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Not quite the forgotten man but it seems he has put his year out to good use.  Also sounds like he is raring to go next year http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-08-11/vandenberg-sets-his-sights-on-2018

As he is out of contract this year I would not be surprised to see him re-contracted before too long. 

I'm sure it will be a popular re-signing.

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Has had a tough couple of years, but in his time at the club he has shown enough to be given another year on the list to see if he can get his body right and be a positive contributor on field again.  

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Is he the new JT ? :unsure:

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I think we've really missed him as a depth player this year. Has terrific toughness and size around the ball as we as good marking which we've totally lacked up the field especially. Hope he can get his body right well before pre-season. The only fault for him is I found him a bit slow but I definitely think there is a role for him leading up high half forward/wing with his ability to mark and win the ball around the contest. Hope he stays.

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Best thing he's done for us was against the pies.  He went to tackle Pendles, who saw him coming and dropped the knees and ducked his head into the tackle to milk the free.  While many would have tried to avoid the contact, Vanders just said "fine, you want the high contact, you can have it" and absolutely HAMMERED him.  Beautiful play. 

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44 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Best thing he's done for us was against the pies.  He went to tackle Pendles, who saw him coming and dropped the knees and ducked his head into the tackle to milk the free.  While many would have tried to avoid the contact, Vanders just said "fine, you want the high contact, you can have it" and absolutely HAMMERED him.  Beautiful play. 

I like the fact I know exactly the moment you're talking about :)

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I love that Vanders really strikes fear into the oppositions. He and Viney must make the night before the game the stuff of nightmares.  Hope he stays fit and gets a new contract. 

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1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Should be given a rookie contract. Had a good 2015 but injury has crippled his last 2 years.  Not sure he will be back. 

Agree... let's see him back on the park before we get excited

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Would still love to see him build his tank and play at the centre bounce- I think we haven't seen close to what he's capable of.

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9 hours ago, deebug said:

VanHuddles it is:laugh:

I used to do Van Huddles .................. well not actually huddles.... when I borrowed my dad's panel van.

It  all turned to [censored] though when I got [censored] and pranged it.

Arrh the (wonderful) folly of youth.

 

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On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 6:57 PM, mongrel said:

I think we've really missed him as a depth player this year. Has terrific toughness and size around the ball as we as good marking which we've totally lacked up the field especially. Hope he can get his body right well before pre-season. The only fault for him is I found him a bit slow but I definitely think there is a role for him leading up high half forward/wing with his ability to mark and win the ball around the contest. Hope he stays.

His kicking is not the best

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Clearly wasn't the same player in 2016 that he was in 2015, especially given he'd done a full preseason to strip fitter and developed more of a professional footballers body than the local footballer who played in 2015.

Don't know or really care if he's best 22 or best 30, having those numbers let's you breed competition. 

I think Vanders would've been very handy today in the Weideman role given he's big enough to play as a small line up CHF (so would Tim Smith).

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