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10 hours ago, Sydee said:

Come on BoBo he has played 177 games and kicked 5 or more 7 times 

Yep he is very dangerous and a quality small forward but this might be a slight overreach (less than 4% of games)

Huh, well there you go! I'm shocked it's that few amount of games. I reckon by pure chance I've seen 3-4 of those 5 goal games as I had it in my head as a certainty that he does it much more frequently than what you've pointed out. Thanks for the correction.

 

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Such a rapid improvement since last year’s VFL grand final,  where out of all our untried youngsters at that point he would have been right down the list of most likely to make an impact at AFL less than 6 months later. 
 

Great spotting by many of the track watchers who quickly alerted DL that he had taken a giant leap forward into selection contention. Huge credit to him of course too. Rookie selections that turn into AFL standard players are like striking gold. 

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On 3/20/2023 at 10:23 PM, fr_ap said:

 I can see him getting Charlie Cameron this week which is equal parts exciting and terrifying 

He should just stick to his right foot, Charlie has no left (spends too much time trying to perfect his motorbike technique instead of his left foot technique).

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How good is this kid so silky and assured, gets through traffic and delivers well, reckon he's going to be an absolute gun. Has some of the traits of a former player, can't quite remember his name, used to wear number 2.

Yes I know early days.

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The guy is an absolute cat!

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You realise he is still a kid when you see him sitting next to Hibbo and Salem.

Also May told him he wouldnt be able to hear anything so swivel your head.  Good advice.  (probs explains why Maynard didnt hear Smith coming)

Well done.

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43 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

I'm about to chuck a tanty.  How the hell was McVee not nominated for Rising Star this round based on that game?  Are they serious??? What more does the kid have to do?

Funny thing is he isn’t flash, just smooth and accurate. TBH I forget how little football he has played cos of how composed he is. 
They love the flashy types, I’ll take McVee hitting the target time after time any day of the week.

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Reminds me of Alan Johnson who played in the 80's. He started on a wing and then went to the back-line.  He was also the clubs  oldest best and fairest winner at age 32

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3 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

I'm about to chuck a tanty.  How the hell was McVee not nominated for Rising Star this round based on that game?  Are they serious??? What more does the kid have to do?

I honestly don't think the AFL industry has heard of him until recently.

For example on the TAB website, he is unlisted for the Rising Star winner. You can't even put a bet on him

On the flip side, Jefferson and Jed Adams are $501 while Corey Wagner (ex Dee) is $251 and he's 6 years too old to win the award!!!

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12 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I honestly don't think the AFL industry has heard of him until recently.

For example on the TAB website, he is unlisted for the Rising Star winner. You can't even put a bet on him

On the flip side, Jefferson and Jed Adams are $501 while Corey Wagner (ex Dee) is $251 and he's 6 years too old to win the award!!!

Sums up the AFL - “industry”!   Corporate and flash bang stuff ahead of the actual game.  

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Love Judd.  He does some great work at half back, but I feel his pin point passing and good option selection is almost wasted there.  Wounder if he'll graduate to a wing one day and/or be given a bit more licence to run off his man to get more ball across half forward and deliver the ball inside 50 or take a few shots at goal every now and then as time goes by.

Went to a function with Max Gawn the other week and he was a huge rap on Judd.  Also pointed out that nearly every week Judd is being assigned one of the opposition's most damaging forwards, such is the coaches faith in him and makes his performances even more impressive.  Just as impressive is that he rarely gets beaten one on one.

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5 hours ago, rpfc said:

Loved Salem’s substantive words to the journo. That was a good read.

I posted elsewhere the credit MBJMcV had given Salo, in an ABC WA Regional interview (which the AFL seems to have 'mined' incidentally!😄) Nice to have two of that ilk - and  to the Alan Johnson comparison, @Theo!

Have another look, too (it's taken a few to make sure I wasn't imagining it!) at the passage leading to the Rooy goal: after Judd loses control of the ball and is falling to the ground, he can still tap the ball back into Jack's path.

Composure.

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1 hour ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Love Judd.  He does some great work at half back, but I feel his pin point passing and good option selection is almost wasted there.  Wounder if he'll graduate to a wing one day and/or be given a bit more licence to run off his man to get more ball across half forward and deliver the ball inside 50 or take a few shots at goal every now and then as time goes by.

Went to a function with Max Gawn the other week and he was a huge rap on Judd.  Also pointed out that nearly every week Judd is being assigned one of the opposition's most damaging forwards, such is the coaches faith in him and makes his performances even more impressive.  Just as impressive is that he rarely gets beaten one on one.

There were times during the Collingwood game where I wished McVee and Salem were doing all the inside 50 kicks. Both were so far ahead of every other Melbourne player for consistently good and effective disposal.

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1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

I posted elsewhere the credit MBJMcV had given Salo, in an ABC WA Regional interview (which the AFL seems to have 'mined' incidentally!😄) Nice to have two of that ilk - and  to the Alan Johnson comparison, @Theo!

Have another look, too (it's taken a few to make sure I wasn't imagining it!) at the passage leading to the Rooy goal: after Judd loses control of the ball and is falling to the ground, he can still tap the ball back into Jack's path.

Composure.

and take out the filth player

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Still filthy that he didn't receive a free kick from Tom Mitchell completely taking him out without the ball. Absolute joke!

Other then that, the kid is a serious serious talent. How absolutely wrong I was after watching him at Casey last year. it's all the hard work he's put in over the off season to put himself in this position. A mindset of a future 150 game warrior.

No wonder he was rated a potential top 10 pick at under 16's level.

Just add that to the Jason Taylor's bucket of unknown talent plucked out of nowhere.

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rookie list pick up. the recruiting team are on fire. WC and Freo must be getting tired of us stealing all the WA talent on the cheap. we clearly have far superior scouts

love young Judd. so much guts and composure

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23 minutes ago, AmDamDemon said:

Absolutely love him. Consistently has time, composure, awareness and plays at a level of hardness that belies his size. He and Salo both working off the same line was a thing of beauty this week. More Judd!

Add Bowey back to that at some stage and our backline including Hibberd, Lever, May, Rivers looks pretty elite at the moment.

Tomlinson did a great job there on Monday, I really prefer Petty there and Brayshaw can also be fantastic down there on his day.   It's a bit of an embarrassment of riches down back at the moment and would be making life super tuff for the selectors.

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Updated my avatar to Judd a month or two ago when he became my =#1 fave along side Hunt and Salem.

Mentioned elsewhere that I really like how he just glides on the surface of the G.  Different gait but TJ like.  Very smooth operator, in every respect.

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