Ted Lasso

Who knows, i am sure they're seriously discussing Jagga Smith as well, i am sure Josh Smillie would be in consideration, imagine 2 of Patty Cripps! it's such an even draft where the type of midfielder is going to be a deciding factor for a lot of teams, i think we will really value a little bit more class, where as a team like the Saints or Tigers probably do want to build from the inside and get the ball winning support.

Taj Hotton could be the one, he's so exciting when he's up and going, and i suspect without his injuries we'd probably be talking about him in the top 5 of the draft.

Reid is absolute class with insane footy IQ, i liken him to Steele Sidebottom. I would much rather take a chance on Reid being small ish vs the go home risks around Allen. If Smillie is available (he won't be) he's a no brainer at 9 though

I would be amazed if the Blues don't seriously consider Langford, he's the big body midfield support Cripps has been screaming out for, he's ready to go and he's a beautiful kick which the big forwards would love.

I would take Jagga Smith at pick 5 and Murphy Reid at pick 9 assuming both are available. back up plan for either pick would be Langford and Travaglia/Hynes

I get the feeling the big ROO is a future captain

Geez he's impressive. He'd play round 1 next year i reckon.

Surely we just go the Langford/Hynes combo

I agree, i saw enough to think Kolt has the makings of being a 200 game AFL player and a regular part of our best 22 for a long time.

The Saints 2 picks are really interesting, would they offer up 7 and 8 to Norf for 2 and 22? if they hold those picks they're on record as wanting midfield class, but i think a King/Armstrong combination would be really tempting for them

I'm not sure we're entitled to that from Trac to be honest, i think to pretend we've handled him and Clarry perfectly is foolish, regardless of what mistakes the players themselves have made. I think it's going to take time for wounds to heal and relationships to strengthen, if we're playing in and winning finals in 2025 it's going to be a non issue, if Trac does decide to go, we're going to get a war chest of draft assets right before Tasmania join the league from a club like Collingwood standing on the edge of the cliff looking down (Age wise)

McQualter did last season, and Jones was a significantly better player than Mini.

Offt. probably in the significant minority with that view i reckon Saty

Saty thinking we're fine at the same time as the President and CEO are both gone, our two best players seriously considered leaving and we finished 14th. Nothing has changed in the last 15 years haha

If we had pick 4, i'd probably be calling for Draper over Langford or Smith, so more than happy for them to pass.

It's been very widely reported Saty, I know you're allergic to anything negative being said about the club, but even you have to admit this has been a mess.

I held the view that the moment Pert started calling clubs directly to shop Oliver following Goody and Gawn speaking about how they love him and back him, a divide was created that could only end with one of Pert or Goodwin leaving the club.

I would say all 5 players in question are potential stars, as are basically the first 20-25 of this draft, so really the pressure is on either way because we will have 2-3 cracks at this draft and if we get it right we go a long way to building our next premiership, if we get it wrong it'll be richard tambling level

I don't hate the idea of 5 for 10/11 i'd be reluctant to give up access to Jagga Smith or Harvey Langford, but a total package of say Travaglia, Lindsay and Reid would be pretty tempting

Over a decade being one of the leagues most hard working and respected midfielders, and knowing the Dees system inside and out not good enough?

My revised top 15 1. Sam Lalor (Richmond) 2. Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane) 3. Alix Tauru (Norf) 4. Finn O'Sullivan (Blues) 5. Sid Draper (Crom) 6. Jagga Smith (Melbourne) 7. Harvey Langford (Richmond) 8. Josh Smillie (St Kilda) 9. Harry Armstrong (St Kilda 10. Leo Lombard (Suns) 11. Issac Kako (Dons) 12. Murphy Reid (Melbourne) 13. Tobie Travaglia (Richmond) 14. Xavier Lindsay (Richmond) 15. Bo Allen (West Coast)

The comparison between Langford and Matt Crouch isn't accurate, Langford is already a more damaging player than Crouch is, and he can play forward.

I think he's going to St Kilda at pick 7 or 8 to be honest. If i was to guess, pick 9 we will be choosing between Lindsay, Reid and Trainor

There has never been more pressure on a club for the number 1 pick in a draft. While i know some of them have not been the players the clubs would hope, i don't remember a year where there are potentially up to 9 genuine options for that selection and Richmond get the fun role of doing what noone in the media has been able to do and it's picking 1 out as the best of the bunch. one argument which is the Jagga smith arguement, is that you get as close to a safe/sure thing with that pick, the opposite end is you go highest upside which is probably someone like Tauru or Lalor. My gut feel is they'll go in between and take FOS but i am very very happy to not have to make the call. we're in a nice position of getting the best prospect that slips through and the decision is effectively made for us. the top 6-7 i think will ultimately all be really good players, i don't really see any of them being busts.

I like this idea, i feel though that we will probably get a similar talent at 5 compared to 2. 3 bites of the cherry in 5, 15, 16 could net us a package like, Langford/Smith plus 2 of Lindsay/Hynes/Shanahan/Hotton