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Lol here we go again... 7 posts and posting rumors... Bless your little hearts Demonland

it could be...it mightnt be.

But as a question. Why do you not usppose the FD have spoken to players about the roles they intend for them and the paths taken etc.

Watts was recuited as a KPF. Why would he not wind up back there after his apprenticeship around the ground ?

Is as plausible as anything

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    it could be...it mightnt be.

    But as a question. Why do you not usppose the FD have spoken to players about the roles they intend for them and the paths taken etc.

    Watts was recuited as a KPF. Why would he not wind up back there after his apprenticeship around the ground ?

    Is as plausible as anything

    Not saying it's not plausible that it may happen... Just think the story of Watts telling a total stranger, before preseason training, what role he'll be playing in 9 months time is a little far fetched for me.

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    it could be...it mightnt be.

    But as a question. Why do you not usppose the FD have spoken to players about the roles they intend for them and the paths taken etc.

    Watts was recuited as a KPF. Why would he not wind up back there after his apprenticeship around the ground ?

    Is as plausible as anything

    Watts interview on the MFC website states he will be training with the backs over pre-season.

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    Not saying it's not plausible that it may happen... Just think the story of Watts telling a total stranger, before preseason training, what role he'll be playing in 9 months time is a little far fetched for me.

    Stu this is where you fail a little. I reckon it's really easy to tell who's being plausible and who comes on here making stuff up. It's one of the easiest things to do on the net. Your gut tells you. You get a feel for it. This posters wasn't crapping on. They had no reason to make up something as innocuous as what was posted. I expect Watts to play down back all of next season, but it's feasible Jack is hoping he may get time up forward later in the year.

    But as I said, the poster has nothing to gain on this one. I posed about 10 questions and there was one where they thought they could help. Good on them.

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    I expect Watts to play down back all of next season, but it's feasible Jack is hoping he may get time up forward later in the year.

    There is the "issue" stuie (and to an extent myself) had with the post. Maybe the words were just poorly chosen (?), but it was a pretty definitive statement with regards to what Jack said to him "will start down back next year and will then be moved back into the forward line later in the season."

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    Anyone else think we should chase Goddard hard, not only because his a great player but, team him up with Watts over preseason to show him what it takes to be an elite versatile player?

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    There is the "issue" stuie (and to an extent myself) had with the post. Maybe the words were just poorly chosen (?), but it was a pretty definitive statement with regards to what Jack said to him "will start down back next year and will then be moved back into the forward line later in the season."

    Exactly my point. I expect Jack will play forward sometime soon, Jack himself probably does too, but I would doubt he's already been told he'll be playing forward halfway through next season at this stage.

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    Anyone else think we should chase Goddard hard, not only because his a great player but, team him up with Watts over preseason to show him what it takes to be an elite versatile player?

    Id be disappointed if we didnt sound him out. Im sure the club will if they consider him a fit.
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    Exactly my point. I expect Jack will play forward sometime soon, Jack himself probably does too, but I would doubt he's already been told he'll be playing forward halfway through next season at this stage.

    But I'd put that down to interpretation. Said poster says to Watts, "so you won't play forward at all ?", to wit Watts replies, "not to begin with, but maybe later in the year".

    Seriously, you guys have poor acumen.

    Anyway, read it the way you want.

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    But I'd put that down to interpretation. Said poster says to Watts, "so you won't play forward at all ?", to wit Watts replies, "not to begin with, but maybe later in the year".

    Exactly - it's the same point as I was making in the thread where everyone was wailing about Trengove's comments about reality checks or whatever it was. You hear the answer the player gives but you don't hear what question he was asked, and it's when people fail to back-calculate the question that they get the complete end of the stick.

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    But I'd put that down to interpretation. Said poster says to Watts, "so you won't play forward at all ?", to wit Watts replies, "not to begin with, but maybe later in the year".

    Seriously, you guys have poor acumen.

    Anyway, read it the way you want.

    Exactly - it's the same point as I was making in the thread where everyone was wailing about Trengove's comments about reality checks or whatever it was. You hear the answer the player gives but you don't hear what question he was asked, and it's when people fail to back-calculate the question that they get the complete end of the stick.

    Fair enough fellas, I see your point. If it's a case of Watts just saying he may go forward at some stage then that's fine, just seemed to me like the poster was saying Neeld had told Watts about where he'd be in 9 months time when we've not even started pre-season training.

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    Seriously, you guys have poor acumen.

    Anyway, read it the way you want.

    We simply read the words that he wrote... i.e., a definitive statement, not a "what if" comment. We are reading what is written in the post... you are reading what you want, into it.

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    Finally got the chance to listen to the podcast and the first word that came to mind is a favourite of MNs - Slick. It's going to be a very valuable asset.

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    And now back to the thread...

    I enjoyed listening to the pod-ed version. Neeld's interview skills have developed over the course of the season. Which reminds me that he is just completing his first year as a head coach, and thus still learning every aspect of the job.

    I had thought that Craig might be a bigger presence in the media to take the pressure off Neeld (I imagine it is a massive burden/distraction for a senior coach) but I trust that they are constantly talking about every aspect of the job.

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    We simply read the words that he wrote... i.e., a definitive statement, not a "what if" comment. We are reading what is written in the post... you are reading what you want, into it.

    Some have an ability to peel back layers to make sense of things.

    Others don't. In fact, most don't.

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    Great interview, i have great respect for him :) very honest and love the way he is going about things! hopefully he is here to stay :)

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    Some have an ability to peel back layers to make sense of things.

    Others don't. In fact, most don't.

    Obviously you fall into the latter group :-)

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