I know there are some off field issues but do you see rankine being a full time mid in time?
I donât think so he will always be a lighter player so would need to go into the centre in spurts but I could see him doing damage on a wing aswell. Today was another reminder of his talent he is still a genuine top 5 talent but I canât see anyone outside of SA taking him because he will definitely leave despite many in SA wanting him to leave SA to improve his offield issues
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Half of me wants them to play RC-D on ball and the other half would prefer they hid him in the back pocket, Iâm worried he might be a top 5 bolter
TD1 - does todayâs Vic Metro vs SA game change any of your top 10 predictions?
Top 10 no but plenty of movement after that, itâs looking like a decent draft this year and the depth is looking better than I thought with players enhancing their stocks although most of those are tied to academies (bugger)
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Rozee sounds exactly like a Dodorro pick.
Collier Dawkins the big bodied mid, weâve been looking for?
The Hately kid looks good to me. Like the fact heâs playing senior SANFL footy as well, reckon thatâs an advantage IMO having experience against mature bodies. Didnât see all of yesterdayâs game but curious to know how some of the other mids went.
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From the games Iâve watched, Valente is the one that stood outâŚmoreso than HatelyâŚbuuut, while Valente made that AA team, he is not in Twomeyâs top 20. Maybe I just saw his best games.
Iâll wait until closer to the draft to watch some individual highlights, and see what the combine results look like. Maybe that will correct me to the more accepted view.
Hereâs a question for @THE_DON1: who do you think looks like the best prospect for the 2019 draft?
Valente is like another Graham, he does everything he can with what he has got athletically. Not overall quick or agile which isnât a popular trait with most high picks but thatâs not to say he wonât be a good player
Noah Anderson is my number 1 player for next year, he is a player along the lines of Davies-Uniacke and Adam Cerra. A tall inside mid with a good outside game and great skills and goal kicking ability
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Rozee shares some similarities to Robbie Gray as a smooth moving forward with good speed and an ability to run through the midfield.
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Oh no. You just know where Dodoro is going go now. May as well start the Welcome to Essendon Rozee thread now.
I wouldnât complain with that at all, keep in mind I said Gray type which doesnât make him flanker itâs makes him a mid/flanker 
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Sounds ideal, along with Smith or Collier-Dawkins. If we could also land Bytel with our second pick we will have our âinside mid resting forwardâ stocks sorted.
I just want a big inside mid. Thats not too much to ask is it? 
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There was a moment after a goal vs Nth when the mid rotation included Myers and Stringer coming straight from the bench to the bounce. I dont associate football with anything remotely sensual, at all, but I have to admit I may have been a little âimpressedâ at the size of the midfield at the next bounce.
He is 185cm and light so he could still bulk up, just because they arenât big inside mids now doesnât mean they wonât be in a few years ala Fyfe/Bont.
Iâm not saying he should be our number 1 priority but I wouldnât be against it with a number of big inside mids potentially available with our second
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âWe think he has tremendous upside and is probably the most talented player in the draft. We think he can run through the midfield in timeâŚâ
