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And what if he gets injured early on and with his age takes a while to get right again, we think this is the malaise that hampered Vince in the second half and has affected both Dawes and Lumumba, if we are going to recruit 'mature age' 26 would be my ceiling as in Hibberd

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    Heard Brendan Goddard on ABC Grandstand today who is clearly still a good mate.  There's no doubt Dal wants to play on.  I'd be interested for on field coaching input, playing input neutral.

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    8 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

    Heard Brendan Goddard on ABC Grandstand today who is clearly still a good mate.  There's no doubt Dal wants to play on.  I'd be interested for on field coaching input, playing input neutral.

    I'm sure the other 21 on the field with him would really appreciate the second bit, I'll be ageist, too old, if we do get him will support him 100%

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    On 7 September 2016 at 8:26 PM, BLWNBA said:

    Collingwood also alledgedly ready to pounce on Wells.

    Edmond?

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    32 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    I'm sure the other 21 on the field with him would really appreciate the second bit, I'll be ageist, too old, if we do get him will support him 100%

    Mate, if Hitler put on the MFC jumper you'd support him.

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    6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Edmond?

    Laetitia 

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    I thought watching the game NDS looked pretty ordinary when the game was hot early. He got better as Adelaide took control. 

    As a recruit for next year...50/50

    how much has he got left in the tank?

    The MCG is a big home ground. 

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    1 minute ago, stevethemanjordan said:

    Mate, if Hitler put on the MFC jumper you'd support him.

    Nah too right wing for me, maybe Thatcher, reckon she would have been a bit like Selwood, nah I was totally against us getting Dawes at the time, could see why were doing it, but supported him, support whichever 45 or 6 are on the list each season, even if I don't agree with them being there

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    2 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

    Ok I will be the devils advocate, we get Dal Santo and we want him to play a year, using the vernacular used on here, whose spot does he take

    Midfield 3 or them were in top five of B&F, Oliver, Petracca, Trengove, BenKen, Bugg, Kent, Harmes, ANB

    Half back, Salem, Hibberd, Melksham, Hunt, Wagner, Lumumba, Vince, Jones

    I can't see a place for him

     

    You can reasonably say that Dal Santo would be a better player in 2017 than any one of Trengove, Kennedy, Bugg, Kent, Harmes, ANB, Wagner, Melksham, Lumumba and Stretch. 

    And that's no disrespect to any of those players - Dal Santo is a three-time all-Australain midfielder with 137 Brownlow votes to his name.

    If any young player feels like they are hard done by, having to go to the trouble to crack into a team that is more than half under 23 each week, then they are welcome to go play for Brisbane. Even though I get emotionally attached to fringe players and always hope they do well, I'm quite ok with us becoming one of the clubs that has enough talent that we can trade out 'ok' players for reasonable draft pick returns. Besides, ex-Demons are some kind of freaky blessed bunch generally, so they'll be happy enough.

    Frankly, my only question mark is the salary.

     

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    2 hours ago, Biffen said:

    Is this the chap that exposed himself on the internet?

    Those are the leadership skills we must be seeking.

    He was a bit stiff.

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    7 hours ago, Biffen said:

    Is this the chap that exposed himself on the internet?

    Those are the leadership skills we must be seeking.

    The Irony is that one of the best captains the game has seen that has captained the 2nd most games in the history of the sport, was also "exposing himself on the internet" 

     

     

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    8 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

    The Irony is that one of the best captains the game has seen that has captained the 2nd most games in the history of the sport, was also "exposing himself on the internet" 

     

     

    It wasn't irony Dom, it was stupidity. How did he allow himself to get caught up in that [censored]?

    BTW love your name. Are you a sheila or a bloke? This info is important to Uncle Bitter.

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    19 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    It wasn't irony Dom, it was stupidity. How did he allow himself to get caught up in that [censored]?

    BTW love your name. Are you a sheila or a bloke? This info is important to Uncle Bitter.

    I mean the irony is that Biffen thinks it disqualifies Dal Santo from having leadership attributes when one of the best captains ever was involved in the same scandal.

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    We need better outside users so id go for NDS

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    4 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

    And what if he gets injured early on and with his age takes a while to get right again, we think this is the malaise that hampered Vince in the second half and has affected both Dawes and Lumumba, if we are going to recruit 'mature age' 26 would be my ceiling as in Hibberd

    That argument can be used for any player and should have no bearing on a player who's proved to be as durable as Dal Santo. As for a certain 22 year old out of contract Gold Coast player who's seeking a trade however, it's a different story.

    I know which of the two is the far riskier choice, and by your reasoning you cleary think it would be Dal Santo.

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    2 hours ago, DominatrixTyson said:

    I mean the irony is that Biffen thinks it disqualifies Dal Santo from having leadership attributes when one of the best captains ever was involved in the same scandal.

    I merely raised the question DT.

    However I think he is unlikely to play on ,especially for us.

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    5 hours ago, Biffen said:

    Is this the chap that exposed himself on the internet?

    Those are the leadership skills we must be seeking.

    He's come a long way since then Biff.

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    2 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    He's come a long way since then Biff.

    I'm sure he's got a hold of himself since then.

     

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    7 minutes ago, Biffen said:

    I'm sure he's got a hold of himself since then.

     

    Takes a lot of balls to face the sack from your club

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    12 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    He's come a long way since then Biff.

    but little to show for it, moonie :o

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    Reminds me of the local flasher in the park who was considering retirement.

    He decided to stick it out for another year.

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    14 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    but little to show for it, moonie :o

    How many times you gonna use that joke dc?

    It's like déjà vu all over again.

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    13 minutes ago, Biffen said:

    Reminds me of the local flasher in the park who was considering retirement.

    He decided to stick it out for another year.

    The same guy flashed at a couple of elderly women at the bus stop recently. One had a stroke and the other wasn't quick enough...

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