Cal had Roberts ranked #23 FWIW
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One could not place a better bet than Archie Roberts at pick 50s.
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That’s exactly what a racist would say
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Dread Pirate Roberts
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No idea if he’s likely to be any good.
But this is a very different, proactive Essendon drafting team beastie. Someone’s clearly watched this kid slide way past his speculated draft position and demanded to find a way to get an earlier pick.
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You sound like Tony Greig.
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Back in October, not in his phantom draft
Pretty excited…
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Good pick, very happy. Go well kid.
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Just feel like we’ve had 100 Archie Roberts walk through the doors at essendon
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Dude is obviously pretty popular with his mates/teammates which I also seen mentioned in a phantom draft.
you can feel how tense that room was before he got called
great to see
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Name a few…
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agree.
Morgan, Lord rinse and repeat.
Hopefully we find something different this time.
Jackets certainly has a type.
Most phantom draft rankings had him in the 23-28 range… higher than Lual in all cases I’ve seen.
Having said that watching his video I don’t really see an elite user of the pill as has been suggested.
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Moves and kicks a bit like Merrett.
Also looks a good 70-100 meter player. Often kicks and handballs and follows up to get it again.
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Yep. Or a Luke Power.
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SLIDER: Archie Roberts (Pick 54, Essendon)
One of the major sliders of the draft — and one the Bombers identified, then pounced on.
Ranked 23 by the Fox Footy lab, Essendon traded up to get Roberts with Pick 54, moving a future fourth-rounder to Richmond.
Success seems to follows this kid, who was part of Sandringham’s back-to-back flags and helped Haileybury take out the APS title — where he was mentored by Bombers legend Matthew Lloyd.
A medium-sized defender who some believe has the tools to eventually move into the midfield, the Bombers might’ve struck gold late in what’d been a strong draft from Adrian Dodoro and co.
“That’s not a bargain buy, that’s daylight robbery getting Archie Roberts at Pick 54. He’s surgical by foot, his ball use is outstanding,” Fox Footy draft expert Mick Ablett said.
“He’s real one wood is his use on the outside by foot and I think that’s a very intelligent pick. We’ve seen the Essendon footy club and Adrian Dodoro do that twice now across this draft.
“They’ve targeted someone, it was Nate Caddy last night and Archie Roberts tonight. I think that’s very shrewd recruiting.”
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D’ambrosio, mcdonnagh.
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