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).
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I wouldn't trade either of them for Ray. Who needs a light bodied middle man who only handballs backwards?
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
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.
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I really like some of the things he did last night and with Minson still not 100% could be a starter in Round 1.