OOOOH AAAHH
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Had my 3 votes in the first half and listening on the radio he was copping plenty of praise from the commentary
Good game tonight. Is tracking nicely and should get the rising star nomination this week.
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Absolute jet tonight, really impressed.
Theyāll go with fiorini
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Nahā¦somebody else will have 15 touches and kick 3 goals.
Over the summer, I didnāt have McGrath in my best 22 write-up, because without exposed form I simply couldnāt pen him in, regardless of how early he was picked.
Iāve certainly seen enough now.
Best 22 small defender for sure, and that probably pushes out one of our veterans who would otherwise spend their twilight years back there.
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Not sure how long he stays majorly in defense if his stints in the guts the last 2 games is anything to judge on. Might end up on permanent rotation by the seasons mid point.
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The Rising Star is a rubbish award. In theory you could be the 2nd best eligible player of every round and never get nominated and actually be the best player over the whole year by a mile.
It just takes one flashy game to get a nomination, but if your job is to perform a defensive role in the first instance, it might take quite a while to get noticed as best for the round.
Iām very happy with this young man as our number 1 pick.
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Very good game, and played on some seriously good opponents. He established himself at the level in 3 games and started to expand his horizons in his fourth. Training with the defence in the preseason was a very good idea, but tbh, I can see him moving into a regular midfield rotation more and more from this point on.
Canāt have him in 2 places at once but he takes the no 1 small forward from this point on while he remains a defender imo.
Such a fascination with moving him into the midfield. Probably because we are overloaded with quick skilful small defenders
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Watson, Heppell and Stanton are slower than the titanic. Itās a glaring hole. The sooner heās in there the better imo
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Having maple syrup on my pancakes on Tuesday in honour of Andy
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Fascination? His big draw card was that he was a 30 disposal a game midfielder that did the team thing to play back on the player destroying their team.
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Hands are faster than the speed of light. Sometimes too fast for his teammates.
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I agree Deckham. He should be Rising Star this week but I guess the experts will find someone else thou. With McGrath, Parish and Francisā¦Iām excited.
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How many did Betts kick in him?
I think it was only one. It was a bad one though. Let Betts drift 10m clear of him while he stood there pointing at other opponents. Then, with his back turned and still pointing while manning the mark, Betts played on for an easy snap.
He fought back extra well after that though.
Agreed. Remember Rhys Palmer won that award & heās just gotten to his 3rd club (or maybe 2nd club) with pick 135 odd last year (carlton) haha