TEN YEAR CHALLENGE

[WERRIDEE 5,535]

On ‎1‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 8:03 AM, UK Demon said:

I've just scrolled through that list and picked out twenty names that could all play. We should not have been bottom. Why were we? Injuries, coaching, culture, what???

I could only name 11 I think your overrating the team there. At best we should have been second last. We should have finished on top of Richmond.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,250]

On ‎1‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 7:54 AM, Salems Lot said:

And courtesy of the Demonwiki

Senior List

Number	Name	Games	Goals
1	Simon Buckley	1	0
2	Nathan Jones	20	8
3	Clint Bartram	15	1
4	Jack Watts	3	2
5	Brock McLean	19	7
6	Matthew Bate	20	27
7	Brad Miller	17	19
8	James Frawley	20	1
10	Cale Morton	21	9
11	Paul Johnson	18	6
12	Colin Sylvia	17	17
14	Lynden Dunn	13	8
15	Ricky Petterd	18	19
16	Jack Grimes	11	2
18	Brad Green	12	12
19	Addam Maric	6	5
20	Colin Garland	1	0
21	Daniel Bell	3	0
22	Brent Moloney	21	7
23	James McDonald (c)	18	2
24	Russell Robertson	13	29
25	Kyle Cheney	12	0
26	John Meesen	4	0
27	Jared Rivers	20	0
29	Michael Newton	5	6
30	Tom McNamara	3	1
31	Paul Wheatley	3	1
32	Cameron Bruce	19	9
33	Austin Wonaeamirri	0	0
34	Stefan Martin	19	6
36	Aaron Davey	22	9
37	Matthew Warnock	17	0
39	Neville Jetta	15	7
40	Mark Jamar	7	7
41	Rohan Bail	1	0
43	Jamie Bennell	16	2
45	Matthew Whelan	10	1
46	Sam Blease	0	0
47	James Strauss	0	0
48	Liam Jurrah	9	20

Rookie List

Number	Name	Games	Goals
35	Trent Zomer	0	0
38	Daniel Hughes	0	0
42	Jake Spencer	6	0
44	Shane Valenti	6	2
49	Jordie McKenzie	3	0
50	Rhys Healey	0	0

 

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There is one name on that list that still causes me to shake my head in bewilderment, disappointment and sadness.

Liam Jurrah

I still can't help but wonder where he might have stood today among the pantheon of MFC greats if his life had not gone to [censored].

[The Chazz 4,077]

11 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Imagine if he and Daisy had a baby. It’d have a twelvehead. 

I'm starting to think you have some sort of cross pollination fetish, Ethan.

Showing your liking for strange fetishes will get you a one-way ticket to Romsey Manor.  Tread carefully.

[faultydet 7,623]

On 1/20/2019 at 7:03 AM, UK Demon said:

I've just scrolled through that list and picked out twenty names that could all play. We should not have been bottom. Why were we? Injuries, coaching, culture, what???

I was thinking something very similar.

Would be interesting to see what our "second 22" would be now, and how many of those names would have made the firsts back then.

The thing that stands out is the difference in the physicality of todays team v 10yrs ago

sorry, add the following.

Ball getting abilty

Leadership

Attitude..

Edited January 21, 2019 by faultydet

[samcantstandya 1,061]

2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

There is one name on that list that still causes me to shake my head in bewilderment, disappointment and sadness.

Liam Jurrah

I still can't help but wonder where he might have stood today among the pantheon of MFC greats if his life had not gone to [censored].

It's a shame maybe a minder would've been a good idea in hindsight.

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

1 hour ago, faultydet said:

I was thinking something very similar.

Would be interesting to see what our "second 22" would be now, and how many of those names would have made the firsts back then.

The thing that stands out is the difference in the physicality of todays team v 10yrs ago

sorry, add the following.

Ball getting abilty

Leadership

Attitude..

Belief

[Salems Lot 2,648]

7 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

There is one name on that list that still causes me to shake my head in bewilderment, disappointment and sadness.

Liam Jurrah

I still can't help but wonder where he might have stood today among the pantheon of MFC greats if his life had not gone to [censored].

Agreed BBO, it does make one realize what a combination of qualities an elite footballer requires to make it at the top level.  We lament all of the players who have been delisted over the past 10 years but it is important to remember that they could all play to a pretty high standard but did not have what it takes to go to the next level.  

In Liam's case he was the most exceptionally talented player I think I have ever seen but his deficiencies were just too great even with those remarkable talents.

[Salems Lot 2,648]

4 hours ago, samcantstandya said:

It's a shame maybe a minder would've been a good idea in hindsight.

pretty sure he had one sam.  I know at the time that much was made of the support provided to Liam.  One of his biggest challenges was walking into a club in complete disarray

[Dee Dee 1,127]

Ah 2009, the good old days of training the house down??!

[daisycutter 29,783]

6 minutes ago, Dee Dee said:

Ah 2009, the good old days of training the house down??!

now we train the whole damn city down

[Moonshadow 17,677]

3 hours ago, Salems Lot said:

Agreed BBO, it does make one realize what a combination of qualities an elite footballer requires to make it at the top level.  We lament all of the players who have been delisted over the past 10 years but it is important to remember that they could all play to a pretty high standard but did not have what it takes to go to the next level.  

In Liam's case he was the most exceptionally talented player I think I have ever seen but his deficiencies were just too great even with those remarkable talents.

Jurrah was so gifted and so quick of footy mind and action that it was easy to miss the brilliance until after it occurred. I remember that 40m pass into the forward line to Brad Miller (I think?) surrounded by 5 zoning opponents. Absolutely centimeter perfect. I had to watch the replay on the big screen to believe it was possible.