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    He's also has very good closing speed and consequently gets in plenty of spoils in marking contests and can apply chase down pressure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dejavoodoo44 View Post
    I guess it will depend on how his body develops. If he puts on more muscle, I could see him becoming a genuine kpd. If not, I think he'd still make it as a defensive flanker, whose rebounding skills would be very handy.

    In regards to his versatility, I'm not sure if I've seen him play on a small forward, but prior to this season, I've seen him play as a ruck, a big bodied midfielder and a key forward. So he is versatile.

    And the fact that he seems to have only settled into defence this season, makes me a bit more bullish about his future. In that, I suspect that he's still learning the position. His rebounding has definitely improved since the start of the year, to the extent that it was very impressive in the game against WA. That performance had me thinking that in a few years time, it might be sorta awesome to have both him and Blakey coming out of defence. I suspect that now that he's settling more into the defence, he's reading the game a bit better and consequently has more confidence to take the game on.

    His kicking is possibly a bit hit and miss, but that could be a result of both trying to rebound in a hurry and still learning what's an optimum target to hit and what's a bit too ambitious. But I think his kicking is pretty good, without being an obvious asset.

    I haven't really seen enough of the players you mentioned, to rate him against them, but in regards to draft range, I'm not really hearing anyone talking him up as a high draft pick. So, I'm guessing that he would be most likely to go in the 25-45 range. Which I feel pretty sure we'd match.
    Interesting. I didn’t appreciate he hadn’t enjoyed a long history as a defender. Some blokes improve rapidly and rise to the occasion - like Cleary last year. - so let’s hope he’s one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by i'm-uninformed2 View Post
    Interesting. I didn’t appreciate he hadn’t enjoyed a long history as a defender. Some blokes improve rapidly and rise to the occasion - like Cleary last year. - so let’s hope he’s one.
    I've just noticed that the first Rookie Me power rankings has been put out for the season.

    AFL Draft Power Rankings: June 2024 - Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central

    They don't mention him, so I assume that they rate him outside the top forty. If they're correct, I'd say that would be a definite bargain. Our current picks are 18, 19 and 56, so that would probably get rid of the need to split pick 19, if the feeling was that he might be bid on at around pick 20. That is, we could cover a pick in the forties, with pick 56 and a late future pick.

    Our other players that are draft eligible this year and are playing for the Allies, Andreacchio and Harrison, aren't mentioned either, but personally I think that if either are picked up, it'd be via the rookie list, rather than the main draft.

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