8 Likes
■■■■ some people here are miserable, give the kid a chance.
Welcome to the club Mass!!
17 Likes
And so there should be. None of them are good ball users.
1 Like
Definitely don’t want Dunkley…don’t rate at all
Dale kickett was pretty handy from the 1992 afl mid season draft.
1 Like
D’Ambrosio, Menzie become Dons
Two mid-season draftees to don the sash.
The Bombers have added to their defensive and attacking stocks with the selection of Massimo D’Ambrosio and Jye Menzie in tonight’s NAB Mid-Season Rookie Draft.
With pick No.3, Essendon selected D’Ambrosio from the Western Jets and with pick No.18, South Adelaide’s Menzie joined the club.
Starring as the Western Jets’ co-captain, D’Ambrosio is a robust defender known for his pace across half-back, with the 19-year-old averaging 27.7 disposals across his four NAB League matches this year.
The 178cm defender has also shown he is ready for senior football, playing the last three games for Richmond’s VFL side, including a stand-out performance against Essendon where he collected 25 disposals.
Playing as a midfielder during his junior days, D’Ambrosio made the switch to half-back using his elite kicking and decision making combined with his strength in the air to become a tough opponent for any forward.
Joining D’Ambrosio is Menzie, a high pressure forward who can hit the scoreboard while using his football smarts to set up his teammates.
Throughout his eight SANFL games for South Adelaide this year, the 19-year-old has kicked 20 goals with an average of 10.9 disposals.
Hailing from Tasmania, Menzie represented his home state at junior level before moving to South Adelaide to pursue an AFL career.
Essendon national recruiting manager Rob Forster-Knight said the Bombers were pleased with their two selections.
“We are really happy with our selections tonight, both Massimo and Jye will bring different aspects to our line-up,” Forster-Knight said.
“Massimo is a really exciting player who plays off the halfback line and is a really good ball user and has shown he can set up lots of play through his time at the VFL and Western Jets.
“Jye is a pressure forward who creates a lot of havoc in the forward line but also hits the scoreboard too, so he has the right balance between attack and defence, which we really value.”
The pair will hopefully be able to follow in the success of Essendon’s previous mid-season draftees and regular best-22 players Will Snelling (2019) and Sam Durham (2021).
8 Likes
Why? Cal Twomey was saying Jai Culley is like Dunkley
We need Dunkely imo
Dudoro so lazy……picks players who play well against us……so delusional he doesn’t even know how bad we are
Cal had us taking Massimo the whole time. If that’s who you are talking about then you have it wrong.
1 Like
That’s great that we have finally drafted a good back flanker. What a relief. Now we can delist or trade all the other ones and balance the list.
3 Likes
Watch a few dogs games and he doesn’t impress me, he mucks in but doesn’t have anything special in terms of vision or what you might call a 1 wood and his kicking looks average. Plus if we are going to spend big bucks on a free agent, Brayshaw is twice the player that Dunkley is.
1 Like
4 Likes
Waiting for this news in 4 weeks
"Unfortunately, Massimo has had a set back with his injury…"
17 Likes
Was reading from the fox footy website
5 Likes
Stop reading ■■■■■■■ fox footy Nino
Listen to Twomey who actually knows what he’s talking about, not the panel show talking heads
6 Likes
Surely there couldn’t be many people on here that wouldn’t suggest a big bodied ball winning mid is a priority. We got Kelly to take the dangerous smalls and Laverde, Redman and Ridley are all good to great ball users in the back half, just being asked to play key tall when they should play more like Vlaustin. D’ambrossio could be an excellent long term pick up but isn’t what we need now
1 Like
What do you think we’re gonna get this off season??
1 Like