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Exactly. He'll be a handy pick up for somebody in the later rounds provided he applies himself. Which I highly doubt he will.
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Exactly. He'll be a handy pick up for somebody in the later rounds provided he applies himself. Which I highly doubt he will.
Essendon would be mad not to take him if he lasts to their first pick (assuming they lose their first and second round selections)
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Given our recent selections in the 20s, Garlett is hardly more of a risk
One of these things is not like the othersDarling, Lycett, Newman and McInnes all have bags of talent.
does he sound like a Sienfeld character?
Yes, and he's the only non-tall. How the hell we have managed to nab wonderful KPPs with our second round picks, yet fail with most of our second-round midfield/small picks, is beyond me.
Obviously it has got to do with development just as much as recruitment, but it's still a bit baffling, and kinda makes me wary of our upcoming midfield draft!
So wonderful.
Did Leyendekkers get injured? Either was, he's pretty crap.
Looks like Sandilands is their only reserve ruckman....urgh! He is terrible!
Other than him it's an 18 year old colts player who stands at 192cm tall. Ouch!
Might see more of Fraser in the ruck.
need to see him in the backline!
Oh, you were talking about Newman.
Written him off already? Has serious star-potential.
He might be, but I wouldn't say he's wonderful and a great draft choice when he's yet to play a game.He's a very solid prospect.
Yeah a bit of exaggeration from SC there but he's right to suggest our KPP drafting on paper, thus far, looks better than our luck with smaller players.
I just maintain that Newman if he gets his shit together could be a massive win.
Wonderful prospect is what i actually meant to write, but whatevs. He looks just as likely as any of the KPPs picked after him in that draft. If he were playing with one of the better WAFL midfields kicking to him, he'd likely be doing even better.
He could very easily become nothing, but he was 19 less than a month ago and he's been selected on an extended interchange bench a few times in a side with strong key talls.
dajesmac i wasn't writing off Newman at all - I was simply highlighting that we haven't been doing too well with our midfielder picks in the 20 - 35 range. Newman has lots of talent, but he's a court decision away from being a bust as well. Weak draft, but a couple of similar-ish mids taken afterwards, in Brad Hill and Lachie Neale, have performed well at times for their respective top 4 sides.
I agree he'll be great if he turns out, but i wouldn't say it'll be a massive win, it'll just be what we deserve for a pick 23. Maybe i'm over-rating the draft though...
Why not it took three years before Fraser Gherig got a game for us, and he had similar results to Fraser McInnes.
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I have a feeling we might see a bit of a Lie-cettesque (you like?) transformation from McInnes next season. Maybe it's more hopeful, but I do like what I have seen, in patches.
McInnes has a much more athletic-looking physique these days. He clunks his marks beautifully. He just needs to increase his output across the whole game. Looks very good to me.
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Need to get him on the same running program we got Lynch and Cox on
