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WA kid, grown up Freo supporter. Father captained Freo and bailed from Vic to "go home to WA" when they were established in the 90s. If he makes it, he'll wind up at Freo regardless of which club drafts him. Nothing surer. 

Don't think we'll use pick 13 on him anyway, so we'll avoid the inevitable. Definitely has exciting attributes though. Bloody Freo lol

 
12 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

WA kid, grown up Freo supporter. Father captained Freo and bailed from Vic to "go home to WA" when they were established in the 90s. If he makes it, he'll wind up at Freo regardless of which club drafts him. Nothing surer. 

Don't think we'll use pick 13 on him anyway, so we'll avoid the inevitable. Definitely has exciting attributes though. Bloody Freo lol

Nothing surer..

2 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

 

Knowing the kid and watching him closely for 2 years I would love Ginbey but it isn’t happening 

He has a great First name.

 
6 hours ago, Redleg said:

He has a great First name.

It’s also a very nice sandwich with a pint of Pale Ale to wash it down 


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On 10/21/2022 at 1:43 PM, Lord Travis said:

WA kid, grown up Freo supporter. Father captained Freo and bailed from Vic to "go home to WA" when they were established in the 90s. If he makes it, he'll wind up at Freo regardless of which club drafts him. Nothing surer. 

Don't think we'll use pick 13 on him anyway, so we'll avoid the inevitable. Definitely has exciting attributes though. Bloody Freo lol

If they keep winning rising stars then I say keep drafting them. Especially given we sold Freo a lemon in Hogan and we’ve kept plenty of young players from other parts of the country.

Freo’s cap and list needs have lined up with pinching our players. That won’t always be the case. His time line of leaving probably lines up better with West Coast in 3-5 years anyway. And his dad understands the benefits of playing for a winning club in Victoria. 

Lots of reasons to suggest he’d stay. 

 
2 hours ago, Deeman said:

Heir to the Gilbey’s Gin fortune?

Only if it's the Ginbey Gin fortune.

5 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

If they keep winning rising stars then I say keep drafting them. Especially given we sold Freo a lemon in Hogan

Hogan was no lemon. Freo’s ineptness turned him into one. Long may it continue


On 10/19/2022 at 11:29 AM, DeeSpencer said:

Ed Allan isn't just the best choice for us at pick 13, I'm starting to think he's the best player in the entire draft.

I didn't really want to start a thread because Hawthorn or Geelong will probably take him with picks 6 or 7, if not, the Eagles will pounce at 8 or worst case 12 - hence their trade down. But maybe, just maybe, clubs will be worried about the small sample size, lack of representative or highly level footy and injury and he'll slide to 13.

Here's the case:

1. Size:
He's a 195cm - that's Bont, Cripps, Goodes kind of stuff. At 82kg's he'll fill out well too.

2. Athleticism:
He just ran a seriously quick 2.81 20m sprint, one of the quickest times ever recorded and has very good endurance too.

3. Production

Off an interrupted preseason with stress fractures in his back he averaged 25 disposals from 5 games in the WAFL colts

4. Pedigree
Son of Hawthorn B+F winner and Freo captain Ben Allan.

5. This video.

 

I just can't stop watching it:
a. Lovely right foot set shot
b. Weighted left foot kick on his non preferred
c. Quick hands under pressure, gets the ball well clear of tackler, receiving player makes it look worse
d. Weaves on to his left and puts it right on his tall forward
e. Hits up a forward, or 2 forwards really, who can't seem to get the ball
f. quick play on through the corridor
g. makes his decision on the run for a lovely diagonal kick
h. plays on, lowers eyes for the hit up 
i. regulation handball, whatever
j. I love this one, pulls a handball once, then fires it again on his left to hit the runner in stride

I watched the full WA v SA state game that he played in, as well as the WAFL Colts grand final last year. Both games he played on a wing and was fine. He's not a natural wingman IMO. He holds position well but is fairly passive in waiting for the ball to come to him (think James Jordon) rather than looking for those Langdon type moments to really insert himself in to play.

He's also not a great mark for his size. Gets a bit flummoxed in loose ball situations too. 

But look at this, Claremont stuffed up their rotations at one stage and he ended up in the ruck, look at the vision and execution of this handball on his non preferred at 1:28:57 

He'll need some time to fill out and round out his marking and contested work but those things can be taught by good coaches. It's much harder to teach high level decision making and skills. And you can't just create gun athletes either.

Want to replace Luke Jackson with a big bodied midfielder (not ruck) who can do special things - this is the guy.

DRAFT slider Ed Allan has emerged as a potential round one bolter for Collingwood following an eye-catching pre-season, months after being selected late in the first round of last November's NAB AFL Draft. 

The 18-year-old has exceeded expectations across his first few months in the AFL system, completing far more work than first expected following an injury-interrupted final season of underage football. 
@DeeSpencer 

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