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welcome jack!!

another melbourne supporter!

NAME JACK GRIMES

CLUB MELBOURNE

ORIGINAL CLUB NORTHERN KNIGHTS

DOB 11/05/1989

HEIGHT 186.3 CM

WEIGHT 81.6 KG

POSITION

Medium Defender

BIO

Hard-working and versatile player with great endurance and decision-making skills. Fine leader who won All-Australian honours this year. AIS/AFL Academy graduate. From Hurstbridge F.C.

STATS

Kicks: 13, Handballs: 3, Disposals: 16, Marks: 2, Goals: 3 (Averages from NAB U18 Championships)

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I am surprised we passed on Alex Rance to be honest

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We'll have to call him Frank or Grimesy in honor of the Simpsons would'nt we?

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Jack Grimes-187cm,76kg,Northern Knights- Is not quick and his skills are not outstanding but he is hard at it and reads the play very well. He is always in the game trying to block or shepherd or tackle and shows some leadership skills in the way he gets around to pump up his team mates. He doesn’t let up and gives what looks like his best all day long. He is pretty clean with his ball handling and doesn’t fumble . Has played at half back / half forward and in the middle.

Pick 20 to 50.

Hope CAC and team know what they're doing with this pick (sounds like a middling type going by this summary of him), surprised we took him at 14.

Wish we would have picked up Rance or even Harry Taylor rather than this bloke.


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Jack Grimes-187cm,76kg,Northern Knights- Is not quick and his skills are not outstanding but he is hard at it and reads the play very well. He is always in the game trying to block or shepherd or tackle and shows some leadership skills in the way he gets around to pump up his team mates. He doesn’t let up and gives what looks like his best all day long. He is pretty clean with his ball handling and doesn’t fumble . Has played at half back / half forward and in the middle.

Pick 20 to 50.

Bio reads like a certain number 5 a few years ago.

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Wish we would have picked up Rance or even Harry Taylor rather than this bloke.

Take your hand off it mate. Grimes has all the attributes of a terrific player. He's tallish, solid, excellent reader of the play. It doesn't matter how good your skills are if you can't get near it, and get near it is one thing he certainly can do. With his work ethic theres no reason why he can't improve his kicking out of sight (and anyway, he CAN kick reasonably, it's not like he's Daniel Cross. To top it all off he is a 1%er master and a real leader. We know CAC loves leadership skills so it's no real surprise to get Grimes here, with Veszpremi gone. For Grimes, think McLean with slightly poorer skills but a yard more pace. Make no mistake he WILL be a good AFL player.

Rance was a bit overhyped to be honest. He's (only) 192cm and a bit lax on the defensive side. People describe him as the modern fullback because of his attacking ability, but his defending leaves a litttttttle bit to be desired. As a defender, he's solid if unspectacular.

If anybody comes in and says 'OMG, we traded TJ for GRIMES???' they will be [censored]-slapped.

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The more I think about it I am wrapped with this pick

God I am EXCITED

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

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Is not quick and his skills are not outstanding

from the afl website

Jack Grimes – Northern Knights, VIC, 186.3cm, 81.6kg, DOB 11/5/89

Honours

* NAB AFL All-Australian Under-18 Team 2007

* Vic Metro representative - NAB AFL Under-18 Championships 2007

* AIS-AFL Academy graduate

* Ben Mitchell Medallist

Alan McConnell, AIS-AFL High Performance Coach says:

Jack is an exceptional kick with both his right and left foot, he’s a good reader of the play and he’s got exceptional endurance as quantified by his testing. He’s an excellent leader. He was the Ben Mitchell Medallist in our national program this year, which is the award that is presented annually as part of the AIS program which centres on his leadership and role model potential within that squad.

“He’s played his best football for the Northern Knights in the finals; when the games were most in the balance was when Jack played his best football. There were a couple of matches last year where he turned the game with his ability to read the play and influence the game with his use of the ball.”

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Hey young Jack has more posts about him than our #4 pick.

Perhaps this is as we have sung the praises of Morton before he even was named so read on and quite impressed.

About to go vote and come back to prepare the Qld Demons news with our draft picks so all info I can get about these guys is much appreciated as we hear little up here.

Welcome to MFC Jack!

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Hey young Jack has more posts about him than our #4 pick.

Perhaps this is as we have sung the praises of Morton before he even was named so read on and quite impressed.

About to go vote and come back to prepare the Qld Demons news with our draft picks so all info I can get about these guys is much appreciated as we hear little up here.

Welcome to MFC Jack!

Yer thats pretty much it Deb. I think we all had Morton locked in at 4, and 14 and 21 were totally up in the air.


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Interesting we didn't take any KPP (except the smokey McNamara). Bailey must have faith in what most of us would have to say is a fairly average and quite old crop of talls at our club.

Wonder what the thinking is for the succession plan. I'm guessing that he sees Bate as our CHF of the future, Newton as FF and Frawley as our FB. We're still well short in other areas (notably CHB)

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12 – HAWTHORN – JACK GRIMES

Northern Knights, VIC, Medium defender/midfielder, May 11 1989, 186.3cm, 81.6kg

All clubs with selections from No.7-14 will seriously consider Grimes, but like Alex Rance he is one of the most difficult to place. If he slides through to Hawthorn – and this could genuinely happen – he will be snapped up at No.12. Although Hawthorn is super keen on Cyril Rioli and Tom Collier, it is understood Grimes would be selected ahead of them. If Sydney opts for Grimes and Rance is available, expect the key defender to land here. Lachlan Henderson, if available, and Scott Selwood are also in the mix here.

Bio: A medium defender/midfielder who is an exceptional reader of the game and a very good decision maker. Captain of the Northern Knights TAC Cup team, Grimes averaged more than 28 possessions per match. Possesses excellent endurance and has recorded a beep test of 15.10 with the AIS-AFL Academy. Named as an All-Australian at the 2007 NAB AFL U18 Championships. From Hurstbridge FC.

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for those idiots who are sceptical about this pick, recruiters would consider Grimes to have been a slider to still be available at 14.

we are setting up a monster midfield for years to come...

Mclean, Sylvia, Jones, Bartram, Moloney and Dunn set up an exciting set of young midfielders...now we add 2 midfielders of absolute quality!!!

Grimes has the best endurance of any player in the draft.

He is known for being the best leader in the draft.

He is known for having one of the best work ethics of any player drafted.

And has good skills, and is simply a really good player.

Plus he's a demon supporter

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CAC always said that they would draft the perceived best player available at every pick. It wasn't a very deep draft for KPP's. I'd rather us get a quality mid than a mediocre tall, and it looks like we've done that with our first and second round picks. Bit surprised that Gourdis' name went unmentioned though...

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CAC always said that they would draft the perceived best player available at every pick. It wasn't a very deep draft for KPP's. I'd rather us get a quality mid than a mediocre tall, and it looks like we've done that with our first and second round picks. Bit surprised that Gourdis' name went unmentioned though...

Good point Chaser J. I think we've learnt our lesson about drafting key position players out of perceived necessity.

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