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2 minutes ago, dieter said:

He's in for the Darwin Game. Great news: I've always rated him and he seems like an obvious addition of class and run to what has been quite a sieve like-defence.

I'm really surprised that it took this long. What's his contract status anyone?

Is this one of those "let 'im play to see if we bother keeping him" moments?. Or has he won his spot based on form alone?

 

 

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18 minutes ago, faultydet said:

I'm really surprised that it took this long. What's his contract status anyone?

Is this one of those "let 'im play to see if we bother keeping him" moments?. Or has he won his spot based on form alone?

 

 

His form has been really good, consistently our best defender and has something we lack coming out of defence...he's a good kick.

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His form has been really good, consistently our best defender and has something we lack coming out of defence...he's a good kick.

Nice to hear, and thanks for the reply.

I was impressed when I saw him play last year. Not a soft koch, and delivers well.

 

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1 hour ago, faultydet said:

Nice to hear, and thanks for the reply.

I was impressed when I saw him play last year. Not a soft koch, and delivers well.

 

i thought his game against GWS was good and I've been surprised that he hasn't been selected earlier.  Looks a real goer and one effort where he kept the ball in running down against the boundary showed a bit of class.

 

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 Not only is he a very good and skilled silky smoooth left footer he is also a sensational fellow!

Well done young man the PF wishes you well!!

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10 minutes ago, picket fence said:

 Not only is he a very good and skilled silky smoooth left footer he is also a sensational fellow!

Well done young man the PF wishes you well!!

You know him picket?

14 minutes ago, Dante said:

i thought his game against GWS was good and I've been surprised that he hasn't been selected earlier.  Looks a real goer and one effort where he kept the ball in running down against the boundary showed a bit of class.

 

Wonder what it was about him that kept him out this long? Hope he lights it up, as we could certainly use another hard at it, but skillful half back. 

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1 hour ago, faultydet said:

I'm really surprised that it took this long. What's his contract status anyone?

Is this one of those "let 'im play to see if we bother keeping him" moments?. Or has he won his spot based on form alone?

 

 

I think its about that finals are out the window, so the door's opening for young players, to strut their stuff.

He is earning & learning.

But no doubt playing our kids will show the footy dept exactly where they are up to, & what we need to buy in.

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I think its about that finals are out the window, so the door's opening for young players, to strut their stuff.

He is earning & learning.

But no doubt playing our kids will show the footy dept exactly where they are up to, & what we need to buy in.

Also getting someone who can kick into the backline

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2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

"Good work, Jayden and Josh." - Mitch White

Too subtle for most I suspect CB, but I got it.

The word pairs complement/compliment and complementary/complimentary are pronounced identically, hence the confusion in spelling. Just remember that complement with an E means "to complete" or "to enhance," while compliment with an I means "to praise" and complimentary means "free."

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I liked what I saw last year and I'm happy to see him get another chance off the back of solid VFL form.

The Dogs have shown how important it is to a fast, running gameplan to have strong depth at half-back. We've found Hunt and Wagner, we already have Salem and Lumumba (query his long-term position on the list, though), last week we rotated Harmes through there too. Vince has spent portions of this year across half-back and could find himself more there instead of in the middle as he gets older. M Jones has played half-back this year, and we have Melksham to add too next year.

It's an important part of our development, IMO.

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4 hours ago, faultydet said:

I'm really surprised that it took this long. What's his contract status anyone?

 

3 hours ago, faultydet said:

Wonder what it was about him that kept him out this long? Hope he lights it up, as we could certainly use another hard at it, but skillful half back. 

He's been kept out because he's a Rookie and we couldn't elevate him until halfway through the season unless someone else went on to the LTI list.  I wouldn't be surprised to see him play most of the remaining games now that we can use him.  As has been said above, he's been consistently named in the best at Casey for most of the season and is generally listed as the best of the backs. 

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Good luck to him and hope he has a stellar intro. Haven't seen that many Casey matches must have good form.

Personallly I didn't rate him any higher than our other key defenders in Dunn, Garland, Grimes against the Tiges though and thought Grimes & Keilty were the best defenders (yeh I know he isn't listed ?)

Not sure why we are selecting 2 defenders and dropping a Mid/Forward. strange.

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7 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

Good luck to him and hope he has a stellar intro. Haven't seen that many Casey matches must have good form.

Personallly I didn't rate him any higher than our other key defenders in Dunn, Garland, Grimes against the Tiges though and thought Grimes & Keilty were the best defenders (yeh I know he isn't listed ?)

Not sure why we are selecting 2 defenders and dropping a Mid/Forward. strange.

Thought White was our best defender and set up some goals with good use of the ball coming through the middle. He's not afraid to attack the ball and kill it in the air either...

Grimes has been playing as a mid at Casey so that might part answer your question.

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Too subtle for most I suspect CB, but I got it.

The word pairs complement/compliment and complementary/complimentary are pronounced identically, hence the confusion in spelling. Just remember that complement with an E means "to complete" or "to enhance," while compliment with an I means "to praise" and complimentary means "free."

i would hate this usage of 'compliment' to disappear entirely from demonland. 

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6 hours ago, dieter said:

He's in for the Darwin Game. Great news: I've always rated him and he seems like an obvious addition of class and run to what has been quite a sieve like-defence.

I dunno about anyone else, but I'm getting pretty sick of this 'sieve-like defence' rubbish from every second poster, every second day. It's a fallacy. Our percentage is over 100%. It's not sieve-like. We leak some easy goals, but so do all teams in 2016 football. That is the nature of the new game style. It's such a near-sighted and frankly incorrect viewpoint. 

Besides, our defence struggles when our midfield does. That's the important correlation and it's why I've been banging on about continuing to strengthen our midfield, rather than focusing on the backline. Though, that's not to say we should focus on one thing at a time. It is prudent to multi-task if possible. 

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