Analysis Shannon Byrnes
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I think you are all right in your doubts about Byrne. He will play mainly Fwd pocket, and he will struggle to get any consistent/meaningful on ball time.
This is obviously a bad thing when playing for a team like Melbourne, who struggle to get the ball into the Fwd50, let alone use it well when they do.
I like Byrne, and he will 90% likely be in my team for 2 reasons.
In the reasons against, that I stated above, it would seem to indicate the ball will spend a lot of time on the ground when in the Melbourne Fwd line. The upshot of that is, if you have a Melbourne Fwd, is that he should be a smaller player.
Secondly, in the abscence of any obvious Zorkos (16/100), Treloars (18/83) or Adams (15/75), picking a Fwd Rookie that will play more than 12 to 14 games, and average better than 65 is like playing lotto. With Byrne, even though you are paying twice the price, I think you are getting good JS, and he should be able to average at least 70.
Does he have the potential growth of a lower priced Rookie? No. Is he likely to get to his Milking price quicker than a rotated-in-and-out-of-the-side Rookie? Definitely. Does he have a potential upside, to average more than a satisfactory 70/game? Undoubtedly.
He's in for me, at this stage.
oh, and p.s. WandP answered the question I intended, but I was intrigued by others take on it
This is obviously a bad thing when playing for a team like Melbourne, who struggle to get the ball into the Fwd50, let alone use it well when they do.
I like Byrne, and he will 90% likely be in my team for 2 reasons.
In the reasons against, that I stated above, it would seem to indicate the ball will spend a lot of time on the ground when in the Melbourne Fwd line. The upshot of that is, if you have a Melbourne Fwd, is that he should be a smaller player.
Secondly, in the abscence of any obvious Zorkos (16/100), Treloars (18/83) or Adams (15/75), picking a Fwd Rookie that will play more than 12 to 14 games, and average better than 65 is like playing lotto. With Byrne, even though you are paying twice the price, I think you are getting good JS, and he should be able to average at least 70.
Does he have the potential growth of a lower priced Rookie? No. Is he likely to get to his Milking price quicker than a rotated-in-and-out-of-the-side Rookie? Definitely. Does he have a potential upside, to average more than a satisfactory 70/game? Undoubtedly.
He's in for me, at this stage.
oh, and p.s. WandP answered the question I intended, but I was intrigued by others take on it
Currently Byrnes is sitting in my F6 however I'm not sold yet with him. On the other hand there is absolutely no one else to bring in around that price range (already have JJK & varcoe). Monfries coming back from injury is a player I am seriously looking at now - just need to work out where I can downgrade to generate enough cash.
Hi hotdog,
Monfries strikes me as a better option if you can raise the cash. I will admit, I've gone a bit cold on Byrne, and he is currently not in my team. It's hard to pick a Melbourne Fwd in your team, when we (Melbourne) will probably only kick 10 - 12 goals/game. He probably has better JS than Macaffer, but if I an going to end up with one of them sitting on the bench, I'd prefer it be Macaffer for dollar reasons.
Bottom line, I think he will increase in value, have pretty good JS, but I'm trying to avoid him, if I can.
Good luck.
Monfries strikes me as a better option if you can raise the cash. I will admit, I've gone a bit cold on Byrne, and he is currently not in my team. It's hard to pick a Melbourne Fwd in your team, when we (Melbourne) will probably only kick 10 - 12 goals/game. He probably has better JS than Macaffer, but if I an going to end up with one of them sitting on the bench, I'd prefer it be Macaffer for dollar reasons.
Bottom line, I think he will increase in value, have pretty good JS, but I'm trying to avoid him, if I can.
Good luck.
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He's certainly the type of player I like to pick in a side. A bit of a risk, but has some good upside if the pick works. But seriously, the worst thing that will likely happen with burns is that he averages 50-60 and only makes you a little bit of cash. By the time you realise the gamble hasn't paid off big, a bottom priced rookie will present themselves and be on the bubble. You make the trade and build some more cash while upgrading elsewhere.
He's a low risk pick in my mind, and while not in my side currently, is likely to find his way in while I'm sorting out my rucks.
He's a low risk pick in my mind, and while not in my side currently, is likely to find his way in while I'm sorting out my rucks.