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Heard on SEN rumour mill that the Bulldogs are interested in Post.
Quote from: Tuckerbag on October 11, 2011, 12:18:36 AMHeard on SEN rumour mill that the Bulldogs are interested in Post.Straight swap for Roughhead.....???
Quote from: Tiger-from-Tas on October 11, 2011, 04:19:50 PMQuote from: Tuckerbag on October 11, 2011, 12:18:36 AMHeard on SEN rumour mill that the Bulldogs are interested in Post.Straight swap for Roughhead.....???No chance - Roughead is worth a lot more
Former Western Jets teammate Jayden Post is another example of how hard getting to the professional level can be.In 2007, the Western Jets key defender nominated for the draft and missed out.He was given the chance to come back for another year as an overage player with the Jets.Post was eligible for the draft in 2007 but never thought about nominating. He never considered himself a realistic chance.“I hadn’t spoken to any clubs, been to state screenings or necessarily played that well,” Post said.“Shane Sexton called me and said I may as well put a nomination in and see what happens.”For Post, AFL never seemed to be on the radar.“I suppose growing up you always want to play AFL but I never really thought I was good enough so it was never really much a dream of mine to play AFL,” Post said.“Once I got to the Jets and had this practice match where I played really well and felt that if I can play well at this level and people can see it and notice and I can do it consistently I might get lucky enough”“My first year was disappointing at the Jets and my second year started off disappointing but then they moved me to centre-half back and I started slowly progressing and getting more confident each week.”“Then when I was overlooked I had an inkling that I was going to get a shot as a 19 year old. I just thought if I was going to have one more go as a 19 year old I may as well give it my best shot.”Post considers himself lucky that he was given a second chance. TAC Cup clubs are only given two spots for 19 year olds each year but the Jets were given four being the smallest region.Never being part of Western Jets development squads in previous years there’s no doubt recruiters believed Post would see continual development as a player. After all, key position players usually take time.As time went by at the Jets, Post continued to progress and develop as a player. He started to believe he could be a realistic chance.In one Jets final Post had 35 touches and took 18 marks. Some say he was drafted on the back of this one game. Post said that he met with about 10 or 11 AFL clubs not long after that final.“A lot of people talk about the final. It was just one of those days where everything sort of bounces your way but I did have a consistent year and it wasn’t just the one game,” Post said.In 2008 he lead the TAC Cup in contested and uncontested marks. There’s no doubt Jayden Post had arrived. He also won the club best and fairest in 2008.Post puts a lot of his improvement down to the help of his personal trainer. He was training like a professional AFL athlete in his TAC Cup year. The strength and power training was invaluable.“It snowballed from there, once I played a good game I’d back it up and I knew it wasn’t a one off again, and I started believing I was too good even for the TAC,” Post said.The penny dropped for Jayden when Essendon told him that he would be drafted. Post was skeptical.“No one ever makes you promises like that, I’ve heard so many stories” Post said.“They said they’d guarantee that they’d take me even if I was still available at their last pick.”Post became confident that he would be picked up. On draft day he listened on the radio with family and close friends at the footy club.Post would become a Tiger. Richmond selected him with pick 26 in the AFL National draft.“When they call out your names, they call your player number first and I was the only one that knew my player number. It was just that split second before everyone else I knew I was going to the Tiges,” as Post reflects on draft day.Post has played 22 games for Richmond.
Postie turns 22 today
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We need to persevere with our young talls. I see promise in all of : Rance/Grimes/Post/Astbury. Well done to Posty last night.
Yeah we're already going to vote for him mate, you don't need to keep selling it.....
Post has a great leap and mark. He'll be a spoiling machine
If Postie can reproduce last night's form most weeks in the real stuff then we're finally looking at him having that breakout season we've been waiting for. He looked more self-assured playing down back last night as shown by those couple of those crucial contested marks which saved goals. Well done Postie and keep it up that standard from now on. Although Rance was a bit off last night it looks like the key posts in the backline come round 1 will be Post and Rance with Grimes as the 3rd tall.
