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Jack Watts - Confirmed #1 Pick in 2008 Draft - Booyah!!!

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Rogue Trident

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If he wants to stay in Victoria he has to nominate for the draft this year, or he's going to the Gold Coast next year.

This has "stay away W.A." written all over it.

I agree. It may just be the angle the journalist has gone with, though.

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If he wants to stay in Victoria he has to nominate for the draft this year, or he's going to the Gold Coast next year.

This has "stay away W.A." written all over it. Excellent!

I'm confused. I'm pretty sure that next year GC17 has access to the best 17 y.o. kids,- or at least that was the proposal - I'm not sure it's been locked away. Isn't Watts 17 this year - therefor making him ineligible for them? Or have I got that all wrong?

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Will be watching all the games at the Dome tomorrow.

I'll grab a record and give a brief run down of what I saw. Odds are that I'll not notice a couple of players because they don't stand out heaps though so don't shoot me

If you get there for the early games watch the number 11 for Tasmania he is a very good footballer.

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I won't be able to make it down there today but will be very interested in how young Jack goes, David Dickson on camera made the comment that Jack got ahead of himself and tried to do too many fancy things on Saturday against NSW and I am looking forward to how Jack responds to a pretty disappointing game.

On the Vic country Kids ,10 - Suban,16 - Sidebottom and 21 - Ziebell are three guys you should watch for and for Tassie I really Like 19 Aaron Cornelius who mainly plays at CHF.

The teams for todays matches are on the AFL Website Here

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Is Vic Country's Jordon Roughead (#33, Ruck) Jarryd's brother?

I see our Scolarship player Teddy Strudwick cant even crack the NSW team yet.

I think Jordon is a cousin of Jarryd.

Teddy played last weekend; maybe he picked up a knock.

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Number 11 for Tasmania (previously mentioned) is Mitch Robinson and is a name we will probably be looking at for picks 18-21

Cant go either. Busy.

Keep an eye 19 Aaron Cornelius for Tasmania. If we dont get Watts early on, I'm hoping we get Aaron with a 2nd round pick.

Aaron Cornelius could easily slip to our priority pick as I think he has a few faults, namely he isn't big enough to play KP and is more a Brad Fisher type player. Has good hands and will be a better player than Fisher IMO, but his height and strength could be questioned.

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Matthew Deboer the midfielder for WA seems to be flying under the radar a bit....

Seems to be in WA's best very consistently.

Haven't seen enough of him to make an asessment though ?

Deboer is a certain top 10, perhaps under the radar here but not over in the wet. I'd wet my pants if he slipped to our pp pick ;)

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Number 11 for Tasmania (previously mentioned) is Mitch Robinson and is a name we will probably be looking at for picks 18-21

Aaron Cornelius could easily slip to our priority pick as I think he has a few faults, namely he isn't big enough to play KP and is more a Brad Fisher type player. Has good hands and will be a better player than Fisher IMO, but his height and strength could be questioned.

I'd prefer to get a guy like Jetta (or Deboer), very quick mid with nice skills, rather than an inbetween sized forward who hasn't had a great carnival.

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Picked this up from AAP today...

Potential number one pick JACK WATTS says he's not yet sure if he'll nominate for this year's AFL national draft.

In a possible blow to clubs on the look-out for a young key forward, WATTS says he's yet to decide if he'll nominate as he still has another year to go before he completes Year 12.

In a further concern for clubs like West Coast and Fremantle, who might land the first pick this year, the 17-year-old WATTS says he loves living in Melbourne.

WATTS will this week play for Vic Metro against Western Australia in the final of the under-18 national championships, where all of the AFL clubs' recruiters will be on the look-out for the next batch of draftees.

Well lets hope he does nominate this year and that (if the MFC think he is suitable) we pick him in the 2008 National Draft.

He will probably spend the first year playing with our reserve/VFL team (Casey Scorpions?) mainly anyways so he will be given the time to complete his year 12 VCE.

Plus if he loves living in Melbourne...who better to play for than the Melbourne Demons! ;)

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Larke Medal winner...enough said.

He moves like Hird, marks like Reiwolt and kicks like Brown.

Future CHF and captain of the MFC.

An absolute no-brainer.

Bloody hell.

I cant say I am that excited about him.

Didnt look too impressive in the Final.

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Y_M, he was getting triple teamed in the contests, and the delivery to him was shithouse. I counted 3 kicks to him that were markable (allbeit hard) and he marked twice and still finished with two goals.

He's bloody quick off the mark, great hands and a great kick. Watts is my choice.

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watts looked shocking in the game i saw. every time he got the ball he tried to do too much or hesitated 1000 times in his head. he is almost the opposite of daniel rich who is assure of himself and kicks them from 60m. watts would have been in the bottom 5 players on the ground. I want someone who, if the delivery is bad, can still find the ball up the ground, or have an influence on the game.

i think people just love him because he was a good basketballer, and his agility 'in close' runs rings around the typical slow-witted football players.

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He is bottom age, so he should grow another 1 or 2 cm's to 195 - 196cm's.

His body will fill out a lot more.

His brain will develop more.

Even with an average final game, where he DID show glimpses of pure class, he still managed to win best player of the champs.

It is clearly obvious there is an enormous amount of improvement left to go with him.

And it is improvement that you can can bet your house on, rather than the possibly speculative improvement/upside of Natinui.

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