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Whispering_Jack   29,333

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GWS are reported to have granted defender Curtly Hampton permission to explore trade opportunities.

I met him and some members of his family up north on holiday in the summer before he started with the Giants and the research I did on him suggested that he had a good career in front of him. He only played five games this year.

Anyone know what happened?

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GWS are reported to have granted defender Curtly Hampton permission to explore trade opportunities.

I met him and some members of his family up north on holiday in the summer before he started with the Giants and the research I did on him suggested that he had a good career in front of him. He only played five games this year.

Anyone know what happened?

A solid individual from a solid Central Australian family.

Has speed and good disposal and from the GWS games I have seen (we see a heap in the NT) he seems to be a good decision maker.

Was an absolute lock in their back six for a while there, but injuries and competition have kept him out. Admittedly he has had a difficult year, but I understand injuries have played their part. From what I understand he has the ability to play out of the middle and no doubt aspires to do so. I can seem he and Salem in a couple of years time rotating across half back and into the mid-field.

I'd love to see him in Red and Blue, and I am very confident that our recruiters will be onto him if they think he is a good thing.

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Exactly what we need. Another half back with pace was one of the things i had right at the top of our shopping list along with another quality mid and a key forward/2nd ruck.

Wonder what he'd cost?

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Scully will probably be rookie listed by the end of his contract purely to save face.

Anyway, Curtly is a big tick from me. Great kid, competitive, had a bad year with injuries but won't cost an arm and a leg to acquire. Apparently we were interested a few years ago so he's been on our radar.

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Living in Sydney I've watched a lot of GWS games.

Natural competitor - Yes he takes the game on and as someone eluded to he has dash and dare.

Footy smarts - He finds himself in the right places at times, when he has the ball he has the right intentions but see below....

Disposal - His disposal is diabolical, it's that bad it's beyond a joke.

It's a no.

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To elaborate (beyond a joke might be a bit harsh but let's remember he is playing AFL) his kicking is like The Princes, an up and under style with the ball often going over teammates heads or falling short or out of bounds. I found myself laughing out loud in disbelief watching him.

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When someone is drafted, ideally they already have elite disposal. Those that have good disposal work with the skills coaches to try to improve to elite disposal. We already have enough players on the list that we read things like "his disposal has improved this year" which translates to "it gone from shizen to ok at times".

Again I must be watching different games to most.

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Scully will probably be rookie listed by the end of his contract purely to save face.

Anyway, Curtly is a big tick from me. Great kid, competitive, had a bad year with injuries but won't cost an arm and a leg to acquire. Apparently we were interested a few years ago so he's been on our radar.

Anyone who says Scully had a bad year clearly didn't watch a single GWS game, he was very important in plenty of their wins.

Will he get the same size contract? Of course not. Will he get a contract at all? Of course he will. To say otherwise is ridiculous.

The constant Scully bashing is so tiresome. No one would've turned down the amount of money they threw at him.

Back to the thread... would love to see Hampton at the Dees.

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I searched in vain to find his 'highlights reel'.

All I could find was a 3 goal haul in a GWS ADL game which didn't show a lot.

Anyone have a link?

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And TMac and HL

Tmac falls under the "shizen to average" and is getting better. But his primary role as a defender is to take intercept marks which he does and spoil the ball which he does.

If we were organised better and had Salem(he was injured for part of the year) and someone else with similar skill he would simply take the mark and handball off to one of our back flankers.

I've said before key position defenders and ruck men aren't are probably the only exception to the "elite disposal when recruiting" rule.

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Was one of the highest touted players to ever come through the junior program. Highly skilled, 'untouchable' but struggled to make the step up. Looked pretty good down back for GWS but Heath Shaw, Zac Williams and Nathan Wilson have overtaken him.

I would actually love seeing Hampton on the opposite wing to Stretch.

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