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16 hours ago, ChaserJ said:

@Bombay Airconditioning, Humphrey missed a chunk of the year (including the majority of Champs) with injury.

Started the year well as a mid fwd regularly getting 20 touches and kicking multiple goals. Showed power and acceleration and a long, but sometimes wayward kick.

Was probably looking like a 2nd rd prospect, but once he came back post champs he went on a tear, notching up multiple good games in the NAB League. Footage from these games can be a bit sketchy, and for some reason the Champs finale footage hasn’t made it into any of the highlights clips (maybe a Fox Footy rights thing). Humphrey looked dangerous throughout, showed his power and kicked a nice goal on the run, but missed a few set shots. That’s the knock. His kicking needs more polish, but he has weapons and he is a great kid. Great character.

Appreciate the insight, from the available footage he can take a mark and doesn’t mind the contest but unless you’re a key defender I’d be hesitant to use a top 10 pick on a kid who’s disposal by foot is questionable.

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    Gold Coast will hand No.6 draft pick Bailey Humphrey his senior debut against St Kilda on Saturday night, while Mac Andrew will play his first game for the year after serving a club-imposed ban for drink-driving during the off-season.

    Humphrey was the player we were rumoured to have been wanting to trade up for. 

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    We tried incredibly hard to move up the draft order for this bloke in particular. 

    Will watch with interest. 

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    On 4/7/2023 at 4:16 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

    We tried incredibly hard to move up the draft order for this bloke in particular. 

    Will watch with interest. 

    You can have less interest, now that he will stay a Sun for 4 more years.

    What do you think of Andrew?

    I wonder if the Suns are not as thrilled with him, as they were when they drafted him with pick 5.

    I just wonder if we are still interested in him as a long term player and could get him cheaply, given they need later picks for Academy players and may be happy to save his salary. He could be a project player for us, if he could be physically developed and his brother is an NGA of ours.

    Just spitballing.

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    55 minutes ago, Nascent said:

    Signed a 4 year extension until 2028. Kid looks a star.

    Worst news I’ve read all week. We’d been maintaining contact in hopes of getting him across in future, so that’s really disappointing to hear. Kid looks like the next Trac. Suns have a gun on their hands. What a waste!

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    GOLD Coast has received a significant boost with AFL Rising Star nominee Bailey Humphrey inking a long-term contract extension with the club.

    Humphrey wasn't due to come out of contract until the end of next year, when his initial two-year deal would expire.

    However, the exciting 18-year-old and eight-gamer has agreed to a four-year extension beyond that, tying him to the club until the end of 2028.

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    4 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

    Worst news I’ve read all week. We’d been maintaining contact in hopes of getting him across in future, so that’s really disappointing to hear. Kid looks like the next Trac. Suns have a gun on their hands. What a waste!

    Someone else posted something similar as well so was hopeful we could get him across at some point. No reason we can't have a crack again in 4 years when he's 22/23yrs.

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    4 hours ago, layzie said:

    Slowly coming together for them. Maybe they are finally building a culture.

    He’s signed a nearly unprecedented deal for a first year kid.

    Their culture is consistently getting abused by player managers.

    Worth it for the Bear but not for most deals they sign.

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