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Farewell Jack Watts

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Trade Jack Watts or not? 477 members have voted

  1. 1. Do we trade Jack Watts?

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      311

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8 minutes ago, Number of the Beast said:

M8 not interested in playing games, Spencer may be redrafted by MFC, I believe that is a door open if he can't get a senior gig elsewhere.

 

I suppose you're expecting Jack Trengove to be redrafted as well, because he's another good clubman.

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    4 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    Don't be so [censored] lazy.

    This is not a text message. Are you 11 yrs old?

    Interesting post, your not by any chance on the  XXXX at the moment?

     

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    1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    3 years ago today we lost R. Flower

     

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    Great photo that one.  What a player he was.

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    Just now, mo64 said:

    I suppose you're expecting Jack Trengove to be redrafted as well, because he's another good clubman.

    Well the thought did cross my mind I must admit.

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    Just now, Wiseblood said:

    Great photo that one.  What a player he was.

    Cracker Photo. 

    Place is packed & tulip didn’t let us down

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    1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

    Great photo that one.  What a player he was.

    A football God and I had the privilege of seeing him play

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    4 minutes ago, Number of the Beast said:

    Interesting post, your not by any chance on the  XXXX at the moment?

     

    Jober as a sudge

     

    Not a drop mate

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    1 minute ago, Number of the Beast said:

    A football God and I had the privilege of seeing him play

    Seriously mate, you are coming across as a [censored]. There would be 100s on here that also had the privelege of seeing Robbie play. You make it sound like you are one of the rare few to have done so.

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    Just now, faultydet said:

    Jober as a sudge

     

    Not a drop mate

    Good bout of jovial banter well done mate

     

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    The Future of the game in the short term appears to be built around pressure some of the Tigers disposal this season was ordinary but the game plan stood up in finals. This manic style of forcing the ball forward at all cost and bringing it to ground, may be the catalyst behind moving Watts on. It is almost Swans like but with double the pressure. You can only play as good as the other fellow will let you.  Watt's is gone I think. 

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    1 minute ago, shorty said:

    The Future of the game in the short term appears to be built around pressure some of the Tigers disposal this season was ordinary but the game plan stood up in finals. This manic style of forcing the ball forward at all cost and bringing it to ground, may be the catalyst behind moving Watts on. It is almost Swans like but with double the pressure. You can only play as good as the other fellow will let you.  Watt's is gone I think. 

    The Saints have rolled us several times recently with a similar full field pressure game.

    I hope it's not the way of the future as we do not have a list even remotely capable of keeping up that kind of intensity for long enough to win 3 or 4 finals.

    We are a deck of cards that can be counted on to fold, provided the other mob are mentally strong enough to see off our inconsistent bouts of manic football.

    Letting Watts go will be a win if we can replace him with a first 18 player who knows what 100% effort means.

    I back Goodwin.

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    To become successful we need to become ruthless, this club has not been ruthless or successful for a long time now, hard desicions need to be made, trading Watts sends a message to the playing group, train hard & play hard or your not safe. I'll back Goodwin, Viney, Mahoney, McCarthey and co any day over any of their predecessors that go a long way back...

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    11 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Cracker Photo. 

    Place is packed & tulip didn’t let us down

    1987 Elimination Final. David Williams waiting to crumb. People talk about the roar at the Tigers finals games, but when we ran out on the ground, that was the biggest roar I've heard at a game.

    PS: It's probably inappropriate to discuss Robbie in a Jack Watts thread.

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    2 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    The Saints have rolled us several times recently with a similar full field pressure game.

    I hope it's not the way of the future as we do not have a list even remotely capable of keeping up that kind of intensity for long enough to win 3 or 4 finals.

    We are a deck of cards that can be counted on to fold, provided the other mob are mentally strong enough to see off our inconsistent bouts of manic football.

    Letting Watts go will be a win if we can replace him with a first 18 player who knows what 100% effort means.

    I back Goodwin.

    Melbourne was considered the best pressure team for large parts of the season. We dropped off at the end of the season but certainly early to mid stages of the year we were up there amongst the best pressure teams.

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    16 minutes ago, mo64 said:

    What does that mean?

    Same, did I miss something?

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    Just now, Bonkers said:

    Melbourne was considered the best pressure team for large parts of the season. We dropped off at the end of the season but certainly early to mid stages of the year we were up there amongst the best pressure teams.

    We had bouts of unusual high pressure moments for sure, and when "on" we looked amazing.

    But we are still scoffed at by the other teams because we fail when it counts. The big moments. 

    Geelong were viewed similarly prior to morphing into a superteam. Our current list of regular senior players is not in the same hemisphere. Keep the pressure up, and we will fold.

    I think Goodwin knows this, and has decided to do something about it.

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    9 Tigers averaged 31 games experience , list management changes are on the way. The season started with teams who could kick their way through the zones and by applying an 18 man defence and finished with a highly polished and skilled team being strangled to death by a bunch of inexperienced kids doing exactly what the coach told them to do.  Watt's unfortunately and I love the guy,  just isn't that type of player. 

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    Just wondering, when was the last time a Melbourne player resigned on his own accord? Was it Neitz?

    I'm not linking it to the JW situation, but it had me thinking about this club not treating their best club men like they deserved. 

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    http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/melbourne-demons-insist-jesse-hogan-is-a-required-player-for-2018-20171002-gysu4c.html

    Hogan article in The Age says this about Watts: 

    Goodwin said "This is obviously a situation where it's been going on for a long period of time. We're eight or nine years into a career and there's been a similar lot of expectation and a lot of pressure has been placed on both the Melbourne footy club and Jack over a long period of time.

    "That cycle has continued. It hasn't changed and I guess you've got to continue to assess where you are as a footy club and, I guess, where Jack's at as well."

    Watts is set to declare his intentions at a TAB lunch on Tuesday.

     

    Looks like he'll nominate a club tomorrow then.....

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    9 minutes ago, wheaters31 said:

    http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/melbourne-demons-insist-jesse-hogan-is-a-required-player-for-2018-20171002-gysu4c.html

    Hogan article in The Age says this about Watts: 

    Goodwin said "This is obviously a situation where it's been going on for a long period of time. We're eight or nine years into a career and there's been a similar lot of expectation and a lot of pressure has been placed on both the Melbourne footy club and Jack over a long period of time.

    "That cycle has continued. It hasn't changed and I guess you've got to continue to assess where you are as a footy club and, I guess, where Jack's at as well."

    Watts is set to declare his intentions at a TAB lunch on Tuesday.

     

    Looks like he'll nominate a club tomorrow then.....

    Would laugh if he nominated the MFC as his preferred club!

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    45 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

    Would laugh if he nominated the MFC as his preferred club!

    He could - he’d be well within his right to say I want to be a one club player 

    Brad Sewell all over again

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