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Member 7167 
"What Good Fortune For Governments That The People Do Not Think" - Adolf Hitler.
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
Location: The Collibran Hideout
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Welcome Sam - Hope you have a long and successful career with the Pies.
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themonk
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| mabo wrote: | I didn't think his highlight reel was too flash in the disposal area. Most of his kicks looked like they went straight to the opposition or put a teammate under pressure.
The highlights were from 2015 though; so hopefully the one game he was able to play in 2016 has improved him.  |
Are you referring to his highlights on the CFC site? I hope not cause it shows a big kid who is strong in the air, moves well, seems composed and is a good kick.
Yes its a 20 second package but no sign of any obvious weaknesses. |
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AN_Inkling
Joined: 06 Oct 2007
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Sam is actually 197cm not the 193 reported on a number of sites.
Not a big fan of talls but it seems we've taken the right type. Sam has athleticism, pace and flexibility given he can play back and forward. As is often done with later picks it seems we took a kid who was rated more highly (top 20) but whose draft position dropped due to injury.
There were very few legitimate KPPs taken in this draft. Based on draft position, Sam is one of the top 2-3 in the country (one KPP and one ruck taken before him). It's possible that due to injury and a very strong midfielder draft, we may have got a steal.
Worried about this comment though:
| Derek Hine wrote: | | We had a couple of boys pegged there as key defender types |
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RudeBoy
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
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| Member 7167 wrote: | | Welcome Sam - Hope you have a long and successful career with the Pies. |
Hear, hear.....someone had to say it. 
Seriously, assuming his shoulder is now OK, after surgery in September, his highlights reel show me a tall, mobile, high marking, good kicking KPP with great game sense and decision-making. As others have noted, he is one of the top 3 talls in the draft, so he could end up being a real steal. He probably has to beef up a bit before playing in the seniors, but he could be a real beauty. |
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uncanny
Joined: 04 Mar 2014
Location: Castlemaine
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Sam looks like he can play. Positive attitude to go with it. Looking forward to watching his progress.
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Captain_MyCaptain
Joined: 25 May 2006
Location: home
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No. 35 goes to Sam McLarty
Good luck son.
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BHPIE
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Broken Hill
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| He looks good to me, all the best son |
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Dave The Man 
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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| Culprit wrote: | http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-25/profound-deafness-wont-hold-back-new-pie-sam-mclarty
This is a wonderful story of a kid with Determination Plus. |
Hine love his Kids with good Character
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magpieazza
magpieazza
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Location: Griffith N.S.W
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Just thinking out loud and I don't want to sound pessimistic because I am fairly happy with what we got through the draft but.....
didn't we get some of those picks ( that we didn't use ), through trades for our players.
So effectively we weren't smart enough to foresee we were going to not use them? If that makes sense..
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magpieazza
magpieazza
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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^^ sorry, should have posted this in another thread.
BTW Sam is a Liverpool supporter so he is a favourite already!!
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selkevh
Joined: 04 Oct 2008
Location: Brisbane
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| magpieazza wrote: | ^^ sorry, should have posted this in another thread.
BTW Sam is a Liverpool supporter so he is a favourite already!! |
Hear Hear!!!
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melliot
Joined: 07 Apr 2006
Location: Bendigo
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I am the only one thinking this that have had young kids?
Hairy McClairey.
Snitch El Von Crumb
Biltzien Malone
And weve recruited Farty McLarty. |
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eddiesmith 
Lets get ready to Rumble
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
Location: Lexus Centre
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It's a good excuse to ignore an umpire telling you to come back on the mark
'Sorry ump, I didn't hear you!'
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mabo
Joined: 24 Apr 2016
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| themonk wrote: |
Are you referring to his highlights on the CFC site? I hope not cause it shows a big kid who is strong in the air, moves well, seems composed and is a good kick.
Yes its a 20 second package but no sign of any obvious weaknesses. |
I hadn't seen the one from the club's site, but after watching that one, I agree with you that he looks very impressive.
I was referring to this highlight reel from the 2015 TAC GF:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YuOhOVnoOU |
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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| magpieazza wrote: | Just thinking out loud and I don't want to sound pessimistic because I am fairly happy with what we got through the draft but.....
didn't we get some of those picks ( that we didn't use ), through trades for our players.
So effectively we weren't smart enough to foresee we were going to not use them? If that makes sense.. |
i think you are using hindsight to criticize the club. As a matter of fact, we didnt use all of the draft picks we stockpiled.
However, the reason to grab those picks was in case they were needed to match an unexpectedly high bid for Daics and Brown. I think it would have been a shame if a higher bid came in for us to go into deficit next year. I bet that factored in.
The other thing i would add is that even though we didnt take a fifth player in the draft this year, we had the option to do so if there was someone left at that pick that we really wanted. in other years we recruited guys like Langdon and Marsh late. I guess there just wasnt anyone that we wanted with that pick. Doesnt mean it was a mistake to preserve the option.
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