Just has the 'it'. Honestly only dude on our list in my opinion who has top 10 AFL potential. Skills, movement, goal sense, rockstar looks, x factor. GUN
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Player Watch Josh Rachele - Sent To The Gulag!
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Humble pie time . I wanted Sinn. 
Three hitouts this year against AFL sides for eleven goals so far.
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can’t stop watching his highlights, absolutely brilliant, I had a look at our r2-r10 fixture, going to be difficult to win even one game I feel, at least watching this kid will make me happy.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
We play the Saints at home in the first 10 rounds, so we'll win a game. They usually shit the bed big time in Adelaide.
There are a few others. Collingwood aren't much chop, Port could be beatable as they're starting to get whacked by the injury stick, Richmond and (in round 12) West Coast look to be on the way down, GWS have a habit of dropping games against us. Plus of course football is a strange sport.
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So this is what it feels like to completely nail an early draft pick.
Will start copping the best small defenders soon
Yup! He's got the talent to work through it, but the opposition will put the work into him from now on.
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cannot remember a better debut. How many years did we recently sign him for extra? Excitement Machine!
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
Not the first time his 5 goal debut was upstaged by someone else kicking 5 goals and change
jackster83
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He'll be a very good player, but Rachele is on another level.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
If Rachele ends up as good as Thilthorpe projects to being, we're close to snapping our premiership drought. Especially if he transitions towards the midfield, and really, he looks like he'd be bloody effective there.
Thilthorpe is a monster prospect in his own right.
Paying $101 for the Coleman right now all you risk seekers.
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Good because then that will give more opportunities to Rowe and McHenry to excel.
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I still have high hopes for TT. Obviously yesterday was a game to forget, but he's still a 19 year old KPF developing his craft in the big league.
As for Rachele, he's ok, I guess.
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Go to 6mins15s into the video about Rachele
Lloyd coached against Rachele, said he has a strut, is confident and impossible to shut down and destroyed his team that he coaches at School footy. Also said he could stop Rowell and Anderson but not this kid. Also mentions he has the potential to be as big as Modra, in terms of crowd favourite. Stated that he should always play in the forwardline and not in the midfield.
One of the smartest plays in history, 'junk possessions' from these mids
Lloyd coached against Rachele, said he has a strut, is confident and impossible to shut down and destroyed his team that he coaches at School footy. Also said he could stop Rowell and Anderson but not this kid. Also mentions he has the potential to be as big as Modra, in terms of crowd favourite. Stated that he should always play in the forwardline and not in the midfield.
One of the smartest plays in history, 'junk possessions' from these mids
Was very concerned about TT watching the game live yesterday.
Just didn't seem to know where to run to get the right spots.
Couple of times, towards the scoreboard end, a midfielder would get the break, look into F50, and there was space to lead into, and he just stands there. It was bizarre.
Was out of position so much yesterday. I just hope it was a bad day and not a trend, because his projection will need to be tapered.
I don't think EH and TT can work together in the same forward line. This is why I think Gollant has to come in, as he has the flexibility to play small when the ball hits the ground. He also knows how to lead, create space and throws himself into marking contests.
Fog the leading forward from the square, TT play CHF and lead up, and burn his opponent on the way back, similar to Nick Riewoldt used to.
Or, clear out the F50 and let Rachele do what he wants.
I'm only basing it on one match and a couple of practice games, but I agree with this. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Rachele would be a very good midfielder. But when you've got someone who can kick like that, on the run and for a set shot, and who knows how to lead and find space, it would be a waste playing him away from the goals.
He can roam into the middle when sensible to find the ball, but he should be played primarily up forward.
Watching Thilthorpe yesterday, I thought he looked less mobile than he did last year. Not sure if he's hit the weights over summer and bulked up a bit too much or carrying a niggle or just completely lost in terms of the game plan (which nearly the whole team did for the first half) or maybe it was just our horrible, slow ball movement mean he had no space to move in, but yeah he just looked a bit slow and plodding rather than the freakishly athletic for his size player we saw last year.
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Agree completely.
He was buggered and running in treacle in the last. Was he one of the ones with COVID? There's definitely something wrong with him.
He was cramping pretty badly in the 3rd. It was bloody hot out there.
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