Jump to content

Clarence Oliver

dazzledavey36
dazzledavey36
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

On 28/04/2017 at 8:20 PM, monoccular said:

I may have said it earlier, but I just think (other than the fact that they don't have a clue about footy) they just cannot believe that any human could possibly handball as quickly as does Ollie.

They believe it about Luke Dahlhaus for some reason... and he does throw.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     

    I love Oliver. Always have during his junior days. When we drafted him I knew he was a gem. When he starts looking at kicking it more and hitting the scoreboard he'll be so dangerous.

    Edited by juzzk1d

  • Quote

    He must have the peripheral vision of a bird of prey. Sees the best option without turning his head and lightning response. Totally aware what's happening around him all the time. 

    Edited by america de cali

  • Quote
    • Like 6
     
    44 minutes ago, america de cali said:

    He must have the peripheral vision of a bird of prey. Sees the best option without turning his head and lightning response. Totally aware what's happening around him all the time. 

    Great way to put it, ADC!

    His awareness is something I can't remember seeing in someone with such little experience.

  • Quote

    Still $67 for the Brownlow, equal with Viney.

    The smart punters would have big dollars on it, knowing that it's highly likely those odds will drop significantly before the end of the year.  I don't think he will win the Brownlow, but that old "cash out" feature will make people a lot of money.  Similar to that of Gawn last year.

  • Quote

    Great to see clarry vs parish in the middle on Saturday - both potential super stars of the game. Happy we have clarry of the two.

  • Quote

    I just saw a highlights package on Facebook of Pendles game on the weekend. Now I can't stand the pies but I find myself man crushing on Pendles every time I watch him play.

    The way he handballs in traffic is exactly the same as a Pendles. Both handball more than kick being extractors but both are great kicks of the pill when need be.

    Hopefully he will reach the highs or go further than Scott which is about as good as praise as I can give.

    Even though he buggered off to Shepp when he was young I'm still claiming him as a local Echuca lad.

    luvya Clarry you magnificent looking bastard xo

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    4 hours ago, america de cali said:

    He must have the peripheral vision of a bird of prey. Sees the best option without turning his head and lightning response. Totally aware what's happening around him all the time. 

     

    3 hours ago, billy2803 said:

    Great way to put it, ADC!

    His awareness is something I can't remember seeing in someone with such little of any level of experience.

     

  • Quote
    •  

    His brain and hands are twice as fast as anyone I've seen on a footy field.

    This is why I get so angry when an ump, from 100m away, pings him for throwing! 

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    3 hours ago, billy2803 said:

    Still $67 for the Brownlow, equal with Viney.

    The smart punters would have big dollars on it, knowing that it's highly likely those odds will drop significantly before the end of the year.  I don't think he will win the Brownlow, but that old "cash out" feature will make people a lot of money.  Similar to that of Gawn last year.

    If the umps keep pinging him unjustly for throwing they are just as likely to ignore voting for him. Sad. 

    Edited by america de cali

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    The name of this thread should be changed from Clarence Oliver to Clearance Oliver!

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    4 hours ago, america de cali said:

    He must have the peripheral vision of a bird of prey. Sees the best option without turning his head and lightning response. Totally aware what's happening around him all the time. 

    Just a point birds of prey don't have great peripheral vision they have great focused stereo vision in front of them the prey has the peripheral vision to look out for birds or prey.

    Still I would call Clarry a predator the way he hunts the ball and does seem to have great awareness as well

  • Quote
    • Like 3

    He is LEADING the 3AW player of the year with Rory Sloane.

    Surely he'll slow down at some point, but if he doesn't, 'going to be elite' is wrong. He is elite.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    9 minutes ago, deesrule said:

    Just a point birds of prey don't have great peripheral vision they have great focused stereo vision in front of them the prey has the peripheral vision to look out for birds or prey.

    Still I would call Clarry a predator the way he hunts the ball and does seem to have great awareness as well

    How great is the depth of knowledge in the ornithological world on Demonland! Love this place.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Geez,  imagine if we took Parish ahead of him and Oliver was dominating for Essendrug.

    Shudders......

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    27 minutes ago, deesrule said:

    Just a point birds of prey don't have great peripheral vision they have great focused stereo vision in front of them the prey has the peripheral vision to look out for birds or prey.

    Still I would call Clarry a predator the way he hunts the ball and does seem to have great awareness as well

    OK, how about like a giant willy wagtail flittering around the legs of cattle and catching the bugs disturbed from the grass as they lumber along? 

    Edited by america de cali

  • Quote

    Article in yesterday's Hun by Edmund/Gardiner headlining Selwood as the league leader in second half disposals. The others in his top 10 were mostly the usual seasoned suspects for hard running: Fyfe, Ablett, Shuey, Gaff. 

    But talk about "burying the lead" in the story. Number 2 was the now 19-gamer Clayton Oliver, and by my reckoning (with my rusty maths skills) after a 19 disposal 2nd half yesterday he has now gone past Selwood with his 8 disposals to be on top of the list.

    Astounding performance.

    Edited by Tim

  • Quote
    • Like 6

    He's coming second in the coaches award behind Sloane. That is flat out taking the [censored].

    Are the media giving him his dues? He's 19 ffs.

  • Quote
    • Like 5
    7 hours ago, deesrule said:

    Just a point birds of prey don't have great peripheral vision they have great focused stereo vision in front of them the prey has the peripheral vision to look out for birds or prey.

    Still I would call Clarry a predator the way he hunts the ball and does seem to have great awareness as well

    I googled this claim by ADC at the time believing the same point you make only to find, yes Raptors do have extraordinary binocular vision and they see detail we will never see but eagles and Hawks also have 320 degree peripheral vision compared to our 180 degrees.

    So Fact Check in this case says the claim is basically true! 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    13 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    I googled this claim by ADC at the time believing the same point you make only to find, yes Raptors do have extraordinary binocular vision and they see detail we will never see but eagles and Hawks also have 320 degree peripheral vision compared to our 180 degrees.

    So Fact Check in this case says the claim is basically true! 

    So are you starting a rumour that Clarry will be traded to WCE or Hawthorn?

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    28 minutes ago, P-man said:

    He's coming second in the coaches award behind Sloane. That is flat out taking the [censored].

    Are the media giving him his dues? He's 19 ffs.

    Would love to see the vote leaderboard for The Age and Herald Sun player of the year awards, but cant find them on either horrible website.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    1 minute ago, monoccular said:

    So are you starting a rumour that Clarry will be traded to WCE or Hawthorn?

    Perish the thought!!! No. 

  • Quote
    23 hours ago, billy2803 said:

    That handball to set up Tom Mc''s goal. Just mesmerising ?

    Agree 100%. I think the thing about that handball was the we mortals had a real clear view of the chaos. One moment he's in the pack, then Viney busts through and gives it to Clarry - who has seen TMac and bullets the handpass. I've looked at it dozens of times, I know the ending, but I still can believe he found TMac. 

    Joy.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
     

    Haven't seen this posted anywhere else but Jack Watts was on radio this morning about Oliver:

    "He can do it all. I was with (ruckman Max) Gawny last night and he was sitting in the (coaches) box (on Sunday) and he was saying the coaches were having a little fight because Troy Chaplin our forwards coach wanted him (Oliver) to stay up forward and Ben Matthews (midfield coach) wanted him back in the midfield. He is a super player and I think the coach probably put it on him a little bit last year to really become that full-time professional footballer and he's really taken to that and taken his game to a whole new level."

    Nice.

  • Quote
    • Like 20

    It's telling that the bomber fans on big footy and bomberblitz have said hardly anything about Oliver after Sunday's match. Not that we care what they think but I would say it is dawning on even the thickest Essendon fan that Oliver will be a one in a generation star.

    Edited by pineapple dee
    Better word

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • REPORT: Hawthorn

      There was a time during the current Melbourne cycle that goes back to before the premiership when the club was the toughest to beat in the fourth quarter. The Demons were not only hard to beat at any time but it was virtually impossible to get the better them when scores were close at three quarter time. It was only three or four years ago but they were fit, strong and resilient in body and mind. Sadly, those days are over. This has been the case since the club fell off its pedestal about 12 months ago after it beat Geelong and then lost to Carlton. In both instances, Melbourne put together strong, stirring final quarters, one that resulted in victory, the other, in defeat. Since then, the drop off has been dramatic to the point where it can neither pull off victory in close matches, nor can it even go down in defeat  gallantly.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Footscray

      At twenty-four minutes into the third term of the game between the Casey Demons and Footscray VFL at Whitten Oval, the visitors were coasting. They were winning all over the ground, had the ascendancy in the ruck battles and held a 26 point lead on a day perfect for football. What could go wrong? Everything. The Bulldogs moved into overdrive in the last five minutes of the term and booted three straight goals to reduce the margin to a highly retrievable eight points at the last break. Bouyed by that effort, their confidence was on a high level during the interval and they ran all over the despondent Demons and kicked another five goals to lead by a comfortable margin of four goals deep into the final term before Paddy Cross kicked a couple of too late goals for a despondent Casey. A testament to their lack of pressure in the latter stages of the game was the fact that Footscray’s last ten scoring shots were nine goals and one rushed behind. Things might have been different for the Demons who went into the game after last week’s bye with 12 AFL listed players. Blake Howes was held over for the AFL game but two others, Jack Billings and Taj Woewodin (not officially listed as injured) were also missing and they could have been handy at the end. Another mystery of the current VFL system.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Brisbane

      The Demons head back out on the road in Round 10 when they travel to Queensland to take on the reigning Premiers and the top of the table Lions who look very formidable. Can the Dees cause a massive upset? Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Haha
      • 89 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Hawthorn

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 12th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Demons loss to the Hawks. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

      • 39 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Hawthorn

      Wayward kicking for goal, dump kicks inside 50 and some baffling umpiring all contributed to the Dees not getting out to an an early lead that may have impacted the result. At the end of the day the Demons were just not good enough and let the Hawks run away with their first win against the Demons in 7 years.

        • Sad
        • Like
      • 338 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Hawthorn

      After 3 fantastic week Max Gawn has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year award from Jake Bowey, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Ed Langdon who round out the Top Five. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

        • Like
      • 32 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All