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Love the sentiments in this thread, but the "Choo Choo" should never ever be referenced again. 

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What a find !! 23 Quality Possesions 4 kicks and astounding 19 handballs all to players in dangerous positions to launch attacks, 15 pressure acts 6 Bone jarring tackles! What a player, as I have

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First post on DL but.... fun fact on Oliver. My younger brother is best mates with Oliver's older brother. On the day Oliver made his debut his older brother had a blinder and kicked 10 goals for La T

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1 hour ago, FireInTheBelly said:

I'm amazed after yesterday's game that Petracca has come into favourite for the Rising Star, rather than Clarry. Don't get me wrong, Petracca was very good, but Oliver was simply unstoppable! If he keeps it up the award is his.

Plus, you'd think Harmes would be in the mix for a nomination this round, 26 disposals, 3 goals, 5 tackles. Not many kids gonna top that, and Clearance Allover has already been nominated.

It'll be an interesting Rising Star season, with those two, Mills, Weitering, Daniel, Parish, and a great many other young players having a real presence.

I think there's a fun (for us) contrast brewing between Petracca and Oliver - both looking seriously potent but with quite different 'outstanding' areas. Brad Johnson v Scott West? So glad we don't have to choose!

 

 

Oh, and for the trivia question - the only player with experience of positive win-loss at Melbourne was Lynden Dunn. Who missed yesterday!

 

 

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17 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Plus, you'd think Harmes would be in the mix for a nomination this round, 26 disposals, 3 goals, 5 tackles. Not many kids gonna top that, and Clearance Allover has already been nominated.

It'll be an interesting Rising Star season, with those two, Mills, Weitering, Daniel, Parish, and a great many other young players having a real presence.

I think there's a fun (for us) contrast brewing between Petracca and Oliver - both looking seriously potent but with quite different 'outstanding' areas. Brad Johnson v Scott West? So glad we don't have to choose!

 

 

Oh, and for the trivia question - the only player with experience of positive win-loss at Melbourne was Lynden Dunn. Who missed yesterday!

 

 

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If i could find a Boyfriend with hands as fast as Oliver, i would leave my wife tomorrow.

And i love my wife.

But how good is Oliver?

 

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What Legend

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Look what hes doing on the field, the way he he plays and the fact hes monstering 200 game veterans and breaking tackles with ease.

Now realize he is just 18 years old.

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3 hours ago, Sylvia Saint said:

Maybe I need to remove the red and blue glasses, but I'm surprised he isn't getting hyped up more in the media. He's every bit as good as Cripps.

When he starts racking up 25+ every week, they'll be salivating over him as they do Cripps. I've heard quite a bit in the press about Oliver. The fact he is already mentioned as one of our important mids says it all really.

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2 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

I'm amazed after yesterday's game that Petracca has come into favourite for the Rising Star, rather than Clarry. Don't get me wrong, Petracca was very good, but Oliver was simply unstoppable! If he keeps it up the award is his.

Awards like The Rising Star are irrelevant nowadays. Last year, in a leaner season, I could see the merit in getting excited about it (sort of), but I'm just happy we have Oliver and Petracca on our list. They are both going to be seriously good players and as I keep saying, this midfield we've built is going to be something special.

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18 minutes ago, binman said:

Big call. Cripps is an absolute gun. One thing in Oliver's favour is he'll end up being physically  bigger.

Cripps is 193cm (same height as Nick Reiwoldt) and 90kg... and is only 22. He is a physical beast

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24 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

oliver is doing things in his first half dozen games that cripps wasn't. the kid is going to be special.

Oliver is doing things in his first 6 games as an 18 year old Ive never seen a  Demon player do

Can anyone name a Demon player of the past so good and clean in close?   

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Hnmm Glen Lovett was pretty good but injury prone!

Rob Flower, Stan Alves, Greg Wells were all polished but Clarry is a diferent beast entirely!

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Never seen a kid swho is so incredibly clean at such an early stage. He's Ablett-like. That cleanliness is what separates the great players.

But then he also always manages to get his arms free and nearly always hits a teammate in space. Just... baffling that he can be so good at this stage.

 

And as a postscript, I'm really beginning to regret my comments about Oliver playing like Voss and loudly referring to himself in the 3rd person as being the Vossy train in packs. Ol mate picket has really run with it, and I want everyone else to know I'm sorry.

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Hey, youngsters...

love reading on demonland these days...

try not to post, but get provoked sometimes...

if this kid stays injury free for 5 years and becomes a midfield general, comparisons with past superstars may be appropriate...

at the top of the list has to be Ronald Dale Barassi...

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23 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

I'm amazed after yesterday's game that Petracca has come into favourite for the Rising Star, rather than Clarry. Don't get me wrong, Petracca was very good, but Oliver was simply unstoppable! If he keeps it up the award is his.

Oliver looks to do it all very easily. Put in take out job for the rising star I would've thought. I have been backing him in since the GWS game, I am surprised the TAB haven't cut me off yet. Oliver should be a full time mid (no VFL time), cleanest inside player we have. Eases the burden on Jones, Viney and Tyson.

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18 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

Oliver is doing things in his first 6 games as an 18 year old Ive never seen a  Demon player do

Can anyone name a Demon player of the past so good and clean in close?   

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16 hours ago, binman said:

Blimey. 

They made him stand  next to Loyd on the footy show and Cripps is bigger and has more physical presence

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20 hours ago, Brenno said:

In my opinion he has the most potential out of all our young kids. He is probsbly already the cleanest mid in our team and loves to go in hard. 

Maybe but I prefer to look at all our young kids who have huge potential. I don't need to name them, you know who they are. We are developing a team of potential champions, that is what encourages me. Also kids that are going to get used to winning and knowing what that entails. Not a team of kids that are used to losing and accepting defeat each week.

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