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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    Four year extension. Which means five more years. Fantastic news.

    If the 2017 draft was done today how would it look? (Round #1 below, Kelly from Cats taken at #24)

    1. Brisbane Lions — Cam Rayner (Western/Vic Metro, forward)

    2. Fremantle — Andrew Brayshaw (Sandringham/Vic Metro, midfielder)

    3. Carlton — Paddy Dow (Bendigo/Vic Country, midfielder)

    4. North Melbourne — Luke Davies-Uniacke (Dandenong/Vic Country, midfielder)

    5. Fremantle — Adam Cerra (Eastern/Vic Metro, midfielder)

    6. Collingwood — Jaidyn Stephenson (Eastern/Vic Metro, midfielder)

    7. St Kilda — Hunter Clark (Dandenong/Vic Country, midfielder/halfback)

    8. St Kilda — Nick Coffield (Northern/Vic Metro, halfback)

    9. Western Bulldogs — Aaron Naughton (Peel/Western Australia, key defender)

    10. Carlton — Lochie O’Brien (Bendigo/Vic Country, midfielder)

    11. GWS Giants — Aiden Bonar (Dandenong/Vic Country, forward)

    12. Adelaide Crows — Darcy Fogarty (Glenelg/South Australia, utility)

    13. West Coast Eagles — Jarrod Brander (Bendigo/Allies, key defender/key forward)

    14. Sydney Swans — Matthew Ling (Geelong/Vic Country, halfback)

    15. Brisbane Lions — Zac Bailey (Norwood/Allies, midfielder)

    16. Western Bulldogs — Ed Richards (Oakleigh/Vic Metro, halfback)

    17. Richmond — Jack Higgins (Oakleigh/Vic Metro, midfielder/forward)
    Stephenson, Naughton, Higgins, Kelly, Richards
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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Hell yeah. Definitely my favourite thing Sam Power has ever done.

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Quote Originally Posted by boydogs View Post
    Stephenson, Naughton, Higgins, Kelly, Richards
    I love Ed, but not sure I’d take him over Rayner

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Stephenson at 1! Really?
    But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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    Ripper!! Great news. Naughton and Daniels my new fave players now Picken has retired.

    What a mature young man Naughton is too.

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    This is great. So so great.
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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    AWESOME.

    What news to wake up to this morning. I thought we were doomed when he signed that 1 year deal and was going to test the market. This is huge!!!

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Quote Originally Posted by The Underdog View Post
    I love Ed, but not sure I’d take him over Rayner
    Cam Rayner is an absolute jet. Toss of those coin out of Rayner and Naughton for number 1 spot.
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Quote Originally Posted by The Underdog View Post
    I love Ed, but not sure I’d take him over Rayner
    Cam Rayner is an absolute jet. Toss of those coin out of Rayner and Naughton for number 1 spot.
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    Four year extension. Which means five more years. Fantastic news.

    If the 2017 draft was done today how would it look? (Round #1 below, Kelly from Cats taken at #24)
    I love Rayner, he's going to be a beast. Basically a Stringer who trains properly.

    Given Naughton is the most promising KPP I'v seen since Grant, I would still take Naughton at pick 1. He is absolutely vital to our list. Rayner may objectively end up a better player but Naughton will be more valuable to us than Rayner will be to Brisbane.
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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Quote Originally Posted by azabob View Post
    Cam Rayner is an absolute jet. Toss of those coin out of Rayner and Naughton for number 1 spot.
    Just saw this - I'd easily take Rayner at no 2. Think he'll be a superstar.

    TBH I think this could be the draft where every single player in the top 10 becomes a long term player. Normally a few drop off but every single one of them has shown something at the highest level.

    Redone today Higgins must be in top ten calculations too. Genuine goal sense is gold in modern football.
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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    Western Bulldogs lock away emerging tall Aaron Naughton until 2024

    Western Bulldogs have locked away the hottest emerging tall in the game with Aaron Naughton signing a long-term contract.

    The Herald Sun can reveal Naughton — who was already contracted for 2020 — is now off limits until 2024 after penning a lucrative extension on Monday.

    “It was an easy decision,” manager Andrew McDougall, of Corporate Sports, said.

    “Aaron loves the Bulldogs and working with Bevo. He’s happy in Melbourne and really positive about where the club is going.”

    The only AFL player contracted for longer is Richmond’s Tom Lynch, who is tied to Punt Rd until 2025.

    Naughton’s housemate, fellow West Australian Tim English, is also settled and will look to extend his deal beyond 2020 later this season.

    After vice-captain Marcus Bontempelli re-signed last November, Naughton’s signature loomed as one of the most important at Whitten Oval.

    Naughton, 19, took a courageous pack mark while running back with the flight against Gold Coast on Sunday to give the Dogs a sniff in the tense final minutes.

    It was the left-footed teenager’s 36th contested mark.

    After 21 games Naughton has Lynch (35 contested marks), Joe Daniher (31), Tom Hawkins (25), Ben Brown (23), Jack Riewoldt (19), Lance Franklin and Josh Kennedy (both 12) all covered.

    Naughton rents in Port Melbourne with English, 21, and Pat Lipinski, 20, and has family in Victoria.

    The 91kg talent was drafted from Peel Thunder but grew up in Langwarrin.

    Jonathan Brown rated Naughton’s debut season the best by a key-position player since Jesse Hogan, who won the 2015 Rising Star.

    Naughton helped carry a depleted backline for the first half of 2018, finishing fourth in the best-and-fairest despite missing four games through injury.

    Naughton then trained all pre-season in defence before premiership coach Luke Beveridge swung him forward for the final practice match.

    Now Naughton appears likely to spend most of his career as an athletic goalkicker.

    Teammate and former Tiger Sam Lloyd said Naughton shares “a lot of similar attributes” with Alex Rance.

    “He’s got the best pair of dukes I’ve probably ever seen,” Lloyd said.

    Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd praised Naughton’s improved kicking and ability to “control the air” after he booted 3.2 in Round 1.

    The Dogs drafted 17-year-old Naughton at No.9 in 2017, their first top-10 pick since Bontempelli.

    Former recruiter Simon Dalrymple rated Naughton the sixth-best player in the pool and early recasts have him as high as No.1.

    List manager Sam Power said Naughton was already a “critical” player.

    Power has recently re-signed reigning best-and-fairest Lachie Hunter (2024) and youngsters Lipinski (2021), Fergus Greene and Lachie Young (both 2020).

    Premiership trio Tom Liberatore (free agent), Caleb Daniel and Josh Dunkley fall out of contract this year.

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    This is brilliant news.

    Looking at that draft list again, we've made out like bandits getting Naughton at 8.

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    AS the article points out:

    Contested marks after 21 games ...


    AARON NAUGHTON 36
    Tom Lynch 35
    Joe Daniher 31
    Tom Hawkins 25
    Jack Riewoldt 19
    Josh Kennedy 12

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    Re: Naughton signs 4 year deal!

    And to think, I was opposed to us recruiting Naughton because he was just a tall defender that couldn't kick. So happy to be proven wrong and so happy with his attacking the contest

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