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Which of our young stars will end up our best player

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Who will end up best of the bunch 141 members have voted

  1. 1. Which of the batch of our young stars will end up our best player

    • Jessie Hogan
      10
    • Angus Brayshaw
      3
    • Clayton Oliver
      103
    • Christian Petracca
      7
    • Jake Lever
      0
    • Max Gawn
      3
    • Christian Salem
      2
    • Jack Viney
      5
    • Someone else
      5

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We  have a great budding list now with several young players who will become superstars

Of the young crop I think Oliver will be our best 

What does everyone else think

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    I just keep asking myself: how the hell did we get him! 

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    Tend to agree, Oliver is pretty special. Hopefully Charlie Spargo can climb his way up this list.

    Best player or most valuable player? I think Max would have top the list as the player we cant really do without. Hes already showed us how much we missed him last year.

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    If Oliver increases his kick to handball ratio to 40/60 it will be him by a mile.

    Otherwise it's a close race between Petracca and Hogan with Hogan well in front at present.

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    4 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Tend to agree, Oliver is pretty special. Hopefully Charlie Spargo can climb his way up this list.

    Best player or most valuable player? I think Max would have top the list as the player we cant really do without. Hes already showed us how much we missed him last year.

    Yes Spargo looks good as does Fritsch little early yet to say though

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    You will find Jack Viney is a good deal younger than Max. I have often thought Salem May be the best of the lot, but Clarrie is showing all the signs and commitment to be our best player possibly since the great Robbie Flower

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    Clarrie closely followed by Jesse with apologies to Jack V

    I hope what Clarrie, Jesse etal are achieving motivates Petracca to become the best he can be.  Petracca has the swagger and the ambition (to be in the AFL HOF - his words).  At the moment he is riding on his talent.  Has the potential to be top 3 but has work to do to be among our very best.

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    2 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    You will find Jack Viney is a good deal younger than Max. I have often thought Salem May be the best of the lot, but Clarrie is showing all the signs and commitment to be our best player possibly since the great Robbie Flower

    Ooops  Viney    yeah ok I forgot...

     

     

     

    Added him to the poll

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    Firstly, if Max Gawn is in the list so should be Jack Viney.

    With those above, I see Oliver, Viney, and Hogan on par with each other. I really can't separate them. Furthermore, Weideman has shown enough glimpses, we'll see more of what he can do as he continues to mature into a man's body.

    Overall, yes I agree, we have an excellent young list. I just hope our list managers don't become complacent when thinking it - I'm sure they won't, as they continue to better it every year via the draft and acquisitions of additional "stars" via trade. Additionally, club culture driven by the players and staff will be crucial for player retention, especially when convincing out of contract players to stay on less money as opposed to what may be offered elsewhere.

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    No idea. Just hope they all end up part of a champion group who change the whole external view of our club. Gunna be great when opposition clubs have to worry about all our players in full flight week after week after week.

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    No idea. Just hope they all end up part of a champion group who change the whole external view of our club. Gunna be great when opposition clubs have to worry about all our players in full flight week after week after week.

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    4 minutes ago, ignition. said:

    Firstly, if Max Gawn is in the list so should be Jack Viney.

    With those above, I see Oliver, Viney, and Hogan on par with each other. I really can't separate them. Furthermore, Weideman has shown enough glimpses, we'll see more of what he can do as he continues to mature into a man's body.

    Overall, yes I agree, we have an excellent young list. I just hope our list managers don't become complacent when thinking it - I'm sure they won't, as they continue to better it every year via the draft and acquisitions of additional "stars" via trade. Additionally, club culture driven by the players and staff will be crucial for player retention, especially when convincing out of contract players to stay on less money as opposed to what may be offered elsewhere.

    I have added Viney...  was a mistake simply forgot him...

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    7 minutes ago, red and blue forever said:

    I have added Viney...  was a mistake simply forgot him...

    It was a good mistake to make (too much depth to think about) ;)

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    37 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    If Oliver increases his kick to handball ratio to 40/60 it will be him by a mile.

    Why?

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    Its easy to forget how immense Viney was last year despite playing injured. He will have a massive say in what we do in September and I think could take us all the way to a premiership. 

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    If Gawn is on the list he’s automatically the vote; dunno whether or not he’s ‘young’  tho, but he’s already our best player 

    Otherwise the answer is either Clayton or Jesse

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    57 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    If Oliver increases his kick to handball ratio to 40/60 it will be him by a mile.

    Otherwise it's a close race between Petracca and Hogan with Hogan well in front at present.

    Not sure why people think this way.

    Oliver is the best handballer in the comp by some margin, and finds so many of his possessions in tight, and yet still manages to get the ball to a team mate in a position to clear the ball.

    Not sure it would be possible to find a teammate as often, if he is kicking from inside a pack.

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    1 hour ago, red and blue forever said:

    We  have a great budding list now with several young players who will become superstars

    Of the young crop I think Oliver will be our best 

    What does everyone else think

    Oliver already is our best player along with Gawn

    look out for an injury free Gus & Viney

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    Clarrie for me, but our midfielders as a collective (including Hogan) have the potential to become 'household names' a la the great Brisbane midfield in the early 2000s (Voss, Black, Lappin, Power, etc)

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    I don’t care who will be best, as long as they are all premiership players for the Dees!!

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    That list has a tall forward, a tall back, a ruck, and five midfielders.

    And of the midfielers, no two are alike.

    I can't bring myself to speculate on any given one of them being 'the best', because I'm just so thrilled to have such a  strong group coming through, and it will be the unpredictable and dynamic unit they form that gets me jumping around.

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    And to think we were laughed out of town for taking Oliver over Parish.

    I think Oliver will be by a nose over hogan. Hogan such a rare commodity with his size, athleticism, ability to take contested marks and hit the scoreboard. But Oliver is a freak. Both generational talents and I am stoked to have them both. 

    Also think brayshaw will climb everyone’s lists by the end of the year. 

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    53 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    Not sure why people think this way.

    Oliver is the best handballer in the comp by some margin, and finds so many of his possessions in tight, and yet still manages to get the ball to a team mate in a position to clear the ball.

    Not sure it would be possible to find a teammate as often, if he is kicking from inside a pack.

    yeah but if he kicked as well as he handballs he could be a legend.

    That is not a criticism of his level of play at present which is very good but it is a fact and this thread is about who will be the best.

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    Jack Viney will has great leadership as well as great football skill, which puts him well above even Clayton Oliver IMO.

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