WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - HARLEY BENNELL

[Die Hard Demon 1,152]

We have absolutely nothing to lose and so much to gain by picking him up. 

Imagine if Darren Burgess our fitness guru gets him right.. Not only will he be EXACTLY what we need. But we could be a team that talented players with niggling injuries turn to as an opportunity to get themselves right. At the moment, blokes like Jager Omeara, Scully, Paton are turning to Hawks for that reason. 

Doesn't work out? Oh well, they are the expectations from the whole football world anyway. 

[drysdale demon 4,146]

1 hour ago, Lord Nev said:

I was talking about when Martin was out of contract and being shopped around, sorry should have been clearer.

Every club ignored him then.

[rjay 23,891]

1 hour ago, stevethemanjordan said:

Burgoyne? Scully? O'Meara?

You had a reasonable argument 'steve' until you mentioned these 3.

3 of the most professional players in the game.

In reality you can't put them in the same argument.

[Lord Nev 13,511]

8 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

Every club ignored him then.

True, and look at him now.

[drysdale demon 4,146]

1 minute ago, Lord Nev said:

True, and look at him now.

Happens

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,142]

Anyone that has managed to pull off a 27 possession, 11 mark, 6 goal game is of interest to me.

[Moonshadow 16,163]

Steven May would know him well. MFC will surely get the low down from him. I suspect we have too many perennially injured players on our list to be chasing another.

[Redleg 37,564]

3 hours ago, SPC said:

I appreciate he may not play much and there is huge risk.. Would just love to be bold and have some things fall out way. Not since Jurrah have I been excited about an individual player.. This guy was a star. Best player in the comp for 12 months. 

The beauty of it is that it isn’t our decision.

[ProperDee 1,698]

He’ll go to a Melbourne based club alright. But it will be the type that opens at night and plays loud music.

[Moonshadow 16,163]

4 minutes ago, ProperDee said:

He’ll go to a Melbourne based club alright. But it will be the type that opens at night and plays loud music.

Won't go to Syd or GWS, then.... lock out laws.

[ding 5,126]

8 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

And just adding some further info...

According to the report, specialists have identified a tendon pushing onto a nerve in both of Bennell's calves is the cause of the problem.

Bennell is adamant he still has plenty of good footy left in him and is determined to get his body right.

Importantly, surgeons are confident he will be ready to hit the track by November.

Report: Bennell to meet with Victorian club

 

"Experts" also said that the cause of KK's repeated concussions was a neck problem, and the message from the club was that it would be able to be managed now that a diagnosis was in hand. That worked out well for us didnt it?

Experts arent always correct.

(Not a personal shot Nev, just expressing huge caution)

 

[Lord Nev 13,511]

26 minutes ago, ding said:

"Experts" also said that the cause of KK's repeated concussions was a neck problem, and the message from the club was that it would be able to be managed now that a diagnosis was in hand. That worked out well for us didnt it?

Experts arent always correct.

(Not a personal shot Nev, just expressing huge caution)

Yeah for sure, and the timing of them all of a sudden finding a magical cure is a bit suss. Would think Burgo would be all over it should we actually have interest though.

[chookrat 3,776]

1 hour ago, ProperDee said:

He’ll go to a Melbourne based club alright. But it will be the type that opens at night and plays loud music.

St Kilda is probably a good fit and he'd blend in well with tip rat hairdo and tatts. 

[spirit of norm smith 12,898]

Demons would be least likely suitor. Many others like Bulldogs, Hawks, saints or Kangas are probably the club. 

[chookrat 3,776]

4 hours ago, Die Hard Demon said:

We have absolutely nothing to lose and so much to gain by picking him up. 

Imagine if Darren Burgess our fitness guru gets him right.. Not only will he be EXACTLY what we need. But we could be a team that talented players with niggling injuries turn to as an opportunity to get themselves right. At the moment, blokes like Jager Omeara, Scully, Paton are turning to Hawks for that reason. 

Doesn't work out? Oh well, they are the expectations from the whole football world anyway. 

Interesting point re Darren Burgess. I did some research re his background and in addition to elite level exoerience with Port Adelaide Football Club he was also Fitness Boss for an English Premiership League side named Arsenal. I further researched the EPL and Arsenal and they are a 'football' league, soccer to be precise, and are run quite professionally not unlike the AFL. For those of us who have seen soccer before they suffer some hideous leg injuries and use this magic spray which has the players back up in minutes. I hope the club did its due dillegence and asked Darren Burgess how much magic spray he is able to bring with him. I reckon ot would work a treat with Harley Bennell. 

Edited August 7, 2019 by chookrat

[FireInTheBennelly 4,024]

6 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

Might not be remembering correctly (and obviously not exactly the same situation), but didn't we pass on Dusty because he was far too unsavoury for our gentlemanly club?

Similar storyline isn't it.

What's Choco up to these days?

[Demonstone 19,085]

That Dustin Martin story is a classic example of a myth that's been repeated so often that some people are now happy to consider it as fact.  The club (like everybody else) identified Scully and Trengove as the two standouts at the time and drafted them.

[Tony Tea 2,786]

Take this as read: Bennell's Achilles is cooked.

[Lord Nev 13,511]

46 minutes ago, demonstone said:

That Dustin Martin story is a classic example of a myth that's been repeated so often that some people are now happy to consider it as fact.  The club (like everybody else) identified Scully and Trengove as the two standouts at the time and drafted them.

Mate, as mentioned previously, I'm talking about when he was out of contract around about 2013 or so and teams were weighing up the risk v reward.

[Demonstone 19,085]

Same principle, Lord Nev.  People, including some of our so-called supporters, like to perpetuate the myth that the club only recruits "nice" private schoolboy types.  Again, others come to accept this as the truth.

[Skuit 9,168]

1 hour ago, chookrat said:

Interesting point re Darren Burgess. I did some research re his background and in addition to elite level exoerience with Port Adelaide Football Club he was also Fitness Boss for an English Premiership League side named Arsenal. I further researched the EPL and Arsenal and they are a 'football' league, soccer to be precise, and are run quite professionally not unlike the AFL. For those of us who have seen soccer before they suffer some hideous leg injuries and use this magic spray which has the players back up in minutes. I hope the club did its due dillegence and asked Darren Burgess how much magic spray he is able to bring with him. I reckon ot would work a treat with Harley Bennell. 

You sir wins today's internet.

220 × 220

[Demon trucker 1,743]

1 hour ago, demonstone said:

That Dustin Martin story is a classic example of a myth that's been repeated so often that some people are now happy to consider it as fact.  The club (like everybody else) identified Scully and Trengove as the two standouts at the time and drafted them.

Dusty was always a better player then both scully and trengove, all Scilly has is his running power Trengove was alway a 1, dimensional player, the only reason he went at 3 is because of his family background

[Skuit 9,168]

For what it's worth I'm in team yay Harley Bennell. The irony is that successful teams can take a punt on outsiders (see Stack, Ryan etc.) while bottom-dwellers need to be super-cautious about this concept called culture. [censored] it. Let's take some risks.

[DeeSpencer 23,122]

I said it earlier in this thread but I'll say it again. The supplemental list period allows clubs to have guys train with them before officially being listed. That's the move for Bennell. If his body holds up all summer and he's ready to play by March that's when you give him a contract. 

[Moonshadow 16,163]

38 minutes ago, don't make me angry said:

Dusty was always a better player then both scully and trengove, all Scilly has is his running power Trengove was alway a 1, dimensional player, the only reason he went at 3 is because of his family background