Everything posted by Nasher
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Anyone for cricket?
This just goes to show how bare the cupboard has been, really. And without wanting to be too harsh on a guy who has just bowled us to victory, it probably also shows the overall worth of specialist off-spinners in general at Test level.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
Is that the "win games off his own bat and just about snare a Brownlow when playing 2/3 of the season" role? Yes, yes, I think he'd be perfectly suited to that role.
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Anyone for cricket?
Just heard as well. I feel sick. Heartbreaking. Sparing a thought for Sean Abbott as well.
- The 2014 AFL National Draft
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
What is the value in tests like that?
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
Can you please point out where anyone is suggesting anything other than him earning it?
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
But it's absolutely fine for a #2? Odd comment.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
No problem with the requirement of kicking the door down. Others in this thread have instead removed the door and replaced it with a brick wall before he's arrived at the front gate.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
What happens if we don't pick McCartin for round 1, and he kicks 10 goals in the VFL? Is he then ready for a game? Why is Hogan any different? Zero games in the AFL and injured for his entire first season on the senior list. He's coming from the same base, is he not? I know my McCartin 10 VFL goals example isn't realistic - I'm just trying to understand the logic of why he's automatically excluded by some for round 1 when we haven't even drafted him yet, let alone exposed him to any form, and where the boundaries of this logic lie.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
The first few at least and was moved forward a few times to no effect.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
Howe stunk as a forward this year but has been better in the past,and Garlett only helps if he's out of his 2014 headspace. Dawes may be aided by fitness and/or Hogan taking another tall... We could and should improve but it's a lot of ifs and buts - I'm not saying we will be as crud as we were last year in the forward 50, I'm just prepared for the fact that at times we might be. If Hogan was a 50-100 game veteran I'd be more confident. And none of that would influence my decision on McCartin vs Petracca
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
The problem is that we have a 0 game player as the piece de resistance. I like Hogan and reckon he'll be a star too, but I think we need to come to terms with the fact that he'll probably struggle at times and when he does, our forward line probably will be the F troop like it was this year.
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Dayne Beams
Can't see why Beams is Clark 2.0. Different person, different brain, different personal circumstances. I'm all for learning from the past, but the only thing to learn from that particular past is that Clark is a douche. The rest is irrelevant.
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The Ollie Whines Lounge
They both just look like babies. It's easy to forget how young 20 is (and seems to get younger the further away I get from it!).
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The Ollie Whines Lounge
Viney is clearly gone.
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The Ollie Whines Lounge
Sorry mate, I laughed.
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The Ollie Whines Lounge
Gosh, that was an horrendous spelling effort by me there. *Gives self an uppercut*
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The Ollie Whines Lounge
It could be that Neeld exerted his power over Todd, or it could be that Todd rated Toumpas the better player, like everyone else in the industry who counts. Just putting it out there. Not sure what I'm even doing in this lounge anyway. I hate this topic and I hate the flagellators who keep bringing it up.
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What colour is the sky? Demonland responds..
The OP has moved to 8th position in the all time most 'liked' posts.
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What colour is the sky? Demonland responds..
I love that you've captured the writing style as well as the content style. Brilliant. Poor Webber - it must be hard having an IQ of 190 amongst us mere humans! I love it when he turns up and embarrasses all the clueless wailers with his knowledge. h_h was by far the best one, though. I even read it in the same comical voice in my head that comes to mind when I read the real h_h's posts. I first read this at lunch time and am still giggling at "the sun is a loser".
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Tom McDonald?
Is it that bad really? He's probably "bottom quartile" in the AFL (and someone has to be) and I know he has a funny action, but in the error riddled game just gone, I don't recall any Tom McDonald howlers, and he was involved in the game plenty. It's probably a case of being way overplayed amongst supporters because a small number of very bad errors stick in people's mind and skews their perspective.
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Tom McDonald?
There's the "you have to be open minded to any offers in case the deal of a lifetime falls on your lap" view that bub and co put forward, and then there's the "be a little bit realistic about what he's worth in a trade vs what he's worth to our team" view that rpfc and stmj have cast. Of course I'd trade Tom for Gaz Jr, but in reality I'd be staggered if we were offered a deal that landed us a player more valuable to us than our best 'gorilla' defender. I consider myself in the "I'm open minded for offers but as sceptical as could possibly be that we'd get anything that would make us a significantly better side so I wouldn't waste any time on it" camp.
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Tom McDonald?
It always gives me a good laugh when people want to axe players clearly in the best 22. I don't have a problem with us drafting another promising key defender and developing him, and if he pushes McDonald out of the team, then so be it. The problem is that guy isn't on the list yet, so it's at least 30 games away from happening, and that's if we draft one straight away and he develops quickly. So strap in an enjoy the ride cobba, because barring injury, I reckon McDonald will make it to 100 games in a canter before his position is even remotely at risk.
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Tom McDonald?
Spangher is also 27 and at his third club. He's played 41 games of footy in 8 years of being on a list, unbroken. The football world has shown him a patience almost unprecedented, and he finally seems to have arrived. Tom McDonald is 21, and has already played 52 games, often holding his own in one of the most under siege defences of all time. Yet plenty here are ready to burn him at the stake.
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The official I love Dom Tyson thread
Glad I'm not the only one to appreciate Dom's great hair.