FarNorthernD
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Between it being a highly compromised draft and no junior football this year, picking kids with AFL futures will be doubly difficult. About the only definite is talented players will fall to lower rounds than what they would have given an uninterrupted year. If ever there was a year to find yourself out of the first round, this is it. Who knows, may end up with a bargain -
I would have almost stopped celebrating
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I thought Josh Kelly was going to be the best player in the competition. I’m not sure what has happened to him but he has gone backwards big time.
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I love Jones for what he has given over the past decade, but if he isn’t centre square material any more where does he play? He struggles to nail down another spot.
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If it was the 2018 TMc out then that would be a monster loss. Even though he was starting to show something last week he shouldn’t be too difficult to replace
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I’m going with the saying “Things are never as bad as they seem.” Think (hope) we may actually turn it on for a couple of quarters and roll the Tigers. TMc to find form and clunk a few. May and Lever to find their vibe. Oliver to play his best game for the year. We have some serious talent, just need for them to play near their best.
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Reckon Rivers, Kozzie and Jackson are our “nailed it at the draft table“ year
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Thanks Dees In October but I’m with dl4e and can’t see O’Dea being traded. It has to be bloody difficult gig to have a full time job and also be a semi professional athlete. But she is an original and a Melbourne player through and through and definitely should finish a one Club player
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If they can test and get results in a few hours, assuming that no other players are infected, why can’t we play tomorrow?
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Rather than gifting games to Jackson maybe he just out trained the Weid over the 3 week block prior to Rnd 2. Perhaps he is given 3-4 games to settle in and find the pace of the game.
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I almost agree with that except for those ruck taps that go straight to a running mid who can break away. Gawn -> Petracca is my favourite combination atm. It gives such an advantage and opens up the field. Don’t think it is a complete coincidence when that dominance stop last week our scoring also dried up
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14 full games worth of no scoring in just 8 seasons. I think I’ve identified the source of my MFCSS.
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Agree. One goal saving big tackle just outside the square on one of Carltons talls (Casboult?) springs to mind. Love the combination of grunt and polish.
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Yes, if you had of told me yesterday morning that Harley was going to win his first game with us AND get through unscathed I would have been stoked
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“Ok boys, O Mac isn’t playing today, hands up who wants to be the official supporter whipping boy today”
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Gluhwein
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I like Jack Viney but it neatly sums our forward woes when the coaches think our most reliable set shot is a dodgy left footer who struggles from 40m+. He has kicked 32.29 from his 120 games
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I know what you meant, but I’m guessing that’s the first time the words ‘Vandenberg’ and ‘sneaking under the radar’ have ever appeared in the same sentence
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Things I didn’t know about Harley He won the Larke medal for the best player in the Australian U18 Champs. He was the #2 draft pick in his year one behind David Swallow and 51 spots ahead of Tom McDonald. He was dropped for disciplinary issues on five separate occasions from the Gold Coast side. As a 19 yo came second behind Ablett in the Gold Coast B & F, averaging 24 possessions and more than a goal a game. He is only 27yo (I thought he was older) and, at least in theory, should be coming into the best footy of his life. For a team desperately short of clean and highly skilled mids, who are also great kicks Harley will probably end up being our most important player within a few games.
