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Two first rounders is a lot to pay for anyone. It wasn't worth it for Shiel, Treloar or Beams.
Hawthorn paid pick 14 for Tom Mitchell and he'd starred in a grand final.
No way he'll let go a million dollars a year to come to us for 650
And GWS can still match so they'd be matching a price lower than what he is on now. Thats what GWS is hoping happens.
And compliments our midfield group, young and old.
Gotta hope that the baby bombers have a miserable season
J W Kelly is a back-of-the-pack mid. Good skills but has to kick around the body too often because slow and not nimble. Not enough line breaking.
Has good values for a GWS player. But footy wise he's nothing special. Lotta supercoach points. Classic overrated Giant. Nobody watches em. We just read the Supercoach points.
Bont is a champion with a big chink in the armour. Low BWA. Can be denied the ball.
Merrett often demonstrates poor values. But he's brisk and works all game for space. If he can be coached he has the most upside IMO.
Tom Green? Third rounder.
Has good values for a GWS player. But footy wise he's nothing special. Lotta supercoach points. Classic overrated Giant. Nobody watches em. We just read the Supercoach points.
Bont is a champion with a big chink in the armour. Low BWA. Can be denied the ball.
Merrett often demonstrates poor values. But he's brisk and works all game for space. If he can be coached he has the most upside IMO.
Tom Green? Third rounder.
First thing we need is to get a full VFL season into our younger players to see who can play & who can’t. Our list needs regeneration in the next 1-2 years, so before we trade low picks for ready made players, let’s make a call on what we have first.
Once the VFL does start in earnest, we should only reward young players with AFL games on merit of performance (unless AFL injuries hit, then games will be given out of numerical necessity).
Was silly in my view to throw those two young players in Martyn and Mansell to the wolves against Pt Adelaide away.
Richmond fans are buying the narrative because Tom Green is a descendant of a great. But the narrative, as usual with GWS players, is hyperbole. If not fraud.
Green is pretty good size and a pretty good athlete. Compare him to Harry Schoenberg, a midget who can't raise a canter.
Harry knows where to go and gets there. He knows where to send less intelligent team mates. And he does it in a n instant. And Schoenberg looks nimble and sometimes brisk on a football ground.
Tom Green has demonstrated no such characteristics. I tender the second quarter of the GWS v Coll game on the weekend. It was still dry and Green's instructions, if they could be divined from his play, were to get involved. He was well below the level.
Now, I didn't cherry pick this quarter. I chose it because I saw my usual Tom Green.
Green went 10 in his draft because Carlton chose him there. If Matt Clark had taken him there we'd have have had a dozen or more bust calls already.
I'm not writing Green off altogether because he looks to be low on confidence atm. But I vote against statics and Green is one. And on current form, even career form, Green is mediocre imo.
Green is pretty good size and a pretty good athlete. Compare him to Harry Schoenberg, a midget who can't raise a canter.
Harry knows where to go and gets there. He knows where to send less intelligent team mates. And he does it in a n instant. And Schoenberg looks nimble and sometimes brisk on a football ground.
Tom Green has demonstrated no such characteristics. I tender the second quarter of the GWS v Coll game on the weekend. It was still dry and Green's instructions, if they could be divined from his play, were to get involved. He was well below the level.
Now, I didn't cherry pick this quarter. I chose it because I saw my usual Tom Green.
Green went 10 in his draft because Carlton chose him there. If Matt Clark had taken him there we'd have have had a dozen or more bust calls already.
I'm not writing Green off altogether because he looks to be low on confidence atm. But I vote against statics and Green is one. And on current form, even career form, Green is mediocre imo.
Interesting Jack. Pace is definitely the question but his hands in tight are elite. Not everyone needs to run like a gazelle. Pure footballers are worth their weight in gold.
I'm comparing him to a smaller, slower player, SA. A bloke who can play.
Tom Green tests alright. Surprising when you watch him play.
It's just a silly phase you're going through.
The Tom Green poster upon my wall
hides a nasty stain that's lying there
So don't you ask me
To give it back
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me
