Former #29 - Jake Kelly

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Welcome Ned.

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Top 8 or so for games played on our list next season. I hope heā€™s a solid role player, because he could definitely fill a need.

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Cough, cough!! I actually think Redman may stay back and T.Cutler may find his way to the VFL side!

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I am surprised people donā€™t know him, heā€™s pretty solid. As for position, think Francis/Gleeson third tall. I think you can play him alongside Ridley/Laverde/Stewart-Reid-Hurley

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Welcome Jake! Looking forward to watching him play.

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Booo! Just when weā€™re starting to like him.

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Elite standards, elite person

Thatā€™s all

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He played on stringer when we played the crows

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So many haters heads exploding on social mediašŸ˜‚. I ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  love it

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Jake had a pretty good outing that day
23 disposals and a goal

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what do you think of shiel?

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Most of his possie were on ball Kelly shut him down when he went forward

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To be fair, Adelaide parked the bus and passed the ball sideways a zillion times. They had no interest in scoring.

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ā€œThe Bombersā€™ current coach Ben Rutten was a teammate of Kelly when he was selected with pick 40 in the 2014 rookie draft.ā€

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He has aā€¦
How do you say itā€¦
Very awkward kicking action.

This is for memory. I could be confusing him with another Adelaide defender.

Editā€¦
Watched the video posted above.
Didnā€™t even show him kicking it.
Must be him.

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Fair call :+1::+1:

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Is that from an article? Rutten retired at the end of 2014 and Kelly was drafted in 2014 so while they were technically on the Crows list in the same year I wouldnā€™t call them teammates.

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Thatā€™s an interesting factor I hadnā€™t appreciated. Played in same part of the ground too. Canā€™t imagine Truck would have brought him on board if he wasnā€™t a hard worker, at the very least.

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should get games as a lockdown defender to free up redman and hind

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Heā€™s solid enough. I would assume that they started to court him before Cutler found a home in the backline but he is perfectly suited to play the same role Cutler & Gleeson play even if Iā€™m not 100% sure heā€™s an upgrade. He can play on a variety of sizes but heā€™s not really the lockdown small defender many think McGrath is best suited to fill. You could play him on a guy like Rohan but not really on a quick small like Papley. Hopefully he has some upside that Adelaide couldnā€™t unlock.

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