Pick 57- Tory Dickson

[The Underdog]

I take heart from the fact that Geelong were smart enough to go for plodding, hard at it, short kicking, no frills Joel Selwood.

I would not say Selwood was classified as a plodder when he was drafted. I can recall recruiters all mentioning his strong leadership skills an courage similar to Talyor Adams.

Selwood dropped to 7 because of concerns about his knee. Otherwise he probably would have been top 5.

[Mofra]

It's exactly what I'm saying, we should have rookied him.

Fair enough - I can only assume the club believe he's in the mix for a round 1 berth.

As a mature ager he may well be on a one year contract anyway which gives us flexibility if we want to load up on next years' draft (by all account our recruiters are setting us up to have more picks in 2012).

[stefoid]

I would not say Selwood was classified as a plodder when he was drafted. I can recall recruiters all mentioning his strong leadership skills an courage similar to Talyor Adams.

Well, in his phantoms, Selwood was described as a bit slow with 'hit and miss' kicking, but a great attack on the ball and a real competitor. Obviously this kid doesnt have Selwoods pure class, but he shares similar traits.

[stefoid]

Fair enough - I can only assume the club believe he's in the mix for a round 1 berth.

As a mature ager he may well be on a one year contract anyway which gives us flexibility if we want to load up on next years' draft (by all account our recruiters are setting us up to have more picks in 2012).

good point.

[Ghost Dog]

What the ???
Have they even had this bloke on the track and seen his potential ?
Not happy with this pick at all.
Underdogs is correct we should have rookied him.

the Shannon Grant thing is the key to all this I guess. For better or for worse.

[always right]

So let's see.......we should have gone for an A-grader who can play back and forward, take stints in the midfield where he will be required to win his own ball as per McCartney's gameplan, but have breakaway speed, good decision making and precise disposal.....and he must be someone who isn't on the radar of another club......and preferably someone we could pick up as a rookie.

[stefoid]

yeah, OK, my google-fu is strong.

here is why we took him at 57:

http://ourfooty.com.au/forum/showthread.php?tid=611

"just a quick story, if anyone noticed at pick #57 when the dogs took Tory Dickson, the bombers were dumbfounded and had no idea what to do when it came to their pick at #59? if you saw hirdy's face .. he was shocked and pissed off.

this is because a some time ago, hird and thompson went to noble park jfc and spoke to tory dickson, and theyre like .. come play for the bendigo bombers, and we will monitor your progress, give you a rental home to live in, and pay you a wage.
and throughout the season he did pretty well, scored a ton of goals and impressed a lot of people.

but as you would expect, other teams were scouting .. and the dogs stole him from right under the bombers noses. "

[Mofra]

Cheers for the sleuthing stefoid, made me smile

[Maddog37]

Anything to undermine the Bombres is a bonus. If he can get a game it will be double the fun!!

[The Underdog]

I apparently misunderstood his past slightly. I took it that he spent 2010 at Bendigo then 2011 at Noble Park, not the other way around. My bad

[Ghost Dog]

Grant has seen him for two of the last three years and McCartney would have seen him last year. They obviously rate him for some reason.

The mutual trust and knowledge of each others workings is valuable in itself.

[KT31]

I apparently misunderstood his past slightly. I took it that he spent 2010 at Bendigo then 2011 at Noble Park, not the other way around. My bad

I foolishly followed suit.
Although I am still not convinced when Frost was still up for grabs.

[The Underdog]

I foolishly followed suit.
Although I am still not convinced when Frost was still up for grabs.

It's still a borderline call. As with all time will tell.

[Sockeye Salmon]

He would have been available at 70.

If we wanted him we should have delisted Mulligan and taken another kid at 57



*Edit: Just read Stefoid's post, maybe he wouldn't have been.

[BulldogBelle]

If he is 24 and isnt fit there there must be something deeper at the core - injuries, slack, bad lifestyle or bad habits

Will be interesting to see what sort of hunger to succeed he has - and if he is hell bent on becoming an AFL footballer