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April 15, 201411 yr

We also feature in the dislikes, of course:

"7. Toumpas ahead of Wines

Paul Roos isn’t happy with unknown recruiters criticising the Demons for trading away pick No.2, but he should expect it won’t be the last time either, names or no names. The fact is comparisons will continue. Have well and truly seen enough to say Toumpas over Wines was a mistake also. In fact, Wines, taken at No.7, would be ahead of Whitfield (No.1), O’Rourke (2), Plowman (3), Toumpas (4), Stringer (5), with only Macrae (6) rivalling Wines in output."

1. If he's 'seen enough' of Toumpas then that says more about him (in fact, says everything about the quality of his football analysis) and less about Toumpas.

2. As has been noted, if he thinks the other players also are lesser than Wines at the moment, then we didn't do so badly with Toumpas, did we.

3. Regardless, why do we care about kids in their SECOND year?

4. Robinson is the worst football journalist in existence.

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