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Will Brodie Smith end up being better than Danger and Sloane?
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OrdinaryJoel
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We could compare these three guys to Geelong's three, back in '07.
In my opinion, Danger will be our Ablett, Sloane will be our Bartel, and Smith will be our Corey. Crouch will be our J.Selwood. That is a ****ing good midfield! Let's not forget Matty Wright, Thommo etc etc. Good times ahead, good times!
In my opinion, Danger will be our Ablett, Sloane will be our Bartel, and Smith will be our Corey. Crouch will be our J.Selwood. That is a ****ing good midfield! Let's not forget Matty Wright, Thommo etc etc. Good times ahead, good times!
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Roo and Kouta always got put out of that conversation...
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We could compare these three guys to Geelong's three, back in '07.
In my opinion, Danger will be our Ablett, Sloane will be our Bartel, and Smith will be our Corey. Crouch will be our J.Selwood. That is a ******* good midfield! Let's not forget Matty Wright, Thommo etc etc. Good times ahead, good times!
So he'll piss off to the new Tasmanian expansion team?
(Not that they will ever get a team)
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They will get a team*So he'll piss off to the new Tasmanian expansion team?
(Not that they will ever get a team)
*In 50 years and will be shit!!!
Quite simply I think no. May be better than Sloane however as he has the tools. Our midfield once Thompson retires (unfortunately has to happen one day)
C: Smith Crouch Wright
R: Jacobs Sloane Dangerfield
C: Smith Crouch Wright
R: Jacobs Sloane Dangerfield
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Might wait to see him in the midfield first
Hope he gets a chance there next season
Hope he gets a chance there next season
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I think its a pretty big call to say Brodie Smith will exceed Danger or Sloane but he's been excellent since returning from being dropped earlier in the year. He's got speed, intensity and can kick the ball beautifully. Really hope we keep pumping games into him because he'l be a very useful player.
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Everyone keeps mentioning Danger and Cotchin as the young guns.....Toby Greene in his 1st year has shown more than both in their 1st year. Boy would I love to get him at the Crows!!
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He is a dead-set jet!
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I also love Greene but he doesn't have Danger's intangibles. Could see him being as good as Cotchin though (i.e. geniune elite).
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Reminds me of Boyd... But the real talent that is on their hands is Devon Smith. Will be an absolute star!
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So did Rhys Palmer!
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Yeah, but this kid can actually hit a target and I've never seen a 1st year player go harder..never!!
My god we will have a good midfield for years to come.
Hell, we still have Thommo, Wright and VB to add to Smith, Danger, Sloane, Crouch.
My god.
Hell, we still have Thommo, Wright and VB to add to Smith, Danger, Sloane, Crouch.
My god.
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It was probably me.
I called for him to be dropped a week or two before it happened, in fact. I'm glad we did. He clearly needed a spell, and I think it's reasonable to believe he benefitted from it. His first half of the season was good but he had a few mediocre games in a row, whereas his second half has been great.
Anyway, I reckon he could definitely match, or even surpass Sloane. I think we almost all agree he'll never reach the level that Danger will.
Did some good things against a still developing suns but lets revisit after the finals and see. I would think he may have the potential but to ask if he will be better than Rory or Danger is jumping the gun.
Kouta doesn't belong near that conversation. He wasn't amongst the best for the majority of his career
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When Kouta was up and going, he was arguably the best of the lot. Was never the same after doing his knee.
Yes but his overall career was nowhere near the others. Its a bit like saying that if Dangerfield got an injury now and he was never the same again, you could compare him to the others. You couldnt. Hes gotta keep up this form for many years to be considered a great like the others mentioned.
Brodie's an interesting prospect, people keep throwing names like Corey and Enright around from Geelong, personally I think his career will follow a similar path to that of Simon Goodwins. He has started his career as a long kicking skinny flanker, who whilst playing well enough to play the majority of his first 2 years in the AFL, hasn't exactly set the world on fire. However he has slowly improved across those 2 years.
Similar to Goodwin, I think he's really just in a holding pattern whilst he builds up the body size to be a bona fide midfielder, once he does this, I think we'll truly see the ability this kid has. Unlike popular belief, he is not a natural outside player, he was a clearance machine at underage level and if you watch his work, as rarer occurrence as it may be, around the stoppages it is clearly where he is most comfortable.
Going by his figures on afc.com.au, he's still probably 10kg's off of his ideal playing weight, especially as a midfielder. His ability to adapt as a flanker only goes to show his natural footballing ability. In 2 years time, I very much see him being the Simon Goodwin to Patty Dangerfield's Ricciuto, Sloane's McLeod. (oh and Wright's Edwards, Kerridge's Thommo, Crouch's Joel Selwood and Lyon's Murphy )
Similar to Goodwin, I think he's really just in a holding pattern whilst he builds up the body size to be a bona fide midfielder, once he does this, I think we'll truly see the ability this kid has. Unlike popular belief, he is not a natural outside player, he was a clearance machine at underage level and if you watch his work, as rarer occurrence as it may be, around the stoppages it is clearly where he is most comfortable.
Going by his figures on afc.com.au, he's still probably 10kg's off of his ideal playing weight, especially as a midfielder. His ability to adapt as a flanker only goes to show his natural footballing ability. In 2 years time, I very much see him being the Simon Goodwin to Patty Dangerfield's Ricciuto, Sloane's McLeod. (oh and Wright's Edwards, Kerridge's Thommo, Crouch's Joel Selwood and Lyon's Murphy
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