He got poleaxed. It was my first thought yesterday when he backed into traffic again. He's a loose unit in some respects but brave and willing to run, and run the risk...

Hampson- When he was in the middle- we competed. When Cain was in the middle- we relied on luck.

Hampson's goal was an absolute beauty also. My early impression is that we have a player.

Even though it is still early days I'm very happy with his selections of Bower (2005 draft) as well as both Hampson and Grigg last year.

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There was a passage of play in the 3rd quarter (I think) when Bower ran it out of the half back line and found Josh Kennedy with a perfect pass.

I said to my cousin - thats the 2005 All-Australian Centre Half Back kicking it to the 2005 All-Australian Centre Half Forward.

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Did you work at Baring's Bank, or maybe the foreign exchange section of the NAB Bank? Because it looks to me like you're the type to take reckless gambles with other people's futures.

So Sheedy wouldn't have wanted Hampson, hey? And we know that because their ruck division has been so good. Hille has been out of favour, Bradley has been a failure, Laycock has no endurance, and Ryder is better at CHB ... but I'm sure he didn't want an athletic tall ruckman.

And of course our ruck stocks were so good that we could take the gamble. Barney had retired along with Deluca, and Bryan had walked out on us, while McLaren was on last legs. But salvation was at hand as we had Ackland coming over. Aisake was still at a formative stage, and by the time pick 17 arrived, we'd passed on one of the brightest ruck prospects in Leuenberger. But we didn't need to sweat on Hampson, because our ruck situation was well in hand.

Of course, if WH had taken Jetta (and accepted the risk of where his head was at) and Essendon* had taken Hampson at 18, you and others like you would be carrying your torches and pitchforks on your way to Princes Park right now. Because you could rightly point out that it's ok for you to call for WH to take the chance with Jetta, but as a well-paid and experienced professional recruiter, WH should have known better than to take stupid risks. And you'd be right.

I write short posts. Wayne Hughes has done a fantastic job for 3 years. Look at his record on late picks already: Betts, Jackson, Andersen, Jamieson.

Nick Leeson would have punted on Hampson being available in the 30s.

POW!!!!!! For sure!!!!!!!!!!!


On a serious note, I think Hughesy has done a great job and as I have previously mentioned, I thought Hampson showed plenty last week against McIntosh as well, he jumped all over him and got his hand on the ball first

Although I don't think Hughesy's work will reveal itself in it's entirety until these guys have 50+ games under their belts. I am quietly confident though!

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These young players would have been much more advanced if they had 2 development coaches looking after them like collingwood have, instead they have been set back 2 years due to the fact we did not have even one. That will be fixed next year i hope.

Geez Indie, I think jake_h03 was merely clarifying the draft debate, which was spot on. I don't think he was disagreeing with the selections, but correcting the error in someone's previous post.

Chill bro!

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But if you look at his post, he was perpetuating the notion that WH could have picked Jetta at 17 while being guaranteed that Hampson could be picked up at 19. That's why he says the choice was between Jetta and Grigg and not Jetta and Hampson. For the reasons I've set out, there was no guarantee that Essendon* would not have picked up Hampson at pick 18, and good reasons why we couldn't afford to run that risk.

The choice was between taking Hampson or Jetta at 17. Period. Anything else is just speculation.

No use carrying on with 'what ifs'. I too was a bit miffed we missed out on Jetta but I also completely understand that we couldn't take the risk of losing Hammer to the scum.
Grigg looks ok at this early stage and I hope he turns out to be a lot like a Riccardi type and nothing like a Tivendale type

I agree Hughesy & co seem to have scored well with late picks but the jury's still out on the likes of Harts JR Blackers Raso Benjamin. I hope they all get some more time to develop and prove their worth.

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Look all I'm saying Indie, is you may have misread Jake's post - read it carefully. He was clearing up what Barrack said about Hampson being chosen instead of Jetta which is incorrect. He wasn't chosen instead of Jetta, he was chosen at pick 17 as we were worried Essendon* may nab him with 18, thus losing Jetta to Essendon*. So he's correct in saying it's Jetta v Grigg. He's certainly not bagging the selection Hughes made, neither Grigg or Hampson.

So in essense we're all agreeing on the same thing. And truth be told I too was disappointed we got Grigg instead of Jetta, but at this stage of their careers, I'm well off the mark.

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I write shorter ones...

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Yes but at the end of the day we would have also been worried about losing Jetta to Essendon* at 18. So Hampson was placed ahead of Jetta in terms of who we wanted. that's why he was taken at 17. It was a gutsy move considering how many people seemed to rate Jetta. But it appears to have also been the right move. So once again, well done hughesy!

How about we all wait a few years before we make this decision?

Do we have a couple of years?

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Don't forget to add in Aisake, he could be the best of the lot of them.