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Scully gets knocked off the ball way too easily and his footskills are still average at best.

Doesn't lack courage or running ability and his disposal by hand is very good. I think his footspeed is ok - he is certainly not slow.

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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-05-01/the-money-or-the-gun

This is easily Damien Barrett's best ever article

i still cannot work out why the deal was even done. It makes absolutely no sense except that it was an early punishment for 2008-09 from the AFL. Or Tax relief...
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Natanui is an exciting player who can turn a game around. Tightening one's anus has never achieved anything.

Tends to stop the sh1te. You should try it.

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Scully was never gonna live up to his paypacket

But ive seen him play a few times this year, and i see him gut running and hes gone back with the flight a few times, including one courageous mark against Melbourne

Watts has never done those things

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Highlights tell an interesting story...

If I'd never seen him play before I'd have thought from those videos that he is a 40-50 goal a year forward.

Sadly that's all I could find. But shows he can do it.

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There is nothing wrong with looking lackadaisical or laconic or even laxaconic... if you can get the ball. Bruce Doull, Pendlebury, Warren Dean, Rhys-Jones (when he wasn't snotting someone) all looked as if they were doing it easy, but they could or can all play.

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I wonder how many people would've called it when WC and the Dees picked up their respective players that both would be in the gun for criticism at this point in their careers.

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I wonder how many people would've called it when WC and the Dees picked up their respective players that both would be in the gun for criticism at this point in their careers.

Me. I wanted Daniel Rich, though to be fair he's copped a fair bit of criticism himself.

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And I still can't work out why GWS payed such massive overs for such an underwhelming player as Scully.

Most in the footy world suspect Scully signed with them at the end of 2010. At that time, he was coming off 400+ disposals in his debut season and runner-up in the Rising Star. What GWS probably didn't bank on where his limitations then (skinny, average footskills, overhead marking, goal-kicking) would still be limitations 5 years down the track. Sometimes young players appear to have high ceilings at draft time simply don't end up improving much on their teenage years. Scully is an example of that, IMO.

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And I still can't work out why GWS payed such massive overs for such an underwhelming player as Scully.

I put it down to Sheedy seeking revenge on Melbourne. While as SylviaSaint says, $cully showed some promise, there is no way he was worth as much as they paid even if you didn't take into account all the reservations SS points to. Sheedy was out to make a statement and forgot the maxim that it is better to say nothing and be thought a fool etc.

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He needs to do that against good opposition.

That Freo side was down on confidence and playing very poor football.

That Doggies side was hardly tough competition.

We needed that performance against the Saints, Suns and Swans, and not necessarily in front of goal. He doesn't do those things when we need it the most. Kicking a few nice goals when the team is up by 40 points is nothing more than the product of a downhill skier.

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I put it down to Sheedy seeking revenge on Melbourne. While as SylviaSaint says, $cully showed some promise, there is no way he was worth as much as they paid even if you didn't take into account all the reservations SS points to. Sheedy was out to make a statement and forgot the maxim that it is better to say nothing and be thought a fool etc.

Yep, whereas Sheedy banged on at corporate functions about GWS' major signing who will be as good as Ablett Junior.

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Tends to stop the sh1te. You should try it.

So I could be anally retentive?

Agree with comments about Scully above.

Shame he didn't stay though. He messed with our players heads for a year and took some of our hopes away with him. Very disappointing that he left. Good to see that he's not much good at GWS.

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All this guy can to it is slab the ball in the ruck well, the rest of his game is horrible.

But we made the mistake by pick a player who can actually kick, mark and read the play.

It about time!! I'm over the "why did Melbourne pick Watts over NIkNat" conversations.

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