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Becoming my favorite player reminds me a lot of Scott Pendlebury

We don't want him to become one of you favourite players Giro.

you put the jinx on your favs. Sylvia, Moloney.......... Frawley.

Dont nominate favourites for another 10 years at least.

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    I don't think he has registered entirely with me...

    What is he? 20?

    He just got 11 clearances, kicked two goals and had 27 disposals against a very good midfield.

    WTF?

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    Same. I was expecting a developing midfielder, not an instant gun.

    It's hard to stave off the Syndrome though - I keep thinking: "what's the catch? At what point will this blow up in my face?"

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    Interesting that in the article on the MFC website, Roos again reiterated that we would not have taken Kelly had we held on to pick 2. I suspect they wanted Salem and took the view that he'd still be there at 9. If that's the case, we got Tyson basically for nothing.

    Sounds pretty rosy. Since we'll never know the truth, I choose to believe it :)

    Can't remember the name of the function, but soon after the draft was complete, Jason Taylor apparently told a small group of diehards at said function that they rated Salem at 3. My guess is they had Boyd at 1 and Scharenberg at 2.

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    Can't remember the name of the function, but soon after the draft was complete, Jason Taylor apparently told a small group of diehards at said function that they rated Salem at 3. My guess is they had Boyd at 1 and Scharenberg at 2.

    Hopefully the start of many more masterstroke decisions for drafts to come.

    (God knows we need em')

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    As good as Dom is now and will be, I think Salem will be better.

    I wouldn't mind a few years of gathering evidence on this question.

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    Same. I was expecting a developing midfielder, not an instant gun.

    He also did something on Saturday night a few times that showed me he is growing in confidence.

    Most of our midfielders who grab the ball in the centre throw it on their boot immediately. A couple of times at least Dom opted to run with the ball and drove it deeper to a contest. A much better outcome than a blind kick in hope ( a blind kick in hope is still better than no clearance at all !)

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    Anyone else sort of feel like everyone else is in slow motion when Dom has the ball in traffic, he seems to have enough time to sit down and read the paper while he ponders where to send the ball

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    What are his contract details?

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    What are his contract details?

    he is contracted til the end of 2015 so it's a non issue really.

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    Hearing reports he will get the rising star nomination.

    I didn't think he was eligible. Can anyone confirm?

    If he is eligible he would have got it before this surely, he has had some ripper games.

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    Hearing reports he will get the rising star nomination.

    I didn't think he was eligible. Can anyone confirm?

    He's not eligible as he's played more than 10 games before this season.

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    You have to remind yourself he has played just 21 games of footy... Will be an elite player of the comp within 12 months!

    The beauty is, he has a great foil in Nathan Jones. Who do you tag? Jones or Tyson? You can't tag both. Very excited by our young brigade, but Tyson just oozes class.

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    Plus Viney.

    When was the last time we had three mids as the first-tagged option??

    I love Jack but he is not someone that teams would bother tagging just yet.

    He gets the footy from stoppages and off the floor in contests and does a few highlight reel escapes from those situations but if he wants to become the player I know he desperately wants to become - his game is going to have to evolve in a similar way to his Captain.

    Jones hurts teams with his link up play and had running to help under pressure defenders and fellow mids.

    The start of Viney's career has been promising but he would not be worried about by other teams just yet.

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    I love Jack but he is not someone that teams would bother tagging just yet.

    He gets the footy from stoppages and off the floor in contests and does a few highlight reel escapes from those situations but if he wants to become the player I know he desperately wants to become - his game is going to have to evolve in a similar way to his Captain.

    Jones hurts teams with his link up play and had running to help under pressure defenders and fellow mids.

    The start of Viney's career has been promising but he would not be worried about by other teams just yet.

    I think there is a lot of Jones in Viney.

    Jonesy used to (and still does) win a lot of ball close in and neutralise contests without getting the footy out.

    When Viney does get through he often chooses the most attacking option, as Jones did.

    As Viney's games sense improves he will start to get the footy going our way and learn to back out of traffic as Jonesy did.

    And Dom Tyson is just what the doctor ordered.

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    Christian Salem and Josh Kelly are a wash

    Both will be fantastic players and both will be game breakers

    so yes, we got Dom Tyson for free. Amazing

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    I'm really impressed with Dom's sheer workrate.

    He was also one of the few blocking for the tagged Jones that also made his game all the better.

    One particular block (MCC members wing in the second quarter I think) allowed N.Jones to receive the tap down and clearance from Jamar which was delivered inside 50.

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