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Great Stuff. Be great to see Byron play on till the end of 2008 - always been one of my favourite players to watch even when he wasn't wearing the red and blue.

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Wow, that's a really powerful article with alot of content. Highlights for me were his understanding that he is a role model, compare this to Cousins.... Archer is a top bloke, and TJ showed a bit of leadership. I've always liked Pickett, right from his early days at the Roos and I was wrapped when he came to us, I know he'll turn it around but it helps when you have blokes around like Archer, Wheels and the Burgoyne bros.

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Wow, that's a really powerful article with alot of content. Highlights for me were his understanding that he is a role model, compare this to Cousins.... Archer is a top bloke, and TJ showed a bit of leadership. I've always liked Pickett, right from his early days at the Roos and I was wrapped when he came to us, I know he'll turn it around but it helps when you have blokes around like Archer, Wheels and the Burgoyne bros.

Thanks Clint. The Article reads very true. Byron is a very quiet guy and pretty shy. But he is a genuine person and its good to know that guys like Archer and the Burgouynes respect him enough to support him. Its understandable that Byron would have been having doubts given the bias against him in regards to unrewarded tackles this year and greater attention to anything he does in the media!

Lets all hope we get to see him at his best and for him to top off his career with sucess at MFC!

Byron is also good for Aaron Wheels and Wheats etc.

Hope we can give him out support too.

Agree also great to hear of TJ's show of leadership ( 1%ers off the field are also vital especially at the moment!

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top article and really puts the man and the situation into a bit more context. a must read for everyone on the site i reckon to get more understanding into what has been going on...

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"It was for me but because I didn't want it to end like this. Archie (former teammate Glenn Archer) told me last week I had at least two or three years left in me. He's a great bloke. He offered to be my running partner in the off-season.
Great to see from Archer, but I'm surprised we weren't doing this already.

But the final impetus came from the club itself. David Neitz sent Pickett a text message, but more compelling was a dinner with teammates Matthew Whelan, Aaron Davey and Travis Johnstone on the eve of his return.

"Wheels and Aaron and me, we didn't say much about it," he said. "We just talked about other things but Tigger (Johnstone) kept bringing it up. I knew he would, he just wouldn't let it go. He wouldn't leave me alone. It's been a pretty disappointing year.

Always interesting to hear about what players do off the field.

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Great to see from Archer, but I'm surprised we weren't doing this already.

i thought he said that we did have running partners for him. but an in club partner is a bit different from an external guy who was a good mate of yours previously...i think thats why his offer was different...

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Great article!

A couple of things...

1) Archer is an absolute champion person.

2) TJ clearly cares deeply about the club. I've know that for a while from someone who knows him very well, but the end of that article is just further proof of how much it hurts him to lose. Appearances can be very deceiving.

3) I would welcome Bryon with open arms if he got himself right and decided to play on in 2008.

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this article goes and sticks it into the faces of football supporters, demons or not, that called him a disgrace, an alco ect ect

not everyone has the perfect outlook on life, things got a bit too much for him, he has sorted it out, and will be better for it

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1) Archer is an absolute champion person.

I'll second that. Hard as nails on the field. Soft hearted off it. Some of the stuff this guy has done for people is above & beyond.

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what a star, knew he'd pull through. geez he'll be good for us when he gets right

and yeah, archer is a true legend of the game. when he retires he'll go straight into the hall of fame, or as soon as is eligible anyway

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