Tim Taranto

Richmond, none.

Who would be the closest to A grade? Would it be Taranto or Floston?

Probably Floston, probably.

Okay.

Yeah, I think of that crew.

I mean, Tarantos, they're all very good footballers.

Everyone they're throwing up.

I'm not knocking any of them as players.

three.

Tim Taranto still holds in our top 50, but he has dropped down another tier.

He was at tier six last year.

He is at tier eight now.

One of the players that both Kane and I over the last kind of seven years of doing this series have talked a lot about is Josh Dunkley.

He's not in this tier, but we have talked about him a lot.

But generally when we've talked and glazed about Josh Dunkley, very quickly we both move into another player who is in this tier in Tim Taranto, who not the same type of player by any means, but has got probably a similar amount of career love from the coaches panel in the Keeper and Dynasty rankings.

maybe this is the last time we see him in the top 50 because he had that massive first year at the Tigers, that 112, that really I think it was about a 125 by the middle of the season.

No, but then,

you know, it kind of takes me back to Tim Taranto going to Richmond and where richmond didn't do that and it any first year he comes out and goes 112 in his first year so i mean he's got the tools to do it um but yeah i mean my first gut feel is that he's going to come back a little bit yeah look if you've got zach merritt you're definitely like holding him and it's not against him to you know maybe go 100 but yeah I think, obviously, age as well.

But great get for Hawthorne.

He's going to really...

He's obviously been a great leader for the club for a very long time and I'm excited to see what we can do together.

And young midfield, we've got Tim Taranto, who you would have played with, Jack Ross, Sam Lawler, Taj Houghton.

What excites you about playing with these guys?

Yeah, it's going to be nice to reunite with Timmy.

Well, we've got

three.

Taranto,

Hopper and Ross are all veterans almost.

Like, they're gonna be so young next year.

Well, they've st- well, they've still got Blosstien, they've got, um, Taranto, Hopper, they've got Nan Kurvis, they've got Lynch.

Well, Nan Kurvis might-

Everyone's got something, hey

And to answer the second question, yes, it is funny.

So Richmond weren't talking to Taranto, Hopper-

Exa- exactly

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2025 draft, they've put 14 games into Cumming, 21 into Grill.

Then looking at their next best experienced in the 22 is Hopper, 29, Taranto, 28, uh, years of age.

Nan Kurva's 32, Short 30, and Vlastuin 32.

The surprise is the middle group, only really comprising of Bolter, 27, Miller, 27, and Ross, 26 years of age.

So this has obviously been the big...

the well-reported.

So look, the biggest shift from being the attraction club I felt at the end of Hardwick's tenure when they landed Hopper and Taranto.

Did a lot of heavy lifting to be that big four club with the three premierships, then decided to bottom out and hit the 2024 draft.