Sullivan Robey

Does, does he get to run through the middle? But then I think people would be yelling down the speakers at me right now going, "Grant, you keep telling us people shouldn't have to play in multiple positions," and da, da, da, da, da.

Um, we've got Sullivan Robey if we wanna have a, a, a half forward that can turn and kick goals and stuff.

So it's sort of changed my mind a little bit, and from the enthusiasm that you and our mate Jasper mentioned about, um, Teshera.

Oh, Teshera.

But do we have...

Like, I know we, we like him 'cause he's like, um, Toby Green, and he's, he's not exactly the fastest, but he's strong, and he's muscly, and he wants the ball, and he's gonna kick you the goal.

Is it good to, like, to have him on one half forward flank and just the man-mountain boy child of Sullivan Robey on the other side and have them both attacking goals?

I, I have-

This year, they're not making sense to me, so I'm not too sure.

I'd like Sullivan Robey to move over to five, to be honest, but that's just my bias.

You're not going to move from nine, are you? You're up to five, Sam.

Five.

So I can see the Bombers going for that kind of player to complement...

Dyson Sharp and Sullivan Robey, those inside ball winners last year.

I

think Van Halen is the most interesting one for me because picking a ruck that high is kind of risky unless he's a real generational player, as at least someone you've spoken to says.

Well, I've got those young kids that want to give them opportunities but not burn them too hard.

So where Bo's can come in, yes, let's expose Sullivan Robey for three, four, five center bounce moments and then not flip him out for the next two or three in the quarter.

Bo's come in and protect Sully while we continue to hone and learn and grow his craft and continue to help him through there.

doing the same across that halfback.

The real winners here, from a Fantasy perspective, well, I've kind of got three.

One, let's talk keeper in dynasty league, is if you own Either of Dyson Sharpe or Sullivan Robey, their stocks have just gone through the roof.

Because even if the market share and ball movement of how Essendon play is different under this new coaching regime, that's still a lot of leadership, experience, and quality of ball movement that's getting extracted out of this side.

Somebody needs to step in, and maybe not able to fill the void to the same volume, but still fill that opportunity in this side.

were walking in and you saw him, you felt the need to message us straight away.

The man crush you have on Sullivan Robey is...

It goes beyond anything I've

ever seen in my life.

Love if he was on the coaching staff, but kind of everything.

Just one before we move on.

I know we talk about the Robey, Farrow, Sharp, but just, I think, and I know you mentioned him, but are we sleeping on what a great effort? Archie Roberts is still 20.

Doesn't turn 21 until November this year.

If you can get good midfielders in that have an ability to play inside and outside and play flexible roles, then I think you can find positions on the ground for them.

We see it a little bit with Durham and also Sullivan Robey as well at Essendon.

I guess it's a long-winded way of saying that Don't take what you see on the packet necessarily when you're thinking about how you build out your list.

I think Brisbane and Fremantle as well are proof that you need really, really deep midfields to be able to put together a really, really strong team and go all the way in September.

Sam Durham second.

Archie Roberts, the youngster, rounded out the top three, and then it went Caddy, Peter Wright, Zach Reid, Dyson Sharp, Sullivan Robey.

So a few kids up here.

Jackson Prior and Jacob Farrow, another youngster, rounding out the top 10.

And finally...

Sullivan Robey, the top pick in last year's draft, came from the clouds to find himself on an AFL list.

He was pretty much nowhere a couple of years ago, dropped by his Talent League team, worked on his game, worked on his body, which coincided with a 17-centimeter growth spurt.

and he became one of the most exciting players in his draft last year.

You know, our wins prior to that had largely been hard fought right to the very end.

It was Of course, Sullivan Robey's debut game as well, which was nice to see him out there.

Archie Roberts had a then career best, 42 disposals, and was everywhere in that game.

And Jacob Farrow had 22 disposals and got himself the Rising Star nomination.

Moving on to the best first-year player.

Again, this was fan voted, or patron voted, and Dyson Sharp was the best first-year player.

He got 48% of the patron vote, just ahead of Sullivan Robey with 42%, whilst Jacob Farrow was in third with 8%.

Is this who you would have picked, Jono, if you were choosing this award out of the