From Sydney I'd be looking at Florent.Surely Jones is a smoke screen.
Why announce interest this early?
Who is the real target?
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From Sydney I'd be looking at Florent.Surely Jones is a smoke screen.
Why announce interest this early?
Who is the real target?
Quote from the other day. I would rather keep running Gresham on ball then Jones as I get real xfactor out of GreshI know its been said before, but Jade Gresham is tracking almost identically to Garry Ablett Jr at the same age.
problem is that Jones butchers the bloody thing and I don’t think he hurts you a lot. Jack was being compared to Dane Swan at this point because he could kick goals and use his speed to really hurt youThose stats for Jack were from 2014 mate, he'd already won a best and fairest by then and was well and truly playing through the middle.
I think it is a very good comparison as Jones has made the move into the midfield this year and as I said, his stats are almost identical to Stuv.
As for not being a great accumulator, well he's averaging over 25 touches a game and over 8 contested possessions.
I apologise sincerelyThe whole post was taking the piss...
Hawks 2nd for White, then on trade that with Coff for Jones.
I think the Gubbster has both Parker and Hopper in his sights. One would be great. Both would blow the lid off.Surely Jones is a smoke screen.
Why announce interest this early?
Who is the real target?
He was a gift we missed.Constable is really creating waves at the cattery. 31 touches, 13 contested possessions & 7 clearances on the weekend from 69% game time. Still get sad to think we passed on him.
Well Jones can definitely use his speed to hurt you also. That's one of his main strengths.Quote from the other day. I would rather keep running Gresham on ball then Jones as I get real xfactor out of Gresh
problem is that Jones butchers the bloody thing and I don’t think he hurts you a lot. Jack was being compared to Dane Swan at this point because he could kick goals and use his speed to really hurt you
How did we miss him? Please explainHe was a gift we missed.
2 years ago when he was put of contract I thinkWasn’t there rumours of Zak Jones last trade Period?
Don't bother while he was passed by everyone in the first round, you think we should have used pick 7 or 8 on him?How did we miss him? Please explain
Don't bother while he was passed by everyone in the first round, you think we should have used pick 7 or 8 on him?
Bloody hell, can you point me to your post at the time saying we should take him in tje top 10.
Next pick was Ben Paton who played great on the weekend.
Hindsight 20/20 right here.
I can imagine the posts on here if we had of picked him up at 8 and then kept him in reserves all year like Geelong did.
The hue and cry of picking Ben Long @ 26 would have been nothing compared to this madness.
Oh I see, he is slagging Clavarino, because, you know, he hasn't been injured or anything.I think they're talking about pick 35 which we used on Clav mate. The copper went at 36
Oh I see, he is slagging Clavarino, because, you know, he hasn't been injured or anything.
We also missed Worpel. But many missed Battle whom we got at 39, Parker, and Wilkie seem to go alright
Its this constant revisionism and hindsight that is annoying. We win some, we lose some, but it isnt simple to see in the future.
I wanted Petracca and would still prefer him, but that the way it goes. This complaining about not getting someone achieves nothing
I dunno if he's slagging clav, I remember I was hoping we'd grab constable with that pick because although he had knocks on him, he was one of the best u18 mids numbers wise at the time. But also we seemed to have a glut of slow inside mids. In reality we just had a glut of slow mids. And we were low on KPDs.Oh I see, he is slagging Clavarino, because, you know, he hasn't been injured or anything.
We also missed Worpel. But many missed Battle whom we got at 39, Parker, and Wilkie seem to go alright
Its this constant revisionism and hindsight that is annoying. We win some, we lose some, but it isnt simple to see in the future.
I wanted Petracca and would still prefer him, but that the way it goes. This complaining about not getting someone achieves nothing
De Goey would have been a good pick. Prefer him to Petracca.
ShhhhhhOur first pick of each draft:
2013: Billings
2014: McCartin
2015: Gresham
2016: Long
2017: Clark
2018: King
Yeah McCartin doesn't look like he will make it. But Billings and Gresham are AA elite.
Long was taken at pick 25 and looks good - seeing a lot less posts about how we should have taken Shai Bolton!
Clark could still be anything. King could be a God. A lot will depend on how they develop. If they follow JB and Gresh then we will look back at our drafting during this period of time and think we've done pretty well!
Richmond's big 4: Cotchin, Martin, Riewoldt and Rance
Ours could well be: Billings, Gresham, Clark and King (and hopefully Battle becomes our Rance).
We missed on McCartin but remember. Richmond missed on Cripps and took Lennon the pick ahead. Collingwood had two top 10 picks and got Freeman and Scharenberg. Geelong took Cockatoo who can't get onto the park. No team goes at 100%, even in the top 10. And the good teams still have enough other talent developing that it isn't dependent on 1 player. This season is showing that maybe we are a decent team after all.
Currently playing like Hanners did in his last two years.funny things can happen in a players 2nd last year on his contract!
meanwhile, throwing it out there, what about luke parker?
Everyone else missed Constable. There were big questions over his physical strength and disposal. Made everyone else pass. Think Willie, Parker, Hind, Young etc. Potential guns everyone else passed on. Swings and roundabouts.Don't bother while he was passed by everyone in the first round, you think we should have used pick 7 or 8 on him?
Bloody hell, can you point me to your post at the time saying we should take him in tje top 10.
Next pick was Ben Paton who played great on the weekend.
Hindsight 20/20 right here.
I can imagine the posts on here if we had of picked him up at 8 and then kept him in reserves all year like Geelong did.
The hue and cry of picking Ben Long @ 26 would have been nothing compared to this madness.