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Career High SuperCoach Score: 59.4 (2020)
Career High AFLFantasy Score: 50.2 (2019)
Career High SuperCoach Average: 106 Vs Carlton (2020)
Career High AFLFantasy Average: 79 Vs West Coast (2021)
Impact on new club
One of the fascinating forward structures in the AFL is how the Collingwood Football Club has and looks likely to continue to structure up. It’s clear that Jamie Elliott is the match winner; they’ve got some handy small targets around him in McCreery, Ginnivan and Mihocheck.
The Magpies don’t lack small forward options, but Ian ‘Bobby’ Hill adds some high end pace, clear skills, and he generally makes excellent decisions with the ball in hand. He’ll be an excellent addition to the Magpies forward structure.
It wouldn’t surprise me if, over time, the club gave him some opportunities for a few midfield minutes. However, his turn of speed and ability to manoeuvre out of challenging situations might be worth giving him a centre bounce in each quarter too.
Impact on the old club
His departure has opened the door for the club to target and successfully get Toby Bedford of Melbourne to commit to the club at the time of writing. Over the coming days, Melbourne and GWS will negotiate a trade.
Should Bedford arrive, then the departure of Bobby will barely be noticed.
Fantasy Summary
Rarely do players who spend most of their time inside the forward 50 become relevant fantasy football prospects. Of course, there are always exceptions, historically players like Steve Johnson or Nick Riewoldt. But for the most part, they aren’t relevant options in the salary cap formats of the game.
Over his four seasons in the AFL system, he’s yet to have a season where he’s averaged over 60. So it’ll take something significant to change at Collingwood for him to be someone to consider even late in drafts.
A safe ‘pass’ unless we see a significant spike in midfield minutes during the preseason.
