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Daniel Cross.

Never rated him hugely; but what he has done in the 2 games that I have seen have been top class. Runs hard defensively and offensively; puts his body in harder than most.

My money is on him as early as round 2.

Not bad for a reject from another bottom dweller. Or is that an idictment on where our list is at?

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Battle between Jones and Tyson.
Jones must be happy to actually have some competition this year.
I really want Jones to win it, deserves to cement himself as an absolute Demon legend (if he already isn't). To stand up and be so consistently good for so long in a team so crap is truly amazing, and he is everything we want everyone else on our list to become.
Tyson will win one or two before his time is out, but this year give it to Jonesy again.

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Daniel Cross.

Not bad for a reject from another bottom dweller. Or is that an idictment on where our list is at?

I think it's not quite right to call him a reject. It's not like he wasn't good enough to play in their side. It is more that they have a stack of hard ball-winning mids who are younger than him and there are only so many you can fit in the team. Think of it more as a forced retirement rather than cutting a player they didn't want. They would have preferred to keep him on in a coaching support role, but he wanted to keep playing and we got lucky.

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I think it's not quite right to call him a reject. It's not like he wasn't good enough to play in their side. It is more that they have a stack of hard ball-winning mids who are younger than him and there are only so many you can fit in the team. Think of it more as a forced retirement rather than cutting a player they didn't want. They would have preferred to keep him on in a coaching support role, but he wanted to keep playing and we got lucky.

The Bulldogs will regret turfing Cross in the same we we rue the day we turfed Junior McDonald

Cross was their heart and soul and was pushed out so kids could play more

i bet Doggies fans arent happy

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Jones

Tyson

Vince

Cross

Dunn

Watts had a great first game and an average second game, still too early to tell, but i think he will make the top five or six by end of year.

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Jon "Agro the puppet" Ralph puts Daniel Cross (HUN) in the top 3 free trades at the moment. I reckon Cross has been the best as we speak. Dal Santo is a receiver who has been up-and-down; while Chapman has been a good finisher. Thomas, Sylvia, and Franklin will get better, but Cross has been unbelievable.

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If Chip plays as well for the rest of the season as he did on the weekend, surely he would be in with a chance. But my prediction is for N.Jones to go back to back to back.

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If Chip plays as well for the rest of the season as he did on the weekend, surely he would be in with a chance. But my prediction is for N.Jones to go back to back to back.

If Chip plays like that for the rest of the year he'll kick 30 and we'll make the 8!

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