Toast Jamarra Ugle-Hagan - Welcome to the club

[Charlie Bucket]

Leigh Brown

What about Team Dal Santo ?

 

[Doggy]

What about Team Dal Santo ?

Who do you think

 

[Doggstats]

Who do you think

Sam Power?

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Leigh Brown

Leigh Brown has coach written all over him. Rate him highly.

 

[Doggstats]

They've still got Marra in the back line...

 

[Charlie Bucket]

Who do you think

Luke Beveridge ?

 

[dogwatch]

These should be 48 of the best 60 or so kids in the land (those whose draft year is 2020). Would that be correct?

Listening to the call it seems that an awful lot of them are tied to an AFL club via NGA or FS arrangements. I know two of them are ours but it's certainly moving the draft away from an open uncompromised system when so many are tied to specific clubs.

 

[Northernsoul74]

These should be 48 of the best 60 or so kids in the land (those whose draft year is 2020). Would that be correct?

Listening to the call it seems that an awful lot of them are tied to an AFL club via NGA or FS arrangements. I know two of them are ours but it's certainly moving the draft away from an open uncompromised system when so many are tied to specific clubs.

Next year is extremely compromised. That’s why there’s big danger in trading future picks this year.

 

[Charlie Bucket]

They've still got Marra in the back line...

He’s played a fair few games in defence the last couple of years. Performed pretty well there too.
Would’ve been better to see him up fwd all game though to give him a chance to show his real talents. Throwing him around the ground didn’t help him at all.

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

With Finlay looking like a genuine first rounder, is now the time to talk about the dark Macrae family history? Basically I have information from a very reliable source that suggests Jack fathered a child when he was 7 years old.

 

[K_Nine]

So did none of our academy players stand out?

 

[_M_16_]

Given he largely played mid and back, what was the purpose of playing him outside his position of strength? Poor coaching or part of his development?

 

[VitalDread]

 

[VitalDread]

Given he largely played mid and back, what was the purpose of playing him outside his position of strength? Poor coaching or part of his development?

These games are mainly used to trail players in different spots

 

[Charlie Bucket]

These games are mainly used to trail players in different spots

Wasn’t it to showcase their talent ? Curtain raiser to the GF seems like a strange time to trial players in different spots.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Given he largely played mid and back, what was the purpose of playing him outside his position of strength? Poor coaching or part of his development?

At under 18 level the poor coaches play players in the same positions, not the other way around.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

One of the biggest errors people fall into is believing, just because you're good at it, you're good at coaching it.

Agree
I am really good at drinking beer but s**t at brewing it!

 

[Mr. Walker]

I am good at drinking beer too. Just bad at keeping it down.

 

[Mr. Walker]

These games are mainly used to trail players in different spots

Serious question Trial them for what? Isn't this the last game of the season?

 

[VitalDread]

Serious question Trial them for what? Isn't this the last game of the season?

That game is a showcase game
Play players in their primary position for 90% of game time
The rest is move them around

Jamarra was key defender last year for Rebels

 

[maddog37]

Similar player to Darryl White?

 

[Boristown]

Similar player to Darryl White?

He has some similar attributes.

 

[Spiritof82]

These should be 48 of the best 60 or so kids in the land (those whose draft year is 2020). Would that be correct?

Listening to the call it seems that an awful lot of them are tied to an AFL club via NGA or FS arrangements. I know two of them are ours but it's certainly moving the draft away from an open uncompromised system when so many are tied to specific clubs.

The AFL draft hasn't been an uncomprised system since the AFL started giving the plastics multiple draft picks in the top 10 every year

 

[dogwatch]

The AFL draft hasn't been an uncomprised system since the AFL started giving the plastics multiple draft picks in the top 10 every year

Agree. It's hardly ever been uncompromised but it's currently moving even further away from what it needs to be.

We should be aiming for minimal interference and quarantining of players. I'd happily scrap all NGAs, including ours, (after 2020 of course) but I just can't see them even contemplating it. The AFL is tying itself in knots trying to find a pathway through it all.

The solution is not to make it more complicated but to make it way simpler. Scrap the NGAs for draft purposes. If really necessary create regional NGAs that are NOT club-aligned but are still sponsored by the AFL.

 

[Smiley Boy]

How getting axed helped future Dogs prospect blossom

Bulldogs NGA player Jamarra Ugle-Hagan is being tipped as a top-five draft prospect in 2020

www.afl.com.au

"He's quick on the lead, knows where he needs to be and his marking is simply outstanding. When he's on, nothing can stop him."