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Jagga should really be favourite, followed by Langford
Hard for contested players to shine in year one. So, Jagga yes, but does Langford have the outside game?
Also surprised Ashcroft isn't inside the top 10 (but may not get the games that players in worse teams will get).
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If we don't give Draper the Curtin-esque dick around/subbing/playing out of position etc etc - he should be a fair shout for the RS. 
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They love giving the early picks a nomination too, so he'll only need a couple half decent games IMO.If we don't give Draper the Curtin-esque dick around/subbing/playing out of position etc etc - he should be a fair shout for the RS.
But I don't see him winning the whole thing
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We'd be better off delisting Curtin now if that's the case. That role breaks more than its worth unless you're running four key talls.
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Curtin lucky he played so little games.
??? How so?
It's largely a redundant role in modern footy, and really it didn't work for us either in the scheme of things.
It COULD work if he makes it as a CB midfielder,
The way I see it, post Tex we're likely to play a 2 tall front 6 with 2 players rotating through CB, a small forward and a high half forward.
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We need players connecting across the field.
ANB & Cumming are great gets in this regard.
But Curtin can also play a decent role in this regard with his leg.
Nate Caddy and Ethan Read the same. Only 3 from top 10 still eligible. Also 3 of the 4 talls in the top 10 (Jed Walter the other on 19 games).
Yeah I get that.
He has a role to play, but I don't think it's as a full time forward
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What has been suggested is someone who floats between forward & wing... particularly when Tex is rested... not a set key forward (who would be Thilthorpe & Fogarty).
While he's key position size, that's not how he plays, or should be played.
I like the idea of high half forward, pushing up the ground into contests. He's not an outside player, so if he played wing I suspect that it would be how Soligo played wing: straight into the contest as soon as the ball is bounced.
Wtf ? He got turned inside out by forwards. I made the point he’s not athletic enough for certain positions. That’s far from trolling. He’s far from proven. Fact.
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Yeah, we shouldn't trust the bodywork of 2-3 game players .....I mean they should be better than 100-200 game seasoned players, don't you agree
Jokes aside .....do you think in hindsight this was an appropriate comment ....Nicks himself said Curtin had a lot to work on, particularly his footwork in the midfield ....and his positioning
But 18 YO 197cm are so far from the finished product ......you guys scream abuse because Curtin is played in the SANFL ...but then criticise him for not being Bontempelli yet
BTW, if you watch the last Qtr against the Bulldogs (game #5) his bodywork showed a big improvement, to setup a goal
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OK .....so you call Curtin a lumberer, and therefore you say he can't play DEF .....but in the next breath you say he should play WING, where apparently being a lumberer is not an issue
I'm gobsmacked at that POV
If you've watched any football closely, most rookies in their first year look slow and a step off the pace .....it's only a second off, playing still at SANFL / State League pace ....but it makes you look slow
It's very common with most rookies ....and remember Curtin only played 7 games, and was only starting to find his feet in the last couple of games
2nd years are usually a stark difference .... players' are more accustomed to playing at AFL pace ....which makes them look quicker
Just think about any sport you've played, and how long it takes to adjust to speed & pressure differences, as you go up thru the levels
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He did, but he wasn't too far away from that not being the case.
He is far from proven, but showed enough that I'm confident that he'll be great. Time will tell.
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Tim Gossage and Scotty Cummings just two weeks ago in discussing Curtin's future on their radio show, declared a) he's very happy in Sth Aust ..b) he'll be a champion player, such is his talent
There was no reason for them to speak with such fervor
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Port were crazy to turn norths pick down imo...luckily they did
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There is no reason for writing off Curtin at this point in time.
Clearly has talent.
Hopefully not hampered by injury this year.
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Port never turned down North's pick as Houston was never going to North?
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