The Rumour Mill

[EasternWest]

If you want a good shot of the size of TomaDog compared to his contemporaries, see below.

Even Bonts looks like he's malnourished.

What a beast. Our Tom.

Trade Radio is still speculating that we need to make an offer for Schoenmakers despite him wanting to stay at the Hawks.

I would like to get him. He's big, quick and young and I think he's got a lot to work with.

[Remi Moses]

Good deal for both parties ( even though it's Essendon)
He's 29 and a dodgy knee, so I don't get the comparison with Stanley.
Obviously Geelong think there's a bit to work with in Stanley, and I think that's a deal favouring Stkilda.
Going to have a very young list next season

[BornInDroopSt'54]

What a beast. Our Tom.



I would like to get him. He's big, quick and young and I think he's got a lot to work with.

I haven't met him but he and Lowden are friends with my daughter who's only 5'4''! I told her to tell him to come to the Dogs after seeing him win the VFL goalkicking. That was PTB (pre Tom Boyd).

[boydogs]

As above so what is Bonts? 6'4?

6'5"

[Twodogs]

Is that Scharnburg who's head is exploding?

[boydogs]

Would Jones and 37 be OK for 28 from Carlton?

It would been 39 (after the Biggs trade) up to 28 as opposed to 82 up to 46. We've got 5 picks in the top 50 now ala 2012

[1eyedog]

6'5"

Nah 192 on the website so a mm under 6'4

[Remi Moses]

Seems to get lost in the Recruitment of Big Tom .
Pretty good draft position all things considering.

[Greystache]

Nah 192 on the website so a mm under 6'4

He was 194cm at the draft camp, so at a minimum he's at least that. The club website is almost always wrong. 195cm (6'5) is probably right.

[Go_Dogs]

He was 194cm at the draft camp, so at a minimum he's at least that. The club website is almost always wrong. 195cm (6'5) is probably right.

Weren't the draft combine measurements wrong last year? I thought he was more likely 192/193cm.

[F'scary]

Seems to get lost in the Recruitment of Big Tom .
Pretty good draft position all things considering.

It is sort of like we traded up and effectively had pick 1 already with the Tom Boyd recruitment. We have scored another recruit, Zaine Cordy, with pick 64 via F/S. I have seen 3 ratings which have Cordy at 24th, 37th and 39th best prospect in the draft, so its sort of like we got another early second round to early 3rd round pick for a mid 4th round pick.

We now have 2 mid 2nd round picks (26, 27), three early-to-mid 3rd round picks (39, 45, 46) and one mid 4th round (82) which perhaps could be ditched in favour of DFA recruit. (I don't buy the way the AFL keeps extending the first and 2nd rounds, to me round 1 is strictly picks 1-18, round 2 is 19-36, round 3 is 37-54, and so on).

So, yeah I agree with Remi.

Of the players we have lost, only Griffen bothers me but I am happy with compensation.

[1eyedog]

He was 194cm at the draft camp, so at a minimum he's at least that. The club website is almost always wrong. 195cm (6'5) is probably right.

He's listed as 192 everywhere but maybe they're just taking that from the club website. Either way he is a tall mid. I wonder if we'll play him in a key position more when he develops. Kade Kolodjashnij is apparently 190 and Bonts looks 3-4 cm taller than him.

[Before I Die]

Scharenberg is listed at 191cm and Bonts at 194cm on footywire

[F'scary]

He's listed as 192 everywhere but maybe they're just taking that from the club website. Either way he is a tall mid. I wonder if we'll play him in a key position more when he develops. Kade Kolodjashnij is apparently 190 and Bonts looks 3-4 cm taller than him.

Agree, he could be a KPF if he fills out a bit more, which he probably will. He has shown in his first year that he is a better-than-good overhead mark.

[GVGjr]

At last years combine Bonts measured in at 193.9cm.