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Ben Ainsworth decided to sign with Suns closing the talk of Essendon.Did the change in NGA rule prompted essendon to rethink as Kako may be a walk in the 22 and impact straight away and why wasting cap. As Berry and Kako similarly projected we better not pursue Bolton?
And some one posted yesterday about Wallsy was particular on Simpson before the draft it self. That means we may overlook some players in first round who plays similar to Simpson? Any one know who are the players similar to Simpson in this draft in top 20?
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Simpson for me is a 180cm small midfielder / forward with pace and good skills who can play outside / in. I suppose at AFL level he is functionally similar to the following likely first rounders:
- Joe Berry (180cm), although Berry is more a forward / midfielder and I think we will find that Berry is an even faster runner, whilst Simpson has a longer kick.
- Murphy Reid is also a similar height (180cm) and similar position as Simpson, skills maybe slightly better but less pace.
- Xavier Lindsay is similar height (183cm) but is more outside, skills are probably better but again less pace. Probably suited to half back at AFL level so you could argue position is not the same (although as Chris25 has argued, maybe they should be bringing Simpson up on the half back flank?).
- Taj Hotton (182cm) also a midfielder / forward who plays off the half forward flank with a bit of speed, I like Cooper's disposal better but they play a similar role.
- Christian Moraes (183cm) has a similar function (midfielder / forward), is built better that Simpson, has same kind of pace and agility but IMO does not have the kicking skills of him or any of the other listed above. Moraes also takes some good marks and plays above his height.