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History of Bernie Vince

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Thanks for the tip off Jnr.

Great article.  Not a heap of new info, but all told in Bernie's words.  Huge fan of Bern, he has that great mix of knock about country attitude and not taking himself too seriously, combined with high motivation and intelligence under the surface that have made him such a great acquisition for the club.

Such a great clubman as well.  Saw him on on AFL 360 a few weeks back and they were hinting at his drop of in form and where his career might be heading, to which Bernie basically responded that he just loves playing footy, even if sometime in the future that was just at Casey helping the development of the young guys.  The 360 guys didn't probe further, but I get the impression that Bernie would be happy just to play in a playing mentoring capacity as a Casey/VFL listed player rathere than an AFL one at some point.

He definitely hasn't had the same impact this year as he had previously, but I'm looking forward to seeing what he can produce out on the park for us this week against GWS.  Still an important player for us.

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    He tries to a little too much on the field with his dinky kicks to the corridor but overall he is a great asset and a good bloke to boot!

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    10 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    He tries to a little too much on the field with his dinky kicks to the corridor but overall he is a great asset and a good bloke to boot!

    He isn't the only one guilty of that.  Some of Jordan Lewis's exits from back 50 have resulted in shocking clanger type turnovers.  But for the most part, I think these two guys are pretty reliable kicks and decision makers.  I'm guessing that due to their maturity and implied security in the team they are given and accept the licience to take a few more risks on occasion.  We probably forget the times it comes off, because they start the chain which ends in a goal and it's the final goal and goal assist that gets remembered.

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