WHO WILL WE TAKE ON WEDNESDAY?

[Wrote for Luck]

I think we'll do this:

Pick 1 - the best kid overlooked in the national draft
Pick 2 - one of the blokes training with us including possibly Saad
Pick 3 - one of the blokes training with us including possibly Saad
Pick - Schneider

I personally will be surprised if we don't take Taylor and Saad.

[saintsRrising]

No idea.

But reading who is available, there seems to be some very good options for at least our first pick. I would imagine that this will be a kid.

Depending on who other clubs take we may then swap to a "second-chance" for someone.

[Con Gorozidis]

god almighty
lets gets 2 kids one sr plr.

[plugger66]

We have Schneider. We also have 4 rookie upgrades and Membury. Lets get 3 kids, not players from other clubs. Could get a Milne or a Sweeney but a Gamble type just wastes everyone's time.

[spert]

I think Schneids has had his day and I would be looking elsewhere. Saad is only 25yo has senior experience and would be handy I think. Probably then need to look for a backman.

[Bunk_Moreland]

I think Schneids has had his day and I would be looking elsewhere. Saad is only 25yo has senior experience and would be handy I think. Probably then need to look for a backman.

Regardless of your opinion, Schneider WILL be taken as a rookie tomorrow.

[magnifisaint]

No to Saad. He's a one trick pony. Has no left side. The Saints have the small forwards they need.

[bigballs]

I was totally wrong with the main draft and I probably won't fair much better tipping who we'll take in the Rookie draft, but here it is anyway.

Schneider aside, I'd like to see us take Elliott Le Grice, Adam Marcon and Ahmed Saad.

sorry no...saad is a dud...and he is bad for our image...we don't need constant reminders of his drug cheating...energy drink or no energy drink....leave all the drug cheats out at tulla ffs

Well, you have your reason for not taking him Stinger and I respect that, but I reckon he's worth a second chance. I don't think we've seen the best of him yet.

As for being a drug cheat, I still reckon he was stiff and never should have been pinged in the first place, but that's a topic we've already covered and best left alone.

[derby Street]

We have Schneider. We also have 4 rookie upgrades and Membury. Lets get 3 kids, not players from other clubs. Could get a Milne or a Sweeney but a Gamble type just wastes everyone's time.

I agree 100% with your view about going with youth P66, but don't forget Milne came from Essendon.

[saintsRrising]

god almighty
lets gets 2 kids one sr plr.

I would...as there does seem to be some good talent about.
Gaining McCartin and Goddard makes McKernan less required.

[FQF]

Grimley is worth looking at. Couldn't break into the Hawks with their strong ruck lineup.

And wasn't Bampton slated for a top 25 finish.

Hawks plan on rookie listing him

[SemperFidelis]

Any further updates from the training track as to how some of those training with us were looking? e.g. McKernan?

[St Chris]

I don't think we should go in with a plan regarding ages/AFL experience. Just pick the players that are best going to help our cause.

We don't need to pick kids based on age, the last few draft we have picked only kids, so our senior list is full of teenagers.

And we shouldn't just pick experienced players either. Firstly, they're available for a reason. And secondly, at a time when getting games into youngsters is important, would you want Petrenko playing OK in the seniors while watching Eli and Lonie kicking bags at Sandy??

A mix of both will do fine. I like the idea of Jeremy Taylor, a guy who could be anything if he gets his body right. But there are also a few names that were expected to go in last weeks draft and missed out, so I honestly don't think we can lose at this point.

[Life Long Saint]

would you want Petrenko playing OK in the seniors while watching Eli and Lonie kicking bags at Sandy??

Comfortable that wouldn't happen for a number of reasons.
1. Petrenko would be a rookie listed player. He will only gain a spot on the senior list once we move a player to the LTI list.
2. If Petrenko is playing OK in the seniors he would have earned his spot...Just like Templeton, Weller and Shenton last season.
3. If Eli and Lonie are kicking bags at Sandy and Petrenko is only going "OK" then Eli and Lonie will be rewarded with a game in the ones...Just like Templeton, Weller and Shenton last season.
4. Richo has shown that he is not above dropping players to the reserves...Savage springs to mind from last season.

I trust the club to select right players on Wednesday and to play the right players in 2015 for the betterment of the team.

[bergholt]

We don't need to pick kids based on age, the last few draft we have picked only kids, so our senior list is full of teenagers.

Not true, we're middle of the pack for number of teens in 2015:

4: Adelaide, Sydney
5: Essendon, North Melbourne, Richmond
6: Carlton, Fremantle, Gold Coast, Hawthorn
7: Collingwood, GWS, St Kilda
8: Geelong, Western Bulldogs
9: Melbourne, Port Adelaide
10: West Coast
11: Brisbane

Plenty of clubs with more kids than us. If we want to have a really strong group coming through in four or five years then it's important we load up now.

[spert]

There's no saying any of the young hopefuls are going to make it at senior level, I would hope some do, but it's a wait and see. But picking at least a more mature body in Saad is good backup, and at 25yo is in the age group where we have a big talent hole, and he had shown good signs in the past. Anyway I expect Richo knows best.

[MCG-Unit]

Grimley is worth looking at. Couldn't break into the Hawks with their strong ruck lineup.

And wasn't Bampton slated for a top 25 finish.

Sam Grimley could have been that Fwd/Ruck option - but I think the bigtime Hawker have commited to him as a Rookie.

Yes Bampton was rated in the 20's & 30's for the ND by some of the better BF Phantom Drafts. People saying he's slow, but what he can do is find a lot of the footy, esp inside. Sam Mitchelll, Barlow and many others were rated as 'slow'.....

[dragit]

While I am a Schneider fan, I hardly see the point of re-drafting him now.

Would prefer Saad and 3 young guys… all 4 may not work, but maybe the one who does is that extra player we take instead of Schneids.

But we have committed so will follow through.

[plugger66]

We have Schneider. We also have 4 rookie upgrades and Membury. Lets get 3 kids, not players from other clubs. Could get a Milne or a Sweeney but a Gamble type just wastes everyone's time.

I agree 100% with your view about going with youth P66, but don't forget Milne came from Essendon.

Yep but he would be just like a top up player at Footscray in the reserves this season. He was just a supplementary player. We need youth. We are picking Schneider so lets not get other rejects. Please.

[Munga]

Schneider could almost be a part time coach to guys like Lonie, Billings, Templeton

[cwrcyn]

I'm with BringBackMadDog.

Ben Cavarra with our first pick.

[Linton Lodger]

We could delist another player (Lee), which is unfortunately unlikely, so maybe it's just 4 rookies.

Member was slated in as our PSD pick until we were able to pick him up as a delisted FA

I think people will be pleasantly surprised by Lee in time. He can play, don't worry about that. He has good hands and a good footy brain.

[gringo]

We could delist another player (Lee), which is unfortunately unlikely, so maybe it's just 4 rookies.

Member was slated in as our PSD pick until we were able to pick him up as a delisted FA

I think people will be pleasantly surprised by Lee in time. He can play, don't worry about that. He has good hands and a good footy brain.

I agree has lots of talent. Just needs a decent run at it. People should get down to training and see his passion and drive. He will be an asset to the team once he gets it all together.

[saintbrat]

who is Sam McCLure

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Ahmed Saad will be picked up by St Kilda tomorrow, @sam_mcclure tells us

[stinger]

Any further updates from the training track as to how some of those training with us were looking? e.g. McKernan?

hasn't impressed....dud i'm afraid