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The Jack Watts in 2018 Thread

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  On 04/01/2018 at 21:02, machine11 said:

Watts will bag 9 possesions against the dees

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    “Apparently earlier today I was in a 'sel-harm' mood and instead of calling lifeline I went through with it and watched the last quarter of the final game against Collingwood.

    Jack Watts absolutely stank it up that quarter. From failing to cover his opponent (cost a goal) to spectating and then failing to lay an effective tackle or smother in the goalsquare (cost a goal), to spectating and then arriving too late to affect a contest just outside the square (cost a point, luckily) to fluffing a forward run, to a whole string of really poor body language, it was terrible.

    I don't have a personal problem with Jack Watts the way some people seem to, but rewatching his last quarter for us has left me with a much better understanding of why he had to be moved on.

    Wishing him all the best (up to a certain point) at Port, and also confident we made the best decision possible at the time.”

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    “Inspired by Little Goffys post above i watched the entire R23 game.    ...missed it back then. 

    Pies gave it their best. 

    IMO Watts’ poor last quater was a bit exaggerated above. 

    When we were thrashed in Q1 he was our best player, was good in Q2, maybe still our best by half time,,,  average third and poor last quarters. 

    I think the public nature of his unfair MFC treatment foolishly reduced his trade value for us. 

    Here’s wishing Jack every success at Port Adelaide!”

    nothing is ever black and white

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      On 04/01/2018 at 23:02, demondame said:

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    “Apparently earlier today I was in a 'sel-harm' mood and instead of calling lifeline I went through with it and watched the last quarter of the final game against Collingwood.

    Jack Watts absolutely stank it up that quarter. From failing to cover his opponent (cost a goal) to spectating and then failing to lay an effective tackle or smother in the goalsquare (cost a goal), to spectating and then arriving too late to affect a contest just outside the square (cost a point, luckily) to fluffing a forward run, to a whole string of really poor body language, it was terrible.

    I don't have a personal problem with Jack Watts the way some people seem to, but rewatching his last quarter for us has left me with a much better understanding of why he had to be moved on.

    Wishing him all the best (up to a certain point) at Port, and also confident we made the best decision possible at the time.”

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    “Inspired by Little Goffys post above i watched the entire R23 game.    ...missed it back then. 

    Pies gave it their best. 

    IMO Watts’ poor last quater was a bit exaggerated above. 

    When we were thrashed in Q1 he was our best player, was good in Q2, maybe still our best by half time,,,  average third and poor last quarters. 

    I think the public nature of his unfair MFC treatment foolishly reduced his trade value for us. 

    Here’s wishing Jack every success at Port Adelaide!”

    nothing is ever black and white

     Jack was singularly responsible for his drop in trade value

    We got market price after 9 years or erratic and poor perfomances and a percieved lack of commitment

    Good luck Jack  at Port

    I, for one ,no longer cares what he does

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    He''ll predictably jump out of the blocks for Port with 17.2 by round 5.

    Then the Port supporters will be calling for his head by about round 11.


    He may be able to put grunt into his body,but will never be able to put it into his brain.

     

      On 10/01/2018 at 10:40, Deemented Are Go! said:

    His head looks too small for his body.

    There is something in that, Deemented. Never recognised it before but you are definitely correct. Maybe is a 'readiness' thing brought on by training with Port - aligned to mental acuity in order to understand the purpose of the game? Could be wrong but he looks comfortable....

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      On 10/01/2018 at 10:22, dazzledavey36 said:

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    Looks like a young boy in a mans XXL jumper. The crouching over part makes it look even odder.

    No one is beefing up anymore in the AFL. Everywhere I read people are discussing slimming down and focusing on the aerobic side.

    Will be interesting to watch how Watts reacts this year to change. I honestly don't think much will change. Will be some polished moments followed by lots of time going missing and minimal second efforts

      On 11/01/2018 at 01:18, deeko said:

    Looks like a young boy in a mans XXL jumper. The crouching over part makes it look even odder.

    No one is beefing up anymore in the AFL. Everywhere I read people are discussing slimming down and focusing on the aerobic side.

    Will be interesting to watch how Watts reacts this year to change. I honestly don't think much will change. Will be some polished moments followed by lots of time going missing and minimal second efforts

    I know exactly what will happen:

    Watts is capable of good games of footy, and when he plays one there will be posters on here who will cry foul about the trade immediately.  Hell, it doesn't even need to be that good of a game.  He might snag 3 goals, 2 of which are 'Joe the Goose' style, and they'll yell from the rafters that we should never have let him go, the trade is a disaster, Goodwin is an idiot and so forth.

    Then he'll go missing for a few games.  So will those posters.  Then he'll play another decent game and out of the woodwork they come again to get stuck into the trade.

    It will be the same as the boot camp stuff.  The moment we lose a game, a team kicks a few goals in a row etc. we will get the smarmy comments about not doing the boot camp, we're soft, we're no good, it's been the same way for 54 years etc.  Then we play well and, funnily enough, they go quiet.  Until they feel the need to pipe up again.

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      On 04/01/2018 at 21:06, ucanchoose said:
      On 04/01/2018 at 21:02, machine11 said:

    Watts will bag 9 against the dees

    Most probably will bag 9 goals against us if he gets to play on OMac. No worries...


      On 11/01/2018 at 01:27, Wiseblood said:

    I know exactly what will happen:

    Watts is capable of good games of footy, and when he plays one there will be posters on here who will cry foul about the trade immediately.  Hell, it doesn't even need to be that good of a game.  He might snag 3 goals, 2 of which are 'Joe the Goose' style, and they'll yell from the rafters that we should never have let him go, the trade is a disaster, Goodwin is an idiot and so forth.

    Then he'll go missing for a few games.  So will those posters.  Then he'll play another decent game and out of the woodwork they come again to get stuck into the trade.

    It will be the same as the boot camp stuff.  The moment we lose a game, a team kicks a few goals in a row etc. we will get the smarmy comments about not doing the boot camp, we're soft, we're no good, it's been the same way for 54 years etc.  Then we play well and, funnily enough, they go quiet.  Until they feel the need to pipe up again.

    Works in reverse for other no so pro Watts. When he played good, really good games they went into the woodwork refusing to acknowledge his performance. Good luck Jack we will really miss you and so will Hoges and Jeffy. 

    I think that the player who will really make us pay this year is Jack Trengove, last year’s Casey Demons B&F. Our Casey team looks pretty formidable this year but would be enhanced further by retaining Jack on the Casey list (where we re-allocated Garland)!

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    So, pleased to see Jack get off to a positive start and being well supported by his senior coach.  How did we manage to get this one so wrong?  Classic MFC!  Hopefully,  we can beat them in the GF.


    There once was a boy named Jack

    Who sometimes copped a lot of flack

    He kicked 6 one week

    And the trolls they did seek

    To act as though they'd snorted some crack.

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    I can remember when Mitch Clark kicked 6 goals in a practice game for Geelong after he left the Dee’s.

    I know this holds no real relevance to Watts but who cares.

    Clearly it’s something to marvel in for some people.

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      On 10/03/2018 at 12:31, Jimcor2 said:

    So, pleased to see Jack get off to a positive start and being well supported by his senior coach.  How did we manage to get this one so wrong?  Classic MFC!  Hopefully,  we can beat them in the GF.

    Get Fritsched.

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    Its in a preseason practice game.  It is still 6 goals against his name but the intensity of the normal season is missing as clubs focus on their own structures.  If he can maintain that form all year, it'll be the jack we expected but didn't get often enough. 

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