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15 minutes ago, Dante said:

I was speaking to Kate Roffey at a club function and she said Riv really loves the club and can't see him wanting to go anywhere else.

His girlfriend has also just moved from interstate to be with him. He ain’t leaving. 

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    28 minutes ago, Abyssal said:

    Trent Rivers, likely to be rated in the Top 5 at MFC by the end of next year.

    That said, I think Judd McVee, in time, will be a better player.

    Along with Dan Turner, Blake Howes and Jed Adams our backline looks sorted for quite sometime.

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    2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    I listened to Mitchell's post game presser - articulate bloke ,clever coach.

    He praised Max as a "generational ruckman" but , in what I considered a very interesting comment, he said that Rivers has been "underrated" across the competition.

     

    Mitchell knows. Rivers is an A-grader. That’s the kind of form he is in this year.

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    20 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

    Mitchell knows. Rivers is an A-grader. That’s the kind of form he is in this year.

    Rivers is a gun. He has desire, guts, skill, speed and intuition (a great ability to read the game). One of our most valuable players and not far off the likes of Petracca, Oliver and Max. 

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    1 hour ago, Abyssal said:

    Trent Rivers, likely to be rated in the Top 5 at MFC by the end of next year.

    That said, I think Judd McVee, in time, will be a better player.

    That's a big call. I think they compliment each other in one has dash, agility and strength and the other has  poise and flair. 

    Ultimately i can see Riv move into the midfield as a starting member and McVee being used as a weapon off half back much in the way Salem plays today. 

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    2 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    That's a big call. I think they compliment each other in one has dash, agility and strength and the other has  poise and flair. 

    Ultimately i can see Riv move into the midfield as a starting member and McVee being used as a weapon off half back much in the way Salem plays today. 

    It’s funny with Judd McVee but for some reason he reminds me of a young Hassa Mann type player, has anyone else noticed the similarity and that mark he took over Breust was scintillating stuff.!!!

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    Do you mean Howes CF?

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    1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

    It’s funny with Judd McVee but for some reason he reminds me of a young Hassa Mann type player, has anyone else noticed the similarity and that mark he took over Breust was scintillating stuff.!!!

    A young Hassa,  I can remember a  25 year old or about.  But young !  
    how many other readers here. Remember a young Hassa ?

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    12 minutes ago, 640MD said:

    A young Hassa,  I can remember a  25 year old or about.  But young !  
    how many other readers here. Remember a young Hassa ?

    He joined the club as a 19 yo in 1959 and played in the granny in his first year.!!

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    6 hours ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

    When we drafted him, JT's described him as a "real MCG player" (behind the scenes footage video) and was over the moon Brisbane didn't take him. 

    Excellent foreshadowing. He's good on every ground, but he's a real weapon at the MCG.  

     

    JT has been one of our finest assets.  Picks them from nowhere. 

    1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

    Bowes I think will also be of similar quality 

    Howes or Bowey?

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    5 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    JT has been one of our finest assets.  Picks them from nowhere. 

    Howes or Bowey?

    Howes - oops

     

    50 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Jack Bowes from Geelong?

    Howes

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    7 hours ago, durango said:

    When he was recruited I said he was better than Hayden Young who every man and a dog wanted him.

    JT and I were on the same page.

    I do remember this being posted after that draft. I was hoping we went for Young instead of Jackson. I still rate Young very highly and would have him on a par with Jackson. But getting Rivers over 20 spots later in the draft shows how good a recruiter JT is. 
    It’s why I’m so excited about our draft hand this year as it’s stronger than what we had in 2019. 

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    6 hours ago, KingDingAling said:

    Mitchell knows. Rivers is an A-grader. That’s the kind of form he is in this year.

    And yet he let Rivers run around by himself...?

    Strange comments from Mitchell given what he allowed Riv to do.

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    7 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

    And yet he let Rivers run around by himself...?

    Strange comments from Mitchell given what he allowed Riv to do.

    I'm fairly certain I saw Maginness line up on Rivers at various points in the 4th quarter.

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    Some of the kicks Rivers did on the weekend were just a level above anyone else on the ground. 50-60 metre pin point passes. Only player that can get that length AND accuracy is Tex Walker.

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    1 minute ago, Nascent said:

    I'm fairly certain I saw Maginness line up on Rivers at various points in the 4th quarter.

    So it took them three quarters to make the move? Pretty poor coaching if that's the case.

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    Maginnes had his hands full with Clayton for the first three quarters, what a scragger.!!

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    2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    It’s funny with Judd McVee but for some reason he reminds me of a young Hassa Mann type player, has anyone else noticed the similarity and that mark he took over Breust was scintillating stuff.!!!

    As a start I cannot stand the cats so I feel dirty making the comparison. But as the year has gone on for me the comparison to two of their finest backs becomes stronger. Rivers plays very similar to Andrew Mackie and Judd McVee to Corey Enright. If we could get the careers these two had for the Dees we are well placed for the next decade. 

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    23 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

    And yet he let Rivers run around by himself...?

    Strange comments from Mitchell given what he allowed Riv to do.

    Rivers copped a tag in the last quarter. Goodwin acknowledged it and shows how highly regarded Rivers is!

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    4 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    Rivers copped a tag in the last quarter. Goodwin acknowledged it and shows how highly regarded Rivers is!

    Sure, but he didn't even seem to have a 1v1 let alone a tag in the first 3 quarters. Odd.

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    28 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

    Some of the kicks Rivers did on the weekend were just a level above anyone else on the ground. 50-60 metre pin point passes. Only player that can get that length AND accuracy is Tex Walker.

    He can certainly roost the ball. Saw him at Optus a couple years ago kick the ball I swear it was close to 80 metres. Shame it was a point.

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    29 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

    So it took them three quarters to make the move? Pretty poor coaching if that's the case.

    Well I guess they tagged Oliver and had the midfield ascendancy, so it was the right call by Mitchell. 

    Sadly for Mitchell, we have too many good players and you just can’t tag them all. When they took the tag off Oliver he basically won us the game in 10 minutes.  
     

    So sad for Hawks 🙄

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