Harry Schoenberg (Drafted by Adelaide)

[Demon Dynasty 17,274]

Another viable prospect with pick 30 IF he doesn't get snapped up prior.

"We already have plenty of mids" will be the cry.  But do we?

Chunk now pretty much done as a full time mid and Goody marking him to play HF in more than likely his final year.

Gus 'apparantly' suffering from a chronic back issue which held him back significantly this season.

Tracc hoping to play more time through the mid might make up a little for the loss of chunk.  But what if Gus has 'one of those years' with injury.

That still leaves us at least one down on rotation from an 'inside or balanced' mid perspective.

Schoenberg is more of a balanced mid, not dissimilar to the style of Gus imv but could offer handy cover/back up (or better) after a year or so in the system.  The guy is all class in traffic, also has a dip and a lovely kick of the pill hitting up short targets on the run with wonderful vision & precision execution.

Without getting too excited as there's still no doubt plenty of work ahead to make the grade he just might be one of the most under rated balanced mids in this year's draft in terms of potential upside.  Deorre seems to agree going by his article and others must have seen similar with Schoenburg winning his state's MVP and All Australian u18 honours.

(Extract from ESPN article)..."Schoenberg averaged 27 disposals, 12 contested possessions, five tackles and five marks during the Under-18 Championships".

Not a bad haul.  He might go before our 30 but anyway here's some info for those interested...

https://m.afl.com.au/draft/prospects

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/28117106/afl-draft-10-most-underrated-prospects%3fplatform=amp

 https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/harry-schoenberg/