Delisted #49: Jaiden Hunter - Heading home - 15/8

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
2024 My Boy Draft: Who dares wins

 

[ant555]

May not be too long before he gets a look in if the form holds up.

 

[yodellinhank]

Has gone pretty under the radar, but 12 touches, 9 marks, 4.1 against Carlton yesterday.

Bring him Where does he fit now, with Wright Weideman Stringer & Langford all firing? Quickly gone from bare cupboard to looking okay

 

[Ati Tude]

Bring him Where does he fit now, with Wright Weideman Stringer & Langford all firing? Quickly gone from bare cupboard to looking okay

Weid is not firing. You can argue if he stays in the team or not, but he is not firing. I assume he will keep his spot for the time being, but if Hunter can show he can lead up to the wing and take a relieving mark, than he has a big chance of getting in the team.

 

[Dudoro]

Weid is not firing. You can argue if he stays in the team or not, but he is not firing. I assume he will keep his spot for the time being, but if Hunter can show he can lead up to the wing and take a relieving mark, than he has a big chance of getting in the team.

No goals for 3 weeks for Weideman. 26yo and has never shown he’s good enough for the level. Feel Scott will leave him in for a few weeks but realistically can see Hunter coming in for him

 

[Old Campaigner]

Another decent game in the VFL and another poor one from Weed is probably enough to get him a go in the seniors

 

[wichidi]

Reckon Scott will give the 2MP weed combo a few weeks. Interview after the game 2MP spoke about weed and how he blocks well and opens up space well for 2MP which he loves.
But did watch a bit of the VFL and Hunter looked good. So agree he may get a game soon enough.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Kicks like a mule. Not quite Scotty Lucas, but still.

 

[frodos gardener]

Kicks like a mule. Not quite Scotty Lucas, but still.

Leg swings like a pendulum?

 

[Run and carry]

Name one? Surely not. Don't remember anything special about Hurley kicking at goal.

Fish?

 

[yodellinhank]

Weid is not firing.

I thought he's taking a few good marks and created chances, kicking letting him down

No goals for 3 weeks for Weideman. 26yo and has never shown he’s good enough for the level. Feel Scott will leave him in for a few weeks but realistically can see Hunter coming in for him

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Bring him in Where does he fit now, with Wright Weideman Stringer & Langford all firing? Quickly gone from bare cupboard to looking okay

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Leg swings like a pendulum?

Not so much the action but the result.

 

[Lore]

His 4 goal effort from last weekend;

https://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/1357114/vfl-rd-12-hunter-s-highlights

 

[Happyskeret]

He looks reasonably athletic along with a bit of good forward craft.

 

[citizen-erased]

its gonna be funny if he's really good
Duz, Snelling, Menzie, Martin, Mass, Hunter

our MSD/SSP strike rate is rather good.

 

[ghostdog]

its gonna be funny if he's really good
Duz, Snelling, Menzie, Martin, Mass, Hunter

our MSD/SSP strike rate is rather good.

Yep. First rounders are one thing, but nailing these is gold.

 

[Beerfish]

Bring him in.

 

[Blind Turn]

You almost take him on his kicking alone. You only need to look at the liability McKay and Curnow are when they should be jewels in the crown at Carlton. If he can learn AFL running patterns for a forward, and our midfield continues to develop, he should get in the end of a few and you’d be more than confident of 2-3 goals a week. He’s already shown that he has some forward craft.

 

[Pweter]

You almost take him on his kicking alone. You only need to look at the liability McKay and Curnow are when they should be jewels in the crown at Carlton. If he can learn AFL running patterns for a forward, and our midfield continues to develop, he should get in the end of a few and you’d be more than confident of 2-3 goals a week. He’s already shown that he has some forward craft.

I wouldn't be against giving him a couple more VFL games while Wright and Weideman see how their chemistry builds.

ant555 said his in first VFL game Hunter struggled a bit to find space to lead as it was more congested than what he was used to in the WAFL. Sounds like last weekend was a decent improvement but give him a couple more games to adjust further as by comparison there will be no space in the AFL.

 

[ant555]

Bring him in.

Think he will need a few more games . Do not want to set him up to fail like we did with Baldwin last year. He has to be ready.

 

[carloss]

 

[Blind Turn]

I wouldn't be against giving him a couple more VFL games while Wright and Weideman see how their chemistry builds.

ant555 said his in first VFL game Hunter struggled a bit to find space to lead as it was more congested than what he was used to in the WAFL. Sounds like last weekend was a decent improvement but give him a couple more games to adjust further as by comparison there will be no space in the AFL.

Yeah I meant ‘take him’ as in a drafting sense rather than take him to WA to play Freo. If you’re a recruiter, that kick is massively appealing. If we drafted him largely due to his kicking ability then that’s very reasonable relative to the issues poor kicking at goal brings to a team’s morale.

I’d give him at least 3 weeks of solid output in the VFL.

 

[justlookingaround]

its gonna be funny if he's really good
Duz, Snelling, Menzie, Martin, Mass, Hunter

our MSD/SSP strike rate is rather good.

If we win a flag with this group surely Dodo will get his own Stan Original Production version of Moneyball

 

[Happyskeret]

If we win a flag with this group surely Dodo will get his own Stan Original Production version of Moneyball

They will build a statue of him if that happens.

 

[citizen-erased]

If we win a flag with this group surely Dodo will get his own Stan Original Production version of Moneyball

The recruiter
List manager 5000

 

[Lore]