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In the not so distant future they will cause the same amount of embarrassment to their wearers courtesy of old photos as old photos of mullets do to people who sported them back in the day.
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So your point is that Daisy trains hard?
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Your point is a fair one. Before this season Josh Bruce (also from GWS incidentally) was on the scrap heap. He had played 10 hapless games for the Saints last year as a defender. After 7 games in 2015 and aged 22 he is challenging Eddie and Kennedy for the Coleman medal.
Jaksch does impress in being able to spoil (the first requirement of a tall defender). Otherwise I tend to agree with Pick 7 that there is an absence of mongrel or intensity about Jaksch mixed with clumsiness that has me thinking more Bower than Bruce. Hopefully our suspicions are not well-founded. And it can't help playing for us right now.
I think it doesn't help when our defense is getting hammered every game as well. The ball is moved from opposition defense to offense so easily and our defenders just don't get that support from up the field. You hear Mick often praise some of the defenders because he knows they don't stand much chance when the ball is moved so easily and quickly into the opposition forward 50.
I think if we had Jamo and Hendo holding down the key positions down back Jaksch could be that third tall to help them out. At 85kg he doesnt stand a chance against some of the forwards he has been on.
I've watched two WCE games this season (admittedly on the box) and both times, Duggan looked like a natural with his aggressive run and pinpoint disposal. He's not a big chap but he still had plenty of attack on the contest, he certainly will be a very, very good player in years to come.
I'm not arguing that we should of taken him instead of who we did take etc, just providing feedback based on what I saw.
I fully understand your rationale here, I look at a player in their first few games and can get a reasonable read on how far they will go.
It's all to do with how they run to space, how prepared they are to tackle and chase, what sort of penetration & accuracy they have with their kicking etc.
Some players just look like they belong even if they still need more development athletically & physically.
There are others who seem like a "hail mary" selection and require an intensive development program if they are going to succeed, it is only the really determined & committed who tend to make it from this position.
The whole trading of Pick 7 was a very shrewd piece of horse-trading IMO.
Whiley will be a good player for us, even if it takes a bit more time for him to fully arrive, he has a fighting quality that will rub off on others.
Jaksch has me worried a little right now and maybe a lot of that has to do with him being played out of position, however, he was a decent junior footballer and should be a solid 150-gamer if nurtured & handled the right way.
The actual #19 selection is where I have gone off my nut !! Grabbing 'The Boek', who reminds me of a taller Kane Lucas, seemed like a really odd decision at the time when it appeared there were better options still left to be drafted then.
The powers that be made the choice and they will live or die by that call, all we can do is pray he kicks on and rewards the faith put in him.
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All your points are bang on mate.
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Fair enough call, I remember thinking WTF Laverde's still on the board.
Of the other draftees: Smith should be OK and I like the little I've seen of DVR.
Of the other draftees: Smith should be OK and I like the little I've seen of DVR.
Maybe I've seen a little more of him up here than you would of ??
Well I hope he's shown more in the past bec he's shown very little in the Carlton jumper
You prepared to bet your Nuts on him then ?
Subject to who is coaching him, no probs.
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I'm pretty confident Whiley will be a decent player.
NEAFL ain't much of a league but his stats compare reasonably well against Tom Mitchell at that level.
See him as ultimately a number 4 banana in a decent midfield. (Give it two to three years)
NEAFL ain't much of a league but his stats compare reasonably well against Tom Mitchell at that level.
See him as ultimately a number 4 banana in a decent midfield. (Give it two to three years)
What the **** does this even mean?
Yep because Mick makes the players make skill errors and miss targets. Joke
Do I really have to explain it to you ??
Yeah you do. I think you need to explain it to yourself as well because it sounds like total bullshit
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I have to say Whiley is by far the most disappointing young player I've seen from us at AFL level this year. He's not only older then Boekhurst but has been in the AFL system longer and is physically developed already. He just seems so far off the pace at AFL level.
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