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Player Watch Wayne Milera

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footy4ever said:
OK, so does anyone know who Wayne M supported as a kid.

5aa Rowe saying Port is into Milera and Milera loves Port.

WTF?
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Hahahahaha as if a starting 22 player at a club in premiership contention in his home state is going to go to a lesser team!

In any case, pretty sure he was a Crows supporter...Ryan Burton was the avid Port man.
 

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footy4ever said:
OK, so does anyone know who Wayne M supported as a kid.

5aa Rowe saying Port is into Milera and Milera loves Port.

WTF?
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Who has the photo of Milera and Ben Hart from Milera was a kid?

He was a Crows boy
 
AFC3000 said:
"A lifelong Crows fan, Milera’s childhood dream came true when he was selected by Adelaide with pick No.11 in the 2015 AFL National Draft."

http://www.afc.com.au/player-profile/wayne-milera
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TheLeftFist8 said:
Hahahahaha as if a starting 22 player at a club in premiership contention in his home state is going to go to a lesser team!

In any case, pretty sure he was a Crows supporter...Ryan Burton was the avid Port man.
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Glenno23 said:
Who has the photo of Milera and Ben Hart from Milera was a kid?

He was a Crows boy
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**** 5AA!!!!!

****!!!!!!!
 
TheLeftFist8 said:
Hahahahaha as if a starting 22 player at a club in premiership contention in his home state is going to go to a lesser team!

In any case, pretty sure he was a Crows supporter...Ryan Burton was the avid Port man.
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I thought Burton was a Hawks supporter
 
The Port board said something about Milera being another Port boy that the Crows drafted (ie, McLeod/Ramsey etc)

but he played for Centrals..

or would he have been Port Adelaide if they didn't lose their zones when the SANFL Port Adelaide become Power reserves?
 
radiojake said:
The Port board said something about Milera being another Port boy that the Crows drafted (ie, McLeod/Ramsey etc)

but he played for Centrals..

or would he have been Port Adelaide if they didn't lose their zones when the SANFL Port Adelaide become Power reserves?
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He was part of the aboriginal academy wasn't he?

I highly doubt he would cross over to Port if he's a regular in a very good team.
 
Losing Milera would be worse than any other player poaching we've had so far.

We have literally every advantage to keep him. Local boy, followed the Crows, likely to be best 22 this year, team doing well.
 

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Ok, he's only 11 games into his career, so it is waaaaay too early say one way or the other what type of career he is going to have.

But right now I just wish I was seeing more from him that had me thinking "yep, he's going to rip apart a game one day"

I'm not seeing top level skill, run or determination. He's clearly not a dud, but he's a first round pick and needs to judged by that level. And right at the moment I feel like his game is a bit... nothing.

Too often we see him stand back while the tackle is there to be made, the defensive effort is very poor, and I'm not getting any sense of him making up for that by being a goal scorer.

I really want him to succeed, but right now I think he needs a good month against (generally) weaker sides to show us what he has.

Yes you need to give kids time to develop, but whereas with CC you'd see a spark of something - a tackle, a run, a kick - that would have you think "woah, if he can do that more often, he's going to be anything" I'm just not getting that with Milera.

Am I'm being too harsh? Too early (clearly it is)? But still, just feeling like I don't know where he is at.

Thoughts?

EDIT - want to make it clear I like him, and am certainly not saying we shouldn't have picked him. I guess this is more of a "what would you like to see more of from him" question... and perhaps a "do you think he will be able to deliver it"? I recall him laying some nice tackles, so not sure why he doesn't get stuck in more. Maybe does just need the confidence of more games?
 
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Think he needs to attack the game a tad more. Almost has too much time with his side step which can result in him being a bit off the pace.

Still has huge talent, and I've seen enough to say he's going to be elite. Needs to stay in the team to get more consistency.
 

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Yep he's 19 and will be a gun I have no doubt. It's just his body seems so fragile, he definitely doesn't go hard at the ball but it'll come once he has the body for it.
Once he matures he will be a game breaker, he has the elite kick and he's a very good decision maker with the ball, that will only improve.
Best comparison would be Shaun Burgoyne, very alike.
 
Scorpus said:
Had a great game against GWS and was serviceable against Hawthorn. I expect inconsistencies from a sub-15 game player and I expect he'll get better with more AFL game time
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I expect he will as well, but I'd also like to see him have a good month. I don't think he is a guarantee pick yet.
 
earlsta said:
Yep he's 19 and will be a gun I have no doubt. It's just his body seems so fragile, he definitely doesn't go hard at the ball but it'll come once he has the body for it.
Once he matures he will be a game breaker, he has the elite kick and he's a very good decision maker with the ball, that will only improve.
Best comparison would be Shaun Burgoyne, very alike.
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To be honest I see him more like Brad Hill than Silk. He's the icing on the cake. Is that too harsh?
 
Think he needs a few games to concentrate on defending and tackling. Needs to learn from CC. We know he can use the ball, but he needs more strings to his bow that he can fall back on if he isn't getting much of the ball.
 

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