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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - BILLY STRETCH

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What started out as a little creepy stalking thread of a young kid, is now a thread about a really exciting player with loads of talent.  Must be the only Demonland thread ever to have improved w

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On the subject of father/sons (and I know this might be a little premature) but one of my grandsons played in his competition's lightning premiership on Sunday and I've been flicking through the progr

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I'm calling it now and I'm calling it early. Billy will sit comfortably alongside Oliver, Hogan, Viney, Gawn and Petracca as our most valuable players in the next few years. Ran all day, got

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There's a pretty big difference in the quality of Billy Stretch's highlights in the initial vid (Sep 9). Notably Stretch is shown kicking two behinds:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-09-09/dees-to-nominate-father-son-prospect

He looks much slicker in the vid released (Oct 6) after we've secured him as a father-son selection:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2014-10-06/billy-stretch-highlights-2014

Did the Dees management release dodgy highlights to keep his value down? Or were they just saving the good highlights until we eventually secured him?

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There's a pretty big difference in the quality of Billy Stretch's highlights in the initial vid (Sep 9). Notably Stretch is shown kicking two behinds:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-09-09/dees-to-nominate-father-son-prospect

He looks much slicker in the vid released (Oct 6) after we've secured him as a father-son selection:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2014-10-06/billy-stretch-highlights-2014

Did the Dees management release dodgy highlights to keep his value down? Or were they just saving the good highlights until we eventually secured him?

The clubs don't research players through other clubs websites...

Really can't believe I had to write that.

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The clubs don't research players through other clubs websites...

Really can't believe I had to write that.

No kidding, but Stretch looked like a spud in that vid. Why wouldn't the club show him at his best? It's laughable to show a player kicking a behind in a highlight vid, especially off a set shot.

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Just went on the SANFL website. Billy played for Glenelg against Adelaide (Rd 16) and Port Adelaide (rd 18).

He was best on ground against the Crows, they lost by 2 goals and he was second best on ground against Port where they won. Glenelg only won 4 games for the year, and Port made the grand final. He's skightly built but he's clearly good at the spread, he regularly finds himself in the right position and has proven now he is adequate against AFL listed bodies. Trying hard not tool get my hopes too pumped up, but I'm really impressed with Billy

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I'm probably repeating what others have said, but I am thrilled that The Kid is finally a Demon. I can see him getting a decent run next year with his outside run and nice delivery. The fact that being strong on the outside does not in this case coincide with poor work ethic (Blease) or inability to contest and defend (Strauss) makes this a great value pick up for us. Really looking forward to him passing hisdad's tally with us.

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No kidding, but Stretch looked like a spud in that vid. Why wouldn't the club show him at his best? It's laughable to show a player kicking a behind in a highlight vid, especially off a set shot.

Managing the hype and supporters' expectations in case we don't get him..?

Honestly, why set the fans up for an angry reaction that we didn't get our next father-son can't-miss superstar in the case a silly high bid comes and we elect not to match it?

Nothing more.

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I'm impressed by Billy's highlights on the MFC website. It looks like he can really run and evade, and the foot skills were quite good.

Can never take too much away from highlights though, I suppose.

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When does Billy officially come to the club, and where do people see a developed Stretch playing? I do see shades of Boomer in him, I also see his evasiveness and pace being an asset coming out of the backline. Really excited about Billy!

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When does Billy officially come to the club, and where do people see a developed Stretch playing? I do see shades of Boomer in him, I also see his evasiveness and pace being an asset coming out of the backline. Really excited about Billy!

when his number is called out at the draft

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When does Billy officially come to the club, and where do people see a developed Stretch playing? I do see shades of Boomer in him, I also see his evasiveness and pace being an asset coming out of the backline. Really excited about Billy!

Effectively, he is at the club now.

Surely 2015 and 2016 should be him developing a body to deal with the rigours of modern footy.

I really hope we don't see much of him in the next two years.

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There's a pretty big difference in the quality of Billy Stretch's highlights in the initial vid (Sep 9). Notably Stretch is shown kicking two behinds:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-09-09/dees-to-nominate-father-son-prospect

He looks much slicker in the vid released (Oct 6) after we've secured him as a father-son selection:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2014-10-06/billy-stretch-highlights-2014

Did the Dees management release dodgy highlights to keep his value down? Or were they just saving the good highlights until we eventually secured him?

Wow is this fair dinkum

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i remember back in 2011ish when someone made a thread about Billy being a potential F/S selection. He was tiny, and apart from the fact he was playign footy it seemed a long shot. Nek Minut....

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There's a pretty big difference in the quality of Billy Stretch's highlights in the initial vid (Sep 9). Notably Stretch is shown kicking two behinds:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-09-09/dees-to-nominate-father-son-prospect

He looks much slicker in the vid released (Oct 6) after we've secured him as a father-son selection:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2014-10-06/billy-stretch-highlights-2014

Did the Dees management release dodgy highlights to keep his value down? Or were they just saving the good highlights until we eventually secured him?

The first video is from the AFL website. It only includes the AFL Under 18s games that were televised (ie, the last 2).

The second video were the club's own videos of Stretch playing. It was released by the MFC and includes any games they felt like showing.

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i remember back in 2011ish when someone made a thread about Billy being a potential F/S selection. He was tiny, and apart from the fact he was playign footy it seemed a long shot. Nek Minut....

I know .....I remember clearly we were talking about him when he was only 14

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