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I really like the look of Gresham.
A friend of mine who is a recruiter in another professional sport (US College Basketball), gave me a glimpse of the criterion sheet of things that the US scouts look for in a point guard (it's very detailed and layered). Pretty much all of the criterion are able to be applied to AFL midfielders and it's aimed at looking at how much of that players skill-set will transition into the professional game at the next level both physically and mentally.
Aside from athleticism (which we know he has), decision making and match awareness were the ones that stuck out to me; decision making had the following basic layers:
1. Is the player a good decision maker?
2. Is the player a good decision maker under duress?
3. Is the player a quick decision maker?
4. Can the player co-ordinate others during the course of play? etc (there are 27 criterion).
I know I haven't seen a whole lot of him, but Gresham definitely ticks most of those boxes from what I have seen.
I'm starting to become more and more a fan of 'strategic line drafting'. So I would love to address our KPD and midfield stocks this year given the talent available and then look to focus on the forwards either next year (with another early pick), via FA or trade (perhaps another crack at Tomlinson).
1. Weitering
8. Francis/Collins
11. Gresham
19. Dunkley/Cunningham
We address our Defence with Weitering, Collins/Francis and Plowman for the next 10 years and add some inside/outside breaking run in Gresham and then either another big bodied insider in Dunkley, or more inside/outside line breaking run in Cunningham.
A friend of mine who is a recruiter in another professional sport (US College Basketball), gave me a glimpse of the criterion sheet of things that the US scouts look for in a point guard (it's very detailed and layered). Pretty much all of the criterion are able to be applied to AFL midfielders and it's aimed at looking at how much of that players skill-set will transition into the professional game at the next level both physically and mentally.
Aside from athleticism (which we know he has), decision making and match awareness were the ones that stuck out to me; decision making had the following basic layers:
1. Is the player a good decision maker?
2. Is the player a good decision maker under duress?
3. Is the player a quick decision maker?
4. Can the player co-ordinate others during the course of play? etc (there are 27 criterion).
I know I haven't seen a whole lot of him, but Gresham definitely ticks most of those boxes from what I have seen.
I'm starting to become more and more a fan of 'strategic line drafting'. So I would love to address our KPD and midfield stocks this year given the talent available and then look to focus on the forwards either next year (with another early pick), via FA or trade (perhaps another crack at Tomlinson).
1. Weitering
8. Francis/Collins
11. Gresham
19. Dunkley/Cunningham
We address our Defence with Weitering, Collins/Francis and Plowman for the next 10 years and add some inside/outside breaking run in Gresham and then either another big bodied insider in Dunkley, or more inside/outside line breaking run in Cunningham.

