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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - HARLEY BALIC

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We know nothing about him. At this stage pick 66 for a Casey player.  That is all you will get with that pick. Hope Goodwin and co can make him a better payer.

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    13 minutes ago, Unleash Hell said:

    JW was completely different to the Lever trade.

    Lever is a 21 yo AA player. Equivalent to hogan in value.

    Your opinion is clearly based on emotions or you have no idea

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    i have no emotion for Watts..I have supported the trading of him from the start. I am only concerned about the way we handled the trade and the public declarations and the effect they had on his value. are you daft? 

     

    I haven't mentioned anything about Hogan being worth anything, because Hogan leaving is FAKE news. 

     

    We cleared out Watts to free Salary cap for Lever and future re-signings. I know this as FACT. So jump off ya high horse, realise you are not the only one with an 'opinion' who has gathered first-hand facts on this issue.

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    6 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    Yes!  How dare you welcome a new player to the club!!

    Everyone draw the curtain and sit alone in the dark!!

    Huh? read the context of my thread.

    I wish Balic the best, and us getting him for pick 66 is a good trade for us. But he's going to have to push himself very hard to make the 22, hope he and all our players are putting in every effort to fight to get into the 22, but at this point he has been recruited for midfield depth.

    My post referred to the stupid 'Will be better than Watts' comment above mine. 

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    6 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    We know nothing about him. At this stage pick 66 for a Casey player.  That is all you will get with that pick. Hope Goodwin and co can make him a better payer.

    Speak for yourself, I've seen his pre-draft highlights package twice. Gun.

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    1 minute ago, Goodvibes said:

    Speak for yourself, I've seen his pre-draft highlights package twice. Gun.

    Twice?! Has the Watts thread been closed off?

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    17 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

    Huh? read the context of my thread.

    I wish Balic the best, and us getting him for pick 66 is a good trade for us. But he's going to have to push himself very hard to make the 22, hope he and all our players are putting in every effort to fight to get into the 22, but at this point he has been recruited for midfield depth.

    My post referred to the stupid 'Will be better than Watts' comment above mine. 

    If that was the meaning of your post then I apologise.  

    In fairness though, the context of the thread is ‘welcome to the Melbourne football club’... why not just write your second paragraph instead of feeding Watts bashers on a Balic thread?? (Or quote the post you’re responding to)

    But, like I said, apologies for the misunderstanding.

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    13 minutes ago, Goodvibes said:

    Speak for yourself, I've seen his pre-draft highlights package twice. Gun.

    Name a single highlights package of any player that wouldn't impress?  Thats why it's called  "highlights" . MFC -destination club for the homesick

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    2 minutes ago, Travis16 said:

    Name a single highlights package of any player that wouldn't impress?  Thats why it's called  "highlights" . MFC -destination club for the homesick

    Where is the der fred button when you need it?

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    23 minutes ago, Goodvibes said:

    Speak for yourself, I've seen his pre-draft highlights package twice. Gun.

    I saw him play against us!

    He's got some talent if he can get his head right.

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    Trade for pick 66 is fair. A one year contract is also fair. Well done to the club for at least getting one deal right this year.

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    8 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    If that was the meaning of your post then I apologise.  

    In fairness though, the context of the thread is ‘welcome to the Melbourne football club’... why not just write your second paragraph instead of feeding Watts bashers on a Balic thread?? (Or quote the post you’re responding to)

    But, like I said, apologies for the misunderstanding.

    Normally I quote, but given that it attracts the person that you are quoting back to the thread, I didn't really want to bother!

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    29 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

    Huh? read the context of my thread.

    I wish Balic the best, and us getting him for pick 66 is a good trade for us. But he's going to have to push himself very hard to make the 22, hope he and all our players are putting in every effort to fight to get into the 22, but at this point he has been recruited for midfield depth.

    My post referred to the stupid 'Will be better than Watts' comment above mine. 

    If Harley gives 100% 100 % of the time tackles and contests he will be better and more usefull than Jack

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    7 minutes ago, binman said:

    Where is the der fred button when you need it?

    My point lost on you?

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    Is this the first 'Harley' to ever play for the MFC?

    Welcome, Harley. Let's hope he's a bit of a surprise packet.

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    12 minutes ago, Travis16 said:

    Name a single highlights package of any player that wouldn't impress?  Thats why it's called  "highlights" . MFC -destination club for the homesick

    You get that I was joking right?

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    2 minutes ago, Goodvibes said:

    You get that I was joking right?

    Sorry I missed the sarcasm ? 

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    Low risk trade, if it works fantastic, if it doesn't, well we took the same punt as we would be had we taken pick 66 to the draft.

    Nice move given we have so many mid range picks this year we can't even use them all.

    Welcome Harley and best of luck!

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    12 minutes ago, jackaub said:

    If Harley gives 100% 100 % of the time tackles and contests he will be better and more usefull than Jack

    Sheesh this is starting to make me look like I don't like Balic, and I've never seen him play!!!

    Again your comment is not true. Balic may develop a stronger work ethic, he might try harder, he may tackle more than Watts by the end of his career,  but trying to compare these players just serves no purpose. Why would someone even want to compare both of these players, different styles, positions, age etc... Balic has played how many games? why would anyone think it worthwhile comparing to Jack Watts except to bash Jack on this board? 

    Using your logic Haydn Crozier will be better than Jake Stringer, why even bother making the comment in the first place?

    Lets just welcome the player to the list, rather than comparing him to players who aren't on this list anymore!  

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    I like the fact that he's only on a 1 year contract as opposed to the Michie's, Newtons and Riley's of this world that clogged the list for 2-3 years.

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    20 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    I saw him play against us!

    He's got some talent if he can get his head right.

    His stat-line for that day (in his second game) if anyone is interested: 15 disposals (6 contested), 4 marks, 5 tackles and a goal.

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    And in his third AFL game (the WA derby): 19 disposals (9 contested), 6 marks, 4 tackles and a goal.

    Edited by Skuit

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    Anyone know what his "personal problems" were?

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    that's personal info, but I can tell you he came 3rd in peels b&f, only played 7 games with 6 bog's and he's only 20.

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