On 2/9/2016 at 9:35 AM, Clint Bizkit said:

Who's the guy behind hewhoshallnotbenamed and Strauss? Trenners?

Edited February 11, 20169 yr by low flying Robbo
Trenners?

i wish people would stop quoting that photo, makes me want to cry every time I see it.

19 minutes ago, Curry & Beer said:

i wish people would stop quoting that photo, makes me want to cry every time I see it.

It makes us stronger people to know what we have come through...

21 minutes ago, Curry & Beer said:

i wish people would stop quoting that photo, makes me want to cry every time I see it.

I drew X's over the ones that are gone.

Now I can't see my computer screen.

10 minutes ago, low flying Robbo said:

It makes us stronger people to know what we have come through...

It scares the bejeesus outta me to think about how pumped I was the first time I saw it, I was like 'there it is, our premiership core'

bloody hell I am cringing

history had better not repeat

9 minutes ago, Uncle Fester said:

I drew X's over the ones that are gone.

Now I can't see my computer screen.

Try using liquid paper Fester.  ............ Oh ..... wait!!!

On 2/9/2016 at 9:35 AM, Clint Bizkit said:

Left to right,

Frawley, Blease, Bailey, Gysberts, Maric, Tapscott, Voldemort, Trengove, Strauss, Grimes, Watts & Morton

 

Thanks fndee & akum, I had Maric the first time then i stuffed up.

Edited February 12, 20169 yr by ManDee
replaced Benell with Maric

25 minutes ago, Curry & Beer said:

It scares the bejeesus outta me to think about how pumped I was the first time I saw it, I was like 'there it is, our premiership core'

bloody hell I am cringing

history had better not repeat

As someone said earlier, the common trend with most of those players in the photo is they aren't natural competitors.

Viney, Kent, Salem, Hogan, T. McDonald, Petracca, Brayshaw, Oliver, vandenBerg, Tyson, N. Jones, Gawn, Stretch, ANB, Jetta and Harmes all are naturally far more competitive.

35 minutes ago, Curry & Beer said:

It scares the bejeesus outta me to think about how pumped I was the first time I saw it, I was like 'there it is, our premiership core'

bloody hell I am cringing

history had better not repeat

I was about to post much the same comment.

$cully, skinny legs and the others were to be the saviours of the MFC,

Sh*t, Sh *t, [censored]!

18 minutes ago, Dee Dee said:

I was about to post much the same comment.

$cully, skinny legs and the others were to be the saviours of the MFC,

Sh*t, Sh *t, [censored]!

not a single person said it at the time though

'oh these skinny non-competitors are going to get us nowhere'

I know I am being blatantly negative but it is it that hard to look 5 years down the track and see people lamenting 'all these tough competitors with no skills or brains' or whatever

point is that hindsight is crazy accurate, presentsight not so much

3 minutes ago, Curry & Beer said:

not a single person said it at the time though

'oh these skinny non-competitors are going to get us nowhere'

We had trust in the guy who drafted them, if he did his job properly he would have identified this and never recruited them in the first place.

46 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Left to right,

Frawley, Blease, Bailey, Gysberts, Bennell, Tapscott, Voldemort, Trengove, Strauss, Grimes, Watts & Morton

Good call ManDee although I think Bennell may be Emo Maric.

I remember Addam was billed in his junior days as possessing "clean hands and elite kicking skills". I sort of pictured him as our next Yze. Unfortunately we beat those attributes out of him and saw a fumbly, small player with Melbourne kicking skills instead.

49 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Left to right,

Frawley, Blease, Bailey, Gysberts, Bennell, Tapscott, Voldemort, Trengove, Strauss, Grimes, Watts & Morton

It's Addam Maric, not Bennell - they're supposed to be top 20 picks.

That's one of those useless pieces of knowledge that, no matter how hard I try to evict it from my memory, it just keeps on squatting there, taking up the room that could be used by something vitally important..

 

1 hour ago, Curry & Beer said:

not a single person said it at the time though

'oh these skinny non-competitors are going to get us nowhere'

I know I am being blatantly negative but it is it that hard to look 5 years down the track and see people lamenting 'all these tough competitors with no skills or brains' or whatever

point is that hindsight is crazy accurate, presentsight not so much

It's more than that. 

All of those players were inducted into the MFC when the environment and culture was beginning its long and gradual erosion. Having the desire to perform well is one thing but if the workplace culture is shytes and giggles, it sets you up for failure. We bagged Scully at the time but if we are true to general commentary of that era, there's little wonder he was unimpressed - millions aside.

JT is a competitor but was guided by loyalty, the same with Grimes.

Its the development versus talent argument. You need to provide the environment to bring out the fierce competitor in people.

We have that now.

2 hours ago, ManDee said:

Left to right,

Frawley, Blease, Bailey, Gysberts, Bennell, Tapscott, Voldemort, Trengove, Strauss, Grimes, Watts & Morton

How many games did Voldemort play if any? 

2 hours ago, Curry & Beer said:

not a single person said it at the time though

'oh these skinny non-competitors are going to get us nowhere'

I know I am being blatantly negative but it is it that hard to look 5 years down the track and see people lamenting 'all these tough competitors with no skills or brains' or whatever

point is that hindsight is crazy accurate, presentsight not so much

Sylvia and McLean

8 minutes ago, CBDees said:

How many games did Voldemort play if any? 

About one great quarter IIRC.

14 minutes ago, CBDees said:

How many games did Voldemort play if any? 

 

Frawley      Gawn     Scullduggery    Blease   Morton

Edited February 12, 20169 yr by ManDee

10 minutes ago, CBDees said:

How many games did Voldemort play if any? 

 

I can answer that  - he played 31 but as he made seven horcrux's , which meant splitting his soul 7 times  - he effectively played 217 games. Life membership at the MFC !

Ha ha ha, classic Nutbean.

3 hours ago, nutbean said:

Sylvia and McLean

meaning what

3 hours ago, McQueen said:

It's more than that. 

All of those players were inducted into the MFC when the environment and culture was beginning its long and gradual erosion. Having the desire to perform well is one thing but if the workplace culture is shytes and giggles, it sets you up for failure. We bagged Scully at the time but if we are true to general commentary of that era, there's little wonder he was unimpressed - millions aside.

JT is a competitor but was guided by loyalty, the same with Grimes.

Its the development versus talent argument. You need to provide the environment to bring out the fierce competitor in people.

We have that now.

I'm more in the camp that we had shyzen d'ment rather than bad drafting. All of the blokes in that picture would have gone very close to the picks we took them at, and at other clubs probably would have all been decent players.

His present should be to sign another contract extension.

 

Give him a birthday card with a contract and blank cheque that would do it!

who is currently the highest paid player and what does he get? anyone?

16 hours ago, Curry & Beer said:

who is currently the highest paid player and what does he get? anyone?

 Probably Dawes :S I'd say $650-$700k.