List Mgmt. Welcome to West Coast: Oscar Allen
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So who woud be faster if they each had a basketball on a football field or a football on a basketball court?
The combine results have been extra unreliable since the AFL changed equipment and started using the mobile testing setup.
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It's Petrucelle's basketball background that gives him an advantage.
I still haven't forgiven Port for making us pick Tony Notte. OK, they didn't hold a gun to our head but this is the logic...
In 2006 Port picked up Justin Westhoff with pick 71 in the draft. He debuted in round 10 and played every game thereafter, kicking 34 goals. He was skinny, underweight, out-muscled but kept taking marks and kicking goals. He was just difficult to match up on.
So everyone wanted to find the next Westhoff come draft 2007. And we found him! Skinny, tall, underweight, easily out-muscled. And his name was Tony Notte.
Unfortunately when he got onto an AFL field he proved to be easily out-muscled and unable to take a mark or lick a goal. Thanks Port. Without the success of Westhoff we wouldn't have even looked at him.
Darcy is around 198cm and Ling is 190cm and i would say Big O somewhere in the middle. So most likely taller than the 191cm he is listed at
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Notte became an excellent WAFL player though and I think could have played a role on an AFL list some years into his development. Easy to see why we took the punt.
ahaha and Westhoff became s**t for a few years after that as well.
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Brander will be JK in 2021.. Darling still there but when Darling goes it will be the Brander and Allen show. Maybe Bailey Williams in as 3rd tall and ruckman.
Darlings got at least 5 years no?
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Brander needs to really work on his goalkicking. It's the only real weakness in his game. Allen definitely has him covered in this area. Probably Jake too.
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I'm big on Williams from the Square, chopping out in the ruck with Allen as CHF.
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I don't think Bramder's been given a fair run at being a proper forward outside of the Sydney game where he got thrown in the deep end.
He doesn't attack the contest/packs like JK, OA and JD do, and yeah his set shots aren't good.
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He's 20. Let's wait and see a touch longer.
Stuff Tim Kelly, getting this guy was an absolute steal.
Brander will be our next third tall/rebounding tall defender imo. Gov and Barrass are pretty much set and will be for years to come.
Looks to me like Oscar will be CHF, Darling will be around quite a while as the deepest natural forward and Jakey boy will be the running third tall option up front.
We then have rioli, ryan and petch filling the other forward roles. Other defending roles see cole locked into one, duggan locked into another small and hopefully not being too slow or tall with rotham and brander back with gov and barrass. We are definitely short a specialist high quality kicking small/mid defender coming through.
Williams may well be a second ruck/forward option and his best looks spectacular but his goal kicking is bad, like levi casboult bad at this stage.
Looks to me like Oscar will be CHF, Darling will be around quite a while as the deepest natural forward and Jakey boy will be the running third tall option up front.
We then have rioli, ryan and petch filling the other forward roles. Other defending roles see cole locked into one, duggan locked into another small and hopefully not being too slow or tall with rotham and brander back with gov and barrass. We are definitely short a specialist high quality kicking small/mid defender coming through.
Williams may well be a second ruck/forward option and his best looks spectacular but his goal kicking is bad, like levi casboult bad at this stage.
Yeah I know. I just think you can tell whether or not they have that competitive instinct and mindset regardless of age.
I dont reckon this is going to pan out like people are speculating and we will be a very different looking fowardline post Kennedy. In terms of kpf players though, I haven't dismissed Waterman, Brander I cant really tell ... but with Oscar I see nothing but A grade.
Jarrod B. is A grade. Will be a slightly slower burn than Oscar.
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O Allen is a better kick for goal and has stickerer mitts in pack situations his f50 play is better hence why he is in the team RN.
Brander Reminds me more of a 2008-2012 JK when JK used to play like a more traditional CHF. He’s nimble, Fit as hell and a good grab on the lead will play up the ground with O Allen deep in the future imo
Brander Reminds me more of a 2008-2012 JK when JK used to play like a more traditional CHF. He’s nimble, Fit as hell and a good grab on the lead will play up the ground with O Allen deep in the future imo
JK’s physicality and tackling was part of his strengths pre-draft though. JB needs to add that to his game in order to emulate Joshy
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