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20 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

Can you copy and paste for those of us who cant get past the paywall?

Cheers

 To avoid the Herald Sun paywall just paste the article title into Google and you can get in through there

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/melbourne/clayton-oliver-has-all-the-hallmarks-of-a-future-champion-just-five-games-into-his-career/news-story/4795d46a0eb940c6b84f4bd039f76686

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This stat is incredible and yet not surprising.

According to Champion Data, Melbourne has won 18 more takeaways than the opposition per 100 centre bounces when Oliver is there.

That number drops by 12 on average whenever he wanders outside the centre bounce setup.

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the bloke is just a Football marvel. There are some blokes I worry about...and some I get bloody enthused about

Strangely we have very few of the former now and Clarry is a real excitement machine.. why ?   He makes things HAPPEN

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Whoever spotted this blokes talent....take a bow

 

oh

 

and keep looking ;)

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Just now, Dr. Gonzo said:

We definitely nailed this pick - interesting to see the difference between our drafting and Collingwoods since Taylor came over no wonder Eddie was filthy when we poached him.

there in lies an absolute.

Taylor has been a coup, no doubt about it. Makes me somewhat salivate at what smokey of a gem we'll pluck come end of season  (no rush to get there btw )

The recruiting of recent years has been the cheese to the chalk of previous efforts

 

We actually seem to know what we're doing now. A far cry from previous years

It goes that we had our eyes on OIlver for a whiles and followed him intently, then made the call on what we KNEW not what the outside world thought we ought to do

I'll be honest...the most recent player on our list to get me siting , watching, interested ...prior to Claryy was  Jurrah. He played with the ball, Clarry just plays with the opposition.

 

When Clarry, Truck, Gus  et all hit their straps together with the old men of Chunk and Bernie  and a decent supporting cast it will be a fearsome combination.

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Seeing him, in his first few games, just nail those handballs often under intense pressure, just takes my breath away at times. Just awesome.  

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55 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

Nice article.  Spot on with the facts and adjectives.  So glad Clarry is ours!

Yeah, Jay Clark seems to have some love for Melbourne at the moment. Very odd.

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1 minute ago, monoccular said:

Another ridiculous deliberate OOB from a fumble this time against Cats

They just do not understand the game

wrong thread perhaps ? :)

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41 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Whoever spotted this blokes talent....take a bow

 

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and keep looking ;)

You can thank Tim Lamb for that who spotted him playing a praccy match up here in Benalla!

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3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

You can thank Tim Lamb for that who spotted him playing a praccy match up here in Benalla!

is he part of out "wider circle " ?

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Oliver & Petracca are currently averaging over 10 contested possessions a game. They are ranked 3rd & 2nd at the MFC and around 40th overall for the competition. Pretty amazing for young players who have played less than 5 games(grain of salt with Petracca only playing two games but I'm sure it will continue or even get better).

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its an Oliver thread but the nuance of Truck is a good question. I think theyll like playing with each other..as well as Viney   a kinda Rat pack

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Im glad we took Clarry, indeed conspired and traded  picks to get Clarry.. even more the point Im glad we knew it WAS Clarry  to get . AM sure Parish will be a player.... not like this animal though

 

betcha theres more than a few kids in a schoolyard with #13 right now :)

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3 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

its an Oliver thread but the nuance of Truck is a good question. I think theyll like playing with each other..as well as Viney   a kinda Rat pack

I'd comfortably add Hoges too

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I'd comfortably add Hoges too

yeah....hmmm...yeah

 

when he signs

 

indeed it might be WHY he signs 

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2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

pretty amazing really how he just clicked and looked at home right from round 1, and playing in the guts too. kid has a lot of self belief and determination

oh hope its contagious 

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I just like typing this out. How's this for a midfield: Viney, Oliver, Petracca with support from Tyson, Brayshaw and even Salem. Not to mention older guys in Vince and Jones. And the addition of Prestia next year. ;) That's a deep and talented midfield.

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What sticks with me is someone posted on here, I think it was last year at Lunar Park? he'd had a chat with Hoges, and he'd said that in 4 years time we'd be unstoppable, that was buy in to me at the time and despite the current MFCSS I'm hanging on to that.

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3 minutes ago, AdamFarr said:

I just like typing this out. How's this for a midfield: Viney, Oliver, Petracca with support from Tyson, Brayshaw and even Salem. Not to mention older guys in Vince and Jones. And the addition of Prestia next year. ;) That's a deep and talented midfield.

its warm and fuzzy isnt it !! 

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2 minutes ago, Jesse Christ said:

When did we sign Prestia? 

keep up ...lol  :rolleyes:

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12 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

pretty amazing really how he just clicked and looked at home right from round 1, and playing in the guts too. kid has a lot of self belief and determination

especially intriguing when in his interviews he presents as being unsure how about how good he is  

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