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Let hope Ollie wants to move in 6 years under free agency to help his best mate Captain Jack Viney carry this team on his back to finals. Shortly by them Port will be no good and we may actually be competitive again.

 
  On 21/09/2014 at 07:15, Nasher said:

They both just look like babies. It's easy to forget how young 20 is (and seems to get younger the further away I get from it!).

Ha Ha you're right and, sadly, I'm probably even further away from it than you!

 
  On 20/09/2014 at 22:54, Clint Bizkit said:

This thread seems to be slowing down so I thought I should reignite it.

https://twitter.com/maddiewines/status/513457592027189248

You cruel bastard.

Still, I will save my biggest ever whinge for this thread when we trade Toumpas back to Adelaide as part of the PD deal.

  On 21/09/2014 at 06:57, ILLDieADemon said:

Let hope Ollie wants to move in 6 years under free agency to help his best mate Captain Jack Viney carry this team on his back to finals. Shortly by them Port will be no good and we may actually be competitive again.

Lmao 6 years??

Port are the third youngest team in the AFL behind GWS and GC. They will be successful side for the next 10 years.

I can see a Geelong or Hawthorn like golden years coming up for them.

  • 4 months later...

Meanwhile, at Port Adelaide...

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  On 11/02/2015 at 02:12, old dee said:

Perhaps we should have taken him instead of Viney!

pmsl :)

 
  On 11/02/2015 at 02:12, old dee said:

Perhaps we should have taken him instead of Viney!

Yeah, that way would see him causing explosions at centre bounces with Jimmy Toumpas.


  On 11/02/2015 at 02:03, McQueen said:

Meanwhile, at Port Adelaide...

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Was it just me, or did anyone else think that article was written by Hairy Thing?

I thought we were in general agreement that giving leadership positions to kids is a strategy fraught with error, one that we have learned the hard way and have now opted to stay away from


  On 11/02/2015 at 04:07, Curry & Beer said:

I thought we were in general agreement that giving leadership positions to kids is a strategy fraught with error, one that we have learned the hard way and have now opted to stay away from

The difference is they promote him to the leadership group and we make them captains of the worst team in the comp! haha (if i didnt laugh i'd cry)....

  On 11/02/2015 at 04:39, BrisbaneDemon said:

The difference is they promote him to the leadership group and we make them captains of the worst team in the comp! haha (if i didnt laugh i'd cry)....

That's not quite the difference - we could have done this exact thing recently with Dom Tyson and/or Viney, we didn't, and everyone said it was a good move not to place unnecessary burden on our kids

so if you WANT to, you can look at it like Port are making a mistake that we are wise enough to avoid

or if you WANT to, you can beat yourself up some more over a stupid Toumpas-based discussion that is just wrong in ten different ways

I think the difference is wines is that good, we put kids with potential in the leadership positions, wines is a genuine gun

  On 11/02/2015 at 05:12, Sir Paul Roos said:

I think the difference is wines is that good, we put kids with potential in the leadership positions, wines is a genuine gun

Tyson is better than him and Viney nearly as good

  On 11/02/2015 at 05:22, Curry & Beer said:

Tyson is better than him and Viney nearly as good

Both Viney and Tyson didn't have brilliant pre seasons last year so i think they will certainly be much better this year because of the more solid prep they have had,

My point was more that Trengove was captain at 19, i thought his form was promising but Wines been very good consistently in a very strong midfield, i reckon he is in a better position to take a leadership title in his stride than Trengove was when he was given it


  On 11/02/2015 at 05:30, Sir Paul Roos said:

Both Viney and Tyson didn't have brilliant pre seasons last year so i think they will certainly be much better this year because of the more solid prep they have had,

My point was more that Trengove was captain at 19, i thought his form was promising but Wines been very good consistently in a very strong midfield, i reckon he is in a better position to take a leadership title in his stride than Trengove was when he was given it

That was the point i was making. Old Melbourne not the new refreshed Melbourne under Roosey

  On 11/02/2015 at 04:03, Clint Bizkit said:

Sucked in Port, I bet they have no idea how well Toumpas has been training!

Classic! I still can't stop laughing.

  On 11/02/2015 at 05:12, Sir Paul Roos said:

I think the difference is wines is that good, we put kids with potential in the leadership positions, wines is a genuine gun

Spot On Mate 100%

 
  On 11/02/2015 at 02:52, billy2803 said:

Was it just me, or did anyone else think that article was written by Hairy Thing?

Google 'Hairy Thing.'

Besides Chewbacca, there's a few other interesting images.

  On 11/02/2015 at 06:00, BrisbaneDemon said:

That was the point i was making. Old Melbourne not the new refreshed Melbourne under Roosey

My point also. I never mentioned Trengove/Grimes

I am talking about just days ago when Roos + Co. opted NOT to put any young guns like Tyson/Viney/MCDonald in the LG

For some reason some cant work out it is exactly the same as Port putting Wines in.


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