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The Jack Watts in 2018 Thread


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6 hours ago, Ugottobekidding said:

Jack is burning up the ground - after his bog performance last game and his strong contested football, how we gave up such a talent is beyond me????

 

6 hours ago, Ugottobekidding said:

We need to burn more watts?????????

 

2 hours ago, Ugottobekidding said:

Hibbered and lever can they play in the same side

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11 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Jack Watts will play in September.  Guaranteed. His former teammates will not. 

Goodwin on thin ice now 

This is true and I am honestly happy for the bloke.  He was treated like poo by Goodwin.  Did not deserve it.  I think we are missing his class on the field.  We are missing his composure and decision making.  We are missing his presence in the locker room.

Such a shame.  A more experienced coach and he'd still be a dee.  

We have a second year teacher as principal of a school.  Disaster.

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On 4/24/2018 at 9:45 PM, spirit of norm smith said:

Jack Watts will play in September.  Guaranteed. His former teammates will not. 

Goodwin on thin ice now 

I’m not sure what playing in September has to do with this argument and whether or not we will.

All i am seeing is pretty much the same as he gave at our club. I’m not seeing a miracle transformation. I wish him well but the first six games away from us has not seen him find a hunger for the ball that he didnt have with us for a large percentage of his career.

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8 minutes ago, nutbean said:

I’m not sure what playing in September has to do with this argument and whether or not we will.

All i am seeing is pretty much the same as he gave at our club. I’m not seeing a miracle transformation. I wish him well but the first six games away from us has not seen him find a hunger for the ball that he didnt have with us for a large percentage of his career.

A zebra can’t change its stripes. 

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54 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The pick we got from Watts is what we used on Fritsch.

Shows how good Fritsch is already.

I’ve moved on from Watts and am a big wrap for Fritsch, but you waited until he played his best match to post a statistical comparison.  Before today’s match, Watts had him covered in every major stat.

Move on.  Enjoy the player we have and don’t feel the need to validate him by comparing him to a Port Adelaide forward.

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I saw him on 7's game day today.His highlite was he got in a mention of his board shorts !

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12 hours ago, jumbo returns said:

Why?

JR, each week this thread is nearly always 'bumped' by those who get some weird joy from bagging Watts.  They set the bait then lurk for posters to come out and defend him.  Some are more open with their bait than others.  

If the trolls are ignored they will eventually have only themselves and their supporters to wallow with in spite.

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1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

JR, each week this thread is nearly always 'bumped' by those who get some weird joy from bagging Watts.  They set the bait then lurk for posters to come out and defend him.  Some are more open with their bait than others.  

If the trolls are ignored they will eventually have only themselves and their supporters to wallow with in spite.

Praising young Fritsch.

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I'm not a fan of censorship, but really this thread should be closed down. It does no one any credit to be banging on about Jack. Just demeaning diatribe about an ex-player.   It should stop. 

We should talk about our current crop of players like Spargo and Fritsch.  Anyone but Watts. 

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8 minutes ago, hemingway said:

I'm not a fan of censorship, but really this thread should be closed down. It does no one any credit to be banging on about Jack. Just demeaning diatribe about an ex-player.   It should stop. 

We should talk about our current crop of players like Spargo and Fritsch.  Anyone but Watts. 

Ernie, I don't like all the threads on Demonland, I choose to ignore the ones I don't like. Better that than censorship.

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6 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Ernie, I don't like all the threads on Demonland, I choose to ignore the ones I don't like. Better that than censorship.

True ManDee, I guess I just get annoyed at seeing the thread pop-up all the time, and the general level of bile directed at a guy that does not deserve the hate. (in fact no-one does other than child molesters and politicians)  

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6 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Ernie, I don't like all the threads on Demonland, I choose to ignore the ones I don't like. Better that than censorship.

Other threads have been shut down

Why not this one? Or, are we pandering to the cave bound, socially inept trolls who struggle with a social contract?

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26 minutes ago, hemingway said:

I'm not a fan of censorship, but really this thread should be closed down. It does no one any credit to be banging on about Jack. Just demeaning diatribe about an ex-player.   It should stop. 

We should talk about our current crop of players like Spargo and Fritsch.  Anyone but Watts. 

I think there has been a lot of argument that Watts is who he is because of the MFC.

Or that Watts just needed to be cuddled, cajoled, coached or collaborated into brilliance.

And that his lack of intensity was some sort of football genius that was misinterpreted by mere mortals.

I agree that it these have all been debunked, and its time for this to all be put to bed.

i like Fritsch.

I started the first thread questioning his intensity before he played a senior game, and was absolutely howled down for it.  :)  Could bookend JW's Demonland career @Nasher ?

 

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