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

picket fence
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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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41 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

His output has dropped since the title of this post changed...

 

Change it back.

You could almost say he's lost a little steam..

Maybe it's time to #bringbackthechoo 

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12 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

Hasn't been the same since he was 'rested'. 

Would be interesting to understand whether he really needed it and hasn't got back up to speed, or didn't need it and we broke his momentum.

Perhaps it is because he has only done 2/3rds of a pre-season coming off a TAC cup year where he was not even a draft contender for half of it due to his (lack of) conditioning. My professional diagnosis would be he is a bit knackered 

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50 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

is that a real stat PF?  if so can you link the source, Id love to know what a selfless act means

Check the Hun stats page game that's where I got it from I think he was second or third in thIis category. I think it reaaltes to non rewarded ie not actually taking possesion of the ball but acts which assist in us getting the ball! 

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Didn't mind his game yesterday. 5 clearances, 8 tackles and 10 CP is a great return for a 9 gamer.

 Not sure on his Centre bounce attendances but it seemed every time there was a goal kicked he would be coming off the bench straight into the centre. Stats might show we are most potent with him in there 

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5 minutes ago, Breggsy said:

Didn't mind his game yesterday. 5 clearances, 8 tackles and 10 CP is a great return for a 9 gamer.

 Not sure on his Centre bounce attendances but it seemed every time there was a goal kicked he would be coming off the bench straight into the centre. Stats might show we are most potent with him in there 

Don't you worry about Clarrie, he's as much of a gun as Petracca.

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16 minutes ago, fndee said:

Perhaps it is because he has only done 2/3rds of a pre-season coming off a TAC cup year where he was not even a draft contender for half of it due to his (lack of) conditioning. My professional diagnosis would be he is a bit knackered 

Yeah, that's a good point. 

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His output has dipped slightly of late, but I think it is more the opposition recognising the impact he can have already.

Opponents are showing him more respect, and that's not a bad thing.
He'll only get better.

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Still a high qulaity contributor.

Next year, with a little more size and experience, I would love to see him use his evasive skills to gain himself enough time and space to kick the ball a bit more.  He'll tear games apart from the center square.

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16 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Still a high qulaity contributor.

Next year, with a little more size and experience, I would love to see him use his evasive skills to gain himself enough time and space to kick the ball a bit more.  He'll tear games apart from the center square.

Yeah I want to see more kicks, he makes the decision to handball as soon as he gets it even if there is no option. But anyone who can find the ball as much as him is going to be good. Is super clean and finds space where there is none, a fantastic trait. Just needs to add some strings to his bow, kicking being the first.

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I think you should look at the bigger picture. It's not that Oliver has dropped in terms of his output. It's that the performance of his surrounding midfielders has been significantly lifted. Oliver starred in the first few opening rounds with him appearing in more centre clearances than as of late. Roos is utilising Dom Tyson and Bernie Vince more in the midfield and stoppages, with Vince going up an extra gear that I didn't think was possible. Therefore, requiring less of Clarry at important stoppages and more than likely has less % of game time than previous rounds.

 

It would be very interesting to have some stats around this which would help back up my point. 

 

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15 hours ago, Undeeterred said:

Hasn't been the same since he was 'rested'. 

Would be interesting to understand whether he really needed it and hasn't got back up to speed, or didn't need it and we broke his momentum.

Really ... Maybe because his playing game 10 or there abouts, maybe because he's only 18 & done 1 pre season ...

The expectations of supporters from our 1st yr players is ridiculous.. Club is getting a list that will be around for a decade 

Cmon people 

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13 minutes ago, Hogan2014 said:

Really ... Maybe because his playing game 10 or there abouts, maybe because he's only 18 & done 1 pre season ...

The expectations of supporters from our 1st yr players is ridiculous.. Club is getting a list that will be around for a decade 

Cmon people 

Perhaps stop assuming that I'm criticising him before you arc up.

Or do you just enjoy inflaming the discussion for no reason?

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Should be getting a game in front of Brayshaw, who in my view is still not quite right.

Manic attack on the ball should be in the team no doubt!

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2 hours ago, mauriesy said:

Needs to maintain the manic attack for longer though.

Seems as though they want him to be able to run out games.

Another pre season and he will be a regular. Great hands and vision. Got an edge too.

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