Best first year player

[Enviable Tradition]

It's going to be a debate all year I feel for who is the best first year player of the 4 of Drew, Rosee, Butters and Duursma.

At this stage you could make a case for any one of them.

My order at this stage would be...

Butters
Duursma
Drew
Rosee

But you could put them in the exact opposite order and I wouldn't really bat an eyelid (bar Butters being 4th).

What's your prediction for this years award?

Is there anyone else you think is a smoky?

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[raman]

Good thread.

 

[dirty2]

1. drew

 

[Portmanteau]

Hard to separate Butters, Duursma and Drew currently - I would suggest all have performed at an A level (relative to expectations, experience etc). Rozee more of an A-/B+ but almost certainly has the highest upside among the group. I don’t want to say Nat Fyfe but I just did so,

 

[Magus]

Drew isn't a first year player though.

At the mo I'd say

1. Butters
2. Rozee
3. Duursma

But there's not much between them.

 

[jakey]

Drew is the most fully developed. The other 3 I don't have a clear sense of where their ceiling is yet.

 

[cmpower]

On what they’ve done so far at this stage
Drew
Butters
Duursma
Rozee

But there’s something special about Butters, he’ll finish as a 3 time Gavin Wanganeen Medallist.

I havent been this excited about player for a long time

 

[Killer Power]

By year end I expect it to be:
Butters
Rozee
Drew
Duursma

The fact that it could easily be any other combination is exciting. Great work by the recruiting dept.

 

[Grave Danger]

Woodcock!

 

[JUSTWORK]

Drew is in his first year of playing AFL as as he has only just debuted, but is not a first year player.

To early to split any of Rozee, Butters and Duursma. All very good.

 

[RossFC]

My rankings so far

1. Butters
2. Rozee
3. Duursma
4. Pudney
5. Cox
6. Frederick
7. Woodcock
8. Grundy (yet to play)

 

[Duck Farmer]

1. Duursma
2. Butters
3. Rozee

 

[Leaveit2charlie]

Best first year player plus Drew.

Drew.
Duursma.
Butters.
Rozee.

Maybe Rozee.
Rozee has the tougher gig.

Find out a bit more when we get rolled a couple of times and see who goes missing.

 

[Smithy7]

Drew is in his first year of playing AFL as as he has only just debuted, but is not a first year player.

To early to split any of Rozee, Butters and Duursma. All very good.

Oh .. has Drew played for Power before ..
Read first post ....
"It's going to be a debate all year I feel for who is the best first year player of the 4 of Drew, Rozee, Butters and Duursma".

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Based on the two games so far? Drew easily

Rozee plays the toughest position where you don't get the ball much.

 

[chickentendies]

1. Drew
2. Duursma
3. Rozee
4. Butters

All fantastic, I think Duursma is most underrated out of the 4 for sure.

 

[Chokito]

Duursma for me but heck I can’t deter from the Butters hype. It’s tantalizing.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Oh .. has Drew played for Power before ..
Read first post ....
"It's going to be a debate all year I feel for who is the best first year player of the 4 of Drew, Rozee, Butters and Duursma".

To be honest I thought our best first year player award was for players who played their first game that year.

It seems I might have gotten that wrong.

I still think it is a more interesting conversation if you leave Drew in and probably more relevant for our season and future.

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[Tibbs]

Butters ... Showing scintillating Robbie Gray-like traits. Going to be special!
Drew ... Showing such composure & footy smarts. Looks likely to become a star mid
Duursma ... OK, I'll say it. That ability of his to burst through the middle has "Dangerfield" written all over it. Port nailed this draft pick!
Rozee ... He is last but not least. Only because his exploits the last two weeks have been more steady & subdued. Despite this, I get the sense that he will become the biggest star of the lot. Future captain, Brownlow, AA. While the others are bursting with energy & excitement, he looks like a simmering volcano. I reckon he has the highest ceiling of the lot.

The development of these four, along with Hayes, Marshall, SPP, and Atley. Along with other young players like Amon, Clurey, Bonner, Howard, Burton, Farrell, Lienert, and Houston et-al ... Under the leadership of Ollie Wines, and future head-coach Jarrad Schofield, makes for a very exciting future!

 

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[Willsy10]

They've all had very promising starts, hard to split them. I feel that Drew has barely put a foot wrong so far though, but he has had an extra couple years in the system to the other 3.

 

[Schulzenfest]

#teambutters

Butters, Drew, Rozee, Duursma for mine. I'm not sure I trust Duursma just yet. He's got all the physical tools but he still has too many nervy moments IMO. Happy to keep playing him though because the potential is there and the only way he's gonna gain that confidence is with experience.

 

[RangaInTeal]

PAFC Juniors 2019
Best Players: All Played well

 

[TheFVK]

I'm just going to say it.

Zak Butters = Robbie Gray
Xavier Dwrsma = Patrick Dangerfield
Willem Drew = Joel Corey
Connor Rozee = Nathan Fyfe