Moves a bit like a tractor.
Prefer a bit more power like a Martin, Petracca or DeGoey.
I think the agricultural reference is a good one.
id be ok late teens, but top 5 NO.
my hunch is his game wont fully translate to AFL level.
I dont know if I can recall a player I want to see play a couple of VFL games more?*
its simplistic, but top 5 players will usually get 20+, still have time, and offer a bit of wow, in the guts, at state level , on debut
at the highest level, we hear things like 'Smilie got better as the game wore on' and "Smilie grew into the game'
unless hes diagnosed with stress fractures in his back or glandular fever,
these are big red flags.
we should be reading 'smilie wins game' 'smilie stand out' of top 5s
IMO people got in the habit of being impressed by him in his 16 and 17 year, when he was as big as he is now,
but I dont reckon he really turned it on and dominated a champs game like a top 5 should.
(Sid Draper didn't really either, but then runs out in the SANFL and played like a top 5 pick)
the steps from 18s to VFL then AFL are a hell of a lot bigger than bottom age to top age 18's
but jeez, isn't it fun to be shopping for top 5's with a fistful of draft capital?
* I reckon some of the big vic metro managers are a bit scared of WFA level for their colts and stick to the handicaps where they get in light
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