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i have a feeling that Naitanui will be wearing the number 4 for the Dees.....

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    I, like Jaded, have a sinking feeling that the glamour of Naitanui is weighing upon the MFC. Clearly, Watts is the best player. It would be nothing short of a mistake to not take the best player available. But this club doesn't always do things rightly. So I wouldn't be surprised if we took Naitanui tomorrow in the hope that he adds something off-field to the club.

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    i have a feeling that Naitanui will be wearing the number 4 for the Dees.....

    What's that based on? :o

    I hope you're wrong.

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    I know yeah, you like, put so much time into the photoshop pic yeah?

    Damn straight.

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    I'm now comfortable with the notion that we're taking Watts. I'm virtually certain.

    He's clearly the best player and talent in the draft. Logic tells me that we simply won't overlook him. Even Scott Clayton said on radio tonight that "no one has ever tested to the levels" of Watts in all facets of the game. When one considers his "sure ball handling, size, speed, agility, and psycho motor testing/decision making". "He's going to be a great player, Jack".

    As I said, logic tells me we won't look past him. We're all nervous and the mind plays tricks.

    Watts will be in no.4 at the Dees.

    Fingers crossed H, fingers crossed :rolleyes: !!!

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    Fingers crossed H, fingers crossed :rolleyes: !!!

    As I said previously, I wouldn't know who we are getting or wanting for that matter.

    However I will just add two points:

    First, at the function yesterday Bailey said that he would build this team with the best youth he could get. Watts is regarded by most as the best footballer in the draft and could fill our most needed position FF/CHF. I didn't hear him refer to getting the best marketing player. The Dominator was also quoted on Demonland saying that Wayne Oswald had told him that he didn't fancy spending three years teaching Natanuii how to play football.

    Second, I read somewhere a while ago that Watts said his least preferred option would be the West and that he could defer to next year's draft if that looked likely. He has nominated. He was also quoted somewhere as saying that Melbourne was a fine developing club and that if selected by them he would be happy to build his career with them..

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    As I said previously, I wouldn't know who we are getting or wanting for that matter.

    However I will just add two points:

    First, at the function yesterday Bailey said that he would build this team with the best youth he could get. Watts is regarded by most as the best footballer in the draft and could fill our most needed position FF/CHF. I didn't hear him refer to getting the best marketing player. The Dominator was also quoted on Demonland saying that Wayne Oswald had told him that he didn't fancy spending three years teaching Natanuii how to play football.

    Second, I read somewhere a while ago that Watts said his least preferred option would be the West and that he could defer to next year's draft if that looked likely. He has nominated. He was also quoted somewhere as saying that Melbourne was a fine developing club and that if selected by them he would be happy to build his career with them..

    Cheers Redleg for those points. That just adds the icing on the cake for me, as to who we'll select. I'm at 99% sure that it will be Watts in the No.4.

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    As I said previously, I wouldn't know who we are getting or wanting for that matter.

    However I will just add two points:

    First, at the function yesterday Bailey said that he would build this team with the best youth he could get. Watts is regarded by most as the best footballer in the draft and could fill our most needed position FF/CHF. I didn't hear him refer to getting the best marketing player. The Dominator was also quoted on Demonland saying that Wayne Oswald had told him that he didn't fancy spending three years teaching Natanuii how to play football.

    Second, I read somewhere a while ago that Watts said his least preferred option would be the West and that he could defer to next year's draft if that looked likely. He has nominated. He was also quoted somewhere as saying that Melbourne was a fine developing club and that if selected by them he would be happy to build his career with them..

    Yeah thanks for putting those down Redleg, it does tend to give the impression of us leaning towards Watts......

    But I guess we will all just have to bite our nails while we wait and see :P !!!

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    The Dominator was also quoted on Demonland saying that Wayne Oswald had told him that he didn't fancy spending three years teaching Natanuii how to play football.

    Isn't Wayne Oswald the guy that bailed on us?

    Yeah thanks for putting those down Redleg, it does tend to give the impression of us leaning towards Watts......

    I think a better pointer is the fact that BP said the 'footballer is back', and - as Redleg said - Watts is clearly the better 'footballer'.

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    I, like Jaded, have a sinking feeling that the glamour of Naitanui is weighing upon the MFC. Clearly, Watts is the best player. It would be nothing short of a mistake to not take the best player available. But this club doesn't always do things rightly. So I wouldn't be surprised if we took Naitanui tomorrow in the hope that he adds something off-field to the club.

    Who says Watts is clearly the best player??? I and 99% of people on this forum have not been watching these guys closely over the last 2 years. I trust the MFC to make the right call. I for one wont be having a sook if we pick up NikNat

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    Who says Watts is clearly the best player??? I and 99% of people on this forum have not been watching these guys closely over the last 2 years. I trust the MFC to make the right call. I for one wont be having a sook if we pick up NikNat

    Most recruiters seem to agree that Watts is the best 'footballer', while 'NikNat' is an athletic 'freak'.

    BP's comments last night were along similar lines.

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    I am fairly sure MFC is just building suspense, here's how I would do it if I were them:

    Assuming I was going to pick NikNat:

    Knowing all my loyal supporters are 98% keen on Watts I would come out and say we weren't going to take Jack, but still throw in some other names like Rich or Hill as possibilities just to keep everyone guessing. This way you hose down the expectation and the inevitable problem when in 3 years time everyone is watching Watts dominate and asking "why didn't we get him!!"

    Assuming I was taking Watts:

    I would come out and say I was taking either Watts or NikNat (just for suspense) but then take watts anyway.

    lock in Watts

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    Isn't Wayne Oswald the guy that bailed on us?

    Yes.

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