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Clarence Oliver

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29 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Sorry Nasher they were totally different. The Weid one was a great scoop off the turf. The Smith one was phenominal. He fended off Smith with one hand and plucked up the ball with the other (Koutafidis like) - in one motion. Both great pieces of play but not similar IMO. The Smith one was perhaps the best piece of brilliance I have ever seen in a 1st year player.

Fair enough - probably a crud comparison in hindsight. I suppose my point is that it appears to be a regular feature in his game - most players would have done that about zero times in their careers.

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    What a transformation in body shape. First picture is from the same year he was drafted. From looking like stewy dew to this today. 

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    I think the most telling part of his handpass to Jones to set up his goal was how Jones went to quickly throw it on the boot but then realised he was wiiiiiiiiide open. I think even he was surprised.

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    1 hour ago, Bobby Clark said:

    What a transformation in body shape. First picture is from the same year he was drafted. From looking like stewy dew to this today. 

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    And still no mouthguard, nor did he seem to be wearing one on Saturday.

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    Now the womens season is over can we get Oliver on the banner please

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    1 hour ago, Bobby Clark said:

    What a transformation in body shape. First picture is from the same year he was drafted. From looking like stewy dew to this today. 

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    Amazing......thats what you call hard work.

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    36 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    And still no mouthguard, nor did he seem to be wearing one on Saturday.

    Ohhh you reminded me, can confirm from training two weeks ago that he does wear a mouthguard. Takes it out quite often between play.

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    The other great thing about his handball to Jones is that when Ross tackles him, he makes sure he takes Newnes (#16) to the ground with him. Newnes is closest to Jones and the only one with any hope of tackling him. That's why Jones had that extra second to steady.

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    too much Jones

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    2 hours ago, Bobby Clark said:

    What a transformation in body shape. First picture is from the same year he was drafted. From looking like stewy dew to this today. 

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    I swear he was my cantine lady in highschool.

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    13 minutes ago, Akum said:

    The other great thing about his handball to Jones is that when Ross tackles him, he makes sure he takes Newnes (#16) to the ground with him. Newnes is closest to Jones and the only one with any hope of tackling him. That's why Jones had that extra second to steady.

    yes, i noticed he held the ball until he had drawn both players. the timing was exquisite. no over hasty quick disposal. a very smart fella

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    11 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    Ask Barry Prendergast....

    The worst ever,  I would not ask him to pick a ripe banana 

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    2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    yes, i noticed he held the ball until he had drawn both players. the timing was exquisite. no over hasty quick disposal. a very smart fella

    I think most of us picked this up too, except the bloody commentators or any other media pundits this week. It really was one of the classiest things I've seen from a Melbourne player in a long, long time.

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    This kids upside is huge.

    Given that he wasn't in the representative system (U18's - Vic Country program) and was a late comer to the TAC program, his scope for continual improvement as he gets used to the full on footy environment is mighty tantalising. 

    As he improves on his fitness and tank, his impact on the contest will continue to improve (staggering for a kid who gathered 36 possessions in just his 14th AFL game).

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    10 hours ago, monoccular said:

    And still no mouthguard, nor did he seem to be wearing one on Saturday.

    I've noticed that some mouthguards are transparent rather than white or coloured so he might be wearing one.

     

    9 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

    Now the womens season is over can we get Oliver on the banner please

    ...and remove the AA Captain, currently the most marketable face of our football club and all round champion.  Our colours were blazoned on tv during the weekend football coverage in the NAB ads with Daisy and little kids in mfc jumpers.  Any idea what that will do to gain future supporters.

    Remove Daisy...Bad Call. Disrespectful call.

    If Oliver continues to earn his stripes, just add him...no need to remove anyone - unless you were making some other pointed point...

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    6 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

    The worst ever,  I would not ask him to pick a ripe banana 

    Bananas do not get picked when they are ripe :P

     

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    12 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

    Now the womens season is over can we get Oliver on the banner please

    Here Here!!

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    12 hours ago, monoccular said:

    And still no mouthguard, nor did he seem to be wearing one on Saturday.

    I think he wore one in round 1 last year and that's it.

    A lot of players don't wear them now, silly.

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    3 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    ...and remove the AA Captain, currently the most marketable face of our football club and all round champion.  Our colours were blazoned on tv during the weekend football coverage in the NAB ads with Daisy and little kids in mfc jumpers.  Any idea what that will do to gain future supporters.

    Remove Daisy...Bad Call. Disrespectful call.

     

    Horrible call.....Neanderthal call...18th century call.....

    The amount of interest the womens game has attracted is spectacular. My daughter has played Aussies rules for two years now and the leagues have exploded over the past 12 months with influxes of both players and new teams. This will translate into more females watching the sport at its highest level both the men and womens comps. 

    As you mentioned, Daisy is arguably the most marketable face in womens football ( along with Erin P) and we should be embracing it.

     

     

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    3 hours ago, AzzKikA said:

    Bananas do not get picked when they are ripe :P

     

    Was not talking about off the tree was talking about one to eat,  a bit like the way he pick players, using high picks for players that would still have been there with much later picks,  cook and gysbits would still have been still in their drafts after pick 40

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    13 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

    I swear he was my cantine lady in highschool.

    How slick was your canteen lady at handpassing the sausage rolls?

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    3 minutes ago, small but forward said:

    How slick was your canteen lady at handpassing the sausage rolls?

    SBF you should know that one cannot handpass a sausage roll, that would be a point, or a rushed behind. She could handpass a custard tart over her shoulder, blindfolded, under water, with a mouth full off marbles, over a giraffe, through a key hole and land it in my lunch box , fair dinkum she was good Clarrie's mum.

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    Clarry wears a mouthguard,

    Had a close look at the 'modern' one the other day, completely different to my day, was transparent as well

    But remember the bigger the teeth the bigger the mouthguard, and in these days of the perfect cosmetically enhanced smile, why some players still look like they have half a tyre in their gob

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    On 3/27/2017 at 3:51 PM, nutbean said:

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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.

    Agree but also let give jack the credit for getting front position. On on the couch they were talking about the likelihood of teams only having the one ruck man and Jackson Trengove  being the new model of the second ruck - a mobile, versatile player who plays forward but can be an on baller as well. Funny because Jack was really the first to play that role last year (a Goodwin innovation?)

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    Just now, Satyriconhome said:

    The other thing to notice in the clip is where are all the Melbourne players, a setup that resulted in a goal

    Im not so sure. We were massivly outnumbered around that stoppage and with watts in the ruck and it took that bit of brilliance and desire from Oliver to set up that goal. I would suspect that goodwin might look at that in the review and say great effort from Watts, Oliver and Jones but where was everyone else? We are meant to be controling clearances with numbers at the ball arnt we?

    Maybe they are happy to have more on the outside in a forward 50 stoppage scenario but if Hickey had won the hitout as he probably should have, they would have had an uncontested rebound 50. Im not trying to be negative because it was a great sequence but at the same time I would like them to just ask the question of each other, we cant hope to have that work against the best sides.

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