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Pick 53: Jack Graham

Prestia leaves a big hole in the middle. Jack Graham is getting 'more opportunity' at Richmond. It's up to him.

Yeah no offence to Graham but ever since his debut he's been fairly treated, he's missed games solely due to injury or clear form issues. If he doesn't realise this then thats on him.
 
I was wrong about Jack's one or two mediocre kicks last week. Did not have a bad use in the first half. He was constructive with the ball in tight. He won it in tight when the game was on the line. And sent our players to smart places with his handball.

He won it, cleared it and used it.

I still haven't watched through his role in our team defence but he was awesome in his attacking role. (And was probably doing other things there even early.)

He played the Dion role. As well as Dion for that half.

Jack Graham is 22yo. He rises to a challenge. The challenge is next week.
 
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He was constructive with the ball in tight. He won it in tight when the game was on the line. And sent our players to smart places with his handball.

He won it, cleared it and used it.

very bloody good in tight on Saturday
 
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When he had a *smile* shoulder last year, before the PF, JG played, lost form and we dropped him.

It was wrong to drop him, wasn't it? I thought so. He was giving what he had. With a *smile* shoulder.

Jack Graham came back and improved. Like he profited from being dropped. Make up your own mind.

At 19yo Jack Graham chopped up a peak-form young Rory Sloane and kicked three in a Grand Final. Did the damage early when the game was on. Maybe that was an ambush. Or maybe it was about actual demonstrated talent.

JG's numbers have been consistently ordinary to bog ordinary. Save the odd GF. And the good games are about goals. The other numbers look similar.

The company he races in varies wildly in class. Does he get 32 and two against North but only five and nought against Geelong? Nup. He's consistently mediocre, gross numbers wise. Irrespective of class his numbers have been too low. Low numbers in all normal midfielder categories.

His heat is the number we used to measure him by. A chasing thing. Getting to the disposer in time to heat a turnover. I'd like to see the variance over those numbers. I think he's fairly consistent there but I don't have the numbers. In the olden days he was dropped on these numbers.

Kick. Handball. Clearance. Tackle. CBA. Mark. Goal. Those numbers are somewhat up and down. But rarely good. The numbers we can measure Lachie Neale or Matt Crouch by. (Duds.)

Jack Graham is not pretty enough to be considered mercurial in AFL media circles . And not a high enough draft pick. But that's what seems to be.