Dreamteam 2008 Lachlan Henderson Potential Cash Cow

[TalkingFootball]

Lachlan Henderson Potential Cash Cow?

As expected Lions unveiled their first-round draft pick Lachlan Henderson in Saturday night's preseason cup match against the Bombers on the Gold Coast. Good start for the kid I like the way he plays the game, solid pair of hands and should benefit when Lions get back Brown & Bradshaw.

My only concern is he could be similar to Tom Hawkins in 2007 ... not a 22 game player.

[ALI-G]

Will be very hard to see him get 22 games given Brown, Bradshaw, Brennan and Clarke atleast are ahead of him. If Brennan ends up playing midfield and Bradshaw takes CHB then his options open up, however, Key Position youngs rarely post big scores and I expect an average below 50. It's the small forwards like davey last year who generally become bigtime cash cows so Rioli is on the radar but I don't expect to see him playing til midyear given Williams is back and hawthorns forward line is very competitve.

[Tippaz]

well said AliG

Brown/Bradshaw/Brennan. and i think Charman could be used up forward to allow Leuenberger more time in the ruck.
it will be hard for Henderson to get a game.

[Chook Raffle]

An average anywhere over 25 would be a big ask...
I don't know about Jared Brennan going into the mid-field though - I suspect he'll end up sweeping across half-back where he did really well (in spurts) last year.

[ALI-G]

Originally Posted by Chook Raffle

An average anywhere over 25 would be a big ask...
I don't know about Jared Brennan going into the mid-field though - I suspect he'll end up sweeping across half-back where he did really well (in spurts) last year.

The lions announced earlier in the pre-season they were considering using him as a midfielder this season as the key backs and forwards were going to be Merrett-Patful-Roe/Brown-Bradshaw-Clarke.