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Clarry is a BEAST

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Thought you posted that to highlight that rare AFL commodity of a Newnes tackle ?

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    4 minutes ago, Red and Blue realist said:

    Another article on Clarry https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/clayton-olivers-sensational-skill-shows-why-the-demons-arent-fazed-by-his-high-handball-numbers/news-story/41f7546b5f45374e26f18d22db0c98d8 

    I often wonder if the umps get pulled up every time they call him for throwing, then look at the tape and realise he's just too quick for them.

     

    I noticed he was too quick for his teammates on the weekend too. 

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    I think the the stigma around his dive is wearing off and opposition supporters are starting to grudgingly respect the fact he is an out and out gun.

    Every time he was mentioned in any social media post last year there would be a string of comments about his dive.  These days, they have thinned right out, and mostly you get people arguing about who is better between him and Cripps.  We all know the answer to that one.

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    23 minutes ago, BigFez said:

    I think the the stigma around his dive is wearing off and opposition supporters are starting to grudgingly respect the fact he is an out and out gun.

    Every time he was mentioned in any social media post last year there would be a string of comments about his dive.  These days, they have thinned right out, and mostly you get people arguing about who is better between him and Cripps.  We all know the answer to that one.

    I don't know the answer.  Both are seriously gifted players.  What's against Cripps is that he is basically a one-man show where he plays, yet he still rises above.  Clarry at least has some element of depth in his midfield.

    Does this make Clarry better because he is still our best mid, even though he has more "competition"?  I don't know.  I don't think so.  Would love either on our team, and fortunately we have one of them.

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    7 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

    I don't know the answer.  Both are seriously gifted players.  What's against Cripps is that he is basically a one-man show where he plays, yet he still rises above.  Clarry at least has some element of depth in his midfield.

    Does this make Clarry better because he is still our best mid, even though he has more "competition"?  I don't know.  I don't think so.  Would love either on our team, and fortunately we have one of them.

    Yeah don't get me wrong, I would love to have Cripps at the Demons, I would just take Oliver first every day of the week.  While they have similar numbers at the same stage of their careers, I think Oliver is better at releasing players into space, his vision and decision making in tight is the best I've seen.  He's a better tackler and he is a better kick (when he kicks).  I also rate him better overhead.  I think Oliver is a 10/10 while Cripps would be a 9.5.  I might be biased though.

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    1 hour ago, BigFez said:

    Yeah don't get me wrong, I would love to have Cripps at the Demons, I would just take Oliver first every day of the week.  While they have similar numbers at the same stage of their careers, I think Oliver is better at releasing players into space, his vision and decision making in tight is the best I've seen.  He's a better tackler and he is a better kick (when he kicks).  I also rate him better overhead.  I think Oliver is a 10/10 while Cripps would be a 9.5.  I might be biased though.

    Would love for both of them to go head to head next week.  Would be one for the ages.

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    Not sure Mrs Oliver would like her golden haired boy called a beast. He’s more like a magician that makes something out of nothing. Sublime skills in close.

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    3 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

    Not sure Mrs Oliver would like her golden haired boy called a beast. He’s more like a magician that makes something out of nothing. Sublime skills in close.

    You are correct again, Chook. Mrs Oliver's sensibilities by all means should be taken into account by us, the rough football fanatics who call spades 'spades' as a form of minimalism. Young Clayton is a magician, a marvel, a superb footballer and a thoroughly pleasant young man, at the least in terms of description. A coarse term, such as 'beast' is better used on Petracca - subject of course to the prior approval of Mrs Petracca, in turn. 

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    1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

    Not sure Mrs Oliver would like her golden haired boy called a beast. He’s more like a magician that makes something out of nothing. Sublime skills in close.

    "What did you say about my son?"

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    1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

    Not sure Mrs Oliver would like her golden haired boy called a beast. He’s more like a magician that makes something out of nothing. Sublime skills in close.

    Like the term ""The Magician" to describe this young football genius. 

    Could be the most valuable footballer in the competition in a few years.

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    1 hour ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    You are correct again, Chook. Mrs Oliver's sensibilities by all means should be taken into account by us, the rough football fanatics who call spades 'spades' as a form of minimalism. Young Clayton is a magician, a marvel, a superb footballer and a thoroughly pleasant young man, at the least in terms of description. A coarse term, such as 'beast' is better used on Petracca - subject of course to the prior approval of Mrs Petracca, in turn. 

    Does this mean he's getting his own super hero movie?

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    32 minutes ago, hemingway said:

    Like the term ""The Magician" to describe this young football genius. 

    Could be the most valuable footballer in the competition in a few years.

    On AFL 360 this week Riewoldt was saying that before he was drafted Clayton played 19th man for the Richmond VFL side a few times. Even as a pie-eating kid he was that good that he earned the nickname "Guru"

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    42 minutes ago, hemingway said:

    Like the term ""The Magician" to describe this young football genius. 

    Could be the most valuable footballer in the competition in a few years.

    Ernst - do we need to wait that long?  Pretty close already in season 3.

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    Clarrie has no swagger. Cripps struts around as though he's got the weight of the whole Blues midfield on his shoulders and he has.

    Clarrie gets a belt in the mouth and just gets on with the job and doesn't winge........

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    1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

    "What did you say about my son?"

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    That's GOLD Goffy. I always suspected those two had a love child!

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    1 hour ago, FireInTheBelly said:

    Does this mean he's getting his own super hero movie?

    Possibly, like your very own situational comedy, perhaps?

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    2 hours ago, monoccular said:

    Ernst - do we need to wait that long?  Pretty close already in season 3.

    your right, no we don't. 

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    2 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

    On AFL 360 this week Riewoldt was saying that before he was drafted Clayton played 19th man for the Richmond VFL side a few times. Even as a pie-eating kid he was that good that he earned the nickname "Guru"

    Guru is even better than Magician.

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    4 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

    "What did you say about my son?"

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    This competition is over, give that man the $10,000

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