I would love to have this guys at our team. Only 22 very promising player

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-24/talia-to-leave-dogs-after-being-left-hanging-over-leak-investigation

Wonder what happens here. Hope if he does leave that Dees have a very good look at him

Kid is a [censored]! Melbourne have already been warned off this guy at draft time 4 years ago. He is toxic to the culture Roos is building. Won't happen.

Kid is a [censored]! Melbourne have already been warned off this guy at draft time 4 years ago. He is toxic to the culture Roos is building. Won't happen.

Really? Are you able to expand on that? (aside from the the current furore, which I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on until we learn more).

I am aware of the reference that he was given by his school and Melbourne was told to avoid! He is very different to his brother Daniel. They are chalk and cheese. Daniel is far more reliable.

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Kid is a [censored]! Melbourne have already been warned off this guy at draft time 4 years ago. He is toxic to the culture Roos is building. Won't happen. I am privy to the reference that he was given by his school and Melbourne was told to avoid!

An attitude like yours is why you would get sucked into avoiding drafting blokes like Darling..My friends Dad who is a teacher at Haileybury has said he has taught an abundance of absolute trouble makers and complete and utter toxic kids who have been drafted and nothing has ever happened that had any resemblance to what they were like at school..You act as if no one changes or matured from high school.

Have a look at the current issues that Michael Talia is having at the Bulldogs. Where there is smoke there is fire!

Edited September 24, 201510 yr by Thehardtackler

Watched him at VFL level, and he's a very average footballer. The Dogs have Boyd, Morris and Murphy playing in the backline, so there was every opportunity for him to cement a place in the team in the near future. The fact that he hadn't been re-signed prior to the current issue, says a bit about how he's rated, or how he rates himself.

Have a look at the current issues that Michael Talia is having at the Bulldogs. Where there is smoke there is fire!

What issues? Talking to his brother?

Read the AFL article. Why do you think Beveridge is not talking to him. Why is the manager tight lipped. Michael Talia has made a horrific blunder and the Bulldogs are moving him on. When he first went to the Bulldogs, the senior list spent months knocking the arrogance out of him and I expect that he has not fully embraced the team culture at the Bulldogs,

Kid is a [censored]! Melbourne have already been warned off this guy at draft time 4 years ago. He is toxic to the culture Roos is building. Won't happen.

I went to the same school as Stevie J. My dad was a teacher at the same school and one of my fathers very good mates was one of the Sports teachers there. At draft time a call came from Collingwood after a reference for Stevie J, who, as you would imagine was a bit of a tearaway at school. The Sports teacher told Collingwood not to touch him with a ten foot pole. This, it must be said, was probably reasonably sound advice at the time. Collingwood passed and the rest is history as they say.

I have no idea what knowledge you have on Talia and how it relates to my story, but people forget that not all footy players at a young age are upstanding citizens, hell some are even immature and take a while to grow up, but everyone, everyone deserves a second chance.

The way we play judge, jury, and executioner of a person for their behaviour and character at age 18 is sickening.

How would you be seen if deconstructed at that age?

Have you changed?

Have you matured?

When Talia was 15 he rode his push bike to school without a helmet, if you believe the stories, he also rode at 43kmh in a 40 zone.

I'd stay clear.

When Talia was 15 he rode his push bike to school without a helmet, if you believe the stories, he also rode at 43kmh in a 40 zone.

I'd stay clear.

or at least watch where you're walking

The way we play judge, jury, and executioner of a person for their behaviour and character at age 18 is sickening.

How would you be seen if deconstructed at that age?

Have you changed?

Have you matured?

One of our drafting issues from 2007 through to 2012 was that we were picking "nice school boys" in my opinion, when we should have been targeting some talented kids with a bit of mongrel. That means they will likely be tagged by their teachers as, over confident, maybe arrogant and overly aggressive, maybe even be called a bully. I think you will find that many successful leaders have these traits in spades and they would have been a handful at school but they were smart enough to learn to control their aggression and confidence as they matured.

I went to the same school as Stevie J. My dad was a teacher at the same school and one of my fathers very good mates was one of the Sports teachers there. At draft time a call came from Collingwood after a reference for Stevie J, who, as you would imagine was a bit of a tearaway at school. The Sports teacher told Collingwood not to touch him with a ten foot pole. This, it must be said, was probably reasonably sound advice at the time. Collingwood passed and the rest is history as they say.

I have no idea what knowledge you have on Talia and how it relates to my story, but people forget that not all footy players at a young age are upstanding citizens, hell some are even immature and take a while to grow up, but everyone, everyone deserves a second chance.

But then there is Dayle Garlett..........

I went to the same school as Stevie J. My dad was a teacher at the same school and one of my fathers very good mates was one of the Sports teachers there. At draft time a call came from Collingwood after a reference for Stevie J, who, as you would imagine was a bit of a tearaway at school. The Sports teacher told Collingwood not to touch him with a ten foot pole. This, it must be said, was probably reasonably sound advice at the time. Collingwood passed and the rest is history as they say.

I have no idea what knowledge you have on Talia and how it relates to my story, but people forget that not all footy players at a young age are upstanding citizens, hell some are even immature and take a while to grow up, but everyone, everyone deserves a second chance.

wang boy?

When Talia was 15 he rode his push bike to school without a helmet, if you believe the stories, he also rode at 43kmh in a 40 zone.

I'd stay clear.

FK that.. thats borderline criminal offence.

Bigger risk then Harley Bennell.

If the Bulldog's Talia is troublesome (and I say that hypothetically not knowing the bloke), do we have the right leadership group and support to guide him onto the righteous path? Geelong did with Stevie J, I believe the Bulldogs had with Boyd, Murph, etc. Do we?

Macca would know ALL about this bloke.... I'll leave it with him

When Talia was 15 he rode his push bike to school without a helmet, if you believe the stories, he also rode at 43kmh in a 40 zone.

I'd stay clear.

Source?

wang boy?

Wang boy.

Funny thing is, is that the son of the school teacher went on to captain an AFL club and still plays.

Wang boy.

Funny thing is, is that the son of the school teacher went on to captain an AFL club and still plays.

Ah yes, Mick Nolan...

Attitude aside... he's a very, very average footballer.

He'll probably go to StKilda...everyone else seems to be associated with them !

Macca would know ALL about this bloke.... I'll leave it with him

Picking up Sellar when Neil Craig had just axed him at Adelaide is one thing, but he did have some versatility.

Picking up M Talia when McCartney is our development coach would be a whole new level of ridiculousness.

McCartney played Mark Austin for the majority of the year at CHB over picking him. That says a lot about where he rates him.

He might end up a good player if he gets more physical but I can't see it happening at Melbourne. The rumour mill says he'll go to Sydney and it makes a lot of sense.

Personally I'm pretty keen to see more of Sam Frost and Oscar McDonald as tall defenders for the future.