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1 hour ago, BDA said:

What is it with all the Bedford revisionism in this thread. He did not show this kind of form when playing for us. And he had chances to do so.

No he didn't and in the short stints he did have, which were barely enough to show anything, he showed enough to re-sign for at least one more season.

Played a VN game/role in the Premiership win also.

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3 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

No he didn't and in the short stints he did have, which were barely enough to show anything, he showed enough to re-sign for at least one more season.

Played a VN game/role in the Premiership win also.

We offered him a contract. FD wouldn't do that if they didn't think he could contribute.  Why didn't he stay with us and fight for his place like Chandler did? 

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16 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Bedford played exactly as we thought we would.   Pace.  Pressure. Goalscoring. After being sub for 8-9 games and dropped , he wanted to be given a chance. Goodwin and others seriously got this one wrong imv.  He always looked like a player.  This is not hindsight.  We called it out over the past 3 years when he was on our list.  

100% NS.

I love how some on here make statements as if fact... that no one on here saw the upside in him and said nothing before his entre' efforts with  the Giants.

A number of Landers saw the potential well before he was let go and were dissapointed that he was let go.

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GWS will be hoping the bears towel Port so they can play them next week. 
 

They will beat Port at Port and go into the prelims. 
 

From there, if they make the granny and the bears make the granny, GWS will win the flag. 
 

They have the talent, the game plan and the mongrel for finals footy. 

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6 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

A number of Landers saw the potential well before he was let go and were dissapointed that he was let go.

he wasn't let go. he was offered a contract but decided to go elsewhere. it was his decision not the FD. 

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1 hour ago, BDA said:

A lot of hindsight Harry’s in this thread

You and Dub are arguing about hindsights and that he was given enough of a chance.

Now you're arguing contract negotiations and he shouldve just stayed.  That's a diff argument altogether and one that im pretty sure most on here would have no inside info as to how it played out.

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6 minutes ago, BDA said:

he wasn't let go. he was offered a contract but decided to go elsewhere. it was his decision not the FD. 

He must have gotten a more lucrative  offer then BDA which we didnt want to match.

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You and Dub are arguing about hindsights and that he was given enough of a chance.

Now you're arguing contract negotiations and he shouldve just stayed.  That's a diff argument altogether and one that im pretty sure most on here would have no inside info as to how it played out.

you said he was let go. he wasn't. he was offered a contract.

there are comments on here that the FD should have recognised his talent. They recognised something otherwise they wouldn't have offered him a contract.

Personally, I don't think that he showed enough. Thats a matter of opinion which we can disagree on

He's had a great year. Good luck to him. Many the change of environment was what he needed. A bit like Perter Wright who i didn't think could produce what he did. 

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4 minutes ago, BDA said:

you would think so. or maybe more years.

Correct.  No club is going to get every list choice correct but some Landers did see his potential prior to leaving and said so.

Not every comment on here is based on the benefit of 'Harry Hindsight' 

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23 minutes ago, BoBo said:

GWS will be hoping the bears towel Port so they can play them next week. 
 

They will beat Port at Port and go into the prelims. 
 

From there, if they make the granny and the bears make the granny, GWS will win the flag. 
 

They have the talent, the game plan and the mongrel for finals footy. 

I hate the so-called "expansion clubs". I don't want to see them win. Not many will be celebrating.

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6 minutes ago, Green Demon said:

I hate the so-called "expansion clubs". I don't want to see them win. Not many will be celebrating.

Fair enough. 
 

Im purely selfish about it from day to day. 
 

I would rather a corporate, soulless and vacuous entity like GWS find success than to have to endure the endless amount of entitled and arrogant verbal diarrhoea spewing from the mouths of Pies and Carlton supporters by one year of success.

 

If GWS play the pies and blues 5 times each in the next 10 grand finals, then I will be cheering GWS to their tenth flag in a row until my voice is destroyed. 
 

I cannot express how much disdain I have for those clubs. 
 

I wish them nothing but misery. 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Fair enough. 
 

Im purely selfish about it from day to day. 
 

I would rather a corporate, soulless and vacuous entity like GWS find success than to have to endure the endless amount of entitled and arrogant verbal diarrhoea spewing from the mouths of Pies and Carlton supporters by one year of success.

 

If GWS play the pies and blues 5 times each in the next 10 grand finals, then I will be cheering GWS to their tenth flag in a row until my voice is destroyed. 
 

I cannot express how much disdain I have for those clubs. 
 

I wish them nothing but misery. 

 

 

You make good points 😁. Port or Brisbane winning would be somewhere in the middle.

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14 minutes ago, loges said:

So who do we want to win tonight?

PORT! I can’t stand the Lions. Didn’t particularly like nor dislike them up until round 23 last year but since then I’ve been giving my Dane Zorko voodoo doll a hiding.  The crushed nuts incident (thanks Touk!) is only partly satisfying. Them going out in straight sets this year will go a ways to eventual appeasement.

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