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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - JOSHUA WAGNER

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Aspley just had their second player picked up in this draft by Richmond, pretty impressive outcome for their system

When a team makes a grand final all the recruiters get to see them in a pressure game I suspect

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    Kicks left footed, bounces right handed and seems to favour handpassing RH. From 2 minutes of highlights looks like the new AvDB

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    Beautiful kick decent size

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    http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2015-11-27/rookie-draft-pick-no6-josh-wagner

    Wow pretty impressive. Good big body, can take a mark,can lay a good tackle and every single kick on that video was to a target. Not one kick was a long bomb. Now its a highlights package but a pretty good one.

    Has a side step and good vision as well.

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    Looked very composed with good skills and a good decision maker.

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    Here are his highlights.

    Looks good with clean hands, neat kick and accelerates quickly in close which I like a lot.

    thanks

    probably a silly statement, but in many ways he reminds me of hodge

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    On Parish to Oliver I daresay you mean...

    That's interesting if not a little disconcerting that they would decide so late.......I guess Parish raised some of the same questions with the recruiters that have been raised here. Lightly framed versus big body ready to go.

    The Classic Wines vs. Toumpas argument (proving that the FD does listen to Demonland)!
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    http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2015-11-27/rookie-draft-pick-no6-josh-wagner

    Wow pretty impressive. Good big body, can take a mark,can lay a good tackle and every single kick on that video was to a target. Not one kick was a long bomb. Now its a highlights package but a pretty good one.

    Has a side step and good vision as well.

    I love that sidestep and kick at 1:07 in the highlights.

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    thanks

    probably a silly statement, but in many ways he reminds me of hodge

    I thought the same, particularly when he was in the similarly coloured jumper.

    I can't be bothered going through the clip again, but did he ever use his right foot to kick? If not, I wonder whether he kicks OK with that one, too.

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    thanks

    probably a silly statement, but in many ways he reminds me of hodge

    Thought the same. Moves very similar. Not quick, strong through the the hips, neat left foot kick. Has a similar gait to Hodge. If he is 1/4 the player then not a bad rookie pick.

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    Big question, does he have a right foot? Every kick was on his left.

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    Good kick, can mark overhead, can tackle... eh happy with that.

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    Wagner seems composed and could inspire us to rule the whole world.

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    Josh Wagner

    25 min before the draft started. Impressive???

    Thought you guys would like that

    We also only changed our minds on Oliver from Parish on Monday night

    Thank you for the heads up.

    May I ask who the main driver behind the Oliver decision / influence was? e.g. who was the man to promote / back him: Taylor, Viney, Roos, Goodwin, etc.?

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    Results from the NEAFL State combine

    Absolute Vertical Jump (total height reached)

    Dyson Budarick – 294cm
    Jesse Joyce – 297
    Nick Weller – 309
    Max Spencer – 304
    Josh Wagner – 301
    Gareth Hunt – 312
    Wylie Buzza – 325
    Paul Hunter – 324

    Top National Combine result
    Mabior Chol – 334cm

    Absolute running vertical jump right leg

    Dyson Budarick – 295cm
    Jesse Joyce – 301
    Nick Weller – 309
    Max Spencer – 313
    Josh Wagner – 317
    Gareth Hunt – 318
    Wylie Buzza – 343
    Paul Hunter – 338

    Absolute running vertical jump left leg

    Dyson Budarick – 305cm
    Jesse Joyce – 315
    Nick Weller – 321
    Max Spencer – 316
    Josh Wagner – 316
    Gareth Hunt – 316
    Wylie Buzza – 324
    Paul Hunter – 345

    Top National Combine result (either leg)
    Gach Nyuon – 362cm

    Relative Vertical Jump
    (Records how far off the ground the jump is from a standing start)

    Dyson Budarick – 68cm
    Jesse Joyce – 61
    Nick Weller – 67
    Max Spencer – 59
    Josh Wagner – 57
    Gareth Hunt – 62
    Wylie Buzza – 68
    Paul Hunter – 59

    Top National Combine Result
    Jordan Snadden – 75cm

    Running Vertical Jump Relative Right Leg:

    Dyson Budarick – 69cm
    Jesse Joyce – 65
    Nick Weller – 67
    Max Spencer – 68
    Josh Wagner – 73
    Gareth Hunt – 68
    Wylie Buzza – 86
    Paul Hunter – 73

    Running Vertical Jump Relative Left Leg:

    Dyson Budarick – 79cm
    Jesse Joyce – 79
    Nick Weller – 79
    Max Spencer – 71
    Josh Wagner – 72
    Gareth Hunt – 66
    Wylie Buzza – 67
    Paul Hunter – 80

    Top National Combine result (either leg)
    Lachlan Tiziani – 97cm

    20 metre sprint

    Dyson Budarick – 2.95 seconds
    Jesse Joyce – 2.95
    Nick Weller – 2.86
    Max Spencer – 3.05
    Josh Wagner – 3.13
    Gareth Hunt: – 3.09
    Wylie Buzza – 3.07
    Paul Hunter – 3.04

    Top National Combine result
    Alex Morgan – 2.88 seconds

    Agility
    (Weaving in and out of poles without touching them, getting to the end of the course)

    Dyson Budarick – 8.10 seconds
    Jesse Joyce – 8.30
    Nick Weller – 8.54
    Max Spencer – 8.54
    Josh Wagner – 8.38
    Gareth Hunt – 8.49
    Wylie Buzza – 8.52
    Paul Hunter – 8.50

    Top National Combine result
    Kieran Lovell – 7.90 seconds

    Shuttle run (beep test level)
    (Running back and forth over a 20m distance before they hear the beep)

    Dyson Budarick: 14.4
    Jesse Joyce – 14.3
    Nick Weller – 13.3
    Max Spencer – 13.2
    Josh Wagner – 14.5
    Gareth Hunt – 12.6
    Wylie Buzza – 12.6
    Paul Hunter – 14.9

    Top National Combine result
    Joshua Schoenfeld -16.2 level

    30m repeat sprints
    (Six 30 metre sprints with 10 seconds rest between each)

    Dyson Budarick: 25.11 seconds
    Jesse Joyce – 25.04
    Nick Weller – 25.27
    Max Spencer – 26.50
    Josh Wagner – 26.33
    Gareth Hunt -24.30
    Wylie Buzza – 26.04
    Paul Hunter – 26.31

    Top National Combine result
    Daniel Rioli – 24.15 seconds

    Edited by Grimes Times

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    Yep - concur with the Hodge comparisons - takes the hits as needed to release the next bloke, seems that good things happen along the chain when he gets the pill. Looks a decent pick up. Whether he will take the step up to the big league is the question, but the video looks good

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    Wagner looks the goods! Classy left foot kick hopefully he can make the step up.

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