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I'm sorry but if you're drawing parallels from Michie and Magner, you clearly have little idea of the situation.I'll just bundle you in with the ignorant group who keep quoting; ' He's only played one

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Spoke to a current player today , he said Mitchie will start at Casey. New players to come in to the team he thinks are : Cross - absolutely flying Vince - really good Tyson - doing well Hogan -

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Some of the comments from Freo Supporters and how much they highly rate him.. ''Congrats guys, you just picked up a 150 + game solid on baller. I'm pretty devo ATM, but well done''. ''As I said earl

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Correct me if I am wrong but he only played one AFL game?

Sorry Roger but I am not excited.

I know I am speaking for OD as well but we may get excited if he can regularly perform on field at AFL level.

Actions speak louder then words.

I would hate to go through life always requiring proof before I believed. I like to use my own eyes and cognitive powers to form conclusions. These conclusions are based on experience, past history, and current facts. Everyone gets it wrong from time to time, and I'm no better judge than others, but there's usually enough evidence to make sound conclusions that just as often become fruition.

I don't automatically tick every player's chances, but one at least starts to recognise the percentages of probabilities.

I'm not sure how you get through the long off-season without being able to get excited about anything until it's proven.

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I would hate to go through life always requiring proof before I believed. I like to use my own eyes and cognitive powers to form conclusions. These conclusions are based on experience, past history, and current facts. Everyone gets it wrong from time to time, and I'm no better judge than others, but there's usually enough evidence to make sound conclusions that just as often become fruition.

I don't automatically tick every player's chances, but one at least starts to recognise the percentages of probabilities.

I'm not sure how you get through the long off-season without being able to get excited about anything until it's proven.

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Correct me if I am wrong but he only played one AFL game?

Sorry Roger but I am not excited.

I know I am speaking for OD as well but we may get excited if he can regularly perform on field at AFL level.

Actions speak louder then words.

http://youtu.be/jJNxj1FdKuo

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Correct me if I am wrong but he only played one AFL game?

Sorry Roger but I am not excited.

I know I am speaking for OD as well but we may get excited if he can regularly perform on field at AFL level.

Actions speak louder then words.

Did you see him play any WAFL games last season Demon Frog. Saw him 5 times last season and must say very impressed to get him. Really stood out in a side bereft of talent. On what I saw he was best WAFL midfielder last season.
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I liked this from the article (above) "He's spent the last two years training in Ross Lyon's system and is now under Paul Roos. Seriously, could this kid have had a better midfield education? Michie knows how to go hunting for the ball. In his debut against Geelong, he also ranked second among Fremantle players for pressure applied per minute. "

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Agree with my comments or don't as is you right.

But it appears from your comment that you are only ten years old so my the Disney Blog would be a better place for you.

Good grief! (Charlie Brown!)

Looks a good prospect to me although I haven't slotted him for a top 10 finish in the Brownlow

Oh what's the point

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I like that Viv was knocking on the midfield door of one of the grand final teams.

Might imply to some that he'd have a spot in a team that finished 16 spots lower on the ladder...

... or it might not.

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Good grief! (Charlie Brown!)

Looks a good prospect to me although I haven't slotted him for a top 10 finish in the Brownlow

Oh what's the point

I'm with you Rog. I'm excited about Michie's potential and will be until I see a reason not to be. There is a decent chance he can make an immediate contribution towards alleviating our midfield woes.

He and Thomas will be the first two inclusions in my fantasy side, which I suspect will be the case for many others.

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Did you see him play any WAFL games last season Demon Frog. Saw him 5 times last season and must say very impressed to get him. Really stood out in a side bereft of talent. On what I saw he was best WAFL midfielder last season.

I did not see him play as he played for Peel and I am a West Perth Supporter but I do live close to Peel home ground.

If I remember correctly Peel finished last on the ladder in 2013, so I guess any reasonable player would stand out in that side. Mind you being a host club in 2014 they should play off in the Grand Final in 2014.

There is a large difference between the WAFL Standard of play and that of the AFL. The MFC has had so many good VFL standard players over the past 7 years but lacked AFL standard ones.

I like every MFC Support want Michie to be successful, but I want to see what he can do on the field first before I get excited.

Next thing people will start talking about him being Captain LOL

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Good grief! (Charlie Brown!)

Looks a good prospect to me although I haven't slotted him for a top 10 finish in the Brownlow

Oh what's the point

Great to know mate that you rate him.

I will see how he goes in 2014 and beyond before I do though. After all he just played one AFL game.

Oh well who need a football player to actual perform on field before he made a star!

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Like the look of him.

There is a large difference between the WAFL Standard of play and that of the AFL. The MFC has had so many good VFL standard players over the past 7 years but lacked AFL standard ones.

He looks a step up in class, skill and agility to Magner & Couch, injury free and he's a good get.

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Correct me if I am wrong but he only played one AFL game?

Sorry Roger but I am not excited.

I know I am speaking for OD as well but we may get excited if he can regularly perform on field at AFL level.

Actions speak louder then words.

I assume you're not excited about Hogan either ...

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Because he was injured for much of that period of time.

I have just been burnt too often by"the great new recruit" syndrome at the MFC.

Negative or not RB now I wait till I see them in action at AFL level before that they are just a VFL level player with hope.

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I assume you're not excited about Hogan either ...

Not yet.

He played 0 AFL Games.

Plus he from Claremont, its had to break old passions LOL

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Such a naive question OD.

Seriously, have a think.

Really?

He asked a question for a reason.

Now he has the answer.

A perfectly reasonable thing to do.

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Such a naive question OD.

Seriously, have a think.

Excuse me for being Naïve.

RB has told me he has a lot of injury problems.

That just indicates to me he is a 50/50 chance.

We have taken the risk on similar players in recent times for zero success.

I will wait and see.

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Really? He asked a question for a reason. Now he has the answer. A perfectly reasonable thing to do.

Yes, he asked a question for a reason. And perhaps you have a different idea of what the reason was..

To me it sounded like OD is questioning Viv's value as a player as he'd only played one game Freo in 3 years. And if he is, he should have a dig around for some info on the guy as he is a Melbourne player now.

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Excuse me for being Naïve. RB has told me he has a lot of injury problems.That just indicates to me he is a 50/50 chance.We have taken the risk on similar players in recent times for zero success.I will wait and see.

Injury would be the number one reason.

Number two is the quality and depth of Freo's settled and experienced midfield.

The third would be Ross Lyon's strong development program for young kids coming through, especially ones who have had barely one pre-season to their name.

The fact that he's played one AFL game means very little to me. It's about the environment he's been in for the past three years and the tutelage he's received. He wanted to come home and we snagged him. Freo weren't happy.

He is already far more valuable to our side than a lot of our mids who have little ability and have been brought up in a basket-case of an environment under terrible management and next to no leaders.

We should be overjoyed that we, the MFC have snagged this youngster.

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