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How do you know whether that's his natural weight or not? Maybe his body fat % isn't that much and he's just a ball of muscle.
Skinny flankers that take 5 years to put on any weight seem to be our preference anyway.
Essendon delisted Zac Clarke, Jake Long, Tom Jok and Trent Mynott
They wouldn’t excite our NEAFL teamNothing there that really excites me tbh
In that case, whats stopping us from moving some of our bigger salaries on to the rookie list.
Paying them outside the salary cap. etc..
Doesn’t account for natural growth though, it just uses data over the last 2 seasons so guys who should be big contributors next year (ie. Brodie, Macpherson, Bowes, Ainsworth, Rankine etc) will be considered very bad, and guys like Fiorini who had a big year this year will also be considered below average based on their development year in 2018. Our midfield needs Rowell and Anderson and that is it. Developing kpd or small defender is our biggest gap right nowJust listening to the SuperFooty podcast and their review of the trade period and the bloke from Champion Data said that we should use all 4 picks on midfielders given how bad our midfield is ranked.
If that was what the club did who would we pick at 15 and 20 that would fit the midfielder bill? Thinking we need more outside run as opposed to inside grunt, given Rowell is a given.
We do need outside speed. Not sure Weller is up to being a mid, Rankine will play mainly forward, everyone else are fairly slow.Doesn’t account for natural growth though, it just uses data over the last 2 seasons so guys who should be big contributors next year (ie. Brodie, Macpherson, Bowes, Ainsworth, Rankine etc) will be considered very bad, and guys like Fiorini who had a big year this year will also be considered below average based on their development year in 2018. Our midfield needs Rowell and Anderson and that is it. Developing kpd or small defender is our biggest gap right now
Gould reminds me of that other great sub 15 pick Jesse Lonergan
Still over seasAnother day goes by without Luko re-signing
The microscope will be on McPherson, Bowes, Ainsworth and Fiorini in 2020. Rankine is effectively a first year player and Brodie hasn't reached the same level of experience as these four. Our mid field is and has been poor and it's these 4 young players that must lift to elite levels to hold their spots in the middle. I still believe Ainsworth will end up around half forward, hopefully Bowes holds down a mid spot and McPherson - not sure where he fits with Rowell, Anderson, Greenwood and one more big body around the packs. Exciting times if we get it right.Doesn’t account for natural growth though, it just uses data over the last 2 seasons so guys who should be big contributors next year (ie. Brodie, Macpherson, Bowes, Ainsworth, Rankine etc) will be considered very bad, and guys like Fiorini who had a big year this year will also be considered below average based on their development year in 2018. Our midfield needs Rowell and Anderson and that is it. Developing kpd or small defender is our biggest gap right now
...and I forgot Swallow who has to be in there as well.The microscope will be on McPherson, Bowes, Ainsworth and Fiorini in 2020. Rankine is effectively a first year player and Brodie hasn't reached the same level of experience as these four. Our mid field is and has been poor and it's these 4 young players that must lift to elite levels to hold their spots in the middle. I still believe Ainsworth will end up around half forward, hopefully Bowes holds down a mid spot and McPherson - not sure where he fits with Rowell, Anderson, Greenwood and one more big body around the packs. Exciting times if we get it right.
I still think we are one gun mid away from being a decent AFL team, I think we are dicing with danger if all our chips are on improvement from youth to elevate us.
Totally agree - we don't have a game changer and badly need one.I still think we are one gun mid away from being a decent AFL team, I think we are dicing with danger if all our chips are on improvement from youth to elevate us.
Yeah totally, without knowing the ins and outs of the discussions that were happening it is hard to come to a solid conclusion, I would have just liked us to pick up one more good to very good mid.Given trade season has come and gone there are not many options remaining but gambling on the youth you have or drafting the next worpedo.