Bentleigh said:
Tenace?
At this stage id want (in order);
- Cooney
- Tenace
- Ray
- Walker
- McLean
- Sylvia
Does anyone else reckon McLean looks rather slow?
McLean is slow. Fortunately for Brock he read the play better than most AFL players going around. A natural footy brain, this can be ahrd to gauge unless you've seen him play a fair bit of footy.
Melbourne could have taken Tenace over Brock, but we have Tenace type players already and wanted an endurance type midfielder who can run all day and get he ball a lot.
I did that comparison on the top 5 picks, but to be honest I would slot Tenace in with Brock and Cooney, he's a different type of player though, so for Melbourne i'd take Brocky, for Geelong I'd take Tenace. I'm happy Melbourne selected Brock over Tenace, the kid will play a lot of very reliable, accountable footy and get a lot of the ball.
Sylvia is the real unknown out of the 6 top picks. People have called him slow, but as evidenced above, he was in the top 10 pecent for sprints and agility and had the best vertical leap from that draft. He's had oP whcih he is over now, give him time before evaluating Sylvia.
But I would say Cooney is the clear front runner, Brock and Tenace not far behind. Ray and Walker have shown a glimpse of brilliance or two, and Sylvia hasn't really been given any chances yet.
remember Sylvia won a B & F ahead of Walker, and his bendigo coach reckons he was better htan Solly and Taz. He has a very good pedigree, coming from people who should know. People writing him off are just as bad as people who talk him up too much.
From what I've heard he's a confidence tpye player, so he may still be adjusting to life in melbourne (he's settle d in with a gf now, so that might be oging ok I'd imagine) and from all acounts he's meant to be a bit of a nice guy off the field, so it's probably all too much for him right now, once he finds out where he fits in, he'll play to his ability.