essendon rookies

[david9]

gday fellas
just wondering which of the essendon rookies you think will stay.
at the moment there is davies, lovett, lovett murray, cosgriff, wilson and summers.
who do you think will stay and go
comments on individual players would be appreciated thanks guys

 

[jodo27]

Lovett, Lovett-Murray and Wilson should all stay ...The others I suspect will be cut loose.

 

[pazza]

Cosgriff and Summers are probably off and then Davies.

 

[raine86]

i would say both lovett and lovett - murray would stay
davies probably to go

 

[Longy413]

Lovett and Lovett-Murray are cert's to stay
Wilson is a very good chance as well.

Pete Summers is gone, worst player to be on an Essendon list in a long time.
The other two are a toss up.

 

[david9]

why do you say that about summers?
what do other people think?
agree that wilson and the lovetts should stay

 

[Longy413]

why do you say that about summers?

Because he is crap.

Poor skills, slow as a wet week, cant find the footy.

Good enough?

 

[pazza]

Summers was another "victim" of Banfield's coaching.

Only got limited game time when selected.

It is believed he was selected in part due to his mateship of fellow Northern Knights boys Stanton and Dyson.

 

[MOJOE]

Would love Essendon to Rookie Chris Goullet next season.

Maybe he's another 'grandson of a gun' that may work for us... along with J Hird!

 

[Longy413]

Summers was another "victim" of Banfield's coaching.

Only got limited game time when selected.

It is believed he was selected in part due to his mateship of fellow Northern Knights boys Stanton and Dyson.

Pete Summers was a victim of not being a very good footballer.

22 doesn't go into 18.

 

[Bomaz_Magic]

Wilson would fit in very nicely on the HBF allowing Rama to play on the wing. Lovett would be the quick midfielder (in bursts) and crumbing forward we have lacked. NLM not overly impressed with his second half of the season and I don't think any of the other rookies will cut. Perhaps if James Davies got some guts and courage he'd be alright.

 

[Longy413]

Perhaps if James Davies got some guts and courage he'd be alright.

Davies last 4 weeks were pretty good.
He lifted his tempo and aggression and was more commited with his second efforts. Was also used in a tagging role to good effect. If his first two seasons were anything like his last 4 games he would have played 20 games of senior footy.


Could be too little too late though.

 

[pazza]

On Goullet, it wouldn't surprise me if he was to join Bendigo directly first. Did have a good season with the Bernies, but, 1 more year won't hurt before we could consider him.

 

[david9]

i strongly doubt whether chris goullet will get rookied by essendon this year
his best chance would have been last year when he decent year for calder but was overlooked because he is fairly slow and one dimensional.
although he may have had a good year for st bernards, this does not mean he has worked on these key weaknesses.
playing amateurs is very different to playing vfl as a young player.
there are very few players to even play a game in the vfl in their first season out of the under 18s.
to get a game you have to be a pretty good player.

 

[david9]

and by the way, summers was an oakleigh chargers boy he did not know stants and dyson.
had limited game time did summers.
did he have a problem with banfield?

 

[pazza]

With Bendigo set to have VFL Reserves line-up in the not to distant future, it is quite conceivable that a lot of players who have fallen through the cracks it would appear might come up, hence that will be from where the likes of Goullet, Josh Madden and James Ezard will get a crack from.

 

[Longy413]

With Bendigo set to have VFL Reserves line-up in the not to distant future, it is quite conceivable that a lot of players who have fallen through the cracks it would appear might come up, hence that will be from where the likes of Goullet, Josh Madden and James Ezard will get a crack from.

Getting them to train in Bendigo will be the only downfall. Coburg have a history of attracting ex-Cannons players.

 

[Longy413]

and by the way, summers was an oakleigh chargers boy

Correct, via Northern Bullants. Despite the Bullants and the Knights sharing a ground not sure what connection he has with Dyson and Stanton

did he have a problem with banfield?

He was just no good. Simple as that.

 

[Awesome Scotty]

Correct, via Northern Bullants. Despite the Bullants and the Knights sharing a ground not sure what connection he has with Dyson and Stanton



He was just no good. Simple as that.

He was good at high school, dominated heaps of game buthe just isnt upto VFL and AFL level

 

[Awesome Scotty]

I wouldnt mind rookie drafting James Ezard. He has had a few good games for Calder.