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The Travis Tuck Thread

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Delighted to hear that he will be training with the club during November in the hunt for a chance to join the MFC list. Highly recommended by Paul Satterley his VFL coach at Werribee last year, when he finished 4th in the Liston Medal.

A tall midfielder in his early 20s, a bargain, ready to go to step straight in for Scully.

My fingers are crossed.

 
Delighted to hear that he will be training with the club during November in the hunt for a chance to join the MFC list. Highly recommended by Paul Satterley his VFL coach at Werribee last year, when he finished 4th in the Liston Medal.

A tall midfielder in his early 20s, a bargain, ready to go to step straight in for Scully.

My fingers are crossed.

Yep, I hadn't heard of it before your post, but I'm happy for Tuck to get a chance to revive his career at Melbourne, especially given the Satterley endorsement. He certainly has the blood-lines to be a decent player, but at the end of the day that means diddly squat. Good luck to him.

Yep, I hadn't heard of it before your post, but I'm happy for Tuck to get a chance to revive his career at Melbourne, especially given the Satterley endorsement. He certainly has the blood-lines to be a decent player, but at the end of the day that means diddly squat. Good luck to him.

As you say, sometimes people get overexcited by "bloodlines" - Cordner, Kavanagh, Molloy, Chris Johnson, etc. ... unless you have a Geelong bloodline it doesn't necessarily mean much at all.

 

Yes. A gamble on this bloke ... we should take.


Why'd he get delisted?

lol

The worst way possible.

Well, one of them at least.

Liked the odd 'ice' bath after games...

Still, if he can play footy and can keep himself right - he's a chance.

 

Can we only get him in the rookie/pre season draft? Cause if this draft is as weak as people are saying it is then maybe we should use a pick in the NAB draft.


I said no to drafting Sewell, and I would have to say the same about this guy as well.

The only thing he has on Sewell is a few games at the top level, but hardly draft-worthy games.

As you say, sometimes people get overexcited by "bloodlines" - Cordner, Kavanagh, Molloy, Chris Johnson, etc. ... unless you have a Geelong bloodline it doesn't necessarily mean much at all.

Let's hope Jack Viney changes the trajectory of our graph.

His uncle Jay certainly didn't set the world on fire.

I said no to drafting Sewell, and I would have to say the same about this guy as well.

Yeah, and there were people at Geelong who said the same of Podsiadly and others at Dockerland who criticised the drafting of Michael Barlow.

Yes. A gamble on this bloke ... we should take.

Do I detect a bit of manlove Yoda ?


I said no to drafting Sewell, and I would have to say the same about this guy as well.

The kid showed more than you give him credit for - list worthy imo, especially with some Satterley approval which is something Sewell lacks.

I suppose the irony is that during the preseason Tuck was battling with Paul Johnson for the last spot on Hawthorn's rookie list and missed out to PJ.

I was surprised because of the Tuck/Ablett family's connection to the area that he didn't come to Casey this year. It will be interesting to see how he trials at the club and I wouldn't mind them trying Sewell out as well.

I really hope we don't pick this guy up - he would be the ultimate list clogger

Big deal if he came 4th in the Liston trophy, Shane Valenti won it and was an average AFL footballer at best.

Travis Tuck struggled to play consecutive games at Hawthorn for 4 years; he has terrible disposal by foot and would simply be a terrible pick up considering we have Viney and hopefully another couple mids to come in 2013.


I really hope we don't pick this guy up - he would be the ultimate list clogger

Big deal if he came 4th in the Liston trophy, Shane Valenti won it and was an average AFL footballer at best.

Travis Tuck struggled to play consecutive games at Hawthorn for 4 years; he has terrible disposal by foot and would simply be a terrible pick up considering we have Viney and hopefully another couple mids to come in 2013.

Not saying we should get him as I haven't seen him play, but I think the reason some are speculating is because he brings another big body into the equation. Also he sounds pretty desperate to get another chance and if he is committed to the cause and not other things, he may be worthwhile having a look at, if we are into Rookie selections that are pretty ordinary at best.

The kid showed more than you give him credit for - list worthy imo, especially with some Satterley approval which is something Sewell lacks.

Sewell has multiple B&F wins at VFL standard and a BOG, maybe 2 in GF's, can't see that type of accolade on Tucks list of achievements

 

Great news!

I've kept my eye on him a little since leaving Hawthorn, and hoped we put some feelers out for him.

This is a bloke that ACTUALLY DESERVES a second chance, unlike clowns like Fevola.

I think Trav can still prove to be a very good player, and just needs a decent support network around him.

We can provide that.

Travis Tuck? The 'Iceman'? Come on. Any player who has the talent to play at the top level and throws it away by using is a complete idiot. We have had great luck in unearthing talent via the rookie list that may have missed their chance due to an injury or bad luck. But instead we look at a guy who had his chance but wasted it by shooting up and not putting in the hard yards on the track.

Don't get me wrong, I hope he gets his life back on track and finds a way to enjoy footy and perhaps even make a career out of it again. I just don't think it should be at the expense of one of our rookie list spots.


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