Chapter 1: What recent news affects Essendon fans?
We've got a lot of Essendon fans watching. It's been a big news day. Not sure you've caught up with that. We won't ask you about that. But they want to know what sort of play they've picked up. I've done a bit of homework. They've likened you to the lizard, Nick Blakey. It's extraordinary stuff.
Yeah, it's about right, I reckon. A bit of running dash, rebounding and all that stuff.
That's the number one pick in the mid-season draft, Jackson Artemis, who was a West Australian under-18 star. He got himself over to Tasmania and played with the Devils and now finds himself as the number one pick for the Essendon Football Club. Yes, Whisper? Yes, and he's got a nickname already. What is it? We're calling him Drop Town. It's a small-style lizard.
Corey Mobilio joins us in the studio. Champion data is the number two man with a bullet, I would say.
Chapter 2: Who is Jackson Artemis and why is he significant?
Corsa? How are we, guys? Thanks for having me back. He's very nervous driving in. He didn't know whether he was going to get any airtime. We have sent through some messages. First of all, tell us what you know about this young man that the Bombers have picked up in the mid-season draft, who, to all intents and purposes, thought he was going to end up at Richmond for a long time.
Yeah, so really interesting play. I will start the chat by saying this is the first time in champion data history this year we're capturing the same level of data we do in the AFL, but in the Tier 2 space, which is opening up a lot of different avenues and how we analyse potential draftees. So basically everything's on the same kind of captured data suite besides match-up data.
So all the stats that you find for Zach Butler as you can find for Jackson Artemis.
Yep, and also like kick rating, metres gained, centre bounce, whatever it might be.
There'll be Essendon fans and there's plenty of them listening right now. They need some good news. What have they got?
Yeah, I love him. And he's a player who will impact with ball in hand, which I think Essendon need in that back half of the ground. So when he cocks his leg back and goes for a kick... He goes, the ball goes flat and hard and he will pierce teams with his ball use. And I think of a player who will run and dash, always will look to stay involved, backed up by a really high kick rating as a junior.
And we saw it with him at Tasmania this year. Top 10 defender across the VFL for rating points generated through his ball use, averaged over 400 metres gained. He's in really good form. You've got to remember he's still a kid as well. So really good form. I think he's going to add a lot to that Essendon defensive side.
Do you know if he was a genuine draft prospect in his draft year, which was last year?
Yeah, I went back through his draft notes. I do a lot of draft at Champion Data, and my notes basically just mirrored what we're seeing today in terms of a really good kick, one of the best kicks we saw at the championships. I've got a special one.
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Chapter 3: How is Champion Data changing player analysis?
But what about those two?
Yeah, so Smith's actually going better than Butters. Probably the little asterisk on that is Butters spent majority of his early career as that kind of high half forward, playing in that forward half of the ground. But you look at Jagger, he's averaging more rating points, disposals, clearances, score involvements, however you want to spin it.
I think with Jagger, and Hoini was really strong on this the other night on Tuesday, Jagger's got that small, low centre of gravity where he can cut off little 45 kicks and he's creative with his ball use. See the exact same in someone like Butters. And he's starting to spend more back in a centre bounce as well, Jagger.
And Tim, your question? Well, I wanted to know what George Wardlaw did for the first three quarters of that game because he wasn't sighted. Was he running with somebody?
Yeah, he had that kind of that Rau Anderson matchup for that first three quarters and he went berserk in that fourth quarter. I think he had 13 disposals, five or so score involvements. So they're on the agenda. They're an interesting chat north.
Good on you, mate. We'll now get into your regular segments after the break. So for all intents and purposes, for that person that doesn't like that saying, I'm going to use it again.
Corey is with us through until nine o'clock.
Hawks and the Saints tonight. Corey Mobilio from Champion Data's in here. What are you looking at tonight for the big game at Marvel Stadium?
Yeah, I think, you know, the stoppage game will be really interesting and St Kilda are waiting to take a big scalp, which I'm just chatting off air about it. But I think in this day and age, and we speak about it so often, Gaz, it's all about your damage with ball in hand in modern day football and more specifically out of clearance.
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Chapter 4: What makes Jackson Artemis a valuable player for Essendon?
And we put it on watch last week. I think there's still a lot of opportunity for their high half forwards to get involved.
So why is that? Is it not dynamic enough? They haven't got the picket, breakneck speed, clearance?
Is that the issue? Yeah, I think it's personnel and adding in a bit of flair in it. So whether it be Watson, Moore, McDonald, Ginnivan. Watson's got to be obvious. I think Watson's the one. He's going to have to start spending a bit more time in and around centre-bounds. Really fascinated to watch Will Day go about it tonight. Chatted about him last week and just how they manage him through.
Where are they playing?
Look, I think they should play him off half-back and ease him into the season and then just let him go into a big final series. I understand the argument of putting him straight back into the centre-bounce because I was actually going through his stuff last night and he was going really well last year before he was struck by injury. So... I understand that.
But yeah, with the Saints, again, we'll stay on the clearance game. They're the best clearance side since round seven. They've won 27 more than the next best side. So really dominating that part of the ground. That's all clearances? That's just all clearances. And you look at their mix in that kind of period of time and they have changed it. So they've added Max Hall.
Hugo Garcia is going really well. Wilson's going really well. The guy I want to talk about today is Filippo. And I feel like, look, he's played 55 games now, hasn't missed a game this year. I feel like he's there to break a game apart and really go on with it. You look at him, you know, since across the last five rounds, he's a top 100 rated player in the competition.
Prior to that, he was outside the top 300. So I think he's close to really taking a game by the scruff of the neck and going on with it.
The comparisons were Filippo and Bont in the early days, Gary. Are you still seeing that or were you not subscribing to that as a potential for this?
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Chapter 5: How do Jagger and Butters compare in their early careers?
You go, oh no, I think they're still good enough. And the bottom line is, if you're not top six for defence, every year for the last 20 years, 22, then you can't win the premiership. And they are now, they're at bottom six right now.
Yeah, bottom six right now.
So that tells you where they're going to need, that's how far off they are.
Yep, yep. And then, like I said, their profile is just polar opposites from offense to defense. Yeah.
Is there a quiet achiever out there that is about to become a noisy achiever?
Yeah, I don't think this guy, it's funny to say, he's 36 years old.
We're not giving too much away here, Corsair.
Not giving too much. We'll whip through this one really quickly.
Because there's a very nice article coming up on this. We'll whip through. this one really quickly.
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