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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/105045/default.aspx

Article on afl.com.au by Josh Mahoney, just giving a rundown on each player on the list in relation to season 2010 and their entry into the preseason.

Nothing of great depth, but I picked out a few interesting/promising details (to me anyway).

Lynden Dunn

His second half of the year was very good. He played a defensive forward role for us which showed what a great goalkicker he is. He adds some flexibility to our team and with the new substitute rule he is going to be an important part of our side.

Addam Maric

He developed well in the VFL with Casey. He added some consistency to his game and he has turned up to pre-season in the best condition we've ever seen. We are looking forward to him taking the next step as a player.

Certainly looks that way in the photos so far.

Jordie McKenzie

He was rewarded at the end of the year by being upgraded from the rookie list to the senior list. He has become an important part of our midfield with his hands in close at stoppages. In pre-season he wants to push himself into the highest running group and he is doing that at the moment.

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interesting write up on neville jetta n jake spencer (looks like the footy club have high hopes for them):

how for jetta they see him as an important player for our forward line pressure and our midfield.

n spencer they see him as being the future ruckman for us soon.

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Don't you just hate these glib assessments of players.

Not an honest opinion about their performance and saying absolutely nothing about where they are and where they are going. You could write an analysis for the whole team without ever having seen a game played.

Reminds me of the "truisms" about draftee assessments. You know the ones...."good outside" = useless inside. " strong runner" = can't find the football etc.

So does "defensive forward" = can't kick goals

"flexible" = can't hold down a position

" consistent" = consistently what?

Oh well it is the off season.......

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Don't you just hate these glib assessments of players.

Not an honest opinion about their performance and saying absolutely nothing about where they are and where they are going. You could write an analysis for the whole team without ever having seen a game played.

Reminds me of the "truisms" about draftee assessments. You know the ones...."good outside" = useless inside. " strong runner" = can't find the football etc.

So does "defensive forward" = can't kick goals

"flexible" = can't hold down a position

" consistent" = consistently what?

Oh well it is the off season.......

Yeah. I sort of think of "training the house down" as meaning "training his body into the ground." People who do this usually spend the rest of the year trying to recover from niggling injuries they created for themselves.

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Don't you just hate these glib assessments of players.

Not an honest opinion about their performance and saying absolutely nothing about where they are and where they are going. You could write an analysis for the whole team without ever having seen a game played. .........................

On the contrary, I think they are an honest (but brief) assessment of each players performance in 2010, and some general expectations for 2011. I'm can't imagine what you regard as 'dishonest' about them. Maybe you could enlighten me and others. And I'm personally happy to get a few snippets of inside information about Maric's presentation for pre-season, Jordie's running aspirations for 2011, etc. etc. If you really 'hate' them, ignore them!!

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Don't you just hate these glib assessments of players.

Not an honest opinion about their performance and saying absolutely nothing about where they are and where they are going. You could write an analysis for the whole team without ever having seen a game played.

Reminds me of the "truisms" about draftee assessments. You know the ones...."good outside" = useless inside. " strong runner" = can't find the football etc.

So does "defensive forward" = can't kick goals

"flexible" = can't hold down a position

" consistent" = consistently what?

Oh well it is the off season.......

Sounds like Fred Dagg's (John Clarke)Real Estate Comedy Routine from the 70's. If you haven't heard it i urge you to Track it down...

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Don't you just hate these glib assessments of players.

Not an honest opinion about their performance and saying absolutely nothing about where they are and where they are going. You could write an analysis for the whole team without ever having seen a game played.

Reminds me of the "truisms" about draftee assessments. You know the ones...."good outside" = useless inside. " strong runner" = can't find the football etc.

So does "defensive forward" = can't kick goals

"flexible" = can't hold down a position

" consistent" = consistently what?

Oh well it is the off season.......

Well, we celebrate one of our posters giving a three word analysis of each players' game...

A couple of sentences I'm happy with.

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