Ben Sokol

[Lucifers Hero 36,991]

23 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Can we delist a rookie or something to pick him up? He’s better than 5-6 on our list already IMO.

Overall we have 2 list spots available as either Senior List or Rookies. 

We can't delist a Rookie but we can upgrade one or we can opt not to take Brown or Bennell.   There is no hurry to decide on them. 

[Lord Travis 10,162]

1 minute ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Overall we have 2 list spots available as either Senior List or Rookies. 

We can't delist a Rookie but we can upgrade one or we can opt not to take Brown or Bennell.   There is no hurry to decide on them. 

Upgrade Lockhart and rookie Bennell and Sokol would be ideal IMO.

[roy11 2,924]

36 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Upgrade Lockhart and rookie Bennell and Sokol would be ideal IMO.

So No Brown then?

[DeeSpencer 23,113]

Hoping he's on a list of many - including 18 year olds not drafted - that we get down to train and have a closer look at.

2 free spots on the list, we can't have allocated them both to Mitch Brown and a bloke who hasn't played in 5 years.

[Sydee 3,613]

Mitch Brown ? really don't see the appeal personally 

Rather take a punt on a younger kid not picked up in the draft and hope they surprise

[Skuit 9,166]

1 hour ago, Stretch Johnson said:

Doubt it.  It would also be an act of bastardry

I just had a serious rush of blood. 

[Lord Travis 10,162]

49 minutes ago, roy11 said:

So No Brown then?

Sokol is 24 and kicked 60 goals 35 behinds in the WAFL this year, including 6.3 in the grand final.

Brown is 30 next season and just had his best year kicking 21.13 in a team where he was the main target with Daniher out and Hooker swinging back and forward.

We'd get 1-2 years out of Brown at most, and the best we could hope for is probably 25 goals or so.

We'd get 5+ years out of Sokol and potentially far more goals and flexibility than Brown. 

I'd be taking Sokol ahead of Brown.

[Slartibartfast 15,758]

What type of player is Sokol.  Who would he replace in the best 22?  How much coverage for the Sokol position do we have and how much coverage for the Brown position do we have.

I think it's more about list balance than anything.

[Willmoy1947 3,769]

Plays well at the level,  Brown for me....

[Nasher 33,047]

On 9/29/2019 at 12:55 AM, A F said:

About bloody time. A Western Australian. Maybe our WA scout has been working...

 This comment aged even better than you could have expected I reckon mate!

[spirit of norm smith 12,890]

Sokol would be the one to choose IF BENNELL fails in his comeback.  
Sokol has all the skills and smarts and goalkicking to be successful at AFL level.  

[Binmans PA 25,997]

1 hour ago, Nasher said:

 This comment aged even better than you could have expected I reckon mate!

Hahaha, brilliant. Seems so long ago now.

We've had a few handy West Aussies over the years, not only on the field, but on Demonland. PSD, ET, Steve and the wonderful list goes on. 

[daisycutter 28,485]

are we talking about the 186cm full forward ben sokol......lol

[Wiseblood 24,636]

3 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

Sokol is 24 and kicked 60 goals 35 behinds in the WAFL this year, including 6.3 in the grand final.

Brown is 30 next season and just had his best year kicking 21.13 in a team where he was the main target with Daniher out and Hooker swinging back and forward.

We'd get 1-2 years out of Brown at most, and the best we could hope for is probably 25 goals or so.

We'd get 5+ years out of Sokol and potentially far more goals and flexibility than Brown 

I'd be taking Sokol ahead of Brown.

Would he?  The bloke is unproven at AFL level, where as we know what we get with Brown.

I see the reasoning behind wanting someone like Sokol, but nobody picked him up.  That's telling.