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For me I have to say Trenners, but I reckon it will be a close fought battle between him and Wattsy. For smokey I'm gonna roll with Petterd. Probably won't be a popular selection, but if he can learn to play at his best consistently, the we have a real weapon there.

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It was a joke, an irony. You see, when people say a person will make another walk taller - they mean they will progress and do better. I was mirroring that sentiment but infusing it with a ironic tw

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It's very hard to go past Jack Watts Jordie, but just to be different I'll stick with Chip Frawley to still be our best in 3 years time (no real surprises there either, I guess). I also very much lik

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The main difference for mine is that Watts will be able to bring players up to another level by involving them in the game, where LJ does have that bit of independence (may not be the right word to de

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Watts and Trengove will gain plenty of Brownlow votes in the future 3 seasons barring injury . Frawley to just get better .

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A week is a long time in football let alone 3 years look at the Cats from around 2001-2003/4 promising kids who now have become elite Scarlett, Ablett, Chapman, Johnson & Bartel not to mention other quality players from that group and 5 years ago around 06 who were Pendlebury & Swan

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I think Jurrah will walk a bit smaller with Clark in the team...

Easy to argue the opposite, as Liam will be up against the third best defender with Clark and Watts likely to get the bigger defenders. That said, it would be unlikely the team would go through him as often as last year... Depends also where he fit's into the Game plan, perhaps he'll be used like Krakouer at the Pies, or running back into space, or leading out of the goal square, or on the flank...to state the obvious time will tell and his class will prevail...

Given he can be so damaging, especially in bursts he's a proven weapon.

Go Dees

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Easy to argue the opposite, as Liam will be up against the third best defender with Clark and Watts likely to get the bigger defenders. That said, it would be unlikely the team would go through him as often as last year... Depends also where he fit's into the Game plan, perhaps he'll be used like Krakouer at the Pies, or running back into space, or leading out of the goal square, or on the flank...to state the obvious time will tell and his class will prevail...

Given he can be so damaging, especially in bursts he's a proven weapon.

Go Dees

It was a joke, an irony.

You see, when people say a person will make another walk taller - they mean they will progress and do better.

I was mirroring that sentiment but infusing it with a ironic twist as Clark being in the team will mean Jurrah will do a number of things that 'smaller' forwards do, such as crumbing.

Hence, 'Jurrah will be walking smaller' is to say he will do well, but do it in a literally 'smaller' role.

I've heard the saying that if you have to explain jokes extensively then they are not funny.

I do not prescribe to this idea.

(Cough)

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Trenners and Watts equal best.

Interesting thoughts on Jurrah- he definitely has the skill set to be able to play the small forward role- and seeing as we don't need him to play tall he could spend a lot of time at the feet of others. What other options do we have at the moment? This is a move I would make if I was coach.

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Its hard to go past Watts and Trenners but I have a huuuuge man crush on Frank Grimes.

I remember snippets of him playing in the centre during NAB cup games and he reminds me so much of Jobe Watson. Hoping he can better him and become a full time mid. So he is my number 1 in 3 years.

Also have heard him speak and agree with everyone that he is great to listen to and even at such a young age has an aura.

In 3 years: Jamar/Gawn taps the pill down the throat of Jack T, Jack G & Jack V to hit Jack W lace out.... deelicious!

Smokey, Max Gawn. Did some great things in his couple games last season. A year of a Pizza & Steak diet with a lot of big weights and watch out league!!

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Smoky for mine would be Clark. Just dawned on me we're going to have Clark, Watts, Howe and Jurrah- all capable of a grab in our forward line next year. Exciting times!!

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Its hard to go past Watts and Trenners but I have a huuuuge man crush on Frank Grimes.

I remember snippets of him playing in the centre during NAB cup games and he reminds me so much of Jobe Watson. Hoping he can better him and become a full time mid. So he is my number 1 in 3 years.

Also have heard him speak and agree with everyone that he is great to listen to and even at such a young age has an aura.

In 3 years: Jamar/Gawn taps the pill down the throat of Jack T, Jack G & Jack V to hit Jack W lace out.... deelicious!

Smokey, Max Gawn. Did some great things in his couple games last season. A year of a Pizza & Steak diet with a lot of big weights and watch out league!!

Who are you? Casey Donovan's nutritionist?

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Yeah we got it- it just wasn't that funny..

I have to say i thought it was funny - and actually i reckon quite accurate. With Clark, Watts, Howe, Petterd and Green we have a surfeit of marking options. LJ will have license to go for the odd speccky but also be there to swoop on the crumbs - just like Wiz. When you think about he would make a pretty frightening "small" forward and dam hard to match up on too

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Elite players in the comp are Judd, Abblett, Goodes, Swan etc

I dont like when people break down elite into sub catogories

That's not my definition, although I agree that there's no official AFL definition; and even then it's subjective. Judd/Ablett/Goodes are super stars. I equate elite with genuine A graders. Right now we don't have one genuine A grader. Frawley and Jamar had A grade years in 2010, but one A grade year doesn't make someone an A grader. Although I have no doubt that the former will soon be rightfully called one and I'm hoping that a few others reach that status.

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