AFL Player 26: Archer May

[Chief Hopper]

Magpies will be filthy

Well let's see if we can hold on to him.

Our team likely isn't going to be competing much in the next 2-3 years.

 

[Blind Turn]

Imagine him with a couple more years under the belt and a midfield that occasionally takes control.

 

[Zach Package]

Like it plenty

Good skills for a big boy too

 

[Halloween Jack]

Can't believe we fell for the pies tricks and picked this bloke

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

Can't believe we fell for the pies tricks and picked this bloke

The coping in the Collingwood board after it (ranging from "Essendon just want to **** us over" to "poverty club getting excited about a midseason draftee") was hilarious. My boy looks like a keeper.

 

[NAB777]

Ex rower, big engine...very promising signs.

 

[jmoo wan]

Hang on... we like private school kids now?

 

[ant555]

Hang on... we like private school kids now?

Only the bad ones. No school captain types.

 

[cAsEy_18]

He does look a potentially good prototype to pair with Caddy. I've been almost caller #1 in wanting to avoid going too big up forward. But there were multiple times last night where one of Caddy, Wright and May kicked it to another one of the trio at about the wing/half forward. And knowing we had the 3rd still ahead of the ball as a target was exciting.

I'm concerned May goes out for Langford though in the next couple of weeks. Caddy, May, Wright with a ruck is juuuuuust okay in regard to height. Adding Langford to that mix feels too much.

I'd hope not. Good chance to have 6-8 games to play as a tandem/trio and see if we've got something.

 

[JT_the_Man]

I like the idea of Caddy/May being our long term key forward pairing. He showed a lot of promise last night.

 

[andleanback]

Hang on... we like private school kids now?

A private school kid that was willing to go and live in Perth to help his career. They’re the type of private school kids we like. The kids who have got everything they’ve ever wanted on a silver platter meh, the kids who have had to fight through some set backs gimme

 

[Yoda_]

He does look a potentially good prototype to pair with Caddy. I've been almost caller #1 in wanting to avoid going too big up forward. But there were multiple times last night where one of Caddy, Wright and May kicked it to another one of the trio at about the wing/half forward. And knowing we had the 3rd still ahead of the ball as a target was exciting.

I'm concerned May goes out for Langford though in the next couple of weeks though. Caddy, May, Wright with a ruck is juuuuuust okay in regard to height. Adding Langford to that mix feels too much.

I'd hope not. Good chance to have 6-8 games to play as a tandem/trio and see if we've got something.

Wright did a fair bit of rucking last night, even for him

 

[jmoo wan]

A private school kid that was willing to go and live in Perth to help his career. They’re the type of private school kids we like. The kids who have got everything they’ve ever wanted on a silver platter meh, the kids who have had to fight through some set backs gimme

hahahaha- you reckon May was doing it tough in Perth?!

 

[Yoda_]

Think a few Essendon supporters have not seen how quietly well this bloke has slotted into our forward group calling the Voss delisting a mistake.

2 goals, 14 possessions in his second start at AFL level is impressive. Think we've found something if he can continue to work on the chemistry with Caddy & Co. then maybe the KPF's could be set from striking gold with this bloke in the MSD

 

[MiguelM]

Think a few Essendon supporters have not seen how quietly well this bloke has slotted into our forward group calling the Voss delisting a mistake.

2 goals, 14 possessions in his second start at AFL level is impressive. Think we've found something if he can continue to work on the chemistry with Caddy & Co. then maybe the KPF's could be set from striking gold with this bloke in the MSD

For his second game he looked right at home at senior level. He is only going to get stronger. Going to be a hard matchup and might take the best defender off Caddy.

If Jones can pull his finger out and command a wing/forward, with 2MP we will a daunting team to match up on.

Thing with May is he is a competitive beast and will bring the smalls/mids into play more.

Play Lual and Martin fwd of centre when we get players back and we might just be going somewhere.

 

[Yoda_]

For his second game he looked right at home at senior level. He is only going to get stronger. Going to be a hard matchup and might take the best defender off Caddy.

If Jones can pull his finger out and command a wing/forward, with 2MP we will a daunting team to match up on.

Thing with May is he is a competitive beast and will bring the smalls/mids into play more.

Play Lual and Martin fwd of centre when we get players back and we might just be going somewhere.

I’m liking Wroghts career renaissance in 2025 but something about May that says ‘get out of my way’ that 2MP doesn’t have.

Agree that it’s incredibly exciting with May and Caddy as key pillars

 

[Mikevk123]

Think a few Essendon supporters have not seen how quietly well this bloke has slotted into our forward group calling the Voss delisting a mistake.

2 goals, 14 possessions in his second start at AFL level is impressive. Think we've found something if he can continue to work on the chemistry with Caddy & Co. then maybe the KPF's could be set from striking gold with this bloke in the MSD

Voss has been pretty good for Freo. Our supporters saw his talent and he has ability.

Probably works better with Amiss and Treacy though

 

[Old Campaigner]

Think a few Essendon supporters have not seen how quietly well this bloke has slotted into our forward group calling the Voss delisting a mistake.

wot

 

[jannissary]

quietly think he’ll end up taking kyle langford

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Kyle Langford

Age

29

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.7

4star

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

3star

G

0.7

4star

D

8.2

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

’s spot in the forward line. extremely good size for his age

 

[dank420_]

Loudly I reckon imo

 

[Blind Turn]

Loudly I reckon imo

Just loudly, I think you might be on to something.

 

[FlyingV]

Hang on... we like private school kids now?

No we like country kids, ffs jmoo keep up you’re clearly a public school kid

 

[Yoda_]

Can we just nickname him barrels already

 

[Happyskeret]

What a nice little purple patch he had. He looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders before his first goal. It was great to see his face light up after the second and 3rd goal. Hope he feels like he belongs there now. He can kick a nice long bomb too.

 

[naraku]

He has a lot of work to do of course, but there is plenty to get excited about with this kid.