He's 25, not 19. He isn't going to get a game on potential.
End of the day, Dempsey and Parfitt are the ones banging the door down, so that is where the games should go.
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End of the day, Dempsey and Parfitt are the ones banging the door down, so that is where the games should go.
And Knevitt.
Yes, but not quite to the same degree as the other two. Though I would suggest that Knevitt has a higher ceiling than either.
Maybe. Of the three Knevitt is the one who's shown most at AFL level this year though, and is also the nearest thing we have to a Blicavs replacement (though he's probably more of a Joel Corey or David Mundy type TBH). I'd have him in the team ahead of Dempsey or Parfitt.
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Worth the punt but not AFL standard
I’m all for giving blokes a crack but hopefully this is the end of Mature age players mid season for us.
Would prefer to give a kid 18 months to see what they can do.
More upside
I’m all for giving blokes a crack but hopefully this is the end of Mature age players mid season for us.
Would prefer to give a kid 18 months to see what they can do.
More upside
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What were the better options available? It’s a thin pool of talent.
If I were in charge of running the mid-season draft I'd be thinking along these lines:
1) Is there something we're missing right now? Maybe injuries have decimated our ruck department, in which case I'd be looking at someone like Naismith who can come in and fill a role for six months.
2) If we're all good on the availability front, the sort of young player we might want to draft anyway and give him half a season's head start.
3) If the youth talent pool is thin but we're challenging for finals, perhaps there's a recent retiree that would be worth looking at. Perhaps someone who feels they were squeezed out of their team a year early, has had six months' rest, the body's feeling better and he thinks he's still got something to offer. A player like that could make the ideal tacsub specialist.
1) Is there something we're missing right now? Maybe injuries have decimated our ruck department, in which case I'd be looking at someone like Naismith who can come in and fill a role for six months.
2) If we're all good on the availability front, the sort of young player we might want to draft anyway and give him half a season's head start.
3) If the youth talent pool is thin but we're challenging for finals, perhaps there's a recent retiree that would be worth looking at. Perhaps someone who feels they were squeezed out of their team a year early, has had six months' rest, the body's feeling better and he thinks he's still got something to offer. A player like that could make the ideal tacsub specialist.
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I would’ve liked to see Naismith get picked up or someone with some afl experience that could’ve come in.
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We needed a mid.
