2009 AFL Draft

[one-eyed]

Another thorough mock draft from BF:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=650122

Richmond

Dustin Martin - Mid
Ben Griffiths - key position
Roland Ah Chee - Mid
Anthony Long - HBF
Derick Wanganeen - Mid/forward
Ayden Kennedy - third tall
Zack Ledin - Mid
Gerrick Weedon - medium forward


PICK 3 – RICHMOND - Dustin Martin (Bendigo Pioneers, VIC)
Height: 187cm, Weight: 86kg, DOB: 26/06/91
Mid/forward

Richmond supporters will finally have something to cheer about as they add yet another gun mid. First and four most he’s a ball winner who can kick on both sides and has good speed especially over the first 20 metres. Just plays both inside and outside very well. Why wouldn’t you be happy? He is often a handful up forward too as he’s good one on one. Will be a gun, who can rotate with Cotchin or Deledio up forward.

PLAYING LIST: Richmond have identified the need for good foot skills and a quality mid. Dustin has some of the best skills in the draft and he’s quality. He will fit in really well with Crotchin, Delidio and Foley.


PICK 19 – RICHMOND - Benjamin Griffiths (Eastern Ranges, VIC)
Height: 198cm, Weight: 99kg, DOB: 17/09/91
Key Forward

Moved big Ben up the order as clubs will take a risk on him. Big question marks whether his body will hold up, but I’ve gone with him anyway because he’s too good of a forward. Big strong, quick and tall are all above good traits for this KPF. Attacks the contest really hard and can often bring down a strong pack mark. He’s an absolute massive kick and a fairly accurate one too. He has very quick and clean hands also, just a bit of a handful up forward would be an understatement.

PLAYING LIST: With Riewoldt’s lead up play and Griffiths bash and crash type play they should form a very good combination.
OTHERS UNDER CONSIDERATION: Matthew Panos but he’s very similar to Riewoldt. Also considered Crichton and Bastinac.


PICK 35 – RICHMOND - Roland Ah Chee (NT)
Height: 184cm, Weight: 79kg, DOB: ?
Mid/forward

Roland is a bit of a flashy type who can play as either up forward or a mid. He topped the possession count for all players in the Championships so knows how to find the pill. He has nice skills, good pace, good work rate and nice ball handling. Can make the odd wrong decision but I think it can be fixed not sure.


PICK 44 - RICHMOND – Anthony Long (Calder Cannons, VIC)
Height: 186cm, Weight: 70kg, DOB: 06/01/91
HBF/Mid

Anthony has been injured a bit this year and thought he might go a bit higher than this. Anthony has impressive speed, agility and leap (obviously tested very well at draft camp). He has the ability to get through traffic really well, add to that also has great vision and awareness. He also has the ability to spring straight back up after getting knocked down.


PICK 50 – RICHMOND - Derick Wanganeen (Port Adelaide, SA)
Height: 172cm, Weight: 63kg, DOB: 05/02/91
Mid/forward

Derek is quick mid/forward who possessors good clean hands in traffic and reads the play really well. He makes good decisions and has nice skills. He can kick some nice goals and is a good crumber. He’s very tiny so I think will take little while when or if he plays AFL. I realise they have Nahas but Wanganeen can play deep while Nahas up the ground.


PICK 61 – RICHMOND - Ayden Kennedy (Eastern Ranges, VIC)
Height: 191cm, Weight: 79kg, DOB: 31/10/91
Forward/HB

Ayden is a forward that could be played as a defender. He is very athletic, evidenced by his draft camp results (fastest time in the 20 metre sprint, 4th agility). He has good hands at ground level, good on the lead and okay overhead. He’s pretty good kick also either at goal or in the general field of play. I have him going higher than some because he is someone who would be hard to match up on but it’s a bit of a risk as he can go missing.


PICK 63- RICHMOND - Zach Ledin (Geelong Falcons, VIC)
Height: 180cm, Weight: 75kg, DOB: 2/05/90
Mid

Zach is a midfielder who I think was eligible last year. He gets plenty of the ball, has good disposal, makes reasonable decisions and has good hands. He seems to have good speed and looks like he’s improved his endurance. Doesn’t venture into the forward line much either, I think needs to improve that. Seems to be loved by team mates and coach also.


PICK 67 – RICHMOND – Gerrick Weedon (Claremont, WA)
Height: 186cm, Weight: 80kg, DOB: 25/05/91
Forward
Forward who has the ability to push in the midfield in bursts.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=650122

[torch]

Martin, Griffiths & Long i would love to take.

however, i would like to take a Tall "Goalkicking" Forward!

Griffiths i have seen play in the Ruck and was good, but what caught my eye was his ability around the ground.

great hands and a good kick!

i would like Temel to be drafted by Richmond!

Panos i think is the best forward.

 

[WilliamPowell]

Injury concerns cast a cloud on draft prospects
Emma Quayle | November 8, 2009


THE fate of two of the most promising key position prospects has been complicated by injury concerns less than three weeks out from this year's national draft.

Jake Carlisle, considered a likely first-round choice from the Calder Cannons, has a back problem while the
Eastern Ranges' Ben Griffiths, another potential first-rounder, will have his shoulder reconstructed a day before the November 26 draft, after any injury-plagued season.

Carlisle, who has shown promise playing both forward and in defence, is understood to have a prolapsed disc in his back and some nerve restriction. AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan said there was no evidence of alarming long-term damage.

''Basically he's had a stiff back but I don't think it's anything major. It's the effects of a long season, it's mostly some muscle soreness and it's nothing that won't be fixed with a rehab program,'' he said. ''Ben will be in a sling for six weeks. He'll start running in December and that shouldn't be a major setback either. They make complete recoveries these days.''

Carlisle is widely seen as one of the four or five best tall players in the draft, along with Gippsland centre half-forward John Butcher, Calder Cannons defender Daniel Talia, Peel Thunder utility Aaron Black and South Australian ruckman James Craig.

The 198-centimetre Giffiths has shown some tantalising glimpses in the forward line, but endured an injury-interrupted season, with the shoulder ending his year early.

Talia has had injury worries of his own, missing most of the second half of the season with tendonitis in his hamstring. But he was almost ready to run again by the draft camp in October and was expected to be ready for the start of pre-season training.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/injury-concerns-cast-a-cloud-on-draft-prospects/2009/11/07/1257247793126.html

[one-eyed]

The Dockers could drop a bombshell at this month's national draft and overlook local Anthony Morabito.

Dockers football staff are believed to be weighing up whether to pluck Victorian utility Gary Rohan ahead of WA Under-18 star Morabito, who is expected to develop into a similar player to Sydney Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26319553-5005401,00.html

[Penelope]

Makes you wonder if there is too big a workload being put on undeveloped bodies.

The Dockers could drop a bombshell at this month's national draft and overlook local Anthony Morabito.

Dockers football staff are believed to be weighing up whether to pluck Victorian utility Gary Rohan ahead of WA Under-18 star Morabito, who is expected to develop into a similar player to Sydney Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26319553-5005401,00.html

Maybe their plan is to wait until his first contract is up and lure him home. He did say that he accepts that he may have to start his career interstate

[F0551L]

the dorkers a bombshell no surprises there happened at the last draft as well with hill over rich

[torch]

1st - should we still take Griffiths if available?

IMO - Yes, why? Chris Judd 2001.

2nd - Fremantle are joking right? Morabito WA boy, Goodes-type? why don't we take Morabito?

IMO - probably not joking, Dustin Martin thank you 

 

[mightytiges]

Griffiths is a risk given the injury but the pay-off would be huge if his shoulder reco turns out fine. We also have the time given we are still rebuilding to allow him to recover at his own pace next year. It wouldn't really matter if we didn't see him playing fully until 2011. From memory Nick Riewoldt missed most of his first year and then won the rising star in his 2nd.

The Dockers could drop a bombshell at this month's national draft and overlook local Anthony Morabito.

Dockers football staff are believed to be weighing up whether to pluck Victorian utility Gary Rohan ahead of WA Under-18 star Morabito, who is expected to develop into a similar player to Sydney Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26319553-5005401,00.html

Maybe their plan is to wait until his first contract is up and lure him home. He did say that he accepts that he may have to start his career interstate

That would be too clever for Freo. They even make most of our recruiting decisions look reasonable. The Dockers are in the AFL just for those times when we start thinking the Tiges are the worst club in the League before realising there's Freo.

[one-eyed]

Emma Quayle's opinion of Griffiths .......

Qu.  Is Griffiths alot better than later KPF picks like Temel/Houghton/Hill/Kennedy etc?

E.Q.: I would've thought but we've only seen glimpses. Shoulder's a worry - will he be like Robbie Tarrant or like Chris Judd?

http://twitter.com/emmasq

[peggles]

Emma Quayle's opinion of Griffiths .......

Qu.  Is Griffiths alot better than later KPF picks like Temel/Houghton/Hill/Kennedy etc?

E.Q.: I would've thought but we've only seen glimpses. Shoulder's a worry - will he be like Robbie Tarrant or like Chris Judd?

http://twitter.com/emmasq

wouldn't have thought it's that much of a prob. if i remember correctly this is his first real shoulder injury.  it ain't as if he has a chronic shoulder injury.  it appears that he is a bit injury prone in the past couple of years but it's always different injuries (groin, foot, ankle, now shoulder).  so far hasn't had any recurring injuries which is good.  josh kennedy had shoulder problems as a junior as well i think but now doing quite well at WCE.  i'd certainly take a punt on griffiths at 19.  and most mock drafts out there seem to agree.

[Infamy]

Not surprising for a 197-198cm kpp to be having injury problems at his age. He's still growing into his body.

[one-eyed]

Not surprising but Melbourne believed to be going tall at pick 11. Contradicts talk of the Dees taking Ball at 11.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/86797/default.aspx

[one-eyed]

SEN's draft hour is on now (10-11pm). Tonight they are looking at defenders.

[one-eyed]

From Emma Quayle's twitter page

Question...... hi emma, with richo gone, is there a small chance that Richmond will go for Butcher?

Quayle:  would like to think richmond would be a bit better planned! stunned if they dont pick DM.

http://twitter.com/emmasq


From SEN's show the other night

Best tall defenders: Talia, Carlisle

MacKenzie - back half of draft.

Best midsized defenders: McMillian, Menzel

McMillian-Pittard to go b/w 10-20.

Hartigan - back half pick or rookie

Daw - 70/30 chance of being drafted. Skills have improved. Marketing gem as well.

Rookie draft is becoming treated more and more like a second half of the draft.

[peggles]

From Emma Quayle's twitter page

Question...... hi emma, with richo gone, is there a small chance that Richmond will go for Butcher?

Quayle:  would like to think richmond would be a bit better planned! stunned if they dont pick DM.

http://twitter.com/emmasq

think emma hit it on the nail.  you'd like to think that we knew that richo was at best a 1 year proposition anyway.  so this does not alter our draft plans, certainly not early on.