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[G-Mo77]

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I don't disagree. There's also a lot to be gained if you get it right, both for the club and for the player.

Anyway we can have this discussion next year. Hopefully Dayle can prove all clubs that he's worth a spot.

[jeemak]

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Anyway we can have this discussion next year. Hopefully Dayle can prove all clubs that he's worth a spot.

For sure. Whilst I'm no bleeding heart I don't like the idea of a kids dreams being shattered at 18. Hopefully he takes his medicine and puts a very good year together on and off the field.

[ledge]

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For sure. Whilst I'm no bleeding heart I don't like the idea of a kids dreams being shattered at 18. Hopefully he takes his medicine and puts a very good year together on and off the field.

Little Tom Liberatore comes to mind, hopefully he has matured a lot, we aren't hearing much though on his return and mind set.

[Remi Moses]

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Seems like clubs have gone down the coaching mentoring rookie line.
Huddo to the pies, Thornton and various others. Looks to me like they've got Brett down to play in the stand alone team. Personally would like to see us pick up Another player or two.

[jeemak]

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Little Tom Liberatore comes to mind, hopefully he has matured a lot, we aren't hearing much though on his return and mind set.

It's strange. If we had have shopped Tom around on the trade market we probably would have received good compensation for him!

A player with all of the education under his belt, senior football experience and a couple of years exposure at the highest level still managed to make an absolute goose of himself and the club, by placing himself in a dangerous position.

[Cyberdoggie]

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Seems like clubs have gone down the coaching mentoring rookie line.
Huddo to the pies, Thornton and various others. Looks to me like they've got Brett down to play in the stand alone team. Personally would like to see us pick up Another player or two.

Effectively we have pinched him from Williamstown with eye to our stand alone side.
We are probably already paying him for his mentoring role, now he just has more input.

I think getting good people around the club is imperitive. Pardon the pun but it's a Goodes story for the club.

[Eastdog]

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Is anyone concerned that Goodes hasn't had AFL experience before or is it just a case that he has to start somewhere. Maybe it was good in the end we didn't go for Tippett who has a few injury concerns and Prismall.

[LostDoggy]

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I like the move of getting Goodes on our rookie list. He has the ability to play senior footy in round 1 and he fulfills a specific role for us to help shore up our backline if needed. He is obviously very well regarded by the Club and coaching staff given that he already has an off field role with us. We have made the call not to draft Prismall or Bate, which i am more than comfortable with and we obviously decided that, for the overall balance of our list, that another youngster was not required.

I think that the club has done a great job this off season to really set our list up for the future.

[LostDoggy]

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I think the club has made a real statement this year. We only bring in fiercely competitive players who are prepared to work bloody hard to get the job done. No prima donnas, no me first characters. I see Goodes as part of building a better culture at the club. Not unhappy at all, we have brought in 11 players some of them need to be seasoned foot soldiers willing to set an example for the younger kids.

Head. Nailed.

Effectively we have pinched him from Williamstown with eye to our stand alone side.
We are probably already paying him for his mentoring role, now he just has more input.

I think getting good people around the club is imperitive. Pardon the pun but it's a Goodes story for the club.

Will he continue to fulfill the development role? And if so, will we have to include that wage under the salary cap? It's an interesting situation, drafting a staff member... Does anybody here with better info than me care to enlighten?

[ledge]

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Head. Nailed.



Will he continue to fulfill the development role? And if so, will we have to include that wage under the salary cap? It's an interesting situation, drafting a staff member... Does anybody here with better info than me care to enlighten?

J pod was a staff member at Geelong before being picked up

[Cyberdoggie]

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Looks like someone who will definately benefit from an afl pre-season.

Has already noticeably bulked up and lost weight, might surprise a few next year.

[Axe Man]

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Plenty of discussion about Garlett missing out but it must also be a bit of a surprise that Josh Toy has ended up without a home. Seems walking out on a contract extension with Gold Coast has backfired rather spectacularly. I wonder if it was the heart condition or whether he simply wasn't considered good enough that has seen us and other clubs pass on him? Would be a shame if a heart condition has ended the career of an apparently highly talented junior footballer that would likely have been a high draft choice in 2010 if not taken by the Gold Coast beforehand.

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[ledge]

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Looks like someone who will definately benefit from an afl pre-season.

Has already noticeably bulked up and lost weight, might surprise a few next year.

Yeah I always thought he was a bit chubby, definitely talented my question is why wasn't he ever picked up at a younger age?

[Ozza]

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The VFL players can tend to be a bit 'untapped' - having been only really part time footballers.
AFL clubs are able to identify how to best utilise their strengths, and the professionalism and additional fitness can make that difference to them in making the jump.

Many on this site questioned our pick up of Picken initially and whether he would make the grade. And I know its not apples and apples - as Picko was much younger and more 'untapped'. But speaking to Rocket after Picko had had one season at the dogs and had shown massive improvement - he said that they had done a lot of testing of Liam when he was a Willy player and - for instance - knew he had really good pace - but that it wasn't being utilised at VFL level. Further to that - once they had had him in the club doing pre-season for a while, they realised he had 'quite a few more tricks' than they'd realised.

As I said, its not apples and apples - but gives you an idea of MAYBE, why the thinking about Goodes is where it is now that he is fitter and stronger than before.

[mighty_west]

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J pod was a staff member at Geelong before being picked up

In his prime a few years before being selected by Geelong he continually picked the eyes out of and made AFL listed players around and against him look stupid.

I don't mind the Goodes selection, again, outplays alot of AFL listed players and shows others around him it doesn't matter what age, you can still get selected if you work your butt off.

I'll trust the recruiting guys over anyone with who we select, and just because he's 28, doesn't mean he can't have an impact and give us good service for a few seasons, it's a rookie selection, most are hit & miss anyway.