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Nah, it will go to the club or the Mt.Theo program.

me ! me ! pick me !! **

** all donations over $2 to the "nutbean, pee it against the wall fund" are tax deductable ***

*** deduct away - just hope the tax department doesnt question it

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Robbie57 Redleg

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Meeting with the man tomorrow and will be happy to post any news passed on.

I reckon he is only going to improve week on week and cant wait to see him out marking goodes when he pushes up on the wing.

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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:24 PM

I've been told due to sub par form during the pre season Jack Watts is probably going to be left out of the side for the season opener. I for one don't mind this, With his first real pre season under his belt I did expect a little more from him during the NAB cup/challenge. Competition in our forward line is going to be pretty fierce this year I think.

Just got back and it seems his NAB CUP form warrants selection and WILL line up on Sunday. Like I said in thread I was just passing on what I was told by the man.

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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:24 PM

I've been told due to sub par form during the pre season Jack Watts is probably going to be left out of the side for the season opener. I for one don't mind this, With his first real pre season under his belt I did expect a little more from him during the NAB cup/challenge. Competition in our forward line is going to be pretty fierce this year I think.

Just got back and it seems his NAB CUP form warrants selection and WILL line up on Sunday. Like I said in thread I was just passing on what I was told by the man.

Good. Now you & gOLLy just have to meet up with wonnabeeri. And he'll be a happy camper at 1pm on Sunday.

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I've been told due to sub par form during the pre season Jack Watts is probably going to be left out of the side for the season opener. I for one don't mind this, With his first real pre season under his belt I did expect a little more from him during the NAB cup/challenge. Competition in our forward line is going to be pretty fierce this year I think.

Pretty reliable, Can't get much closer.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Good work wonnaberri,

like to see the punters here put theri money where there mouth is.

And those who make the big calls back it up when it comes to paying up.

Hopefully that $300 goes to a good cause.............

I don't think he won'ts an orange juice, I think he won'ts a beer.

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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:24 PM

I've been told due to sub par form during the pre season Jack Watts is probably going to be left out of the side for the season opener. I for one don't mind this, With his first real pre season under his belt I did expect a little more from him during the NAB cup/challenge. Competition in our forward line is going to be pretty fierce this year I think.

Just got back and it seems his NAB CUP form warrants selection and WILL line up on Sunday. Like I said in thread I was just passing on what I was told by the man.

You mean the boy

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I've been told due to sub par form during the pre season Jack Watts is probably going to be left out of the side for the season opener. I for one don't mind this, With his first real pre season under his belt I did expect a little more from him during the NAB cup/challenge. Competition in our forward line is going to be pretty fierce this year I think.

Yep so close, gee your inside informants must have got their info mixed up......lmfao

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Hey steamin, I'll be at the cricketers arms from midday. How about you come down and just shout us a beer with a couple of other big demon fans?

Done. I'll be wearing the new red zip up demons jacket.

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Not only that, but it was an insipid kick from someone that was clearly afraid of being tackled - he crapped himself, hence the horrendous kick that was 200 meters in the air. Cost us a goal.

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He profesionally put himself out of the way today, by leading into spots where he knew he would not get the ball.

He does not want it at the moment. He should be dropped on that performance.

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Oh FFS, are we going to abuse him after every game?

It's going to be a loooooong season.

He did some good things. He NEVER got outmarked, not even when he had 2 players on him, and if he kicked 2 goals instead of 2 behinds everyone would be praising his performance.

I know it's hard to find players to pick on these days, what with Bruce, Miller and PJ gone, but seriously, we can't be picking apart inexperienced kids.

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I know it's hard to find players to pick on these days, what with Bruce, Miller and PJ gone, but seriously, we can't be picking apart inexperienced kids.

He just doesn't look like he wants it though, and he hesitates constantly. Every time he went near the ball i thought 'ugh he is going to mess with our flow going forward', and surely enough the crowd agreed with collective yelling/groaning. There were times were he was 1/1 or 1 on 2 and got his fist to the ball which was great, but the thing he did with his ball is the hand were pretty poor.

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Funny, I only saw the second half but I saw him involved in damn near everything. Sadly, much of it will go unremarked because it won't appear on the stat's sheet, but he contributed in a huge way. Lots of pack crashing, spoiling, tapping the ball to teammates. That sort of thing. On several occasions he let himself get hit and tapped the ball to advantage. Once again he's had a game with low stats and huge amounts of work. Sooner or later the work will turn into 20+ possessions and a few goals.

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I didn't think Watts was out of place or afraid of it or any of that rubbish.

I thought he worked his ass off, double and triple leads, ran to the right areas, created space, and positioned relatively well at marking contests.

True, he didn't impose himself on the game, but he is coming from a hell of a long way back physically and only now has a body that can allow him to reasonably contest at AFL level.

We have nothing to gain by dropping him, but the sky's the limit if we just allow him to settle into CHF.

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Funny, I only saw the second half but I saw him involved in damn near everything. Sadly, much of it will go unremarked because it won't appear on the stat's sheet, but he contributed in a huge way. Lots of pack crashing, spoiling, tapping the ball to teammates. That sort of thing. On several occasions he let himself get hit and tapped the ball to advantage. Once again he's had a game with low stats and huge amounts of work. Sooner or later the work will turn into 20+ possessions and a few goals.

That was my impression too. Definitely not one of his better days, but I was surprised at the amount of work he did in packs. He looks like he's playing without confidence though.

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He looks better, his work around the ground was good and he is making some smart football decisions and getting into the right positions. Things like when everyone else was wing side of a ball up in Sydney's fwd 50 he'd be goal side. Every game we give him is worth 2 in the 2's and there are at least 4 players id have on the block before him *cough*Addam*cough*

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