WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHARLIE SPARGO

[Stretch Johnson 2,586]

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. 

 

[chook fowler 18,373]

Interesting to see where Kent fits in - was in good form prior to his hammy.

[Deestroy All 14,262]

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.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,511]

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 April 30, 2018 by La Dee-vina Comedia
typo fix

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 5,967]

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?

[Demon Disciple 11,089]

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?

[What 18,810]

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.

[beelzebub 22,271]

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

[What 18,810]

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

Hopefully its a lot better than Choo Choo.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 5,967]

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?

[In Harmes Way 7,612]

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?

[Bobby McKenzie 2,194]

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!

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,370]

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.

[WERRIDEE 5,239]

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.

[beelzebub 22,271]

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

[FarNorthernD 5,848]

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..

Edited May 2, 2018 by FarNorthernD

[beelzebub 22,271]

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

[Dee Dee 1,050]

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”!

[Redleg 37,930]

6 minutes ago, Dee Dee said:

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

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

[monoccular 16,328]

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?

Edited May 2, 2018 by monoccular

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

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.

[Cards13 9,117]

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.

[What 18,810]

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.

Edited May 27, 2018 by Petraccattack

[dazzledavey36 49,152]

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

[Wiseblood 24,636]

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.