Jordan Roughead

[Bulldog Revolution]

Seemed to me that he won lots of taps that weren't too our advantage. When both and our midfield play more together, this can only get better.

IIRC, he was the best rated the best pure ruckman of his draft?

Did we get him for Ray?

If so, then

People said that about him but Natanui, Vickery and potentially another one or two were all taken before him

And no, he was our second round pick, but not the result of the ray trade

[Dry Rot]

People said that about him but Natanui, Vickery and potentially another one or two were all taken before him

And no, he was our second round pick, but not the result of the ray trade

Who did we get for Ray? Jones?

[The Coon Dog]

People said that about him but Natanui, Vickery and potentially another one or two were all taken before him

And no, he was our second round pick, but not the result of the ray trade

A bit confusing as we traded Ray for pick 31 which we used to select Roughy. On face value it seems we got Roughy for Ray, but you have to remember we had pick 32 also which we used on Liam Jones.

If we didn't do the Ray trade, we still had pick 32 & would have used it on Roughy (unless of course St.Kilda would have snaffled him with pick 31).

[comrade]

I wouldn't trade either of them for Ray. Who needs a light bodied middle man who only handballs backwards?

[Rocco Jones]

I wouldn't trade either of them for Ray. Who needs a light bodied middle man who only handballs backwards?

He kicks backwards as well.

[Dry Rot]

A bit confusing as we traded Ray for pick 31 which we used to select Roughy. On face value it seems we got Roughy for Ray, but you have to remember we had pick 32 also which we used on Liam Jones.

If we didn't do the Ray trade, we still had pick 32 & would have used it on Roughy (unless of course St.Kilda would have snaffled him with pick 31).

Thanks for that.

I have two dear Saints fans friends and I'm an arsehole. I shall claim both Jones and Roughead to these guys as the Ray trade, depending upon form.

[stefoid]

Thanks for that.

I have two dear Saints fans friends and I'm an arsehole. I shall claim both Jones and Roughead to these guys as the Ray trade, depending upon form.

St kilda would have taken roughead I reckon. I know they all say this, but clayton said roughead wasnt expected to fall that far, and with st kildas ruck division being old, roughead would have been a sound recruit for them, complementing the development of mcevoy.

[chef]

Thanks for that.

I have two dear Saints fans friends and I'm an arsehole. I shall claim both Jones and Roughead to these guys as the Ray trade, depending upon form.

I do the same to a Richmond supporting mate about Ward.

[Bulldog Revolution]

A bit confusing as we traded Ray for pick 31 which we used to select Roughy. On face value it seems we got Roughy for Ray, but you have to remember we had pick 32 also which we used on Liam Jones.

If we didn't do the Ray trade, we still had pick 32 & would have used it on Roughy (unless of course St.Kilda would have snaffled him with pick 31).

It is a bit confusing - and that explanation doesn't even include the third rounder we gave to St Kilda to get their second rounder - or something like that

All we got from the saints for Ray was an upgrading of a pick

What we can say is it looks like we nailed the two picks in Roughy and Jones

[Mantis]

St kilda would have taken roughead I reckon. I know they all say this, but clayton said roughead wasnt expected to fall that far, and with st kildas ruck division being old, roughead would have been a sound recruit for them, complementing the development of mcevoy.

Possibly.

St.Kilda took Rhys Stanley with their 2nd pick in the draft (#47) so they were on the hunt for a ruckman.

[mighty_west]

Possibly.

St.Kilda took Rhys Stanley with their 2nd pick in the draft (#47) so they were on the hunt for a ruckman.

Maybe they were more genuine with their bid for Cordy so early in the draft afterall, to have develop with Ben McEvoy.

[stefoid]

Possibly.

St.Kilda took Rhys Stanley with their 2nd pick in the draft (#47) so they were on the hunt for a ruckman.

there ya go then.

despite whether it was a pick swap or upgrade, fact is that they could have had roughy at 31, but they got ray instead and we got roughy at 31.

[Doc26]

I do the same to a Richmond supporting mate about Ward.

Me too but then it always feels like you're taking advantage of the under privileged

[Mofra]

I was surprised at the number of time Roughead got the ball to Boyd last night. Seemed to be quite a bit for a guy who has only a handful of VFL seniors games, and is coming off a shoulder reco so has had an interrupted pre-season. Was blowing hard in the 4th but that will improve the longer the season wears on.

I'll admit I thought we should have kept Skipper for another year as back-up, and based on what I saw last night I was wrong. Roughy can play a role if need be as our no 2 ruck; perhaps not a full season yet, but is adequate injury cover already.

[LostDoggy]

I really like some of the things he did last night and with Minson still not 100% could be a starter in Round 1.