Parker's more damaging. Mitchell is king of the around the back handball receive and the 1-2. We always had the inside mids to cover him, and with the rise of Lloyd his link play has been covered (but it took some time).
I feel like Mitchell was overshadowed at the Swans and he wanted to be the big fish - which he now is. He's the best mid at the Hawks, in Melbourne, at the Swans he'd be 3/4 best.
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Parker is more physical, is a more penetrating kick and a better mark. They probably cancel each other out with extraction.
Leadership is important and Parker seems to be vastly superior to Mitchell with leadership. I think a couple of years of the Hawks not making the finals have Mitchell looking for his next move.
I think next year will be a test for Mitchell without the incredible leadership of Luke Hodge. More will be expected from him in terms of on field leadership. Is he up to it?
I think I saw that he is 7th on the AFLCA votes leaderboard this week so that's not too shabby. We let him go for roughly the same reasons that the Hawks let JPK go, the only difference being that when Tom came to us he already had star potential. I think it is a shame that he is going to realise it with the Hawks . It was indeed a good move for him.
Got a better mix in the midfield with Mitchell's departure. He wouldn't be getting the same numbers here as he wouldn't be the main man in the middle whereas at the Hawks he's nearly the only man!
McVeigh who looked a certain retirement earlier in the year is now playing very good football again showing he is a key component of our back 6 and will probably get another year if he keeps performing like this through to the end of the H&A and the now looking more than likely finals.
Not many players looking like certain delists at this point and we need to make three changes as per AFL rules. Probably only Leonardis & BJ are certainties, Talia maybe goes? That's three. Have I missed anyone in the likely going list?
Melican is an upgrade meaning only two ND selections, pick 17 & 35 :-) Won't use pick 53. As always, will be an interesting post season.
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