Kennedy Parker
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Always find these talks pretty interesting each year and curious which players everyone thought were going to take the step up this season.
For mine the obvious choice is Jordan Dawson who we got a glimpse of in the senior side late last year, great overhead mark, powerful kicking, he's had an impressive pre-season so far and I think he'd kick on this year and play a lot of games in the senior team.
Tom Papley is an established player in the team that I could see going to another level. Seems to be the plan that he'll spend more time in the midfield, I've been a bit sceptical of the move prior because he's always been a natural forward with fantastic goal sense so I thought that taking him out of the forward 50 would be a net negative. Apparently though IIRC it's the first time he's had an uninterrupted pre-season in his career and with a stronger fitness base he's looked ok up the ground in the pre-season games and can win his own ball and some clearances. The new rules could benefit him as he could enjoy the space at the centre bounce with his explosive speed. He has the attributes to become a 20 disposal a week mid and still manage to kick close to 30 goals in the season which would be a great asset for us.
For mine the obvious choice is Jordan Dawson who we got a glimpse of in the senior side late last year, great overhead mark, powerful kicking, he's had an impressive pre-season so far and I think he'd kick on this year and play a lot of games in the senior team.
Tom Papley is an established player in the team that I could see going to another level. Seems to be the plan that he'll spend more time in the midfield, I've been a bit sceptical of the move prior because he's always been a natural forward with fantastic goal sense so I thought that taking him out of the forward 50 would be a net negative. Apparently though IIRC it's the first time he's had an uninterrupted pre-season in his career and with a stronger fitness base he's looked ok up the ground in the pre-season games and can win his own ball and some clearances. The new rules could benefit him as he could enjoy the space at the centre bounce with his explosive speed. He has the attributes to become a 20 disposal a week mid and still manage to kick close to 30 goals in the season which would be a great asset for us.