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Gysberts Delisted

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Prendergast wasn't a fool. He knew we needed a genuine sized hard working CHF so he drafted Cook. Would've been the perfect fit for the role Dawes is playing. Saw we needed some bigger bodied inside midfielders to go with Scully and Trengove so went for Gysberts. Saw we need skill and pace from half back so drafted Strauss and Bennell and some speed and hardness up front so got Blease and Tapscott.

Unfortunately he forgot that you need talent not just a particular attribute. And then the development under Bailey focused too much on doing what players were good at and not improving weaknesses and building into complete footballers. Neeld's development was just to [censored] them with repetitive training and hope it turned out ok.

 

Its almost makes you feel like we weren't even in the first round of the draft those two years. What a waste

To be fair we nabbed Fitzy with a pick in the 50s and Howe with a pick in the 30s those years.. but could have been so much better.

Its almost makes you feel like we weren't even in the first round of the draft those two years. What a waste

absolutely right. People on here could of chosen better.

We were given solid chances by the AFL & completely burnt them.

Edited by why you little

 

Prendergast wasn't a fool. He knew we needed a genuine sized hard working CHF so he drafted Cook. Would've been the perfect fit for the role Dawes is playing. Saw we needed some bigger bodied inside midfielders to go with Scully and Trengove so went for Gysberts. Saw we need skill and pace from half back so drafted Strauss and Bennell and some speed and hardness up front so got Blease and Tapscott.

Unfortunately he forgot that you need talent not just a particular attribute. And then the development under Bailey focused too much on doing what players were good at and not improving weaknesses and building into complete footballers. Neeld's development was just to [censored] them with repetitive training and hope it turned out ok.

Nope Prendergast was a fool.


The perfect storm;

Gardiner

Prenderghastly

G.Lyon

Schwab

Connolly

Bailey

Neeld.

Dear god.

But I'll never forget how most of demonland supported them absolutely blindly.

The great case of the blind leading the blind.

The perfect storm;

Gardiner

Prenderghastly

G.Lyon

Schwab

Connolly

Bailey

Neeld.

Dear god.

But I'll never forget how most of demonland supported them absolutely blindly.

The great case of the blind leading the blind.

The MFC Perfect Storm was proudly sponsored by the Collingwood FC and the

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Anyone think we should re-draft him as a mature aged rookie?

Yes


Not sure if serious...

Has talent. Cant get 2 rising star nominations without it.

IF he can get his mind right and put some bloody weight on, maybe, just maybe, he could turn the corner.


The perfect storm;

Gardiner

Prenderghastly

G.Lyon

Schwab

Connolly

Bailey

Neeld.

Dear god.

But I'll never forget how most of demonland supported them absolutely blindly.

The great case of the blind leading the blind.

.

.

I was one who did, but my mistake taught me a very valuable lesson. Some around here still haven't caught on though.

Edited by Chook

Looking back, it could have easily been Fitz being traded instead of/as well as Gysberts, as neither were in Neeld's good books. Fitzy's VFL form was good enough to get a decent run for us in AFL but he was obviously out of favour under Neeld. Craig takes over and Fitzy takes leaps and bounds.

Neeld quite clearly got a lot of [censored] wrong and Gysberts may or may not be one of them. He simply wasn't big enough for Norf, and probably never tried to root the skippers mrs, so he got cut. He's light yes, but he may be a slow developer. A very slow developer.......

I wouldn't be against having him train with us with a view to be rookied, but he'd need to dig deep. Very [censored] deep.

No point harping on about it now. The club is moving towards greener pastures.

Best of luck to Gys, whatever he chooses to do from here.

Has talent. Cant get 2 rising star nominations without it.

IF he can get his mind right and put some bloody weight on, maybe, just maybe, he could turn the corner.

I give up.

Has talent. Cant get 2 rising star nominations without it.

IF he can get his mind right and put some bloody weight on, maybe, just maybe, he could turn the corner.

Yes, but not with us.

Perhaps a couple of years in the SANFL would sort him out.

FWIW, from reports on some of the North boards, his fitness/attitude issues centre on weight-training.


Nope Prendergast was a fool.

Well my point is he wasn't just reading names out of a hat. The problem is the hat probably would've done better.

But Prendergast could see where the game was likely headed in some ways. Kicking off half back in Strauss - sounds like Hawthorn. Big body mid - sounds like Freo. Invest in key forwards - again Hawthorn or Sydney. Speedy player in the front half in Blease - not much different to Geelong or Sydney's sling shot method.

Prendergast was just like Neeld, Bailey and a bunch of others. Put in to a role for which he massively lacked experience and then provided with no proper supervision and all as part of an equally hapless group of colleagues.

dont know why this is worth celebrating......

Brock for Pederson...... can't claimed we won that one.

dont know why this is worth celebrating......

Brock for Pederson...... can't claimed we won that one.

You need to divorce the decision to trade from the result. Game theory states that the value of a choice should be determined by the likelihood of success, not from the actual outcome.

 

Well my point is he wasn't just reading names out of a hat. The problem is the hat probably would've done better.

But Prendergast could see where the game was likely headed in some ways. Kicking off half back in Strauss - sounds like Hawthorn. Big body mid - sounds like Freo. Invest in key forwards - again Hawthorn or Sydney. Speedy player in the front half in Blease - not much different to Geelong or Sydney's sling shot method.

Prendergast was just like Neeld, Bailey and a bunch of others. Put in to a role for which he massively lacked experience and then provided with no proper supervision and all as part of an equally hapless group of colleagues.

He may as well have plucked them out of a bucket of sand.

How in the hell did Prendergast read where the game was going when he took on a side with a deficient midfield in 2008 and then fitted away a bevy of draft picks on a number of players that either lacked the talent or weren't midfielders. If my assessment is right he only secured three bona fide mid fielders out of the lot. Scully ( no brainer), Gysberts (enough said) and Bail (punt at best).

He missed the direction of the game, he overlooked the needs of the team and lacked the key ingredient for recruiting...the ability to identify talent.

IMO, Cook, Gysberts, Tapscott, Blease and Strauss are blow outs and while you can trump up excuses. It's those picks that have really hurt. In their respective years Watts, Scully and Trengove were favourites at the top of the pack

Together with Cameron he has severely impinged MFCs playing talent. There is an argument about lack of development at MFC and is got some validity. But it's hard to test the case when we don't have the talent coming through the door

He may as well have plucked them out of a bucket of sand.

How in the hell did Prendergast read where the game was going when he took on a side with a deficient midfield in 2008 and then fitted away a bevy of draft picks on a number of players that either lacked the talent or weren't midfielders. If my assessment is right he only secured three bona fide mid fielders out of the lot. Scully ( no brainer), Gysberts (enough said) and Bail (punt at best).

He missed the direction of the game, he overlooked the needs of the team and lacked the key ingredient for recruiting...the ability to identify talent.

IMO, Cook, Gysberts, Tapscott, Blease and Strauss are blow outs and while you can trump up excuses. It's those picks that have really hurt. In their respective years Watts, Scully and Trengove were favourites at the top of the pack

Together with Cameron he has severely impinged MFCs playing talent. There is an argument about lack of development at MFC and is got some validity. But it's hard to test the case when we don't have the talent coming through the door

That just about covers it RR.

Not I lot more needs to be said.


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