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It will be interesting to see how they both go next year. Second year players often drop off a bit but I can't see Jesse being one. He already took the oppositions best defender and was often double teamed. So there's not much more they can throw at him. Plus he'll be even bigger. Cripps on the other hand will get tagged from the get go and will find it harder. Much like rich

If he had a problem with it he would have left him in the twos. He didn't. Go figure.

Gary Baker was one of my favorites. Had his number on my blue tracksuit top.

Roos applauded him for doing so. Roos selected him the next week and played perhaps the best block of games in his career. But I guess you know best

Yep maybe he thought he was supposed to get baked

I would hate to see Jack Watts play for another club. For better or worse he is a demon. I felt exactly the same about trenners - and for that matter hundreds of players over the years. Roos made it clear last year that everyone is tradeable and with the Treeners near trade the club showed that they are prepared to make the hard calls. So it wouldn't be a shock if they did trade him. But i for one really hope they don't.

Spot on McQ. Annoys me to hear Bennell compared to both Darling and Martin. Also dislike the comparison to Gartlet. He might have had some issues but he wasn't in the Bennell class. The thing that worries me as much as anything about Bennell is his actions have been stupid. Take drugs? Well not smart as an AFL player but it happens. Not ensuring an incriminating photo is deleted from the camera or phone? Dumb. Getting kicked of a junior tour? Dumb. Getting on the turps against team rules? Again probably happens all the time. Doing so in public? Dumb. And this last indiscretion - the dumbest of all. Your coach bans Mad Monday and publicly says it will be a clam off season. His vice captain reinforces this. What do you do? Get on the [censored] and allow yourself to get baited by a meat head bouncer. Dumb. Costs him his contract at the Suns and probably 150K per annum of his next contract. Dumb. Should we chase him? I'm not convinced our culture is robust enough to deal with another dumb footballer with issues. But i'll back Roos et al to do so if they do get him. One thing is for sure and certain. Our biggest issue is our lack of midfield class and as someone said earlier this call is risk v reward. I keep thinking about that game a couple of years back where he destroyed us at the G. I recall thinking then that he is just what we lack. Dangerfield and a switched on settled Bennell would certainly give us a boost.

It was too late by then. On a related note a player deemed not good enough for the dees may well play in a grand final.

That is his smile

Are you there?

He did shave this morning. It just grew since then. He's a machine

I hope not. It will half my payout

Love that Jesse looks like a stoner http://i.embed.ly/1/display/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorify-upload-images.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe80595a59ce18ca03448209a594935cd.jpg&width=810

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The mark i really liked was the one he took on the city side wing from a kick from Dunn ( at 22 second mark of this video). I was sitting on that side and said to my mate before Dunn kicked it that Hogan would demand the ball and take the mark. Dunn was a little slow to get it to him but kicked it out in front and with no one in the hole Jesse was never not going to mark it. Great use of the body and super clean hands. Been said before but he is just a natural footballer and the most talented player we've had at the club since Schwarz markI (ie prior to his first knee injury).

If he can play above his capability for the next decade he'll have a good career and I'll be happy

One thing that seemed not to have received much comment is that bar our win over lions (which we won by 15?) our wins have all been pretty comfortable. Which given we beat some OK teams must be a positive

I've loved your support of viv this year Samael. And viv has repaid your faith. A strong end to the year, looks more at home at senior level, makes good decisions and whilst no suckling is an excellent kick who can do the basics of putting to a teammates advantage

Mick owed us something after giving us neeld

Can't provide link but afl.com reporting suns have announced they're going to trade him

Lets say you're right and that the bouncer ws baiting him. The funny thing is that you don't get why him reacting to being baited is a problem

Spot on. Made all the more frustrating by the free man ban got when he dived forward after minimal contact.

That's not true, at least not in the Harvard referencing system. Single quotation marks indicate a quote and double quotation marks are used inside a quote when that quote contains a quote.. and you can quote me. Just sayin...

My god there are some stupid posts in this thread

Spot on AF. They looked flat and we should have won by more. Gawny was huge. Literally and figuratively