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Thought the young man conducted himself very well in what was his first proper press conferance:thumbsu:
 
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Someone rip the conference and chuck it on the net please, we need more people like this on here. :thumbsu::thumbsu: Can't get much info down in Melb!
 
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The mullet has gone too...

earlsta - read the article that crow*girl linked to, that is pretty much the press conference with him and unlike the tv spots you will get all that he said, not just bits of it.
 

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At age 17 he's a nice size height-wise, but he has a fair bit of filling out to do bulk-wise.

Even more so, given that he models his game on Jonathon Brown

They showed him doing a couple of short kicks and I have to say he looks and moves like a footballer.

He handled himself well at the interview for a young country lad making his debut in this area.

I'm looking forward to seeing him in the pre-season training in the New Year when on holidays.
 
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Given the fact that his parents returned to broken hill today ands this was on his mind he handled training and the whole situation very well. he is keen and picks things up very quickly so I think the change will be very noticeable within a couple of weeks after settling into his new lifestyle and is a big jump to leave home at seventeen then turn up to an afl club and that you have supported and then the dream is no longa a dream !@ Broken Hill supports all its kids and we love to see them do well.
 
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What I love about the kid is he is already talking about "I want to find an SANFL team, settle in play good in ressies, earn my way up". Some kids, especially those from a Small-ish town who have been just dominating, would turn up and just expect it to be handed to them. He seems to really understand the work needed in order to get a game at our club. What a great attitude from a kid that is so young. Good on ya son, and keep up the good work. :thumbsu:
 

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MickyCrow said:
What I love about the kid is he is already talking about "I want to find an SANFL team, settle in play good in ressies, earn my way up". Some kids, especially those from a Small-ish town who have been just dominating, would turn up and just expect it to be handed to them. He seems to really understand the work needed in order to get a game at our club. What a great attitude from a kid that is so young. Good on ya son, and keep up the good work. :thumbsu:
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Good point!! Most Vic kids expect to come over here and go straight into SANFL footy, by passing Reserves. First impressions he seems like a pretty grounded kid, confident but not arrogant, someone who calls a spade a spade. Really impressive first interview :thumbsu: Gotta love a good country kid :)
 
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macca23 said:
At age 17 he's a nice size height-wise, but he has a fair bit of filling out to do bulk-wise.

Even more so, given that he models his game on Jonathon Brown

They showed him doing a couple of short kicks and I have to say he looks and moves like a footballer.

He handled himself well at the interview for a young country lad making his debut in this area.

I'm looking forward to seeing him in the pre-season training in the New Year when on holidays.
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Agreed macca, especially the bolded part. Considering what league he’s coming from he could’ve dominated with a rather uncoordinated kicking style but it looks smooth and he looks like a natural.

He would’ve been extremely nervous in the interview and I thought he did well. :thumbsu:

Oh and there was something else that got me exicted, a David Mackay spotting! :eek: ;)
 
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Agreed macca, especially the bolded part. Considering what league he’s coming from he could’ve dominated with a rather uncoordinated kicking style but it looks smooth and he looks like a natural.

He would’ve been extremely nervous in the interview and I thought he did well. :thumbsu:

Oh and there was something else that got me exicted, a David Mackay spotting! :eek: ;)
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I was wondering who that was, he was tiny:eek:
 
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Drummond said:
Agreed macca, especially the bolded part. Considering what league he’s coming from he could’ve dominated with a rather uncoordinated kicking style but it looks smooth and he looks like a natural.

He would’ve been extremely nervous in the interview and I thought he did well. :thumbsu:

Oh and there was something else that got me exicted, a David Mackay spotting! :eek: ;)
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You mean Gunny MacGun? What a gun in the making. :thumbsu:
 
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Teen talent to burn
ANDREW CAPEL
November 13, 2007 01:15am

ONE is a Nathan van Berlo wannabe who is viewed as the long-term replacement for dumped Jason Torney.
The other is an exciting, raw-boned teenager who is modelling his game on Brisbane matchwinner Jonathan Brown.
Between them, the Crows hope that in rebounding defender Greg Gallman and key forward Taylor Walker they have found two important pieces in their list replenishment.
"You're never quite sure how young players will develop but these two have got plenty of talent and that's a fair start," Adelaide football operations manager John Reid said of the youngsters, who grew up barracking for the Crows.
Gallman, promoted from the rookie list, is in the Torney mould.
Strong, hard-at-it and a powerful runner, the 18-year-old played in North Adelaide's grand final side this season and is a natural athlete.
He yesterday was a standout runner as the Crows' first-to-fourth-year players began pre-season training with an arduous two-hour session in 30-degree heat at Max Basheer Reserve.
"Fitness is definitely something that I've tried to make a strength of mine," 187cm Gallman said, sweat still dripping from his face. "If you can come back to training and the coaches see you're running first, second or third it does put your name straight in front of them. I guess it's a matter of ticking all the boxes."
Highly-motivated Gallman - who has been given big wraps by retired Crows champion defender Ben Hart who helped tutor him at the Roosters - says he aspires to be like van Berlo at training and be a leader who "consistently pushes the rest of the group".
"The Crows want to develop me as a running player, so I've put a fair bit of work into that and being able to push through games with my aerobic capacity," said Gallman, who believes he can also be used as a pinch-hitting midfielder.
While Gallman, who has played 11 SANFL games, is a chance to play AFL football next season, project player Walker probably isn't.
At 17 and still building his body, the 192cm, strong-marking forward will take time to develop in the SANFL. But he has talent to burn and could eventually be the damaging centre half-forward the Crows have been crying out for.
The club's first NSW scholarship player, Walker earned promotion to the senior list after dominating against men in this year's Broken Hill Football League finals.
He bagged seven goals for North Broken Hill in both the preliminary and grand finals, leading the Bulldogs to the flag.
"It was good to perform well in those games but the main thing was that we won the premiership," the modest teenager said.
Walker, who believes he still has another 3 or 4cm of growth in him, has a history of performing in big games, having kicked five goals for NSW/ACT against the Northern Territory in this year's national under-18 championships and making the division two All-Australian team. "He's a really young player who is a natural forward with nice size about him," Reid said.
"He's got a lot of developing to do but he's got a good pair of hands and he's a good kick so we thought the sooner we got him into our system the better."
Walker, who has deferred year 12 studies to concentrate on his football, was given a rude awakening yesterday.
"At Broken Hill we only trained twice a week and that just involved a bit of running and a bit of skill work," he said. "It didn't quite prepare me for this."

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22749027-21544,00.html
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I think he's right too, he's being grown a fair bit over the past year (6cm), and hes only 17 and a half, so definetely a few cm in him!
 

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Campbell's Chunky said:
I think he's right too, he's being grown a fair bit over the past year (6cm), and hes only 17 and a half, so definetely a few cm in him!
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I might be alone here, but I don't really want him to grow any more. He's 192cm right now, a good height for a forward, and judging by his 20m time he's not overly quick. Do we want him to be a 196cm slow key forward? I guess there are positives either way.
 
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Drummond said:
I might be alone here, but I don't really want him to grow any more. He's 192cm right now, a good height for a forward, and judging by his 20m time he's not overly quick. Do we want him to be a 196cm slow key forward? I guess there are positives either way.
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Your not alone, I'm happy with him the way he is, he looked a big unit next to the other players running along last night (especially Ricky D).

If Sellar turns to shit (he won't - greatest player to never play a game), then I'd probably prefer him to be 195-196 and take CHF, otherwise I'm happy with him as a Buddy Franklin leading type flanker.

Scott Welsh going could mean he gets a few opportunities.
 
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Drummond said:
I might be alone here, but I don't really want him to grow any more. He's 192cm right now, a good height for a forward, and judging by his 20m time he's not overly quick. Do we want him to be a 196cm slow key forward? I guess there are positives either way.
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Hard to say now because we don't know how he'll develop or how the club plans on using him in the future, but I reckon for the type of player he has played his junior career as then I'd like to see him end up around 194cm. So not too much more growth, but another couple of cm's wouldn't hurt.

Of course, this all depends on what the club are planning on doing with him but I could see him being a taller and better version of the recently departed Scott Welsh if he can get a bit more power into his legs (for pace off the mark).
 
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I can guarentee, when he fills out you'll all be gobsmacked.Both parents are thick set(sorry Marg) and were very talented in their chosen sports.Taylor does have a long way to go,but his football skills are supreme & i'm sure he won't disappoint!;)
 
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192cm's a great height and you probably wouldn't want a heap more from him. The great thing I see with Taylor, because he has grown so late, unlike Sellar, he hasn't spent his entire junior career as a ruckman, he's played mainly as a forward by the sounds, so we are not trying to turn a ruckman in to a key forward, we have just recruited a genuine key forward.
 

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