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2015 Player Review - # 1 Jesse Hogan

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"Hogan was one of Melbournes great stories to emerge this year and stamped himself as one of the most exciting young players in the competition. He finished the season with 44 goals an outstanding effort from a key forward in his debut year. Hogan also won the NAB AFL Rising Star earlier in the week with 49 votes eight ahead of runner-up Patrick Cripps".

Games MFC 2015 20

Career Total 20

Goals MFC 2015 44

Career Total 44

Keith "Bluey" Truscott Memorial Trophy 286 votes (Fourth club champion Ivor Warne Smith Memorial Trophy)

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Tie me to the stake and set me on fire but, at the start of the season, I didn't have the same belief in Jesse as many on here did.

I thought that his kicking action would be found wanting in both distance and accuracy and he seemed to two grab marks which I thought would be a big liability in the top grade. Jesse was also always going to get the oppositions best or second best defender, was shorter than some of the new age forwards (Daniher, Moore, Boyd) and I thought would naturally struggle against mature bodies. Crucially, he was also a year out of the game. I figured a 10-15 goal season would be a good platform for future years.

He then goes onto kick 44.19, including a couple from on the 50m line. He makes most of the competitions best defenders look a bit second rate and is far more mobile than some of his taller contemporaries. His work further up the ground was a revelation to me as was his field kicking which is probably in the top half dozen in the team. But easily his hugest accomplishment was his contested marking. For a first year player to get 3rd in the entire comp is extraordinary. A number of times this year he ended up with the ball in his hands when he had absolutely no right to. Whilst he has said he wants to create his own brand there were things he was doing, in his first year mind you, that were reminiscent of Carey who I regard as one of the top two players I have seen

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I'm not overly surprised by his debut year. Anyone that saw him in the flesh at Etihad Stadium against North in February 2013 knew we had a very special player on our hands. He had an aura about him even then. It's just a shame we had to wait longer than expected to see him in the real stuff.

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Hogan won't do it. His best position is CHF where he can use his superior endurance.

I would have thought he would potentially be capable of 70 - 80 in a very good season, but with Garlett running around adding 40 - 50, does it really matter?

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yep he is good, we have had some great forwards in the past,neitz shawta groom dillon park robbo as well and we still didnt win a flag

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