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[IhateMondays]

Thinking of getting a new, cheap defender for my SC team seeing as Proud and S.D Thompson may not keep getting games. Options are:

Ellis, 258,300. Scored 64,84 in first 2 games.
Grundy, 175,000. 51,75
Nicoski, 236,100. 82,33
Taylor, 94,200. 90 (only 1 game)
N.J Brown, 94,200. 85,49

Currently thinking Grundy or Brown, but thoughts are appreciated.

 

[speaknoevil]

Spartan made a good point in a previous thread that NJ Brown might well have cemented his spot in the Collingwood side. Looks good and so far has some decent scores despite only 11 possessions in 2 games - so does plenty of good off the ball work. Was impressive against J Brown on the weekend.

On the basis of his pre-season (toweled J Brown and Richo to name two) and his debut against Essendon on the weekend, Harry Taylor looks brilliant.

Problem is that Geelong have a habit of giving first year players very few games (Selwood was an exception last season). Matty Stokes was a mature age recruit (as is Taylor) and only played 9 in his first season. I fear that Taylor might suffer from that fate. He looks to have the ability to be a first year gun, but might suffer due to the above barring one or two injuries on the Geelong backline.

Still, that's all speculation and I haven't seen any specific comments from the Geelong coaches.

Personally am not a huge fan of Ellis despite his cheap price as he seems to be more of a link man and doesn't attempt to be a damaging back. Looks like a give and go man. I was on the Hawthorn board earlier, and while he definitely has fans, many posters on that board are relatively critical of him. He is a very high draft pick but so far has seemed to be a low impact player.

Others may disagree, those are just my impressions. Hope it can be of some use.

SNE

 

[a1118374]

i'm thinking n.brown. should play a lot and will be a good backup if not used for money, nickoski also but hey its 140k difference