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MatthewBoydFanClub
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| You can speculate as much as you like, we don't know how players like Draper are going to go until they're subjected to match conditions of VFL/AFL football. They can look a million dollars on the training track and not perform at all on match day. You can also argue that in order to win games of AFL football you need to play your most experienced team, but the reality is we are nowhere near the performances of the teams above us. The only way our club is going to go forward as a team is by playing guys like Draper, who looks likes a big bodied mid to me with more pace than Lipinski. I'd be looking to playing him in the second half of the season with guys like Harrison, McMahon and Johnson, who all look like having the goods to play AFL footy, but don't quite have the preparation yet to play immediately. |
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neil 
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | #26 wrote: | | Drafting guys, who have slid in the draft, due to injury, thinking we're picking up a bargain. Could this be a contributing factor to our constant injury woes? đ¤ |
Heard he not the Best 2 Way Runner and at times his Efforts not 100% |
Could try M Malthouses old trick play in defence to teach defensive skills and two way runnings importance. A poor habit in a 18 yo is easier to rectify than a 25 yo so time is on his side
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| Chris judd had dicky shoulder see how that turned out wasnât picked at 1 |
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Dave The Man 
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Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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LaurieHolden 
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Pebbles Rocks
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Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season.
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inxs88
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Looks like 2023 shall be similarly compromised however if he can make it and add to a post Sidey, pendles midfield, it would be a huge coup.
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| Pebbles Rocks wrote: | | Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season. |
Yeah, more unknowns than knowns at the moment. The proof will be in the pudding. A case of wait, watch and wonder about how he goes.
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Pebbles Rocks
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| inxs88 wrote: | | Looks like 2023 shall be similarly compromised however if he can make it and add to a post Sidey, pendles midfield, it would be a huge coup. |
Why will 2023 be compromised?
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dalyc
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| lazzadesilva wrote: | | Pebbles Rocks wrote: | | Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season. |
Yeah, more unknowns than knowns at the moment. The proof will be in the pudding. A case of wait, watch and wonder about how he goes. |
No. Itâs in the eating.
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Presti35
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Im excited for Draper. I've had a good feeling about him since being drafted.
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watt price tully
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| lazzadesilva wrote: | | Pebbles Rocks wrote: | | Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season. |
Yeah, more unknowns than knowns at the moment. The proof will be in the pudding. A case of wait, watch and wonder about how he goes. |
Are these known unknowns or unknown unknowns? What does Rumsfeld think about how the lad will go? 
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LaurieHolden
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| MatthewBoydFanClub wrote: | | You can speculate as much as you like, we don't know how players like Draper are going to go until they're subjected to match conditions of VFL/AFL football. They can look a million dollars on the training track and not perform at all on match day. You can also argue that in order to win games of AFL football you need to play your most experienced team, but the reality is we are nowhere near the performances of the teams above us. The only way our club is going to go forward as a team is by playing guys like Draper, who looks likes a big bodied mid to me with more pace than Lipinski. I'd be looking to playing him in the second half of the season with guys like Harrison, McMahon and Johnson, who all look like having the goods to play AFL footy, but don't quite have the preparation yet to play immediately. |
A succinct summary.
Given the prospect of having Draper, McInnes, Macrae, Allan, Harrison and Dean banging on the door of senior selection by the 2nd half, it'll ensure the VFL team is going to be a good to watch this season.
I'd expect the Nicks VFL Magpies sub to have plenty of stories for supporters to lean into, and get excited over.
Draper for the Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy in '23.
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Pies2016
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Going ok but not as well as his younger brother, Sam.
Heâs been ripping it up as a bottom ager for SA in U18 championships.
He canât be selected this year and we have no rights to him at the draft but he looks a super talent in the 2024 draft. |
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uuuuu..... The LoneSTAR
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| ^The introduction of a sibling can work wonders for the first brother drafted |
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