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Nothing like a tall mobile mid fielder inside and outside and has a nice long raking kick on him.

Apparently he can also play a bit up forward as well as he has a bit of nice height to him.

Handy tall mobile option mostly across the mid field.

Could turn out to be a real top quick winger type.
He and Reef could be twins.
 
Dominated the combine with 1st in the 20M sprint (2nd best ever) 5th in agility (@194cm and 83kg) and top 10 vertical jump.

And for those desperately hating Hine saying "another athletic utility who can't play footy" . . .

His old man is Freo royalty.

So yeah he has the basics covered.
Van Es also had 3 top 10 finishes at the combine and is 196cm and 97 kgs.
It’s a mystery how he’s not figuring in many discussions- hopefully some one in the know can enlighten us.
 

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With those athletic attributes, ability to play anywhere and accumulate the footy, I wonder whether he projects to be a long term Crisp replacement.

I hopped onto the Hawks board, specifically to see if they thought the trade up to #18 was in anticipation of us taking Weddle… anyway they seemed to compare Weddle to Crisp more than any other player.
 
Dominated the combine with 1st in the 20M sprint (2nd best ever) 5th in agility (@194cm and 83kg) and top 10 vertical jump.

And for those desperately hating Hine saying "another athletic utility who can't play footy" . . .

His old man is Freo royalty.

So yeah he has the basics covered.

Freo royalty… pfft. Better to call him a Hawthorn premiership player, best and fairest and dual all Australian ( while a Hawk). That’s a bigger credit on the cv.
 
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I'm all for due diligence but having our recruitment team check out teenagers bedrooms sounds like something the media would blow up into something. :tearsofjoy:
Stringer must be a pro scout then. Didn't even ask if they like footy.
 
Nothing like a tall mobile mid fielder inside and outside and has a nice long raking kick on him.

Apparently he can also play a bit up forward as well as he has a bit of nice height to him.

Handy tall mobile option mostly across the mid field.

Could turn out to be a real top quick winger type.

I think he’ll start out playing a similar role to Lipinski but in the VFL, and go from there. By no means do I think he is limited to outside mid in the medium term.
 

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I also really like the kids like Cripps and Callaghan who do puberty late so spend a few years as the runts of the team. Teaches them styles of play and options that a bigger kid might not have to worry about. Get the spurt and suddenly you are the big bloke, with Allen also with elite athletic attributes.

Potentially already has a well rounded game because of this but still are learning how to use their new height and size to advantage. Cripps after a few seasons became a pack marking option at times on the forward line as an example. Allen will learn more about his size and serious speed over the next few seasons. Reckon this can translate into special. I am hyped if you cant tell.
He's our best first draftee since Nick Daicos.
 

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On Allan - looks okay from the highlights, but looks better when viewed in relation to the testing (in particular height and speed). Which is a worry, because it suggests that he doesn't really use either.

I'd love to see him develop to make use of his speed, and he looks like he might do well to sharpen his kicking up a little bit (from the highlights obvioulsy). Not dissimilar to Reef to be honest
 
The Collingwood romantic in me has been waiting 25 years to see what Lee Walker could have been without those knees of his.

Yeah sure Ed is projected to be more of a midfield option but if adds a couple of more centimetres and continues to fill out over the next few years then this tall, athletically gifted West Australian with the sun bleached brown hair more than fits the bill.
 
The Collingwood romantic in me has been waiting 25 years to see what Lee Walker could have been without those knees of his.

Yeah sure Ed is projected to be more of a midfield option but if adds a couple of more centimetres and continues to fill out over the next few years then this tall, athletically gifted West Australian with the sun bleached brown hair more than fits the bill.



can we leave Lee Walker out of this! I had such high hopes:'(
 

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