Funny I read this, spitting image of a mate of mine, took a photo on the AFL website sent it to my other mates who know him and said WC drafted the silly kent!
Absolutely spitting image !LOLOLOL
List Mgmt. Welcome Bailey Williams (Pick 35, 2018 National Draft)
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My favorite pick. Will be better than Nic Nat. Bookmark it.
You could show me his highlight video and convince me he was a top 5 pick.
Some of those marks, how he reads the flight *drools*
Would have been happy to take him in the early 20s so it's fair to say I think this is a good pick.
Highlights are very impressive. Times his leaps in marking contests very well. Uses reach to his advantage. That passage of play where he outruns a smaller player on the wing, hands it off and follows up to kick the goal was really quite fantastic.
I think we'll develop him primarily as a ruck rather than as a forward who pinch-hits. FWIW he's taller than Paddy Ryder and has a similarly massive leap. We get way too hung up on height measurements when wingspan and vertical leap measurements are just as important. The amount of pointless agonising on this board over Oscar Allen's height this time last year should be lesson enough.
With Naita, Vardy, Hickey and Brooksby all 27-28, this was a very sensible pick. It wouldn't stop me from going after Tim English in a season or two, but at least we have a developing option. He'll have plenty of time to develop before he'll be needed in the senior team. My only concern is how our reserves team will manage to play all of our talls...
Highlights are very impressive. Times his leaps in marking contests very well. Uses reach to his advantage. That passage of play where he outruns a smaller player on the wing, hands it off and follows up to kick the goal was really quite fantastic.
I think we'll develop him primarily as a ruck rather than as a forward who pinch-hits. FWIW he's taller than Paddy Ryder and has a similarly massive leap. We get way too hung up on height measurements when wingspan and vertical leap measurements are just as important. The amount of pointless agonising on this board over Oscar Allen's height this time last year should be lesson enough.
With Naita, Vardy, Hickey and Brooksby all 27-28, this was a very sensible pick. It wouldn't stop me from going after Tim English in a season or two, but at least we have a developing option. He'll have plenty of time to develop before he'll be needed in the senior team. My only concern is how our reserves team will manage to play all of our talls...
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Yeah well **** em will cost two first rounders after his first season and one of them inside the top ten..... isn't that how it goes.
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This kids going to be a player.
Stoked to get him so cheap.
Been a massive fan of his for two years now and was over the moon when we took him.
Reckon a few Clubs will be spewing in a few years pissed off with themselves for not puling the trigger.
He will thrive and blossom under our Ruck program.
Stoked to get him so cheap.
Been a massive fan of his for two years now and was over the moon when we took him.
Reckon a few Clubs will be spewing in a few years pissed off with themselves for not puling the trigger.
He will thrive and blossom under our Ruck program.
I like this pick, For a big bloke, he has decent speed, Not a bad leap on him too. Williams>lycett
Hopefully we really develop him primarily as a forward rather than an undersized ruck.
Pinch hit, no worries, but develop him as a FORWARD please, not a ruckman. I see so much potential with the big angry unit.
Pinch hit, no worries, but develop him as a FORWARD please, not a ruckman. I see so much potential with the big angry unit.
Yep noticrd that he didnt mind throwing his weight around. Drive a knee into someones back taking a mark.
Very agile and follows up play well.
Nice grab and like his vibe.
Could easy be the standout from this draft.
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I like how he's an angry screwed up face ranga Looks like he really wears his heart on his sleeve and wants to get in and have a crack.
Hoping he can control it a bit more than Tom Lamb did though. Don't want anymore sulking or looking east when things aren't going his way.
Looks like he really wears his heart on his sleeve and wants to get in and have a crack. Hoping he can control it a bit more than Tom Lamb did though. Don't want anymore sulking or looking east when things aren't going his way.
Love this pick. I was in a dilemma wanting 2 early mids and feeling like Williams would be there. Him sliding out makes up for earlier reaches.
He is a genuine power forward who likes to ruck and will throw his body around. Also happy to play back meaning we will have options to help Barrass if there are 2 planks to play on. I also like the way he follows up his aerial work at ground level. He way genuinely good at getting well above opponents in the air.
Simpson has a game plan that rucks need to do more than ruck so this fits in perfectly.
Saw some Dandenong games and Williams was their key forward and Bowman starting ruck but they were interchanged in both roles.
He is a genuine power forward who likes to ruck and will throw his body around. Also happy to play back meaning we will have options to help Barrass if there are 2 planks to play on. I also like the way he follows up his aerial work at ground level. He way genuinely good at getting well above opponents in the air.
Simpson has a game plan that rucks need to do more than ruck so this fits in perfectly.
Saw some Dandenong games and Williams was their key forward and Bowman starting ruck but they were interchanged in both roles.
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Looks like a totally different character to Lamb. I don't know quite how I can say this but I'm pretty certain he's nothing like Lamb. This guy is a 'goer' week out, week in, Lamb put in the effort when it suited him. He has a far more open face.I like how he's an angry screwed up face ranga
Hoping he can control it a bit more than Tom Lamb did though. Don't want anymore sulking or looking east when things aren't going his way.
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