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I'm no grand advocate of Moir as I was a big fan of some others at our first selection last year, definitely have had my doubts on his aggression/commitment too, but he was widely reported to have been battling Hip Bursitis much of his 18s year. I don't really know whats happened with his rehab from that but last few months but he seems to have recaptured the explosiveness he was touted as having going into 2023 and looked really really good in the VFL and his brief stints at AFL level in the 2nd half of the season.Moir wasn't injured in his draft year, i never thought he was a 1st round pick, that came from RMC then the rest of the media pushed it and forced everyones hand to justify why you dont have him at pick 2 which is annoying, he played all of the champs, most if not all of the sanfl u18s, he was just slow and mostly uncompetitive, but he does have a good skillset if you can get it to him, similar to a Jack Martin, both of whom are limited imo, I think FOS will drop down a few spots, I think he has been disappointing and I'm thinking Sid Draper could be pick 1 for Richmond? When I make my updated list he is likely going to be my new pick 1.
I don't follow the draftees from as far out as others on here so I didn't see more than a few highlights before his 18s campaign, but much like Moir I sit and wonder what actually distinguishes FOS from the rest of the pack? Saw his high end agility in action a couple of times in one of his VFL games but on what I've seen this year I'd struggle to have him ahead of Draper, Smillie, Smith, Langford or Lalor. He's shown a few glimpses over a full season of footy and most of his injuries really shouldn't have impacted his movement and explosiveness.
I know he's sacrosanct around here so don't really want to get into a big back and forth over him, just my opinion on him though.