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Revisiting the 2014 AFL draft
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Put it this way, Collingwood had no interest in Schache, who’s got better exposed form than McCartin from his first year, who they could have had for a pack of chips. No way did they put a 3 year deal in front of McCartin who’s a headknock away from retirement.
Probably has something to do with the fact that you follow the dogs, I'd say
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Plenty of reason to worry about Paddy. The bloke has a glass skull
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I quite like watching Paddy play. The glimpses he's shown suggest he could be special but as you've stated the worries are very real.
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Dalrymple deserves Tom Boyd money. Delivers the runs consistently that would justify the salary. Started with pick 25 this draft and just killed it with the players left on the board from that point on.
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Just did a PB in the 3km time trial today which is promising.
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Was just thinking about how Marcus Bontempelli was one of the greatest draft picks of all time.
Heeney - Sydney
Blakely - Freo
Lever - Adelaide
Weller - Gold Coast
Wright - Gold Coast
Petracca - Dees
Duggan - Eagles
Steele - Saints
Marchbank - Blues
Daniel - Bullies
Blakely - Freo
Lever - Adelaide
Weller - Gold Coast
Wright - Gold Coast
Petracca - Dees
Duggan - Eagles
Steele - Saints
Marchbank - Blues
Daniel - Bullies
He wasn't a consensus top 2 pick just for giggles, so I fully expect that if he gets a good run at it going forward he'll leave plenty with egg on their faces.
Showed plenty in his 2nd season in particular, but then after having only done about 40% of his first preseason, and 80% of his 2nd, due to his diabetes, he did the whole preseason last year, yet instead of coming out of it fitter than ever, as you would normally expect, he looked worse for it, and there has been talk that that was because of all the "crap" he ate, to try to keep his blood sugar levels in check under the increased workload.
So he looked in worse shape in his 3rd year than he did in his 2nd and it reflected in his footy, but that concussion at the end of the year could potentially turn out to be a blessing, as he was still able to train during those last several weeks, and did a "mini preseason", reportedly being much fitter by the end of it.
The results of that have shown up today, as he beat his previous time trial PB by a "significant" margin, so fingers crossed he gets a full preseason under his belt, gets on top of what he needs to do re the his diabetes and fronts up to the start of the 2018 season in by far the best shape he's been in in his short career. (Like say Membrey did, at the start of 2016, his 4th year).
The concussions sure are a concern though. Like Johnno Brown and Nick Riewoldt before him, he has little to no regard for his own safety when there's a ball in the air in his area, so he's going to need a lot of luck to avoid further concussions.
I'm glad we were able to get Josh Battle cheaply last year.
McCartin needs to improve on the way he attacks the contest. Pretty sure Brayshaw had some sort of training on this. Going in head first like that continually won’t allow for a long career in the AFL.
With improved fitness it’ll be interesting to see how he goes if he can stay away from concussions.
With improved fitness it’ll be interesting to see how he goes if he can stay away from concussions.
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Paddy McCartin being the pick #1 with type 1 diabetes still gives me a chuckle.
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Worst post on this site.
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I can think of at least 55 worse.
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Thinking it's funny a young footballer has a illness.
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No, that's not that funny. It's the fact that Saints used pick 1 on him.
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So it's funny they took the kid most recruiters had top one or two.
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No, it's funny he has diabetes.
So how long until you get banned with this account for picking stupid arguments like this and derailing threads?
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Sorry don't find that funny.
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I accept your apology.
Triggered.
As someone who's had it run in the family despite 90% of the family being very fit.. I don't find it funny at all.
uhh... lot of class in this post
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