WOOF Welcomes Ryley Sanders to the Kennel

[Guest]

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Great post Flipper. It's insights like yours and those of some of the other newer posters that help keep this place vibrant.

And the more you post the more you'll all get to interact and become part of what you'll find is an amazing community for discussion outside of the caca you get elsewhere.

Haha yes it is nice not to have to wade through pages of garbage to get to the good stuff.

[Guest]

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There is plenty of caca here, but perhaps less when EW isn't around (hope he misses this!)... but as you rightly pointed lots of insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking stuff too.

Haha It's the off season so peak time for caca

[Bulldog Joe]

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The other reason that I liked Sanders over Watson was that Watson can have a purple patch then go missing for long periods which is a problem the whole team has.
Sanders is super consistent and is the sort of player who stands up when the team needs it, like when the opposition is getting a run on.
A real lead by example player.

We certainly need players who stand up when needed.

Really hoping your assessment of Sanders proves prophetic as he leads us to a flag or 4

[Uninformed]

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The other reason that I liked Sanders over Watson was that Watson can have a purple patch then go missing for long periods which is a problem the whole team has.
Sanders is super consistent and is the sort of player who stands up when the team needs it, like when the opposition is getting a run on.
A real lead by example player.

Agree with your thoughts on Sanders. Fancied Watson at first, but as I saw more of Sanders vision I was totally sold. To me he looks a better proposition than McKercher. When they played together McKercher seemed to feed off Sanders. Sanders stats were better (and I think he kicked more goals than Watson!) And he beat beat him for the Larke medal.

With our surplus of quality talls, a gun mid. like Sanders was a great get.

(All this qualified by never having seen him live and only by way of online offerings.)

[Guest]

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Agree with your thoughts on Sanders. Fancied Watson at first, but as I saw more of Sanders vision I was totally sold. To me he looks a better proposition than McKercher. When they played together McKercher seemed to feed off Sanders. Sanders stats were better (and I think he kicked more goals than Watson!) And he beat beat him for the Larke medal.

With our surplus of quality talls, a gun mid. like Sanders was a great get.

(All this qualified by never having seen him live and only by way of online offerings.)

Yeah I should qualify that I didn't see any live games but saw a few in full.

It's a tough one between McKercher and Sanders.

McKercher definitely benefited from Sanders ability to feed him the ball in space but he does have some amazing agility at full speed and can hit some freakish kicks on the run.

Sanders does less freakish things but more frequently does really high quality things.

[Mofra]

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Agree with your thoughts on Sanders. Fancied Watson at first, but as I saw more of Sanders vision I was totally sold. To me he looks a better proposition than McKercher. When they played together McKercher seemed to feed off Sanders. Sanders stats were better (and I think he kicked more goals than Watson!) And he beat beat him for the Larke medal.

With our surplus of quality talls, a gun mid. like Sanders was a great get.

(All this qualified by never having seen him live and only by way of online offerings.)

See I saw it differently, granted I focused more on the champs than NAB league.
I'm an amateur hack, but I really think McKercher will have a better career than Reid. His run and spread is incredible and that's the way football is trending. What is Reid? He screams class utility but I'd take the player who is a gun in one position over 'very good' in multiple.
I had no idea who Sanders was pre-champs but during the games you couldn't take your eye off him. For an inside mid, he really does nail that short 45 kick time and time again. Sam Walsh has insane endurance, but reduce that running capacity to just 'very good' and you get Sanders in his NAB league year.

And I still think Jed Walter was the best kid available this year. I have no idea what North were thinking letting him slide to pick 3.

[EasternWest]

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There is plenty of caca here, but perhaps less when EW isn't around (hope he misses this!)... but as you rightly pointed lots of insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking stuff too.

Always watching Wazowski

[Grantysghost]

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Always watching Wazowski

Love your posts mate, don't be shy.

[Uninformed]

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Yeah I should qualify that I didn't see any live games but saw a few in full.

It's a tough one between McKercher and Sanders.

McKercher definitely benefited from Sanders ability to feed him the ball in space but he does have some amazing agility at full speed and can hit some freakish kicks on the run.

Sanders does less freakish things but more frequently does really high quality things.

Yeah, there is lots to love with McKercher, but in the end I was more inclined toward the consistently good output of Sanders over the more exciting speed and brilliance of McKercher. At one stage I thought North might take Duursma and Curtin from the reports that Clarkson was into Curtin. Made sense with the state of their backline. That could have left us with the choice of McKercher and Sanders. Who would you have taken in that hypothetical?

[Uninformed]

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See I saw it differently, granted I focused more on the champs than NAB league.
I'm an amateur hack, but I really think McKercher will have a better career than Reid. His run and spread is incredible and that's the way football is trending. What is Reid? He screams class utility but I'd take the player who is a gun in one position over 'very good' in multiple.
I had no idea who Sanders was pre-champs but during the games you couldn't take your eye off him. For an inside mid, he really does nail that short 45 kick time and time again. Sam Walsh has insane endurance, but reduce that running capacity to just 'very good' and you get Sanders in his NAB league year.

And I still think Jed Walter was the best kid available this year. I have no idea what North were thinking letting him slide to pick 3.

The other one for me was Curtin. I saw clips where he beat Walter one on one a few times. Just clips but I was really surprised he got to 8. Thought North would have taken him.

The wisdom of bundling the three firsts to get into that talent pool is starting to look pretty good for us though. It will be fascinating to see which among that top eight end up with the best career.

[EasternWest]

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Love your posts mate, don't be shy.

That could be the first time I've ever been called shy in my life .

[Dazza]

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Really feel like this kid will be a star for us. Think in hindsight we won't mind what we gave up for him.

[ledge]

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Really feel like this kid will be a star for us. Think in hindsight we won't mind what we gave up for him.

Would we relate him Cooney like ? I mean football wise of course .

[Guest]

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Yeah, there is lots to love with McKercher, but in the end I was more inclined toward the consistently good output of Sanders over the more exciting speed and brilliance of McKercher. At one stage I thought North might take Duursma and Curtin from the reports that Clarkson was into Curtin. Made sense with the state of their backline. That could have left us with the choice of McKercher and Sanders. Who would you have taken in that hypothetical?

That's a tough one. Obviously McKercher could fill an immediate need on a wing and I feel like his his best will be really good but there's something about the way Sanders goes about his footy that just make me feel like he'll lift everyone around him.
Really not much in it and maybe it's just because Sanders is a dog that unconscious bias is slipping in but think I'd still go Sanders

[Guest]

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Would we relate him Cooney like ? I mean football wise of course .

I don't think he's got the same high end speed, especially over longer distances.
It's a bit of a funny one and, to be honest it's just based on foggy memories of a few matches, but he kind of reminds me of Dane Swan. Maybe it's the stocky build and the short fast steps but I feel like they're both composed and agile in congestion and just keep running and getting to the right spots.