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6 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Yeah he kicked 33 goals this season but that was it. He’s a one trick pony who has no other positive attributes as a footy player. 

Yes and most of these came from precision ball movement from Carlton mids who put it down his throat. Out midfield, ball movement is very different... He's not able to create much himself out of contest.

I'm sure there's a few reasons that Carlton is happy to move on from him.

I think he's greatly benefited from playing alongside Curnow and Mckay who draw all the attention which has allowed him to play off of them and find space and time

He does kick straight I'll give him that and is a decent mark.

I'd like to concentrate on other players ahead of him.

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    19 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    wait... are you saying that bedford is better than chandler, pickett, and spargo?

    mcadam i could understand, sure, but not the latter three

    Bedford is waaay better than all but Pickett!

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    2 hours ago, Young Blood said:

    Yes and most of these came from precision ball movement from Carlton mids who put it down his throat. Out midfield, ball movement is very different... He's not able to create much himself out of contest.

    I'm sure there's a few reasons that Carlton is happy to move on from him.

    I think he's greatly benefited from playing alongside Curnow and Mckay who draw all the attention which has allowed him to play off of them and find space and time

    He does kick straight I'll give him that and is a decent mark.

    I'd like to concentrate on other players ahead of him.

    Well said. 

    Just because he kicked 33 for Carlton does not mean he will come and kick 33 for us. 

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    Rumours appearing online stating that he has agreed to join Demons.

    Nothing official.

    Edit: Still nothing filtering to any media outlets. This may just be supporter filled lies.

    Edited by BAMF

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    3 hours ago, BAMF said:

    Rumours appearing online stating that he has agreed to join Demons.

    Nothing official.

    Edit: Still nothing filtering to any media outlets. This may just be supporter filled lies.

    Hope so

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    On 18/09/2024 at 15:47, mo64 said:

    Bedford was still a developing player who wasn't given the opportunity to solidify a place in the team. From what he showed at Casey, he always had far more upside than Spargo. Unfortunately Goodwin liked to stick fat with the 2021 Premiership players regardless of form, instead of grooming the next crop. We are paying the price for that now.

    I reckon Bedford would have been a walk-up start to our best 22 in 2024 and that it was part of our plan. We offered him a competitive contract so clearly weren't trying to offload him. I think he's an excellent pressure player and has that rare combo of being speedy and an endurance beast. He's also performed well as a tagger. The major downside is that he's a small forward who can't kick for [censored].

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    On 17/09/2024 at 20:33, No. 31 said:

    It would be sad to see Owies leave the Blues. He is a bit of an enigma as a forward, has definite limitations as a footballer but yet still has a good goal scoring record. He isn't really a crumbing forward, he moves into open space to take marks and is a solid kick for goal.

    I think the market will pay him more than he is currently on at Carlton and the Blues want to reserve cap space for Weitering, TDK and maybe some new incoming trades. That is why he is being allowed to explore his options

    Definitely would not be a flop inward trade like Billings. Owies will earn his keep.

    He always kicks goals against the Dees.

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    On 19/09/2024 at 08:04, Young Blood said:

    Yes and most of these came from precision ball movement from Carlton mids who put it down his throat. Out midfield, ball movement is very different... He's not able to create much himself out of contest.

    I'm sure there's a few reasons that Carlton is happy to move on from him.

    I think he's greatly benefited from playing alongside Curnow and Mckay who draw all the attention which has allowed him to play off of them and find space and time

    He does kick straight I'll give him that and is a decent mark.

    I'd like to concentrate on other players ahead of him.

    Couldn’t agree more on all points. 

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    22 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    He always kicks goals against the Dees.

    If he doesn't play against us on that wet Thursday night this year, we go 12-11 instead of 11-12.

    Kept bobbing up for goals when we tried to make inroads on the scoreboard in the second and third quarters.

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    On 19/09/2024 at 09:52, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Yeah he kicked 33 goals this season but that was it. He’s a one trick pony who has no other positive attributes as a footy player. 

    Tony Lockett was 3 times worse.

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    3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    If he doesn't play against us on that wet Thursday night this year, we go 12-11 instead of 11-12.

    If my aunty had wheels, she’d be a bike.

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    On 19/09/2024 at 15:25, BAMF said:

    Rumours appearing online stating that he has agreed to join Demons.

    Nothing official.

    Suggest rumours only … perhaps by blues list management 🤣🤣

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    Watching those highlights he looks very handy, I reckon he'd be a great addition.  Let's go get him!

    Way better prospect than Caleb Daniel.

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    33 goals in 24??? Get him in, oh and Kennedy as well!

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    I'm all for Owies if it means Pickett spends more time in the midfield. What pick would we have to give to get him?

     

    B: Lever, May, McVee

    HB: Salem, McDonald, Rivers

    C: Windsor, Pickett, Langdon

    HF: Petracca, Petty, Owies

    F: Fritsch, van Rooyen, Turner

    FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

    IC: Bowey, Sparrow, Tholstrup, Chandler, Melksham

     

    Casey

    B: Howes, Adams, Brown

    HB: Moniz-Wakefield, Derksen, Woewodin

    C: Billings, Laurie, Hunter

    HF: Spargo, Kentfield, Sestan

    F: McAdam, Jefferson, Fullerton

    FOLL: Campbell, Smillie, Hynes

    IC: Yze, Mentha, Verrall

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    On 20/09/2024 at 18:47, Biffen said:

    Tony Lockett was 3 times worse.

    you mean kicked 3 times as many goals? 

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    52 minutes ago, Dee*ceiving said:

    you mean kicked 3 times as many goals? 

    Yep -1 trick pony.

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    Josh Gabelich who's across everything confirmed that we've met with Owies. But so have a number of clubs including Brisbane.

    Is understood to be poor defensively which is why Carlton aren't in a hurry to re-sign him.

     

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    2 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Josh Gabelich who's across everything confirmed that we've met with Owies. But so have a number of clubs including Brisbane.

    Is understood to be poor defensively which is why Carlton aren't in a hurry to re-sign him.

     

    Maybe Pickett’s asked for a trade to Freo 

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    50 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

    Maybe Pickett’s asked for a trade to Freo 

    Yeah maybe.

    Owies coming in to replace Kozzie isn't exactly a mood improver.

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    On 18/09/2024 at 15:31, whatwhat say what said:

    wait... are you saying that bedford is better than chandler, pickett, and spargo?

    mcadam i could understand, sure, but not the latter three

    There is not much in ability between Bedford and Chandler but Bedford is a more  standard type half forward and has wider skills and can tag. 
    Chandler is stronger and tackles and competes harder but is not as skilful as Toby. 

    Spargo is better than either but Kossie is easily the best but if more time is put in with him he could go to another level I believe. 

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