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Artie "My way or else" Bucco at it again is he???

Bit Rich Artie...Poor Form..

We all miss Aussie....That photo of Jim and Mr Wonna is now iconic.

Touched us all in 2008 when this club was just starting to roll again.

So i hope Aussie plays with the MFC again, but if he can't do it i will totally understand.

That is pretty much what this thread represents....

Yeah good post. I guess this is more about showing our support for Aussie as fans, no matter which path he chooses, than speculating about his future. Any news is always welcome too. Looking forward to hopefully seeing you back on the field soon Aus!

I think this is a pretty horrible thread - "hey everybody, let's speculate on the kid's future!"

I don't see any good that can come from this discussion.

Leave it be.

Pretty sure the exact purpose of this site is to speculate on issues like this. Nothing is being said against the guy or insensitive to his situation, so relax mate.

I think hell be back for sure. Time home will do him good no doubt. Long term the opportunities at afl level and at mfc will def bring him back i reckon.

I really hope so! But his duty to family and community could drag him back up there.

I love Aussie as a player, and he is among my favourite to watch when in form. Sadly this has not been the case of the last 18 months or so, due to injury and personal tragedy etc.

I do not think he will be with the Demons for much longer, although I would be happy to be proven wrong. I think the pull of returning home to the Tiwi's and being with his family who are no doubt still mourning their losses will be too strong for Austin to stay at the Demons in the long term.

What are people's thoughts on this young guys future??

I could mention Cotchin as well..but the big three dangers for us are Vickery, Martin and Riewoldt.

Bring Warnock in for Riewoldt, Garland if fit should take Vickery, and Mckenzie on Martin.

Think Rivers should take Vickery, Trengove head to head with Martin and Frawley for Riewoldt. Riewoldt would eat Warnock alive - he could be an option for Vickery but if Garland is fit there is no way he should be in the side.

As well as that, if we end up playing all 3 of Gawn, Martin and Jamar (and Warnock) we will be way too tall and potentially without enough foot speed to combat Richmonds pace.

I dont read forums from other sides. Is this sort of bagging directed to other clubs common? I dont really feel that we attack other clubs and their supporters as much as this. (We mostly attack our own). To me it seems a bit sad.

Looking forward to a ripper game. Can't wait for the Frawley Reiwoldt contest. I reckon Chip has had his measure mostly, but it is going to be a good match up on Saturday, and into the future.

Let's hope Chip towels him up like last year.

This picture is ready and waiting.

Hahaha

Found this on BigFooty.. honestly I laughed.

Jack Watts is that kid. Dopey smile, geeky looking and just waiting to get his fragile body bruised just like his skipper Brad clench my jumper when we are 90 points up. I would love Lukey to do what he did to Farren Ray to the former and make sure that little crapola doesn't get up for a few minutes.

I don't know what makes them so angry.

Pffft if'Lukey' is McGuane, he is a very poor excuse for a key defender - their backline is absolute rubbish.

I like this rivalry that is forming though, especially because we run all over them most of the time .

Great vision,smart,composed,great kick for goal.future leader

Can see him being given Legend status down the track some time...

Juice newton hands down

Can't believe I forgot him.

I'm going to say the big Max Factor. I am amazed at what he can do as a 19 year old 208cm ruckman returning from a serious knee injury - cannot wait to see how good he is as a mid 20 year old, which is when most ruckman really start to hit their straps.

Consider, .....maybe........if HE wants to. That may be why he ain't already. Has anyone asked him??

Fair point. I feel that he may be 'stuck inbetween positions' as a player. At 197cm and 93kg or so, he is good enough to play on the wing and key position at Casey but at AFL level he may not be strong enough for KP and not agile/speedy enough etc for the wing or wherever else he may play. Just my opinion..

Can someone who knows alot about Casey to me why James Wall who is consistely listed in the best players is not on an AFL list?

I understand he may have been on St Kilda's and Sydneys list at one stage?!?!

Should we rookie list him next year?

I have always liked Wall, and have often asked myself the same question. I think he would be worthy of a spot at Melbourne on the rookie list.

As long as I get one opportunity to see Jack Watts standing up on the last Saturday in September holding the cup in a MFC jumper, Nik Nat can win 100 brownlow medals for all I care.

Can't see NicNat doing that anytime soon. The most satisfying thing for me is the fact that Watts has obviously eclipsed Natanui in development right now, and is clearly going to be a great player. Stick that up ya arses media critics!!!

You were talking about Green having some 'right' to go for whatever marks he wants, whether or not there is someone running back with the flight.

He does not have this right - no-one has this right.

And that other part of your sentence is relevant because it is unfair for me to say I have more knowledge about footy because I play it.

I don't.

I have more footy knowledge because the game and I are kindred spirits.

We are one.

It's about as wanky as your "if you played the game" nonsense...

FFS read it properly. I never said Green had the right to 'go for whatever mark he wants', I was saying that the situation called for Green to take the mark, not Scully.

I said that 'nonsense' to see whether or not you had been coached/taught this sort of stuff (if you had played) because if you had, I thought you would be able to understand where I am coming from. And I don't think you do.

Yep. And have a look at the replay - Sylvia is there and I suspect he called Scully off.

Thank God for Col then, could have ended badly - that's bad leadership from Green then, not using his voice.

I play the game, but that isn't a good enough reason in and of itself to win this argument.

If a teammate is running back with the flight you protect him. You are the one that can see the ball and those around, the player running back cannot.

And don't ever say "if you played at all" or "if you played the game" because it makes you look like you don't have an argument and you just want to browbeat someone into agreeing to your position.

Yes you protect him if you do not have a clear space to mark as Green did. As I said earlier Green should have called Tom off the ball and there would have been no issue, as Brad had enough space off his own opponent. That is my argument so focus on that and not another part of the sentence, just because your argument is not holding up.

That's not right. Green light or not, when your teammate is running back with the flight - you protect him.

Green has to continue his form and work on his body language when things aren't going his way.

Well done, but miles to go before we sleep...or his captaincy gets renewed next year.

The mark was Green's. If you have played at all yourself you should know he the right of way to mark the ball there, and should have called Scully off as early as possible. In that case Scully would have no need for protection and Green would have taken the mark risk free. Not sure if Green did try and call him off, so he could have been in the wrong. But it was always his mark.

Jamar in the forward line would be a great asset in helping expose the lack of height in the Tiges defense.

Tonatopia should be banned from starting threads.

Fev kicked 49 goals for the lions last year... if you forget his off-field issues, no-one was that excited about those 49 goals.

Probably because he was kicking 80 odd the years before. And that was in half a season so i think so it was pretty good.

Tom Hawkins?

No no no, he is rubbish.

It may not mean much, but at 4:20pm today (Tuesday) Kevin Sheedy being interviewed by Ox on SEN said that GWS had not signed any players.

He said they would be crazy to at this stage of the season considering the player may do a career-threatening injury at any time prior to the end of the season.

It well may be bluff, but he did sound genuine.

The saga continues

bringing in warnock for this game a joke??? pretty simple to work out he should have been recalled for this game i would have thought. They have three big units up forward and without garland we needed another tall defender. This is the way it clearly panned out, unless we won the it out of the middle they were going to stretch us. Horses for courses.

Yerrp spot on