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Another request for a summary... i sit through the drivel that is 90% of the footy show, and then the better half chooses THAT EXACT MOMENT to have a discussion i can't back out of.

 
Another request for a summary... i sit through the drivel that is 90% of the footy show, and then the better half chooses THAT EXACT MOMENT to have a discussion i can't back out of.

More like worse half by the sounds of it! <_< :lol:

Don't worry, Jack will take care of her :o

It literally was a five minute interview and everything said has already been mentioned.

She actually used to work with Jack a year or two back, she's probably all Jack'ed out!

I'm sure it will end up online somewhere for me to watch.. sounds like he handled himself well again though, and there was no "I'm ready to dominate at FF" arrogance... said it as he sees it.

Thanks guys.

 
Another request for a summary... i sit through the drivel that is 90% of the footy show, and then the better half chooses THAT EXACT MOMENT to have a discussion i can't back out of.

Try "hang on a sec, I just want to see this interview" or, if time is of the essence... "Shhh".

Most media interviews are snores, and if there's ever a good one you don't need to have seen it because it'll be noteworthy enough that people will talk about it.


Try "hang on a sec, I just want to see this interview" or, if time is of the essence... "Shhh".

I'd have more chance with a quick "Oh look, there's Crawf with his kid..... and his top off"

:lol:

Not that i can remember

Signing Diamond Jim Tilbrook was a bit that way for a few days

Diamond Jim Tilbrook was signed when the "Gin and Tonic" swillers ran the club (which was a long period of time hence no premierships) .Their idea was that one star player would fix all the onfield problems (as opposed to developing a competent recruitment and development plan).There judgement was often clouded by clouds of pipe smoke , too many Gin and Tonics ,too much focus on who was going to win the "Head of the River" ("Go Grammar" and Pheasant Hunting.

Yes there was much hype about the arrival of "Diamond Jim" however the difference being the only thing "Diamond Jim" had going for him was he was a decent kick.His leg speed would make Brock McLean seem like Usain Bolt!

As for Jack Watts : Good mark ,good kick left and right ,great leg speed ,teriffic at grond level,good decision maker and the list goes on.

 
Most media interviews are snores, and if there's ever a good one you don't need to have seen it because it'll be noteworthy enough that people will talk about it.

Once you got past the "uhms" and "you know's" there was nothing much said from an 18 yr old.

Most media interviews are snores, and if there's ever a good one you don't need to have seen it because it'll be noteworthy enough that people will talk about it.

Agree and after 20 minutes of the puerile and lightweight banter on the Footy show, I could not be bother. Its a base level program at best with the same jokes being re hashed ad nauseam.

Diamond Jim Tilbrook was signed when the "Gin and Tonic" swillers ran the club (which was a long period of time hence no premierships) .Their idea was that one star player would fix all the onfield problems (as opposed to developing a competent recruitment and development plan).There judgement was often clouded by clouds of pipe smoke , too many Gin and Tonics ,too much focus on who was going to win the "Head of the River" ("Go Grammar" and Pheasant Hunting.

Yes there was much hype about the arrival of "Diamond Jim" however the difference being the only thing "Diamond Jim" had going for him was he was a decent kick.His leg speed would make Brock McLean seem like Usain Bolt!

As for Jack Watts : Good mark ,good kick left and right ,great leg speed ,teriffic at grond level,good decision maker and the list goes on.

Thank God Watts is not like the false promise Tilbrook. Diamond Jim was overhyped nothing. But boy Tilbrook could kick a football a mile when he did actually get it. W Jack did a great piece on the shattered hopes over Tilbrook.


Bloody hell has there ever been so much coverage about a draft pick :huh:

Enjoy it while it lasts. We haven't been spoken about alot Ie. programmes like "On the Couch" - we fail to rate a mention.

Another request for a summary... i sit through the drivel that is 90% of the footy show, and then the better half chooses THAT EXACT MOMENT to have a discussion i can't back out of.

I can relate to that.

Try "hang on a sec, I just want to see this interview" or, if time is of the essence... "Shhh".

I've tried that too. Sometimes successful, sometimes it can influence immediate feedback, the kind you don't really want to hear. :lol:

Diamond Jim Tilbrook was signed when the "Gin and Tonic" swillers ran the club

A tad over-simplistic. Tilbrook was talent with a crook back which we did not know about - we never had the best of him. That said, I did see him haul us out of trouble at Arden Street one Saturday with two thumping last quarter goals launched from near the gasometer.

We got a draw having been down by four or five goals earlier and I left the ground to the moans of Norf supporters whinging about college boys - kept my mouth shut (and kept my teeth)

The hope was we could build a team around him but it never came to that.

As for the Diamond Jim moniker that was based on the fact he came across for $25,000!

The interview was OK, but it didn't include anything new. I too think it's important to manage expectations. I can only think of one instance when a young full forward lined up against Collingwood on debut... B. Fevola, millennium match. He kicked 8. So I guess, with all the hype we want Jack to kick 15 or 20. I'll resign myself to believing he's only as good as other kids on debut and therefore expect around 8 goals, although i'll settle for 6 including the match winner after the siren. Wait... is that too much...?

If you heard Campbell Brown when asked by Sam, would you get Watts a touch up, he said you bet. I wonder which C#@#@$Wood Flith will try to take Watts out?

he is super impressive - the way that he conducts himself, the way he chooses his words carefully...

i dont think there is any doub that the club has groomed this young man for 10 years at this club - the late debut, the nostalgia of unveiling him on queens birthday at the G but more importantly, that the supporters want to see him....

garry lyon was good - the comment re his three boys was fantastic and i think emphasised the lack of a champion!!

it is exciting for the footy club, its supporters and also its players.....

and as for the scum to hit him, well they would wanna win this game!! nick maxwell has a habit of getting young kids, so....


If you heard Campbell Brown when asked by Sam, would you get Watts a touch up, he said you bet. I wonder which C#@#@$Wood Flith will try to take Watts out?

There is no doubt they'll target him both mentally and physically (and I hope if the shoe was on the other foot that our defenders would do exactly the same). But I am sure our boys are aware of the treatment he is likely to get and I have no doubt they will protect and defend him accordingly.

If he plays on the wing and pushes into the middle I'm sure Moloney, McLean and Sylvia will help him out if any Scum player decides to give him one or two bumps behind the play. If he plays up forward, well I hope Jamar is there alongside him. I would not want to mess with the Russian!

eddy McGuire said that collingwood would just go out to play footy and not target jack but i dont belive it.

eddy McGuire said that collingwood would just go out to play footy and not target jack but i dont belive it.

Since when has Eddie McGuire been a member of the Collingwood match commitee? He wouldn't have a clue what they're going to do with Watts.

So yeah, I don't believe him either.

I don't think they'll go too far out of their way to rough Jack up. But they'll certainly let him know it's the big time. And I'm looking forward to seeing how we go about responding to it.

Ah, F%#$. It's still only Friday. This weekend is going to drag on out.

eddy McGuire said that collingwood would just go out to play footy and not target jack but i dont belive it.

Yeah Eddie is not a player, you could see his Cheshire smile now if JW was flattened. Just watch Maxwell!

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