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It was a shocker. I won't make any excuses, that was a disaster by any measure, young or not. That said, I agree that this was clearly an outlier. Even if he does turn out disappointing, he'll never be as poor as he was tonight. I won't judge ANY player on his absolute worst game, especially a 19 year old finding his way. That's just not a fair way to judge.

He'll play for Casey next week, and he won't ever be that poor again. He's an emotional guy and was clearly gutted. We move on.

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Brereton didn't need to pick apart every move he made. Some of which were reasonable.

How about we pick apart a GWS youngster for an entire game one week Derm you [censored].

In fact not a youngster lets pick Phil Davis who is a millionaire who spuds up everything and is meant to be a leader.

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Brereton didn't need to pick apart every move he made. Some of which were reasonable.

How about we pick apart a GWS youngster for an entire game one week Derm you [censored].

In fact not a youngster lets pick Phil Davis who is a millionaire who spuds up everything and is meant to be a leader.

exactly

and the [censored] population around here tends to borrow most of their comments from what they hear on the telly. The amount of times I have read somebody parrot a response as if it was their own is ridiculous.

it's the main reason for Naitanui-overrated-itis for example

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There doesn't seem to be much discussion about the possibility of him having an illness, or simply not adapting to the conditions. There was more to it than just a bad game. He wasn't right tonight. He'll be fine. He proved his wares against the best in the league last week.

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Last interview said he was struggling to get his body right each week. He is young and needs a rest. Week off then back to Casey for a couple.

id be keen for him to play again in 2 weeks against GWS.

Also the supposed superstar Wines only had 8 touches today.

These young guys are always up and down

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Also the supposed superstar Wines only had 8 touches today.

It's Round 17 and he's in his first year of AFL. Not exactly surprising that he's dipping. It's still one of the best first seasons I've seen. Unfortunate for him that he's paying in the same year as the J bomb whose basically what you'd get if you genetically engineered the perfect AFL player.

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Gotta disagree with that.

Did you want to elaborate?

His impact on games, certainly in the first half of the season, has been phenomenal for a first year player. Happy for you to throw up some names for comparison.

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Kade Simpson's stats in his first three games for Carlton 0 kicks 0 handballs 0 marks.

Toump had a shocker and he knows it. He was also very, very good the week before. I think some people on here need to stop jumping at their own shadows.

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Brereton didn't need to pick apart every move he made. Some of which were reasonable.

How about we pick apart a GWS youngster for an entire game one week Derm you [censored].

In fact not a youngster lets pick Phil Davis who is a millionaire who spuds up everything and is meant to be a leader.

I actually liked listening to it to be honest. Not only did he pick apart the mistakes he gave advise how to rectify it. That's colour commentary and A HELL OF A LOT BETTER that most of them on tv.

Just because it was a Melbourne player people get their backs up. I don't get it.

Even my 8 year old son could understand when we watched the replay this morning

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Dermie took it upon himself to personally coach Watts through the game which became very tiring.The more Derm tries to seem intelligent, the stupider he looks.

Also-Grimes wasn't good last night-he was average, and Rich beat him.

Hanley carved us up as did Rockliffe.

We are falling down in the Ruck but must keep big Max up there while he learns.

Toumpas had a bad day and can be forgiven .

Byrnes is slowing up our list development and is not half as good as Rodan.

Jetta might get Toumpas' spot next week, and a last chance to prove he can play.

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