That would be the same for most prospective recruits that are playing in the VFL. Wallis, Miles, etc. blitz loves them.
Expect Wallis is a better player and would have am inmediate impact on the side. Clarke hasnāt show anything at AFL level to say heās better.
You donāt see anything that Wallis offers over Clarke?
Have you actually seen Clarke play?
People pinning a lot of hope on a bloke who was pick 60 odd in the draft.
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have you apart from the televised afl game?
Makes absolutely no difference where you were taken in the draft. ZERO.
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there are a few running around in the AFL who would agree with you.
Iām all about this.
If he was fit we wouldāve had two x quick two-way runners through midfield!
I donāt think it is either.
That is correct.
Out of interestā¦
What month was he born in?
Who hasnāt beaten up our mob!
Not sure how much room we have in terms of our salary cap, however, I reckon we should make a solid play for Wines (right now) & bring him in from 2019.
Given his likely price, we could also draft James Battersby from Sturt. He is 22 (?), another mid bull, & placed 3rd in last yearās Magarey Medal, despite missing the first seven rounds due to injury.
Then, target Dylan Shiel next year. Flag in 2020.
Wines, Shiel, Battersby, and possibly a few other cheap options, plus our current crop.
Honestly reckon pick the best top end talent in a supposedly great draft this year, and Schloithe and Grigg mid way through. They could revolutionise our list more than selling the farm for a trade. Look at Tim Kelly. And he ran second to Schloithe in the Sandover.
Full disclosure havenāt seen Grigg, going off stats and @aceman
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Wines isnāt worth 2 1st rounders IMO. Itās not like we are getting a Patrick Cripps or Clayton Oliver.
We need more than Wines to be premiership chances so letās keep our 1st rounders.
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Hang on - whereās Wines in there? Isnāt he āthe best contested mid in the gameā?
Edit: catching up - itās been said a few times.
@is_good_is_don ā¦ Is that contested possession list based on raw numbers or averages?
If itās just numbers then not factoring in Wines has had a bye round when all clubs havenāt bar GC
The overrated calls for a player Port are lining up to be their next captain are way off mark IMO
Have a look at the below.
Whilst contested possesions arenāt as high, totals are. Heās an inside bull who still gets involved in outside play and linking up.
Interestingly Cripps also plays almost 15% more game time. Tank related or Port just rotates more as has more inside help perhaps?
-----Wines -------- vs ----------Cripps
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The dude is obsessed with height/weight. Reckons every mid needs to have a Pat Cripps/Nat Fyfe build to be effective. Stated he wouldnāt be interested in someone like Dylan Shiel. Keeps banging on about inches/kgs. Would make a decent āā ā ā ā actorā or āsumo wrestlerā scout.
Ivan fairly much summed up our needs - For me itās Wines and DeGoey - The best fit of all would be Beams, though doubt he will leave Brisbane.
The point @ivan made - which I agree with - is that we need to focus on mid players who have decent skills - preferably by hand and foot. In other words, ādistributorsā & ālink up playersā. Size has nothing to do with this. Sam Mitchell (da flog) was a classic example (in recent times) of such a player. Focus on āsmartā players with decent skills, rather than simply giant mids being lauded as the āfutureā of the game. Saying that, I would still recruit Wines, but also go after others - with better foot skills.
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If we could manage to land wines and gaff (doubt it) that would make us top 4 imo
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