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I really want him to make it. When did we last have a pesky harassing annoying pain in the arse in our side. Think he has the potential to create a goal a week just from. 50m penalties he draws. 
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Berg was surprisingly big on clicks when he was playing games last year as well. Was surprising because he always looked spent, so figured he was unfit, but he just wasn't fit enough to run as far as he did.
My conspiracy on these kids is that they're hesitant to go in case they get in the way of a senior player. I don't know if it would be active coaching or a vibe they get from coaches/players, but there seems to be a lot of running to contests and not trying to get the ball. Wouldn't be surprised to find out that we have identified getters and these training wheel mids are not those.
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Totally agree - Jones in particular has been gifted plenty of games. Both need to be made to earn there spot. It worries me a bit that we could turn them into Carlton or Melbourne high picks where they get thrown in too much too early and then never develop properly
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Can’t believe no one has bumped this thread.
ive watched the game a few times now, and with each time I notice his efforts more and more.
we’ve got a player here.
ive watched the game a few times now, and with each time I notice his efforts more and more.
we’ve got a player here.
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Not surprised by his game. He’s been building all pre season.
His 2020 and 2021 is night and day so far
His 2020 and 2021 is night and day so far
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Just quietly, the “disastrous” 2018 superdraft haul isn’t looking too bad, if you just forget what picks everyone taken at.
If McHenry can develop into a genuine first teamer, and with Hamill and Sholl also showing they are likely to make it, that’s a good outcome.
Who knows what will happen with Jones though.
If McHenry can develop into a genuine first teamer, and with Hamill and Sholl also showing they are likely to make it, that’s a good outcome.
Who knows what will happen with Jones though.
Is that Nigel Smart?
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The leader of the bunch.
I saw he had just the one CBA, but he actually won the centre clearance on that occasion. Will be handy if guys like him and Murphy can pinch hit in there.
I think the issue is more underperformance of our first round picks in general across recent years, including 2018. I think overall we tend to do pretty well with our later / rookie picks.
I haven't written Jones off yet, but if we assume for the sake of this conversation that he's not going to live up to his draft position, it remains a disastrous pick even if the overall draft isn't a disaster. We could still have McHenry, Hamill and Sholl AND we could have had a Caldwell or Butters etc with the Jones pick. It's partly balanced out by picking up Hately for nothing last year (assuming he comes good at some point, anyway), but again there's no reason why that couldn't have been in ADDITION to that player, not instead of.
With the exception of Doedee, every single one of our first round picks from 2015 onwards has been, if not disastrous, at least underwhelming. I'll exclude McAsey, Thilthorpe and Pedlar from that for now since there's not enough evidence to judge them on yet.
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Yep..We do now have Hately to add in..not that we used a pick on him but he was from that draft and is with us now. Hopefully he can overcome his slow start with us and become a key midfielder going forward
Grenville Dietrich said last year on Facebook that Ned was the worst AFL player he'd ever seen. I was meaning to ask him if he had changed his mind on him yet.
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It's kinda fascinating how backwards that draft is becoming for us. The pick 64 looks like he is well on his way to superstardom. The pick 15 and 22 look like they should end up as solid AFL players and the pick 9 the "should be happy he even managed to make it on a list" spud (I still have hope in Chayce, but oh boy, has he struggled).
Makes you wonder how cooked did we get the development side of things. Is it just the pick 64 was afforded time to develop away from the spotlight, where the pick 9 was consumed by it, before he was ready?
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Nice rant
Hang on guys yes Ned finally did a couple of things and has massive intensity like hundreds of those playing parklands footy, but yet to show he is anything that screams more than average AFL player, not that classy change the game player you hope for with a 1st round pick.
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That's a stretch
From a Crows perspective I think John Meesen is the worst I've ever seen by a country mile to have played a game for us, Ned has already shown 10x more than that.
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It is worth noting Ned is a back end of the 1st round pick (seeing we took him at pick 16), not early. So the expectation does lower a tad. Still I'm encouraged with this performance because there is a very important player in our future (whilst Nick's is here at any rate) hidden away in Ned. As much as he might never become a superstar (and I don't think that's his ceiling).
I look forward to when we have a midfield with Ned, Berry, Pedlar, Hately and Schoenberg as a part of the rotations. That's going to be a brutal midfield to face when they all peak, and providing all goes to plan.
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I was actually impressed with what I saw from Ned in the Port trial.
He got plenty of the ball in the 2nd half and while his disposal wasn't the best, it was still good to see him in the action as much as he was.
I was almost ready to write him off, but I've seen something so far this year hopefully he can build on that and become a decent player for us.
He got plenty of the ball in the 2nd half and while his disposal wasn't the best, it was still good to see him in the action as much as he was.
I was almost ready to write him off, but I've seen something so far this year hopefully he can build on that and become a decent player for us.
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That 3-man tackle on Saturday was mostly on the back of FIVE repeat efforts from McHenry way before that. People are starting to match that intensity.
He got one goal from an out on the full, and the other from a high tackle in front of goal of I remember correctly.
He runs around alot, but doesn't create any play, and doesn't have any weapons. He is small, and if you are small, you better either kick alot of goals, or get a heap of the ball.
The Crows even said he ran around like a headless chook on their FB page, and that's the problem.
He runs around alot, but doesn't create any play, and doesn't have any weapons. He is small, and if you are small, you better either kick alot of goals, or get a heap of the ball.
The Crows even said he ran around like a headless chook on their FB page, and that's the problem.
Ned's role at the moment, along with Murph is to apply the heat on opposition D50 exits to help us up field to get repeat F50 entries. His actions are infectious and he made others join in.
That, to me, is worth more than 30 meaningless midfield touches.
He keeps bringing the heat, then everything else will fall into place with experience.
That, to me, is worth more than 30 meaningless midfield touches.
He keeps bringing the heat, then everything else will fall into place with experience.
