Discussion Rookie Discussion

[IDIG]

Confirmation Noble is training with the AFL regs

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240066457540521984

 

[Ben's Beasts]

Confirmation Noble is training with the AFL regs

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240066457540521984

Tyler Brown also training with the AFL regulars. Could be a cheap MID bench option.

 

[Bomber18]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240077984742002688

We have our first announcement!

 

[Herbie66]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240077984742002688

We have our first announcement!

So I gather that rules out Ash

 

[Ben's Beasts]

So I gather that rules out Ash

Nope. Williams not a confirmed starter plus it’s quite possible that two of Williams/Ash/Cumming are named anyway.

 

[Slacker]

So I gather that rules out Ash

Maybe just drip feeding the media announcements for more headline time.

 

[Herbie66]

Nope. Williams not a confirmed starter plus it’s quite possible that two of Williams/Ash/Cumming are named anyway.

or quite possibly none of them , have about 28 vying for 22 spots

Kennedy , Perryman , Reid , Shaw , Whitfield can all play those roles

 

[Slacker]

or quite possibly none of them , have about 28 vying for 22 spots

Kennedy , Perryman , Reid , Shaw , Whitfield can all play those roles

Don't think I'd be brave enough to start Ash unless he lines up alongside Williams in round 1.

 

[Herbie66]

Don't think I'd be brave enough to start Ash unless he lines up alongside Williams in round 1.

Unless Williams takes Taranto's spot , too many options available.

 

[Bomber18]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240083275390930945

Huge we have our mid rookie saviour!

 

[Herbie66]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240083275390930945

Huge we have our mid rookie saviour!

lol

when is Treloar due back ? ?

 

[Bomber18]

lol

when is Treloar due back ? ?

He may be in and out this season but I think you just take him given the lack of better options.

 

[Herbie66]

He may be in and out this season but I think you just take him given the lack of better options.

we will end up with too many too pick from ?

1 game might be the maximum we get from anyone any way so good as pick as any

 

[jobeywatto]

You've just gotta pick rookies as they're named. Apart from the 123k forward rookies (where we have a bit of choice) no room to be picky this year.

 

[Herbie66]

You've just gotta pick rookies as they're named. Apart from the 123k forward rookies (where we have a bit of choice) no room to be picky this year.

Think you still need to take into account JS and the ability to generate $$$ quickly , isn't that the whole idea of bench rookies + to provide cover if necessary ?

Especially when a side has a player due back from injury in a week or so.

 

[jobeywatto]

Think you still need to take into account JS and the ability to generate $$$ quickly , isn't that the whole idea of bench rookies + to provide cover if necessary ?

Especially when a side has a player due back from injury in a week or so.

JS is hard to be gauge because we have no idea how coaches are going to deal with a shortened season and no VFL.

Do rookies get rotated heavily because coaches want game time into as many young players as they can? It's very easy to see a rookie being named for one week, then dropped for two, brought back in for another week then dropped again.

 

[Hondo]

JS is hard to be gauge because we have no idea how coaches are going to deal with a shortened season and no VFL.

Do rookies get rotated heavily because coaches want game time into as many young players as they can? It's very easy to see a rookie being named for one week, then dropped for two, brought back in for another week then dropped again.

So isn’t that more reason to try to pick carefully not just grab any based price rookie named? We may not have a choice though.

 

[IDIG]

So I gather that rules out Ash

Don’t think you can pick him even if named.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240092157156798465

 

[jobeywatto]

So isn’t that more reason to try to pick carefully not just grab any based price rookie named? We may not have a choice though.

But how do you pick carefully at this point? Surely if a rookie is named Round 1 then that's as good a sign as any they are close to best 22? My point is that even rookies we've deemed as being safe JS-wise may now be open to rotation. You can see scenarios where even safer guys like Rowell and Anderson and Brander are rotated out of the team for a week to give them a rest and allow some other fringe players to get game time, more so than other years.

Midfield rookies especially is pretty much a "take what you can get" scenario. We're probably only going to get 2 or 3 <123k options in Round 1.

 

[Herbie66]

JS is hard to be gauge because we have no idea how coaches are going to deal with a shortened season and no VFL.

Do rookies get rotated heavily because coaches want game time into as many young players as they can? It's very easy to see a rookie being named for one week, then dropped for two, brought back in for another week then dropped again.

Out: Brown
In: Treloar

if we have alternative/options think I will wait on SORII