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Draft: Chris Yarran

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Not suprised that Prescott is intereted in him, this was also mentioned in the MX here about Yarren being considered. He looks a talent but as always there are other to consider for pick 5.

Has anyone seen much of Yarren, does the comparison to Shaun Burgoyne match?
 
His video highlights are the best of any draftee.

Moves like Burgoyne and looks to have serious x factor.

I've read that he's lazy but others say he's not.

On talent alone I wouldn't mind getting him at 5. Him or Hartlett for me.
 
kelvin_sheedy said:
His video highlights are the best of any draftee.

Moves like Burgoyne and looks to have serious x factor.

I've read that he's lazy but others say he's not.

On talent alone I wouldn't mind getting him at 5. Him or Hartlett for me.
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That's because highlight reels show your best. And his best is simply sublime, but his worst is just shocking, lazy football.

Could be a gun, or another Collard or Sampi
 

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Windas_Magic said:
That's because highlight reels show your best. And his best is simply sublime, but his worst is just shocking, lazy football.

Could be a gun, or another Collard or Sampi
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We already have a few of those players
 
Painfully shy teenager who has been a consistant goal kicker in a very good WAFL senior side that made the GF.

He's a gamble. Much like Longy was when he started. Will he adapt to Melbourne life? Will he be able to handle the pressure of the big league? Who knows.

His old man is in jail here,so he wouldn't be able to visit him as often and he wouldn't have the rest of his family around.

I think he's to much of a risk. This is no time to cross our fingers and hope for the best. We can't afford to waste this early pick.


Then again.....Jetta,Yarran and Monfries as 3 small forward options....????
 
Nobby8 said:
Painfully shy teenager who has been a consistant goal kicker in a very good WAFL senior side that made the GF.

He's a gamble. Much like Longy was when he started. Will he adapt to Melbourne life? Will he be able to handle the pressure of the big league? Who knows.

His old man is in jail here,so he wouldn't be able to visit him as often and he wouldn't have the rest of his family around.

I think he's to much of a risk. This is no time to cross our fingers and hope for the best. We can't afford to waste this early pick.


Then again.....Jetta,Yarran and Monfries as 3 small forward options....????
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I wouldnt waste pick 5 on him
if we have the choose of anyone other than Vickery rich natanui and watts.
theres way to much more choices.
 
The only problem i have with him is his consistancy over the whole game. In the games i have seen him in he has been staedy with a few very good moments.
One thing i did like about him was in one of the champ games he spent a 1/2 in defence and did a good job. Got a few possesions and used the ball well coming off half back. It showed to me that he had a few more stings to his bow and that he was not just a falshy half forward who may have midfield potential.
He is not in the top 5 of my prefered choices for pick 5 but he does have some qualities that are impossible not to like.
 
Nobby8 said:
Painfully shy teenager who has been a consistant goal kicker in a very good WAFL senior side that made the GF.

He's a gamble. Much like Longy was when he started. Will he adapt to Melbourne life? Will he be able to handle the pressure of the big league? Who knows.

His old man is in jail here,so he wouldn't be able to visit him as often and he wouldn't have the rest of his family around.

I think he's to much of a risk. This is no time to cross our fingers and hope for the best. We can't afford to waste this early pick.


Then again.....Jetta,Yarran and Monfries as 3 small forward options....????
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dont forget about Alwyn.... better player than all of those 3
 

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would you consider picking him up if he is available with our 2nd round pick?
 

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Enki said:
And instead we will get hop-along Swift? Thanks for adding nothing to a thread for the hundredth time.
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I'd be happy with Hartlett, Swift, Ziebell, or Sidebottom, I don't mind which one, as long as it is a GENUINE MIDFIELDER not a POSSIBLE MIDFIELDER!
 
Here you go bombersno1. Rather than reapeting bull#### posts from people who wouldn't know where their arse was even if they had their hands on it here is an article from one of his former coaches who by the way is currently our assistant coach.
Intstead of poluting the talls at no 5 with your garbage have a read of this as it will contain more facts that some of the posts you seem to have made as fact.!

Everyone's talking about Chris
Category: News
Words: Ashley Prescott
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For all the amazing football talents that have roamed the wide spaces of the picturesque Clontarf Oval, few would have a story like Chris Yarran.

He is the type of sportsman that as a young boy you dreamed of being, I witnessed this as I made the journey up the grassy slopes to my car with a group of young Mazenod boys after a recent Cable Division game. Twenty minutes earlier Yarran had dissected them; good players stand out in schoolboy football, but few do it like Chris Yarran does. I listened intently without them knowing as they described in detail how he could kick both sides of his body, how they thought he wasn’t that quick, but did you see the way he accelerated out of the centre, or how does he handball over his shoulder directly to a teammate running at full pace toward goal?

For the record, Chris kicked 6 goals in 40 minutes of football, more impressive though was he set as many up, and his face lights up when he sees his less talented team mates finish off his work. He doesn’t know it yet but he is a leader too! You simply find yourself mesmerized by his talents.

To watch him play football is a fascinating experience, and you can almost see his brain ticking over; he is like a cat stalking a sparrow as he hunts the football, and has a unique ability read the play two stages ahead. I was telling a few of my old Richmond mates recently of some of the prodigious talents and characters I have witnessed in my short time at Clontarf. I spoke of Nigel Collard’s determination & spirit for life, Jetta’s practice ethic and how he pushed away the negative influences that attempted to drag him down the wrong path, Krakouer’s resilience, self belief, and resolve to go after what he wanted, and Ryder’s humility and respect for others.





But the story I enjoy telling most was in Clontarf’s historic win against Assumption College on a chilly but dry August afternoon in Kilmore. Yarran tracked the football from a Centre Square bounce down that was rolling away from him towards the right hand attacking flank, sensing the pressure from behind he knew if he took possession the Assumption player would immediately tackle him from behind. Nathan Krakouer was flying past him on the right hand side and out of mid air he deftly kicked the ball off the outside of his foot twenty meters and hit him lace out. Krakouer naturally finished off from 45m metres out. I remember looking across to Kevin Mitchell, shaking my head with disbelief; Mitch just shrugged his shoulders as our focus went to the next centre bounce.

After the game we went back and enjoyed Ray Carroll’s hospitality with a well needed cup of coffee and piping hot sausage roll. As usual the Assumption boys lined up on one side of the room and the Clontarf boys on the other, (apart of course from Trent Franklyn-Smith who was in the kitchen talking to the Ladies Committee). Doing the right thing I went over to have a chat with the Assumption boys who where slightly sheepish after their heavy loss. The Assumption boys know there football and have a rich appreciation for history, you only have to look around their small change room and see such faces as Richmond legend ‘Saint Francis’ Bourke, Brownlow Medalist Shane Crawford, AFL Coach Neale Daniher and the multi-talented Simon O’Donnell. At Assumption they love their champions and know class when they see it. “How old is that number 23?,” came from one of the lads. “15 I told him”. “I watched Jetta (Leroy) play last year, I reckon he is better than him,” came from another. They were of course talking about Chris Yarran. I then sat with the boys for another 5 minutes and briefly explained why the Program exists. They were interested and had some understanding, but it was only football they were really interested in.

Are our boys that different?

In the past 3 months a lot has happened in his Chris’s life and there is plenty on in the horizon, with his future looking bright. After he flogged me at table tennis recently, I caught up with him briefly for a chat; he hates talking about himself, and that’s what makes him even more interesting.



AP- How did you find your trip to South Africa?
CY- I was pretty nervous about going to another country, I have been around most of Australia, but 11 hours on a plane was hard. It was good to see how other people live.

AP- What other sports do you like?
CY- I like cricket, I have played Squash a few times and like it. (For the record Chris is captain of the Baggy Reds Clontarf Cricket team and averages 60 with the bat and bowls very lively fast medium as well as leg spin. The WACA contacted me about him; he has the reflexes of Clive Lloyd and the eye of Vivian Richards)

AP- You have a fair bit on the go at the moment, how are you coping with it all?
CY- I have stuff on every night with training, State 18’s but it is all going well, Krakouer (Nathan) and Brad (Dick) pulled out of school and didn’t graduate last year, just relied on football, I don’t want to do this, I want to stick around all year and make sure I get my Graduation.

AP- Your life at home and around the streets can be pretty tough, how do you feel when you are playing football?
CY- You can forget about everything and just watch the ball, I love playing football and I love winning, just playing is so much fun.
 
great article.

As i mentioned in the Hurley thread, we spent more time speaking to yarran than we did any other candidate.
 

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