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I usually take little notice of video highlight reels.  Funnily enough the players all look good in them.  But this is the first time I have been impressed -  there is something unusual here.

1 hour ago, Rusty Nails said:

They don't play their footy on draft night 58er.  There was no point anyone else bidding on Green after we passed and apparently the Blues only did so (plus Henry straight after) to garner some time to organise their live swaps to trade down.

Sorry Rusty my comment was meant to be to Wiseblood I think who said there were very few mids in the draft 

That's not so because I reckon  about 50% were mids so that's why I stated that it wasn't the draft I watched  last night 

FWIW I think the Dees have done very well with 2 X factor draftees plus our trade gets and the PSD plus Harley and maybe Brown will give us a lot of depth and new talent to develop quickly.

Also can't wait for all our injured 2019 players plus the 2018 draft young uns to return and develop.

very bullish about our forward line possibilities now. Plus Weid Oscar Spargo who have all developed bodies to play hard and tough footy at the top .

 

 

He looks like he's going to be a total weapon

Him and Kozzie in the F50.

Backmen are literally going to have to wear man nappies.

Go long adult nappy stocks

13 hours ago, 3Dee said:

I can already see after years of development he will be requesting a trade back to WA.

History tells me we just [censored] this pick up the wall.

LAY DOWN MISERE!


10 minutes ago, 58er said:

Sorry Rusty my comment was meant to be to Wiseblood I think who said there were very few mids in the draft 

That's not so because I reckon  about 50% were mids so that's why I stated that it wasn't the draft I watched  last night 

FWIW I think the Dees have done very well with 2 X factor draftees plus our trade gets and the PSD plus Harley and maybe Brown will give us a lot of depth and new talent to develop quickly.

Also can't wait for all our injured 2019 players plus the 2018 draft young uns to return and develop.

very bullish about our forward line possibilities now. Plus Weid Oscar Spargo who have all developed bodies to play hard and tough footy at the top .

 

All good 58er.

A pretty good off season but as you say alot is riding on players recovery, full pre-seasons and some youngens being trialled in their 2nd/3rd & 4th years, especially up forward.

The recruits so far look exciting but like all young fellas they will need a few years to find their feet at this level....IF they do.  The step up must be massive which is why a fair chunk don't make it.  Fingers crossed we've brought in some significant talent that are able to transition.

Will be interesting to see how chunk goes in his now / old HF role this year as well, especially with a full pre-season in.

Having Fritta &'Melk back should also improve things up forward.  Forward line, particularly the talls still a work in progress though at this stage it seems.  Can't be worse than this season though surely and we should see significant improvement.

Looking forward to seeing what Langdon brings and lets hope we get Harley up and running in the 2nd half to add a little pedigree / magic into the mix.

49 minutes ago, picket fence said:

LAY DOWN MISERE!

AFL  wouldn't change the Rules again would they? like they did with Max when he became too dominant....

 

This is the first thing I thought of when I saw the latest highlights package revealed - Kouta changed the way the game was played in the early 90's, tall, athletic and flexible.

But I will say, I have my doubts. Until then, all the best Luke, I hope you become our next Buddy or Kouta.

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

LAY DOWN MISERE!

More like Lay down Miserable, Picket

I mentioned earlier in this thread that I'd seen the extended highlights of Jackson, Pickett too and if you have a look at them you must at least be a little more convinced than before. Also if you listen to the interview with Jackson, you will see he is keen to be here and loves Melbourne, the town. 

 

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Sorry but i just have to post this again. It's ridiculous how insanely athletic he is for a 199cm tall. He's quick on his feet to recover and his follow up work is elite.

If we can somehow turn him into a genuine key forward then we have an absolute winner.

 

Hats off to the poster with the LJ midfield mail (apologies on forgetting who exactly: @Yokozuna?). 

I had trust in Taylor, but that was when my opinion was swayed - we were obviously onto something big.

But I think it's fair to forgive any earlier doubts - as we really were in the dark as to the available footage.   

1 hour ago, SFebes said:

This is the first thing I thought of when I saw the latest highlights package revealed - Kouta changed the way the game was played in the early 90's, tall, athletic and flexible.

But I will say, I have my doubts. Until then, all the best Luke, I hope you become our next Buddy or Kouta.

Every time i hear or see Kouta mentioned i have flashbacks to that bearded [censored] butchering his name while trying to sound funny.

Kouta-Fida-Medes

Great player but.

Welcome aboard Luke Jackson, enjoy the ride and show us what you are capable off...............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The next Clayton Oliver...sorry '@Satyriconhome' not wanting to raise expectations or put on the demonland blowtorch but this kid will be a star...


Have these two ever been seen together in the same room?

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Hopefully he drives us straight to our next flag.

Watching the extended highlights video on the MFC website, I thought he moved a little like  Charlie Curnow. 

HB

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Sorry but i just have to post this again. It's ridiculous how insanely athletic he is for a 199cm tall. He's quick on his feet to recover and his follow up work is elite.

If we can somehow turn him into a genuine key forward then we have an absolute winner.

 

His burst from a standing start is quite something...

A bigger Bont !

I was in the Young / Kemp camp. I see Young developing into a Nick Haynes type & I'm a huge fan of Haynes. Something about Kemp to me suggests he'll be the type of player who changes games so he's the one I'm spewing we missed - especially now he's at Carlton. And I really wanted an athletic tall mid with breakaway speed who is also an aerial threat.

Having said that I'm now firmly on the Jacko train (and the Kozzie caboose). We are overdue for another Jacko & we've done well with them in the past with both output & entertainment. Mark, Ricky & Allen all gave us plenty and Peter was an off-field star.

I suspect had that latest highlights package of Jackson been more widely distributed earlier a lot of skeptics - myself included- would have been far more comfortable with using Pick 3 on him. What I love in that package is that he is a 360 degree mark. He takes them in front, leaping in from either side, over the top of packs, on the lead & standing in the goalsquare. And if we play him forward / mid. I might just have got my athletic tall mid with breakaway speed who is also an aerial threat after all.

While you can't know what heights our two latest additions will eventually reach, I reckon they are both gonna be fun to watch. I predict a few user names on here will change

Welcome LJ. He has a bit of the Max character about him and its clear he wont die wondering. 


1 hour ago, Go the Biff said:

A bigger Bont !

I was in the Young / Kemp camp. I see Young developing into a Nick Haynes type & I'm a huge fan of Haynes. Something about Kemp to me suggests he'll be the type of player who changes games so he's the one I'm spewing we missed - especially now he's at Carlton. And I really wanted an athletic tall mid with breakaway speed who is also an aerial threat.

Having said that I'm now firmly on the Jacko train (and the Kozzie caboose). We are overdue for another Jacko & we've done well with them in the past with both output & entertainment. Mark, Ricky & Allen all gave us plenty and Peter was an off-field star.

I suspect had that latest highlights package of Jackson been more widely distributed earlier a lot of skeptics - myself included- would have been far more comfortable with using Pick 3 on him. What I love in that package is that he is a 360 degree mark. He takes them in front, leaping in from either side, over the top of packs, on the lead & standing in the goalsquare. And if we play him forward / mid. I might just have got my athletic tall mid with breakaway speed who is also an aerial threat after all.

While you can't know what heights our two latest additions will eventually reach, I reckon they are both gonna be fun to watch. I predict a few user names on here will change

Funny to compare him to Weid, he just looks more fleixble/dynamic in his movement and reading of the flight of the ball. Interested to see how he progresses.

 
1 hour ago, Go the Biff said:

A bigger Bont !

I was in the Young / Kemp camp. I see Young developing into a Nick Haynes type & I'm a huge fan of Haynes. Something about Kemp to me suggests he'll be the type of player who changes games so he's the one I'm spewing we missed - especially now he's at Carlton. And I really wanted an athletic tall mid with breakaway speed who is also an aerial threat.

Having said that I'm now firmly on the Jacko train (and the Kozzie caboose). We are overdue for another Jacko & we've done well with them in the past with both output & entertainment. Mark, Ricky & Allen all gave us plenty and Peter was an off-field star.

I suspect had that latest highlights package of Jackson been more widely distributed earlier a lot of skeptics - myself included- would have been far more comfortable with using Pick 3 on him. What I love in that package is that he is a 360 degree mark. He takes them in front, leaping in from either side, over the top of packs, on the lead & standing in the goalsquare. And if we play him forward / mid. I might just have got my athletic tall mid with breakaway speed who is also an aerial threat after all.

While you can't know what heights our two latest additions will eventually reach, I reckon they are both gonna be fun to watch. I predict a few user names on here will change

I wonder how he would go, and how oppositions would play him, if we tried the Pagan Paddock option, one on one Jackson from the goal square, with Pickett sprinting in from wide on the flank?


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