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On 1/29/2016 at 4:11 PM, beelzebub said:

Quite the valid point as it happens..There were definitely those that wanted Wines and not Toumpas. Jimmy was more the flavour of that month and the sheep following phantoms all seems to fall into line. The nature of Wines did appeal to some though. The rest is history. Seems we've learnt a bit from it  !!

Gawd I'm over this thread ,,, But I can't  help myself! I was one very vigorous poster well and truly wanting Wines Over Toumpas. I don't care what 8 or 9 Recruiters said, I had seen enough of Wines to know he was the inside Grunt Warhorse and that we needed, so much more than an outside finisher in Toumpas

Not that my opinion matters a Whit with many around here but now here is the stark reality.

Double Blow for MFC

We didn't get Wines and Toumpas has left after 3 lamentable Seasons.

You can say what you like about who we picked up after Yadda Yadda but the reality is we got it so badly wrong and within that we really lost out on the Value that Wines would most certainly provided and doubly so The Value Toumpas never gave us!

Given our history of dreadful draft picks we really couldn't afford to get that one so wrong IMV

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    PF. I preferred OW. We know some at the club also did.

    That wasn't the thrust of my post.

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    46 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    PF. I preferred OW. We know some at the club also did.

    That wasn't the thrust of my post.

    Acknowledged Beezlebub! but hopefully you didn't mind me taking your comment and putting a different spin on it.

    And I do agree I feel we Have Learnt from our past Recruiting Blunders!

    Cheers "Fence"

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    As put before, lesson learnt (it seems ) and we move forward..... Or rather upward :)

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    On 30 January 2016 at 4:24 PM, picket fence said:

    Gawd I'm over this thread

     

    Wines still to re-sign with Port....

     

    'picket' !!!!!!

     

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    4 hours ago, rjay said:

     

    Wines still to re-sign with Port....

     

    'picket' !!!!!!

     

    Meh, love lost is better than none at all even if it failed to be!

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    Christ, I can't wait for him to sign his 6 year extension with Port so we can all move on with our lives.

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    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    Meh, love lost is better than none at all even if it failed to be!

    Picket, if you love Wines then set him free, if he comes back and plays for the Dees then he is yours, if he stays at Port then he never was......

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    Going through the 2016 AFL Prospectus. At the same age Ollie Wines is averaging more contested possessions than Fyfe, Judd, Selwood and Pendles at the the same age! What an amazing stat. Let it sink in. Yes I'm still shitty. What could have been. And to everyone that tells me "move on" - get stuffed. 

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    21 minutes ago, The Hallowed Turf said:

    Going through the 2016 AFL Prospectus. At the same age Ollie Wines is averaging more contested possessions than Fyfe, Judd, Selwood and Pendles at the the same age! What an amazing stat. Let it sink in. Yes I'm still shitty. What could have been. And to everyone that tells me "move on" - get stuffed. 

    I feel your pain ht  

    I still wish we took him when we had the chance. Every time I c him play it continually reminds me that we passed him over. 

    i just can't help myself and no i don't think I will ever get over it either  

    It was a massive error in judgement unfortunately. 

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    Pick me that's what hurts .

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    18 hours ago, DemonOX said:

     

    It was a massive error in judgement unfortunately. 

    Again, revisionism at its very best.

    It is just another player that went later in the draft that turned out much better than our pick.

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    On 1 February 2016 at 9:34 PM, SaberFang said:

    Christ, I can't wait for him to sign his 6 year extension with Port so we can all move on with our lives.

    Bit like the bomber saga.

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    20 hours ago, DemonOX said:

    I feel your pain ht  

    I still wish we took him when we had the chance. Every time I c him play it continually reminds me that we passed him over. 

    i just can't help myself and no i don't think I will ever get over it either  

    It was a massive error in judgement unfortunately. 

    It was more tha Toumpas was so bad...

    a double head kick

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    On 30/1/2016 at 4:24 PM, picket fence said:

    Gawd I'm over this thread ,,, But I can't  help myself! I was one very vigorous poster well and truly wanting Wines Over Toumpas. I don't care what 8 or 9 Recruiters said, I had seen enough of Wines to know he was the inside Grunt Warhorse and that we needed, so much more than an outside finisher in Toumpas

    Not that my opinion matters a Whit with many around here but now here is the stark reality.

    Double Blow for MFC

    We didn't get Wines and Toumpas has left after 3 lamentable Seasons.

    You can say what you like about who we picked up after Yadda Yadda but the reality is we got it so badly wrong and within that we really lost out on the Value that Wines would most certainly provided and doubly so The Value Toumpas never gave us!

    Given our history of dreadful draft picks we really couldn't afford to get that one so wrong IMV

    There was also a triple blow (to use your analogy) that landed Hogan, Viney and Kent in that same trading/drafting period.

    4 years later, why look past the triple blow to continue complaining about the double blow?

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    1 hour ago, Carlos Danger said:

    There was also a triple blow (to use your analogy) that landed Hogan, Viney and Kent in that same trading/drafting period.

    4 years later, why look past the triple blow to continue complaining about the double blow?

    thanks Josh.

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    Onwards and upwards! "Pervias Rectas" and all that stuff!

    Whoever made that call Re Toumpas needs to go to purgatory for a zillion years!

    Don't care what permutations ensued after!

    We stuffed up BIGTIME!!

    Blind melon Chitlin!

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    23 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Onwards and upwards! "Pervias Rectas" and all that stuff!

    Whoever made that call Re Toumpas needs to go to purgatory for a zillion years!

    Don't care what permutations ensued after!

    We stuffed up BIGTIME!!

    Blind melon Chitlin!

    First time you’ve mentioned it. 

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