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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - JOSHUA WAGNER

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thanks

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

Love child of Luke Hodge and Stuie Dew?

 

and nsdap approved too, biffo

Try to talk footy for once DC because IHNIWTFYATA

I just like the way he moves across the ground. Keeping his eyes focused further up field. If nothing is obvious, it's the RH bounce, by that time someone has broken clear and a LF pass just gets released and hit on the chest of his team mate.

He is very relaxed and calculated. Just good to watch, but may be could get found out under pressure.

 

Wagner will be useful in the Bach-line once he can Handel our game plan.

Very FF.


Apparently we pulled a lot of strings to get him here and whilst he marches to the beat of his own drum some are trumpeting him as a classical type.

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

I thought you were talking about Number 2!

https://youtu.be/EFkIZ-Zf32Y

Funny... perhaps too low-brow, never seen a Wanger Opera. :unsure:

 

Apparently we pulled a lot of strings to get him here and whilst he marches to the beat of his own drum some are trumpeting him as a classical type.

the club has orchestrated this draft well

Given the reservations of any highlights package, i.e. they show off the good and none of the bad, he looks a good pickup. If he is as good as the last guy rookies from there we should all be ecstatic. Good size, reads the play, evades, kicks straight, tackles, brings others into the game upfield.


vandenBerg recently said in an interview “I’ve certainly played with some very good players who I’ve thought ‘I don’t see how I’m a better player than they are and I’m on an AFL list and they’re not.’

I have no doubt Jason Taylor had a few words with Aaron regarding his thoughts on who we should draft from the NEAFL

Probably about the 100th young player I've seen compared to Hodge on here in the past decade.

e.

How have the other 99 gone?

Wagner will be useful in the Bach-line once he can Handel our game plan.

Oh yes!

Apparently we pulled a lot of strings to get him here and whilst he marches to the beat of his own drum some are trumpeting him as a classical type.

Not as good as Moonie.


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

Some history for you, Rob Flower was as ambidextrous as they come! Essentialy a left hander one hand ( his writing hand) you wouldn't know it as his right hand bounces with the footy, his right hand handball was equal to his left and his deadly accuracy with either foot were exceptional!

Dont mind this at all!! :rolleyes:

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His kicking is similar to Andrew Gaff. Very neat left foot but a tad loopy.

I attended that game Apsley v Redland Bombers from the highlight package, although I didn't know anything about him he was clearly the best young player on the ground classy players just stand out. Queensland footy has come on in leaps and bounds in recent times the afl are really pumping in some dollars. Redland had 3 drafted today plus Keays on Tues. Brisbane Afl juniors is very popular. Four U11 teams at the one club where my son played this season.

Wagner will be useful in the Bach-line once he can Handel our game plan.

Handel it Moonie? The bloke's a Messiah.

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His kicking is similar to Andrew Gaff. Very neat left foot but a tad loopy.

Yeah I can see that. The very best kicks have the ability to loop the ball up over an opponent and have a team mate run on it as well as being able to flatten out the ball and spear it. I hope he can do both.

The well weighted kicks are handy to put it in front of forwards, but to nail accurate kicks in to the corridor he'll have to flatten it out. Still looks to have a kicking edge over most of our list which is nice!


I attended that game Apsley v Redland Bombers from the highlight package, although I didn't know anything about him he was clearly the best young player on the ground classy players just stand out. Queensland footy has come on in leaps and bounds in recent times the afl are really pumping in some dollars. Redland had 3 drafted today plus Keays on Tues. Brisbane Afl juniors is very popular. Four U11 teams at the one club where my son played this season.

Don't know much about that comp Shorty. Do Brisbane have first dibs on the area?

I just like the way he moves across the ground. Keeping his eyes focused further up field. If nothing is obvious, it's the RH bounce, by that time someone has broken clear and a LF pass just gets released and hit on the chest of his team mate.

He is very relaxed and calculated. Just good to watch, but may be could get found out under pressure.

Of course he will have to adapt to the vastly increased pressure at AFL or even VFL level. Good players do. vandenBerg did pretty quickly.

Yeah I can see that. The very best kicks have the ability to loop the ball up over an opponent and have a team mate run on it as well as being able to flatten out the ball and spear it. I hope he can do both.

The well weighted kicks are handy to put it in front of forwards, but to nail accurate kicks in to the corridor he'll have to flatten it out. Still looks to have a kicking edge over most of our list which is nice!

No doubt he will, like most newbies, have to refine quite a few things, but he looks to be coming off a pretty good base given his background.

How are we going to fit everyone on the paddock ? Lol

 

Handel it Moonie? The bloke's a Messiah.

The next person to do a bad pun will get a boot in their orchestra stalls!!!


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