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Ellis has debilitating back issues currentlyEllis couldn't gain a lb until he retired and then the GAINZ came
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Hope he finds something that will make it better for him.
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Needs to talk to Dimma about his medicinal marijuana
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Non medicinal marijuana helps, too.
Helps with adding mass to the frame too
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Seems like according to the training reports we have him pencilled in as a backman.
Really liked Denver up forward to be honest.
Really liked Denver up forward to be honest.
Having him play both ends and rotate him in each half would be elite, he has the talent to just about the fitness
Just play him up one end of the ground for the whole game.
Back, forward, back, forward.
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Play him forward and if he kicks 1 goal, move him into defence because stats show he is unlikely to do anything else for the rest of the game as a forward...
I understand it has gone full circle. If he makes it, it will be as a defender.
Yep, we've recruited/ traded guys in this off season that have the talent to hit the scoreboard.
We need a KPF, and he's a player we can develop into one.
We need a KPF, and he's a player we can develop into one.
Worked great for Schoenmakers…
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I will settle for him just mastering one position before worrying about him being AFL quality at two.
Straight to Nate Caddy round 1.
With Lewis, Chol, and Gunston as forwards, plus the smalls, reckon DGB should be given the freedom to develop as a forward now. With less pressure, he may actually blossom as a forward, good opportunity now
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he s played about 6 good games in 3 years at box hill or hawrthorn
every one of them has been centre half forward and he's only played about 10 games in that posi
he hasn't had one stand out game at chb
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He’s played 28 AFL games for an average of 7.5 possessions / game.
Talent (?) yet to be shown at the top level so it’s hard to understand how it would be “elite” rotating from back to front.
He’d only get dizzy IMHO.
Let’s just hope he starts finding the footy more at AFL level and strings regular games together.
That’d be a positive for 2024.
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Can we put the discussion of DGB and his playing position to bed. He is training in defence. That is where he will lineup
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That would be handy in the long run, but right now he needs to nail down a single position.
Going from being a backman for two years, to being a forward for one year, before becoming a backman all over again can't be good for his confidence.
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We need to get Schoey back to mentor him. If any one knows what it's like to be thrown around, it's him!
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His game v Carlton 2022 was very good.
If it makes you feel any better the next 15odd picks in that same draft really haven’t shown much more, specifically any of the talls available
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It was a pretty poor draft year, so far
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Wow, just looked it up.
2020 AFL draft - Wikipedia
That is a really, really , really shit draft year.
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I love how quiet everyone that begrudged us picking DGB over Hollands has gotten. Used to see it in threads occasionally, I wonder if they still think it would have been a prudent choice given that Hollands has been both unfit AND regularly on the nose beers since being drafted.
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I wouldn't have said he was a forward for a whole year. He still played a fair chunk of this year down back.
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