Draft: Stephen Hill

[Merv]

IIRC Kerr was only around 67kgs when drafted.

That's possible but he is also only 178 cms and is quite thick set and strong.

Hill is a stick and imo will never bulk up to the required level for a Mid.

Like GoDons said, good players will overcome physical deficiencies but for everyone that does, there are many more that don't.

 

[dapto]

With respect to the comparative values posters have assessed Hill viz a viz his opportunity cost here....

This whole thread is a total spook.

A fringe journalist, even by Western Australian standards, has invented something from naught; in A Sunday paper in perth. It fits their advertisers bill perfectly.

And look at what Jay Clark actually says.

"The Bombers, already with seven West Australians on their list, look set to snare the athletic, whippy midfielder with the fifth pick in the AFL National Draft in three weeks' time."

Really, we 'look set to snare'?? Because he fits the WA profile our club has decided must be best available footballer.

Or the only other reference to Hill coming to the bombers is this....

"Hill, a classy left-footer capable of playing half-back or on a wing, fit s the Bombers' plan to nurture quick and exciting ball-carriers."

'Fit s the plan'.......please this journo is possibly just a clumsy cadet who has probably got the idea for the story from here.

Did any other paper in the news limited arm syndicate the story on the eastern seaboard????? No.

It is ironic that Jay Clarke makes a bigger impact in print because he provided nothing to back up that article but if he had of done it online then his two feeble references, quoted above, the whole idea would have been negotiated differently. Not to say what is said on this site is correct but if you look at the balance of his article it casts real doubt to believe he was reporting anyhting of substance.

The article is a beat up. The most provincial kind.

 

[Slattery_20]

Seems a bit harsh dap (these articles appear in every paper this time of year) - but probably right.