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Senior 7. Jagga Smith
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He does look stronger than expected. BUT he’s going to be thrown around a bit……if they can ever catch him.
Players like Smith often go to bottom clubs where they are automatically one of the team's top players in their area of the ground. Smith gets to come in at the bottom of the pecking order and to play in a strong side around a strong core of mature players. I see this working our very well.
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He has much quicker feet than Josh. He moves like a Butters/N.Daicos hybrid
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Won’t be for long imo.
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To me he looks like a Jack Martin type
Still Butters for me
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Yep
That is the closest for mine, but Jagga is more inclined to involve his team mates than Butters. ZB likes to be da man, whereas JS is more inclined to do the team thing. He has a smidgen of Daicos in that he presents for the one-two and always has eyes for the next play.
He will really complement what we have. Happy and capable of playing the link man with quick hands, yet if the opportunity arises, happy to take the game on. Will work inside or out, the very definition of a balanced mid. Will be interesting how he is utilised for his first season or two.
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No pressure on the lad with the comps so far…
Don't know about others, but when I share traits, there is no suggestion the player will better, same or a lesser version
He is an overager so this year put himself through a "professional" standard training program. So it would stand to reason that he has had 12 months to put a bit on and toughen up relative to his peers that still had yr12 to contend with. Must have been a match stick last year though! Seens to have a big work appetite which is 3/4 of the battle early.
He’s top age, not overager. Clearly started school young and finished year twelve a year earlier than most
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Your saying it could have been exile on Arden Street?
It is still funny how we never really say....
He reminds me of {insert bog ordinary player}.... We always aim at a star player.
Jagga reminds me at times of Matt Crouch as well, a player that often handballs more than kicks and has low meters gained.
He also reminds me at times of Butters with his side step and slight build.
He reminds me of Jagga Smith
Agreed
I stated that Draper had Jack Steven traits, was one of the better mids for 2-3 years
For me, Jagga has Butters traits, but also similar to Treloar at the same age
Generally when you pick a kid in the very tip top end of the draft they have a good chance being compared to some very good players. It's not hyperbole to do so.
When Nick Daicos was drafted he was compared to Lachie Whitfield and Zach Merrett. When Sam Walsh was drafted he was compared to Joel Selwood and Adam Treloar. Are those comparisons hyperbolic? If anything I say they are tame.
For reference Jagga does not remind me of Matt Crouch in the slightest.
Well, we did spend pick 3 on him. If the comparisons were to Kane Lucas, I'd be concerned.
I reckon this is an underrated point. For all the top 10 picks we've had this century, we've never really seen them come into an established side. It will be interesting to see how Jagga goes. Best case scenario, it will be a bit like Daicos or Ashcroft - the cream on top in a premiership push
Selwood and Boak great examples too.
