
Oakleigh Roo
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- Dec 6, 2019
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Have thought about this for a couple of weeks now. Who would you rather have? Bailey Smith or Sam Walsh?
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Bailey Smith was the Rowell of last year, but nobody cared because opposition supporters only focused on Bontempelli, Macrae and Dunkley.Matt rowell
So TarrynThe one who can kick GOALS.![]()
You have a sense his game sense isn’t brilliant. How did you come to that conclusion?I'm not a huge Walsh fan, but I'm also not sure why he ended up back on the wing against the Dees. He's a very good honest wingman (which is a great effort for a kid and phenomenal for a first year player) but a gun inside mid in the making. His work rate, contested work and ability to accumulate from the midfield is incredible and some shonky kicking doesn't matter as much from there.
Smith's pace and aggression are excellent traits, but really his pace buys him time to hit targets in big windows. I'm still not all that convinced by his kicking either. Probably haven't seen enough of him on ball due to the Dogs top end gun mids but I just have a feeling his game sense and reading of the play isn't brilliant.
Breakaway pace is absolutely gold so maybe Smith gets to Shiel/Treloar/Prestia level, none of which have ever really been regarded as great kicks - Prestia was last year. Not sure Smith is quite big and brilliant enough to be Dangerfield level and expecting any young player to be that true elite level is foolish.
If think with more time on ball Walsh quickly loses any concern that he's a bit vanilla. Some of his onball games in particular last year where fantastic and not just for accumulating stats and work rate. I'm not quite sure what that comparison for him is. Jack Macrae could be about right, another player who started on the wing, is very unassuming and is a bit iffy by foot.
I find them hard to split but in a vacuum without considering needs I'd probably still go the safer choice with Walsh.
Yup! A gun already.Matt rowell
Bailey Smith was the Rowell of last year, but nobody cared because oppositionsupportersmidfields only focused on Bontempelli, Macrae and Dunkley.
*Player from my team I just wanted to mention for no reason*Max King
off topic but on the subject of kicking you guys need to off load Suckling,his kicking is atrocious...its one of the reasons u guys won in '16The one who can kick.![]()
2001 and 2004?The only draft ever that will live upto the hype
Jack Macrae is not iffy by foot, he was first among full time mids for goal assists last season. Not many accumulators use the ball as well as Macrae, if Walsh ends up kicking like Macrae he'll be an absolute gun. If you want to compare his kicking to a Bulldog player its more like Dunkleys kicking which is pretty iffyIf think with more time on ball Walsh quickly loses any concern that he's a bit vanilla. Some of his onball games in particular last year where fantastic and not just for accumulating stats and work rate. I'm not quite sure what that comparison for him is. Jack Macrae could be about right, another player who started on the wing, is very unassuming and is a bit iffy by foot.