What each club needs (Age)

[one-eyed]

What the clubs need
October 5, 2008 | The Age

RICHMOND

WHAT THE CLUB NEEDS: Looking to beef up the defence with a strong centre-half back and potentially a back-up ruckman for Troy Simmonds.

Retired/delisted: Greg Tivendale (ret)

Draft picks: 8, 26, 42, 58, 74, 90, 106, 122

Possible trade bait: Kayne Pettifer

BEST-CASE SCENARIO: Eagle Mark Seaby comes to the club for third-round pick and Pettifer.

LIKELY OUTCOME: Tigers in best place to get Seaby.

RUMOUR FILE: Some talk that Richmond could make a play for Kangaroos Lachlan Hansen and Corey Jones.


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[mightytiges]

RICHMOND

WHAT THE CLUB NEEDS: Looking to beef up the defence with a strong centre-half back and potentially a back-up ruckman for Troy Simmonds.

With Rance still to come into the side as he develops, I'm not why we'd be looking at boosting our defence when our key forwards and solidly built ballwinners in the midfield need more urgent addressing along with another ruckman. If we were chasing a ready-made CHB then it would surely mean good-bye Sarge.

[one-eyed]

Trade week primer: Richmond
By Mic Cullen
 10:20 AM Mon 06 October, 2008

WITH trade week upon us, afl.com.au runs through how each of the 16 clubs are placed and which players, if any, they will be courting in the post-season period.

Where's the club at?
At Richmond, it's pretty much all about youth. A young forward line, a young backline, a young midfield. There's a bit of experience around, but the focus is on moulding and growing the kids. After moving from 16th to ninth this year, the next step is the big one – making the eight.  Greg Tivendale and Chris Hyde have both gone, and others will follow during or after trade week, with Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls and Danny Meyer both in the gun.

Needs
The Tigers have a wide but not deep midfield, and with Ryan O'Keefe a possibility to move on from the Sydney Swans, what club wouldn't want a hard-as-nails, experienced, premiership midfielder? But with the Swans looking for a big return on O'Keefe, the Tigers will be unlikely to pay a price that high. For the Tigers, it's about building, not topping up.

However, if a ruckman who could work alongside Troy Simmonds was to come onto the market, the temptation might be overwhelming.

Tradeable commodities
The Tigers don't have a list that others will be looking to pick over – a 'U'-shaped distribution curve of ages means lots of youth, a few near the end of their careers and not much in that middle, tradable range. So it is draft picks that the Tigers can put on the table, and they probably aren't going to want to do that.

What the club says
"We will be striving to help put together the best possible playing list for our club moving forward." – Football general manager Craig Cameron.

Crystal ball trades
Mark Seaby is said to be wanting out from under the shadow of Dean Cox at West Coast – the Tigers would dearly love an experienced ruckman to work with Troy Simmonds, and one who can ruck, go forward to take a good grab and kick goals would fit the bill perfectly. The Tigers could offer pick 26 and a young midfielder to help the struggling midfield at the Eagles, but that probably isn't enough for West Coast given Seaby is a 97-game, premiership ruckman. Would the Tigers trade off pick eight? Unlikely.

http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=68686

[camboon]

Mic Cullen must on the WC payrole, must be joking! Seaby is no better that what we have already got. Might be handy as a back but is not worth more than a player swap (Polo maybe)

[mightytiges]

Pick 26 + Polo for Seaby  . He must think we are a charity. Clay Sampson was a premiership player once too  .

[Hellenic Tiger]

Clay Sampson still is a premiership player MT

[mightytiges]

Clay Sampson still is a premiership player MT

Smarty pants  .