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Clarence Oliver

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9 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

I loved the old Choo Choo bars !!!! They were great ! As were liquorice blocks ( 4 for a penny), teeth, liquorice all sorts, cobbers, not to mention fags. Which dummy thought naming them " fads " was a good idea ??? Probably the same idiot that changed the names Dick to Rick and Fanny to Franny in the Magic Faraway stories. Oops I seem to have strayed from the topic somewhat. 

I believe young Clayton will turn out to be quite a decent player. 

If only we can get that bloke down the road from him to be a decent player too...Glen, what's his name...Glen Waverly.. tee hee!

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    I can see this thread being derailed!! Lets get back to the main thread

    In can see Clarry Choo Choo being better than Greg Williams !! Big statement I know but

    He is quicker, a better kick, has the same peripheral vision and is at least as good a handballer as GW!

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    30 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    I can see this thread being derailed!! Lets get back to the main thread

    In can see Clarry Choo Choo being better than Greg Williams !! Big statement I know but

    He is quicker, a better kick, has the same peripheral vision and is at least as good a handballer as GW!

    Back to serious business Picket, when Clarry seems to have about a minute to get rid of the ball, then we can start comparing him to Greg Williams.

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    45 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    I can see this thread being derailed!! Lets get back to the main thread

    In can see Clarry Choo Choo being better than Greg Williams !! Big statement I know but

    He is quicker, a better kick, has the same peripheral vision and is at least as good a handballer as GW!

    AND.... they play in the same era so the comparison is clearly valid.

    FMD!

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    To be honest i thought in last two practice games Oliver just gave me impression he was making time for himself to kick rather than handball. Anyone else notice that?

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    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    I can see this thread being derailed!! Lets get back to the main thread

    In can see Clarry Choo Choo being better than Greg Williams !! Big statement I know but

    He is quicker, a better kick, has the same peripheral vision and is at least as good a handballer as GW!

    Diesel had a handball from inside to outside that never missed. It wasn't the team objective to do it back then. He just got it and did it. He was the cleanest in an era handbills weren't as essential to team plans.

    Oliver is better at it than Diesel but it is more common now and all teams have an instruction to do it.

    I see Oliver more like Voss than Diesel. I guess they all have the same quality they always get the ball first. Oliver and Voss just have bigger frames.

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    3 hours ago, pineapple dee said:

    I loved the old Choo Choo bars !!!! They were great ! As were liquorice blocks ( 4 for a penny), teeth, liquorice all sorts, cobbers, not to mention fags. Which dummy thought naming them " fads " was a good idea ??? Probably the same idiot that changed the names Dick to Rick and Fanny to Franny in the Magic Faraway stories. Oops I seem to have strayed from the topic somewhat. 

    I believe young Clayton will turn out to be quite a decent player. 

    He is already 'quite a decent player': with time he could well be  a (hate the term) superstar.

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    6 hours ago, willmoy said:

    To be honest i thought in last two practice games Oliver just gave me impression he was making time for himself to kick rather than handball. Anyone else notice that?

    I agree, but after making that room  for him to kick he is still then handballing. 

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    1 hour ago, Gorgoroth said:

    I agree, but after making that room  for him to kick he is still then handballing. 

    JLT round one - 5 kicks, 16 handballs

    JLT round two - 7 kicks, 12 handballs

     

    Would rather that at 1:1, but his hands are so good so just under 1:1 wouldn't be terrible. 

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    Misread the title as Clearance Oliver. Fitting really!

    Can't wait to watch him progress this season. He's my favourite player and has potential to be one of the best players in the league.

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    8 hours ago, Mickey said:

    JLT round one - 5 kicks, 16 handballs

    JLT round two - 7 kicks, 12 handballs

     

    Would rather that at 1:1, but his hands are so good so just under 1:1 wouldn't be terrible. 

    I'm not sure I get the rationale. 

    Oliver rarely gets caught WITHOUT getting his hands free so he can dispose of the pill by handball. His handball is an absolute weapon. It just always gets to someone in a better position. Harking back to Williams  - no one told him to handball less. It doesn't matter if he is predictable as long as he keeps getting those handballs away to advantage. Hunt predictably gets the ball and runs, Dustin Martin predictably fends players off with the don't argue and Josh Kennedy of the WCE is predictably one of the best hit up forwards in the game. It is one thing to be predictable, it is an entirely different story of trying to stop the predictability being successful. I expect that if the opposition cover all his handball exits then he will kick  - pretty simple.   

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    I love the way his hands just seem to emerge from the pack or tackle in slow motion and then extend out Inspector Gadget style and hit a target like a bullet. There's something about it that's different to the usual 'slick' hands... it's quick but more deliberate looking and somehow really easy to spot despite the speed. Great to watch.

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    In one of his center clearances in the past two games (can't remember which game) he came up with the ball as he ran through the pack and held a body position looking like he was about to offload with a handball. This caused all the opposition players to start looking towards their own opposition and he just spun around with time as they spread away from him - giving him ample time to kick.

    i reckon we'll see more of that.

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    Clarry Choo Choo will become an extremely important player for us this year. Sorry for stating the obvious!!

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    Clarry is an extractor and his vision and peripheral awareness reminds me of Mitchell's. He nearly always gives a release handball to the player in most space every time. 

    The fact he possesses that sense of calmness and composure at his age is phenomenal. Petracca is similar when he has the ball in close.

    Clarry can handball all he likes, it's always to the advantage of his teammates. 

     

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    He also handballs in space in front of his teammate rather than to his teammate which allows then to run on to the ball in space in continuous movement 

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    25 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    He also handballs in space in front of his teammate rather than to his teammate which allows then to run on to the ball in space in continuous movement 

    That's the the thing, even if he misses his target the ball is rarely turned over becuase he is able to put the ball to space so well.

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    On 3/2/2017 at 9:42 AM, daisycutter said:

    clearance clarence,,,,,,,,,,,,sounds good

    Let's make it happen!

     

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    42 minutes ago, btdemon said:

    Let's make it happen!

     

    well at least we need to get something better than "choo choo clarrie"

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    He is not only a clearance machine, he is tough both physically and mentally.

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    On 3/2/2017 at 10:55 AM, george_on_the_outer said:

    For the younger ones who may not know about ..."clearance Clarence"

     

    Still one of the greatest films ever made.

    On 3/4/2017 at 2:13 PM, stevethemanjordan said:

    Clarry is an extractor and his vision and peripheral awareness reminds me of Mitchell's. He nearly always gives a release handball to the player in most space every time. 

    The fact he possesses that sense of calmness and composure at his age is phenomenal. Petracca is similar when he has the ball in close.

    Clarry can handball all he likes, it's always to the advantage of his teammates. 

    Yep, he reminds me more of Mitchell too.

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    19 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    well at least we need to get something better than "choo choo clarrie"

    3168

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