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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:27 pm
by MJ23
Highlights look a bit like Kennedy from swans. Has good hands. Great handball vision.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:27 pm
by cityslick1
gee... lets not get too excited, but there are shades of Goddard the midfielder in that video. Fierce tackler too. Can see why Hine likes him.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:29 pm
by Yarra Falls End
Former Banyule boys to play for the Pies were Stephen Clifford and Greg Whitcroft back in the 70s
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:45 pm
by skaman
looks hard at it, big bodied, runs through the lines. wonder if he's been well hidden to an extent?...lets hope so.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:48 pm
by Darkstranger
From the highlights looks fantastic, a season of strengthening and endurance, could be a ripper.
Have to say all 4 boys look like that can all stand up and hold their own. Hine & Bucks clearly have made a statement. Big bodied mids that can run and win their own ball.
Exciting times and as always, in HWT.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:03 pm
by malteaser
neil wrote:Him and Maynard could be a nice combo
Of course I have never heard of him and now he is at Collingwood so is a champion especially as he is yet to play a game
I love your thinking
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:08 pm
by roar
I like it.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:16 pm
by Tannin
Bucks2014 wrote:Northern Knights | 12/12/97 | Ht: 190 | Wt: 91
"Brayden is a late developer who played for Marcellin and won their bets
And this would be why we took a punt on him then?
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:35 pm
by Piesnchess
Looks terrific, we did pretty well in a shallow draft, to say the least, these kids look damn good to me, all finger snd toes crossed, and NO more season ending injuries, for the love of God !!
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:00 pm
by Cam
Darkstranger wrote:From the highlights looks fantastic, a season of strengthening and endurance, could be a ripper.
Have to say all 4 boys look like that can all stand up and hold their own. Hine & Bucks clearly have made a statement. Big bodied mids that can run and win their own ball.
Exciting times and as always, in HWT.
I agree, looks like a SSB clone. Or dare I say it, Pants Redux.
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:40 am
by think better
Thanks DTM - he's more like a 24 year old - big boy, looks composed in traffic and a bit of a bullock. Shades of Dangerfield
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:23 am
by Lazza
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:06 am
by 3rd degree
MJ23 wrote:Highlights look a bit like Kennedy from swans. Has good hands. Great handball vision.
Other greats in Literature have compared him to a more robust version of Troy Luff.
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:27 am
by inxs88
Seeing his selection compared with Ben Kennedy in 2012 suggests the disparity in size and recruiting philosophy has done a complete U Turn!
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:37 am
by perthmagpie
I'm going to take a guess and say drafting him is partially a response to us trading out of the first round of 2016. He is underage (turns 18 in 3 weeks) and only has the two games of exposed form in the TAC besides the school footy and a couple games against men at Banyule.
Perhaps Hine concluded that with an invite back to Northern Knights he will have more exposed form next year and shoot up the draft order and then be unavailable next year. A bit like the Bontempelli scenario. Effectively we may have our 2016 first rounder now instead.