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Farewell Oskar Baker

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Great that Oscar is recruited by the Dogs after an unlucky run at the Dees. He just couldn't overcome his speed attribute with polished disposal and average decision making. 

Doubt if both Mitch Hannan and Oscar will make the opening round at the G. Only one possibly!

Having said that we probably will have only ONE Lachie H who IMO providing he keeps fit and out of trouble is a shoe in.That's  what he was signed up for the other wing ( or centre) would be ok also.The doubters are off mark and he is as sure as Brodie in that Round 1 team passing skilfully to JVR and Co. 

The Shache may have to wait for injury or form lapses but you never know he could well be a surprise. 

  • 3 years later...

A poor list management decision to cut him.

He's a better player than several currently on our list.

50 games Well Done.

 
13 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

A poor list management decision to cut him.

He's a better player than several currently on our list.

50 games Well Done.

Isn't hindsight a great thing. Not sure you would have found much of that sentiment at the time. Also keep in mind that around the time of his departure, he was fighting for a spot in the team amongst a group of similar players to which he was viewed as the least likely to make it.

He might be better than several on our list, but he's also older than many and it's good that we've been able to maintain a relatively ballanced list profile age wise. If he were still at the club, he'd be fighting with the likes of Havey Langford, Xavier Lindsay and Jai Culley for game/ground time and I don't think that would be constructive.

Great personal story and I'm really happy for him that he's found a fit and made something of his career at the Bulldogs.

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27 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

A poor list management decision to cut him.

He's a better player than several currently on our list.

50 games Well Done.

Give it a rest, 11 touches and 68% TOG yesterday, you’re not playing him over any of our wingers, you’re having a whinge over nothing


37 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

A poor list management decision to cut him.

He's a better player than several currently on our list.

50 games Well Done.

No one’s uttered a word about this bloke in three years and because he kicked a goal yesterday and had 11 touches you come on here and say, POOR LIST MANAGEMENT DECISION TO CUT HIM, what a joke 😂 Langford Culley Windsor Langdon play on a wing and he doesn’t

53 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

A poor list management decision to cut him.

He's a better player than several currently on our list.

50 games Well Done.

It's great that Baker has scrapped his way to 50 games including 15 in the last 2 seasons. He had 5 years with us and played a total of 6 games in his last 3 seasons including zero in his final season. Yet we should have re-signed him? Unsure which of Langdon, Langford, Culley, Windsor etc... you think he would be playing on a wing ahead of today?
Scraping the bottom of the barrel of list management errors with this one Franky.

18 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

No one’s uttered a word about this bloke in three years and because he kicked a goal yesterday and had 11 touches you come on here and say, POOR LIST MANAGEMENT DECISION TO CUT HIM, what a joke 😂 Langford Culley Windsor Langdon play on a wing and he doesn’t

Grumpy & innacurate response matey. The last 3 years he's managed to get games in a much better team than ours so theres that.

He is far better than Laurie & Henderson.

He has been a handy wing or small defender & would not be competing at all with Culley, Langford or Windsor who are all mids.

 
4 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

Grumpy & innacurate response matey. The last 3 years he's managed to get games in a much better team than ours so theres that.

He is far better than Laurie & Henderson.

He has been a handy wing or small defender & would not be competing at all with Culley, Langford or Windsor who are all mids.

4 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

Grumpy & innacurate response matey. The last 3 years he's managed to get games in a much better team than ours so theres that.

He is far better than Laurie & Henderson.

He has been a handy wing or small defender & would not be competing at all with Culley, Langford or Windsor who are all mids.

Dogs missed the finals last year so they weren't much better then us at all. He was still dropped several times throughout the year.

6 games in 2024.. c'mon mate. That's absolutely nothing to write home about.

2023 he played 18 games in a team that didnt even play finals. Still managed to get dropped still.

Glad hes doing well but he will be 28 yeats of age soon this year and just ticked 50 games.. a true definition of a list clogger.

6 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

Grumpy & innacurate response matey. The last 3 years he's managed to get games in a much better team than ours so theres that.

He is far better than Laurie & Henderson.

He has been a handy wing or small defender & would not be competing at all with Culley, Langford or Windsor who are all mids.

Yeah, tenuous assertion CF. Funnily enough, Culley is named on the wing today. I love/d Sauce, I remember an excellent Gus and Gawny with him as a guest; but I would put JJ and Toby Bedford ahead of him for regrettable delists/trades


1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said:

A poor list management decision to cut him.

He's a better player than several currently on our list.

50 games Well Done.

Bedford is the one that hurts, IMO.

Potentially Jordan too, at least from a depth perspective. Though I’m very comfortable that Windsor, Langford, Culley, Steele and Rivers offer more through the midfield.

With anything, Baker may not have been managed well by Goodwin and co and wasn’t given the opportunity to be himself. Seems to be a trend.

The fact he’s playing in a stronger team than ours displays he had the talent. Same with Bedford, Hogan etc.

In his first year at the doggies where he started the season really well, he attended a MFC game as a spectator just a few seats away from me up in the nose bleeds.

As he left the game I gave him a compliment about his form at the doggies and that brought a huge smile out of him. Small interaction but seemed like a genuinely nice bloke, happy he got to 50 games and hope he has more success there.

1 hour ago, BLWNBA said:

Bedford is the one that hurts, IMO.

Potentially Jordan too, at least from a depth perspective. Though I’m very comfortable that Windsor, Langford, Culley, Steele and Rivers offer more through the midfield.

they both walked out on us for more opportunity elsewhere

at the time they were clearly fringe players in a side that had won a premiership and was a top 4 side

chandler was preferred to bedford (rightly so) while sparrow was prioritised over jordon (neither here nor there imo - both average at best)

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