Cowan and George would be a great return. And I like all of Clarke, Hayes, Ryan, Richards and Barnett too.
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I hate all of Cowan, George, Hayes, Ryan, Richards and Barnett. Pick Clarke
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Here are my picks from the 13th of November. We picked up Allan and Jones is off the table. Hopefully we can pick up 2 more. Although I am starting to favour Van Es over Keeler.
Was Henry considered undersized? I thought everybody considered him a clear cut third tall marking forward and he was performing well at it.
Nevertheless George carries much more upside with his power and strength as well as his midfield potential. Not saying he'll be as good but he displays similar strengths to Toby Greene
Unless George has superior endurance and speed compared to Ollie, playing fwd (per his highlights) will offer no upside by comparison, nor offer much positional flexibility.
Only pace and a big tank offsets his lack of height, and only because he then has positional versatility that Ollie lacked.
As for the TG comparisons, maybe those who have seen more of George can comment.
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I don’t think George is meant to be completely abysmal below his knees though.
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I haven't seen enough of him to say much as he missed a lot of games (and I didn't get out to many), but he is really powerful & quick with a superb kick for goal.
He's a high impact medium marking forward with great speed and strength. He certainly appears closer to a full package than Henry and displays greater likelihood to play a part in midfield rotation. Most draft fans are of the opinion he would have flirted with top ten selection if he'd gotten a fair crack this year. If he's available at either of our second round picks, he's a potentially seriously high reward selection
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People around his O & M club (Wang Rovers) reckon forward-mid.
Maybe bigger Jamie Elliott type.
“The Fastest” from the draft combine. He may be a freaking good player.
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Henry only performed well in one role in the seniors and that was as a second key forward to Mihocek. For that he was undersized and I have too many doubts about his other aspects of the game that would make him an effective third tall plus it’s not a role I value highly in the first place.
George seems like a different kind of player though so don’t think the comparison is relevant.
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I like George as a classy replacement in our forward line for Elliot - not suggesting they are like for like, more the level of class that he can bring.
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I like him too, but I am worried about the knees.
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justifiable concern IMO.
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Can't believe how excited I was to see us select Allen - I've been on him since 7/11 - potential for a great 1:2 combination over the next 10 years with Naics. Wanted Jones with our 2nd - would be happy with any of the remaining Poster's Choice players that were nominated for our first (Hayes, Hustwait, Keeler, George, Hotton, Barnett) - get the feeling that the Swans might take Barnett at 27 - would be great to get Hayes at our 28 and Keeler at 30. For our last pick, Scully or Lemmy would be awesome: potential to have the fundamentals for our spine and midfield for the next 10 years from one draft.
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Agree, especially if someone like Hayes is still there. Not sure of the Eagles' likelihood of taking him with their Pick 29 - would be hard to pass him at 30 (although I'd have mixed feelings if it meant we missed out on Keeler)
All of Ashcroft, Fletcher, Michalanney, Rowston were bid on. The latter 3 were bid on a little earlier than most suspected. The only bid that was of benefit to us was the bid on Rowston that forced GWS to use live pick 17 just prior to our first, effectively leaving both Weddle & Allan on the board with only the Hawks (received by hawks) to pick prior.
All of our picks effectively benefit as a result, hopefully GWS or West Coast can bid on Davey forcing them to use 22 (Edit: if they cant trade it out) taking another live pick off the table.
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If West Coast bid, Bombers will trade 25 into next year and use 49, 54 and 59 to match. So our picks will become 29 and 31 (but same number of live picks before us as there is currently)
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Not sure if Freo has a target in this draft, I wonder if they do that they will offer something like 41, 42,, 58, 63 and 72 for the Bomber's 22.
What are your thoughts on who you think the Bombers will trade out said pick with and what they will get regards to pick swaps?
If they do trade out 25 the result will be better than them using 25 and a bid coming a pick later effectively giving them 2 picks prior to our 2nd rounders.
For the record Dodoro did state last night they expected to use pick 25
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