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24 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I want to see the behind the scenes documentary about how they managed to have jumpers ready with their pick number/name on the back! 

Did they have a a whole bunch of variations of name and pick number ready to go?

Did they just wing it and prepare one jumper for each and hope for the best?

Did they iron the numbers and name on the spot and if so who brought the iron?!

David Copperfield areas.

There's Adelaide footage somewhere...they do the jumper on site, have a machine thingo to do it

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    10 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Good content?

    There wasn't one single new or interesting thing in there. 

    I know many of us are draft nerds and there might still be some appeal to the more casual dees fan but a few comments from JT on each of the draft picks and that's it? Then the footage we've already seen from draft night?

    Would it kill them to provide just even a little morsel of something interesting?

    I know what you mean, and I would have preferred a little more, but I suppose it would look awkward if our draftees and the public knew they were not our first choice. Nevertheless, JT was aware that a camera was present and probably knew that it would be uploaded to the website following the draft; he could have reviewed and ranked the top ten draftees and where they would probably land, and any discussion regarding preferences could have been removed.

    That said, what we saw was good content but it left the viewers wanting more.

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    13 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Good content?

    There wasn't one single new or interesting thing in there. 

    I know many of us are draft nerds and there might still be some appeal to the more casual dees fan but a few comments from JT on each of the draft picks and that's it? Then the footage we've already seen from draft night?

    Would it kill them to provide just even a little morsel of something interesting?

    Jeez DS Langford & Lindsay, my cup runneth over. Lol.!!

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    1 hour ago, adonski said:

    There's Adelaide footage somewhere...they do the jumper on site, have a machine thingo to do it

    Thanks Adonski I was wondering the same thing, hoping we didn’t have 10-12 different gurnseys to cover all sizes. Lol.!

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    14 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Good content?

    There wasn't one single new or interesting thing in there. 

    I know many of us are draft nerds and there might still be some appeal to the more casual dees fan but a few comments from JT on each of the draft picks and that's it? Then the footage we've already seen from draft night?

    Would it kill them to provide just even a little morsel of something interesting?

    I kind of agree - but thought they revealed a bit about Lindsay eg what JT thinks he can do as a clubman / leader, has to work on his groundball consistency but is good at centre bounces (reading of the play / timing), good skills, good speed, great competitior, big game player.  Even though we've heard most of this it is interesting hearing which qualities they go to first.  

    Would have been good to see the equivalent for AJ

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    3 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    Here's a full list.  XL is not our first.

     

    https://www.draftguru.com.au/from/gippsland_power

    I took it as first for the Jason Taylor/Tim Lamb crew in the national draft.

    Keilty is on that list but he was drafted from Casey.

    Kyle Dunkley played for Gippsland as an overager after playing for Oakleigh in his draft year but I think it was his VFL footy got Footscray that got him drafted in the mid season draft.

     

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    I would love to see where we passed on Rick Andrew, and how far out we had AJ in the frame. This would very interesting 

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    4 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    I took it as first for the Jason Taylor/Tim Lamb crew in the national draft

    that was my take on it too

    there was nothing revelatory in the content, but hearing directly from the parties involved as to why xl was a natural leader, but whose timing and ability to step up in the big games, and be a good kick, is great content

    there was less discussion on langford i thought

    still, all grist to the mill

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    2 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

    I would love to see where we passed on Rick Andrew, and how far out we had AJ in the frame. This would very interesting 

    i doubt any club would ever broadcast something like that tho

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    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    that was my take on it too

    there was nothing revelatory in the content, but hearing directly from the parties involved as to why xl was a natural leader, but whose timing and ability to step up in the big games, and be a good kick, is great content

    there was less discussion on langford i thought

    still, all grist to the mill

    The best kick in the draft someone said I think.

    XL's leadership was obviously a huge plus fir rhem, unsurprising given we've lost gus and nibbla.

    But what I found really interesting was Taylor's comment that XL connected with everyone, 'including staff' etc. 

    That sounds very much like gus.

    Every organisation needs such people.

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    1 hour ago, binman said:

    The best kick in the draft someone said I think.

    XL's leadership was obviously a huge plus fir rhem, unsurprising given we've lost gus and nibbla.

    But what I found really interesting was Taylor's comment that XL connected with everyone, 'including staff' etc. 

    That sounds very much like gus.

    Every organisation needs such people.

    That was my immediate thought. He sounds like Gus.

    Can only be a good thing

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    Good viewing. 

    How it took until how pick to put a bid on Ashcroft I'll never know. 

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