Following an impressive debut season for forward Mitch Hannan, the past two campaigns have been blighted by a series of injury concerns. The 2016 mature-aged national draft selection kicked goals in half his outings and failed to reach double digit disposals with the same regularity. Hannan continues to rehabilitate the groin injury which ruined his 2019 campaign. An able body in attack, even during his prominence the Dee has never translated that to fantasy scores. Look elsewhere.
Unhappy Hannan
Following an impressive debut season for forward Mitch Hannan, the past two campaigns have been blighted by a series of injury concerns. The 2016 mature-aged national draft selection kicked goals in half his outings and failed to reach double digit disposals with the same regularity. Hannan continues to rehabilitate the groin injury which ruined his 2019 campaign. An able body in attack, even during his prominence the Dee has never translated that to fantasy scores. Look elsewhere.
Half way for Hannan
Struggling with what he described as a niggly knee problem through the year, Mitch Hannan spent some time at VFL level during his second year, then kicked a goal in all three finals. He went goalless just twice for the season, and grabbed three bags of three including in round 22 against the eventual premiers. It can be a lot of fun playing third tall forward in a good side, and Hannan still has some natural improvement left in him if we can use injury as an excuse for why he trod water statistically in 2018. He should push towards the forward baseline and present as a free agent option, especially towards the second half of the year as options dry up.
Mitch Hannan started out his career in the seniors at the Demons playing a third tall forward role, which produced some decent scores and made him one of the better choices for salary cap competitions for rookie-priced players. If you sold him early, you missed out on a shift to a wing which has blown his scores out even more, adding a consistency and making him a possible candidate for a low-end keeper. On such knife-edge decisions are made good or bad fantasy seasons. Good luck to you if you held on to him.
Hannan makes you happy
Bursting onto the scene with two goals in his debut game in round 1 last year, Mitch Hannan never scaled those heights again but played 20 senior games, settling into a third tall forward role. A mark average of only 2.5 per game was the limiting factor on his fantasy production, typical of a young flanker. Hannan played his role for the team, and looks to be best 22 unless Bayley Fritsch jumps over him. He starts a dozen points behind the baseline for a fantasy forward, and natural progression should see him make up most if not all of that ground, but his position is not lucrative enough at this point of his career.
