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Reported on SEN - Bailey spoke of Jack being down on himself after the Queens Birthday debut against Collingwood. Wasn't happy with his game. Keep an eye out for No.4 against Essendon....

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Reported on SEN - Bailey spoke of Jack being down on himself after the Queens Birthday debut against Collingwood. Wasn't happy with his game. Keep an eye out for No.4 against Essendon....

Wouldn't mind seeing a bit of 'an aggressive jack watts'.

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Reported on SEN - Bailey spoke of Jack being down on himself after the Queens Birthday debut against Collingwood. Wasn't happy with his game. Keep an eye out for No.4 against Essendon....

I like the fact he is a hard taskmaster on himself but in all fairness he got better as the game went on and as he started to adjust to the speed. Still, if he constantly demands perfection from himself it can only rub off on the other kids coming through.

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I still love you Jack! :lol::wub:

It's great to see that he isn't satisfied and has the hunger to succeed and better himself.

He could have easily said "well that was my first game, it rained, and the team got smashed", but that he is angry at himself for his performance, shows he has the drive that all elite players possess.

Having said all that, his debut was in line with what you can realistically expect from an 18 year old schoolboy with no pre-season, 15kg underweight, and standing at 196cm. I actually think that Jurrah, despite coming from a lot further back with his training and development, is more of a chance to star in his first match than Jack Watts was. This of course means nothing in the context of their long term future.

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I still love you Jack! :lol::wub:

It's great to see that he isn't satisfied and has the hunger to succeed and better himself.

He could have easily said "well that was my first game, it rained, and the team got smashed", but that he is angry at himself for his performance, shows he has the drive that all elite players possess.

Having said all that, his debut was in line with what you can realistically expect from an 18 year old schoolboy with no pre-season, 15kg underweight, and standing at 196cm. I actually think that Jurrah, despite coming from a lot further back with his training and development, is more of a chance to star in his first match than Jack Watts was. This of course means nothing in the context of their long term future.

With the excitement of Jurrah's debut, it really is ideal with the focus off Jack now for him to sit back and focus on the tasks at hand and not be sidetracked with interviews and a massive build up like the QB game.

In many ways last game he was the 'hunted', this week he's the 'hunter'....if you know what I mean... :unsure:

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Absolutely WYL.

Not sure what to say about an 18 year old debutant bashing himself up about a "bad" game. Don't really know how much insight that gives us, but I wouldn't expect him to start having an impact suddenly because he beat himself around. Just focussing on his game, without the ridiculous hype, will get him the results.

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I am Glad he was dirty on himself-Just means he sets high standards.

I thought the same thing.

Having said all that, his debut was in line with what you can realistically expect from an 18 year old schoolboy with no pre-season, 15kg underweight, and standing at 196cm.

Makes me wonder why some people were saying this was the match of the decade :P

It was always going to be more fun to watch Watts in a couple of years time.

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