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Haven’t seen him in action obviously, but like the description: we need to keep building high impact talent on our list, so if his upside prevails, a good chance to take.
With the proviso that it is just a highlights reel, he certainly makes it all look very easy, doesn't he. Moves oh-so-smoothly and his kicking looks effortless.
Always got to laugh at the Winner/Loser articles that appear, within minutes it seems, of trade periods and drafts being completed.
A look at the scribes winners and losers a few years down the track would show a different picture.
The great Dodoro, always a trade week/fortnight winner might look a whole lot less great a few years after his winning was proclaimed!
We are never winners because we don't get the hyped high picks but instead quietly go about turning mid/late picks and rookies into gems.
In my own backyard, Crows were declared winners five years ago getting draft steal Darcy Fogarty at a measly pick 12 and what about the great pick 9/pick 14 pair of Chase Jones and Ned McHenry four years back or pick 6 on Fischer McAsey? I quietly chuckle about the Crows "winning" drafts.
A bit reminiscent of another number 23. I assume that the knock on him, was that at 75kg, he may have been considered a bit fragile for AFL. But of course, for the bigger boys to hurt him, they have to catch him.
Always got to laugh at the Winner/Loser articles that appear, within minutes it seems, of trade periods and drafts being completed.
A look at the scribes winners and losers a few years down the track would show a different picture.
The great Dodoro, always a trade week/fortnight winner might look a whole lot less great a few years after his winning was proclaimed!
We are never winners because we don't get the hyped high picks but instead quietly go about turning mid/late picks and rookies into gems.
In my own backyard, Crows were declared winners five years ago getting draft steal Darcy Fogarty at a measly pick 12 and what about the great pick 9/pick 14 pair of Chase Jones and Ned McHenry four years back or pick 6 on Fischer McAsey? I quietly chuckle about the Crows "winning" drafts.
In my opinion a defender would have been a priority but from what I have read the number of quality options available was limited.
Hugo is a good pick for us with plenty of upside given how little football he has played over the last few years. As someone said almost a free hit for us.
Interesting that some of the reviews of him mentioned that he has some potential as an attacking defender and I wonder if this is a possible option for us in drafting him ?
We have had some success previously in turning forwards into defenders ????
Shout out to Heath, Ted and now Paddy as examples.
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