Age : 24
Height : 182cm
Weight : 84kg
Recruited from : North Ballarat
Club : GWS
Status : Best 22
A dark horse for 2012, Clifton was drafted at the age of 24 to lead a group of teenagers. Kevin Sheedy has touted him as a former coach and he worked with Jon Giles this year as on field leaders in NEAFL, he has incredible leadership as well as football brains. GWS have recruited many on-field leaders such as James Macdonald, Dean Brogan, Chad Cornes ect. but Clifton is still only 24 and should play out most of the year barring injuries. He played in three premierships for North Ballarat and has a mature body as well as experience. He has a JJ Liston trophy (VFL's brownlow) under his belt and looks set to become a household name with the Giants. His DT potential is unmeasurable and he obviously finds the ball as shown by his JJ Liston trophy so should be a lock in many teams. What will be interesting is wether he is named as a C/F or just a Centre
FG's Rating : 8/10
Locked if C/F. Fighting it out with McDonald and Horsely for the last two mid spots if a mid ONLY.
Another great write up.
lock lock lock and lock......am l making my pont?
Moo Moo cash me up locked
Quote from: Fyfe_gun on December 29, 2011, 04:52:25 PM
Age : 24
Height : 182cm
Weight : 84kg
Recruited from : North Ballarat
Club : GWS
Status : Best 22
A dark horse for 2012, Clifton was drafted at the age of 24 to lead a group of teenagers. Kevin Sheedy has touted him as a former coach and he worked with Jon Giles this year as on field leaders in NEAFL, he has incredible leadership as well as football brains. GWS have recruited many on-field leaders such as James Macdonald, Dean Brogan, Chad Cornes ect. but Clifton is still only 24 and should play out most of the year barring injuries. He played in three premierships for North Ballarat and has a mature body as well as experience. He has a JJ Liston trophy (VFL's brownlow) under his belt and looks set to become a household name with the Giants. His DT potential is unmeasurable and he obviously finds the ball as shown by his JJ Liston trophy so should be a lock in many teams. What will be interesting is wether he is named as a C/F or just a Centre
FG's Rating : 8/10
That's just convinced me on putting him in! Locked.
Im using the Assistant coach 2012 team picker.
Clifton is listed as a mid only.
I have seen him in a few forward lines on here. Is he listed differently in another planner? I would really like to have him in my forward line if this is the case but i wish to know which one is actually correct.
Thats a worry then......he's listed as c/f on ff ( initially it was c only)
l was hoping that it had changed after m0nty had a peek at DT gold
Let's hope some of the more experienced guys on here have more of an idea which is correct
Oh dear, looks like he will be fighting for a spot...
Spewballs looks like he's a centre only then.. >:(
Quote from: FOOTBALL FACTORY on January 01, 2012, 03:27:04 PM
Spewballs
I thought I was the only person in the world to use this word?
You must be really nice....and....stuff
Quote from: bowyanger on January 01, 2012, 08:38:33 PM
Quote from: FOOTBALL FACTORY on January 01, 2012, 03:27:04 PM
Spewballs
I thought I was the only person in the world to use this word?
You must be really nice....and....stuff
lol 8)
Quote from: Kuruki on January 01, 2012, 12:34:03 PM
Im using the Assistant coach 2012 team picker.
Clifton is listed as a mid only.
I have seen him in a few forward lines on here. Is he listed differently in another planner? I would really like to have him in my forward line if this is the case but i wish to know which one is actually correct.
if you are using assistant coach 2012 team picker and he is mid only it is safe to say he is a mid only as that is official Dt unlike FF Planner
even if he is a C/F or just a C he is still a good pick
Quote from: DT Gun on January 01, 2012, 10:25:28 PM
even if he is a C/F or just a C he is still a good pick
Yeah still gonna have him M/F would have been tasty tho
Horsely, Shiel, McDonald, Mitchell or Clifton.
One of these must be left out....
Quote from: elephants on January 01, 2012, 11:27:51 PM
Horsely, Shiel, McDonald, Mitchell or Clifton.
One of these must be left out....
I like Shiel and Clifton, McDonald if he plays round 1 could be a great pickup not sure how many games Mitchell will get and dont know much about Horsley. Nab will help decide on a few of these guys
how many gws rooks can you have in the midfield?? if you have rockliffe and or thompson NOT MANY. I have thompson only so I figure I can have what 2? gone for shiels and mcdonald, maybe clifton and mcdonald or can i have 3....... hmmmm
Yeah true Colli.
I'm looking at Thompson so that'd mean I'd have to think a bit harder.
Supposedly Mitchell is AFL ready according to the swans preseason reports.
Horsely averaged 91.4 in the wafl last year and is a jet mature age recruit. Should slot into the suns lineup nicely. Currently leaving out Horsely but watching preseason for sure.
Surely you would have traded a couple of rooks by rd. 11 though. As long as the bye your rooks have aren't completely one-sided, it isn't really a big concern. Much rather pick THE best 4 midfield rookies in my opinion than fiddle with them purely on a bye basis.
Quote from: lolrocket on January 02, 2012, 04:04:09 AM
Surely you would have traded a couple of rooks by rd. 11 though. As long as the bye your rooks have aren't completely one-sided, it isn't really a big concern. Much rather pick THE best 4 midfield rookies in my opinion than fiddle with them purely on a bye basis.
Amen. Im taking 2 extra's from round 11 bye in the midfield and cashing them in before the bye comes. Be too restrictive worrying about the 2-3-3 system from round 1 aslong as you can get there with a few trades by round 11, i see it as the best way to go. Too much good cash wasted not having those midfield rooks.
Quote from: Kuruki on January 02, 2012, 08:05:40 AM
Quote from: lolrocket on January 02, 2012, 04:04:09 AM
Surely you would have traded a couple of rooks by rd. 11 though. As long as the bye your rooks have aren't completely one-sided, it isn't really a big concern. Much rather pick THE best 4 midfield rookies in my opinion than fiddle with them purely on a bye basis.
Amen. Im taking 2 extra's from round 11 bye in the midfield and cashing them in before the bye comes. Be too restrictive worrying about the 2-3-3 system from round 1 aslong as you can get there with a few trades by round 11, i see it as the best way to go. Too much good cash wasted not having those midfield rooks.
+ 1
Quote from: FOOTBALL FACTORY on January 02, 2012, 01:42:47 PM
Quote from: Kuruki on January 02, 2012, 08:05:40 AM
Quote from: lolrocket on January 02, 2012, 04:04:09 AM
Surely you would have traded a couple of rooks by rd. 11 though. As long as the bye your rooks have aren't completely one-sided, it isn't really a big concern. Much rather pick THE best 4 midfield rookies in my opinion than fiddle with them purely on a bye basis.
Amen. Im taking 2 extra's from round 11 bye in the midfield and cashing them in before the bye comes. Be too restrictive worrying about the 2-3-3 system from round 1 aslong as you can get there with a few trades by round 11, i see it as the best way to go. Too much good cash wasted not having those midfield rooks.
+ 1
yeah +1 its one thing to get the byes right another to lose the points getting there by having the wrong rooks, I will balance the premiums as per the bye rounds and go with the best rooks, if the ones I need are not upgraded by round 10 they will be at the start of round 11,12 or 13 :)
No one likes a donut on a bye round, but looking at last year there were a lot of super cash cows you wouldnt haveliked not having too regardless of a potential donut down the track