Riley Bonner

[iZander]

im just gonna throw my 2 cents in and say NO BODY EVER LISTEN TO THE HERALD SUN SC ARTICLES. They are all terrible at SC and have no clue. Just on bonner though good player but a no from me  rookies with better JS

Agreed. Plenty of people on Fan Footy that know more about supercoach than 'the experts'.

I dont know what article everyone is referring too as i agree, most of those articles are shower. But every now and then they get one right, and if they mentioned Bonner i reckon they are spot on! More so for DT than SC though :P

[ando_10]

im just gonna throw my 2 cents in and say NO BODY EVER LISTEN TO THE HERALD SUN SC ARTICLES. They are all terrible at SC and have no clue. Just on bonner though good player but a no from me  rookies with better JS

Agreed. Plenty of people on Fan Footy that know more about supercoach than 'the experts'.

I dont know what article everyone is referring too as i agree, most of those articles are shower. But every now and then they get one right, and if they mentioned Bonner i reckon they are spot on! More so for DT than SC though :P

then jump on the DT forum and talk him up hahah but there was one recently with bonner on it

[quinny88]

im just gonna throw my 2 cents in and say NO BODY EVER LISTEN TO THE HERALD SUN SC ARTICLES. They are all terrible at SC and have no clue. Just on bonner though good player but a no from me  rookies with better JS

Agreed. Plenty of people on Fan Footy that know more about supercoach than 'the experts'.

I just got a click bait email about Robbo picking Liberatore instead of Dustin Martin hahaha enough said

[Southstorm]

im just gonna throw my 2 cents in and say NO BODY EVER LISTEN TO THE HERALD SUN SC ARTICLES. They are all terrible at SC and have no clue. Just on bonner though good player but a no from me  rookies with better JS

Are you kidding? It's a competition, only one person can win.

Keep listening to the HS guys! They know their stuff!

[elephants]

Will probably take him with my last pick in my DT Draft, don't think I could do it in a salary cap game. If he blitzes the JLT and locks his spot away I'll consider it, but largely depends on how many def rookies bob up come round 1

[eaglesman]

Wow didn’t realise there was an article about him after reading through the whole thread ...

I’m considering but yeah most likely a no

[Bully]

With the Birchall news this guy is pretty much locked for me, best rookie defender on offer.

[quinny88]

With the Birchall news this guy is pretty much locked for me, best rookie defender on offer.

Rookie? Isn't he like 250k
I don't know anything about him to actually pick him

[Bully]

With the Birchall news this guy is pretty much locked for me, best rookie defender on offer.

Rookie? Isn't he like 250k
I don't know anything about him to actually pick him

Most people went for Marchbank last year, Bonner has a similar scoring potential. Was a gun junior and now has 3 preseasons behind him. Was picked for a final so Port see him as the future, silky kicking action and a very nice height.

[Southstorm]

With the Birchall news this guy is pretty much locked for me, best rookie defender on offer.

Rookie? Isn't he like 250k
I don't know anything about him to actually pick him

Most people went for Marchbank last year, Bonner has a similar scoring potential. Was a gun junior and now has 3 preseasons behind him. Was picked for a final so Port see him as the future, silky kicking action and a very nice height.

Was picked for a final because Jonas got suspended but Hombsch and Broadbent were already injured.

Bonner is fools gold IMO. JS is way too shaky for me to start; one wrong move and he's out.

[Koop]

With the Birchall news this guy is pretty much locked for me, best rookie defender on offer.

Rookie? Isn't he like 250k
I don't know anything about him to actually pick him

Most people went for Marchbank last year, Bonner has a similar scoring potential. Was a gun junior and now has 3 preseasons behind him. Was picked for a final so Port see him as the future, silky kicking action and a very nice height.

Was picked for a final because Jonas got suspended but Hombsch and Broadbent were already injured.

Bonner is fools gold IMO. JS is way too shaky for me to start; one wrong move and he's out.

[frenzy]

With the Birchall news this guy is pretty much locked for me, best rookie defender on offer.

Rookie? Isn't he like 250k
I don't know anything about him to actually pick him

Most people went for Marchbank last year, Bonner has a similar scoring potential. Was a gun junior and now has 3 preseasons behind him. Was picked for a final so Port see him as the future, silky kicking action and a very nice height.

Was picked for a final because Jonas got suspended but Hombsch and Broadbent were already injured.

Bonner is fools gold IMO. JS is way too shaky for me to start; one wrong move and he's out.

in 3 weeks time, he may be all we have. Wish I had a crystal ball.

[Bully]

With the Birchall news this guy is pretty much locked for me, best rookie defender on offer.

Rookie? Isn't he like 250k
I don't know anything about him to actually pick him

Most people went for Marchbank last year, Bonner has a similar scoring potential. Was a gun junior and now has 3 preseasons behind him. Was picked for a final so Port see him as the future, silky kicking action and a very nice height.

Was picked for a final because Jonas got suspended but Hombsch and Broadbent were already injured.

Bonner is fools gold IMO. JS is way too shaky for me to start; one wrong move and he's out.

Those players don't offer much drive from the backline, Bonner a true rebounder. I'd say his competition is more with Pittard, Hartlett & Houston. Just have to wait and see if he's named but I suspect he's definitely in the frame, played AFLX and impressed, now named on the ground for JLT. Hasn't put a foot wrong in his 4 games either.

[Koop]

I am a massive fan of Bonner for the long term, as most XV coaches will know. As a Port man though, I'm not too sure that Broadbent's injury just magically guarantees him uninterrupted gametime early this year as some have suggested. We already have Pittard, Houston, & Hartlett playing the same role even before Broadbent's injury. It might see him handed an opportunity early in the season along with Cannon McKenzie, but he's very likely to still be on the fringes regardless of the injury to Broadbent.

All 3 of Pittard, Hartlett & Houston start before Bonner 100%

[Bully]

I am a massive fan of Bonner for the long term, as most XV coaches will know. As a Port man though, I'm not too sure that Broadbent's injury just magically guarantees him uninterrupted gametime early this year as some have suggested. We already have Pittard, Houston, & Hartlett playing the same role even before Broadbent's injury. It might see him handed an opportunity early in the season along with Cannon McKenzie, but he's very likely to still be on the fringes regardless of the injury to Broadbent.

All 3 of Pittard, Hartlett & Houston start before Bonner 100%

With all this talk I might just pick Birch and bench him, Graham Wright basically said he'll be back in the early rounds, will be a major POD too. A Birch/Mirra combo can also be loopholed given the Hawks pay plenty of Sunday games.