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Re: Rookie Draft
More on Lin Jong
More on Lin Jong
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Malcolm Lynch just picked up by Norf.
Wasn't Alex Greenwood linked to us in the ND on the AFL phantom draft?"Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Alex Greenwood - 178cm, 71kgs.
Quick utility?Western Bulldogs: 2016 PremiersComment
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Alex Greenwood
From: (Eastern Ranges, Vic)
DOB: 24/10/93
Height: 178cm
Weight: 71Kg
KEVIN SHEEHAN SAYS
"Represented Vic Metro. Great clearance work, clean hands and creativity, good left-foot kick. From Vermont FCComment
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Pick 62 (Western Bulldogs): Jack RedpathWestern Bulldogs: 2016 PremiersComment
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Jack Redpath pick 62Comment
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Another Bendigo Bomber?Comment
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Anybody know anything about Jack Redpath?"Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Another Lin Jong write-up from another forum
Pick 54: Lin Jong (Oakleigh Chargers) - 188cm 85kg
With the Dees last pick I'm going for a bit of an 'upside' player. They've got two bonus first rounders to play with next year and a PSD pick up their sleeve for a mature-bodied mid from a state league, they can afford to take a bit of a high-return gamble now.
Right now Jong is your classic utility in search of a position. For the chargers he spent a bit of time on the wing, some across half-back and half-forward, but late in the season he changed in the ruck, and with his enormous leap managed to compete quite well and provide a more than handy option once the ball hit the ground.
He's an athletic freak, with nice size, a huge jump and excellent pace for a bigger mid-type. Good engine, covers a whole lot of ground and his work ethic is admirable. His disposal is generally very good in terms of effectiveness %, but I don't think he's all that confident in it since he goes the safe, low-hurt-factor option more often than not.
That covers the 'athlete' part, as for the 'footballer' bit - he's still something of a work in progress. As I said, I get the feeling he doesn't entirely trust his disposal/decision making at this point, and he still has his very good and very bad games. But his improvement since the start of the season has been really impressive, and by the TAC GF he was a vital part of the chargers side. He didn't have a particulaly great GF, but was very good indeed in the prelim - reading the play well, dropping a kick behind the play like a ruckman, taking contested marks, and then taking off like a midfielder.
I wouldn't really expect him to play senior footy in his first year, or even much in his second. He's got a bit to learn, but he's developed out of sight this season and I reckon this will continue under an AFL regime. As for position - I'd see how he developed. At the most basic, he could be an athletic half-back type who can cameo on the wing something like Adam McPhee, but i'm certainly not writing off the possibility of him continuing his improvement trajectory and ending up as a true midfielder - some of his centre-square work when playing as a ruckman hinted that he could do this, down the track.Comment
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