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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHARLIE SPARGO

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13 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

Keep him away from Petracca then. 

It was straight out in front from thirty but you still gotta kick em. 

 

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    1 hour ago, Stretch Johnson said:

    It was straight out in front from thirty but you still gotta kick em. 

     

    I'm no Max Gawn.

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    On 4/27/2018 at 5:13 PM, mauriesy said:
    "Charlie out of the spa and ready to go" (MFC website).
     
    Is that the worst pun of all time?

    Yes, but only because they didn't think of "Charlie out of the spa - go time!"

    Edited by La Dee-vina Comedia
    typo fix

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    23 hours ago, Flemo56 said:

    Jeffy really needs consistency not just form.

    Form is a level of consistency isn't it? If your out of form you have no consistency?

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    1 hour ago, Win4theAges said:

    Form is a level of consistency isn't it? If your out of form you have no consistency?

    You can be consistently out of form though........can't you?

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    22 hours ago, Go the Biff said:

    Disagree with this. Garlett has been in the game for 10 years and over that period has been one of the most consistent small forwards around. Including his time at Carlton. His 2014 was a complete bomb but I was informed by someone at the the Blues that this was mainly due to off-field family issues. Then Malthouse had his fire sale. 

    No doubt his form was off for 2 weeks. Perhaps form, desire, our crap forward setup & entries - who knows. Conditions perhaps ? When he was young I recall him being good in the wet (I always feared him when we played Carlton) but recently he's been the worst wet tracker since Let's Elope

    I hope he finds touch real quick. With the forward line we could have, I would love to see Charlie and Jeffy creating havoc amongst it

    Lies, damned lies & statistics. Nonetheless, here are some Garlett stats. Make of 'em what you will

    Year Games Goals Avge Gls Tackles Avge Tackles
               
    2009 10 12 1.2 23 2.3
    2010 20 39 2.0 73 3.7
    2011 24 48 2.0 96 4.0
    2012 22 29 1.3 72 3.3
    2013 22 43 2.0 76 3.5
    2014 9 12 1.3 23 2.6
    2015 22 40 1.8 90 4.1
    2016 17 29 1.7 54 3.2
    2017 21 42 2.0 74 3.5
    2018 5 9 1.8 15 3.0
               
      172 303 1.8 596

    3.5

    Interesting that hes had more 40+ goal seasons than Jeff Farmer did (though none as brilliant  as Farmers best few seasons)

    Hopefuly he can find form, nowhere near it right now.

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    Im just curious what Spargo Fritsch and Jeffy might do in a game. Maybe either Bayley or Jeffy plays higher on a wing

     All have goal sense...all can use the ball. Garletts skills are sublime when he's on. Maybe he just needs a nudge out of his malaise ;)

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    14 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

    You can be consistently out of form though........can't you?

    Yes you can,? In form is a level of good consistency, out of form is a bad level of consistency, i would have thought?

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    12 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

    Waiting on @picket fence to inform us what Spargo's nickname will be.

    Hopefully its a lot better than Choo Choo.

    How about snail?

    Esss - spar - go?

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    On 4/29/2018 at 6:01 PM, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    Was excellent today.

    Great vision, thinking in traffic and very quick hands.  Can see him dishing out some lightning handballs from a congested midfield in the coming years.

    He really looked like he had played with his new teammates for many seasons. A real team player. Well done Charlie!

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    4 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    One of the more impressively debuts I’ve seen from an MFC player.

    He reminds me of Gary Moorcroft with respect to his size and position.

    Let's hope he's better than that spud.

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    6 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    One of the more impressively debuts I’ve seen from an MFC player.

    He reminds me of Gary Moorcroft with respect to his size and position.

    I was getting excited about Spargo...that ruins it lol

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    Just watched the replay and saw Spargo having a go at Goddard again in the context of the match. Whatever you think of Goddard he is a 300 gamer, former captain of his club and dual All Australian player. For Spargo, the smallest bloke on the field but, more importantly, a first gamer to push Jones aside so he could get a better purchase on Goddard I found extraordinary. The kid has chutzpah. It made me laugh..

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    I think Charlie might have put ol BJ right off his pretzels !!

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    3 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Just watched the replay and saw Spargo having a go at Goddard again in the context of the match. Whatever you think of Goddard he is a 300 gamer, former captain of his club and dual All Australian player. For Spargo, the smallest bloke on the field but, more importantly, a first gamer to push Jones aside so he could get a better purchase on Goddard I found extraordinary. The kid has chutzpah. It made me laugh..

    That’s why he should be called “Sparky”!

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    6 minutes ago, Dee Dee said:

    That’s why he should be called “Sparky”!

    Waiting for some genius to come up with ” Prince.”

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    22 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

    Form is a level of consistency isn't it? If your out of form you have no consistency?

    Put me in the team and I would be consistent - consistently hopelesss.  

    4 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Just watched the replay and saw Spargo having a go at Goddard again in the context of the match. Whatever you think of Goddard he is a 300 gamer, former captain of his club and dual All Australian player. For Spargo, the smallest bloke on the field but, more importantly, a first gamer to push Jones aside so he could get a better purchase on Goddard I found extraordinary. The kid has chutzpah. It made me laugh..

    What was the lead up the the remonstrations with Goddard ?. .... was it just that he is the least likeable of all AFL players in my memory (including Boomer Harvey, and that is saying something) or was there something else specific in addition?

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    • 4 weeks later...

    Doesn’t matter if we don’t have a 1st round pick (at this stage) when you can draft the likes of Spargs and Fritter.

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    8 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Our first two draft picks last year were 29 (Spargo) and 31 (Fritsch) and both are already getting regular games in their first season.

    That's what I call good drafting.

     

    4 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

    Doesn’t matter if we don’t have a 1st round pick (at this stage) when you can draft the likes of Spargs and Fritter.

    Jason Taylor and his assistants are freaking awesome.

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    Wait till he gets the tank to play midfield.. absolutely dominated in jnr level. 

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    28 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Our first two draft picks last year were 29 (Spargo) and 31 (Fritsch) and both are already getting regular games in their first season.

    That's what I call good drafting.

    Not only is it good drafting, but they're not getting games because we have no one else.  They're keeping out very experienced and capable players.  It's fantastic to watch.

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