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33 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

Really excited to see Clayton get a run, very happy to eat some humble pie and admit i think we made the right call choosing him over Parish.

How can you make that call?  Have you seen Parish or Oliver play?  What has changed your mind?

 
1 hour ago, Baghdad Bob said:

How can you make that call?  Have you seen Parish or Oliver play?  What has changed your mind?

seen both play, granted not at AFL level but the doubts I had on Oliver have been settled in my mind, so I have no reason to think it wasn't the right call.

Make no mistake though, Parish will be hailed by all and sundry as a god-like future Brownlow Medallist upon debut, because the media are incapable of saying a negative thing about the drug cheats. It's all about selling hope!

Oliver won't even rate a mention because Melbourne, even if he bursts out like a bull at the gates.

 
5 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Make no mistake though, Parish will be hailed by all and sundry as a god-like future Brownlow Medallist upon debut, because the media are incapable of saying a negative thing about the drug cheats. It's all about selling hope!

Oliver won't even rate a mention because Melbourne, even if he bursts out like a bull at the gates.

The world is against us isn't it.


A bloodnut with the name Clayton .?

6 hours ago, SaberFang said:

Make no mistake though, Parish will be hailed by all and sundry as a god-like future Brownlow Medallist upon debut, because the media are incapable of saying a negative thing about the drug cheats. It's all about selling hope!

Oliver won't even rate a mention because Melbourne, even if he bursts out like a bull at the gates.

Agreed. But for once I think this works in our favour. Let Parish wear all the heat of that and Oliver quietly go about his business. By seasons end Ill be happy if Olivers in the headlines ( for the right reasons) but only then. We learnt a hard lesson trying  a marketing ploy with a young recruit ( Watts) Let Essundone suck on that lemon....we've got bigger fish to fry. 

 
3 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

Agreed. But for once I think this works in our favour. Let Parish wear all the heat of that and Oliver quietly go about his business. By seasons end Ill be happy if Olivers in the headlines ( for the right reasons) but only then. We learnt a hard lesson trying  a marketing ploy with a young recruit ( Watts) Let Essundone suck on that lemon....we've got bigger fish to fry. 

Don't for even a microsecond think I am feeling sorry for them because I do not in any way, but EssUndone don't have the luxury of letting Parish simmer away in the seconds for a few months:. they will just have to dose him up and send him out there from game 1. 

On 2/17/2016 at 3:55 PM, ILLDieADemon said:

We don't want our first year players jumping straight into the middle from round one. Finally we are good enough to give our first year mids time to develop in the VFL. 

Are we? At times last year we really struggled for depth. The fact that Brayshaw played so many games says something. He was terrific, don't get me wrong, but in a side with more depth he plays 10-15 games. With Oliver, Petracca and the return of Trengove, we have a bit more depth, but I think Oliver will get an earlier call up than he would in a better side.

I still think we can and should win 10-12 games this year though.


On 2/21/2016 at 9:21 PM, jnrmac said:

GWS have had some shocking picks but they seem to get ignored by he footy fraternity. Much more fun to pick on melbourne

Looking forward to SOS bungling Carlton's list.

He looks like McKenzie, is the same number as McKenzie, has the same handball technique like McKenzie and isn't confident to kick like McKenzie. 

Other than that he looks good.

37 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

He looks like McKenzie, is the same number as McKenzie, has the same handball technique like McKenzie and isn't confident to kick like McKenzie. 

Other than that he looks good.

I hope you are trying to say that McKenzie was never a footballer but this Kid certainly looks like one!

41 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

He looks like McKenzie, is the same number as McKenzie, has the same handball technique like McKenzie and isn't confident to kick like McKenzie. 

Other than that he looks good.

Outside of having similair hair color and complexion I would say he doesn't look like Mckenzie at all. Borderline racist 

1 minute ago, olisik said:

Outside of having similair hair color and complexion I would say he doesn't look like Mckenzie at all. Borderline racist 

I thought I muted you? Oh well, never too late.


3 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I thought I muted you? Oh well, never too late.

Sounds like someone can't handle being called out on something ?

On 17/2/2016 at 3:00 PM, Clint Bizkit said:

I can see him playing the first four or five games at Casey to get up to speed before playing a dozen or so games for Melbourne this year.

I was wrong.

He will play round 1.

10 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

agreed.

 

he won't just play round 1, he'll start on the ground.

He won't just start on the ground, he'll start in the centre square.


Fantastic debut. Knows where the footy is going and uses it creatively. Probably needs some work on his transition running but I'm super excited by what he showed today.

 

I like the look of Clarry. He's quick in and under and makes good decisions quickly. The pace of the game didn't seem too much for him. Looking forward to seeing more of him.

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