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  On 04/09/2020 at 04:54, TheoX said:

Pickett will likely never average more than a handful of possessions, and never kick many goals. Does a flashy move every so often though. Skills seem very average. Not the kind of player you give up what we did for. 

Go look at the highlights of the North game where he won the Rising Star award.   His elite skills were on display and gave a taste of whats to come. 

Amazing what people expect from a first year, 11 game, 19 year old small forward.

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      On 04/09/2020 at 04:52, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    “I can’t stress enough on the importance of drafting more inside mids with bad skills who are slow.”

    Didn’t you make these comments after trade week, when we had already traded with Nth?  Did you think we should take a slow, inside mid with bad skills instead of Kossi?

    Cherry picking quotes from over a year ago. Nice. Keep spending your Friday arvo doing so, I am getting onto the bevs.

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      On 04/09/2020 at 05:00, olisik said:

    Cherry picking quotes from over a year ago. Nice. Keep spending your Friday arvo doing so, I am getting onto the bevs.

    Onto the Bevs? Going by your post history, you've been on the bevs for about three years. 

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      On 04/09/2020 at 05:09, Wiseblood said:

    Onto the Bevs? Going by your post history, you've been on the bevs for about three years. 

    Touche 

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      On 04/09/2020 at 05:29, Wiseblood said:

    Hilarious. 

    Lol @ logging into other account to agree with yourself Dazzle. Takes the cake

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    Yep let's keep reminding  of some classic Olisik quotes from 10 months ago regarding Serong. 

    "Another contested inside beast who looks slow. Should be a lock for pick 3 you would"

    "I can’t stress enough on the importance of drafting more inside mids with bad skills who are slow".

    "Taking Serong would be a disaster".

     

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      On 05/09/2020 at 02:24, dazzledavey36 said:

    Yep let's keep reminding  of some classic Olisik quotes from 10 months ago regarding Serong. 

    "Another contested inside beast who looks slow. Should be a lock for pick 3 you would"

    "I can’t stress enough on the importance of drafting more inside mids with bad skills who are slow".

    "Taking Serong would be a disaster".

     

    Didn’t know we drafted Kozzie at 3. That said no one cares about cherry picked Olisik 10 month old quotes mate, just like they don’t care about your Viney backpedaling. Build a bridge and get over it buddy. 

     

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      On 04/09/2020 at 00:34, olisik said:

    We had pick 8 mate, from North...just like we had pick 2 before trading it for Tyson. We had every chance to take Serong as we did Kelly.

    Must be embarrassing always being wrong Dazzle and using multiple accounts to troll. 

    It was the same pick from the same trade, champ. We originally had pick 8 but it was bumped to pick 12 because of all the academy selections.
     

    Surely even you’re smart enough to know that mate.

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      On 05/09/2020 at 04:10, nacnud said:

    It was the same pick from the same trade, champ. We originally had pick 8 but it was bumped to pick 12 because of all the academy selections.
     

    Surely even you’re smart enough to know that mate.

    Not according to this... take a read. We swapped pick 8 with Freo for pick 10 (which was the one pushed back), so definitely not the same pick buddy. Maybe do a little research first next time.


    https://www.afl.com.au/news/149278/freo-moves-up-to-no8-after-swaps-with-dees-crows

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      On 05/09/2020 at 02:12, olisik said:

    https://www.zerohanger.com/former-afl-star-ranks-the-top-seven-rising-stars-of-2020-afl-59769/ 

    Hasleby going with the Freo player. 

    Theres about 15 players Id take ahead of Serong from the draft.  The Rising Star award doesn't mean anything really.

    In the last 6 seasons Lewis Taylor, Jayden Stephenson and Callum Mills have all won it.  I suspect Serong will do about as much as them going forward.

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      On 05/09/2020 at 05:19, olisik said:

    Not according to this... take a read. We swapped pick 8 with Freo for pick 10 (which was the one pushed back), so definitely not the same pick buddy. Maybe do a little research first next time.


    https://www.afl.com.au/news/149278/freo-moves-up-to-no8-after-swaps-with-dees-crows

    Oh boy do I look silly with a short memory. 
     

    Either way our pick was going to get bumped a spot or two. Who knows if we would have taken him, bottom line is he’s at freo and we can’t expect Pickett to just tear games apart in his first year. He’s only 19 ffs.

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      On 05/09/2020 at 05:26, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Hasleby going with the Freo player. 

    Theres about 15 players Id take ahead of Serong from the draft.  The Rising Star award doesn't mean anything really.

    In the last 6 seasons Lewis Taylor, Jayden Stephenson and Callum Mills have all won it.  I suspect Serong will do about as much as them going forward.

    Agree with some of what you have said. But 15 players ahead of Serong? That's ridiculous.

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    Not looking good, Serong giving us a bath right now with Picket missing shots 10m out. 

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    Serong 18 disposals @ 72%, 5 tackles

    Pickett 6 disposals @ 50%, 3 tackles (and missing a goal 10m out.

     

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    Unless we took Serong with pick 3 then he was beyond our grasp. That said Serong has been very good this season and looks like he’ll be a good long term mid forward.

    Pickett has been pretty poor thus far. I was vocal that he was the wrong choice at our draft pick and I stand by it. What we are seeing from him is pretty much his whole underage career in a nutshell - barely touches the ball, barely kicks a goal, barely relays a tackle, but he looks exciting running around quickly and flying for unreality marking attempts.

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      On 07/09/2020 at 11:33, Lord Travis said:

    Unless we took Serong with pick 3 then he was beyond our grasp. That said Serong has been very good this season and looks like he’ll be a good long term mid forward.

    Pickett has been pretty poor thus far. I was vocal that he was the wrong choice at our draft pick and I stand by it. What we are seeing from him is pretty much his whole underage career in a nutshell - barely touches the ball, barely kicks a goal, barely relays a tackle, but he looks exciting running around quickly and flying for unreality marking attempts.

    We traded away the pick Serong was taken at (Pick Eight. For JKH...I mean Pickett

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    Don’t rate Serong. Average AFL player potential. I don’t want that for a first round pick. Plenty I would have taken before him.

    Jury is out on Pickett. Has shown glimpses at best. Could be a complete flop or the next Jeffy Garlett.

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    I still think Pickett will be a great player for us and fills a more pressing need as a crumbing small forward. I do feel like he is either being poorly coached or not receiving the feedback atm though, because he doesn't seem to get to the fall fall of the ball enough.  This will come with some experience and maturity though, and hopefully a better game plan( with a new coach).

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      On 07/09/2020 at 12:10, godees said:

    Don’t rate Serong. Average AFL player potential. I don’t want that for a first round pick. Plenty I would have taken before him.

    Jury is out on Pickett. Has shown glimpses at best. Could be a complete flop or the next Jeffy Garlett.

    Can you name the players you would take before him? Keep in mind he went pick 8, which is the pick we had.

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    You’d forgive him if he could hit the scoreboard. Seems a project player. At this stage we’ve overpaid. 

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