#42 - Jayden Nguyen

OMG. had to look.
What the ■■■■. Please tell me these people aren’t Essendon supporters?

Do some people not realise he is a Cat B rookie? The expectation that he has high skill levels is weird.

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The only time I read it is when people post links on here. I’ve started to consciously not click on them because I just can’t stand Musk. Looking forward to people moving on to a new platform.

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Already have: https://bsky.app/

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Just had a look and two were littleral wonna be Nazis. Still baffles me how big their numbers are in Victoria

Imagine getting riled up because you draft someone from one of the largest ethnic communities in the country? Or the western burbs of Melbourne anyway.

Some people need to be neutered.

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I’d say yes. Firstly, it’s not a highlights video so that statement was wrong. Secondly, I thought he got a lot of ball in-close and frequently gave it to teammates by hand who could then use it. Not always, but he didn’t always have options.

I thought his kicking was predominantly neat and went where he wanted, although he did make one or two bad decisions as to where to kick.

But overall I thought your assessment was wrong.

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Would be a natural on the HF line with these past players: Cook - Garlick - Rice

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Might of helped us get him as a Cat B though.

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If he’s hard at the ball and fast, I will almost forgive the poor foot skills. We need someone who will break lines and not be afraid to take the game and contest on. He will need to work on his disposal to have a career with us imo, but I’ve seen worse foundations to build off

Nguyen and kako basically went 1 and 2 in the league best and fairests from under 12s onwards in the edfl A grade. Nguyen played for aberfeldie and kako for Pascoe vale. They are mates though coz they’ve played a lot of rep footy together.

They are consistent high performers across about 6 years. They were at about the same level last year, but kako kicked on and Nguyen didn’t have as good of a year as he hoped. He put on a bit of weight this year too, so has decent strength now and he still managed to finish top 4 in the Coates league bnf too.

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Kinda reminds me of the Ben McNiece situation. Small defender, Cat b rookie.

Still kicks better than tsatas

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Nah, Nguyen has a lot more run

Love this long sleeve training top

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Fair comment

That craps over any away guernsey that we have previously had, looks good.

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Me too

How’s the serenity?

It’s refreshing.

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I actually thought those highlights were pretty good, more than held his own against the most stacked midfield in the comp - won eight clearances, a number where he was directly up against Ashcroft, Reid etc.

He’s competitive and great at ground level, I think he’ll play a real one day.

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https://x.com/taramurray339/status/1861209058671472693?s=46
Mentions working with McGrath so must be looking at him for that Hind role

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