Crack on - great response there. Teaguey mightn't be the most skilled bloke in the game or the quickest but he gives 100% every time he's out there. He's milked every drop of talent out of himself and i reckon he deserves a final run around in the navy blue. If he's here next year I could think of worse blokes to be filling up spots 25-30 on the list. If he's not here I just hope that he hangs around with the Bullants and provides the same sort of leadership that Diggers and Harf have been giving this year.

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Left wing moralists
In self serving denial
They shit me no end

Smith was never going to get the chance of a a top 50 pick in the National Draft, which is what most expected. Denis gave him these last few games to see if he is worth promoting, which was always going to be unlikely. What has he done to guarantee himself a spot? He was in the team to show his talent and yes, he didn't get much game time, and he did what was expected of a guy playing his first few games of AFL, but he needed to do more to save himself.

Personally, I think he will get delisted. Not everybody makes it from being a rookie, he has had two years to prove himself minus the time he was injured at the start of the year. There are too many midfielders at the club at the moment and with more to come, it doesn't look like there is much room for Jesse.

Re Jesse Smith...... Makes it Great doesn't make it ..... Then go talk to one A.Carazzo... Here is one guy who knows what being a Rookie is all about....

Its not the end of the world ... Good Luck either way.

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hasnt shown me enough. thats me tho.

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I wouldnt be that happy if I was Jesse Smith....not much game time and dropped for a player who has a limited tenure IMHO...
I dont agree with the theory that Denis is a master of developing youngsters either..plenty of unhappy youth at North prior to him leaving.
When you promote a rookie at a late stage I think you have to show some faith in them...we know what David Teague can do..Jesse Smith vs Kirk/Bolton etc would have been a good learning experience. He does his best work in close and the Swans are about as hard and tough in close as it gets....I dont get it...

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Plenty of unhappy youth everywhere in the AFL Elwood.

Would much rather an extra 10% be unhappy but at the same time an extra 10% turn into good footballers.

Unless you can give me stats with respect to the relative numbers of youth 'wasted' at each club it is purely guesswork.

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Who the hell reckons Denis is the "master at developing youth"????

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who the hell reckons Denis is unable to develop anyone?

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

All very true.
Nobody actually knows.

But after 4 years and about 2.5 million dollars, doesnt that worry you?

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Fantastic !!! I knew there was a reason I keep coming here.
Best (passionate) comment I've read this year.

doesn't what worry me?

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

Dont needs stats..direct from an ex Roos player....most of the youth were rapt to see the back of Denis and his bully boy Carey....

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- Conor Gillen

yes they have done so well since

and If I remember correctly Teague was one of those 'boys'.

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

Smith didnt knock loudly enough from the bench

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Nor from the Bullants this week

He knows he is gone....

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Were u at the game ???????????or do u just continue to ramble on from your keyboard at home?????????????? 25 possies and two goals in a losing side!!!!!!!!!!

Ramble I may...but yes, I was at the game.

It was only my personal opinion bloos. I didn't feel he played like someone who deserved to be in Carlton side...but he wasn't on his own there.

Mrs Caz,

Do you actually watch the bullants games??... or have you actually seen any of them throughout this passed season??? ... I sometimes go along and watch and Jesse Smith has been a great player for them so where does your justification for what you are saying come from??? I went along on Saturday and Smith played quite well.

Also, regarding him being ready to play in the seniors - look at these facts:

Jackson - First game gets 82 minutes
Bower - gets a full game

Smith - last week gets total 23 minutes spread throughout 4 quarters - following week gets dropped... unfair to compare Smith to the other 2 because Dennis Pagan (for reasons I cannot understand) didn't give Smith the same opportunities - he would go on the gound in the last minutes of a quarter and therefore this didn't allow us to see how Smith could play in the seniors. We can't throw judgement until we actually see him get decent game time.

And the players that did make the Carlton side were oh so impressive! Can't believe that you could be critical of a kid that actually played a very good game and as previously stated racked up 25 possies and kicked two goals! You just don't make any sense