Mitch Clark Anyone

[PuntRdRoar]

Mitch Clark anyone!   Oakley Nicholls must be some sort of player...coz when you need key position players and you dont pick them...then what can you say. But no worries guys...when we draft we're supposedly looking for blokes who have had pooh lives and crap like that and besides weve got Staff and Patto and a multitude of budding key position stars lol.

 In the end, the old adage that a good big man always beats a good little man is true...Its also true that you should always pick blokes that can play. Mitch Clark can play- Everyone who looked at last years draft new he was a star in the making...but as usual we didnt pick what was ours to be taken. But as I said at the start...Oakley Nicholls must be some sort of player. He must be...otherwise why would Miller not pick Clark instead. I look forward to the explanation from the club and the people who made the decision.

[Bulluss]

i didnt see tonight's game but have read the match reports and seen Clark play last week.

I was thinking along the same lines last week when i seen him play that he looks a real player in the making. Oakley Nicholls is always going to have a lot of pressure on him as he was somewhat of a smokey in the top 10.

Its certainly too early to tell who will be the better player but it is clear that Clark will have a more immediate impact at senior level.

[blx]

big deal, so what he had some ok first games. Isnt the first and wont be the last.

if Mitchell ends up being a bottle of Moet while our boy JON sours over time then we made a bad choice.

Sure its fun to run through the "what if's" but at this point in time, Im not losing any sleep over it.

Our boy Cleve could end up ten times better than Clark, who knows RT, who knows.

[Tiger Spirit]

In the end, the old adage that a good big man always beats a good little man is true...Its also true that you should always pick blokes that can play. Mitch Clark can play- Everyone who looked at last years draft new he was a star in the making...but as usual we didnt pick what was ours to be taken. But as I said at the start...Oakley Nicholls must be some sort of player. He must be...otherwise why would Miller not pick Clark instead. I look forward to the explanation from the club and the people who made the decision.

You know a lot more about this than I ever will RT, but even I was surprised when we passed on KPP the last 2 drafts.

I know X isn’t all that rapt with Meyer, because of his attitude and stuff, but even if it is true that he doesn’t want to be here, we haven’t lost on that pick.  And the way most Clubs tend to look at these things is that you pick the best player available.  Should things not work out for any reason, and a player wants to go home, or whatever, then you have some bargaining power, which I’m sure you know anyway.  I hope Meyer stays, because he seems all class, but if it turns out that he wants to go home then we can at least expect a round 1 draft pick for him.  From that perspective, we wouldn’t seem to have lost anything.

What you’re talking about is different to Meyer’s situation, but with these young players you really cannot judge them properly till they’ve been in the system at least 3-4 seasons.  Sometimes you can just tell with some players whether they will make it or not, but Travis Johnstone, for examples, was a bit maligned before he got going.  Now he seems to have matured a bit and developed some consistency in his game.  But it took him a few seasons to do that.

In a way, I think it can help make some players to maybe have to work hard to get a game and then play consistent footy.  If it all happens too easily and all at once for some of them, maybe they don’t appreciate the opportunity they have.  If they’re resilient and good enough, they’ll make it.  If we start worrying about who we should’ve picked up and so on then we’ll never be happy.

You win some, you lose some and if things don’t work out for some players then someone else will take their place.  That’s the way it’s always been and will always be, I guess.

[Mr Magic]

Looks good doesn't he. ???

[Fishfinger]

Good luck to Brisbane if he turns out ok.
He withdrew from a game last year up woop woop in WA apparently once he found out Greg Miller was there to watch him. Miller had travelled for hours to get there. I doubt he'd be much good to any club he didn't want to be at if he has that sort of attitude.

[letsgetiton!]

we have cleve highes we dont need him! we cant have a team of too many talls, and when u think about it we have a few that will make our future bright. patto, hughes, schulz, mguane, limbach, thursfield etc and im sure next yr we will pick up some more

[mightytiges]

We still more talls given Stafford, Gas, Chubba and Richo will be retiring in the next few years. A good side has depth in all areas. Hopefully we can score a couple of good ones in this year's draft - Hansen, Thorp - as well as find one or two through the rookie list as the Crows did.

One Club reckoned Oakley-Nicholls was the best of the crop. Don't know if that was us. We've definitely targetted our draft picks towards creating a team with speed, mobility and a good attitude and work ethic.

[letsgetiton!]

One Club reckoned Oakley-Nicholls was the best of the crop. Don't know if that was us. We've definitely targetted our draft picks towards creating a team with speed, mobility and a good attitude and work ethic.

spot on mt, terry, miller and the tiger recruitng team all thought JON was the best in the draft and were wrapped to pick him up. also heard royal say that if we had 1st pick in the draft JON would ahve been our pick

[blx]

Cleve Hughes Anyone.

[PuntRdRoar]

Cleve Hughes Anyone.

Ive always supported the Hughes selection, infact youll find heaps of my posts where I was supportive of drafting this kid at 8.

[Bulluss]

i have been told by a source of mine that Hughes has been very soft at training and is afraid to make body contact or tackle.

Is this a fair judgement?

I havent seen him at all so cant really back it up.

[WilliamPowell]

i have been told by a source of mine that Hughes has been very soft at training and is afraid to make body contact or tackle.

Is this a fair judgement?

I havent seen him at all so cant really back it up.

From his efforts yesterday Bull - I'd say the above is way, way off the mark. His first mark was stunning considering the amount of pressure his opponent was attempting (chopping at the arms) but the Dogs player ended up getting no-where near his arms. Went in hard to a couple of packs to help Krak out, kept the pressure on in the forward half and he (remebering it's his first game) appears to have a very good footy brain. 

Long -term with a bit more beef he could be a very very good KPP

[Bulluss]

I think this has been an observation at Coburg training.

Maybe he doesnt rate training at Coburg and doenst go as hard.

I have also been told not to expect a very attacking brand of footy from Coburg this season.

Andy Collins game plan revolves around defence.

[mightytiges]

I would disagree that he's very soft at training but during the quarter-time break of the Coburg-Roos game the week before, Andy Collins singled out to Hughes that he needed to present more strongly so the midfielders had a target at CHF. Cleve then came out in the second quarter and took Collins' words on board which was good to see. Perhaps he needs just needs a gentle reminder now and then from the coaches while he's developing to keep the intensity up at all times. When his intensity is up, Cleve leads straight, got strong hands and is an accurate set-shot goalkicker with a very good kicking technique.