Player Watch Ned Long

[manicpie]

I find it so weird that a midfielder like Ned is 2cm taller than Mihocek, a "key forward"

Can Ned pinch hit forward? Reckon we'll need him there

We've been crying out for a big inside mid

 

[Apples]

Wanted him in the team from the moment I laid eyes on him. First training run in November nobody knew anything about him. WHE said they'd been told he was training that morning and that he'd come from Box Hill Hawks.
Unreliable kick, but hey, who cares?

 

[gappa]

I know we are desperate, but 1 year olds really?

 

[whiskeytown]

Glad they’ve taken the 2nd pick.

Happy they’ve chosen a player in house… I stand to be corrected… the first since [PLAYERCARD]Rupert wills[/PLAYERCARD] I believe..?

Giving Ned a go for 6 months is no harm.

They’ve clearly watched him at training and VFL level

And with the recent success of VFL players in Sullivan and Richards.. who’s to say Long won’t yet play a role as a contested mid at senior level ?

 

[Harry O]

Melbourne Grammar boy. Glad we hid him the last month so he could get to our second pick

Straight in for Pendles this week

 

[Tadpole]

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I know we are desperate, but 1 year olds really?

Never too early to indoctrinate them in the Collingwood way.

 

[gouki88]

Backing the selection - we've been close observers of his for months, so we're likely quite confident.

I like the theory that we've hidden him recently. Not sure it's legit, but here's hoping

 

[Apples]

I wonder how Teakle is feeling tonight? There was lots of talk about him becoming a Pie, only to end up at Arden Street. He gets 18 months doesn't he? I guess that's something.

 

[neilk]

NEd has done brilliantly to be recruited to Collingwood as a one year old!

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We need to have an eye to the future.

 

[stormskye]

NEd has done brilliantly to be recruited to Collingwood as a one year old!

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I hope it wasnt a c section

 

[whiskeytown]

I wonder how Teakle is feeling tonight? There was lots of talk about him becoming a Pie, only to end up at Arden Street. He gets 18 months doesn't he? I guess that's something.

Teakle will do alright at north. Probably more opportunity there for him

 

[stormskye]

We've been crying out for a big inside mid

Adding both Sullivan and long, club seems resigned fin ain’t an inside mid

 

[Collingwoodcrew]

He started with a rush - then we may have hidden him?

Exactly what they did.


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[Professor Knowall]

NEd has done brilliantly to be recruited to Collingwood as a one year old!

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Or is he 101?

 

[gouki88]

Or is he 101?

Good Pendles replacement in that case

 

[Professor Knowall]

Maybe a Brayden Sier prototype.

Just a suburban boy that smokes?

 

[gappa]

NEd has done brilliantly to be recruited to Collingwood as a one year old!

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[The Royal Sampler]

Backing the selection - we've been close observers of his for months, so we're likely quite confident.

I like the theory that we've hidden him recently. Not sure it's legit, but here's hoping

Hidden who? I don’t know who you’re talking about…

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Dave.

You're gonna have to edit the OP.

That's a tweet about Smit.

 

[Pistol Night]

Wanted him in the team from the moment I laid eyes on him. First training run in November nobody knew anything about him. WHE said they'd been told he was training that morning and that he'd come from Box Hill Hawks.
Unreliable kick, but hey, who cares?

Plenty like that who turn out ok. Cripps for one. Just give it to Nick, Josh and Pendles and his work is done

 

[Bianconeri]

Glad they’ve taken the 2nd pick.

Happy they’ve chosen a player in house… I stand to be corrected… the first since Rupert wills I believe..?

Giving Ned a go for 6 months is no harm.

They’ve clearly watched him at training and VFL level

And with the recent success of VFL players in Sullivan and Richards.. who’s to say Long won’t yet play a role as a contested mid at senior level ?

Josh Eyre was also recruited from the VFL team.

 

[KillerMagpies]

Adding both Sullivan and long, club seems resigned fin ain’t an inside mid

Agreed.
Second round trade coming up.

 

[TradeDraft]

19. Collingwood - Ned Long​

Collingwood/VFL
Midfielder
195cm
05/02/03


A tall midfielder who has a real physical presence, Long was taken by Hawthorn in the 2022 rookie draft and played five games at the Hawks before being delisted at the end of last year. He’s since impressed with Collingwood’s VFL side and now joins the Magpies’ senior list. Long has a genuine competitive streak you can see in his one-on-ones and he is very creative with his hands. Uses his endurance to great effect around the ground and has strong marking overhead when forward.

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[Pragmatic Shill]

Has there been any reporting anywhere on how long Smit and Long nominated for - 6 months or 18 months?

 

[gouki88]

Has there been any reporting anywhere on how long Smit and Long nominated for - 6 months or 18 months?

I saw someone say Smit was 18 months and Long 6, but that was somewhere on BF