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Big O Oscar, the one we let slip

dieter
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Looks like we chose Filopovic over the Big O, McInerney. The big fish we let slip away...He joins Stefan Martin, laughing all the way to posterity. 

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    Every single club can say the same about a stack of different players. McInerny last through to pick 37 in the rookie draft, so every club passed on him over 100 times.

    Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

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    16 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    Every single club can say the same about a stack of different players. McInerny last through to pick 37 in the rookie draft, so every club passed on him over 100 times.

    Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

    Sure is. Foresight is better though...

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    As long as Casey keeps developing VFL players into AFL standard we are going to be in the box seat to pick up some gems. But we can't pick them all. We have already got decent footy out of our fair share of VFL recruits.

    Fritch and Hannan are both best 22 from VFL and we picked Hannan out from under the dog's nose. Lockhart and C Wagner have shown little bits in a struggling side. And there's a case to be made Keilty might get a chance if not this week then soon. We really shouldn't be complaining about our VFL recruiting.

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    Can we just have 1 single thread titled "In hindsight ..." and all of this BS can live in there. 

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    He is playing the role that we need Pruess to play. Sit at full forward, compete, crash packs and hit the scoreboard. But also give Gawn a much needed chop out.

     

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    We also missed out on drafting Alistair Lynch who slipped to pick 50 in 1986!

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    6 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    We also missed out on drafting Alistair Lynch who slipped to pick 50 in 1986!

    That's not my point you silly sausage: Lynch was never under our nose in our kennel, so to squeak. 

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    55 minutes ago, dieter said:

    That's not my point you silly sausage: Lynch was never under our nose in our kennel, so to squeak. 

    I was being facetious, but in actual fact, we had four draft picks before Lynch went.

    We used all four picks on Tasmanians but not on Hobart's very own Alistair Lynch.

    So he would have been pretty close to our nose.

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    4 hours ago, dieter said:

    Sure is. Foresight is better though...

    In hindsight you are right.

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    We missed out on recruiting Michael Jordan in a cross-code deal, he was right under our noses because he thought about visiting Australia one-time....ridiculous thread.

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    6 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

    Every single club can say the same about a stack of different players. McInerny last through to pick 37 in the rookie draft, so every club passed on him over 100 times.

    Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

    I have no idea if this guy will make 50 games; haven't seen him play.

    You can talk about hindsight, but I will just refer to list-clogging.  Who has clogged the list in the past 2-3 years that have prevented us from pushing up a project player.  We persevered with Spencer for too long and Clarko also sold us a 'pasties' .

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    The next Shane Valenti, or possibly even James Magner!

    But seriously, it is too early to be having hindsight! :D

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    14 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

    The next Shane Valenti, or possibly even James Magner!

    But seriously, it is too early to be having hindsight! :D

    If you stacked them together they'd still be shorter than the mighty Brisbane Big O.

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    10 minutes ago, dieter said:

    If you stacked them together they'd still be shorter than the mighty Brisbane Big O.

    This is an idea that probably should have been tried.

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    I followed this draft quite heavily. I, by memory, was under the impression we were to take him (most likely with the 41st pick that was used to get Keilty) but Brisbane scooped him.

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    2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    We stole Hannan from the Bulldogs.  

    Lots of stories of players “under your nose”.

    Speaking of Hannan, we are really missing him in the team....  one of my fave players. 

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    10 hours ago, TGR said:

    I have no idea if this guy will make 50 games; haven't seen him play.

    You can talk about hindsight, but I will just refer to list-clogging.  Who has clogged the list in the past 2-3 years that have prevented us from pushing up a project player.  We persevered with Spencer for too long and Clarko also sold us a 'pasties' .


    You really try and shoehorn your anti-Lewis rhetoric into almost every topic and have particularly doubled down this week in the face of hard evidence (0-7) to the contrary. It reeks of desperation.

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    8 hours ago, ignition. said:

    I followed this draft quite heavily. I, by memory, was under the impression we were to take him (most likely with the 41st pick that was used to get Keilty) but Brisbane scooped him.

    Pooper scooper!!!!

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    7 hours ago, John Demonic said:


    You really try and shoehorn your anti-Lewis rhetoric into almost every topic and have particularly doubled down this week in the face of hard evidence (0-7) to the contrary. It reeks of desperation.

    Come over to my place and lets watch the PF again.

    The worst on-field decision this club has made since the Neeld era....just behind the Lever trade.

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    Credit to Big O but he's playing well in a team that's clicked into gear. Makes a big difference. Do we really think he'd be performing at a high level in the current dog's breakfast we are putting out on the field? He's performing above expectation but I'm not crying into my cornflakes over this particular oversight.

    Finlayson was pushed to full forward against the Tigers on the weekend and looked a natural on the way to kicking 5 goals. Could be one to keep an eye on. If he can be pried away.

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