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Christian is going to be our next Superstar. Whilst I rate Hogan as much as everyone else, Salem is going to be it and a bit more! What a class act. Great Kick, excellent evasion skills, very good tackling, quickish speed, smart, but most importantly an absolute machine!!!

......and mentally tough and focussed
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I need to put up my hand and cop a slice of humble pie. I voiced my concern about picking Salem over Nathan Freeman and Luke Dunstan. But he has been nothing but super for us this year. His pin point

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I think we have got most picks right in the last two years. Salem (plus Tyson), Brayshaw, Petracca, Stretch, ANB, JKH, O-Mac. They all look like they will be able to add to the side in the coming years, hard to say yet for Omac but the others have definitely shown promise.

Very early days for them all though. I guess I'm just excited at the evidence of a potentially good player developing in to an actually good player.

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Wait, we have multiple players out there with poise, hardness, skill and resilience?

Having young players like Salem, Hogan and Brayshaw out on the field makes me feel a little bit like Melbourne has lit a candle and can now start properly searching for the fuse box.

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Speaking of Nathan Freeman just saw that he has to have surgery on his troublesome hamstring and is expected to miss another 4 to 6 weeks..

Fair to say we dodged a massive bullet.

Kudos to Jason Taylor in nailing this pick.

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Yep I'm on record as saying I wanted Sheed or Freeman but the club has really nailed this one. Salem will be a gun and is close to my favourite player.

Yep i was very big on Freeman. The thought of the next 'Dangerfield' running around for us was quite enticing. With his speed i think he will struggle throughout his career with persisted hamstring issues.

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I think we have got most picks right in the last two years. Salem (plus Tyson), Brayshaw, Petracca, Stretch, ANB, JKH, O-Mac. They all look like they will be able to add to the side in the coming years, hard to say yet for Omac but the others have definitely shown promise.

Don't get the hype on these two yet especially ANB. He has barely played a game, so is such an unknown, but people are already penciling him into "

Melbourne's next elite midfield brigade" etc.

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Don't get the hype on these two yet especially ANB. He has barely played a game, so is such an unknown, but people are already penciling him into "

Melbourne's next elite midfield brigade" etc.

But that's what supporters always do!

He is a star!!! (We just drafted him)

Will win four brownlows (got four kicks in game one)

Future captain and captain of our next flag (spoke well in a media conference)

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Don't get the hype on these two yet especially ANB. He has barely played a game, so is such an unknown, but people are already penciling him into "

Melbourne's next elite midfield brigade" etc.

I listed those two because we got them pretty cheaply (pick 40 and 53). They both seem to have the right attitude and are natural footballers which is worlds away from our previous drafting under Bailey.

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But that's what supporters always do!

He is a star!!! (We just drafted him)

Will win four brownlows (got four kicks in game one)

Future captain and captain of our next flag (spoke well in a media conference)

"Not up to it" after his first bad turnover.

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i have mates who follow the TAC cup really closely, and the general opinion was that Salem and Kelly were about neck in neck as the best mids they saw, they thought Freeman had some Dangerfield-like qualities but the other two were silky complete mids,

pick 9 i think will prove to be a steal

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I'd like Jetta on Cyril, but love Salem to spend more time in the middle, maybe by pushing Lumumba's back to the HBF.

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i have mates who follow the TAC cup really closely, and the general opinion was that Salem and Kelly were about neck in neck as the best mids they saw, they thought Freeman had some Dangerfield-like qualities but the other two were silky complete mids,

pick 9 i think will prove to be a steal

Weren't Salem and Kelly both Brighton Grammar boys (along with Jayden Hunt)? Must have been quite a team.

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It's been a long 13 weeks, but the Garry Lyon mini-me is back.

Would love to know how he feels about the Arsenal's opening round loss at home to West Ham. Alas, we remain in the dark on that front. Hopefully he takes out any residual anger on the Dogs this weekend.

Welcome back Christian.

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So happy this kid is back. I love watching him play, he has toughness/aggression and class. Above all he is a footballer, not an athlete. We've really missed him this year and hopefully his poise will straighten us up a bit transitioning from half back.

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It's been a long 13 weeks, but the Garry Lyon mini-me is back.

Would love to know how he feels about the Arsenal's opening round loss at home to West Ham. Alas, we remain in the dark on that front. Hopefully he takes out any residual anger on the Dogs this weekend.

Welcome back Christian.

West Ham beat Arsenal?

Wowee!

Hammers were my favourite team years ago, but I've lost interest....

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West Ham beat Arsenal?

Wowee!

Hammers were my favourite team years ago, but I've lost interest....

2-0 too.

Meanwhile, very glad to have Salem back in. If he could accumulate a few more touches, he would be such a damaging player. I look forward to him going into the midfield in time, but for now he should play off half back.

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