Merrett should have been the clear winner
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Merret and Redman went in as favorites.
Yeah, I have never seen a player get his hands cleanly to as many balls as Wright does, then subsequently drop it.
Its so bizarre.
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Wright is a perfectly good forward ruck option. He can kick goals and competes ok when he goes into the middle.
Heās probably not a number one forward, question whether heās a number two forward in a team that would compete for flags.
Coaches have to work out whether they prefer Draper and Bryan, which means you get ruck dominance but lose out on some scoring, Draper and Wright, which means you get scoring power but miss out on ruck dominance, or all three which means the team looks like a pack of lumbering dinosaurs but get aerial dominance.
Probably a horses for courses question.
I think it likely Wright gets first crack as KF/Ruck round 1. From there it will be form dependant, at least Scott has shown he is willing to drop him. He obviously has his issues, however he rarely gets outmarked and perhaps Kako can operate better under his feet than others have done. I see him primarily competing with Bryan for a position.
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Not if you dont have your eyes open, and canāt handle a slight nudge
It may shock people, but I will wait for Caddy to actually do something in the AFL before blowing my load everywhere.
We have had enough preseason false messiahās for me to be cautious.
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I reckon draper could have a 30 goal season on on 50/30/20 fwd/ruck/bench split
I think heās a better contested mark and vastly more dynamic than wright. Itās a shame he canāt kick like wright
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Yeahā¦ weād probably be trading a boring 45 goals 25 behinds with minimal presence or defensive pressure for 25 goals 45 behinds, a few out on the fulls, some laughs, some joy, some more grey hairs, a (worse) drinking problem, some genuine presence and a little bit of defensive pressure.
Iād hate to be a coach
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Seems like we have loaded the list up on Forward/Ruck options, probably the least required positional need in modern day footy, a very Essendon thing to do.
Not enough Courtney Johns and Scott Gumbeton
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Yeād also get ruck development time for Brian, potentially boost draperās fa value and make 2mp ask for a trade
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Put him on ball
New midfielder evolution
For that, heād have to have 100 shots on goal approx. 5 a game?
Max King,
Says hold my beer
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Is it just me or does he have unusually large digits?
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so now youāre saying we drafted pianists?
They do call him horse.
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Take it to the cucumber threadā¦
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