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pablo disco bar said:
Waiting....
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I answered on the next post Pablo after the one you quoted.

He is currently doing a leadership/pre season training program with someone I work with.
The word is St Kilda are sniffing around.

Apparently he is a really nice kid but not very vocal on the field. This program will assist him to come out of his shell. Someone familiar to the Pies from the past got him to do it.
 

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Rohan25 said:
Will train at St Kilda ahead of the drafts.
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St Kilda are that annoying, very ordinary club that seem to get in your way.

If they select Jok, it’s going to be all over for the kid. They won’t know how to develop him at all.
 
BPikkers said:
St Kilda are that annoying, very ordinary club that seem to get in your way.

If they select Jok, it’s going to be all over for the kid. They won’t know how to develop him at all.
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My God, StKilda are Gary Mother****ing Oak
 
Training with the saints and took out their first time trial. Probably unlikely we will be able to fit him in given academy players IQ and WK also Atu
 
DRAFT prospect Tom Jok has taken out St Kilda's first time trial of its pre-season.

Jok, 21, who played with Collingwood's VFL team this season, is training with St Kilda in a bid to be drafted.

He lined up in the final seven games of the Magpies' season, impressing with his tank, athleticism and huge leap.

Jok, who stands 193cm, also spent time at VAFA club St Kevin's Old Boys, winning the Premier Division flag.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-08/young-saint-declares-his-love-for-club-as-contract-call-looms

You would imagine with winning the time trial. Training with them. You'd think St Kilda will get him.
 
Tails1 said:
Bugger. Good luck to the kid either way. Getting onto any AFL list would be a great achievement.
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Agree. Would love to grab him but just can't see him lasting until we could do it. I think the best chance is if nobody bids on Atu and we can take Jok with our 3rd selection, Atu with our last.
 

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jackcass said:
Agree. Would love to grab him but just can't see him lasting until we could do it. I think the best chance is if nobody bids on Atu and we can take Jok with our 3rd selection, Atu with our last.
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We won't have a "third" selection per-se if we match bids for Quaynor and Kelly where they are expected to come.

The only way we'd get him is if he was still there when our end-of-draft pick comes around - ie. everyone else has to basically pass on him over the first 65-75 picks.

As an aside with the state of our list I doubt we'd even have room to pick Jok up until the Murray situation is resolved (not in his favour), Tohill somehow qualifies as a Cat B rookie (highly unlikely), or someone picks up Murray or Broomhead before us in the roookie draft to free up another spot.
 
partypie said:
We won't have a "third" selection per-se if we match bids for Quaynor and Kelly where they are expected to come.

The only way we'd get him is if he was still there when our end-of-draft pick comes around - ie. everyone else has to basically pass on him over the first 65-75 picks.

As an aside with the state of our list I doubt we'd even have room to pick Jok up until the Murray situation is resolved (not in his favour), Tohill somehow qualifies as a Cat B rookie (highly unlikely), or someone picks up Murray or Broomhead before us in the roookie draft to free up another spot.
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Bid comes after about pick 55 or 56 and we don't need points to match a bid for Atu as they've got lower points value than the 197 point discount we get. We'll have to wait and see what's left and what other picks wash out after matching for IQ and Kelly with 41, 44, 57, 59 & 60.

Agree it's tight. Doubt anyone will look at Murray but there's always a sneaky chance someone will take a punt on Broomy. Especially as we'd end paying his salary (above the base rookie salary) as he's contracted.
 
jackcass said:
Bid comes after about pick 55 or 56 and we don't need points to match a bid for Atu as they've got lower points value than the 197 point discount we get. We'll have to wait and see what's left and what other picks wash out after matching for IQ and Kelly with 41, 44, 57, 59 & 60.

Agree it's tight. Doubt anyone will look at Murray but there's always a sneaky chance someone will take a punt on Broomy. Especially as we'd end paying his salary (above the base rookie salary) as he's contracted.
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Yep I'm aware of this - we'll just have to wait and see, but I suspect any points we have would be swallowed up by Quaynor and Kelly (and maybe Atu if a bid comes for him inside the top 55) and we probably wont have much left to work with, hence everyone else would likely get a crack at Jok before we do even if we could get him.
 
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I liked what I saw of Jok in the VFL, but from his perspective he has to take whatever opportunity is on offer. We may want him but others are ahead of him in the queue, and we are still unclear about available places in the ND or RD.

Still, he did show a lot of promise in the VFL, and it may prove to be a big miss.
 
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Not sure why people are pissed off at the Saints? Fingers crossed it works out for him. I can only assume we didn't or havn't offered him any type of guarenteed future at our club? Good luck to him, looked very good in the VFL finals series. I reckon he can make it, shame we may have missed out here but with the crop of F/S's coming in I can see why we may have passed on him.
 

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