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Don’t think Will Langford was ever considered a jet when he was a junior. Was a rookie selection
His youngest brother was supposedly the pick of the bunch but ultimately wasn’t interested in a footy career.
 

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Don’t think Will Langford was ever considered a jet when he was a junior. Was a rookie selection
Yes but we used to hear the old “the youngest is the pick of the lot” which, in 2014 at least, seemed pretty exciting. Turned out of course the bar set by Will wasn’t very high but the brothers got progressively worse, not better.
 
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Yes but we used to hear the old “the youngest is the pick of the lot” which, in 2014 at least, seemed pretty exciting. Turned out of course the bar set by Will wasn’t very high but the brothers got progressively worse, not better.
But who could forget that granny against the swines. Terrible kick for goal but gave 100 percent every time. If he could kick straight I’d have him over the pop
 

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His youngest brother was supposedly the pick of the bunch but ultimately wasn’t interested in a footy career.

Yeah he wasn’t a bad player. Chose medicine over footy if I remember correctly. Tough to be a surgeon with busted hands
 

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Agreed. Pleasingly headed in opposite direction to the Dears, Langfords, Jarman etc who were reported as jets until they turned out to be duds in their draft years

Isn’t there another Dear in the pipe line
 
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H Pepper best on ground again yesterday for Gippsland. Someone’s gonna call his name, we’ll match it for sure. Other than kicking efficiency he’s bloody good in every area.
I'm not sure about efficiency but I remember reading that he was a long kick (lefty, from memory) & the one time I did see him on TV, he used it quite effectively in crossing from one side of the field to the other (switching play) & getting it quickly up to the wing.

From what I saw, he played loose, deep in defence & was involved a bit when they rebounded by foot. Seemed OK, but not much to go on.
 
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