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Welcome to Demonland: Aidan Johnson

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4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Played with him for an interleague game then against him where he was at Brock Burrum.

Taught him everything....?

Clearly learnt from the best 

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    4 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

    Think Casey, and protection for some of those young lads on our list.

    I am going to give the club more credit than that.

    He is obviously depth - no one picked at ND68 is anything else, but none of our forwards have lit up their names - he is a mature age forward who should back himself to compete for a spot. If he is a natural forward with good movement then he is immediately ahead of any other tall forward on our list.

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    We were caught out last year with back ups for Max ,now we have two mature age Ruck forwards just in case we need them.

    Good selection.

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    As perplexing as a I find it I do like former fat blokes, bald guys, and Bull Smith and Vanders were two of my favourites and we’ve missed having a hard country lad who isn’t afraid to crack a few private school heads.

    Maybe we can sort out the log jam on the list after this year and get some value from this pick.

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    3 minutes ago, mo64 said:

    That's ridiculous. You don't waste a list spot for that. It's not the 70's VFA comp.

    As I have already stated, this was a puzzling selection

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    Well welcome Aidan.

    I'm  not for one moment comparing him to Ponsiadly in terms of ability ....  but, someone(s) has seen something and we're  prepared to roll a die.

    Sometimes it's about opportunity and effort. 

    Well he's  shown effort and application and now has an opportunity.

    No idea what will result. Am genuinely curious though.

    Good luck 👍 

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    15 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    A mature aged (turns 25 in March) 193cm muscled up assassin.  Play him on Maynard on KB!

    YEP

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    A peculiar selection.

    Seems a waste of a pick.

    I'll be mildly shocked if he plays ten AFL games.

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    He's now a Melbourne player and I support him. You can't trust in Jason Taylor's belief in potential only when it suits you.

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    From the AFL Website Set'24.

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    AIDAN JOHNSON
    “Big Sammy Conway and I were talking about it with (former AFL ruckman) Peter Street. He (Brayden Crossley) is a dominant ruckman, he is probably the best ruckman in the league, and we knew if we could nullify him to less than 70 hitouts with crash and bash and wear him down we could be able to get them.

    “I moved down from Albury and I’ve had a pretty serious knee injury for the past two and half years. This year I got my body right. I dropped about 13kg. I felt on top of the world and it has all come together. It was hard work and Dom Brew has just been massive with that. We work together as well so we do a lot together. I was in a pretty dark place with all of these injuries, not thinking I was going to get back, but he helped me work through that.”"

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    Can we just bring Dom Brew across as well? Seems we've done everything but...quality human deserves a go surely 

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    Perhaps he’s a younger version of Tim Membrey that people wanted to recruit? 

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    2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Didn’t miss with the elbow on the way down! 

    That's a Randy Savage flying elbow drop. 

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    A classic Jason Taylor "smokey"! Love it!

    Welcome to the Demons Aidan Johnson!

    That's gotta be his nickname now eh?

    The "Albury Assassin"! Play him on Brayden Maynard and let's spill some blood on the footy field! Hahaha! 🤣

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    4 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Didn’t miss with the elbow on the way down! 

    💪

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    Completely underwhelming selection. 

    We should have left the spot free and invited some kids down to audition over the pre season. 

    193cm ruckmen are about as pointless as 32 year old backup ruckmen. 

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    14 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    I am going to give the club more credit than that.

    He is obviously depth - no one picked at ND68 is anything else, but none of our forwards have lit up their names - he is a mature age forward who should back himself to compete for a spot. If he is a natural forward with good movement then he is immediately ahead of any other tall forward on our list.

    Nar after seeing highlights.... I LOVE HIM..

    GOT A LOT OF CAARRRNT ABOUT HIM🥰

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    I’m taking a guess here and know only what i’ve read on this site. But, with the ruck rules the way they are,  these bash and crash ruckman can now at least nullify far better players. Look what happened to Grundy in the GF and how the North Ruck Tristan Xeri plays. 

    Knowing JT he wouldn’t “ waste” any pick. 

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    JVR back up. Needed a key forward who competes in the ruck, so it makes sense in that regard.

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    It doesn’t make much sense. BBB and Schache gone and we're back playing 6 talls in the Casey forward line.

    Assuming Campbell rucks:

    Jefferson, Fullarton, Kentfield, Verrall, Johnson and Melksham.

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    5 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Didn’t miss with the elbow on the way down! 

    Will no doubt be retrospectively given 5 weeks, now that he plays for the Dees

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