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Eight or so months ago all we heard of was who will be pick one Darling Or Swallow but now as the draft nears you never hear Darlings name in the same sentence as the top 3 picks of this years draft. Which reminds me a lot of John Butcher this time last year. Jack is a dead eye shot at goal and an elite mark. Last year Darling looked good enough to be a top ten pick in the 2009 draft after a stellar season as an underage player in the WA U18 premiership team. 2010 didn’t start the way he would have wanted with him undergoing ankle surgery and losing the weight a key forward needs have.

Personally I don’t think his were he wants to be right now. If he had been born 46 days earlier theirs a huge chance he would be up in Gold Coast living the dream "It's been pretty frustrating, I must admit, I look at all the photos the Gold Coast boys put on Facebook, they ring to tell me all the things they've been doing and I just think, 'Oh … it sounds so good', and it makes me wish I could be up there too, doing what I love every single day of the week and just being a part of it" Jack said."

I think its fair to say Darling has had a poor year to his standards and honestly I’m not sure why but what ever it is it will cause him to do the same as Butcher come D Day. I think if Gold Coast heard what he said they would be extremely interested and with so many picks there would be a good chance of him "Living the dream" next year. His awaked height of 190cm wont help his chances so he better pray to grow at least two centimetres. Personally I think he will go between pick 5 and 15 but only time will tell.