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Dee man Demon

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He looks and plays a lot like Moloney. When he was on, he was definitely getting in the contests, just wasn't getting the ball.

Definitely persist with him IMO. Many dream teamers are getting on him while hes cheap.

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He was servicable but probably vulnerable at selection.

22 touches and 12 tackles in 2 games is a very good start for a little bloke.

Best part was when he ran 50m chasing after 2 Hawks on the back flank, they fumbled, he ran over the footy and cleaned up a bloke and we took it down the other end and kicked a major.

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He looks and plays a lot like Moloney. When he was on, he was definitely getting in the contests, just wasn't getting the ball.

Definitely persist with him IMO. Many dream teamers are getting on him while hes cheap.

That's how I saw it. He attacks the ball hard, but isn't blessed with the most extraordinary of skills. Should be persisted with.

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Loves the contest, but was exposed by the hard-running Hawks. He's been ok, and cerainly good enough to retain hi spot, but when Grimes returns, it's definitely going to be Wona that keeps his spot... I wouldn't say he's DEFINITELY kept his spot in the side OR rookie list just yet, but he's on the way.

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I thought he did some good 'hard' things, but wasn't as impressive with the ball.

Does anyone know what % of time he spent on the ground?

I didn't notice him much in the first half. That said, I agree he looks a fair bit like Moloney from a distance.

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For some reason 61 is coming to my mind so i'm gonna stick say 61%.

pretty good game I thought...worth more on field time

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Definitely worth persisting with. I saw some very good work in the centre square around the bounce.

I would like to see Shane Valenti slowly take the midfield time off Jmac.

Used his body well to help his teammates and given the chance, he will start racking them up.

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I would like to see Shane Valenti slowly take the midfield time off Jmac.

Used his body well to help his teammates and given the chance, he will start racking them up.

They play different roles. JMac has moved back to his role of tagger as he was pre 2005.

Valenti doesn't look to me to be run with player but who knows at this stage...

It should be noted in the last half that whenever Valenti was in the middle for the bounce he was heavily guarded.

So he is already highly regarded at stoppages.

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