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Sam Weideman re-signs until 2023

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3 minutes ago, DeezNuts said:

Who was the lad from the 2’s that kicked 6 straight a few weeks ago? He looked very comfortable in front of goal.

His name will come to me, he is not on the Deed list. A Casey list player. Now he is a good mark really clunks them. 

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    8 minutes ago, DeezNuts said:

    Who was the lad from the 2’s that kicked 6 straight a few weeks ago? He looked very comfortable in front of goal.

    Corey Allison. 

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    1 hour ago, Win4theAges said:

    If this is to happen, has to be a 1st rounder. Take the pick while we can.

    We do have a bloke called Jackson waiting to blossom.

    What's Jackson got to do with Weideman?

    Two completely different players.

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    2 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

    We do have a bloke called Jackson waiting to blossom.

    Jackson is not going to solve this problem 

    He's not a natural forward and doesn't have that grunt in him that we need

    Much easier said than done but we need a Naughton, King Brothers, McKay - hell even a Larkey type forward 

    Best to go to the draft and try scoop something 

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    On 6/23/2021 at 1:24 PM, Smokey said:

    Generations who grew up as kids with social media have a far heavier reliance on it than older folk who lived a lot of their lives without it. Same way a bloke born in 1840 wouldn't have understood why electricity was so important to have.

    Surely it is essentially only one generation, the current one, who has had to grow up under the influence of antisocial media.

    He 

    2 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

    If this is to happen, has to be a 1st rounder. Take the pick while we can.

    We do have a bloke called Jackson waiting to blossom.

    Jackson, other than looking knackered at the present, has performed admirably as a back up ruckman this year.

    However he has yet to show much aptitude as a KPP forward - it may be a matter of time, or maybe it will never come.  That said he worked well with Weed when they played together (limited time and weird year) in 2020.

    2 hours ago, Hopeful Demon said:

    I agree that Petty has had a couple of promising games up front but he's shown several times this year that he clearly plays his best football in the backline. We probably shouldn't move him to the forwardline unless our forwards are hampered by injuries.

    Yes he has been surprisingly good in the backline this year, but if and when Tomlinson returns and hits form, what would we do with Petty?  Play his as a Casey defender, or let him to continue development up forward?

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    3 hours ago, Hopeful Demon said:

    I agree that Petty has had a couple of promising games up front but he's shown several times this year that he clearly plays his best football in the backline. We probably shouldn't move him to the forwardline unless our forwards are hampered by injuries.

    We haven’t seen Petty play up forward since 2019. What he showed then was pretty good. So far this year he’s played exclusively in defence. I’d like to see him play up forward for a game or two if Tmac and Brown continue to be ordinary. 

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    23 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Petty would be a chance to play forward if Tomlinson has a successful return from his knee reco.

    I would hope so... my thoughts have been he is a 25 year onwards re-incarnation of a ginger-Neitz.

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    33 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

    We haven’t seen Petty play up forward since 2019. What he showed then was pretty good. So far this years he’s played exclusively in defence. I’d like to see him play up forward for a game or two if Tmac and Brown continue to be ordinary. 

    I agree - but it would not occur due to the continuity of defence.

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    42 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Surely it is essentially only one generation, the current one, who has had to grow up under the influence of antisocial media.

    He 

    Jackson, other than looking knackered at the present, has performed admirably as a back up ruckman this year.

    However he has yet to show much aptitude as a KPP forward - it may be a matter of time, or maybe it will never come.  That said he worked well with Weed when they played together (limited time and weird year) in 2020.

    Yes he has been surprisingly good in the backline this year, but if and when Tomlinson returns and hits form, what would we do with Petty?  Play his as a Casey defender, or let him to continue development up forward?

    petty > tomlinson

    ???

    (hmmm it's a big call).

     

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    2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    What's Jackson got to do with Weideman?

    Two completely different players.

    Fair enough, agree to disagree Daz. 

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    8 hours ago, Winter Dan said:

    If Nth come last they might low ball followed by trying to get Weid to walk through the pre-season draft. 

    I think we’d simply re-sign him in that instance. 

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    2 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

    petty > tomlinson

    ???

    (hmmm it's a big call).

     

    I think you may have misunderstood my post - not saying at all that petty > tomlinson.

    Just saying that Petty has done a sterling job replacing him, but also has a potential good KPP forward rôle up his sleeve.

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    4 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    I think you may have misunderstood my post - not saying at all that petty > tomlinson.

    Just saying that Petty has done a sterling job replacing him, but also has a potential good KPP forward rôle up his sleeve.

    Nah, that wasn't a veiled stab at you.

    It was me - pondering Petty - he has done a great job as a back, but I'm still seduced by his time up forward.

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    23 hours ago, WA Demon Boy said:

    Jackson is not going to solve this problem 

    He's not a natural forward and doesn't have that grunt in him that we need

    Much easier said than done but we need a Naughton, King Brothers, McKay - hell even a Larkey type forward 

    Best to go to the draft and try scoop something 

    Errrrr Jacko is 19 years old.  Have another look at him in 2023.

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    Interesting article by Jordan Lewis.

    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/08/06/lewis-urges-melbourne-to-keep-sam-weideman-and-ignore-trade-calls/

    This quote I found very interesting

    “He’s not a confident kid either and maybe that’s because he hasn’t strung consistent games or seasons together.

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    2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Interesting article by Jordan Lewis.

    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/08/06/lewis-urges-melbourne-to-keep-sam-weideman-and-ignore-trade-calls/

    This quote I found very interesting

    “He’s not a confident kid either and maybe that’s because he hasn’t strung consistent games or seasons together.

    I agree with Jordan 

    The Weid is worth persevering with at least into 2022

     

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    He has no trade value so we should stick. Give him another pre-season, hopefully he remains injury free and can do a TMac and surprise us all

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    8 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    he's never had a decent run at it, through both injury and form

    it'll be interesting to see what he wants to do, as i imagine the ball is mostly in his court

    I agree with this, I think Melbourne would like to keep him for if nothing else coverage. He would have to consider whether he would feature in the Melbourne line up in 12 months time on a regular basis, assuming he is both fit and showing form. 

    Aside from Jackson our forward line is ageing so if he believes in himself I think he can do it. Brown getting into a little form at the pointy end of the season isn’t great for him though. 

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    Don't give these Bas#$@%# nothing, hang on to him if he wants to stay.

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    13 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    I agree with Jordan 

    The Weid is worth persevering with at least into 2022

     

    Agree, two years might give him more confidence. We need three tall forwards on our list. Jackson aside.

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    Decent job by Lewis for the most part to try and drive up the trade value. 

    Ship him off to Gold Coast for their second rounder. 

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    40 minutes ago, adonski said:

    Decent job by Lewis for the most part to try and drive up the trade value. 

    Ship him off to Gold Coast for their second rounder. 

    Agree.

     

    Weid can't play with confidence,and can't get confidence when he plays.

    Time to look elsewhere.

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