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Alex Neal-Bullen to Debut Round 11 vs St Kilda

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I see Bullen as a Sammy Mitchell type, who will perfectly compliment Brayshaw a Selwood type and Petracca a big bodied midfielder in the Fyfe mould....recruiting for specific needs.

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    I see Bullen as a Sammy Mitchell type, who will perfectly compliment Brayshaw a Selwood type and Petracca a big bodied midfielder in the Fyfe mould....recruiting for specific needs.

    Why recruit for specific needs when there's the Fyfe mold? Seems to me that the Fyfe mold renders all others obsolete.

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    Why recruit for specific needs when there's the Fyfe mold? Seems to me that the Fyfe mold renders all others obsolete.

    True but not everybody fits that mould , they are pretty rare, which is why I think we have a beauty in Petracca.

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    I see Bullen as a Sammy Mitchell type, who will perfectly compliment Brayshaw a Selwood type and Petracca a big bodied midfielder in the Fyfe mould....recruiting for specific needs.

    all we need is a bradley mould & a vossy mould, & say a clark keating mould. if trenners comes good, he can fit the hayes mould.

    one question, which does that jones boy fit? :huh:

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    My point was that it certainly isn't something particular to our supporters, which seemed to be the suggestion though perhaps I misinterpreted. Everyone does it. Media, fans, even the players themselves. And why not? Being excited about a youngster is a good thing, whether or not he turns out to be as good as Dane Swan.

    I think it's just a more useful point of reference. If I said "this guy is a dead ringer for Nathan Wright", I don't think people are going to be much the wiser. The best players in the game are the ones everyone knows, so it's only natural that that is where the comparisons gravitate to.

    Anyway, ANB compared himself to Robbie Gray, so I doubt he's going to be that bothered by who he gets compared to.

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    all we need is a bradley mould & a vossy mould, & say a clark keating mould. if trenners comes good, he can fit the hayes mould.

    one question, which does that jones boy fit? :huh:

    He'd be in the J. Christ mould.

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    all we need is a bradley mould & a vossy mould, & say a clark keating mould. if trenners comes good, he can fit the hayes mould.

    one question, which does that jones boy fit? :huh:

    They broke the mould.

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    I think it's just a more useful point of reference. If I said "this guy is a dead ringer for Nathan Wright", I don't think people are going to be much the wiser. The best players in the game are the ones everyone knows, so it's only natural that that is where the comparisons gravitate to.

    Anyway, ANB compared himself to Robbie Gray, so I doubt he's going to be that bothered by who he gets compared to.

    Did he?

    Not sure I see a lot of Robbie Gray in him.

    I'm still confident he'll be a great value player for pick 40ish, like a Rory Sloane.

    Nothing wrong with a bit of hyperbole.

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    Reminds me a little of a young John Cusack.

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    all we need is a bradley mould & a vossy mould, & say a clark keating mould. if trenners comes good, he can fit the hayes mould.

    one question, which does that jones boy fit? :huh:

    Van will be our Vossy.

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    Nup, he didn't. I'm confusing him for Petracca.

    Getting old, I think.

    Oh yeah, with you now.

    I did the same thing, thinking "that's wrong, but somehow familiar"

    It's all blue sky mining anyway.

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    what are we gaining, trying to pigeonhole him into someone else?

    Remember the unique Jakovitch? Or etc etc etc

    ANB is ANB, and now we get to see our first instalment of something entirely new. On with the show!

    (woo-hoo - I made it to 666 posts. On here, that's gotta be good!)

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    They broke the mould.

    You mean Chunk smashed it in a bone-crunching tackle ... :)

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    Van will be our Vossy.

    well he better have one with the lot then, speed, run, skills, Footy IQ & just a tincture of tenderness; Hard-ness

    Voss >>>>> Hird > Buckley...

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    Apparently Alex also had a Navicular fracture in his foot when he was around 16-17 so hopefully Trengove can overcome a similar sort of injury to the one Alex had.

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