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    Pick 5, as much as you'd like it to be a bankable star, is just as likely to produce an O'Rourke, Plowman, Morton, a Jarrad Grant, a Bennell, a Scully, a Hurley, even a Toumpas (don't get me wrong, he has time & I like the progress the kid has shown this year). A Gumbleton, Hansen or Leuenberger, even a Gibbs, who took longer than Watts to show enough.

    Plenty of solid players, but few of those names are stars.

    I think for a top 5 pick to turn out to be as good as Prestia is a very good result.

    Any better is pure luck and quite rare.

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    Jonathon Brown was pumping up Hogan again saying that the only player to give Rance a hiding was Jesse :wub:

    Something tells me Browny likes him.. Feel free to come down and work with him Browndog!

    I'm sure I recall hearing Jon Brown had been in touch with Jesse and offered his help whenever it is needed.

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    I saw it also.

    In any workplace, the relationships you hold have to be strong while you're there.

    I don't think a 'hug' after a win is any indication that Garland is a required player...

    But that's just me.

    I have no doubt Garland is a required player.

    I just think it demonstrates that Garland also does not have a foot out the door and an eye on his wallet either.

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    I wonder if any noticed it shown on AFL360 (or possibly the telecast itself) after the Geelong win, when Roosy came into the rooms seconds after the win, Garland in his civvies with a big grin on his face, giving Roosy a big hug.

    I think they have a strong enough relationship & I don't think Garland will be going anywhere.

    We'll see.

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    we need players who can see ball, get ball, use ball.

    if if he can get over his knee injury without any major concerns - and it's a big IF at this stage, as apparently it was a pretty nasty one - then we'd be mad not to chase prestia.

    in terms of targetting players from the northern clubs, prestia and treloar would be top tier, dixon, bennell and josh kelly next, and then the likes of plowman (richmond want him), tomlinson, leuenberger (again, tigers into him in a big way apparently), lonergan, et al.

    Tigers want everyone.

    It's a sound strategy for them though, going for more mature talent, in a year when their earliest picks are likely to yield lesser talent than most years.

    Not sure they have the resources to pull many trades off though.

    Berger wouldn't surprise, with Maric getting on & not much decent ruck depth.

    I heard Mark Robinson saying that Prestia might be angling for a move away from GC, and that with a year on his contract he may even use the "unsafe workplace" argument in relation to the club drug culture.

    No destinations were specified, but I bet his family would be angling pretty hard to get him to MFC.

    My biggest worry is list balance. We simply can't have too many small mids.

    Hopefully Tyson, Vanders, Petracca & Brayshaw provide enough size.

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    Taylor isn't overrated at all, he's a gun.

    He is. He cheats too much.

    He's been very lucky over his journey.

    Anyway, he's not a stopper.

    Lonergan will take Hogan.

    I also like the way he doesnt overly celebrate his goals and run around like an idiot, jumper over his head type stuff......just a few low 5s and back pats and gets right on with it.....cool Jesse.

    It's his competitiveness.

    He's all about going again and getting the win.

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    Carey very kindly neglected to mention that Boyd was wearing the red vest at the time, with only 1 disposal next to his name.

    Will be ok, Boyd, but I stand by what I posted pre-draft, that he was massive and beating up on kids who couldn't compete with his reach, without doing anything particularly impressive.

    He has some good attributes, but he doesn't have "it."

    Jesse has "it."

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    I thought this thread was in bad taste... But after seeing Bail on the field again, I can confidently say that he should never play AFL again.

    And again, after the horrendous holding the ball, all he needed to do was tap the ball ahead to Garlett... Cost us a straightforward goal.

    He's had long enough and just isn't up to it.

    I love Grimes for his endeavour, but those shocking kicks along the boundary line are still a big part of his game.

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