Well according to Kevin Sheedy's well timed statement he will be: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-17/scully-will-be-a-star-sheedy

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KEVIN Sheedy is still backing under-fire Giant Tom Scully to develop into an AFL superstar.

Elevated to vice-captain this season, Scully has again found himself in the spotlight after three lacklustre displays to start the year.

Got to love the Mad Man's optimism.

Big Kev also thought Israel Falou could have been a superstar... somehow I feel his superstar senses are a bit off

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/kevin-sheedy-sensed-israel-folaus-superstar-potential/story-fn7ec9f5-1226508680001

We really have a knack for drafting duds. Someone really should be fired.

I was very disappointed to see him leave Melbourne, and the circumstances were quite unpleasant. But if players don't want to be at Melbourne I'd rather they move on, and we get someone who does want to be there. So good luck to Tom Scully, I hope he does become a superstar, and that his only bad games are against Melbourne.

The non-stop criticism of Jack Watts is rough too. I've always admored the restraint and fairness of Melb members compared to supporters at some other clubs. Let's give these young blokes a fair go.

I'm terrified he might kick the winning goal on Sunday and give us the Brian Wilson finger or the Brock McLean sneer. That would be "jump in the Yarra" stuff !

"Go back and look at (Tom) Hawkins. Geelong were probably nearly going to say, 'Look, I think we'll move on and go for someone else,' and then he pulls a game out in the Grand Final and wins a premiership for them"

Tomahawk is also a key position player, Sheeds. Thus it was expected he would take a bit longer.

Clearly he's not going to come out and write off his million dollar man, but I reckon there'd be some doubts lingering in the old brain.

That special weapon of the running tank looked pretty impressive when competing against teenagers, but perhaps not so much when running against fully matured athletes where endurance is an expectation.

Hope to see a few "JUDA$" banners dusted off and hung from the stand's at the G on the weekend!

  On 17/04/2013 at 07:34, P_Man said:

"Go back and look at (Tom) Hawkins. Geelong were probably nearly going to say, 'Look, I think we'll move on and go for someone else,' and then he pulls a game out in the Grand Final and wins a premiership for them"

Tomahawk is also a key position player, Sheeds. Thus it was expected he would take a bit longer.

Clearly he's not going to come out and write off his million dollar man, but I reckon there'd be some doubts lingering in the old brain.

That special weapon of the running tank looked pretty impressive when competing against teenagers, but perhaps not so much when running against fully matured athletes where endurance is an expectation.

Hawkins was not a number 1 pick, albeit he was highly rated.

Sorry to say it but if you are pick #1 your going to cop it if you arent a gun straight off the bat! Might not be fair, but its the way it is

  On 17/04/2013 at 07:34, P_Man said:

"Go back and look at (Tom) Hawkins. Geelong were probably nearly going to say, 'Look, I think we'll move on and go for someone else,' and then he pulls a game out in the Grand Final and wins a premiership for them"

Tomahawk is also a key position player, Sheeds. Thus it was expected he would take a bit longer.

Clearly he's not going to come out and write off his million dollar man, but I reckon there'd be some doubts lingering in the old brain.

That special weapon of the running tank looked pretty impressive when competing against teenagers, but perhaps not so much when running against fully matured athletes where endurance is an expectation.

Always a bit of a dreamer Kev. There was no way Geelong were going to move Hawkins on, he had played some very good football mixed up with some average stuff. His superstar is lucky to have played any average stuff to date.

I'll never forget the family day in 2011 when I took my 5yr old daughter. We were meeting the players at Luna Park. When it came to meeting Tom Scully I wished him well for the season. He didn't even look me in the eye & he had this I'm bored out of my mind look on his face like a petulant teenager that's getting told off for something. I left that day thinking maybe he knows he won't be at the club in 2012. There was innuendo about his contract offer with GWS around this time. Nevermind. We got Mitch Clark out of it. Brent Maloney on the other hand was a gentleman. He was happy to chat with us & was even asking us questions about our day, talking about the weather, etc. I wish him all the best at the Lions.

To be honest, I hope Sylvia or Tapscott run through him on the weekend and knock him the f*** out

  On 17/04/2013 at 08:13, The Hallowed Turf said:

I'll never forget the family day in 2011 when I took my 5yr old daughter. We were meeting the players at Luna Park. When it came to meeting Tom Scully I wished him well for the season. He didn't even look me in the eye & he had this I'm bored out of my mind look on his face like a petulant teenager that's getting told off for something. I left that day thinking maybe he knows he won't be at the club in 2012. There was innuendo about his contract offer with GWS around this time. Nevermind. We got Mitch Clark out of it. Brent Maloney on the other hand was a gentleman. He was happy to chat with us & was even asking us questions about our day, talking about the weather, etc. I wish him all the best at the Lions.

Players like Beamer, Riv, Stef and Ricky i have nothing but well-wishes for. They played multiple years for Melbourne, and i don't blame them for leaving. They didn't play two years of underwhelming football, and drag us through contract crap over a full year. Scully and his dad are both rotten people, and I can't help but smile at the fact he still barely gets a kick.

I'm not usually one to hold grudges against players, but there is not a single thing to like about the bloke. He's deceitful, overpaid and overrated.

There have been some diabolical things happen to our club in recent years but there are two things for which we can all be thankful:-

1. That we avoided the temptation of appointing Kevin Sheedy as coach in 2007 and

2. That GWS wanted Tom Scully and took him away from us.

I don't want anyone to run through him on Sunday. We don't want to lose players through suspension.

Keeping him down to his current output would do just fine.

  On 17/04/2013 at 08:23, Demonof1994 said:

Players like Beamer, Riv, Stef and Ricky i have nothing but well-wishes for. They played multiple years for Melbourne, and i don't blame them for leaving. They didn't play two years of underwhelming football, and drag us through contract crap over a full year. Scully and his dad are both rotten people, and I can't help but smile at the fact he still barely gets a kick.

I'm not usually one to hold grudges against players, but there is not a single thing to like about the bloke. He's deceitful, overpaid and overrated.

Very unfair to heap it on Tom .

How do you sleep at night?

  On 17/04/2013 at 08:26, Biffen said:

Very unfair to heap it on Tom .

How do you sleep at night?

Very comfortably, knowing that we got better players in return for him

  On 17/04/2013 at 08:26, Whispering_Jack said:

There have been some diabolical things happen to our club in recent recent years but there are two things for which we can all be thankful:-

1. That we avoided the temptation of appointing Kevin Sheedy as coach in 2007 and

2. That GWS wanted Tom Scully and took him away from us.

I don't want anyone to run through him on Sunday. We don't want to lose players through suspension.

Keeping him down to his current output would do just fine.

too nice there

he will and always be a lair ... as for hurting him I don't agree but at this stage I would thank him , I look at what we have since received since he left us

now this makes me smile ,

i cant think of what this site would be like if he was getting 1.1 mill from us for his out put

i think he will be a good player but so far he is very undeserving of his massive wage and his fathers wage

there is no way he was the second best player in the comp last year as per his wage

and how many teams can say that they have father and son getting paid out of their salary cap ???

wonder if with injuries they could play together ???

Tom Scully makes feel like I'm 208 cm tall.

I see him, and I just want to throw up!

  On 17/04/2013 at 08:30, Demonof1994 said:

Very comfortably, knowing that we got better players in return for him

Imagine how bad we'd be if we still had him? Yeetch!

The kids on huge dollars and doing nothing, Kevin sheedy has to say he will be a star because if he isn't, they have wasted the salary they could have used on basically anyone in the AFL on a kid who really had done nothing to prove he was worth it

Also handed melbourne some very useful compo picks.

It's bloody brilliiant gws took him off our hands as it covered up yet ANOTHER crap draft selection.

The compensation picks were way over the odds for what type of pretender he is.

We actually did well out of this for a change.

If you were an 18 yr old and were offered the obscene amount of money he was, including putting your phat Dad on the payroll, you'd jump. My anger has always been directed at the AFL on this one. They manufactured the environment and its had implications for all clubs since.

  On 17/04/2013 at 09:53, how_about said:

Tom Scully makes feel like I'm 208 cm tall.

I see him, and I just want to throw up!

Quoted for hilarity.

For Scully we got Hogan, Barry, Dawes and Toumpas [or someting like that]. Whatever it was we came out on top!

as i said in another thread.. Scully is averaging 15 disposals, 5 of which are clangers which has him equal 3rd for the most clangers in the competition. His ave supercoach score ranks him 17th on the GWS list. Great return on 50K a match.

  On 17/04/2013 at 08:26, Whispering_Jack said:

There have been some diabolical things happen to our club in recent recent years but there are two things for which we can all be thankful:-

1. That we avoided the temptation of appointing Kevin Sheedy as coach in 2007 and

2. That GWS wanted Tom Scully and took him away from us.

Well put Jack. Curious how some here still think #1 was a mistake though...