AFL Player 9: Sullivan Robey - 192cm mid-forward, Welcome to Essendon!

[Nuggs Bunny]

What the ****

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He looks like that at 18. Life's just not fair

 

[Call Me Cake]

wtf i love richmond now

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Christian Bock or GTFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bahaha I was trying to remember who that was - that was the picture in my head

 

[Corleone]

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I absolutely can't believe how developed he and Sharp are. Is this real life?

 

[naraku]

I thought Sharp would be there abouts for Round one, but looking at Sully, he is certainly a possibility as well.

 

[Duckworth]

What the ****

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zero pre-seasons.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Pick 9.

Same guernsey number too.

 

[The Donners]

What the ****

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Looks like he’s been in the system 4-5 years.

 

[MiguelM]

Amazing condition the new boys are in.

Pretty sad indictment of our former conditioning program though. Shows how far behind AFL level we were. Fair bit related to our recruiting too.

 

[Andronicus]

I absolutely can't believe how developed he and Sharp are. Is this real life?

We can turn that around pretty damn fast.

 

[Yoda_]

I literally drive past Rowville FNC on Stud Rd on way to/from work.

Makes me smile as a little reminder we took this kid. Haven’t had a kid on the list with this much potential since, well ever?

Accumulator, goal kicker, line breaking mid, marking forward. Shown some wares in all of these areas

 

[JT_the_Man]

While I'm confident that Sharp is ready made, I was slightly less confident about Robey... After looking at that picture, I don't think the physicality will be an issue early for him.

 

[Gabe251]

While I'm confident that Sharp is ready made, I was slightly less confident about Robey... After looking at that picture, I don't think the physicality will be an issue early for him.

I was also worried about this. Feeling better!

 

[brownezaka]

As physically developed Robey is, I hope he plays a good stint in the VFL before getting a gig in the seniors. VFL would be a huge jump in standard compared to anything he has previously played. Sharp is ready to play AFL and has the runs on the board against good competition. The last thing we need to do is deprive Robey of gaining the confidence he would get in the vfl.

 

[King Patty]

As physically developed Robey is, I hope he plays a good stint in the VFL before getting a gig in the seniors. VFL would be a huge jump in standard compared to anything he has previously played. Sharp is ready to play AFL and has the runs on the board against good competition. The last thing we need to do is deprive Robey of gaining the confidence he would get in the vfl.

It all depends, on getting through the preseason unscathed, I'm sure he will get opportunities in practice matches. And also other players health.

Then if not selected in AFL round 1 he might do a zaharakis and kick 5 and have 30 disposals in his first VFL match and never look back.

 

[Pweter]

What the ****

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Is this saying that the u18 teams have better strength and conditioning staff than Essendon? Since when do our players look like that?

 

[JT_the_Man]

As physically developed Robey is, I hope he plays a good stint in the VFL before getting a gig in the seniors. VFL would be a huge jump in standard compared to anything he has previously played. Sharp is ready to play AFL and has the runs on the board against good competition. The last thing we need to do is deprive Robey of gaining the confidence he would get in the vfl.

I don't disagree with this. However this has eased my concerns on the physical side of things if the coaches decide he is up to speed of the game on the football side.

 

[King Patty]

Is this saying that the u18 teams have better strength and conditioning staff than Essendon? Since when do our players look like that?

He had a home gym, its good, they are top picks, but Robey and Farrow did it the hard way, both coming back from missing teams earlier in the year, to be arguably the best player in their state.

The comparison to O'Meara got me.

 

[King Patty]

As physically developed Robey is, I hope he plays a good stint in the VFL before getting a gig in the seniors.

 

[Zach Package]

What the ****

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[Call Me Cake]

What the ****

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[JayJ20]

As physically developed Robey is, I hope he plays a good stint in the VFL before getting a gig in the seniors. VFL would be a huge jump in standard compared to anything he has previously played. Sharp is ready to play AFL and has the runs on the board against good competition. The last thing we need to do is deprive Robey of gaining the confidence he would get in the vfl.

I agree 100%. I feel like that's where we went wrong with Perkins.

 

[Petrify]

Twomey reporting if Richmond took Robey we were going to take Sharp + Farrow then Lindsay after Melbourne's picks. What a massive swing

 

[Skipper_]

Twomey reporting if Richmond took Robey we were going to take Sharp + Farrow then Lindsay after Melbourne's picks. What a massive swing

Pretty crazy that one selection was the difference between us taking a guy ranked borderline top 5 on most draft boards instead of a guy ranked in the mid to late teens.

I’m sure Grlj will be a very good player for Richmond, but the cards sure did fall our away.