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Jack Watts - MVP?

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Funny though, as unreasonable as it sounds, and as much as you'd think this is putting unnecessary pressure on young Jack... after having met him once very briefly I'm still very confident he'll take it all in his stride.

It is interesting though.

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    He is 100% our MVP, for the same reasons that make Cale Morton a close second in the same category.

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    Jack Watts is all about potential.. hes currently worth bugger all on a field,and unlikely to be any different til 2010.

    All wonderful stuff by why burden the lad ??

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    Jack Watts is all about potential.. hes currently worth bugger all on a field,and unlikely to be any different til 2010.

    All wonderful stuff by why burden the lad ??

    exactly my point.

    but then again, i don't think it'll affect him in the slightest.

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    exactly my point.

    but then again, i don't think it'll affect him in the slightest.

    Am sure also he will..seems quite collected as an individual. Its nice to know what we have up our sleeve but happy to be grounded by what will run out.

    Potential is really a great thing..but our real MVP's are the ones that can add to the eqation. JW can do little more than watch.

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    If another club could walk into the MFC right now and steal any player, 80% would pick jack watts.

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    D333 ..probably no doubting that.....but they are only buying into the same trip.

    The kid has tickets...written by others.. He has yet to do ONE thing in anger for our club. Let him develop and show his worth.

    p.s..Id rather slow and steady than a quick burn out

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    There are two ways of looking at it.

    1.) Player who is worth the most value on the list. = Jack Watts

    2.) Most valuable player on the field at the moment. = Brock Mclean

    I think the article is actually focusing on the 2nd option. And just goes to show that most non-demon AFL supporters and Media writers don't know anything about our list and to truthfull, really don't see any reason too.

    Even the Ox doesn't know anything about our list.

    Just puts more evidence into what Dwayne Russell said about the club a couple of weeks ago. Sad, but true.

    Edit* Just re-read the article. at the top it says 'They may not be your club's most talented players, but these lynchpins are the ones your club can least afford to lose.'

    Adds a lot of clarification to the article.

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    D333 I would summise that apart from those of us with any real interest in our club mnay have absolutley NO idea what we are or about to be. In a way that suits me fine as we are about to climb quite commensurably off the bottom dwelling echelon and make a deserved rise ( albeit slowly ) up the ladder.

    We arent pretty as come media presence..in fact we're doormats..so be it..only performance and results will change that percepetion.

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    but then again, i don't think it'll affect him in the slightest.

    He is hardly the timid shy type that wont deal well with the exposure.

    Big chance for the 2010 rising star.

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    http://www.realfooty.com.au/ftimages/2009/...6447114057.html

    Funny though, as unreasonable as it sounds, and as much as you'd think this is putting unnecessary pressure on young Jack... after having met him once very briefly I'm still very confident he'll take it all in his stride.

    It is interesting though.

    Tragic is right on the money. It's not unreasonable at all to say that Watts is the most important player on the list. And yes, Morton is the other.

    Everyone knows that we're crying out for a star, not only because they win flags, but because they make your club relevant, increase crowds and boost membership sales. Watts and Morton are the 2 most likely to elevate themselves to that status.

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    I think the reason they gave for him being our most important player is very valid, And would have to agree with them.

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    Tragic is right on the money. It's not unreasonable at all to say that Watts is the most important player on the list. And yes, Morton is the other.

    Everyone knows that we're crying out for a star, not only because they win flags, but because they make your club relevant, increase crowds and boost membership sales. Watts and Morton are the 2 most likely to elevate themselves to that status.

    Current best in today's output:

    Bruce, Green, McLean, hard to name another one - Davey? McDonald? Moloney? (that's the leadership group along with Miller)

    Current most important:

    McLean, Morton. Grimes, Watts, Garland

    Where there's overlap a team is peaking (e.g Geelong) , where there's a big difference they're rebuilding (e.g us).

    A similar list for the Tigers would be instructive.

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