The real Judd playing this Sunday

[Yze_Magic 3]

Forget the traitor who moved to Carlton and has a stuffed groin

This Sunday, we will bare witness to the exploits of Simon Buckley, as he puts the foot on the accelerator for some grass burning runs down the MCG corridor, leaving a trail of Hawks in his wake!!

Our team has lacked speed for a long time. Buckley is faster than a cheetah, and the kid has skills. If he backs himself, get ready for him to make his mark this weekend.

[Eric Rundle 0]

Poor decision making and disposal as I read it.

Love his run and attack on the ball.

Long bow to comapre him to Judd

[Keepin up with the Joneses 48]

Forget the traitor who moved to Carlton and has a stuffed groin

This Sunday, we will bare witness to the exploits of Simon Buckley, as he puts the foot on the accelerator for some grass burning runs down the MCG corridor, leaving a trail of Hawks in his wake!!

Our team has lacked speed for a long time. Buckley is faster than a cheetah, and the kid has skills. If he backs himself, get ready for him to make his mark this weekend.

Don't know what you are smoking YM, but hand it over, give everyone a go, it must be wonderful.

[CARN THE DEES! 14]

I love Yze Magic!!

[Guest unstable punt]

I love Yze Magic!!

he talks [censored] though

[dazzledavey36 49,008]

and thats why we love him

[Yze_Magic 3]

he talks [censored] though

I will remember this Sunday night after Bucks has torn the MCG to shreds

[Mousey 47]

i usually dont agree with YM but... im with ya mate, been saying it for ages Buckley is a star in the making and i really think this year will be his breakout one.

[Demon4Life 599]

He'll probably score the highest of any demon in the rising star. Wasn't impressed with him alst year, but from what I've seen and heard of him this pre-season, he's really impressed me. It all counts for nothing though if he doesn't perform on the big stage. Good luck to him.

[Guest redandbluethruandthru]

Wait until both Buckley and Dunn are at full flight in a match together. You'll have lead in your pencil Yze_magic. I know I will.

[Guest Schtacker]

Has not impressed me much at all so far

Will be watching he, Garland, Weetra and Morton very closely.

[praha 10,308]

I lol'd

[Oxxx 0]

What's the odds of him doing the Brownlow/Norm Smith double? It'd have to be close to a dead certainty wouldn't it?

[flamindees 16]

I couldn't give a rat's arse aboot Judd or any other high-priced football mercenaries that don't want to play for our great club.Carltank were not one or two top class players away from being a premiership contender last October, rather, they were setting brand new standards-in sucking for the past six seasons.Buying great players like him when your club is rebuilding rarely does more than increase the gap between the highest and lowest payed players on the list. This, coupled with the fact that he was handed the captaincy withoot playing a single game for the club(surely Stevens,Waite or even Carazzo were more appropriate choices) could lead to a lot of resentment and and possibly a number of walkouts at the end of the season if there's little or no improvement at the end of the season, god help him if they actually go backwards!!!! If talent alone won premierships, then Freo would have won 2or3 of the last five but it takes so much more than that, unpredictable things that you cannot buy- like a good run with injuries,few if any suspensions, good fortune during the games, veterans rediscovering their talent, the natural improvement of the youngsters,unity and most importantly-team spirit. Carltank are still trying to take shortcuts like they've always done and ultimately they will fail because of this. I honestly think we are on the right path at Melbourne and I don't think that the pain will last as long as most people think- I'm betting that after a slow start to the season 3-8 or 4-7 first half I think we will have gelled as a team under DB, hopefully our injury list will be shorter than it is now and with more than half of our remaining games at the G, I'm predicting a 12-10 finish which just might allow us to sqeeze into the 8 but if not, who cares, just as long as the boys have a red hot go every time they put on the jumper, that's all I'm asking for this year!!!

[Whispering_Jack 28,023]

The comparison's simply not fair, nor is it right to put so much pressure on the kid. Judd's now into his 7th season of AFL, has 134 games at WCE (and 1 at Carlton) behind him, a Brownlow Medal with plenty of skill and pace and is good on both sides of the body. Buckley's a long way from that - he has 6 games under his belt and starts his second season tomorrow. Although it would be nice if he could emulate Judd's record, he doesn't have to be a Chris Judd - I'm happy if he shows continuous improvement in his early years at the club and plays in lots of winning teams which is something Judd hasn't been able to do recently.