Welcome With rookie pick 31 Geelong Football Club select: Joe Pike
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You can never have too many in the blond hair and headband brigade!
- Feb 28, 2011
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Why does this guys name ring a bell with me?
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he played for our vfl team a few games this year and was decent.
Yay !
Pushing for us to pick up Joe last year. Nice size already (don’t have to wait years for the strength, weight), promising in the ruck attributes and, importantly, seemed resilient. Good rookie pick IMO.
Have a mass of young rucks on our list now - surely 1 or 2 now have to stay fit and develop!!! (I hope…)
Pushing for us to pick up Joe last year. Nice size already (don’t have to wait years for the strength, weight), promising in the ruck attributes and, importantly, seemed resilient. Good rookie pick IMO.
Have a mass of young rucks on our list now - surely 1 or 2 now have to stay fit and develop!!! (I hope…)
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Ah makes sense
Good solid name, like something out of a 1940's detective film.
Pike season 1 starting soon.
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Miles better than furphy.
But I'm still not sure if Pike will make it but he has way more chance. I'm very optimistic that he could be a player.
Reckon Furphy was better as a pure Ruck but you need more tricks than that to make it in modern footy, Pike being 6 years younger, more mobile and able to play forward should have more upside.
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Plus depending on athleticism can't hurt if we get sorted with rucks to try and convert one into a defender or into a forward/ruck.
Look forward to seeing how he goes. There were times when i thought he looked as promising as conway. The test now will be to handle the extra load and tougher opposition.
We have come a fair way and no one could say we have not tried to fix our issues thru the draft. We have probably covered the loss of Stanley and then some.
Now we just need a little luck.
We have come a fair way and no one could say we have not tried to fix our issues thru the draft. We have probably covered the loss of Stanley and then some.
Now we just need a little luck.
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That is the KEY!!
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Very happy with this.
Raw but talent is there as seen in VFL. Cheap punt that could pay off and keeps the local kids seeing the pathways can work
Will take full 2 years or more to come on but thats ok by me
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Raw but talent is there as seen in VFL. Cheap punt that could pay off and keeps the local kids seeing the pathways can work
Will take full 2 years or more to come on but thats ok by me
Go Catters
This .. and the others that have just missed. Some of the names that were mentioned in the lead up that missed out totally.
He missed being draft.. and listening to SWells … they gave him feedback , he showed a willingness to work on them. He improved ..played sometime for the VFL and the Falcons …was talked about as prospect in the MSD ..and missed again… and still kept the his head down. And attitude inside the club must play a part.
Now he has been picked near the last possible number…and my bet he keeps going, keeps his head down. It would not surprise me if he surprises and pushes his name forward quicker than 2 years.
It will get down to him coping with high level demands. Probably more running and more work than he ever has had to do etc…
but I say good luck to him. I love guys who work hard for their chance.
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Even if he's no where near it i love drafting from our vfl side
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Not sure which VFL game it was but he showed a few impressive tricks for such a lump of a kid. Well-deserved pick up.
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Drafting from our VFL side even if the players don't make it has a bonus of getting more players interested in playing for us on the chance we draft them from the VFL side.
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I knew it was a big number but i didn't think it was that big nice to see
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It would be interesting to know which VFL/State team has had the most draftees over that period of time
Because there's some teams you could sign to play for knowing that you'll play plenty of minutes, while there's others that you may have to work harder at for those same opportunities but could place you a better position going forward
