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Clinton Grybas was easily the best. Very nice guy too.
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Order of importance for me: Garland, Blease, McDonald, McKenzie, Jones, Jamar, Jurrah, Rivers, Howe, Strauss and then the rest.
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Jamar owes us for the years he's spent on our list and the faith placed in him by the football club. We're not a charity. We've allowed him to play AFL when others may not have. "Poor bugger"? What is this?
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Perhaps. Though I still think Port won't let Boak go.
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I'd take Yarran for the right price. As I would Boak. I'd go hard at Ling to be honest. Yarran would add much needed pace and footskills from the back and/or the midfield. If we went Boak, I'd definitely want senior bodies around. I've been saying for a while, I want Sam Mitchell and/or Brad Sewell. Don't think Port will give up Boak for anything less than two first rounders and he's not worth that. Too speculative at this stage.
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Pitch this to The Comedy Channel. It'll probably get up.
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I'd disagree with this then. Jared Rivers backing back into packs every week says hi. If anything, a forward has a chance to run and jump at the ball, while a defender has to sit under it. Once again though, the OP wasn't intended to be a mini-JW thread. It's about the media and football fans playing 'sink the boot in' with one player and rarely anyone else.
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I think we need both. It's vital that new talent coming through has strong character, experienced players to look up at.
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Yeah, I like your posts Jose, but you gotta give us more than that. EDIT. Thanks.
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Touche, indeed.
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If we're talking about understanding footy, fifty per cent of the game is now played running back into defence, on the fast break. I would have agreed with you if we were talking about the '90s, where blokes like Silvagni would use their hands in the back, at every possible opportunity. Now that is monitored so heavily, it closely negates a defender coming in from behind (of course it still happens occasionally, but that would clearly be in the minority). You can't chop the arms, you must face the ball as it comes towards you and your opponent. So much of the game is about judging when to spoil, rather than merely coming over the top. I understand perfectly why he has been targeted by the media (hence my line about improving his physicality), but once again, my entire point was that there are those who offend just as much yet escape criticism.
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That was quite a substantial amount of my original point. Without sounding like too much of a dick, instead of picking and choosing what you want from a post to suit your own opinion, read the entire thing. I said Jack needed to improve on his physicality, but what annoyed me about his situation was those that escape criticism at other clubs for doing exactly the same thing. Furthermore, I'm not sure I agree with the assertion that the backline is any less tough than the forwardline. In fact, if anything I'd claim it's the complete opposite. Far tougher to be a defender in modern footy than it is to be a forward. The rules are catered towards forwards. Finally, what good is it for MFC supporters to add fuel to the media fire? Who's that actually going to help? It's up to the coaches to get the best out of Jack. I believe he'll get there with his physicality. Neeld won't allow any other approach. Edit. typo
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He had to go yesterday. He'd set the bar last year with those infamous comments.
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I reckon he looks bigger again. I'll wager that he's put on a couple of kilos too. Still could put on another 10kg.
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Or perhaps not so hard.
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Patrick Dangerfield ... Let's get him!
Binmans PA replied to Range Rover's topic in Melbourne Demons
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Todd could be massive plus, but only as an assistant in my view. We need a head recruiter of calibre of Rendell working for us now, scouring the under 18s for talent. I'm not sure I subscribe to the hyperbole that it will be make or break for the MFC, but there's no doubting the importance of this draft. We must get it done at the trade table too.
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It didn't help that Grimes slipped over...
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I can see the same thing, WYL. But he's played over 40 AFL games now, he's missed out on that TAC footy. The only way he'll learn, IMO, is by applying his skills at the elite level.
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So how does that work exactly, given that breach of contract would have repercussions? Forgive me for what may seem like a vapid question.
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He doesn't want to give an opponent a look in. The other part of it is his extreme arrogance. He'd see it as an F off aimed at us.
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Malthouse having coffees with Davey and now Watts? This is fact is it? If so, very interesting indeed. It's as if Mick has clandestinely become an MFC mentor. If so, that'd be fantastic. Would love him on board. Still has his finger on the pulse of the game.
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But it was usually only once the corridor was free and we usually had one or two free players who had got themselves into space. This is how modern footy has to be played. We still used the boundary line percentage a lot, but I don't mind that as long as we don't do it at the expense of a better option in the corridor. Turn overs in the corridor is why we leaked goals under Bailey.
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It merely shows how easily an audience can be brainwashed by the media. Sorry to get political, but I cannot remember an article written in favour of Watts for quite a while. I think there may have been one from Connolly a few weeks back, but apart from that - a dearth of balance in the media. No wonder even some MFC people are caught by it.
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Whether it was planned or not, I really like how Neeld has coached him over the past two weeks. Last week he sent him back to defend, as a loose player. Here he gained confidence and IMO had a really solid game. This week, it's as if Neeld said, 'okay, Jack. Now that you've illustrated you can win the ball and dispose of it with such efficiency, now is the time to place you on a man'. I'm not sure how much undue credit I'm giving Neeld here, but to me it seems like he's very much aware that by playing Watts down back, it allows him to get regular touch of the footy, under pressure and learns a defensive side to his game. Smart coaching. Bailey seemed resistant to this idea.
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