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Working through that list, there's a number of things that I'm looking forward to seeing.
Starting down back, I'm keen to see if O'Connor is a genuine prospect. Apparently he's very athletic and key position size. Early reports last season were encouraging, but he slipped off the radar a bit, since he was just playing in unseen scratch matches. Similarly with Gould. All our other recent draftees are prospects (ET excluded), so, is he also very promising, or is there some flaw holding him back? Also, I'm interested in what sort of rebound Ling and O'Riordan can provide.
In the ruck, I expect Sinclair to show plenty of leadership qualities. And assuming that Amartey will also be rucking, I'll be hoping that he'll show enough to justify his list spot.
Around them, I expect Rowbottom to look a class above. I'm also interested in the performances of Bartholomaeus and Thorne. Both have been tough in and midfielders at lower levels: so hopefully they can continue that at VFL level.
In the forward line, I think that there's a fair chance that McLean will have a big game, as he's likely to be the main focus of our attack. And of course, attention will be on the performance of McCartin. Since he's had such a long absence, I'm not expecting that much, but it would be nice to see a few signs. In fact, I'm not sure if I want to see him show too much straight away, as I suspect that might increase the chances, of another club taking him in the midseason draft, before we have a chance to pick him.
Starting down back, I'm keen to see if O'Connor is a genuine prospect. Apparently he's very athletic and key position size. Early reports last season were encouraging, but he slipped off the radar a bit, since he was just playing in unseen scratch matches. Similarly with Gould. All our other recent draftees are prospects (ET excluded), so, is he also very promising, or is there some flaw holding him back? Also, I'm interested in what sort of rebound Ling and O'Riordan can provide.
In the ruck, I expect Sinclair to show plenty of leadership qualities. And assuming that Amartey will also be rucking, I'll be hoping that he'll show enough to justify his list spot.
Around them, I expect Rowbottom to look a class above. I'm also interested in the performances of Bartholomaeus and Thorne. Both have been tough in and midfielders at lower levels: so hopefully they can continue that at VFL level.
In the forward line, I think that there's a fair chance that McLean will have a big game, as he's likely to be the main focus of our attack. And of course, attention will be on the performance of McCartin. Since he's had such a long absence, I'm not expecting that much, but it would be nice to see a few signs. In fact, I'm not sure if I want to see him show too much straight away, as I suspect that might increase the chances, of another club taking him in the midseason draft, before we have a chance to pick him.
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