Welcome to Essendon - Cillian Bourke

Doesn’t matter, he’ll be in lucky 7 next year.

One of the best overall athletes i have seen at Essendon period. Please teach him how to play footy!!!

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He looks a powerful looking kid going off some of the photos and footage - didn’t realise how big he was until he was in a marking contest with Sharp and appeared substantially larger!

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Could be anything.

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Hire Zach Tuohy as a development coach ASAP!

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We haven’t had much luck with Irish players the last decent one we had left and played for Brisbane

Hopefully we got one here

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That’s a focussed ball drop alright

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Caught holding the ball at AFL level with that mechanical action. Hopefully it just starts like this and we see it move to phase two shortly.

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Gosh he’s been here all of 5 minutes, and he’s working on it. :laughing:

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the question on everyones mind is who took those photos?

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Looks like AI generated photos.

You can tell by the small unnatural or inconsistent details. For example, in photo 1 & 2 he has a right arm. In photo 3 he doesn’t have a right arm.

Plus, he’s Irish… but not even slightly sun burned.

Classic AI tells…

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And, not a potato in sight

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He’s one of my favourites of the summer, moves like a natural and has an intensity that we’ve been lacking.

Can’t wait to see him play an actual match, think he will be a pitbull and dare say not one ounce of effort will be spared.

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Pretty astute recruiting by our team, not sure how long we have been in to him but a little bit of research says that he was the next big thing in Gaelic footy.

We kinda stole their next Harley Reid

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@Begbie what are your thoughts on this lad? Whilst ungainly, his kicking looks ok to me from small samples. He has a good leap, seems competitive and is a good physical specimen. What are your thoughts?

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Plus he’s not moving at all in that first photo. Just standing there.

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Hello mate

Here’s my thoughts, and some vision:

https://x.com/bomberricko/status/2010172538312372320?s=46&t=y9oWYSpg8c5zTvCfVDAS8g

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Terrific, thanks mate. Sounds like lots of upside to develop. I spoke to a couple of his Irish friends who’ve travelled to the GC as part of a travelling visa and they think he’s a talented prospect. They think his leap and agility (given his speed) are traits that will serve him well.

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@dmaplestone

Yeah definite upside.

That’s encouraging thoughts from his friends.

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