Viv Michie

[stuie 7,374]

Vanilla footballer. Won't make it. Happy to go on record.

[Watts Jurrah Dunn? 735]

I'm surprised we'd even bother re-rookieing him. I don't buy into this shallow draft crap. They are out there. Last year was "shallow" too and vandenBerg and White in last years Rookie Draft both possess more AFL qualities than Michie, in my opinion.

I'd use the rookie spot on a kid with a couple of the right traits (i.e. White's kicking or vandenBerg's size, strength, agility & aggression) over Michie who doesn't have the speed, size, skill or aggression to make it at AFL level.

[DeeSpencer 25,691]

Next year we are every chance to:

Delist: Terlich, M Jones, Pedersen, Spencer, Newton, Hunt, King

Retire: Trengove, ?Grimes, ?Dawes

Free agent: Watts

There will be changes and there will be experience lost.

Keeping Michie in the hope that he finds some improvement is a way of protecting the bottom 10 spots on the list from being full of kids who can't come in to the side and maybe even struggle at Casey.

5 picks in this draft is plenty and it means we aren't over stocked with youth.

We are getting right towards the bottom in average age and games played now and we certainly have invested in enough quality kids. I'd love to replace Terlich, Matt Jones and Spencer with better depth options, but that's the reality of poor list management decisions in the passed and we aren't stacked with list cloggers. Don't be too harsh on Michie due to situation of the past and other players.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Next year we are every chance to:

Delist: Terlich, M Jones, Pedersen, Spencer, Newton, Hunt, King

Unlikely.

[P-man 13,366]

Needs to stay focused and not let it be too much of a setback.

I'll be annoyed if someone else picks him up. All he's ever needed is opportunities to play consecutive games, ala the end of this season and the one prior. I almost get frustrated on his behalf with the way he's been managed.

He's a required player for 2016 in my mind. I see improvement in him.

[Guest]

Could be famous last words CBF?

.Could be your contribution to the "Confessions" thread in 12 months time

I will qualify that statement with the statement that he will never be an A grader but is the kind of bloke who could be a decent depth player; the kind of bloke who plays roughly 16 games a year but is no cert to get in every week.

[Redleg 40,913]

Interesting. Glad we're committed to re-drafting him as a rookie.

I suppose this is effectively confirms that Terlich will remain on the list for 2016.

Wrong bloke had the contract.

[Gorgoroth 12,950]

Should have cut Terlich, paid his contract out and been a better club for it.

[Bay Riffin 1,474]

Had a decent end to the season, and looks more composed than most of our players. Im happy to re-rookie him and see what happens.

[Deespicable 2,726]

Good move as we would have been wasting pick 50 - with Carlton delisting so many there now may be about 65 picks in actual draft I think and if we had not delisted Michie we would have been conceding about 18 picks - rookie pick 6.

The good thing is that no club will be desperate to select a 24-year-old inside mid who is not a big tackler and has been let go by two clubs.

That is not to say that Viv is not a handy player and worthy of our list.

If you watched him in the VFL he could dominate and was very adept at reading the ball-ups - the question is whether he has enough pace and hard working traits to become an AFL regular and ultimately he's a bit of a back-up for Nat Jones.

The delisting and subsequent re-rookie-ing may help him realise he has to tackle more regularly - this will definitely be his last chance to make it.

By contrast, it's hard to see how Matt Jones or Terlich could improve at their age and significantly they have only one more year left.

Both are really good VFL players and hard-working trainers - so it's good to have them around. Same applies to Pedo and Newton.

You can't have 44 genuinely good players - that would only create bickering.

You need 5-6 prospects who won't get an AFL game and 5-6 hard-working VFL types as back-ups.

I reckon we are getting close to having a really deep list all of whom deserve a game - maybe we now bat down to 30.

[bluey 1,102]

What a joke, the recruitment of a ready made midfield in Michie, Riley and Newton set the club back a million dollars per annum, if professional clubs with educated resources and expert recruiting and coaching staff drop players, the MFC always think they know better, and are generally if not always proved wrong.

[Deecisive 1,709]

I like it, the move it gives us another pick in the draft and gives viv a chance to try to get himself right next year.

[daisycutter 29,613]

What a joke, the recruitment of a ready made midfield in Michie, Riley and Newton set the club back a million dollars per annum, if professional clubs with educated resources and expert recruiting and coaching staff drop players, the MFC always think they know better, and are generally if not always proved wrong.

you're the joke in this case bluey

michie - trade pick 54

riley - dfa

newton - dfa

hardly expected to be a ready made midfield. paid peanuts, basically got peanuts, and no way cost a mill per year

[Its Time for Another 4,215]

What a joke, the recruitment of a ready made midfield in Michie, Riley and Newton set the club back a million dollars per annum, if professional clubs with educated resources and expert recruiting and coaching staff drop players, the MFC always think they know better, and are generally if not always proved wrong.

None of these three were dropped by their clubs despite 2 ending up being DFA. Freo were very unhappy to lose Michie. Likewise Crows and Port wanted to hang on to Riley and Newton but both were out of contract and wanted to chase better opportunities at Dees. They weren't worth anything as trade picks so were delisted so we could pick them up. I thought Michie was starting to show a bit. His last 4 games were promising. Newton also was starting to show something by the end of the year.

[DeeSpencer 25,691]

What a joke, the recruitment of a ready made midfield in Michie, Riley and Newton set the club back a million dollars per annum, if professional clubs with educated resources and expert recruiting and coaching staff drop players, the MFC always think they know better, and are generally if not always proved wrong.

What do you want us to do in the future?

Not pay players? Take extra late round rookie picks? Lose games that (despite mostly ordinary performances) Michie, Riley and Newton contributed to in the last 2 years?

We needed to try some more experienced players in that bottom 10-15 on the list to support the kids at Casey and to try and find a diamond in the rough. Almost every club has done it and particularly clubs with poor lists always do it.

Richmond have been doing it for much longer than we have and despite having some elite players and an ok middle core they have to keep doing it because they haven't found any depth. Hopefully we have and besides redrafting Michie we will have 5 live picks in the draft for more kids.

[spirit of norm smith 16,451]

Michie is too good for VFL but no quite settled into AFL. I think he is very very unlucky to be delisted and MUST get rookied.

M Jones, Terlich & Hunt must all relieved as they are the list cloggers IMO

[stuie 7,374]

What a joke, the recruitment of a ready made midfield in Michie, Riley and Newton set the club back a million dollars per annum, if professional clubs with educated resources and expert recruiting and coaching staff drop players, the MFC always think they know better, and are generally if not always proved wrong.

Haha a million? Those guys are on $333k each are they?

They would be on MAYBE about $333k as a total.

[felixdacat 459]

I am happy we are going to re rookie Viv while he hasn't set the world on fire I think he can produce good footy if he can get his mindset right. He worked his way into the side but a couple of errors and his self belief wavered.

He has the physical attributes and skill but a consistent run at it may make the world of difference.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

Ffs....time to stop giving Casey standard players more chances.

Michie - lol.

[old dee 23,790]

I am happy we are going to re rookie Viv while he hasn't set the world on fire I think he can produce good footy if he can get his mindset right. He worked his way into the side but a couple of errors and his self belief wavered.

He has the physical attributes and skill but a consistent run at it may make the world of difference.

He got a run because we had a lot of injuries.

Without the injuries he would have finished the year at Casey.

Ordinary with little future IMO

[Moonshadow 17,676]

Nope To the rookie list. Stupid move in my view.

Good get Samael

[mdemon 266]

For a trade pick 54, Viv is undeniably good value.

As other posters have noted, Viv has undoubtedly been squeezed out as a result of the (now clearly) regrettable re-contracting of Terlich and M.Jones.

For me, Viv has significantly more upside than Terlich or Jones - his last 4 games, his effort as sub in the Feo game, and his sublimely well-weighted kick to Angus Brayshaw (who then ran on and burnt off Ziebell to snag an inspirational goal) suggested that he might just have a bit more class than is commonly attributed to him.

No doubt he needs to tackle more, but I felt that he seemed to have improved his tank this year to show that he had the capacity to do the fabled 'two-way running' that the modern game seems to popularly demand.

Definitely worth rookie spot for 2016 - in fact, if the draft is as shallow as frequently stated, I would have no hesitation in re-drafting Viv with a 4th or 5th round pick on a 1 year contract.