Strategy Jason Horne-Francis: North trade him to Port for massive unders
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Brett Turner been delisted?
After a Burgess pre-season I wouldn't put it beyond him to contribute in the midfield either.
Big bodied midfielder/forward last time I looked?
being put up forward as only three are on the ball at same time is different to being a hybrid
my point was these guys are not hybrids they are mids
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Not yet that I'm aware of.
Can't have enough midfield/forward options as we saw with Cats this year rotated not only during games but cleverly rested players for full games to keep then fresh.
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My point is they have shown they are both perfectly capable of playing up forward & in the midfield!
Your definition of hybrid is irrelevant to me.
Berry, Schoenberg, Soligo all look very promising as pure mids, I agree. Will they end up as elite and take us to a premiership? Not sure on that.
I didn't want Rachele last year for the pick we used on him because it was the third year of top end picks and we hadn't picked one elite midfielder.
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So who was the potential elite mid prospect taken after Jason Horne-Francis, Finn Callaghan and Josh Rachele?
Josh Ward? Neil Erasmus? Ben Hobbs?
It's pretty clear from what Hamish has said Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera was our fall back option if Rachele had been taken earlier.
Think that was his call as it only happened midway through his draft season.
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Last week I did a quick scan of the premiers over the last 20 years and then their midfield and from what I could see most of them did it withat least one, if not two or three top 5/10 midfielders.
Am I wrong? I might be. Can anyone remember a side that did it with value picks?
Maybe some sides did it before the top picks were decent players or something I haven't factored in.
Even if they didn't perform well on the day or were injured or some thing they probably did it week in week out for years giving them that important 5 or so years in and around the top 4 to give themselves enough chances.
I know top picks in the midfield doesn't guarantee success (Carlton), but can you do it with out them?
Am I wrong? I might be. Can anyone remember a side that did it with value picks?
Maybe some sides did it before the top picks were decent players or something I haven't factored in.
Even if they didn't perform well on the day or were injured or some thing they probably did it week in week out for years giving them that important 5 or so years in and around the top 4 to give themselves enough chances.
I know top picks in the midfield doesn't guarantee success (Carlton), but can you do it with out them?
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Seems Ward had a very good year.
We apparently offered a lot for JHF last year, which gave me hope they understood our midfield problems.....
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Another 181cm 79kg short ass mid? Rachele 180cm 78kg.
well, sure, a big bodied elite mid is a definite need but if there's not one available how about short ass pure mid with speed and elite disposal?
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You've just described Josh Rachele to a tee...
In a way, I was hoping that Port would be allowed to use their 2023 1st & 2nd.
They would be effectively trading their way out of the next two drafts. They still have to make a minimum of 3 picks in this draft and if it's as shallow as has been mentioned, not going to be much talent left late.
And with Jonas, Boak, Dixon, McKenzie and Lycett coming to the end and a bunch of players who may or may not make it (Williams, Lord, Schofield erc.), not being in the first two rounds if the 2023 draft would have hurt.
Apart from the "pure" mid part.You've just described Josh Rachele to a tee...
Look, I know many on here like Rachele - he just wasn't my preference for our high pick last year.
I take it you believe he can become an elite midfielder?
who would you have taken last year? ward? no thanks
Why no to Ward? Pretty sure Hawthorn would be happy with him so far.
way behind rachele
also behind soligo
Behind Rachele? Gut feel is not so sure about that.
To be fair, no one could have predicted Soligo being as good as he was
For what we need, though, I'd take the match-winner potential of Rachele any day over Ward, even though I reckon both are going to be damn good AFL players
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If the club go that way certainly once he gets a couple of Burgess pre-seasons under his belt.
He was considered the best player in Australia at the 2019 AFL U16's National Carnival winning both the M.V.P (Kevin Sheahan Medal) for the most outstanding player and Vic Country's M.V.P......playing midfield. Then missed the whole year as a 17 year old (Covid) before playing a few games in his top age year for the Murray Bushrangers playing mostly forward again in a season impacted by Covid in Victoria.
IMO, Rachele will become a Connor Rozee type mid.
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