2 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Agreed - fast becoming a fan favorite.  

The football public will really start to give him credit when they see him playing against their own team - doesn't get any love from commentators or the broader media.  If he was a high draft pick, the football world would be in meltdown over him.

Not sure about that. Macaveney, Hamish McLachlan (who knows the family quite well) and Brereton (on SEN on Monday) have all been glowing in their praise at different times.

25 minutes ago, M_9 said:

Not sure about that. Macaveney, Hamish McLachlan (who knows the family quite well) and Brereton (on SEN on Monday) have all been glowing in their praise at different times.

Fair enough - but much of that comes during the matches when people see him in the flesh.  When the conversation comes up during the week of who the young guns in the league are, Hunt is rarely considered.  For example, he is not considered in this article as a player who may get a RS nomination in the remaining matches of 2016: 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/sydney/when-will-callum-mills-get-a-rising-star-nomination/news-story/c6de7b80811bc48e3173c1bd71af1126

 

5 hours ago, dino rover said:

Should he be played on the wing?

Gives him more space and allows him to be an option for defence to go to

Not at the moment, but if Melksham can provide the run Hunt does at the moment, I'd give Hunt stints on the wing next year.

2 hours ago, DeeZee said:

A mate of mine is a teacher and tennis coach at Brighton grammar and knows a few of the boys quite well, namely Hunt, Watts, Dawes and Salem.

Says Hunt was exceptional at tennis and is a very switched on A grade bloke.

Had nothing but praise for all our Brighton boys really, as far as good character goes.

I love how Hunt takes the game on, very exciting and brings a lot to the team.

Collingwood had 4 guys who all  finished Year 12, but never in the same team.

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

Collingwood had 4 guys who all  finished Year 12, but never in the same team.

He's on today

2 hours ago, Biffen said:

Collingwood had 4 guys who all  finished Year 12, but never in the same team.

Is that 4 in the past 100 years?

2 hours ago, Biffen said:

Collingwood had 4 guys who all  finished Year 12, but never in the same team.

are we talking prison terms or what, biffo

12 hours ago, Stinga2 said:

If he keeps putting on weight and growing his hair we could have our new Stinga!

Stinga was one of my favs growing up. 

I remember going down into the rooms of the old Olympic stand as a young kid (Believe it or not you could just walk into the rooms and go down a ramp and watch the warm up etc. from behind a rope until it got serious and you got asked to leave. One day I stood behind tingay getting a rub and I couldn't believe the muscles upon muscle he had and the massive scar down his leg from when he fell thru the plate glass window.

Anyway Hunt has a long way to go to get to Tingays size and to play at his level. 

7 hours ago, AdamPleb said:

Not at the moment, but if Melksham can provide the run Hunt does at the moment, I'd give Hunt stints on the wing next year.

Dare i say it, he did remind me a little of a certain young R Flower back in the day...

On 7/5/2016 at 5:04 PM, Petraccattack said:

 

I love at 1:00, Jesse Hogan standing on the goal line pumping his fists.

I am deeply in love with this guy as a player

For years I've been crying out for someone in our team who is fast enough to take on his opponent but also skilled enough not to turn it over

He has really changed the way we move the ball, and will become an integral part of our team

 

Very interesting insight on Jayden Hunt from Robert Shaw, ex player and current BGS 1st XVIII coach, and also on Jack Watts and how Melbourne failed him development wise early on in his career.

Go to 34.50

8 minutes ago, Members' Wing said:

Very interesting insight on Jayden Hunt from Robert Shaw, ex player and current BGS 1st XVIII coach, and also on Jack Watts and how Melbourne failed him development wise early on in his career.

Go to 34.50

Very interesting to hear to listen to that insight.  Sheds some light on the recruiters mindest - there was a lot of criticism on here that we took him in the national draft and didn't rookie him instead.  Sounds like there was some interest from Freo in particular.  Very happy we have Hunt, exactly the dynamic player we need.

Disturbing to hear about Watts, how pathetic was our development! 

But that's a different story for another thread.

 

On 7 July 2016 at 0:32 PM, Jaded said:

Disturbing to hear about Watts, how pathetic was our development! 

But that's a different story for another thread.

 

One could not argue our development prior to Roos era  was pathetic!

Hunt & Wagner etc are an example when you have the right culture etc you can develop players!

Edited July 9, 20169 yr by Hogan2014

2 minutes ago, Hogan2014 said:

One could not argue our development prior to Roos era  was pathetic!

Hunt & Wagner etc are an example when you gave the right culture etc you can develop players!

Good recruiting helps too.

8 minutes ago, AdamFphlebeb said:

Good recruiting helps too.

Absolutely but one wanders how would Watts have developed @ Hawks, Swans or Cats??

On 6 July 2016 at 5:18 PM, jnrmac said:

Is that 4 in the past 100 years?

Peter Moore was one of them. I wonder who the other three are?

Edited July 9, 20169 yr by CBDees

12 minutes ago, Hogan2014 said:

Absolutely but one wanders how would Watts have developed @ Hawks, Swans or Cats??

You could equally argue whether they would have picked him then.

Made some.errors tonight but i am still very excited about this kid.

With more experience those errors will disappear from his game.

Love how he takes the game on and breaks lines. Also puts his body on thr line.

Love this kid

16 minutes ago, Unleash Hell said:

Made some.errors tonight but i am still very excited about this kid.

With more experience those errors will disappear from his game.

Love how he takes the game on and breaks lines. Also puts his body on thr line.

Love this kid

Got it a lot more tonight too, so it makes sense there'd be a few more errors.

He got a lot of positive attention this week so it was good to see him back it up. A less mature player may have focused more on trying to kick the goal of the game again but he was solid defensively and hard at the contest and found much more of the ball.

Jayden Hunt makes a mistake around two times a month but he's getting better every game.

Edited July 10, 20169 yr by Mega Malt

Career high stats this week - 29 disposals, 4 marks and 3 tackles. Two (?) kick in clangers I'd rather forget.

I recall that a fellow Demonlander (can't recall who) reported from our pre-season camp in Qld. that Hunty did something special in a match simulation, and two of our coaches who were on the sidelines immediately looked at each-other and one of them exclaimed "did you see that?".  That comment really piqued my interest in Hunty, and I think we might now be starting to appreciate what the coaches were seeing.