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Joel Smith signs 2 year deal.

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Love it. Well done MFC and JS. Looking forward to seeing him in red n blue in the second half of the season.

 

Must have been the best 15 minutes of footy ever!

This is a real success story though. If he wasn't the son of a past player you'd have to say he was plucked from absolutely nowhere. He looks very impressive and his development has been rapid. Excited for the club and for Joel that it appears to be working out nicely, and excited for us because he looks like he may be another unexpected jet.

Great news, he looks a real good type, he's got speed, strength and athleticism, hope he gets back for a few games at the end of the year.

Melbourne haven't got it up on the web site yet, bit poor.

 

 


Great news and I hope to see him back in the team later in the seasoN

Very smart move, I reckon the kid is clear best 22 now 

For those who can't be bothered reading the article:

'As he is a rookie-listed player, the athletic defender will be permanently added to the club's primary list at the end of this season.'

 

It's sad that his debut game ended with his shoulder getting badly injured but it's good the club has extended his contract. He's a player for the future and this takes the pressure off to rush his recovery. Incidentally I always wondered how his father managed to take so many crazy high flying marks and not come out of with serious injuries, maybe he got the luck between them! Hope not!


Low risk, high reward strategy.

Well done to him, hopefully the extension of contract softens the blow of having to sit on the sidelines for the next 4 months  

Joel has battled away when few believed he was AFL material.

If I were him I would sign the contract so fast the club would suffer a nose bleed.

From what we've seen through the JLT series and 15 minutes in his debut game, Joel has come a long way in a very short time.  He seems to have many strong attributes to build on, and based on very limited exposure, he already looks pretty comfortable at the top level.  I even reckon I detected a sense (tempered) excitement in Goody's voice and body language when he spoke about Joel post round 1 ........... but maybe I'm getting a bit ahead of myself there! 


On 06/04/2017 at 2:58 AM, Pates said:

It's sad that his debut game ended with his shoulder getting badly injured but it's good the club has extended his contract. He's a player for the future and this takes the pressure off to rush his recovery. Incidentally I always wondered how his father managed to take so many crazy high flying marks and not come out of with serious injuries, maybe he got the luck between them! Hope not!

Shaun did get injuries from the high flying marks. Early in his career he did not worry about the landings and hurt himself many times, being carried off the filed on a stretcher a couple of times. I remember Neil Balme saying he needed to learn to land on his feet.

On 4/6/2017 at 8:17 AM, Bombay Airconditioning said:

He was my SC backline smokey until he copped an injury.

Big things to come.

I can assure you he is not a smokie to the FD. 

2 hours ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

was this ever confirmed by the club??? Can't find it anywhere

I talked to Josh Mahoney about it   good enough?

On Thursday, April 06, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Bombay Airconditioning said:

He was my SC backline smokey until he copped an injury.

Big things to come.

He likes a dart as well?

1 minute ago, Moonshadow said:

He likes a dart as well?

Perhaps there is a back of jumper somewhere here Mr. Shadow


4 hours ago, Redleg said:

I can assure you he is not a smokie to the FD. 

no, jessie has that honour ;)

7 hours ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

was this ever confirmed by the club??? Can't find it anywhere

It's in the link of the first post.

8 hours ago, old dee said:

Joel has battled away when few believed he was AFL material.

He's rated exceptionally highly internally, so I fail to understand the thrust of this post.

  • 2 months later...
 

Super excited for Joel to be back playing footy.

Can he break back into the seniors? Hibberd wasn't available when Joel debuted and Melksham, Hunt, Jetta seem  to have their spots secure for now and Oscar is improving all the time.

 

3 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Super excited for Joel to be back playing footy.

Can he break back into the seniors? Hibberd wasn't available when Joel debuted and Melksham, Hunt, Jetta seem  to have their spots secure for now and Oscar is improving all the time.

 

Good point, I wonder if a couple of games in the VFL might see him given a go in the seniors prior to Salem coming back in... 

As with a lot of positions on the ground at the moment, fitting in the good players seems to be harder than dropping players out the side.  Great place for the club to be in !!! Honestly feels like we have 26-30 players pushing a serious claim for the 22


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