That’s a pretty perfect summary Cranium.

Only thing I’d add is that if you spent time watching him at training you’d see similar on a regular basis. It wasn’t just the skills that were mind blowing but the confidence he had in using them.

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This is the only footage I could find of Angwin playing for Carlton-
https://youtu.be/y9w-rdRTjp8

It’s the Waite game vs Melbourne (2003). If anyone is going to watch it, I recommend stopping it at 3/4 time.

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Steven Oliver by a mile for mine .

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Laidler seemed to be a pretty astute pick up for a while, then he got injured in 2012 and Malthoused in 2013. McInnes also showed a bit before the same happened to him.

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A couple of good ones there. I genuinely thought Laids could be a future captain.

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The boy from Garfield , " Frosty " Miller .

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Chris Yarran.

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Good one Mick! https://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php ... 7%20Miller

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Brother of a family friend.
Did the bricklaying on a renno at our house.

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Worth noting that we have become specialists in picking amazing talent on 'class' and potential rather than demonstrated performance in the last 20 years, ever since we were hobbled by the salary cap penalties from 2002.
We've obviously tried to jump a rung on the talent stakes by hoping that some freak but damaged talent would suddenly hit their potential at the Blues, either via the draft or trades (see multiple GWS).
Highlights of this approach were picking Yarran in 2008, and Menzel in 2012.

We picked Yarran ahead of Daniel Rich, Ziebell, Phil Davis, Sidebottom & Shuey. At the time, only Rich would have genuinely been in that conversation but I reckon Sidebottom would have been the best pick. From memory, Collingwood picked him based on his 10 goal performance in a TAC Cup GF? Which was a similar reason to why they went for Dale Thomas at no.2 in 2005. As distinct from us who seem to prioritise 'class' over grunt or big game performance.

To be honest, there was not too much behind Menzel apart from Grundy, who we should have gone for but at the time we already had two ruckmen and had just recently traded out Jacobs b/c we had too many ruckmen. (NB: Surely, if we didn't go for Menzel we would have gone for Jaksch....)

Of course, the other shocker was picking Kane Lucas in 2009 ahead of Talia, Fyfe and Max Gawn! But that doesn't fit in this thread b/c he was never a Coodabeen nor shoodabeen...!

LIAM STOCKER. A footballer.

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Yeah pretty much the entire draft buildup in 2012 was the Menzel/Jacksch debate.

On another note, Brad Pearce. I remember him having a laser for a left foot and being a great 2IC in the 1995 forward line. Was great to watch.

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Troy Bond.
Drafted him when we desperately lacked pace. I had such high hope of him starring in Blue, was shattered he left so soon.


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I honestly never knew he played for carlton...can't even recall it being mentioned on TV telecasts on a Sunday.

Thanks for sharing....and good pick for a shoulda coulda

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We all knew him from his Dandenong days Bondi when the VFL was the Association . Not just Frosty but a lot of others given the right circumstances could have made it .

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Justin Davies - showed some promise during a bleak period and won us a game against the pies in, I think, 2004.

Paul Bower - half way through 2009 he was in our top few in the B&F and becoming a quality tall defender. I thought he’d be an All Australian one day. Never went on with it after that.

2 others that haven’t been mentioned; Tom Bell - was talked about as Kouta-like and his career suffered for his relocation back to QLD. And Rhys O’Keefe. Don’t recall much about him other than us keeping him on the list for an exceptionally long time while he could never get on the park. Was talked about as one of the best kicks at the club, but we never got to see him have much of a crack at it.

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THIS - especially with regards to players with a history of serious or recurring injuries.

I see Yarran has been mentioned, but we did get quite a bit out of him compared to some of the wasters who never even got started because of their lack of maturity or inability to get fit. It's just a shame his career went off a cliff, he was quite brilliant for a time.

Was thinking of him, too. Not convinced he was a very good player to begin with, but he could give it a roost.

Coodabeens a great comedy group on 3AW.

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Clem from Clematis

Guru Bob

Peter from Peterborough

and the rest just brilliant.

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