I strongly believe our decision to put young players in the green vest has really stunted the development of a number of young players.Strongly believe the green vest has really stunted the development of a number of young players.
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I strongly believe our decision to put young players in the green vest has really stunted the development of a number of young players.Strongly believe the green vest has really stunted the development of a number of young players.
You serious? ......for 100 years the game had reserves who could only be substituted .......it has never affected player developmentI strongly believe our decision to put young players in the green vest has really stunted the development of a number of young players.
But where did Griggs sidestep disappear to ......the sidestep and bulk that bought him timeI think we now know why Grigg went where he did in the draft. Would love to see him have a dominant preseason and put together a few very good SANFL games to get his confidence up, hasn't really done that since his second year with Norwood. There's still an opening for an inside mid with good footskills if he can prove he can get the ball 25+ times a game.
Why no love for Mckay and Oliver ........you know there's a damn good reason these two players are rocketing up the draft boardsFor those joining the party late, I have inputted 187 mock drafts and 23 player ratings into a complex computer program and the consensus is as follows;
Fingers Crossed
Aaron Francis (SA) - Rebounding Defender
Wayne Milera (SA) - Small Forward, Outside Mid
Sam Weideman (Vic Metro) - Key Forward
Harry McKay (Vic Country) - Key Forward, Ruck
Clayton Oliver (VC) - Inside/Outside Mid
The good news is that at least one of these lads has to slip through to our first pick. The bad news is that it will probably be McKay or Oliver.
My Predictions?
Harry McKay and Riley Bonner
Tell em their Dreamin
Aaron Francis and Wayne Milera.
All i'd expect to get "some" games .......highly doubt Collins and Cole though .....tough role for undersized KPD's ....unless your LeverWhich players can we expect to play games next year? Hopper, Mills, Kennedy, Parish, Collins, Cole, Francis? Who else?
Fringe players are given the chance to earn a spot if they can impress, it's so very hard to do that when you get maybe 20 minutes of game time in the forward line. Your team is either getting pumped and you hardly see it or all the air is out of the game and you get some cheap stats that don't really mean much.There have always been fringe players and there will always be fringe players, who come in and out of the side depending on injuries to other players. If they were good enough then they would have forced their way into the best 21 and put themselves out of contention for the sub-vest, just like Knight and Matt Crouch did.
Oliver, schache, weitering, milera.Which players can we expect to play games next year? Hopper, Mills, Kennedy, Parish, Collins, Cole, Francis? Who else?
Reckon Weitering will play quite a few games. 10+Which players can we expect to play games next year? Hopper, Mills, Kennedy, Parish, Collins, Cole, Francis? Who else?
Not that Black & WhiteSanderson turned out to be a bad senior coach, end of.
Mmm .....someone was .....been my signature for 6 weeksDefinitely Milera over Balic but the club's given no indication of interest in Oliver. In fact, no-one was talking about him at all until he won the Morrish medal. Now he's potentially top 5? We know the club have interviewed Balic on at least a couple of occasions and have shown strong interest.
Cameron McCarthy MK2
Who the **** is Himmelberg?Not sure if has been posted?
Why no love for Mckay and Oliver ........you know there's a damn good reason these two players are rocketing up the draft boards
Very few talls are ready made from draft day ........but iam struggling to understand the dismay at McKay in particular
If either or both are recruited by us on draft night, i'll be ecstatic
Probably ignore him because he's an academy player & we all assumed he would be snapped up under the Academy picksWho the **** is Himmelberg?
Who the **** is Himmelberg?
"The Greater Western Sydney academy product has already spoken to a handful of AFL clubs including Adelaide, Fremantle and Melbourne, who all travelled to Canberra to interview him."Not sure if has been posted?
Are we still getting Jeremy Cameron?seems like we'll go for at least 1 kpf, which is smart imo
Francis and Balic didn't do testing .... Francis was burnt out end of season and his last 2 months of form was pretty ordinary and Balic had wrist surgery which was an injury he carried all year
Anyone else ? Milera ran a 3.01 20m sprint not elite but not bad but he came into his own in the repeat sprint where he made the top 10. He was also good in agility testing but not elite. As bicks said the skill testing means nothing as Milera struggled in the skill tests but is one the most skilled players in this draft
Harry McKay struggled in speed / agility tests but when you watch him play one of the first things you notice is his sharp movement and agility so the tests are only an adjunct to what you really see
I will say that I think that repeat sprinting is the key athletic test as this is one of the main game day factors that make you a quick side .... Milera would quicken the side up with his repeat sprinting and fast football brain
Are we still getting Jeremy Cameron?
It didn't stop other players finding their way into the best 21, because they were good enough to demand a spot. Lyons & Grigg weren't (Kerridge wasn't even good enough to make the 22). Contrast them with Matt Crouch & Riley Knight - these kids were good enough to be selected in the best 21. Good kids find a way, mediocre kids get stuck in no-man's land.Fringe players are given the chance to earn a spot if they can impress, it's so very hard to do that when you get maybe 20 minutes of game time in the forward line. Your team is either getting pumped and you hardly see it or all the air is out of the game and you get some cheap stats that don't really mean much.
Lyons has managed 23 games in the past two seasons, 13 of which he's worn the green. Grigg has played 15 games in the past two season and has been the starting sub 7 times. It's so very hard for anyone to make a case to the coaches that they should be more than a fringe player if they're not given the game time to do so.
At least the next guys in those positions will get a proper shot at doing so, if they don't show much then we can at least move onto the next (although it feels like we've always had guys fall through the cracks, hard to compare it to other teams though without following them as closely).
Great Post ....Hi Wayne,
My post was a summary of all the other "guesses" in the press and on Bigfooty
My prediction was that we would take McKay with our first pick.
Based on a choice between Weideman and McKay, I think Weideman is a more natural footballer (like Tex) and my choice would be Weideman but I would not be surprised if we picked Mckay. The general expectation is that our preference is to draft Francis and Milera but this is pure speculation. I personally believe that our key needs are players with good skills and pace (e.g. Milera, Francis) and a Key Forward. I believe that our experiment in building a premiership side with 14 inside midfielders is now finish. We are more likely to go the other way and try and develop a team with 14 outside midfielders .
Oliver could play as an outside midfielder but if we pick him we need to get him into the guts asap.
I also have more faith than many others in Matty Crouch and CEY. I believe in future years teams are likely to have a maximum of 2 pure inside mids but I will not be manning the pitchforks and torches if we draft Oliver.
P.S. If we end up drafting Himmelberg I believe it will blow up in our face.