Senior Welcome to Carlton National Draft Pick 3 - Jagga Smith

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We were between a rock and a hard place with so many quality mids to choose from, but wild horses couldn't drag us away from our choice in the end.
Gimme shelter in the stands of the 'G, or for that matter, from my voodoo lounge so that I can allow this guy's footy skills to start me up.
I'm quite sure he'll never be our beast of burden.
 
To the draft watchers, what's his defensive pressure, tackling and chasing like.

Elite. Smaller frame hurts him, but the rest is all there. No worries defensively.

Best tackler for mine is probably Lalor (aggressive tackler).

Does he use his agility to shut down space for opponents if they get the ball?

Yes. Probably the best at it in the draft.

Seriously, his only flaws are his attacking game needs work (but he's already shown he can do this, with him getting feedback earlier in the year about poor meters gained and immediately improving in this metric in his next half dozen games) and his light frame.

His decision making, endurance, evasiveness, follow up work, defensive running, footy IQ, professionalism, coachability, consistency and character are hard (read: next to impossible) to fault.

He was the best available at 3. In every metric he is better than the blokes taken at 1 and 2, its just he lacks the 'impact per possession' match winning turn of Lalor (who is a genuine bull, along the lines of De Goey or Dusty) or the high ceiling of FOS (classy, skillful but laconic).

About as sure fire a 200 gamer AFL player as you could want.

Plays and moves like Butters (or a Walsh/ Nick Daicos hybrid). Has the potential to be as good as any of those three (and at a bare minimum a solid A grader)
 

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Jaggers stat no.s are insanely good. Compare his no.s to Lalor and O’Sullivan and you have to wonder how we got him at 3. Sorry just needed to be said. :p
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We’ve done a major robbery here 🤯 can’t believe we got Jagga!!! 😍😍
 
I often really pour over the stats of players. Height. Weight. Speed. Endurance. Leap. Possessions. Contested. Goals. Whatever I can find.

Don’t need ANY for Jagga. After watching every peace of footage of him on the internet….

My eyes told me he’s just one thing.

A GUN footballer.

Love him already. Welcome to the Big 7 young man. Crippa, Charlie, Tom, Sam, Weiters and Harry are waiting for you.

And I look forward to Windows’ first training report with you featuring.
 
It’s incredible that Adam Cerra and George Hewett will be fighting for a midfield spot against each other else will end up as subs. Just incredible.

Jagga will be for sure in front of them by round one.
 

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