John Peake on SEN Sun arvo

saintbrat · Post: # 494711Post **saintbrat** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 2:17pm

as soon as 'soon' is in radio speak,

before 3 pm.
they are calling for callers to ask questions-

chook23 · Post: # 494713Post **chook23** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 2:22pm

thanks saintbrat

SaintBot · Post: # 494715Post **SaintBot** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 2:23pm

yep cheers brat...just turned the radio on

SaintBot · Post: # 494720Post **SaintBot** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 2:40pm

hes on

SaintBot · Post: # 494722Post **SaintBot** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 2:47pm

first pick, ben mcevoy.

We rated Ben 2nd pick. Great endurance. King coming to the end. Gardiner unreliable. Starting the ruckman project a few years ahead. 3 years development required.

Ben is very coordinated.

Pick 42. Jack Steven. Interesting one. Bottom age, just made draft age. Peake noticed him earlier in the year. He developed well through the year. Got speed, endurance. Can kick goals. Likened to Paul Chapman.

Pick 57. Fraser Gehrig. Peake hasnt spoken to him. Is he wanted at stkilda, yes. Ross spoke to him. Peake believes his body has a couple of years left. In his mind maybe one or two.

Pick 70. Eljay Connors. Dashing, quick, left footer wingman. Very impressive early. Got injured so went off radar. Bevo and Peak continued to watch him when he continued.

Quality of draft. Cream is always good. The draft was rather shallow. These boys will take a bit longer.

Heath of the club. pretty good. everyones up and about except for matt maguire with the foot fractures.

no calls?

Post: # 494725Post **n1ck** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 2:56pm

McEvoy rated #2 in the whole draft?

SaintBot · Post: # 494726Post **SaintBot** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 2:57pm

n1ck wrote:McEvoy rated #2 in the whole draft?

he said something like we rated ben 2nd pick...i think

Otiman · Post: # 494729Post **Otiman** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 3:14pm

Sounds good, looks like we went for the ruck prospect as well as some players who may take a few years to come on well, the first true test of Danny Sexton's development program.

saintbrat · Post: # 494730Post **saintbrat** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 3:17pm

Emma Quayle also on;
comments regarding Ben

'school captain this year and a great young man- will go well .'

Comments on Ben continue to include what good character and leader.

Emma's writing abook and willbe following some of the draftees- Including Ben as they start their AFL careers.

Post: # 494731Post **n1ck** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 3:19pm

SaintBot wrote:
n1ck wrote:McEvoy rated #2 in the whole draft?
he said something like we rated ben 2nd pick...i think

I wonder who we rated #1 then... Kreuzer or Cotchin? Or someone else?

Stjohn · Post: # 494738Post **Stjohn** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 3:50pm

#2 Ruckman in the draft, behind Kreuzer

Otiman · Post: # 494741Post **Otiman** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 4:00pm

Not surprising, who was the next Ruck taken? Putt? Simpson? Both in the 40's and 50's.

Eastern · Post: # 494744Post **Eastern** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 4:03pm

n1ck wrote:McEvoy rated #2 in the whole draft?

That's how I took what he said !!

LTN16 · Post: # 494749Post **LTN16** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 4:08pm

Otiman wrote:Not surprising, who was the next Ruck taken? Putt? Simpson? Both in the 40's and 50's.

His Murray Bushranger team mate Dawson Simpson was was the next Ruckman taken at pick 34 by Geelong.

my les foote · Sun 25 Nov 2007 6:06pm

n1ck wrote:
SaintBot wrote:
I wonder who we rated #1 then... Kreuzer or Cotchin? Or someone else?

Jack Steven

WinnersOnly · Sun 25 Nov 2007 7:19pm

I think they wanted HENDERSON...did you see our recuiters reaction when Brisbane took HENDERSOn directly before us. I got the impression that he was whom the SAINTS would have taken at #9 if available...

SaintBot · Post: # 494857Post **SaintBot** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 7:27pm

WinnersOnly wrote:I think they wanted HENDERSON...did you see our recuiters reaction when Brisbane took HENDERSOn directly before us. I got the impression that he was whom the SAINTS would have taken at #9 if available...

i didnt see it...how did you?

wouldnt be too surprised...Henderson had been very strongly linked with us for quite a while...glad we went with the ruckman

from memory we did pause for a good minute before picking though

similar thing happened last year as well. i have a no doubt we wanted Joel Selwood and needed to relook our lists when he was picked two in front of us.

cwrcyn · Post: # 494883Post **cwrcyn** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 8:53pm

Saints definitely didn't want Henderson.

McEvoy was the guy they had in mind all along at pick 9, although if Myers had slipped through they may have snapped him up. But realistically, that was never going to happen.

SaintBot · Post: # 494885Post **SaintBot** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 8:56pm

cwrcyn wrote:Saints definitely didn't want Henderson.

McEvoy was the guy they had in mind all along at pick 9, although if Myers had slipped through they may have snapped him up. But realistically, that was never going to happen.

speculation or fact?

cwrcyn · Post: # 494891Post **cwrcyn** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 9:00pm

My source is very reliable

Armoooo · Post: # 494909Post **Armoooo** » Sun 25 Nov 2007 9:37pm

cwrcyn wrote:My source is very reliable

Well in that case....

supersaints · Mon 26 Nov 2007 7:43pm

n1ck wrote:
SaintBot wrote:
n1ck wrote:McEvoy rated #2 in the whole draft?
he said something like we rated ben 2nd pick...i think
I wonder who we rated #1 then... Kreuzer or Cotchin? Or someone else?

We would have rated Kreuzer No1 for St Kilda because we were after a ruckman as priority.....

skeptic · Post: # 495413Post **skeptic** » Mon 26 Nov 2007 8:02pm

supersaints wrote:
n1ck wrote:
SaintBot wrote:
n1ck wrote:McEvoy rated #2 in the whole draft?
he said something like we rated ben 2nd pick...i think
I wonder who we rated #1 then... Kreuzer or Cotchin? Or someone else?
We would have rated Kreuzer No1 for St Kilda because we were after a ruckman as priority.....

we would have taken him him at 1... doesn't necessarily mean we rated him at 1

plugger66 · Post: # 495414Post **plugger66** » Mon 26 Nov 2007 8:06pm

skeptic wrote:
supersaints wrote:
n1ck wrote:
SaintBot wrote:
n1ck wrote:McEvoy rated #2 in the whole draft?
he said something like we rated ben 2nd pick...i think
I wonder who we rated #1 then... Kreuzer or Cotchin? Or someone else?
We would have rated Kreuzer No1 for St Kilda because we were after a ruckman as priority.....
we would have taken him him at 1... doesn't necessarily mean we rated him at 1

I would have thought that we may have rated McEvoy number 2 of the players we may have been a chance of getting. In other words we wouldnt have included Kreuzer and one or two others because we were no hope of getting them.

John Peake on SEN Sun arvo

John Peake on SEN Sun arvo

I think what peake said was...

I think they wanted HENDERSON...

Re: I think they wanted HENDERSON...