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Cranky Franky
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Nice work George. I recall being very surprised when Jamie Duursma stopped Kernahan from dominating all those years ago.
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Never seen so much love for such an average plodder. Should have been dropped about the middle of last year.
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Clearly a great clubman but as a player doesn’t inspire me & I would happily sacrifice him to keep better players. Rarely plays well when the team is struggling but always dominates after we get on top & are cruising.
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Dunstan has a solid body of work going back to last year. I reckon he should get 2-3 games on the trot. Sparrow (along with ANB) seems to be a protected species. I like him but he is one of the " second stringers" that always goes missing when we play poorly.
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BBB, TMac & Tommo all struggled & at times their fumbles were embarrassing. Given all 3 have struggled to hold down a spot in the last year or so you would think all 3 are at the crossroads.
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He was somewhere between solid & good - nowhere near outstanding.
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Yes and a real shame he wasn't given any opportunities by our BT in 21 & 22.
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Don't think Wayne Gordon won a B&F. Baker certainly did.
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Apparently the Council stopped some of the games being played in town due to a range of problems including violence. Instead of threatening to move the game the AFL should talk to the Council & the NT government & local community groups & look at some solutions to the main issue.
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You totally missed the point. Which was that Baker was good enough to play AFL in 2022 and if the selectors had rested injured & non performing players & given Baker, Dunstan, Chandler, Bedford & others some well deserved games then maybe we would have done better in 2022.
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Just like to take this opportunity to let the armchair experts who canned Baker during Demonland debates know they were wrong. About a quarter of posters felt he should be given more games but the majority whined about his disposal among other things. Picked in the first 5 games & playing ok demonstrates he should have been given a go in 2022 (along with several others).
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Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition
Cranky Franky replied to adonski's topic in Melbourne Demons
Yep that is a major part of their problem but they still haven’t woken up to it. Look at the record - Cam McCarthy, Harley Bennell, Jesse Hogan, Des Headland (not a total fail but he was disappointing), now Jackson & Col Sylvia was the icing on the cake. Until Freo learns to target players they actually need they will be a dud side. -
To all the "Petty Forward" disciples just want to point out you were wrong. He always was a natural defender.
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I think a bit of poetic licence is allowed. Bizzell wasn't the best either but for a couple of seasons he was brilliant. Ditto Ray Biffin & if we'd had Biffin, Ditterich & Carman in the 2000 GF side Dean Wallis wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes.
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Fowler May Wight B Lovett Hardeman Bizzell Alves Wilson Flower Davey Lyon Jurrah Farmer Jackovich Neitz Ditterich Petracca Oliver Gawn Biffin Wells Carman
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Agree totally. JJ has been well looked after. He probably should have played more games at Casey in 2022 but kept getting picked ahead of Chandler, Bedford, Baker & Dunstan. His weakness was his hesitancy with the ball in hand where he invariably went back & took the safe option rather than taking the game on.
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Thank you to Claremont & East Fremantle
Cranky Franky replied to Blistering's topic in Melbourne Demons
Jeff White was a Victorian. -
I thought Petty was ordinary up fwd. No better than Tom McD. Brown did very little as well.
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Eddie Betts opens up on the weird camp
Cranky Franky replied to John Crow Batty's topic in Melbourne Demons
Buckley, Perovic & Sellars Who on earth was Sellars ??????? -
Eddie Betts opens up on the weird camp
Cranky Franky replied to John Crow Batty's topic in Melbourne Demons
Sellars ??? Wasn’t he an actor ? -
Yep he was impressive. Long may he run out of defence.
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Don't like him do you ? Can't believe some of the spiteful comments made about Baker on the site.
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Laurie looked mostly clueless today just like he did in the practice game. Not currently up to it by a long long way.
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Absolute gobbledygook. Not sure where u dreamed this up from. I watched every Casey game in 2022 & Oskar's disposal was fine. Maybe you have some objective facts about disposal efficiency.
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Should have been tried as a small defender to replace Nev Jetta - had pace, aggression & overlap running.