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pfft, with the extreme confidence that a premiership brings, who needs mac andrew? by the time he's ready to be be an afl player, kalani white will be ready to assume the mantle as jackson's padawan

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    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    pfft, with the extreme confidence that a premiership brings, who needs mac andrew? by the time he's ready to be be an afl player, kalani white will be ready to assume the mantle as jackson's padawan

    I was a little worried Kalani might sway towards the GC Suns through the academy due to his mates etc, but have enjoyed watching the White family celebrations has put that on ease a little (for now), hopefully we have a good few years and it's an obvious choice for him. 

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    27 minutes ago, roy11 said:

    I was a little worried Kalani might sway towards the GC Suns through the academy due to his mates etc, but have enjoyed watching the White family celebrations has put that on ease a little (for now), hopefully we have a good few years and it's an obvious choice for him. 

    i'm more worried about the aoc getting their mitts on him as an olympic gold medal high jump prospect for the 2032 gold coast olympics in his home town

    he's state champion for his age group i believe

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    The sad thing for Mac Andrew is we would be the perfect club for him to come and develop under.

    He would learn off Maxy and Jacko and be ready to step up in 3-4 years.

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    1 hour ago, Action Jackson said:

    The sad thing for Mac Andrew is we would be the perfect club for him to come and develop under.

    He would learn off Maxy and Jacko and be ready to step up in 3-4 years.

    Agreed. He’d take 3-4 years of development and gym work. Dees are perfect fit

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    Players like Mac Andrew would also benefit from Majak Daw who I think is also from the same country and it would make him feel at home.

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    16 minutes ago, durango said:

    Players like Mac Andrew would also benefit from Majak Daw who I think is also from the same country and it would make him feel at home.

    From WJ's excellent article "The Apprentice", this

    "And the word is that next year’s draft is looms as a big one for young ruckmen."

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    2 hours ago, roy11 said:

    I was a little worried Kalani might sway towards the GC Suns through the academy due to his mates etc, but have enjoyed watching the White family celebrations has put that on ease a little (for now), hopefully we have a good few years and it's an obvious choice for him. 

    Would he still do that now they've picked up Steven King as a coach?

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    Mac is managed by Tracc’s brother Julian. GWS looking likely to take him. I am sure he will be very homesick in 2 years.

     

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    If we already have the best ruck combo in the league why do we need to use our top pick on a project player? Surely we have more immediate needs.

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    11 minutes ago, BDA said:

    If we already have the best ruck combo in the league why do we need to use our top pick on a project player? Surely we have more immediate needs.

    I would suggest we don't have immediate needs at all and the whole idea of Mac would be with a view to having Jackson and he as the ruck combo in a few years given Max is 30 this year.

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    15 minutes ago, BDA said:

    If we already have the best ruck combo in the league why do we need to use our top pick on a project player? Surely we have more immediate needs.

    Lord Nev has given the answer above and additionally our first pick is 33, hardly a top pick. Would imagine JT would be thrilled to get Mac at 33.

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    5 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Would imagine JT would be thrilled to get Mac at 33.

    I agree with this. If he slides into the second round then happy days. Snap him up. But the talk is he'll go top 10-15. I think thats too rich and i wouldn't be in favor of trading back into the first round to secure him. Having said that if JT thought it was worthwhile trading into the first round then fair enough. JT is God.

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    On 7/10/2021 at 1:19 AM, goodoil said:

    He's the second worst judge in the industry

    Who's the first out of interest?

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    1 minute ago, BDA said:

    I agree with this. If he slides into the second round then happy days. Snap him up. But the talk is he'll go top 10-15. I think thats too rich and i wouldn't be in favor of trading back into the first round to secure him. Having said that if JT thought it was worthwhile trading into the first round then fair enough. JT is God.

    Well maybe not God, but certainly one of his prophets.

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    Just now, BDA said:

    I agree with this. If he slides into the second round then happy days. Snap him up. But the talk is he'll go top 10-15. I think thats too rich and i wouldn't be in favor of trading back into the first round to secure him. Having said that if JT thought it was worthwhile trading into the first round then fair enough. JT is God.

    We'd probably only be able to get a pick right at the back of the first round 17-20 ish anyway even if we offer our future first and a 2nd rounder for this year. Teams don't usually want to give up the pick they've got unless it's worth their while.

    JT's certainly earnt our trust but I doubt that's what he'll be thinking now. 

    Now's the time to find a few more Petty, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon types and make sure we've got depth coming through to keep a strong line up.

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    the little paper says gw$ likely to take him with their first 'live' pick - currently pick 2, but expected to slide behind daicos and darcy

    they reckon he'll go somewhere between 5-10

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    How many more draft picks/points would it take to secure him?

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    Fingers crossed Jeff White's son is projected to go top 5 in a few years time to make up for the loss of Mac

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    1 minute ago, Jibroni said:

    How many points/draft picks would we need to secure him?

    We can’t match a bid if he goes top 20 and he seems very likely too. He’s gone 

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    I could be wrong, but if any club takes him before 20 good luck to them.  I have seen some athletic ability, but no real 2 way running.  Seems to stand and do stuff when it finds him.  Would need to build some bulk and learn some defensive skills, including two way running.  I doubt he would play year 1, so teams need a long term view on this kid.  Rucks are generally swapped later in the draft (except Jacko) and forwards have kicked bags at lower levels.  His draft position will be fascinating.  I think we are the perfect club for him to develop at, but only for a medium or later pick.

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    On 9/29/2021 at 1:52 PM, FireInTheBennelly said:

    Would he still do that now they've picked up Steven King as a coach?

    Ohhh.. flashbacks... I still get angry about Mark Thompson's comments after that incident.

    I'm sure that would be water under the bridge for the players now though.

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    3 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

    I could be wrong, but if any club takes him before 20 good luck to them.  I have seen some athletic ability, but no real 2 way running.  Seems to stand and do stuff when it finds him.  Would need to build some bulk and learn some defensive skills, including two way running.  I doubt he would play year 1, so teams need a long term view on this kid.  Rucks are generally swapped later in the draft (except Jacko) and forwards have kicked bags at lower levels.  His draft position will be fascinating.  I think we are the perfect club for him to develop at, but only for a medium or later pick.

    It's the size that gets me.

    I was all for getting this kid on the cheap. If he really does go in the top 10 picks then would we really want to match it anyway (if the old rules permitted)?

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    Don’t forget we’ll have a look at Jeff Whites  young boy in about 4 years time as well. The kid is 194 cm at 14 yo and playing well. 

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