..not bagging rogers, don't know his work well enough i think.... ..but given a choice between Menzel and Jaksch, and where our list currently sits.. ..i'd have thought it was an obvious decision to make.. ..yes ppl say Menzel was too good to pass up once he 'slipped' down to us, but there's a whole theory out there on players that 'slip' down the order.. ..yes Menzel will be a good player, possibly better than good, provided his knee's don't continue their family tradition.. ..i'd have gone for Jaksch..

..Temay i liked what i read and saw of him at draft time, and again he addresses a need.. ..quality small defenders is what we don't have any of coming thru the ranks.. ..and Graham likewise am happy with.. ..mostly for me it's menzel over jaksch, and i know there was a lot of stuff surrounding garlett and mention of the afl 'advising' against him but as a rookie that's where i'd have taken the punt..

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Wells on SEN following the day of the draft was asked if he had pick 1 who would he have taken and he answered Menzel.

May have had a lot to do with his link with Daniel, but still significant none the less.

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...but Rogers does have a pretty good record.

At which club?

Good reply BKB however to state (not you) that last years selections at this early stage seem to be Hugheseque is a big call.

..not bagging rogers, don't know his work well enough i think.... ..but given a choice between Menzel and Jaksch, and where our list currently sits.. ..i'd have thought it was an obvious decision to make.. ..yes ppl say Menzel was too good to pass up once he 'slipped' down to us, but there's a whole theory out there on players that 'slip' down the order.. ..yes Menzel will be a good player, possibly better than good, provided his knee's don't continue their family tradition.. ..i'd have gone for Jaksch..

..Temay i liked what i read and saw of him at draft time, and again he addresses a need.. ..quality small defenders is what we don't have any of coming thru the ranks.. ..and Graham likewise am happy with.. ..mostly for me it's menzel over jaksch, and i know there was a lot of stuff surrounding garlett and mention of the afl 'advising' against him but as a rookie that's where i'd have taken the punt..[/quote]

Judd, J.Selwood are others to have slipped from injury concerns.
But, yes, Jaksch would have suited the list but we have no idea how highly he was rated by us - though we may have a dig to get anyway through GWS trading.
There has been talk of WCE now lining up for D.Garlett next year but maybe best for him to grow up with a tough year in he WAFL and see how he bounces back from the disappointment of not be drafted & off field attitude.

It is a big call and I'm prepared to be wrong but the point is, not everything Hughes touches needs to turn into crap, that's not the point I'm making. Some people's pessimism on this forum seems to be conditional which is odd.

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What actually is "conditional pessimism"?

Is that like "if it's Tuesday then the glass is half empty"?

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..Judd 'slipped' from 1 to 3.. ..Selwood 'slipped' from a possible 1 to 7, and he hardly played for the year.. ..i'm not saying Menzel will be as good as those, or a poor choice.. ..i'm just saying we went for a player that 'slipped' down to us cos his skills were meant to be too good to pass on, even though passing on a versatile, athletic and contested sort of kpp is something you'd think we'd need even more than some HF flash and dazzle.. ..Jaksch was highly rated, best kpp after daniher, and a kpp like hendo that is good and comfortable either fwd or def.. ..was picked in the draft right after our pick, and we may have a similar position pick this year, reckon GWS would take that pick for Jaksch now..?.. ..

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Should've just bumped this one!

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