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Is Liam Jurrah a star for the Mfc?

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Is Liam Jurrah a star for the Mfc? 235 members have voted

  1. 1. Is Liam Jurrah a star for the Mfc?

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    • NO
      51

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Bump...(found it HG - no wonder you didn't go looking for it... :lol: ) Edit - sorry mate, didn't see you had put the link in the other thread. Cheers

Jurrah, Bate, Sylvia, Green, Watts, Davey, Aussie, Petterd...mmmm


Top post Crystal.

What I would reeeeeeally like to see the Club do is get every listed player to visit Liam's community and spend a few days there (similar to Jimmy and co's recent trip). They would have even more respect for Liam, and our other "brothers", and the joy that it would bring to that community would be unimaginable. I also think it would be a special bond between all our players, a strong bond that hopefully sees our players want to stay and play as a team rather than chase the big bucks. While players have to look after themselves (financially), experiences like that can change they way a person thinks. This trip could be done during the pre-season, as well as around the same weekend as our Darwin match. I know the players have tight routines/schedules each week, but if the Club can work something out, it would be great.

The other bonus of the above would be that every one of those kids would want to play for the MFC. If our team (players) goes out of its way to visit these places, all of these kids will be wearing red and blue for their entire life. It will also show Liam that we are serious about making his AFL life as easy as possible, and hopefully see him play for us for a decade.

Wowee, I posted this back in 2009, and look what happened this preseason!

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    A fast fading memory

    As I said in one of my earlier posts on this thread Old (at the time he had played just 9 games), we are quite blessed that we got to witness what he did on the oval, all while wearing the red and blue. It's a career that ended far too soon in our eyes, but to Liam, playing 1 senior game was obviously a massive achievement.

    I'm not a big fan of bumping old threads, but I did have a chuckle in this one, especially the posts from HG45, I tried to tell him we needed a genuine full forwards/CHF, now we head in to season 2013 with Dawes and Clark. Obvioously Neeld agreed.

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    Yeah when I bumped it I (thought I) wrote "not pretty reading"! Wowee - my list of out potential forwardline reads something like; gone, gone, rubbish, gone, backman, well past it, gone, gone.

    I'll blame drunk uni posting.

    The actually interesting conversation happened in another thread which triggered this one off.

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    Yeah when I bumped it I (thought I) wrote "not pretty reading"! Wowee - my list reads something like gone, gone, rubbish, well past it, gone, gone.

    I'll blame drunk uni posting.

    The actually interesting conversation happened in another thread which triggered this one off.

    Jeez we have been kicked hard as supporters so many times. Wow.
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    Yeah when I bumped it I (thought I) wrote "not pretty reading"! Wowee - my list of out potential forwardline reads something like; gone, gone, rubbish, gone, backman, well past it, gone, gone.

    I'll blame drunk uni posting.

    The actually interesting conversation happened in another thread which triggered this one off.

    I don't think LJ is a star of the MFC, no. :P

    That's correct 45HG.

    I've noticed since this has been bumped the poll has continued on, with "NO" increasing it's percentage by nearly 20 votes. Still no remedy for closing off voting on polls on old threads....

    2009-10 was looking so, so rosy for him.

    Just goes to show how circumstances can change so quickly.

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    That's correct 45HG.

    I've noticed since this has been bumped the poll has continued on, with "NO" increasing it's percentage by nearly 20 votes. Still no remedy for closing off voting on polls on old threads....

    2009-10 was looking so, so rosy for him.

    Just goes to show how circumstances can change so quickly.

    And I think that's why there were a few, me included, that originally voted "no". For me, there was always an inkling that this may not be the longest of careers, and that we should enjoy every moment of it. I hinted similar in one of my earlier posts about this (back in 2009).

    The biggest argument was the definition of a star. I don't think we saw enough of Jurrah to confirm he was, but I can understand those that thought we did. Because I think he won't go down in the history of the MFC as a star, doesn't mean I didn't think he was special.

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    And I think that's why there were a few, me included, that originally voted "no". For me, there was always an inkling that this may not be the longest of careers, and that we should enjoy every moment of it. I hinted similar in one of my earlier posts about this (back in 2009).

    The biggest argument was the definition of a star. I don't think we saw enough of Jurrah to confirm he was, but I can understand those that thought we did. Because I think he won't go down in the history of the MFC as a star, doesn't mean I didn't think he was special.

    Bizkit was spot on about it being subjective. Much like the subjective nature of "elite."

    Sorry Clint.....:) I know it does your head in.

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