Player Watch #3: Jed Anderson - successfully returns against Adelaide

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LuvtheKangas

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Yeah, was a shocker, if he got that handball out we were away.

I'm on the Jed train and he was hard at the contest a few times last night, but as has been pointed out, he has been responsible for a few momentum killers in recent weeks.

I'd drop him now if Wright or Jacobs are available. Give him a full pre-season to work on getting his body and confidence right.
 

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I'll say this about Jed. He has a f**ken dip. If he tackles you with the ball you're going to know about it. He's one of the few guys we have that genuinely wants to hurt the opposition physically at every opportunity. I'm confident he'll come good long term.

If only Maj had the same kind of mongrel intent that Anderson has we'd have a wrecking ball that I could tolerate. (Mind you I did see a small glimmer of hope from Maj the other night against GWS)
 

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Difficult question Mr Reliable.

I typed 'slow Kangaroos midfielder' into my search engine and got 45,000,000 results.
He played 4 memorable senior games in 2006. Not only a dodgy kick but also slow and injury prone. You would have doubled your search result if you'd added those search criteria.
 

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Yeah, was a shocker, if he got that handball out we were away.

I'm on the Jed train and he was hard at the contest a few times last night, but as has been pointed out, he has been responsible for a few momentum killers in recent weeks.

I'd drop him now if Wright or Jacobs are available. Give him a full pre-season to work on getting his body and confidence right.
Yep.

One of the multitude of basic **** ups that continue to occur.
 
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Whilst I don't think Jed has been going that well, I just hope he gets a good run at it next year without injury, then we might see his best.
You could call out our whole team for poor handballs or non-handballs that miss the target.
Gibson and Swallow have consistently missed handballs and fumbled the ball at crucial times as well.
 

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We didn't give up a first rounder for someone who has been in the system for a few years to develop in the VFL and work on his game at training. He is that far off its not funny.

Mind you a lot of blame rests with Scott who keeps playing him.
 

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He played 4 memorable senior games in 2006. Not only a dodgy kick but also slow and injury prone. You would have doubled your search result if you'd added those search criteria.
Do not look up what we gave up for him under any circumstance.
 

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We also got pick 18 off West Coast. On traded to hawthorn for........


Jonathan Hay.
Who gave me the funniest 5 minutes of football ever, in a reserves game at Blundstone. Let's just say the commentators thought he was disoriented after a big night out the night before.

Would have been much, much funnier if he'd been recruited by another team.
 
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