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Our Young Guns!

dazzledavey36
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how good are our kids gonna be! newton, frawls, jones, dunn, buckley, bate, sylvia, pj really showed today what a good future we have ahead of us! i think we should just continue on playing these kids for the rest of the year and just let them develope. many good years to come

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    Play the kids and it will benefit the club enormously. Should have happened earlier in the season and I said so in this forum. All these young fellas have real talent but there is only one way to get experience. With our injury list such as it is, we now will have to play them more often, but this is only the beginning of something good. At least some of the young ones will chase and put pressure on opponents who have the ball. Congrats to our recruiters who seem to have spotted some unrealised talent. Now just give 'em playing time! I totally agree dd36.

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    I doubt you will get much argument, but they still need to EARN the jumper! I don't want it just given out.

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    I doubt you will get much argument, but they still need to EARN the jumper! I don't want it just given out.

    I fear we may only have 22 fit players before long.......

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    For sure it was great to see them play today BUT we were playing Carlton. Against more experienced teams they may not get as much time to shine. That will be the true test of their future for us.

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    Just wondering what our team could look like in a couple years and who we will lose...

    Inspired by Gerald Healey's article in the HUN a couple weeks ago.

    B Bell Frawley Carroll

    HB Petterd Rivers Green

    C Jones McLean Bruce

    HF Sylvia ???????? Bate vc

    F Davey Newton Dunn

    Foll P Johnson Moloney Johnstone

    Int Neaves Bartram Whelan Godfrey

    Unknowns Buckley Fergo Garland Jamar C Johnson Miller Neville Warnock Weetra

    I believe Neaves should be elavated of the Rookie List.

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