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  On 26/03/2017 at 22:57, AzzKikA said:

Imagine 85-90% gametime from Clearance Clarry!

I wonder if he would have just as much impact or if the fact that he can come in for short bursts means he has a greater impact in the game.

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      On 26/03/2017 at 22:59, Clint Bizkit said:

    I wonder if he would have just as much impact or if the fact that he can come in for short bursts means he has a greater impact in the game.

    I think his output would only drop if he is struggling with his endurance ie cannot get to enough contests, too fatigued to jump when tackled to free his arms, that sort of thing.

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      On 26/03/2017 at 22:57, AzzKikA said:

    Imagine 85-90% gametime from Clearance Clarry!

     

      On 26/03/2017 at 22:59, Clint Bizkit said:

    I wonder if he would have just as much impact or if the fact that he can come in for short bursts means he has a greater impact in the game.

     

      On 26/03/2017 at 23:02, AzzKikA said:

    I think his output would only drop if he is struggling with his endurance ie cannot get to enough contests, too fatigued to jump when tackled to free his arms, that sort of thing.

    Valid points CB and  AKA - unless he were to find that undetectable "something" that allowed Cousins to run all day +++ in the GF 2006 or 2007. 

    Of course all things are undetectable if unsought, and if indeed such were detectable then swept under some magic carpet somewhere. 

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      On 26/03/2017 at 22:28, Clint Bizkit said:

    Can someone please make a GIF of that handpass to Jones who then kicked the goal from his left foot?

    Had to slow down and enlarge to see properly.

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      On 26/03/2017 at 06:21, picket fence said:

    . Many on this site thought think I was  am mad! 

    Correct.

     

    Edit for accuracy...

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      On 27/03/2017 at 03:46, Dees_In_October said:

    Had to slow down and enlarge to see properly.

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    They were talking about this stoppage on "Access all arears" - Saints outnumbered us 7 to 4 at this contest. Doesn't matter how many opponents are at the contest if you draw 4 players to you and still get away a "sublime" handball that Jones could run onto at full tilt.

    His hands are absolutely sublime. 

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      On 27/03/2017 at 04:12, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Real time.

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    OCTOBER 21 2015

    "Melbourne have utilised both the new points-based draft system and the introduction of future pick trading to take a huge plunge into this year's national draft."

     

    And now we can see why.

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    If I was the Saints coach I would also be giving Hickey a bake - even though Watts didn't really get much of a hand on the ball, to allow a second string ruckman ( shorter and lighter) to out body him, get front position and thereby allowing the ball to spill out the back was poor. Hickey had one job and that was to get the ball defensively to the front of the pack.

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      On 27/03/2017 at 04:51, nutbean said:

    If I was the Saints coach I would also be giving Hickey a bake - even though Watts didn't really get much of a hand on the ball, to allow a second string ruckman ( shorter and lighter) to out body him, get front position and thereby allowing the ball to spill out the back was poor. Hickey had one job and that was to get the ball defensively to the front of the pack.

    Watch the lead up to ANB's goal in the last and tell me how Max lost that ruck contest to Ross. Happens to the best of them

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      On 27/03/2017 at 04:58, ArtificialWisdom said:

    Watch the lead up to ANB's goal in the last and tell me how Max lost that ruck contest to Ross. Happens to the best of them

    I thought that would come up  - learn to throw the ball in umpire....

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      On 27/03/2017 at 05:00, nutbean said:

    I thought that would come up  - learn to throw the ball in umpire....

    haha it's not as bad as that "3rd man up" with Vickery and Hartung. Such a stupid way to implement the rule.

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      On 27/03/2017 at 05:02, ArtificialWisdom said:

    haha it's not as bad as that "3rd man up" with Vickery and Hartung. Such a stupid way to implement the rule.

    sorry..you need to drive to "Stupid" and then go about 50 kilometres past for that decision. 

    That decision was only second behind the decision  for gross stupidity in the JLT where the ball was thrown in short from the boundary and hit one of the onballers on the back of the hea who was waiting in front of the ruckman  and he was free kicked against for third man up .....

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    I am going to have another son and name him "Clayton Oliver ......"  This kid is a dead set freak and , did I mention, I shook his hand in the supermarket " ?????

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    "one talent spotter suggested Oliver “would get nose bleeds” if he went as high as the first round of the draft"

     

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      On 25/03/2017 at 10:04, Danelska said:

    I do wish Bernie would effing stop sniping people in play (can think of 3 occasions in the 2 qrt that I watched) He does it game in game out - is the worst 'overt' sniper since David King finished up...

    Brent Harvey played well after David King finished

      On 27/03/2017 at 03:46, Dees_In_October said:

    Had to slow down and enlarge to see properly.

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    He did a similar one at a critical moment in the memorable victory vs Hawks last year.  He has fantastic vision and execution.

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      On 27/03/2017 at 05:02, ArtificialWisdom said:

    haha it's not as bad as that "3rd man up" with Vickery and Hartung. Such a stupid way to implement the rule.

    If you watch the umpire segment on afl website they explain what happened and it was the correct decision, omeara took the ball up before that with vickery there so the umpires ask someone to nominate who is taking the ruck and if no one puts there hand up then no one is allowed to go up, so it's upto the players to sort it out I like the rule I think it's good for us as when gawn is well on top like Saturday st kilda couldn't even change things up by sending 3rd man up 

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    Watching the reply I was looking for a moment when we turned the game around. To me, it was with about 12 minutes to go in the second, with what resulted in Weideman's beautiful running goal. The catalyst was Oliver, scooping the ball up and shooting off the first in what was a seamless chain of handbills, moving us into the 50m arc and setting up the Weed. Champagne football and a sign of the glory to come.

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    The slow-mo vision of that handball shown on Access All Areas really shows how brilliant it was. 

     

    This kid is something else. 

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    Still my favourite piece of play. One handed against a 3 time premiership player. Impressive

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      On 27/03/2017 at 05:27, ProDee said:

    "one talent spotter suggested Oliver “would get nose bleeds” if he went as high as the first round of the draft"

     

    Was that talent spotter BP?

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      On 27/03/2017 at 08:42, jnrmac said:

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    Still my favourite piece of play. One handed against a 3 time premiership player. Impressive

    Anyone want to have a crack at what Lewis is thinking in this clip?

    'Sweet Jesus, I'm in!'

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      On 27/03/2017 at 08:42, jnrmac said:

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    Still my favourite piece of play. One handed against a 3 time premiership player. Impressive

    Mine too. Sent it too my old man last year. I still occasionally scroll back through my messages too show people. 

    The kid is gold 

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