Barry Prendergast talks about the draft

[Whispering_Jack 30,647]

Barry talks about the draft here.

[beelzebub 23,383]

good to hear of the tailored approach !! Club has improved enormously

[Diablo Deemon 220]

Barry made a lot of emphasise on how valuable he rates tall timber and versatility

could there be potential curve ball in the ND might Butcher have slipped in everyone else's mind except Barry's and be taken at 2

Might he look to Talia Carlisle or Vardy at 11, 18 and 34

might he think midfielders are a dime a dozen and potentially one of Scully or Trengove miss out

food for thought don't count them chickens

[DemonDan... 77]

Barry talks about the draft here.

Cheers for that.

Great interview..

EDIT: No DD, we wont take Butcher at pick 2.

The chickens are counted, numbered, packaged, sold and fried..

Edited November 10, 2009 by DemonDan...

[beelzebub 23,383]

Barry made a lot of emphasise on how valuable he rates tall timber and versatility

could there be potential curve ball in the ND might Butcher have slipped in everyone else's mind except Barry's and be taken at 2

Might he look to Talia Carlisle or Vardy at 11, 18 and 34

might he think midfielders are a dime a dozen and potentially one of Scully or Trengove miss out

food for thought don't count them chickens

I think the surpises if any will occur from 11 onwards.. Trengove and Scully would have to be about as set in stone as humanly possible. There was many mentions of height. This might allude to potential KPP.. if we take MT in the PSd then there is much scope for 'surpries" at 11 18 34 and 50.

Still Talia and Black would be ideal at 11 ...but possibly Butcher will still be there ( not my preference..but hey ) this would start to satisfy height as mentioned..So to does Mitch via PSd.. Sort of get the idea with the Meese delisted that a Vardy type is very much on the radar..

Going to quite fascinating . Seems BP and Co are much more cohesive a unit now. I think we will remember the drafts of 09 for a long long time

dont really want to create another thread of already covered players..just trying to show how what was said could be accomodated

[sylvinator 96]

might he think midfielders are a dime a dozen

Biggest fallacy in football.

great midfielders are not dime a dozen. We haven't had a champion one since Robbie flower... in fact the last midfielder we had to making AA was probably Adem Yze on a wing, and he was an outside midfielder who kicked goals as well. McDonald the next closest on the bench of the AA

[Gooner 9]

This draft could be good news for us if we're looking for a tall.

The lack of quality talls this year has meant that most of the early picks are going to be midfielders and then a number of clubs between 11 and 18 will pick midfielders as they don't have the same need for talls.

If we can't get Butcher, I'd be happy with either Talia or Black.

[Guest hangon007]

IMHO it was the best 5 minutes 39 seconds of keeping your cards to your chest I've ever heard ... I really like this BP bloke ... go Dees!!!!

[Dee tention 617]

Great stuff Barry!

With Newton and Meesen to go mature rookies. I would think that will give us Picks 1,2,11,18,34 and 50 in the draft. And PSD1.

Somebody correct me if I am wrong!

Barry talks about adding mids, tall KP, possibly another indigenous player and ruckman. Ihope he is thinking along these lines.

Picks 1 & 2. Scully & Trengove

Picks 11 & 18. Tall Key Position. Hopefully Black & Carlisle

Pick 34. Indigenous addition. Liam Patrick.

Pick 50. Ruckman. Majak Daw if available or Dylan Grimes.

PSD1. Key Position. Mitch Thorp.

I am not sure if we will have a rookie spot. But Dylan Grimes if he is still available. We could possibly take Dylan with Pick 50. He could develop into a Key Position.

[e25 5]

Barry made a lot of emphasise on how valuable he rates tall timber and versatility

could there be potential curve ball in the ND might Butcher have slipped in everyone else's mind except Barry's and be taken at 2

Might he look to Talia Carlisle or Vardy at 11, 18 and 34

might he think midfielders are a dime a dozen and potentially one of Scully or Trengove miss out

food for thought don't count them chickens

The fact we've not even spoken to Dustin Martin is mind-boggling, but I also take as a clear sign we have our 2 picks set in stone.

And Butcher is not one of them.

[Viney Vidi Vici 148]

its telling me that due to popular demand its not working, is the video available anywhere else?

[Wolfmother 182]

Barry made a lot of emphasise on how valuable he rates tall timber and versatility

could there be potential curve ball in the ND might Butcher have slipped in everyone else's mind except Barry's and be taken at 2

Might he look to Talia Carlisle or Vardy at 11, 18 and 34

might he think midfielders are a dime a dozen and potentially one of Scully or Trengove miss out

food for thought don't count them chickens

If he was going to do that he would of traded pick 2 for pick 8 and 9 thus got scullt, butcher and another mid

[Dee Fan 3,247]

He did say you can't have too many Midfielders so let's hope we pick up a heap at least the first three selections. I would love to know how many successful KPP's have been picked in the top 30 over the last 10 years.

[Gooner 9]

The fact we've not even spoken to Dustin Martin is mind-boggling, but I also take as a clear sign we have our 2 picks set in stone.

And Butcher is not one of them.

There's a couple of reasons why haven't spoken to Dustin Martin. Firstly, we've already decided that we're going to get Scully and Trengrove, and secondly, he's going to Richmond, and therefore, he'll turn out to be crap!

[Demonic_Inferno 17]

its telling me that due to popular demand its not working, is the video available anywhere else?

That's because you're browsing with Firefox, try using Internet Explorer and it will magically start to work...

[e25 5]

That's because you're browsing with Firefox, try using Internet Explorer and it will magically start to work...

does the same thing in safari.

Bloody microsoft...

[Viney Vidi Vici 148]

That's because you're browsing with Firefox, try using Internet Explorer and it will magically start to work...

I've been trying to work that out for months... thanks.

[Gorgoroth 13,017]

Worked on my firefox, when it first loads, you need to download the microsoft silverscreen or something like that, it shows up in the top left hand corner, takes about 1 min to download.

[Demon trucker 1,800]

Barry made a lot of emphasise on how valuable he rates tall timber and versatility

could there be potential curve ball in the ND might Butcher have slipped in everyone else's mind except Barry's and be taken at 2

Might he look to Talia Carlisle or Vardy at 11, 18 and 34

might he think midfielders are a dime a dozen and potentially one of Scully or Trengove miss out

food for thought don't count them chickens

you dont much about footy do you, no way, if that was the case, then we would of given up pick 2 for picks 8 and 9 from port, butcher will still be there at those two picks, you can never have too many really good midfeilder, trengove would be pick one,if tom was not alive. but tom is number one if trengove was dead or alive.

[Keyser Söze 0]

you dont much about footy do you, no way, if that was the case, then we would of given up pick 2 for picks 8 and 9 from port, butcher will still be there at those two picks, you can never have too many really good midfeilder, trengove would be pick one,if tom was not alive. but tom is number one if trengove was dead or alive.

Go on... I'm sure Geelong would sooner trade Gary Ablett Jr than Cam Mooney or Hawkins.