gringo2011
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FWIW, I'll admit Reid is a good player. Let's just say he's not to my taste.
2 weeks ago l didn't care for Travaglia but slipping 2 spots has made me spend more time looking at the less obvious selections.
I'm gonna assume you guys listened to the interview with Dalrymple, in which he noted that drafting has switched to choosing players that fit the game style the coach wants to play and not so much the best talant (within reason of course)
Of the 5 kids drafted last year, 3 were specifically targeted. Wilson, Hastie and Hugo. As a type of player those guys are very similar to Travaglia, and very dissimilar to Reid. In fact if you didn't already know the difference between Hastie and Travaglia you'd be forgiven for thinking they were the same guy.
Reid probably goes to a club that has enough grunt players already.
That’s pretty obvious but taking running HBs to turn into mids isn’t a bad policy unless you choose badly. Will Day is possibly the Hawks MVP and probably one of the higher impact per touch players in the league. Travaglia is also going to be peaking around the time Sinclair steps out. Running players are Lyon’s minimum. He has never loved pure bull extractors. If you can’t spread, chase or play a second role he’s going to leave you out most likely.
These days footy needs high half forwards that roll back with the play, wings and 2 or 3 running rebounders of HB and then a minimum of one runner on ball as well.
That’s 8 runners you can start and rotations off the bench. Guys like Wood and Hill are getting close to the end.