Jamarra Ugle-Hagan is the next big thing

[AndyD]

If he continues at the same rate of improvement and barring injury, all things being equal he will be the best forward in the league when he hits 25-26 or so. The unfortunate thing for Dogs supporters is that he is unlikely to reach his peak until Bont will be on the downside of his career.


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[Brad Goodman]

Probably nobody currently playing will get to the levels Franklin did, but JUH will get the closest.

 

[Corkintheocean]

He looks unreal tbf. Imagine what he could do in a non-Bevo'd forward structure.

Will put together multiple seasons with 75+ goals imho.

 

[conrad_437]

Took Harry McKay and Charlie Curnow several years in the AFL system before they developed into match winning forwards (in Charlie's case, two knee recos too)
It's unreasonable and absolutely moronic to expect KPF forwards to suddenly star from day 1 like John Coleman or Tony Lockett did.

I think JUH has heaps of improvement left in him too, especially with set shot goal conversion (which will happen in time)

If Josh Bruce (sadly) didn't go down again with a possible season and career ending ACL, I would have thought it would have been the right time for Bevo to send Naughton down back time as a KPD and make JUH your main focal point full time.

I don't quite agree with the idea of sending Naughton back. I feel as if the only way that could eventuate is if Darcy really kicks on very soon. Naughton is about to come into his prime, definitely still our number 1 forward and a massive reason why Jamarra is playing so well. Early days, they would get in each other's way and didn't function cohesively. They've built some really strong chemistry over the back half of the year and could be a genuinely elite pairing as soon as next year, especially if they're both just a TINY bit more accurate.

 

[Banga19]

Star in the making, will be an elite key forward of the comp

 

[Dazb86]

Not sure the 75+ goal seasons will be right but yeah he's tracking pretty well. With league average accuracy he'd be kicking 50 goals this year.

We have been blessed to get him but it has been a bit of a gamble taking Jamarra and Darcy and blowing all of our draft points on them for 2 years running. It has kind of left us bare through the middle of the ground.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

For a #1 pick JUH profile is incredibly low considering what he has done this year, the media still fawn over the Kings yet what JUH is producing is already better than anything they have done and he still has so much upside. Even in today's Hsun they talked about his contract and how he could demand $700k... the same paper who said Tom De Konig should earn 700-1mil.. If I am a side needing a forward he is #1 on my list and a club like Sydney should be able to put up 1.2mil over 7 years.

 

[TheCatStevensExperience]

Good of the AFL to shuffle the NGA academy around to prevent him getting to Geelong

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Good of the AFL to shuffle the NGA academy around to prevent him getting to Geelong

Not like Geelong have ever benefited from draft concessions cough... cough.. father sons.

 

[Toump Ass]

Who. The f***. Cares.

About draft equality? Anyone who wants a fair competition.

The whole thing is a lottery and for the teams that get high picks, you are being rewarded for onfield incompetency in the first place

It's not supposed to be, and I don't think anyone would think Hawthorn is "incompetent" because they're on the bottom of the ladder right now.

Happy for the dogs though, because smaller clubs (like mine) already have the odds stacked against us.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Well you know he’s going good when oppo supporters start melting about the draft

 

[PhatBoy]

About draft equality? Anyone who wants a fair competition.


It's not supposed to be, and I don't think anyone would think Hawthorn is "incompetent" because they're on the bottom of the ladder right now.

Happy for the dogs though, because smaller clubs (like mine) already have the odds stacked against us.

Anybody who wants draft equality is not going to get it.
Any system pre-determined to favour sides who are going terribly is flawed by its very nature.

Hawthorn to their credit have drafted well of late and they will be rewarded in some capacity with a high draft pick this year. That, I don’t really have any issue with.
Meanwhile one of the teams who DOES get an earlier go than them, is one who has shown no signs of improvement whatsoever despite themselves having already been given a good draft hand in recent years. That doesn’t seem very fair to me.

 

[windyhill]

God I love this thread. LOVE IT.

 

[HBFlanker]

Blokes an absolute star.

Closest thing we will see to Buddy in the foreseeable future.

 

[Dazb86]

Blokes an absolute star.

Closest thing we will see to Buddy in the foreseeable future.

Just needs to finish his work off more.

Goes at about 40% which isn't good enough.

Averaging 5 shots at goal a game though which is pretty elite.

 

[HairyO]

That is some early Buddy level scoring

 

[HBFlanker]

Just needs to finish his work off more.

Goes at about 40% which isn't good enough.

Averaging 5 shots at goal a game though which is pretty elite.

Should have kicked 6 or 7 tonight.

No one will ever get near buddys numbers. He had 201 scores in his 4th year of AFL. He wasnt human.

But Jamarra is looking like that type of player. As you say, 5 shots a game is ridiculous. I reckon he will end up lifting that up too in coming years.

 

[Osho]

He's an absolute rippa. Showing a bit more aggression, probably reflects growing confidence. Dogs are scarily good right now, be interesting to see who will stop them in this form.

 

[mattwa]

He's a really good field kick he just needs to get that routine that suits him. He looks a bit tense having a shot. Once he has that he's going to be kicking bags of 5 regularly

 

[carloss]

Blokes an absolute star.

Closest thing we will see to Buddy in the foreseeable future.

I think so too. Though I'm not sure Buddy took pack marks like Ugle-Hagan does.

 

[_Mike_]

I think so too. Though I'm not sure Buddy took pack marks like Ugle-Hagan does.

Just needs someone to help him work through his set shots. Often runs far too close to the man on the mark and reactively pulls the kick

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Not a huge fan of the Dogs in general but hope he stays healthy, he's just a super talent. Reminds me of Curnow pre knee injuries the way he just floats through the air and clunks them over the top of everyone.

Set shot really is something putrid though, sure he'll be able to get a good kicking coach to help with that in time.

 

[Cadillac]

Some years you get a Walsh or Rowell, other years you get unlucky.

And just like that, it seems JUH has passed both of them.

It’s been known since the age of time that key position forwards take longer to develop than midfielders do at AFL level. Yet, people still fall in the trap of criticising them far too early.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

For now he’s going to have games like last night with 2.6 that really could have been anything and the last two-three games previous of nailing everything.

 

[Cadillac]

a real sliding doors moment. If Jake Lever plays, he gets 3 possessions, 0 goals and probably gets dropped the following week. He converted well that's about all I'll give him.

How’s Jake Lever travelling ?