All-Australian side 

Easy bet to make when all you're offering is a cardboard box

[TigerLand]

..
= Crickets.

[Tigermonk]

Lol always hurts against the Country, well deserved win by the Country boys they have a very strong side, Butcher was too big for our boys but they all tried hard.

I just used that comment for arguing a point and I unfairly involved our Metro side. It wouldn't have been brought if it wasn't some pretty low comments from Tigermonk.

Butcher was prominent and showed why he'll go top 5 in the draft. Scully was fantastic and is easily the best midfielder going around for his age, reads the play beautifully will be devastating seeing him in a Demon jumper.

l never made any low comments to you
you made the comments about the Vic metro against beating a AA 30+ side & l said you lose your house not your cardboard box 

VIC COUNTRY  as they say down here the VIC METRO was Butchered  lighten up young fella

[TigerLand]

Lol always hurts against the Country, well deserved win by the Country boys they have a very strong side, Butcher was too big for our boys but they all tried hard.

I just used that comment for arguing a point and I unfairly involved our Metro side. It wouldn't have been brought if it wasn't some pretty low comments from Tigermonk.

Butcher was prominent and showed why he'll go top 5 in the draft. Scully was fantastic and is easily the best midfielder going around for his age, reads the play beautifully will be devastating seeing him in a Demon jumper.

l never made any low comments to you
you made the comments about the Vic metro against beating a AA 30+ side & l said you lose your house not your cardboard box 

VIC COUNTRY  as they say down here the VIC METRO was Butchered  lighten up young fella

Regardless, you said something along the lines of that i didn't know anything for something being involved in the TAC with VM. I don't really think that's fair to bring up, I'm happy to talk about Metro when asked but no point in bringing them up unless it's relevant. I'd rather talk about Richmond.

Back to the thread, any views on Butchers mouth and body language? Not suggesting but could be the next Richo?

[Stripes]

As much as I would love and believe we need Butcher in our team, I think Melbourne will get him. If they finish last I'm under the assumption that they get the first pick (priority) and then the second pick for finishing down the bottom. If this is the case then I would be very surprized if they don't pick up Scully and Butcher in one foul blow.

The rest of the season as much about getting teams like Melbourne and, more importantly, West Coast enough wins that they miss out on their priority pick and finish above us. We can influence this with the Eagles (we play them twice and are currently on 3 wins) and less so the Demons (we play them once more but unfortunately they are only on one win - us).

For all this planning and predicting, I still think we will finish with more than 5 wins regardless  

Stripes

[Tigermonk]

Back to the thread, any views on Butchers mouth and body language? Not suggesting but could be the next Richo?

Alot of preasure on young Butch, watched closely every week by scouts, all youngsters have thier moments but l doubt Richmond will get him
Melbourne are the ones seriously after him & l'm told would love to take him at #1 & build thier forward line along side with Watts

[Ramps]

If we could get 2 classy midfielders + Ben Griffiths with our first 3 picks: obviously Im hoping for the priority pick, then Id reckon that that would be a good result.

[TigerLand]

Back to the thread, any views on Butchers mouth and body language? Not suggesting but could be the next Richo?

Alot of preasure on young Butch, watched closely every week by scouts, all youngsters have thier moments but l doubt Richmond will get him
Melbourne are the ones seriously after him & l'm told would love to take him at #1 & build thier forward line along side with Watts

It's so frustrating with eth priority picks with Melbourne, Butcher would be a fine pick up for Richmond.

[one-eyed]

Burgatron has Scully at 1 and Butcher at 2....


Tom Scully (Vic Metro)
Has already been given the No.1 draft tag and after his first effort for Metro it's not hard to see why. The midfielder amassed a game-high 33 disposals against Vic Country, including 23 handballs. Has brilliant hands in tight situations.

John Butcher (Vic Country)
The likely No.2 draft pick at this stage behind Vic Metro's Tom Scully. Still, he is widely regarded as the best available tall in attack. He has booted five goals in two matches so far. 

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/78414/default.aspx

[tigersalive]

Tom Scully (Vic Metro)
Has already been given the No.1 draft tag and after his first effort for Metro it's not hard to see why. The midfielder amassed a game-high 33 disposals against Vic Country, including 23 handballs. Has brilliant hands in tight situations.

So it must be asked for someone who has not seen this Scully kid play . . . .  can he kick? 

[Francois Jackson]

Back to the thread, any views on Butchers mouth and body language? Not suggesting but could be the next Richo?

Alot of preasure on young Butch, watched closely every week by scouts, all youngsters have thier moments but l doubt Richmond will get him
Melbourne are the ones seriously after him & l'm told would love to take him at #1 & build thier forward line along side with Watts

It's so frustrating with eth priority picks with Melbourne, Butcher would be a fine pick up for Richmond.

Forget about Butcher. He is going to the dees.

[one-eyed]

Melbourne faces decision on key forward John Butcher
Jon Ralph | August 12, 2009

HAVING worked so hard for a precious priority pick, the Demons face a critical decision on Victorian key-forward John Butcher.

Fremantle's win over Port Adelaide on Sunday means the Demons can afford to beat the Dockers next week and still win the first two picks in this year's national draft.

The only problem is the draft's best three players are midfielders in Dandenong's Tom Scully, Peel Thunder's Anthony Morabito, and Sturt's Jackson Trengove.

Ideally, the Demons would take the tall-small option of Scully, then Butcher, to shore up their spine for a decade.

But it is believed the club is leaning towards taking the two best players, regardless of position, which would see Butcher shunted down the draft pecking order.

Butcher hit form last week with five goals for the Gippsland Power against Oakleigh after a quiet national carnival.

He is clearly the best tall draft prospect, but with questions on his kicking technique, he is clearly not in the class of the three midfielders.

Melbourne considers Scully an outstanding midfielder, but Trengove continues to close the gap.

AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheehan said yesterday Butcher was " no doubt" the best tall prospect.

"It looks to be a draft full of midfielders," he said.

"They have been the most impressive, but he (Butcher) is back in top nick.

"All the clubs will be watching guys like him over the next month or six weeks."

Scully has finished football commitments with Haileybury Grammar and a horde of talent scouts is sure to attend when he plays Butcher's Gippsland side on Saturday at Dandenong's Shepley Oval.

Butcher is considered a different type of forward who would complement the Demons No. 1 draft pick Watts, and together they could form the club's own Riewoldt-Koschitzke combination.

But the club might decide Morabito or Trengove are too enticing, just as it did when selecting midfielders Colin Sylvia (3) and Brock McLean (5) in the 2003 national draft.

Trengove was the South Australian captain and an All-Australian in the national championships, then recently starred in his SANFL debut.

"He was best on ground by that far," Sheahan said.

"Now they are starting to think he's a young Nathan Buckley, who had a brilliant year in the SANFL for Port Adelaide."

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25917217-19742,00.html

[Tigermonk]

Any club who takes a midfielder before building thier tall players up have no idea.
Good talls dont come around often but thier are heaps of midfielders in every draft.
you can change midfielders every 2 years