Player Watch Ed Allan

[neilk]

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.

 

[No SPIN]

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.

 

[Pistol Night]

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.

Intercept marking machine. Uses it well. Perfect Howe replacement.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Yeah I think there’s been a bit of mayo added just quietly.

20kg of mayo would garnish a lot of salads.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

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.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

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.

 

[manicpie]

Does he have an aerial game?

I think he plays quidditch in his spare time

 

[manicpie]

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.

How dare they

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Get him on the Maynard diet asap.

 

[left at home]

They got excited that’s for sure, good to see, a lot better some of the others who looked liked they were sucking on a lemon to much

 

[Jasper84]

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.

Stringer must be a pro scout then. Didn't even ask if they like footy.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

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.

 

[TradeDraft]

 

[Horaceg]

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.

I little creepy

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Intercept marking machine. Uses it well. Perfect Howe replacement.

Gives me more Sam Taylor vibes.

 

[Jelly Bean]

Wes Fellowes must be a gun

Why? Wes Fellowes didn't win a B&F in a flag year.

 

[sr36]

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.

 

[Crazy Tails]

Wonder what number he will get now that we have allowed ND to stay in the 35?

 

[Mollythedolly]

Wes Fellowes must be a gun

I don’t recall a premiership that year…

 

[Jelly Bean]

I don’t recall a premiership that year…

In fact, Wes barely played at all (if at all) in 1990, because Monky and Manson took the ruck.

 

[Jelly Bean]

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

 

[swoop42]

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.

 

[cakewalk06]

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

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

Wes Fellowes must be a gun

I must have forgotten about Collingwood winning the premiership in 1986...

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

In fact, Wes barely played at all (if at all) in 1990, because Monky and Manson took the ruck.

He left the club in 1989.