Player Watch Max Michalanney

[ringo200]

Interestingly it was his older brother Tom who had a bit of fuss about him as a footballer then went down the cycling path

Cat B rookie?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

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Now we have a generation of supporters growing up with our club, hopefully improves our retention of players who want to play for us.

Different from growing up watching sanfl.

 

[GreyCrow]

Now we have a generation of supporters growing up with our club, hopefully improves our retention of players who want to play for us.

Different from growing up watching sanfl.

Yep I keep telling people us old Snaffles will die off and clubs like Norwood, Sturt, Centrals and South will have to find other ways to engage the local population or die trying

Port Magpies are already gone

 

[thebirdman 24]

Max is making Doedee look second rate.

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[119others]

Please

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Max is making Doedee look second rate.

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Not really as Doedee is having a decent season too.... & is rated higher, but he should for an experienced player.

 

[Golumless]

Max is making Doedee look second rate.

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Kind of, but that's more to do with Max looking like an exceptional talent at the moment. Doedee is building into a rather good season in his own right.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Kind of, but that's more to do with Max looking like an exceptional talent at the moment. Doedee is building into a rather good season in his own right.

Main thing with Michalanney is that he’s incredibly well rounded as a defensive talent. Doedee more of a pure interceptor at a lesser height, but nonetheless a quality one

 

[70lethal]

I won't debate impressive, but Michaelanny is not our most important draft pick, and will never be that in this build. That's Thilthorpe and Rachele. Ultimately, whatever aspirations we have in the future rest in those two (+ Fog and Rankines) hands.

That said, the fact he's come in and looks a bonafide jet as a free hit does bode well from our future. It's damn hard to win a premiership without a concession pick going your way in this league.

Concession picks have won quite few flags.

If he turns out to be a match saver/winner like Hart?

Getting Rankine and Max in the same year while potentially adding pick 19 this year is looking pretty good.
Imagine looking back at a scenario where pick 23 netted you Max and someone similar to Dawson

 

[DJ75]

Just want to make mention that Max this week played on, and destroyed, Jaime Elliot. The same bloke that regularly tore us apart, kicking bags of goals and looked unstoppable.

He's a special talent.

 

[Crow-eater]

Just want to make mention that Max this week played on, and destroyed, Jaime Elliot. The same bloke that regularly tore us apart, kicking bags of goals and looked unstoppable.

He's a special talent.

Pretty sure 5AA said he's had 2 goals kicked on him in 7 games. Also blanketed Breust last week who loves to tear us a new one.

 

[George CantStandYa]

There’s no doubt about it, he’s a gun. I can’t believe how good he is.

Just so smart with his body work and decision making, not only with the ball but without it.

Plus he’s generally got very good disposal and doesn’t panic. The only time he’s come unstuck is when he’s tried to be aggressive with his disposal but I’d prefer that than a Jake Kelly

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Jake Kelly

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30

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190cm

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90kg

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Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

157.8

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

104.1

2star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

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5.8

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

MG

107.0

2star

attitude.

If he keeps it up he has to be in the AA squad at least.

As for our B&F, he’d be up there with Laird and Dawson given he gets the job done every week.

 

[croweater 41]

There’s no doubt about it, he’s a gun. I can’t believe how good he is.

Just so smart with his body work and decision making, not only with the ball but without it.

Plus he’s generally got very good disposal and doesn’t panic. The only time he’s come unstuck is when he’s tried to be aggressive with his disposal but I’d prefer that than a Jake Kelly attitude.

If he keeps it up he has to be in the AA squad at least.

As for our B&F, he’d be up there with Laird and Dawson given he gets the job done every week.

He isn't the flashy 20+ disposal type of player so will go years without any due recognition.

We as supporters see him as a vital cog but similarly to a Luke Brown who was arguably first picked in our side for a long time no one outside of the club will recognise him for a little while yet.

 

[George CantStandYa]

He isn't the flashy 20+ disposal type of player so will go years without any due recognition.

We as supporters see him as a vital cog but similarly to a Luke Brown who was arguably first picked in our side for a long time no one outside of the club will recognise him for a little while yet.

Don’t agree with that, he’s already getting recognition by the commentators when he plays.

 

[Crow till I die]

There’s no doubt about it, he’s a gun. I can’t believe how good he is.

Just so smart with his body work and decision making, not only with the ball but without it.

Plus he’s generally got very good disposal and doesn’t panic. The only time he’s come unstuck is when he’s tried to be aggressive with his disposal but I’d prefer that than a Jake Kelly attitude.

If he keeps it up he has to be in the AA squad at least.

As for our B&F, he’d be up there with Laird and Dawson given he gets the job done every week.

Serious question..he is a very intelligent footballer, has sublime skills by foot and reads the play like a veteran, tackles had and well and gets to the right spots. At his height and with some more size 'could' he become that big bodied elite midfielder we have been after???

 

[George CantStandYa]

Serious question..he is a very intelligent footballer, has sublime skills by foot and reads the play like a veteran, tackles had and well and gets to the right spots. At his height and with some more size 'could' he become that big bodied elite midfielder we have been after???

I’m all for trying things, without trying it who knows.

He does perform a vital role for us in defence though, we’ve been carved up by small/medium sized forwards.

 

[beartoo]

Serious question..he is a very intelligent footballer, has sublime skills by foot and reads the play like a veteran, tackles had and well and gets to the right spots. At his height and with some more size 'could' he become that big bodied elite midfielder we have been after???

Good question. Gets a probably from me. The boy is gifted.

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[cmndstab]

Serious question..he is a very intelligent footballer, has sublime skills by foot and reads the play like a veteran, tackles had and well and gets to the right spots. At his height and with some more size 'could' he become that big bodied elite midfielder we have been after???

I'm a little gun-shy on saying this, given that I was one of the "keep Dawson in defence" people who has been made to thoroughly eat my words... but I think that Michalanney is as natural a defender as you can get. Someone who can completely blanket an opponent (the kinds of opponents that usually carve us up!) and also get a bunch of useful ball? Those players really don't grow on trees - see our experiments with the likes Kelly over the past few years.

Could he be a quality midfielder? Maybe. But then we would have to replace him in defence, and I'm not convinced that would be any easier than finding an extra midfielder elsewhere.

His defensive work so far has been exceptional.

 

[GROTTO]

Yep I keep telling people us old Snaffles will die off and clubs like Norwood, Sturt, Centrals and South will have to find other ways to engage the local population or die trying

Port Magpies are already gone

Alternatively try to become the 20th team in the AFL.

 

[ABAB]

Serious question..he is a very intelligent footballer, has sublime skills by foot and reads the play like a veteran, tackles had and well and gets to the right spots. At his height and with some more size 'could' he become that big bodied elite midfielder we have been after???

Big bodied elite midfielder we have been after...?? I thought this turned out to be Dawson all along. I wouldn't rule out Pedlar as well, his U18 show us what he can do in there.

 

[Betts are off]

Serious question..he is a very intelligent footballer, has sublime skills by foot and reads the play like a veteran, tackles had and well and gets to the right spots. At his height and with some more size 'could' he become that big bodied elite midfielder we have been after???

Personally I think he could play nearly any position on the ground a do just fine. And i'd like to see him as a part of a 2nd half magnet shuffle from time to time this season, purely to see how he handles a mid game role change.

So far nothing has rattled him, so I doubt something as trivial as a position switch would do it. But i've been wrong on that assumption before. Plenty of blokes change spots and seem to completely forget how to football.

 

[Betts are off]

Big bodied elite midfielder we have been after...?? I thought this turned out to be Dawson all along. I wouldn't rule out Pedlar as well, his U18 show us what he can do in there.

Pedlar is going to be so fun to watch when he goes into the middle.

I'd personally like to start bleeding him some CBA's soon. I don't think he has the tank to sustain more then 2-3 minute bursts. But he's the type of bloke who could do plenty of damage in 2-3 minutes. Especially at the end of quarters, when the full time opposition mids are gassed.

 

[Crow-eater]

 

[Danger in Texas]

Serious question, is he the best of his kind in the league?

I’d be inclined to think this kind of high-level shutdown consistency is close to unprecedented

 

[Crow till I die]

Serious question, is he the best of his kind in the league?

I’d be inclined to think this kind of high-level shutdown consistency is close to unprecedented

Its AA form absolutely no question for his position