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Partnerships - Coincidence or strategy

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Just occurred to me that there is a bit of a trend and I'm not sure if it's a strategy or coincidence.

Brayshaw and Petracca I think were good mates from U18s

Petracca and Weideman I believe are good mates from Eastern Ranges. So there is a link there.

Oliver and Mitch King would have played together at Bushrangers and in the highlights you can see them linking together.

Probably just a coincidence but it's interesting.

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    And, Stretch and ANB played together since kiddie days.

    Then there is Tom and Oscar.

    Coincidence, I reckon but bodes well for mateship and team morale!

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    And, Stretch and ANB played together since kiddie days.

    Then there is Tom and Oscar.

    Coincidence, I reckon but bodes well for mateship and team morale!

    Hopefully. But you never know, they might have hated each other as juniors.

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    yep add Jack viney and Ollie Wines too.....oh wait

    fark can't believe i just did that (after deliberately not commenting in the wines boy since that fateful draft....)

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    I thought of Billy and ANB afterwards. It would be interesting to say Jason Taylor if there is anything in it.

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    I think the ANB and stretch one was luck, from what i've heard the club were shocked he slipped through to pick 40 odd

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    Strikes me as a sort of strategy. The fibres of strong bonds already exist. Less likely to wander when your best footy mates wear the same jumper.

    Not a priority in selecting a player..a happy bonus id say.

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    Hmm ... Scully & Blease. Trengove & Tapscott.

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    yep add Jack viney and Ollie Wines too.....oh wait

    fark can't believe i just did that (after deliberately not commenting in the wines boy since that fateful draft....)

    hahaha, I'm glad,,, you said,,, Oh Wait???? life is an open book yet to reveal its pages

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    Strategy.

    And a good one.

    And they can play footy okay too.

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    It's something I noticed in the successful teams on the early naughties as well. Lots of pairs who tended to work together during games. When it comes off it's a great thing to have in a side.

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    Tight bonding is good for player retention as well...

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    Didn't Petracca spend a chunk of time doing a kind of 'apprenticeship' with the recruiting staff early in his rehab program, when there was not much physical activity he could do anyway? I can picture Petracca spending the next five months telling Weideman that the only reason he got drafted was because of a god word in the ear of the recruiters.

    Aaaanyway...

    Interconnection like this is something we haven't seen since the heady days of Trengove/Tapscott (temmates, close family friends), Watts/Blease/Strauss/Scully/Gysberts (all Vic Metro teammates for at least one of their under-18s years), Bennell/Jetta (teammates, rivals for BOG in under 18 Grand Final out west),

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    Didn't Petracca spend a chunk of time doing a kind of 'apprenticeship' with the recruiting staff early in his rehab program, when there was not much physical activity he could do anyway? I can picture Petracca spending the next five months telling Weideman that the only reason he got drafted was because of a god word in the ear of the recruiters.

    Aaaanyway...

    Interconnection like this is something we haven't seen since the heady days of Trengove/Tapscott (temmates, close family friends), Watts/Blease/Strauss/Scully/Gysberts (all Vic Metro teammates for at least one of their under-18s years), Bennell/Jetta (teammates, rivals for BOG in under 18 Grand Final out west),

    I thought that was Hogan.

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    Just need a few more backyard cricket games!

    And don't let Vince win

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