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Impact on the new club:
I like what the Kangaroos are doing with the addition of Aiden Bonar. In his draft year, he was viewed as one of the best athletic prospects in the pool. The Roos will be hoping he can continue his development from a powerful forward role player to a genuine inside bull.
The Kangaroos need to bring some fresh faces with Shaun Higgins (31) Ben Cunnington (28) and Jack Ziebell (28) the current midfield leaders.
Bonar (20) along with Luke Davies-Uniake (20), Tarryn Thomas (19) and Jy Simpkin (21) are the future of North Melbourne. 2020 and 2021 are crucial years for the Roos, and a successful transition of responsibility in the midfield is critical.
Impact on the old club:
None, absolutely none! GWS are stacked to the ceiling with players capable of running through the midfield. Once injuries stuck this year to Callan Ward, Josh Kelly and even Stephen Coniglio players like Toby Greene and Zac Williams stepped up taking multiple rotations.
However, the depth is even higher than this. Last years draft crop in Jackson Hately and Jye Caldwell will have developed over another preseason and deserve time through the guts. Then to top it off they’ll likely pick up the best inside midfielder in the draft Tom Green as an academy selection in the draft.
In short, as talented as Bonar is, the Giants won’t miss him at all.
Fantasy Summary:
He moves from fantasy footy irrelevance at GWS into the conversation at North Melbourne. From his two games this season he averaged just over 40 across the formats. The key questions will be first, is he worth the premium cash cow price tag in our starting squads? Fantasy coaches have plenty of strong cash cows already entering 2020, so for him to be a good selection, he’ll need to outscore them.
Can he force his way into the Roos engine room which already boasts Cunnington, Ziebell, Davies-Uniake, Higgins, Anderson, Simpkin, Dumont and Thomas? This will be something fantasy coaches need to watch with great interest? If he can, based on his likely price point, he needs to be on your preseason watchlist.
