Who is our brightest young star?

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    On the Rookie List
    • May 2009
    • 62

    Who is our brightest young star?

    Who will rise to be our next superstar? Much like the squad of 2003, we have a young budding list, but who will be our next Goodes?
    105
    Jesse White
    0%
    28
    Dan Hannebery
    0%
    27
    Craig Bird
    0%
    7
    Keiran Jack
    0%
    18
    Patrick Veszpremi
    0%
    15
    Nick Smith
    0%
    6
    Jarred Moore
    0%
    0
    Gary Rohan (cheeky prediction on my part)
    0%
    1
    Meredith (by popular demand)
    0%
    3
  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    #2
    A toss up between White and Hannebery, but ATM I gave it to White.

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    • liz
      Veteran
      Site Admin
      • Jan 2003
      • 16758

      #3
      Player I am most confident will become a very good player, in time, is Hannebery. White could easily become the most important young player we have, given his raw potential and his position, but he has a long way to go to prove he can be a regular 60+ goal kicker.

      The one I feel most confident can be an absolute game breaker IF he gets himself fit enough is Vez. So he got my vote. His vision, and the penetration and "hurt factor" on his kicking can be breathtaking at times, even if he is also often over ambitious with his kicking.

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      • Cheer Squad
        Sydney Swans
        • Apr 2007
        • 1948

        #4
        I voted for White, but I think Nick Smith has great potential for us.

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        • Damien
          Living in 2005
          • Jan 2003
          • 3713

          #5
          Vez can make himself a superstar in the next year or so if he works hard enough. He has a fantastic skill level and self belief, he just needs to work hard and contain his over confidence at times.

          Hannebury is probably our current 'young star' and of course White seems to be the great 'white' hope and will be very important if he develops as we want him to, but I don't think either are our "brightest young star".

          I'll go with Vez, I would go as far to predict he will be a superstar of the game actually.

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          • Industrial Fan
            Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
            • Aug 2006
            • 3317

            #6
            Jack for me. Based on being the next, not the biggest.

            Gun.
            He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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            • Primmy
              Proud Tragic Swan
              • Apr 2008
              • 5970

              #7
              I have just had a schreeeking moment with Cheer Squads new Avatar. Brilliant.
              If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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              • Primmy
                Proud Tragic Swan
                • Apr 2008
                • 5970

                #8
                My respect for Dannerbry and White is enormous, as well as for Jack and Ves. But I would like to predict Nic Smiff as being possibly one of those Craig Bolton types, just there week in and week out, and doing a fine job that you end up taking for granted because you can trust him to do it. Not flash, but totally dependable and ultimately a highly respected member of the team. I like that sort of player.
                If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                • ugg
                  Can you feel it?
                  Site Admin
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 15968

                  #9
                  I voted for KJ, he has impressed me with his improvement every year from the rookielist to run-with player to now damaging midfielder. I believe with his work ethic he could turn out to be a top-line goalkicking midfielder
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                  • Auntie.Gerald
                    Veterans List
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 6474

                    #10
                    we all have a weakness of finding a player that we think could go to another level and rarely the do..........mine is Ed Barlow....

                    Ed Barlow at 22 I still rate as a very handy player for us......as he will become very flexible for match ups.....none of the above listed will be super stars but as we have seen with kirk there are late bloomers.........Barlow could be damaging from the half back or back line with a strong long kick, height and decent speed for a tall fella !

                    Neil Maxwell in the future > maybe not ?

                    but guys 196cm tall dont come often with speed and a solid kick on the run and he has got enough........the only prob he has is that he hangs on to the ball a little long and then runs out of a great option for the kick........which goes a little off target.......but that is minor in a team that only came 12th in 2009 and our forward line struggled on ageing legs !

                    in 2010 he will have White, Bradshaw and Goodes floating around the forward line.........and a few jack rabbits !

                    PS - Cheer squad you are a good sport !........nice avatar
                    "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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                    • Primmy
                      Proud Tragic Swan
                      • Apr 2008
                      • 5970

                      #11
                      I don't often do this. Have a hissy fit at another R&Wers post.

                      Ed Barlow!!!!! Has proven himself to sometimes play ok. When he remembers. Blows hot and cold. He is not in the above list as the next big thing for a very good reason. He doesn't yet warrant consideration.
                      If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                      • Auntie.Gerald
                        Veterans List
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 6474

                        #12
                        im just proud and tragic !
                        "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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                        • baskin
                          Long Term Injury List
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 286

                          #13
                          I've voted for Hannerbury. While I'm excited about J White and Vespa, I think Dan has shown an amazingly cool head in the games he has played, and showed improvement every week. Superstars are consistently good and he doesn't look like he is going to play too many bad games.

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                          • Auntie.Gerald
                            Veterans List
                            • Oct 2009
                            • 6474

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Primmy
                            I don't often do this. Have a hissy fit at another R&Wers post.

                            Ed Barlow!!!!! Has proven himself to sometimes play ok. When he remembers. Blows hot and cold.
                            a little like Smith, Bird, Vez, Moore etc.......yet to prove them self......yet Edward has played 25 games and will play 16 in 2010 I think minimum if not injured.......hard to say if Smithy, Bird, Vez and Moore will definitely play more than 16 games if not injured also
                            "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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                            • dimelb
                              pr. dim-melb; m not f
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 6889

                              #15
                              Hard to pick, but in terms of what they have actually done so far, not what they might do in the future, I picked Nick Smith, who beat some very classy opposition, found his own ball and was constructive with it.
                              Potential? Smith, White, Bird and Hannebery are all possible gamebreakers. The future is exciting.
                              He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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