rosy23 said:People very close to Ty are quite expecting him to be selected by Port. Neigh.
Leysy's got a hunch Port may be swinging with this pick. Especially if Freo take Hill at 3.
rosy23 said:People very close to Ty are quite expecting him to be selected by Port. Neigh.
rosy23 said:People very close to Ty are quite expecting him to be selected by Port. Neigh.
I bloody hope not. He's really grown on me the last couple of weeks. Exactly what we need and would just complement out side going forward so much. That said if we miss out there's a couple of mids who would also be a great fit but I'd love an A grade ruckman. It's been ages since we had one, unless you count Ottens and even that was a while ago.Jason King said:Looking that way, Port have 3 ruckmen, two over age of 30 and the other is an unknown. Pretty sure they will go Vickery.
Leysy Days said:Leysy's got a hunch Port may be swinging with this pick. Especially if Freo take Hill at 3.
SCOOP said:Think he has been a monty to go to Port for a long time.
SCOOP said:Think he has been a monty to go to Port for a long time.
Leysy Days said:If leysy was a betting man he'd back Rich/Hartlett in scooper.
Leysy Days said:If leysy was a betting man he'd back Rich/Hartlett in scooper.
Dyer Disciple said:Yup, Port will go a midfielder, much to their detriment. Don't get me wrong, they will get a gun. But structure wise they are taking a big risk if they pass on Vickery.
SCOOP said:I'll back Vickery. I still think Rich goes top 5. It would be a massive shock to me.
Dyer Disciple said:Yup, Port will go a midfielder, much to their detriment. Don't get me wrong, they will get a gun. But structure wise they are taking a big risk if they pass on Vickery.
SCOOP said:That is why I cannot see them taking a pass on him. Too few rucks.
Leysy Days said:Are they DD, Or is it a bigger risk passing on a Rich, Hartlett who're near guaranteed to be 10-12 year centre square mids. Elite midfield talent & depth is king in todays footy ILO.
With Brogan, Lade holdng the forte for Giles & the impressive Lobbe leysy reckons they are ok for rucks.
Dyer Disciple said:I have had many debates over the years about the whole midfield, KP's etc etc. I agree with you. Midfielders are more important BUT they are also easier to find than rucks and quicker to develop.
For mine, if you have the opportunity at a A class future ruck and you don't have one on your list. You take him. Well in our position (i rate our future midfield as shaping up, admitably another A grade midfielder would be awesome. if our midfield was worse I would go a midfielder).
The only player I would take in this year's draft over Vickery (considering our needs) is Watts or POSSIBLY Nat.
That said. I don't see a lot of point crying over spilt milk (unless it went sour on the back seat of my car) and I agree with you, midfielders are the most important A class division. If we got a Hartlett, Rich, Sidebottom, Swift etc I would be happy.
Leysy Days said:Good work there DD. Leysy cant argue with any of that.
It just comes down to how high you rate TV doesnt it. If you consider him a lock elite A grader then & he turns out like that, then yeah, mad to overlook if your short on his type. Mad.
Leysy's a reserved fan if him, in that he would be far from disappointed if he lands with us. Just that he considers a couple of other mids (OK mainly one ;D) to be a class or two higher than TV that clubs may rightly ILO take b4 us. Cant blame clubs with earlier picks for that ILV.
Will be quietly happy of we get TV as he fills a massive hole, spose leysy's just got a long held fear of us joining the queue of taking the not quite A grade tall early that has burned various clubs for years on end.
We should still be OK with him, as there's every likelyhood he'll be a tiger if the Port jungle drums are correct.
We need Vickery but we also need another A grade midfielder. We will fix at least one of those needs in this draft.IrockZ said:we NEED Vickery
Simmo is almost done and Patto/Graham are not 1st ruck material
Agreed LD.Leysy Days said:If leysy was a betting man he'd back Rich/Hartlett in scooper.
CptJonno2Madcow2005 said:Port took a Ruckman with their 1st rnd pick last year.Doubt they will do it 2yrs in a row.