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turk-d-tiger said:
Have heard from a Blues mate that Stocker is well behind the eightball in terms of fitness, will be lucky to play in the first half of the year. This is already shaping up as a disaster for SOS.
bullus_hit said:
I think most would have justified his move to get #19 if he had taken RCD
I had a look and could see Stocker sliding to #27 / #28 had they had not selected stocker with #19
Bloosers Bastards sold us Hamster n Yazzy, then they get all smart arse n do a special trade deal so they can grab Stocker early in case we were interested. Plus the whisper that they were sniffing around Stacka's clacker trying to snaffle him after we'd done all the hard yards over summer. Reckon that SOS bloke is still mighty pissed off that we ruined his 300th n then gave him a guard of honour to send him to the showers.
SCOOP said:
Pick 1-3 to the left, RCD to the right, can see this going tits up. Time to put your balls on the line, RCD vs Stocker, make your call.
The Big Richo said:
If RCD plays before Stocker then I wholeheartedly disagree. RCD coming from a long way behind.
bullus_hit said:
Im not being Bias at all but my firm belief is that RCD >>> Stocker easily both now and long term as well as having a much higher ceiling on talent
Imnot into which player plays first as they are in different teams with different needs but happy to bet anybody that in 3 years time RCD will be the better player
turk-d-tiger said:
Correct, I'm even reluctant to play RCD too much this year, my focus would be on honing his forward craft in the VFL. That being said, his running has improved out of sight, he's now on par with Stocker who's already put the extra hours in at junior level. Ceilings already poles apart, tried to emphasise this at draft time, not to mention Stocker had zero exposure to state football. For SOS to rank him at 6 reeks of desperation, he'd be the only recruiter who made that call & I suspect his job will be on the line if either next year's pick is a gun or RCD proves to be the better player. Risk management very poor in this situation.
Tigertool said:
Exact opposite of what 1 of our recruiting staff told me before the draft , I posted as much at the time
Tigertool said:
Not being rude but my info was first hand , maybe something was lost in the translation to you ?
taztiger4 said:
Not offended at all! I believe my guy, you believe yours no probs at all with that, taz.
Sam Landsburger had an entire article written about Stocker landing at Richmond. Journos do guesswork no doubt, but I can guarantee they don’t waste time like that on a guess.
Tigertool said:
the said club director is flat out lying.
The recruiting team had RCD > Stocker
Wasn't Stocker the one we had training with us earlier in the year?
Believe even he admitted that he got told some fairly blunt home truths about his fitness n preparation n then put it the necessary rectification work prior to the draft period.
Perhaps there will be very little to separate either player once they've had a few seasons in the system, but hoping Carlscum stuffed the selection big time.
Believe even he admitted that he got told some fairly blunt home truths about his fitness n preparation n then put it the necessary rectification work prior to the draft period.
Perhaps there will be very little to separate either player once they've had a few seasons in the system, but hoping Carlscum stuffed the selection big time.
I don't think the question is whether we would have chosen rcd ahead of stocker. Quite clear that we had rated rcd higher and snapped him up.
The open question is how high we rated stocker relative to those in the 20-30 range.
In the end it is all moot, we got rcd.
The more interesting question is whether the blue's gamble will pay off.
The open question is how high we rated stocker relative to those in the 20-30 range.
In the end it is all moot, we got rcd.
The more interesting question is whether the blue's gamble will pay off.
bullus_hit said:
Lol. Bully I liked them both. When a player plays his first game has zero relationship with how fit he was.
At out pick, Stocker was gone, RCD was the pick. If we had of taken Stocker if he was available, I would have got that too. Had an outstanding back half of the TAC. Carlton weren't the only club that had him in top 10 rankings.
RCD has a higher ceiling but may take longer to reach it and that's fine too.
