Position 2023 Midfielders

[Feerits Elf]

What does Taranto average this year ? .....105 ?

Good Players changing Clubs, in my observation, generally have a "honeymoon" year

Meaning what, he's going to be f***ed on a regular basis?

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Isaac's rig almost like mine.

 

[MacStradbroke]

Isaac's rig almost like mine.

 

[Hawkboy62]

I'm shocked to be sitting here reading that!

2022 draft rookies yes, but plenty of value in rookie priced mature players, if they get a game. McLean, WiPhi may be a fairly common M7-M8. If Allen or King is started as a forward then they can be swapped to a hot rookie on the bubble, if someone gets off to a Gulden like start.

There seems to be heaps of value in forwards and defense too, so probably no need to put any first year bodies on field unless you have a real preference for them.

I'll be starting a fairly boring but value midfield of Oliver, Macrae, Steele, Green, Tich and Hopper although I could replace Green with Cripps or Cogs, both of whom I like.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

2022 draft rookies yes, but plenty of value in rookie priced mature players, if they get a game. McLean, WiPhi may be a fairly common M7-M8. If Allen or King is started as a forward then they can be swapped to a hot rookie on the bubble, if someone gets off to a Gulden like start.

There seems to be heaps of value in forwards and defense too, so probably no need to put any first year bodies on field unless you have a real preference for them.

I'll be starting a fairly boring but value midfield of Oliver, Macrae, Steele, Green, Tich and Hopper although I could replace Green with Cripps or Cogs, both of whom I like.

Ashcroft will be popular, but yeah agreed.

Is Mckenzie going to be in the Hawks team round 1?

 

[weltschmerz]

I have a few 2022 rookies, Ashcroft, Tsatas, Phillipou, and Humphrey. All are placeholders but I expect Ashcroft at least to be in my side.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Ashcroft will be popular, but yeah agreed.

Is Mckenzie going to be in the Hawks team round 1?

Yeah I think Mackenzie will be a better scorer than Ashcroft this year.

 

[Hawkboy62]

Ashcroft will be popular, but yeah agreed.

Is Mckenzie going to be in the Hawks team round 1?

Too early to say, with the boys back Thursday. Weddle was the one creating excitement pre- Christmas, although we could use Mackenzie's ball use going inside 50. Lots of moving parts with Worpel, Stephens, Amon virtually new players and Moore, McDonald, Ward, Maginnes and Day looking for increased midfield minutes.

I'm not interested in starting him as against McLean or third year Phillips. Can easily grab him on the bubble. Same with Ashcroft.

 

[Raveneyes]

Isaac's rig almost like mine.

Geez we look good OA.

What a fun day that was!

Oh and you should really stop falling asleep in solariums.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Too early to say, with the boys back Thursday. Weddle was the one creating excitement pre- Christmas, although we could use Mackenzie's ball use going inside 50. Lots of moving parts with Worpel, Stephens, Amon virtually new players and Moore, McDonald, Ward, Maginnes and Day looking for increased midfield minutes.

I'm not interested in starting him as against McLean or third year Phillips. Can easily grab him on the bubble. Same with Ashcroft.

Worpel only played 11 games last year is he really in Sam Mitchell's future plans?

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Geez we look good OA.

What a fun day that was!

Oh and you should really stop falling asleep in solariums.

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You may become the GOAT but Mrs OA is gunna love when I put this up on the ceiling!!


I might be suggesting a bit of cowgirl action, grrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[Hawkboy62]

Worpel only played 11 games last year is he really in Sam Mitchell's future plans?

Will be 24 later this month. Injured last year, possibly too bulky, and plays the same as Titch, including the helicopters inside 50, so squeezed out of the mids. Seems lighter this year and will certainly be given CBA opportunities. Did win the Peter Crimmins in 2019, when Titch was out.

You have have a few senior players.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Yeah I think Mackenzie will be a better scorer than Ashcroft this year.

Why?

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Why?

 

[Raveneyes]

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

A well reasoned argument, as effective as anything else in SC

 

[BuckleysBrigade]

My 2 cents on Ashcroft: although he’s being compared to other recent high scoring rookies (Rowell, Walsh, Daicos/Christ reincarnate), the latter all joined teams that had inferior midfields & lists when compared to Bris. IMO it would take something extra special for Ashcroft to ave in that 85-100 bracket, in a team that includes SC pigs like Neale and Dunkley, plus young guns like Luggage. Not saying he can’t do it, but that is the differentiating factor in my mind at this stage.

Edit: I’ll still be picking him, don’t want to start behind the 8 ball if he dominates

 

[King Max]

With the Lachie Hunters trade to Melb, any concern Macrae gets thrown into his old wing role? Macrae has played that role well before.

 

[weltschmerz]

With the Lachie Hunters trade to Melb, any concern Macrae gets thrown into his old wing role? Macrae has played that role well before.

Probably not, at least not frequently. We also lost Dunkley. I expect our wings to mostly be Bailey Williams and Oskar Baker.

 

[King Max]

Many looking at value for money in the Mids. Eg - LDU, Green, Anderson, Mitchell, Butters etc. One guy has gone unnoticed in 2023 and only has a few pinching points off him. Keayes.

 

[SSwans2011]

Many looking at value for money in the Mids. Eg - LDU, Green, Anderson, Mitchell, Butters etc. One guy has gone unnoticed in 2023 and only has a few pinching points off him. Keayes.

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I like the outside-of-the-box thinking, but it's a matter of when and not if the Crows replace Keays. He's a great midfielder to have on your list during a rebuild, but at some point he will be pushed out, because I don't see him being a key figure in a midfield that pushes for finals.

He might not even be a starting midfielder come round one with Sloane back. I'd imagine they'd go with Laird, Sloane, and Berry, and that would leave Keays competing with the likes of Soligo, Schoenberg, and perhaps Rankine and Rachele, for time in the midfield.

He's not an especially damaging player so he needs to be spending the majority of the game in the midfield to score well, and I'm not sure if that's particularly likely across the whole season.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Add in the 2023 Bailey Smith factor

 

[Duckworthy]

Who was it that was asking about Nic Cox recently? I used the search option but no luck.
Anywho

 

[King_Steele]

Who was it that was asking about Nic Cox recently? I used the search option but no luck.
Anywho

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That was me. Appreciate the info

 

[Duckworthy]

That was me. Appreciate the info

FYI, that's his preferred position. It's a shame he's been injury affected so far and used out of position when playing.