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Stiffy_18 said:
Jackson is just a footballer. Clean skills, clean take, efficient disposal, jeft footer and can swing on his right. While his contested stuff needs some work to make him a more balanced footballer, I can see some merit to the Simon Black comparisons. Not that Jackson will be as good but in terms of their build, their movement and just general demeanor on the field are similar.

Interesting to hear about the glandular fever. It explains why Jackson slipped that far compared to where he was projected to go 12 months ago. IIRC, a year ago he was projected to be a late 1st, early 2nd round pick in this year’s draft. I do know the club rated him. I remeber a player telling me early this year that Jackson looked really good on the track and he “broke the ankles” of a couple of Crows boys with one of his moves during the match simulation drills.

If he can have a career half as good as Black did, Jackson will be a heck of a player.
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You can definitely tell he has football royalty flowing through him. He just gets it. Knows where to be and reads the game well.

His left foot kick seems ELITE as well. That ability of his to weight it ever so perfectly so that it drops in the hole around 3-4 opposition players is freakish. This is what surprise me most about him not going in the draft. When you've got someone with a footy brain and left peg like his, it gives you a lot to work with.

I'm not too worried about his contested stuff just yet either. He's a good size height-wise and is yet to put on any real mass. Did show some good strength anyways in some passages of play and the ability to shake of firm tacklers and get the hands free.

Reckon if not Simon Black, he will be very similar to a Nicky Dal Santo. Inside/Outside mid who wasn't exactly a brute in terms of the contested stuff, but had elite disposal and read the game well.

Going way too early here, but the more I watch his highlights the more bullish I am on him making a serious name for himself in our system. I also can never forget him at PS training running rings around our senior players and making them look like complete at utter fools at the age of 17..
 

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GrommoT said:
He could be a r1 KPF pick for us in 2019? He's 15 and 186cm tall as of middle of this year - hoo boy!
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Players who are tall early, played as KPP, then stop growing ......nearly always fail, as they have only learn't to play as a tall

Players who are small when young, play as midfielders, then grow .....have a high success rate

Tex Walker played juniors as a Midfielder ......as did Tim English, the Bulldogs Ruckmen

If Luke Edwards stops growing at say 188cm ......he will not have learn't the playing style required for AFL ? ........just a warning
 
Wayne's-World said:
Players who are tall early, played as KPP, then stop growing ......nearly always fail, as they have only learn't to play as a tall

Players who are small when young, play as midfielders, then grow .....have a high success rate

Tex Walker played juniors as a Midfielder ......as did Tim English, the Bulldogs Ruckmen

If Luke Edwards stops growing at say 188cm ......he will not have learn't the playing style required for AFL ? ........just a warning
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Just watched Jackson's highlights closely for the first time

Looks a very clean footballer, good decision maker with a good left foot

Also interesting to hear Tyson mention that Jackson had suffered from glandular fever for most of the 2017 season which would have impacted his energy levels.

I have great confidence that kid can make it at AFl level
 
Wayne's-World said:
Players who are tall early, played as KPP, then stop growing ......nearly always fail, as they have only learn't to play as a tall

Players who are small when young, play as midfielders, then grow .....have a high success rate

Tex Walker played juniors as a Midfielder ......as did Tim English, the Bulldogs Ruckmen

If Luke Edwards stops growing at say 188cm ......he will not have learn't the playing style required for AFL ? ........just a warning
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Exactly this. Guys who have only ever played as a Key position player are actually quite limited in there development, unless they are a Tom Lynch type endurance freak. And even he got traded before realising the true role he could play.

Personally I stopped growing at 15/16, and went from a permanent CHB to a back flanker, but could still run and carry as it is what I had always done and in a similar position. It was at a low level, but still kind of applicable.

Ideally Tyson would ask the club to give him a bit of time developing his ground ball skills in the midfield or intercept marking off of half back. It would improve his all round game and act as a fail safe should he stop growing at ~188-190cm.
 
Wayne's-World said:
Players who are tall early, played as KPP, then stop growing ......nearly always fail, as they have only learn't to play as a tall

Players who are small when young, play as midfielders, then grow .....have a high success rate

Tex Walker played juniors as a Midfielder ......as did Tim English, the Bulldogs Ruckmen

If Luke Edwards stops growing at say 188cm ......he will not have learn't the playing style required for AFL ? ........just a warning
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Pretty sure Gibbs played as a KPP and even a ruckman early then stopped growing at about 188 cm
 

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Stiffy_18 said:
Pretty sure Gibbs played as a KPP and even a ruckman early then stopped growing at about 188 cm
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Obviously he hasn't played at AFL yet (so unproven), but Jaidyn Stephenson too. Was basically a KPF up until this year, after he stopped growing at 189cm
 
Archie87 said:
Glenelg's own website referred to Luke Edwards as a "classy midfielder" when he won the u16s BnF and he was named in the midfield in games this year too. This suggests that he is indeed a midfielder.
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A perusal of the SANFL stats supports that, don't think a player that plays CHF would figure high in the Clearance count for his team like Luke does.

http://sanfl.com.au/2017-u18-stats-pdf/
 
Squiba said:
Exactly this. Guys who have only ever played as a Key position player are actually quite limited in there development, unless they are a Tom Lynch type endurance freak. And even he got traded before realising the true role he could play.

Personally I stopped growing at 15/16, and went from a permanent CHB to a back flanker, but could still run and carry as it is what I had always done and in a similar position. It was at a low level, but still kind of applicable.

Ideally Tyson would ask the club to give him a bit of time developing his ground ball skills in the midfield or intercept marking off of half back. It would improve his all round game and act as a fail safe should he stop growing at ~188-190cm.
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I don't care who the parent is, but they have no right to dictate to a club on what and how to train their athlete.
 

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