Troy Taylor [merged]

[Judge Roughneck]

Today Taylor will meet his new coach Damien Hardwick, with the two likely to discuss future plans for the talented 18-year-old.

He said: "I'll sit down with the coach and discuss what he wants me to do and see what I'll be be doing for the pre-season.''

I like this new initiative from the Tigers, the senior coach actually talking to the young kids.

Better policy than Wallace 'i talk to 1st and 2nd year players once every 2 months'

[torch]

hope Taylor turns out to be a superstar!

and please do the right things!

 

[tdy]

This is probably a soft/big call, but i reckon this kid will debut round 1 with The Aston.

would be nice to see but i doubt it.  simply not fit enough.  only joined NT thunder around april so only had about 7 months of formal organised training.  Hence obviously talented and skillful but engine not there yet.  more likely later in the season. 

ahhhh fair fair, i was just making a baseless prediction for the fun of it! Do you think any of the other draftees will debut round 1?

round 1, apart from martin, probably no one else.  Due to the lack of tall forward depth, it could be possible that astbury gets a run if he impresses pre-season (not griffiths as i think due to his recent surgery, he simply wouldn't have had enough of a pre-season).

other than that, if you count mitch farmer as a new recruit, then he's another who could play round 1

Mitch Farmer bloody well better debut early.  I don't want him to be another fringe player pick up like Tom Hislop.  If he doesn't (barring injury) it would show a lack of drafting credibility for Hardwick as he must have known Farmer before.

[Smokey]

Mitch Farmer bloody well better debut early.  I don't want him to be another fringe player pick up like Tom Hislop.  If he doesn't (barring injury) it would show a lack of drafting credibility for Hardwick as he must have known Farmer before.

Why would he have known him before?

[Hes My Hero]

Mitch Farmer bloody well better debut early.  I don't want him to be another fringe player pick up like Tom Hislop.  If he doesn't (barring injury) it would show a lack of drafting credibility for Hardwick as he must have known Farmer before.

Why would he have known him before?

Apparently Farmer was at Port when Dimma was there also.

[Penelope]

Mitch Farmer bloody well better debut early.  I don't want him to be another fringe player pick up like Tom Hislop.  If he doesn't (barring injury) it would show a lack of drafting credibility for Hardwick as he must have known Farmer before.

Why would he have known him before?

Apparently Farmer was at Port when Dimma was there also.

Don't think so. Hardwick went to Hawthorn in 2005 and Farmer was drafted in 2007

[Smokey]

Mitch Farmer bloody well better debut early.  I don't want him to be another fringe player pick up like Tom Hislop.  If he doesn't (barring injury) it would show a lack of drafting credibility for Hardwick as he must have known Farmer before.

Why would he have known him before?

Apparently Farmer was at Port when Dimma was there also.

Don't think so. Hardwick went to Hawthorn in 2005 and Farmer was drafted in 2007

Yeah, that's why I asked the question.  I thought Hardwick was long gone before Farmer arrived so wasn't sure if I had missed something.

[tiga]

Mitch Farmer bloody well better debut early.  I don't want him to be another fringe player pick up like Tom Hislop.  If he doesn't (barring injury) it would show a lack of drafting credibility for Hardwick as he must have known Farmer before.

I think Adam Thomson may have been a better comparison than Hislop. He played in 12 games and showed a bit. Thomson only started in two.

[Owl]

Thomson was the better recruit imo but got that nasty sternum injury

[Francois Jackson]

Thompson and Hislop are both rubbish players. Face facts people

Choco has an eye for talent and if he didn't see anything in Farmer i dont hold much hope for F.J picking a hidden gem

[WilliamPowell]

Choco has an eye for talent and if he didn't see anything in Farmer i dont hold much hope for F.J picking a hidden gem

Fact is Farmer wanted to come home.

Port wanted him to stay and he wanted to come home, one reason being lack of opportunities at Port.

Mitch had some very interesting things to say at Club80 when he was asked about the biggest difference between the 2 Clubs... he suggested that Port isn't big on giving young blokes a go.. Choco likes to stick with his older established blokes when things go pear shaped

[big tone]

Thompson and Hislop are both rubbish players. Face facts people

Choco has an eye for talent and if he didn't see anything in Farmer i dont hold much hope for F.J picking a hidden gem

I have faced the facts Daniel- they are both poo! Both to slow and cannot kick.
Farmer is a little different at this stage, still have hope for him but will only have to see 1 or 2 games to be able to tell.

Also WP, on Choco not giving young blocks a game, if this kid was dominating in the twos he would pick himself. Port aint that good!
I truely hope he becomes a star, as i have said before, we are due for a change of luck!!!!! 

[Owl]

In Thomsons second game for us he was spearing some beautiful long kicks straight out of the guts down the forwards throats, he did it twice so it was no fluke.  I was surprised considering he was supposedly such a poo kick.  He is a hard at it player and wins hard ball, I wouldn't write him off just yet, he was on the wrong end of a nasty injury which kept him out all year. 

[WilliamPowell]

Also WP, on Choco not giving young blocks a game, if this kid was dominating in the twos he would pick himself. Port aint that good!
I truely hope he becomes a star, as i have said before, we are due for a change of luck!!!!! 

Only going by what the kid said. If you check out Con65's report from Club80 you'll see it's called the 100 game club.

Also in the 2nd half of the seaosn he did star in the SANFL but it made no difference. His first half of the year he had problems at his first SANFL club - the coach wouldn't play a number of AFL players

[wayne]

he suggested that Port isn't big on giving young blokes a go.. Choco likes to stick with his older established blokes when things go pear shaped

Sounds like Wallace...