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I don’t understand why, the point, of comparing Watts and Jefferson…

And how one can compare a full AFL career (Watts)  with a kid yet to play a single game…

in a differed era…

with a different development program…

into a different team.

But, despite all that, I’ll play along, and say Jefferson will be a better key position forward than Jack was. 
 

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    22 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Ok, bar stats, which can be used to show basically anything what is it you see in Jefferson that excites you. I mean I watch him and I just don't see an imposing AFL forward in the making. 

    OK, barring the evidence that I presented .....

    ... I think Jefferson is a far more talented player than Van Rooyen. He's a better mark than JVR, particularly as a pack mark and certainly given with his currently slight frame. He is able to use his body really well with the ball in the air to use his long arms to take marks he has no right to take. He's an agile forward who wins the ball in multiple ways and turns those into scores. Jefferson has a lot of class with the ball and makes really good decisions with it.

    JVR is a blunt instrument whilst Jefferson has the ability to be a cut above that. I do find the idea of writing off a 195cm, 78kg key forward in his first half season pretty amusing, especially when you then compare him with Jonathan Brown from 25 years ago. Why not compare him to Tony Lockett in 1983, or maybe John Coleman in 1949?

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    5 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

    John Coleman in 1949?

    I just couldn't see it in Coleman...skinny kid, too many unrealistic attempts to mark.

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    57 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Jefferson isn’t as good as Watts

    Certainly not at the moment.

    Give Watts the ball last week a couple of times, instead of Harmes and Spargo when they kicked points from 30 out and we would have won.

    A 196cm, accurate and long kicking Watts, would certainly help our current side.

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    56 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Jefferson isn’t as good as Watts

    But he might be in the years to come.

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    1 hour ago, Axis of Bob said:

    OK, barring the evidence that I presented .....

    ... I think Jefferson is a far more talented player than Van Rooyen. He's a better mark than JVR, particularly as a pack mark and certainly given with his currently slight frame. He is able to use his body really well with the ball in the air to use his long arms to take marks he has no right to take. He's an agile forward who wins the ball in multiple ways and turns those into scores. Jefferson has a lot of class with the ball and makes really good decisions with it.

    JVR is a blunt instrument whilst Jefferson has the ability to be a cut above that. I do find the idea of writing off a 195cm, 78kg key forward in his first half season pretty amusing, especially when you then compare him with Jonathan Brown from 25 years ago. Why not compare him to Tony Lockett in 1983, or maybe John Coleman in 1949?

    I’m not writing him off and who cares if I am. I don’t see him like you do. I hope you’re right. I think he’s a bust but hey as I’ve said my opinion is worthless in the scheme of things. Some on here might want to take that on board 🤔

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    21 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I think you know I’m right.

    It's difficult to trust your analysis and judgement when this is the key point that you've taken from my posts. 

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    4 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

    It's difficult to trust your analysis and judgement when this is the key point that you've taken from my posts. 

    Hahahaha Touché 

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