TD1 and HM - questions if you dont mind please.
Who of the inside mids available is most like Cripps?
Who is most like Viney?
Most like Cripps is Collier-Dawkins
Most like Viney is Tom Lewis
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Could also add Tom Berry, Xavier Duursma and Xavier OāHalloran as mids and with our second onwards you have players like Jack Ross, Sam Fletcher, Luke Valente, Tom Lewis and Chayce Jones
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So looking at your most recent top 30, it is plausible that we could end up with two of Hately, Bytel, and Collier-Dawkins. Happy days with that!
Who are your perfect outcomes for us in relation to addressing the midfield depth issues?
Iām hoping you can indicate what our draft night might look like beyond the first two picks. I need something to hold onto after the debarcle last night.
Eg
- Hately/Bytel
- C-D/ Riordan
3.???
4.???
5.???
Iām not liking our chances of getting Collier-Dawkins at our 2nd. I think Hately, Smith and Walsh are the main targets for our 1st with Rowbottom, Bytel, Caldwell and Collier-Dawkins only slightly behind. At our 2nd I think Riordan, Berry and OāHalloran would be a chance, if we donāt care how big the midfielders are i also like Tom Lewis who is a Viney clone. Iād be looking at some nippy outside with class at that pick or later which would come from Zac Foot, Angus Hanrahan and Zac Butters. I donāt think we will find many key forwards or defenders of good enough quality late so we may look at some decent ruck/forwards. Riley Bowman in particular has the athleticism to fit into the modern game.
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Id be happy with Hately as a tall inside mid with our first pick. If Bytel slid to our second due to his injuries it would be a bonus, but if not, whoever is the hardest contested ball player 183cm or above. Hopefully itās not too much ask for him to have great handball skills in close as well.
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SA thrashed WA in the first game of the champs
Jack Lukosius with 14 marks and 4 goals
Jackson Hately 28 disposlas with 10 clearances
Luke Valente 26 disposals and 8 clearances
Izak Rankine 14 disposals and 1 goal
Tom Lewis 18 disposlas
Hugo Munn 4 goals
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Hately!!!
Are there any Dean Solomon or Mark Johnson or Dean Wallis types at our third and fourth picks?
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Hatley watch for those want to see, he is number 34
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My current top 20 for this draft
- Walsh
- Lukosius
- B.King
- M.King
- Hill
- Bytel
- Rankine
- Blakey
- Thomas
- Hately
- Smith
- Caldwell
- West
- Rowbottom
- Collier-Dawkins
- Taylor
- Rozee
- Duursma
- Williams
- Berry
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I hope we bid on Tarryn Thomas, make North pay fair price for him.
This kid has been dominating games since u/12s
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Just got through watching this game, Hately not as good as his stats would suggest. Lukosius showed why he is a pick 1 fancy and I know he is another midget but Tom Lewis is just such a terrier he reminds me so much of Viney although another comparison would be Clay Smith without the injuries and he is a far better kick.
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Yep before the academyās
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Just post the links in individual posts.
Anyone who wants to see some potential Essendon mids including gun Sam Walsh can watch the livestream tomorrow from 10:30am
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Are there any Sam Powell Pepper types coming through this year? Love watching him play, tough & hard, aggression at the ball & man, loves the contest. Exactly the player we need IMO.
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