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i know people have short memories...but before alwyn there was AARON....

and even with all the scum's hype of Alwyn..he is no Aaron...

so people stop salivating over the lesser brother..we have the ONLY DAVEY U WOULD WANT

you may be wrong.

time will tell.

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    we drafted exactly as i expected in that i didn't expect to know much about any of the players we picked (if that made any sense).

    in the national draft we picked up players who had proven themselves as quality up-n-coming youngsters.

    the rookie draft is perfect to pick up players who are raw, but have huge amounts of potential and ability. it's a chance to take a low-risk punt on a youngster who might not make it, but also might become an absolute gem.

    Stefan Martin is quite raw but i liked what i saw from watching him at sandy. only started playing footy mid 2006 so is still developing/ learning the game.

    Spensor is certainly a speculative pick. maybe he becomes nothing, but maybe he develops into the next Dean Cox...only time will tell.

    Winomera is another indigeous player in our 2 year long search for another small forward (Hayes, Weetra and now this guy).

    Zomer has huge potential but is raw atm.

    we drafted on potential and raw ability...which is pretty much what you should be doing in the rookie draft. no point playing it safe with pick50 in the rookie draft on some guy who played pretty well in under18s but doesn't have an X-factor to lift him above other similar youngsters.

    good on Valenti for getting drafted. he will be depth midfield for now, but maybe we'v got the next sammy mitchel?!

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    Call me a sook, but I always feel really sorry for those that missed out. Probably because I have been through something similar though less important with my daughter missing a cut to make a squad.

    o.k.

    you,re a sook

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    Yeah, but a tall rookie is the most speculative of the lot.

    almost a case of "you're nowhere near good enough now but cos you're big we'll try and make you good enough"

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