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Captain Jack Viney!

PaulRB
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52 minutes ago, Regal Roller said:

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Legendary.

Someone on here the other day said that Oliver will set the standard for the MFC going forward.

They must have forgotten that Viney is the pioneer in that regard, and has been since he got to the club.  And he arrived at a club in a hell of a lot worse shape than what any of the more recent draftees have arrived to.

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    7 hours ago, PaulRB said:

    While not under appreciated by the red and blue faithful, I think Jack Viney is massively overlooked in his progress and impact these past four years.

    On Saturday he Captained and led the club to a stirring from behind victory.

    He dominated

    • Clearances with 10 clearances, twice the next midfielder (Tyson on 5 and for Port's best, Gray on 5) and more than the mighty Max Gawn (on 7) 
    • Disposals with 28 at 71.4% DE, 9 more than Vandenberg (63.2% DE), 6 more than Boak (59.1%) who was Ports best in this stat.

    At the start of the third quarter, the players huddled around him and he gave them the final rev up.

    Not bad for a 21 year old small mid who would have won last years B&F if not for injury...

    He's a ripper! 

    Which is why I threw a cheeky 10

    on him for the Brownlow 2 months ago at 151-1

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    39 minutes ago, Coup Cooper said:

    Which is why I threw a cheeky 10

    on him for the Brownlow 2 months ago at 151-1

    Good call - my only worry is the bloody MRP who this year will penalize "hard tackles".  FCS the Oliver one at the weekend wasn't even really hard.  Just solid.

     

     

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    7 hours ago, Regal Roller said:

    jv.jpg

    One of my favourit photos :)

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    I know this thread is about Jack but just looking at our young mids

    Brayshaw, Viney, Petracca, Oliver, Tyson, Vanders, Salem, Kennedy, Bugg, Trengove, 

    add in Jones and Vince, and Gawn spoon feeding them, 

    So impressive the transformation of this club, Roos took over imo the worst side of all time and in 2 an a bit seasons has turned us into a genuine Finals contender with a huge level of talent, imo the best coaching staff in the AFL and an extremely exciting few years coming up.

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    Will captain eventually, it's in his blood! 

     

    Jones has it for now though. 

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    Serious question. How would we feel about co-captains again in Viney and Brayshaw come 2018 or so?

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    4 hours ago, Skuit said:

    Serious question. How would we feel about co-captains again in Viney and Brayshaw come 2018 or so?

    No happy with Viney and a leadership team including Brayshaw, Hogan, Oliver, Petracca, Salem and Tyson (in alphabetical order).

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    I noticed at the start of preseason training that the big difference was the young guns were the ones taking ownership of the club.

    A real change from the past. This was led by Viney, Brayshaw,Hogan, Gawn etc. I guess mainly because the likes of Jones Trengove Vince were injured or in rehab.

    This as seen in the first hit out, has continued, there is respect and trust developing in each other.

     

     

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    14 hours ago, Akum said:

    There was a huge improvement in breaking away from congestion, and transitioning from contested to uncontested ball. Viney was the main one responsible for this, though it's very much a team thing where you need players running past on the edge of the congestion, and the clearance specialist prepared to wait & look for the "give" rather than just blast it aimlessly upfield. Perhaps it's just getting the most team value out of Viney's undoubted talent at winning contested ball.

    Agree with all that but big Maxxy was also a big factor

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    19 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

    Agree with all that but big Maxxy was also a big factor

    Funny how many don't rate ruckmen until they have a dominant one. On ballers become stars when they are spoon fed by a dominant ruckman. We may have a gem in Gawn. If I were in the midfield I would buy Gawnie lunch every day. 

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    52 minutes ago, Barney Rubble said:

    I noticed at the start of preseason training that the big difference was the young guns were the ones taking ownership of the club.

    A real change from the past. This was led by Viney, Brayshaw,Hogan, Gawn etc. I guess mainly because the likes of Jones Trengove Vince were injured or in rehab.

    This as seen in the first hit out, has continued, there is respect and trust developing in each other.

     

     

    Brothers in arms...

    Maybe a flag isn't So far away :rolleyes:

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    anybody know when leadership group will be announced

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    5 hours ago, ManDee said:

    Funny how many don't rate ruckmen until they have a dominant one. On ballers become stars when they are spoon fed by a dominant ruckman. We may have a gem in Gawn. If I were in the midfield I would buy Gawnie lunch every day. 

    you must have a lot of folding to feed him everyday

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    11 minutes ago, barneymfc said:

    you must have a lot of folding to feed him everyday

    Easy, take it out of the Brownlow booty.

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