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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - MICHAEL HIBBERD

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So a reliable friend was talking a best 22 high profile young Essendon player and asked if they'll miss Hibberd. 

The response was - nah mate, he hasn't run in a year, his knee is stuffed. 

Hope we haven't brought another lemon.

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    58 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    So a reliable friend was talking a best 22 high profile young Essendon player and asked if they'll miss Hibberd. 

    The response was - nah mate, he hasn't run in a year, his knee is stuffed. 

    Hope we haven't brought another lemon.

    He ran pretty quickly at the running of the bulls. 

    If that's what was said, I find it humorous that an Essendrug person might expect to be taken seriously about medical prognosis.

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    19 minutes ago, The Reverend said:

    I'm sure we did our due diligence. Who is the other "lemon"? I can't remember one since Mitch Clark.

    Dawes, Lumumba and Melksham missing a year.

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    2 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    So a reliable friend was talking a best 22 high profile young Essendon player and asked if they'll miss Hibberd. 

    The response was - nah mate, he hasn't run in a year, his knee is stuffed. 

    Hope we haven't brought another lemon.

    Hmmm, fair chance he'd have to have passed a thorough medical :pj:

    Your mate's comment is right up there with a Hawk supporter telling me last week that he's not that unhappy to see Lewis go...what a load of bollocks!

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    10 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    So a reliable friend was talking a best 22 high profile young Essendon player and asked if they'll miss Hibberd. 

    The response was - nah mate, he hasn't run in a year, his knee is stuffed. 

    Hope we haven't brought another lemon.

    I reckon we all do that though don't we? 

    plenty were talking Jesse Hogan down before he re-signed, it seems once a player looks like leaving a club suddenly that club doesn't rate the player nearly as highly. 

    he passed a medical and is expected to start pre-season right away so there can't be any huge issues.

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    11 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    So a reliable friend was talking a best 22 high profile young Essendon player and asked if they'll miss Hibberd. 

    The response was - nah mate, he hasn't run in a year, his knee is stuffed. 

    Hope we haven't brought another lemon.

    I've got a stack of Essendon supporter mates who say otherwise.

    Reckon Goodwin and McCartney know a thing or two about these players too.

    Hibberd is a very good player and I reckon Melksham will be a lot better than some people here seem to think.

     

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    Relevantly, Essendon wanted to keep both players.

    Suggests to me that their medicos didn't share your mate's view that Hibberd's knee is stuffed.

     

     

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    14 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said:

    Relevantly, Essendon wanted to keep both players.

    Suggests to me that their medicos didn't share your mate's view that Hibberd's knee is stuffed.

    Part of the reason was to stop a flood of players leaving.

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    Not sure that'd be reason enough to put a new 3 year contract on the table to a 'stuffed' player with a bung knee.

    Suspect it had more to do with the fact that he was highly rated within the club, evidenced by his regular top 5 finishes in their B&F, and he's still got a lot of good footy ahead of him.

     

     

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    High-profile young Dons' player? Was it Joe or Zach? Subject to definition but I'm not sure how many others meet this profile description. 

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    1st game for the club and it was a ripper!

    18 kicks, 9 handballs, 6 marks and a brilliant goal. Arguably our best player.

    He owns the hbf position now. Just what we needed.

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    I can't express how lovely it is for my inner-peace having Michael Hibberd in our back-line.

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    Great game. And I don't know why I was surprised, but having a left footer off half back was clearly useful. Numerous times a right footer would have struggled to execute.

    Now stay injury free.

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    He was unreal. And he was good going back the other way. When time is nigh for Bernie, he'll take over that role. Now we just need Oscar to come on, and find another tall and the defense will be tight for a while with Jetta, Hunt and Lewis.

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    I bet Balls is pleased, carries #14 well.

    Excellent debut!

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    Ecactly the player we've been crying out for, for years. Ball use & compsure off half back he'll be a gun for years to come. Great pick up

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    Hibberd is a gun , and will be a permanent member of this side bar injury 

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    God damn. How good is he.

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    On 11/6/2016 at 9:31 PM, DeeSpencer said:

    So a reliable friend was talking a best 22 high profile young Essendon player and asked if they'll miss Hibberd. 

    The response was - nah mate, he hasn't run in a year, his knee is stuffed. 

    Hope we haven't brought another lemon.

    Not so reliable your friend.....

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    I saw a poster on bomberblit write something along the lines of "if all our players have hit a wall because of the 12 month ban how come it's not affecting Hibberd"

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    Hibberd is clear as day evidence that kicking skills, decision making and general attack on the ball are all qualities you either have in spades or you're lacking.

    ie - the fact he missed most of the pre-season with the main group counts for nothing. 

    He straightens us up to no end. 

    I love the guy.

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    Some take seasons to win me over. 

     

    Hibberd took 5 minutes. 

     

    Gun. 

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