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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
I am an advocate of having a certain structure to a playing list.
Phantom does a terrific job to template players age's against the players height to show where we sit with our list in terms of a type of structure, but I look a little bit more specifically than just heights, we need to delve into specific positions and types of player's we have.
This draft/trade period I have been pleasantly surprised and thrilled in what looks to me, a new philosophy undertaken by the club.
Lets look at the specifics of or recruiting this year;
Two 200cm Ruckman
In Tyrone Vickery and Andrew Browne we have added two guys over 200cm to our playing stocks. Specifically we have added an elite junior ruckman/forward and a 205cm rookie development ruckman. This was our ost vital need in terms of structure and I am pleased the club obliged and have gone down this path. Vickery is a monster and has all the talent in the world, whilst Browne needs development but is a bigger mountain than Vickery and has surprisingly good skills and balance. Future looks good.
Two Inside Midfielders
Two ready made, ready to go, hard and tough inside midfielders in Tom Hislop and Adam Thomson. Certainly an area we lack is grunt and physicality, adding these two will go a long way to helping this for years to come. We now have serious depth in this department and an area that I have some fondness of is making me smile.
Two Key Position Players
Some conjecture here but adding two promising developing KPP in David Gourdis and Jayden Post, both wonderfully athletic and have serious potential. Even though he was just re-listed, Gourdis has me extremely excited. This guy is one of the fastest players at or club, and has built up considerably, I expect him to play Coburg first next season and push for or senior list the season after. Jayden Post has terrific hands and can go forward and back. Both will be developed and take a couple of years, but may be what we crave.
Two small forwards with Pace
I looked at our list at the end of Round 22 and one position I thought needed attention was our crumbing forward spot. I look at Hawthorn with Rioli, Essendon with Davey, that type of forward that not only is vital in terms of defensive forward pressure but gets people out of their seats and adds a spark which can swing momentum. Nahas and Gilligan, two of the better names in football, will certainly add that. Both are very slight in stature, but I am told can handle themselves against men, and seeing Nahas for Port, and Gilligan in the contested drill at training I can certainly see it too. I predict Nahas to play senior football in 2009.
I want to congratulate Craig Cameron and Francis Jackson, and the rest of teh recruiting team for this outcome. I think if we maintain this philosophy in adding to the structure of our list regardless, we will be successful for a very long time.
Before people hype up, no I haven't forgotten Ben Cousins, he gives us an elite runner and midfielder, something you can never say no to, and putting him with Deledio, Foley, Cotchin, Tuck is incredible. In terms of structure, he is the icing on the cake........hopefully this will be a very big cake! Well done again to the club for this draft/trade period.
:clap
Phantom does a terrific job to template players age's against the players height to show where we sit with our list in terms of a type of structure, but I look a little bit more specifically than just heights, we need to delve into specific positions and types of player's we have.
This draft/trade period I have been pleasantly surprised and thrilled in what looks to me, a new philosophy undertaken by the club.
Lets look at the specifics of or recruiting this year;
Two 200cm Ruckman
In Tyrone Vickery and Andrew Browne we have added two guys over 200cm to our playing stocks. Specifically we have added an elite junior ruckman/forward and a 205cm rookie development ruckman. This was our ost vital need in terms of structure and I am pleased the club obliged and have gone down this path. Vickery is a monster and has all the talent in the world, whilst Browne needs development but is a bigger mountain than Vickery and has surprisingly good skills and balance. Future looks good.
Two Inside Midfielders
Two ready made, ready to go, hard and tough inside midfielders in Tom Hislop and Adam Thomson. Certainly an area we lack is grunt and physicality, adding these two will go a long way to helping this for years to come. We now have serious depth in this department and an area that I have some fondness of is making me smile.
Two Key Position Players
Some conjecture here but adding two promising developing KPP in David Gourdis and Jayden Post, both wonderfully athletic and have serious potential. Even though he was just re-listed, Gourdis has me extremely excited. This guy is one of the fastest players at or club, and has built up considerably, I expect him to play Coburg first next season and push for or senior list the season after. Jayden Post has terrific hands and can go forward and back. Both will be developed and take a couple of years, but may be what we crave.
Two small forwards with Pace
I looked at our list at the end of Round 22 and one position I thought needed attention was our crumbing forward spot. I look at Hawthorn with Rioli, Essendon with Davey, that type of forward that not only is vital in terms of defensive forward pressure but gets people out of their seats and adds a spark which can swing momentum. Nahas and Gilligan, two of the better names in football, will certainly add that. Both are very slight in stature, but I am told can handle themselves against men, and seeing Nahas for Port, and Gilligan in the contested drill at training I can certainly see it too. I predict Nahas to play senior football in 2009.
I want to congratulate Craig Cameron and Francis Jackson, and the rest of teh recruiting team for this outcome. I think if we maintain this philosophy in adding to the structure of our list regardless, we will be successful for a very long time.
Before people hype up, no I haven't forgotten Ben Cousins, he gives us an elite runner and midfielder, something you can never say no to, and putting him with Deledio, Foley, Cotchin, Tuck is incredible. In terms of structure, he is the icing on the cake........hopefully this will be a very big cake! Well done again to the club for this draft/trade period.
:clap