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He was far from our worst. Defensive efforts were fine and his effiency would of been up. He's just short of a gallop at AFL level.

looked just a bit out of sync with what the others were doing, was busy, & put in. more than some I saw, thru moments of the game.

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Nasher
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Agreed. Has always been a player I've wanted to make it because of the way he goes about it.

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For those who wonder why Nev was rookied then elevated, he was in Casey's best 6 for the last 6 games of last season, including the finals they played in, BOG in first practice game for Casey this ye

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Jetta replaces Trengove on senior list Good on him. Looks like he's playing some good footy at the moment so hopefully he can take it up into the firsts if he gets a game. Best of luck to him with r

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There was a particular moment that I enjoyed where a GC tall beat our defender for best position but Jetta came off his man and ran across to spoil, succeeded.

Sure, he didnt get much of the ball but everything he did was OK

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There was a particular moment that I enjoyed where a GC tall beat our defender for best position but Jetta came off his man and ran across to spoil, succeeded.

Sure, he didnt get much of the ball but everything he did was OK

Is this akin to getting a ribbon for 'participating?'

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I just scanned this thread to make sure I didn't post anything about Jetta two months ago. Thank goodness.

All my posts in the past have been along the lines of "don't think he's any good, but has a crack so I would like to be wrong".

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I thought he was gorrrnnn. Preferred Bennell. But I did think if Nev was ever going to make it it would be as a small defender. Glad to see he's been given a chance there & been given a chance to settle into it

His highlights tape when we recruited him remains a favourite. No high marks or freaky goals. Mainly Nev tackling people into the dirt. He just loves smacking into opposition players

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All my posts in the past have been along the lines of "don't think he's any good, but has a crack so I would like to be wrong".

Yep. I genuinely couldn't understand why we took another punt on him in the rookie draft, but I think it goes without saying that I'm happy to be proven wrong any time a Melbourne player (see also Pedersen and to a lesser extent Dunn) turns it around for the better. A full pre-season and a clear and consistent role seem to have helped. Good on him.

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Could be, doubles back into trouble sometimes, but his straight-line pace is above average IMO. Can chase pretty well

Have to agree with this now, S.

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Bye bye Neville

There has been a bit of humble pie on menus here of late - would you like yours with sauce, salad and fries?

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Has played several v good games this year but today was his best I thought, maybe in all the time he's been at the club.

Great defensively, and plenty of run and attack from the backline.

This. My criticism of Jetta for about 5 years has always been he's good around and with the ball but he doesn't get involved enough. Today when our backline was under a lot of pressure he looked composed. Has a great first step and agility to get out of trouble.

Only thing is I haven't seen the replay, what happened with that non goal to Vince?

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This. My criticism of Jetta for about 5 years has always been he's good around and with the ball but he doesn't get involved enough. Today when our backline was under a lot of pressure he looked composed. Has a great first step and agility to get out of trouble.

Only thing is I haven't seen the replay, what happened with that non goal to Vince?

The umpire said he was off his line and couldn't play on until he was back in line with the mark. Absolute BS call. If he's run off his line it's play on and the goal counts.

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The umpire said he was off his line and couldn't play on until he was back in line with the mark. Absolute BS call. If he's run off his line it's play on and the goal counts.

Not if he never got back over his line after marking. But as far as I could tell he took the mark, went back on his line (he was pretty much directly in front but 50 out) and then stepped off it at some stage to give the handball.

I was actually fighting some Collingwood numpty at the time so missed it. Saw the repeat play with Dunn. I think Dunn's about 0-10 this year with handball receives around the 50

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Cheap Seats Redleg

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i agree with wyl - ump got that one very wrong.... if he's off his mark it's play on, if he plays on it play on....rubbish over officiating.

Anyway I don't think we would have won even if it was a goal but that really gave the s$@#s

PS - love little Nev - love his shepards, keep up the good work!

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The umpire gave him a fewo soused then blew time off just as he handballs it, he was going to line him up like a shot. Just unlucky.

You nailed it. Nev was moving off the line. probably got the call from Bernie a split sec too late.

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