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winged1 said:
Or shorter
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John Nicholls always looked like a man mountain yet he was only 189cm. Admittedly very solid but that's shorter than a large number of today's midfielders and he was probably (along with Polly Farmer), the dominant ruckman of his era.
 

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briztoon said:
Not my own work I'm afraid. Found a good write up on an Essendon site and paraphrased it to a large extent. I did add a little from my own research, and some of my own observations as well.

The only knock that I read against Ainsworth is his height. No one questions his skills, athleticism or endurance. And one big positive that many analysts and scouts mention is his work ethic and drive to succeed. Same goes for McGrath, and add in his on field leadership and command of the game as another string to his bow.

Where as I have read people questioning McCluggage frame, will he be able to put on the muscle needed to compete in the AFL, without it affecting his game. People have noted McCluggage is not a contested ball winner, but rather is a player who can gather the loose ball cleanly by hand and dispose of it effectively. He doesn't hunt the ball, but rather positions himself to receive the ball, i.e. reading the game.

The biggest knocks against Brodie are his lack of top end speed, and that when pressured his disposal by hand can be poor, not the cleanest, and lead to turnovers. As an inside, contested mid, you need to have clean, accurate hands.

Biggest knocks against SPS. He had an injury plagued season and he's on the short side for an inside mid. If he was Brodie's size, he'd be up there with McCluggage vying for the number one spot in the draft.

Biggest knock on Taranto. He only plays one side of the field, the forward 50, and doesn't put in defensive work through the midfield. And again he is another who lacks top end speed. During the TAC cup, it was noted he most often played as general forward and not as a midfielder.
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You're on fire mate!
 
Len S said:
Best footballer I have seen.
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I were a mere lad when Stewart made his debut in the TFL with my then team, the mighty Hobart Tigers. In his first year, because of injury, he played more representative games than club games, IIRC. Blew the Vics away in his rep game against them, up against Alistair Lord who won the Brownlow in that year.

A very one-sided player [left foot from memory], tremendous balance and decision making, and great mark for his height. Fearless, and needed to be, as it was every teams priority to stop him whatever.

Co-incidentally, born in Queenstown, same as Alistair Lynch.
 
Len S said:
Best footballer I have seen.
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Hard to separate him and Bobby Skilton who was my all time favourite even though I was a Royboy.
 
Anyone else notice from the short video of our draft interviews that two of the players shown meeting the panel were Bowes and English. Just saying. We interviewed about 30 apparently.
 
WhiteLionFeva said:
Anyone else notice from the short video of our draft interviews that two of the players shown meeting the panel were Bowes and English. Just saying. We interviewed about 30 apparently.
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I assume we had to meet with Bowes if our trade week threats were to carry any weight.

English would be a good option if he slides.
 
WhiteLionFeva said:
Anyone else notice from the short video of our draft interviews that two of the players shown meeting the panel were Bowes and English. Just saying. We interviewed about 30 apparently.
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i hope we bid on Bowes at 3 to keep the suns honest and maybe they have English in mind for pick 21/22 if he is still available, personally i hope not but i concede Noble, Fagan, Conole and Schwab would have a tad more knowledge than me when it comes to recruitment/list management.
 

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TheBrownDog said:
I assume we had to meet with Bowes if our trade week threats were to carry any weight.

English would be a good option if he slides.
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Before winning The Recruit you'd just about bet the farm that English was in our cross hairs with an earlier selection. He somehow gets to the second round after Freo knock him back in favour of SPS we'd be mad not to pick him up.
 

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St Kilda list manager Tony Elshaug is the guest on Road to the Draft, and Twomey asked him for his top three for the draft, and after a bit of talk about the other top kids in the draft; SPS, Setterfield, Bowes and Brodie, he lists, in no particular order, McCluggage, Ainsworth and McGrath as his top three.
 
briztoon said:
St Kilda list manager Tony Elshaug is the guest on Road to the Draft, and Twomey asked him for his top three for the draft, and after a bit of talk about the other top kids in the draft; SPS, Setterfield, Bowes and Brodie, he lists, in no particular order, McCluggage, Ainsworth and McGrath as his top three.
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we can't go wrong then.
 

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