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Jamison was a rookie

The problem is that people measure "progress" differently, or have different ideas about what constitutes progress. Some people believe that progress is a simple linear movement, where each season we have more wins, better ladder position etc., leading to a flag. Others believe that if we are "on the right path" (whatever that means), then history shows that successful teams (in recent times think Hawks and Cats) will be up and down in the early years of their "rebuild", then stabilize and move on to have sustained success.

It's ok - as Chomksy said, outside of a very limited set of facts and knowledge, humanity doesn't really understand much about anything, so you can have whatever opinion or theory you like. The discussion and the questions are where it's at.

Not sure if you blokes are taking the pi55 or not.
Jack is clearly our best forward... That's not to say he is an elite player or anything, but of our forwards he reads the play best, clearly the highest work rate in the  forward line, no one leads or works harder off the ball... And is a fair kick and a good mark. We have absolutely nothing up forward, and I reckon most teams in the comp would be happy to have Jack on their list. Unfortunately we have to pin our hopes each week on a 19yo kid with the body of a 16 or 17yo kid, who competes much more impressively then he would be expected to at any other club.

Jack is clearly our best forward...

The key point here is forward. Good football nous and works hard, which means he can be elusive. I'm going to get shot down here, but if Jack is played up the ground and is in a situation where the ball is live, whoever he is competing with will most likely run off him with ease. He is simply too slow to play up the ground.

Thought Smedts gave us a something. Exceeded my expectations am deathly would be good to see him get an extended run.

Agree shadesy....thought his first quarter was excellent and his use of the footy & decision making is actually pretty sound, seems to be a lot leaner than he was at Geelong or do the their hoops just make them look more soild

Smedts......Looks a bit too lean to me...

jack had four shots at goals for two goals two behinds. Her set up two other goals of which one was a pass to Weitering. Not sure what game you were watching but Jack played up the ground. Weitering, Casboult and Charlie were our deepest forwards most of the time. Jack was born in late December and scrapped into the 2015 National draft and is 6 weeks older than Sam P-Seton. He has out shown Charlie Cunningham and McKay and many first round picks of his year.

Then again,  you probably would like Blain Boekhorst in the team for his speed. I think not! Give me someone who try's and bleeds for the jumper.

Jack is an absolute steal!!!

Everything has just about been covered I reckon. For the life of me though, I don't get how players that reach this level can miss so many short handballs. I'm talking 2-3 metres. It's so damn frustrating as a fan. Time after time attacking opportunities come unstuck due to errrant hand passing.