it’s so customizable, so good for comparisons.
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One time I used wheelo to come to the conclusion that the Bont is the most all round midfielder in the competition.
Absolutely it can be tought, Wright is a good example of that. You just have to have a guy who wants to grow that way.
Send him down to an Olympic level wrestling gym for the summer and you will see a massive growth in his intensity in a short period. No doubt Jamar can bring it out of him a bit too.
In that farkawful Freo game I was surprised that our rucks played so well in terms of tap ruck skills. Both Bryan and Flip were among our best, mainly because the rest of the players just jogged for 3 quarters. We didn’t even need 2 rucks in that game as it turned out! Darcy was not that good, However, Jackson was brilliant around the ground and he was a point of difference.
But we have to get more games into Bryan. If we are going to have 2 rucks, we need to give Bryan at least 4 more games this season.
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We didn’t lose the game in the ruck.
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Sure.
Based on the play by play summary the people who knocked Bryan’s game clearly did not watch it.
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Patrick Voss doesn’t appear on the site. Is that because he hasn’t played an AFL game?
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correct
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The following players from that draft have played 20 games or less
pick NGA name age height weight from games
National 7 Gold Coast Elijah Hollands 18yr 189cm 80kg Wodonga FC/Caulfield Grammar/Murray U18 9
National 10 Essendon Zach Reid 18yr 202cm 82kg Wonthaggi SC/Leongatha/Gippsland U18 8
National 11 Adelaide Luke Pedlar 18yr 183cm 80kg Kingston SE/Prince Alfred College/Glenelg 17
National 15 GWS Conor Stone 18yr 188cm 81kg St Kevin’s College/Oakleigh U18 9
National 18 GWS Ryan Angwin 18yr 184cm 74kg Foster/Gippsland U18 10
National 19 Collingwood Finlay Macrae 18yr 188cm 80kg Surrey Park/Xavier College/Oakleigh U18 11
National 22 Melbourne Bailey Laurie 18yr 179cm 78kg Beverley Hills/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh U18 2
National 23 Collingwood Reef McInnes 18yr 193cm 86kg Scotch College/Oakleigh U18 11
National 24 Brisbane Academy - Club Blake Coleman 18yr 180cm 79kg Morningside 0
National 25 Adelaide Brayden Cook 18yr 189cm 80kg Happy Valley/South Adelaide 11
National 26 St Kilda Matt Allison 18yr 195cm 80kg Strathmore/St Bernard’s College/Calder U18 0
National 29 Hawthorn Seamus Mitchell 18yr 181cm 74kg Robinvale Euston/Bendigo U18 8
National 30 Collingwood Caleb Poulter 18yr 192cm 79kg Ardrossan/Woodville-West Torrens 12
National 31 Collingwood Liam McMahon 18yr 194cm 80kg Eltham/Northern U18 0
National 33 Geelong Shannon Neale 18yr 202cm 91kg Leeming HS/South Fremantle 2
National 34 Melbourne Fraser Rosman 18yr 193cm 81kg Collegians/Sandringham U18 0
National 35 Hawthorn Academy - Next Generation Connor Downie 18yr 185cm 82kg Vermont/Eastern U18 2
National 39 Essendon Academy - Next Generation Josh Eyre 18yr 197cm 85kg Kilmore/Calder U18 0
National 40 Richmond Samson Ryan 20yr 206cm 96kg Sherwood 14
National 41 Carlton Jack Carroll 17yr 188cm 79kg Chapman Valley/East Fremantle 6
National 42 North Melbourne Phoenix Spicer 18yr 173cm 64kg Morphettville Park/Henley HS/South Adelaide 12
National 43 Brisbane Harry Sharp 17yr 183cm 69kg East Point/Caulfield Grammar/North Ballarat U18 10
National 45 St Kilda Tom Highmore 22yr 193cm 90kg Tuggeranong/Marist College (ACT)/Canberra/South Adelaide 16
National 47 Geelong Nick Stevens 18yr 192cm 84kg East Point/Geelong Grammar/North Ballarat U18 0
National 48 Brisbane Henry Smith 18yr 204cm 96kg Blackwood HS/Woodville-West Torrens 0
National 49 Port Adelaide Ollie Lord 18yr 195cm 84kg Geelong Grammar/Sandringham U18 6
National 52 West Coast Luke Edwards 18yr 188cm 83kg Henley/Glenelg 19
National 53 Essendon Academy - Next Generation Cody Brand 18yr 195cm 84kg Sunbury FC/PEGS/Calder U18 0
National 54 Fremantle Academy - Next Generation Joel Western 18yr 171cm 64kg Subiaco JFC/Marist JFC/Claremont 4
National 55 Western Bulldogs Dominic Bedendo 18yr 188cm 74kg Myrtleford/Murray U18 2
National 56 North Melbourne Eddie Ford 18yr 189cm 83kg Yarraville Seddon/Western U18 13
National 57 West Coast Isiah Winder 18yr 180cm 79kg Eaton JFC/Peel 7
National 58 GWS Cameron Fleeton 18yr 192cm 81kg Geelong West/Geelong U18 2
National 59 GWS Jacob Wehr 23yr 184cm 71kg Woodville-West Torrens 12
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I reckon he’s going OK for a young developing ruck, stays in for mine until Draper is 100% fit.
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Only if they give him some decent gametime. There is zero point in playing him for 34% of the game. It negatively effects the strength of the senior team plus it denies him actual development time & destroys confidence. Play him for 90% of the VFL or aim to have him 50/50 with Phillips at a minimum. Beyond 2023 he looks the only possible option for the second ruck position so every minute Phillips plays over him is wasted time. This is exactly the type of short term decisions that hurt our future.
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I reckon Phillips will stay on for another season
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Typical Essington to have 3 first rounders in the COVID affected year.
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Use Draper like we use Stringer essentially. I can see that as a possibility.
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I really hope we have a plan for future backup that doesn’t rely on Phillips next year. I’m not sure of the answer, but I think we need to bring in someone better than Phillips as the backup to Draper and Bryan. Preferably someone who can play 70% forward, but who can also ruck as a primary ruckman if required.
Bryan is very young for a ruckman and not at AFL level yet. Issue is, much like fark Carlton with TFK, if you don’t play him, he will leave for opportunities. I think he will become a good serviceable ruckman in about 4 years.
What? Young Bryan with his 8 games is more polished than Goldy with his 300+ games. Be off with you! Bryan is far from the finished product as you would expect a young colt just starting out on his rucking journey. In football terms he is but an infant. Any comparison to Goldy who has the most tap outs on AFL history, is a few years premature.
a just mean in terms of his general skill level, i think he’s better kick than goldy
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Is it just me or is he painfully slow?
Doesn’t look like he has enough athleticism to translate to AFL level at this stage.
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