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Fitz is flying at the Hawks

RalphiusMaximus
in Melbourne Demons

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On 17/02/2016 at 11:29 AM, Baghdad Bob said:

He took less money to play with the Hawks.  He was atrociously dealt with by MFC.  He was a much better player than he was given credit for. 

You seriously need to reassess your criteria as to what makes an AFL footballer. Like Saty, you seem to have too much of an emotional attachment to the players' personality rather than focus on their abilities and performances.

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    Played well tonight and showed that might actually flourish at the Hawks. Took a fantastic contested mark and was quite competitive.

    Hope he does well at Hawthorn. I was one that wasn't happy we got rid of but hope he really does well at the hawks.

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    Luke Hodge said post game that he's been the most impressive recruit they've had, something about everyone in the team being taken aback by how good he is.

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    27 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Played well tonight and showed that might actually flourish at the Hawks. Took a fantastic contested mark and was quite competitive.

    Hope he does well at Hawthorn. I was one that wasn't happy we got rid of but hope he really does well at the hawks.

    AFL.com game summary: 

    NEW FACES
    Hawthorn:     Former Demon Jack Fitzpatrick juggled a mark on the lead and fired an errant shot on goal late in the first term, but didn’t look entirely comfortable in his first outing for the Hawks.

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    33 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Played well tonight and showed that might actually flourish at the Hawks. Took a fantastic contested mark and was quite competitive.

    Hope he does well at Hawthorn. I was one that wasn't happy we got rid of but hope he really does well at the hawks.

    I thought he played pretty crap, he couldn't find space and pulled out his signature banana kick for goal and missed instead of kicking a drop punt. He won't be holding his spot for long in a 3 time premiership side with those types of tricks I can tell tou right now. That may have worked for him in our team but Once Ruff is back he won't get a game. 

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    Just now, ProDee said:

    Fitzpatrick was Fitzpatrick.

    We know he's quick and sometimes the marks stick and sometime they don't.  His skills are horrible and if one sails through it's more by luck than design.  And no, he didn't take "a few nice grabs", he took one and nearly made a mess of a straight forward mark.

    Frost is a better player than Fitzpatrick.  Max King is a better talent than Fitzpatrick.  Oscar McDonald has better skills for a defender.

    Frost has played 3 games for us, Max King has barely got past the Casey reserves, and Oscar has played 2 games for us, and yet you've seen enough

    to make these calls? It's like everyone saying we had a new Paul Chapman when Tapscott debuted.

    I'm not sure why Fitz tried to banana that shot for goal last night, the commentators even said it was audacious against the breeze, as he's not too bad a kick for goal, and a career average of better than a goal a game, even while splitting time between defence and ruck, says he could kick a goal.

    Having said that he was one of the biggest teases of unfulfilled talent we've had, amongst a deluge of them.

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    From everyone's favourite tabloid, the Herald Sun:

    VILLAIN

    Jack Fitzpatrick didn’t have the most ideal first game in Hawthorn colours, attempting two shots at goal and spraying both. The second was particularly ugly.

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    Just now, Good Times Grimes said:

    From everyone's favourite tabloid, the Herald Sun:

    VILLAIN

    Jack Fitzpatrick didn’t have the most ideal first game in Hawthorn colours, attempting two shots at goal and spraying both. The second was particularly ugly.

    Didn't think he was that bad.

    Took a few nice grabs but was useless in the ruck.

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    Fitzpatrick was Fitzpatrick.

    We know he's quick and sometimes the marks stick and sometime they don't.  His skills are horrible and if one sails through it's more by luck than design.  And no, he didn't take "a few nice grabs", he took one and nearly made a mess of a straight forward mark.

    Frost is a better player than Fitzpatrick.  Max King is a better talent than Fitzpatrick.  Oscar McDonald has better skills for a defender.

    But yeah, there will always be those on here who decry ordinary footballers being given their marching orders.

    We spent years not turning the lsit over and when we do there will be unhappy supporters.

    Like Hightower, Addam Maric, Cheney, Gysberts, Morton, Blease, Chris Johnson, McLean, and others I've missed, I don't believe Fitzpatrick will come back to haunt us.  BUT even if it did, it wouldn't worry me.  I'd rather one mistake than a warehouse of list cloggers.

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    Amazing how quick people jump on the club after a single game.

    I thought he was pretty ordinary. Made a couple of reasonable tackles, but he didn't have to work hard to get to them. Couldn't find space, beaten in the ruck and missed his kicks.

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    it's done, he's gone, don't care.

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    On 17 February 2016 at 11:29 AM, Baghdad Bob said:

    He took less money to play with the Hawks.  He was atrociously dealt with by MFC.  He was a much better player than he was given credit for. 

    Bruce was someone who should've finished his career as a one club player with the Dees.

    Not sure what the circumstances were as to why he went to the Hawks, but that he did really knocked the shine off what otherwise would've been a fairly stellar MFC career.

     

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    Just now, Ron Burgundy said:

    Bruce was someone who should've finished his career as a one club player with the Dees.

    Not sure what the circumstances were as to why he went to the Hawks, but that he did really knocked the shine off what otherwise would've been a fairly stellar MFC career.

     

    We were a stinky cesspool of a club - lots of things during those times didn't quite go as they should have.

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