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Anyone at the gabba to put a sock in BT? He's intolerable.
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The Kool-Aid has BT all hyper.
Is this a dodgy disposal thing? Apart from that I don't see much similarity.
Yep. I can’t get past how ugly Erasmus kicking was last year at peel. I’m not exaggerating to say it was horrific.
I do think he’s a lot more abrasive and tigerish and dynamic than Robertson besides that, but he’s an even worse kick.
**** me I hope we see some improvement from his kicking at peel tomorrow compared to last year.
You won’t last long in the modern game if you can’t kick the ball properly
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Why'd we blow a top 10 pick on a dodgy user of the ball? Surely not.
He's also a fair bit bigger than Robertson and a decent mark. But yeah he needs to clean up his field kicking.
He’s got all the other tools - that’s why we took him at 10 I guess.
Problem with fitting a bad kick into your midfield rotation is everyone else needs to be a quality user by foot to compensate. Serong and Brayshaw are not great/ok by foot. Johnson does look silky but early days yet.
Ideally Neil improves his kicking in a similar way to how Clayton Oliver did and then we will have a player on our hands.
Saw a lot of Johnson at Subi. Will be a star.
True but those kind of unicorns come around once in 50 years at most clubs.
Also Nats field kicking has generally been excellent over the years of his dominance. Well ahead of Neil anyway.
that's like the kids who call Maths, math.
ffs, you don't walk on a sidewalk!!!
& I like America. Give me America over England any day
Rayner was pretty bloody awesome, tonight!
How was the deefence?
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Deefense with an s if we are going full Yank.
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Not at all, we would need to adopt one out from birth to test that.
Too late now though, a wasted opportunity for science.
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If a dud 200 gamer like McManus adopts Nick now at the age of 20, can we get him as a father-son?
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I remember watching Erasmus' draft vids after we picked him and thinking they were some of the most uninspiring highlights I'd ever seen for a high draftee.
I figured since he was so highly rated and an inside mid that he mustn't be the sort of player that highlights do justice to, but I can't say I've been overly enthused by much I've seen since then either.
Purple Jesus
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Nope. None of note.
He is a good size and can find the ball. Ok so disposal may be an issue, but one would think he’ll make an impact at AFL level eventually just as Brodie did last year.
Sad.... Huge advantage to get one.
Although the eagles only had waterman/s.
I would have thought they would have at least a couple of champions. The Judd kids are athletic, although I wonder if they would choose Carlton. Would be amusing.
I think we're going a bit early on Erasmus. He wasn't too bad in the three matches he played last season. And the second WAFL season is yet to start. I remember people writing off Noddy after his first season in the WAFL. Some stating that he will never be AFL standard.
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Port for some reason have quite a few potential father/son picks coming up. Someone posted the list on Reddit a couple of days ago and I think we are the only team other than the 2 expansion teams without a father/son prospect over the next 3 years.
I've got a feeling Banfield has good genetics. Maybe Jlo and Bell are thinking about the long term future of the club to get him to 100 games.
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