According to stats Hately with 22 touches in the SANFL. Going very nicely it appears
Does he play on ball in the SANFL or more hf?
Top 20 midfield prospects Xavier OāHalloran and Xavier Duursma both had good games today.
OāHalloran with 25 touches and Duursma with 26 to go with his 2 goals.
Key forward Noah Gown also had his standout performance for the year kicking 5.0 to go with 18 disposals. Gown is a Tom Lynch (Adelaide) style of key forward with a good workrate and good hands.
How good is OāHalloran? 186 cm a good midfield size and a local lad.
Outstanding leader and tough as nails, hasnāt been a huge ball winner but he has always been one of the Jets best players every week
Heās one of the reasons Iād like to have a few more second rounders.
From what I hear he might be in between our first and second somewhere in the 12-18 range
Really? That high? Draft night is gonna be hella interesting, hopefully we pick up a bunch of 2nd rounders and make it āedge of your seatā viewing
He is future captain material and helps that he can play footy
I think we are well stocked for future captains, I like the ācan football partā though.
Iāve watched a few highlights videos of late. Must admit that I can see what youāre talking about with Rozee. Very smooth mover and seems to be a play maker. Obviously a different type of player to Hately, but I can see why you have him in front at this stage.
I also liked Zak Butters from Vic Metro as a wingman type. He has good awareness and ability to half step to open up the play. Seems to take risks and execute them.
Rankine is a class of his own. He would clearly play from round one.
For inside mids, I do like the look of Valente. Bytel could well slide to the third round like Worpel did.
A 1-3 of Rozee/Rankine - Butters - Valente/Bytel could be a pretty good draft outcome.
Thoughts from the actual expertsā¦?
On Izak Rankineā¦ We already have one of him probably the better version in Raz,
Can you see the similarities that I can see?
Iād give up a lot to get our hands on another Fantasia.
Agreed!
Yeah that who Iād compare him too, Raz and Michael Walters
While the general consensus over the past few years is that we need an inside bull midfielder, I starting to think weāre ok in that area at the moment.
Hepp, Langford, at times Stringer and Myers, with the potential of Clarke and Laverde also contributing, the role I really think weāre missing is an explosive x-factor with excellent kicking skills. Dare I say, an Andrew Lovett type of footballer.
I would love to see an Essendon mid breaking away from clearances, putting the ball lace out on Joes chest, chiming in with 2 or three himself.
Does Rankine have that ability, if he does, Iām hoping cough he ādevelopsā a āpossible career endingā cough cough āhip complaintā just before draft day.
no point going after rankine.
biggest flight risk since wingard.
Rankine isnāt like anybody he is his own player, does his best work as a pure forward imo so if we are looking for a silky midfielder type Iād look closer at players like Rozee at our first or Butters at our second. This draft isnāt very strong for those good outside running types with elite skill.
just so you know, if you google rozee you get pakistanās #1 job site.
I would draft rankine, imagine him there instead of green.
Yep but he will put on more size and eventually move into the guts. Similar balance, turning circle and acceleration, more power.