Toast Rookie pick #11: Welcome to the kennel Bradley Lynch

[Igloo]

Love that ability to kick on both feet. Looks seamless for him.

 

[the conch]

Good to know mate. Any insight on a nickname?

Swampy's mate?

 

[Turtle3]

Wonder if he's the reason we didn't go for Bonner - seems to have similar attributes at a vastly cheaper price
I assume also scouting Adams as much as we did enabled us to get a really good look at him and notice his progression through the year


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[JAMES_B_101]

Wonder if he's the reason we didn't go for Bonner - seems to have similar attributes at a vastly cheaper price
I assume also scouting Adams as much as we did enabled us to get a really good look at him and notice his progression through the year


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I thought Adams was West Perth and Lynch Swan Districts, either way I hope our WA based crew have done their job well here.

 

[Pugz89]

Tis interesting that this year we've gone for several interstaters, before this year, we seemed to stick with Vic players. I wonder if it is a conscious shift that now we've improved on field, we aren't as worried about losing them back to their home state? Seems an out of the box idea/justification but would be interesting to know.

 

[JAMES_B_101]

Liking what I'm seeing in this kid, fingers crossed he develops well in an AFL system

 

[shrekswamp15]

Good to know mate. Any insight on a nickname?

With a surname like lynch it becomes a bit hard to get another nickname to stick ,other than lynchy, but spider was a bit prominent due to how gangly he is

 

[GreatSouthWest]

Tis interesting that this year we've gone for several interstaters, before this year, we seemed to stick with Vic players. I wonder if it is a conscious shift that now we've improved on field, we aren't as worried about losing them back to their home state? Seems an out of the box idea/justification but would be interesting to know.

We did hammer SA last year.
Dawned on me yesterday. Two WA boys. Been quite a while since we'd gone with WA picks. Probably JJ was the last, and before that Schofield (?)

 

[razrblayd]

all doubters of his ability shall now be known as 'the lynch mob'

 

[bobby2]

Tis interesting that this year we've gone for several interstaters, before this year, we seemed to stick with Vic players. I wonder if it is a conscious shift that now we've improved on field, we aren't as worried about losing them back to their home state? Seems an out of the box idea/justification but would be interesting to know.

Maybe our recruiting department has expanded. If we had fewer people in the past, it may have been harder to assess interstate players. It's also possible that Macca was very big on Victorian players, because we've only really looked to other states since he left.

 

[bobs head soup]

Wonder if he's the reason we didn't go for Bonner - seems to have similar attributes at a vastly cheaper price
I assume also scouting Adams as much as we did enabled us to get a really good look at him and notice his progression through the year


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You could say we've recruited 3 Bonner types this off season - Suckling, Williams & Lynch - all rangy, athletic winger/back flanker types.

 

[JAMES_B_101]

You could say we've recruited 3 Bonner types this off season - Suckling, Williams & Lynch - all rangy, athletic winger/back flanker types.

I believe Williams plays his best footy around the clearences.

 

[DognBones]

Tis interesting that this year we've gone for several interstaters, before this year, we seemed to stick with Vic players. I wonder if it is a conscious shift that now we've improved on field, we aren't as worried about losing them back to their home state? Seems an out of the box idea/justification but would be interesting to know.

There's always risk in recruiting Western Australians, many of them get 'homesick' and want to return home. Hopefully, we've done our due diligence and found a few who are stickers. Of course, if they turn out to be good players, they can be used in trades later on if it becomes necessary.

 

[Pugz89]

There's always risk in recruiting Western Australians, many of them get 'homesick' and want to return home. Hopefully, we've done our due diligence and found a few who are stickers. Of course, if they turn out to be good players, they can be used in trades later on if it becomes necessary.

Adams is 22, and i think it was his cousin who posted on here said he was actually keen to come over to Melbourne. Would imagine he is a 5% risk at most of being a flightrisk. Not too sure on Bradley's circumstances though. Bevo seems like a cool cat, and any signs of homesickness will be picked up quickly and things will be put in place.

 

[bobs head soup]

I believe Williams plays his best footy around the clearences.

Dalrymple has described him as a half back/mid type. With his frame that's where I think his initial chances will come. A good inside game is a big plus though.

 

[bobs head soup]

There's always risk in recruiting Western Australians, many of them get 'homesick' and want to return home. Hopefully, we've done our due diligence and found a few who are stickers. Of course, if they turn out to be good players, they can be used in trades later on if it becomes necessary.

Coming over at 22 is probably a lot easier than a 17/18 year old I'd imagine, which would probably reduce the homesickness factor.

 

[VitalDread]

Realized that if i grow my mo and shave my head, i look almost exactly like Bradley

 

[JAMES_B_101]

He strangely reminds me of Dustin martin. In his jumper announcement video he didn't strike me as being particularly well spoken either. Will be interesting to see how he progresses because he certainly has talent.

 

[Testekill]

Realized that if i grow my mo and shave my head, i look almost exactly like Bradley

You really would.

 

[VitalDread]

You really would.

my goal is to get a photo with him now

 

[VitalDread]

 

[Testekill]

Uncanny

 

[dogwatch]

Separated at birth. For sure.

So did we get the good brother this time?

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Separated at birth. For sure.

So did we get the good brother this time?

I guess that depends whether you're asking this on the basis of footballing ability or Robin Nahas rumour generating ability.

 

[Zeno The Great]

Doesn't strike me as the next Rhodes scholar to come out of whitten oval but as long as he can slice open a fwd line with his silky skills i won't complain.