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Yencks Redleg

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so now it's:

-spencer in for meesen (out for entire season

-valenti in for garland (out for pretty much the whole season)

-blease's spot is still open...

-Rd 11 spot is still open...

I say we upgrade Hughes and Mackenzie

Only leaving Healey and Zomer

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Demon_Tingles Mighty Demon

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they should give hughes a go because it's probaly now or never at his age

Agree whole-heartedly his age and the fact hes been re drafted means this is the year for him to stand up

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Agree whole-heartedly his age and the fact hes been re drafted means this is the year for him to stand up

I thought Hughes had a red hot go on Sunday. If he backs up in the next few weeks maybe the mid season spot is his. I like the idea of holding out and challenging them as a group to win the next spot and not just hand them out because their availiable.

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so now it's:

-spencer in for meesen (out for entire season

-valenti in for garland (out for pretty much the whole season)

-blease's spot is still open...

-Rd 11 spot is still open...

Isn't the Round 11 spot only open to teams who don't have a full quota on the veteran's list (ie. two)?

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I thought Hughes had a red hot go on Sunday. If he backs up in the next few weeks maybe the mid season spot is his. I like the idea of holding out and challenging them as a group to win the next spot and not just hand them out because their availiable.

He dominated parts of the Coburg game too.

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He dominated parts of the Coburg game too.

He played well in one quarter. <_<

He will have to do alot more than that to get a call up and there would have to be a position deemed vacant for him in the MFC team to fill.

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Unless they are going to select him in the MFC side then why would they elevate a player?:wacko:

Hughes is not close to selection at the moment.

RR did you watch the game on sunday out of interest? if so there must have been two different Hughes out there? I agree no point elevating any player unless they are really pushing for a snr spot.

He dominated parts of the Coburg game too.

I get the feeling I'm not on my own here. He was a mile ahead of even jetta on sunday. Strong hands, fast, ran all day, continued to present, thumping right foot, I think we could do a lot worse if this continues. Time will tell

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RR did you watch the game on sunday out of interest? if so there must have been two different Hughes out there? I agree no point elevating any player unless they are really pushing for a snr spot.

I get the feeling I'm not on my own here. He was a mile ahead of even jetta on sunday. Strong hands, fast, ran all day, continued to present, thumping right foot, I think we could do a lot worse if this continues. Time will tell

I was not there on Sunday and I have made no comment on his specific performance at the match. You may indeed have seen two Hughes out there on that Sunday. Anyway you agreed with my point so I dont see the need for the reference.

BTW, Hughes is not competing with Jetta for a position.

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BTW, Hughes is not competing with Jetta for a position.

for the rest of this season I think the reference is valid. Why would have we re-rookied him if the club did not see a potential snr player this year. now that being the case I would see him as a sml-mid sized forward. Currently Wona out, leaving pettard, jetta, robbo and maric. Robbo is robbo so no go there, Pettard is filing in as a tall so strike his name out leaving Jetta and maric. Therefore if hughes has snr asperations he needs to go ahead of both of these guys.

Anyway you agreed with my point so I dont see the need for the reference.

I knew I'd get an answer! :lol:

But seriously ignore all stats from sunday, the work he did off the ball and the way he presented and continued to prestent all day was as good/better as most of our snr forwards. A big engine to keep doing it all day and never looked too bad when he came off. This was in a game that was well likened to an u9's scrap where all forwards struggle to have any influance on the game - IMHO being no expert on the matter.

After sunday I am looking more forward to hopefully seeing hughes in the red + blue. If you get a chance pop down and have a look at him, based on sundays game I'm sure you'll like what you see. Nothing better then a forward on a big lead demanding the pill, with a thumping right foot! I see him as a really difficult player to match up on because of his pace and not short either from memory, up around the 190 mark

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for the rest of this season I think the reference is valid. Why would have we re-rookied him if the club did not see a potential snr player this year. now that being the case I would see him as a sml-mid sized forward. Currently Wona out, leaving pettard, jetta, robbo and maric. Robbo is robbo so no go there, Pettard is filing in as a tall so strike his name out leaving Jetta and maric. Therefore if hughes has snr asperations he needs to go ahead of both of these guys.

I think that Hughes could play Petterd's mid-sized forward role. I can understand why Petterd's being used as a defensive forward, but I'd hate to see him play that role for the whole season.

And as you pointed out, there's no logic in re-rookieing Hughes unless the football dept. believed he had potential to be a senior player. If his Casey form continues, he may get elevated sooner rather than later.

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