Welcome Welcome to Freo Murphy Reid - pick 17 of the 2024 Draft

[Wee Jessies]

So the cost of the Bolton trade is now known (rank in brackets):
Hotton (ACL 16)
Faull (28)
Trainor (20, concussions)

The gain of the trade:
Shai Bolton

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Shai Bolton

Age

25

Ht

176cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

9.2

4star

HB

3.5

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.0

1star

Murphy Reid (9)
2025 F3 (should come in a lot due to point matching next year)

Will be interesting to revisit in 3 and then 10 years time.

 

[oldgoat]

He’s got the Brodie overhead handball. The Caleb Serong bounce hand pass. Excellent quick clean hands, good decision maker with an accurate kick. Seems to snap accurately, there’s a lot to like.

Struggle to see where he can break into the 22 though. Hopefully he proves me wrong.

There will be injuries...he can play anywhere between the arcs.

 

[Gekko71]

Class is class, and this bloke just oozes it from every pore. In his highlights packages, his chip kicking on the run to the advantage of his forwards was just sublime! Lots more of that please mate. Welcome aboard Murphy mate, very glad to have you over here.

 

[Purple Suit]

The next Pendles would be great. No pressure.

 

[oldgoat]

Best available at our pick.

Great punt

 

[freo_leo29]

One of the Bio's said he lacks a bit of explosive speed but is very fleet of foot. 3 second over 20 metres doesn't sound too bad. FOS was 2.98 and Jagga Smith was 3.03.

Matt Johnson ran a 2.98

 

[rgauci]

Matt Johnson ran a 2.98

He’s not quick, even admitted to doing specialist sprint training in off season. 20m times are not relevant, I wish they’d stop measuring it, you want to know top speed, not standing start to 20m. top speed over 30-40 would be ideal. Who can run down the wing and not be worried about chase down pressure? Who can zig zag run like Butters to evade chasers while still looking up and assessing options.

 

[Taylor]

It might be handy to see the bracketed times for 5m 10m 15m and 20m, I know they measure these with the gages along the length. That 0 to 5m time would be the most eye catching.

Think of Stephen Hill

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Stephen Hill

Age

34

Ht

183cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.9

4star

MG

223.5

3star

D

13.5

3star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.8

3star

M

4.8

4star

T

0.8

1star

MG

223.5

3star

D

11.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

who would seemingly be at top speed after two steps.

A midfielder breaking out of a stationary play with that burst would be quite damaging.

 

[Sherriff Incorporated]

Look devastated which is always scary but I am happy to take the risk. I'll back the culture, especially with Andy and Caleb (and probably others) who will know how to help him settle.

Will be interesting to see how he actually plays given the conflicting pace reports and the fact that draft reports can somehow be wildly wrong. Understand the Pendles comparison. Similar running gait maybe? Moves like him at times but not sure he plays like him. Reckon Serong is a decent comparison off the highlights.

I'm pretty happy. You're doing a lot right if you're metro's MVP. We have a good record picking sliders that Twomey thought should have gone higher.

Has cracking vision from the highlights, good skills and is good around goals. Pretty sure they are things we need more of.

I wouldnt worry about his pace in the slightest. When the draft watchers say say he doesnt have elite speed they are comparing him to the likes of Sid Draper who can explode from a stoppage. Make no mistake Reid covers the ground well Id describe him as quickish but he maintains his speed over a game. Id say like a slightly quicker Brayshaw. Id also say he's quicker than Berry who many wanted as a small forward. One of the most exciting things for us is that he looked super dangerous when playing as a small forward for brief periods last year Just like in his game against SA where he kicked 3 goals. I can see him playing the high half forward role when he first plays afl. In his last mock draft Twomey had Reid at 6 and Id say he gets everything draft related right most of the time.

 

[Freomaniac]

Amazing to look back at that. Muhammad Ali in his prime had barely any weaknesses.

Not too many Heavyweight boxers had that Ability to dodge punches with ease. Only other Heavyweight boxer I knew that could dodge punches at ease was a Mike Tyson back in 1986.

I just looked up highlights of Mike Tyson vs Mitch "Blood" Green.