Player Watch #7: Zane Duursma - out for 2024, undergoing shoulder surgery

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Thomas, Horne-Francis and phillips are three top ten picks that hurt us massively.

There were a few moving parts with Thomas being an academy pick and the trades we did re Polec so I don't even want to get into the "what ifs" on that one.

But with Horne-Francis and Phillips, let's say we did things differently. Let's say we accepted the proposed trade with Adelaide for JHF (pick 6 in 2021, along with pick 6 + 18 in 2022) and we drafted Logan McDonald instead of Phillips. Would we have seen more wins? And would we be watching JHF play for the Crows and wondering whether we'd made a terrible mistake?

With those Adelaide picks, we may have taken Rachele, Humphrey, and Weddle. That's if our draft rankings matched exactly with the clubs who ended up with those picks so it's a big if. Instead, we have Wardlaw and Goad.
 

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My god I will be very disappointed if he ends up like WHE.
Underwhelming Top 10 draft pick that doesn’t play any particular position?

Yep. Wouldn’t be ideal.
 

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There’s lots of average players who have a premiership.
As average you may think he is, he is/was an important cog in the collingwood machine for a significant amount of time.

I think Zane will be significantly better than WHE. He has shown he marks, kicks harder goals, better under pressure than WHE.

Zane needs to take his athletic performance standards to the next level. Its obvious that he is lacking in this department. IF he fails to take that next step the WHE comparisons could ring true
 
True. I just meant at for AFL standard

True. I just meant at for AFL standard
Yeah i understand Val i remember playing with and against quite a few X afl players when i was younger much younger ha ha and they where so far ahead of most of us it was not funny and that was in the Latrobe Valley league so a reasonably strong league.
 

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Player Watch #7: Zane Duursma - out for 2024, undergoing shoulder surgery

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