Exciting Bunch of Young Talls

[Bornadog]

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Dont mean to burst your bubble, I dont have as much confidence that Boumann can make it. The jury is still out on what position suits Everitt and whether he can be a permanent member of our side. Also dont know that we can classify him as a kpp.
Minson should be a better player than he is at 25yo.
Cordy has so far been injury prone so we dont know how good he could be. Mulligan is not even getting a game for Willi firsts!

On a positive note, Grant, Roughead & Tommy are certainly improving with every game and I am very confident Jones will be a long term player.

For a team that lacked talls for a long long time, I think 4 prospects, plus hopefully Cordy is pretty good, so your not bursting any bubble.

[Desipura]

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I saw that incident. I thought at the time that he had made good position and that a decent 65m hoof would have given him an easy mark goalside of his opponent. Gilbee would have hit him lace out but , I think Lake saw him a bit late and didnt trust himself to make the kick.

In general, I dont really have a problem with kicking long over congestion, one-out to a talented tall forward. Should be more of it

Totally agree, it was right near where I was sitting in front of the coaches box.

[Desipura]

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For a team that lacked talls for a long long time, I think 4 prospects, plus hopefully Cordy is pretty good, so your not bursting any bubble.

Too true, my brother went to the trainers function on Friday and was pleasantly surprised how highly Griffen spoke of young Liam Jones.
Griff said to my bro, "watch him, he is going to be a beauty". Was saying how he continually outmarked Hall in the preseason.
Is it any wonder why Hall has been quoted as saying, " Jones is going to be a superstar"

[Cyberdoggie]

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I thought he really got overlooked by his team mates yesterday.
He made some great leads where he was miles on his own and in just about all the instances the pass went to Barry hall, sometimes in a better position, sometimes not.

Not easy for him to play his first game alongside Barry and Johnno.

Made a few mistakes like not reaching out for a couple of marks, he waited for too long or tried to mark on a chest, but he'll learn quickly.

Can't wait to see what he'll become.

[Desipura]

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I thought he really got overlooked by his team mates yesterday.
He made some great leads where he was miles on his own and in just about all the instances the pass went to Barry hall, sometimes in a better position, sometimes not.

Not easy for him to play his first game alongside Barry and Johnno.

Made a few mistakes like not reaching out for a couple of marks, he waited for too long or tried to mark on a chest, but he'll learn quickly.

Can't wait to see what he'll become.

I paid close attention to Jones throughout the match. He made some good leads in the first half however was ignored.
One passage of play, I think was Gia who was on a flank, Jones was free however he opted to go longer to Hall who was behind his opponent. Hall almost took the mark.

They looked for him more when the game was all but over in the 2nd half. In fact, a total of 7 forward entries went to him.

[LostDoggy]

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He still has a long way to go. He sat back and waited for a couple instead of attacking it and got under a couple as well. He also wanted to get them over the top instead of leading up at the ball carrier (Lake gave him a nice serve for this at one stage). Will be a player, though, no question.

For a first-gamer, he did very well… A lot of pressure on him, coming into a team that's flying very well, playing his first game, knowing he has to work miracles to get another game this year.

[mjp]

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I paid close attention to Jones throughout the match.

Was this statement necessary Desi? I am a tad surprised given the modest crowd that you didn't report following him from end to end!

[Desipura]

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Was this statement necessary Desi? I am a tad surprised given the modest crowd that you didn't report following him from end to end!

I tend to play closer attention to the newbies, especially one that I know has a big future

[LostDoggy]

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Will be a player, though, no question.

Since the first day he walked into the club we all saw something special, but recruiters at 16 clubs didn't think he was worth a first round pick -- I guess that 2008 draft has really turned out to be a pretty deep. What was the knock on him at junior level (if any)?

[Mantis]

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Since the first day he walked into the club we all saw something special, but recruiters at 16 clubs didn't think he was worth a first round pick -- I guess that 2008 draft has really turned out to be a pretty deep. What was the knock on him at junior level (if any)?

There wasn't any.... He missed most of his draft year with a pretty serious knee injury which I guess didn't allow him to show his skills in the TAC comp or in the U/18 championships.

It will turn out to be a very good draft for talls and I guess we were after this type in that draft and look to have done well.

[LostDoggy]

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There wasn't any.... He missed most of his draft year with a pretty serious knee injury which I guess didn't allow him to show his skills in the TAC comp or in the U/18 championships.

It will turn out to be a very good draft for talls and I guess we were after this type in that draft and look to have done well.

Thanks Mantis -- it does look very deep when one looks at the list of names in that draft. Very few misses especially in the top 35-40 or so, and quite a few have already debuted. The quality of recruiting was always going to improve as a consequence of more money being spent in football departments around the league. Or maybe there were just more kids born in 1990 - 1991 after the end of the recession/start of the long boom, and more money spent on sports programs in schools and clubs in the prosperous mid to late '90s (when these kids would have been going through school). Pretty long bow to draw, I know, I know.