Past #15: Nick Dal Santo - 62 NM/322 AFL games - delisted by NM end '16 - retired from AFL Nov '16

[Jack Reacher]

Ziebell is 188 and Harper 187 according to the site.

Correct, 6'1 nowhere near 6'3 that is Wayne Carey and Aaron Black territory.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Correct, 6'1 nowhere near 6'3 that is Wayne Carey and Aaron Black territory.

Harper has a good leap though. Can play tall and small.

 

[Jack Reacher]

Harper has a good leap though. Can play tall and small.

No doubt he has all the tools to be a gun, I just hate it when the great unwashed make ridiculous claims about 'facts'.

 

[Artaxx]

No doubt he has all the tools to be a gun, I just hate it when the great unwashed make ridiculous claims about 'facts'.

lol, this guy...
I was 2cm's off. I humbly apologise. I hope you can recover asap.

 

[Jack Reacher]

lol, this guy...
I was 2cm's off. I humbly apologise. I hope you can recover asap.

No, you were 5cms off actually, 2 inches for the layman, 187cm as compared with 192cm

 

[Artaxx]

No, you were 5cms off actually, 2 inches for the layman, 187cm as compared with 192cm

omfg....

6'3 is 190 dude. I thought Harper was 189. I said almost 6'3 in the original post that upset you so much.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

No, you were 5cms off actually, 2 inches for the layman, 187cm as compared with 192cm

Multiply 75 x 2.54 and see if its 192....

 

[hilly]

Oh Jack Reacher..

 

[koshari]

Oh Jack Reacher..

who gives a toss how tall he is, fact is he couldnt get a kick in a stampede atm and untill that changes he aint getting a game.

 

[WA ROO]

Question is Jack
Is why are you 195cm in the books I have read,but 170cm in the movie?

 

[GarnerSmash]

Question is Jack
Is why are you 195cm in the books I have read,but 170cm in the movie?

Because he is not what he seems...

 

[the big lebowski]

Question is Jack
Is why are you 195cm in the books I have read,but 170cm in the movie?

And in the books he's Jack Ziebell and in the movie he's Dyson Heppell?

 

[Jack Reacher]

Oh Jack Reacher..

That's my missus always says

 

[Saintly31]

Dal Santo would be lucky to be best 22 after the rubbish he has served up most of the last two years seeking cheap kicks out the back.

Hayes (I respect highly) and Montagna still get the first tags being better players, and this "star" still struggles to impact a game.

I have started to really come around to the Betts idea with Thomas playing tall (as usual), but don't see it with Dal Santo at all. Just like Goddard, quality disposal but VERY overrated players.

 

[Hunters Host #3]

That's my missus always says

Because you finished before you started... Again?

 

[Jack Reacher]

Dal Santo would be lucky to be best 22 after the rubbish he has served up most of the last two years seeking cheap kicks out the back.

Hayes (I respect highly) and Montagna still get the first tags being better players, and this "star" still struggles to impact a game.

I have started to really come around to the Betts idea with Thomas playing tall (as usual), but don't see it with Dal Santo at all. Just like Goddard, quality disposal but VERY overrated players.

That sounds very much like an old friend of minelol

 

[showusyacunningt]

Dal Santo would be lucky to be best 22 after the rubbish he has served up most of the last two years seeking cheap kicks out the back.

Hayes (I respect highly) and Montagna still get the first tags being better players, and this "star" still struggles to impact a game.

I have started to really come around to the Betts idea with Thomas playing tall (as usual), but don't see it with Dal Santo at all. Just like Goddard, quality disposal but VERY overrated players.

Lol

Easily best 22. Not sure you've seen him play. Is pretty tough at it and can play inside and out. A lot like Bastinac with his evasiveness in traffic. Would also be our 2nd best tackling mid.

Player is a skilful left footer so must be a soft front-runner.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Lol

Easily best 22. Not sure you've seen him play. Is pretty tough at it and can play inside and out. A lot like Bastinac with his evasiveness in traffic. Would also be our 2nd best tackling mid.

Player is a skilful left footer so must be a soft front-runner.

Agreed mate. I rate NDS very highly. Skilful ball user, can win his own footy, experienced, good under pressure, and he's been doing it for 10 years in a very good team.

Some people just can't see past certain biases when it comes to rating players. If you put NDS in our team for round 1 next year, we start to look a whole lot stronger.

 

[spurs]

I want NDS,but he needs to say he wants to be here now....before its too late

 

[TheKanga]

I don't think he really is desperate to leave the Saints, it's more if they want him to he is happy to accommodate them.

 

[RazielsoulR]

Hope he comes to North, we are going to do some damage next year and especially if he's in the team!

 

[Rooboy 96]

Hope he comes to North, we are going to do some damage next year and especially if he's in the team!

more then happy to walk into 2014 with this team,

FB: Hansen, Grima, Atley​

HB: McDonald, Thompson, Mullett​

C: McKenzie, Cunnington, Wells​

HF: Bastinac, Petrie, Harvey​

FF: Tarrant, Black, Thomas​

R: Goldstein, Swallow, Ziebell​

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Bench: Harper, Gibson, MacMillan, Jacobs​

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Emg: Delaney, Garner, Adams, Daw, Wright, Anthony, Greenwood, Firrito, Hine, McMahon, Sierakowski​

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patience guys patience, 2014 will be our break out year.​

 

[ArjenTheGreat]

If I speak nonsense, I don't even know what to label your insightful posts...

Serious question for you, would you prefer 1 quarter from McKenzie over 4 quarters from Gibson?
Similarly, would you prefer 1 quarter from Daw over 4 quarters from Tarrant?
Collectively I think Majak, McKenzie and Garner have probably played 5 full games between them

What exactly have McKenzie/Garner/Harper/Daw done to prove they are superior to Gibson/Adams/JMac/Tarrant?

They haven't consistently failed to become better then good ordinary players in 5+ years on the list.
They don't have weapons, they are slow, they provide next to no physicality (Adams ex).

I just think it's time to move on.

Gibbo is stiff, but he wouldn't get a game for any of the top 4 teams, so how are we possibly going to become a top 4 team with players who wouldn't make existing top 4 teams?

Adams was shitful this year.
Tarrant was poor when it counted.
Gibbo was ok, but no better than ok.
And Jmac came good once the pressure was off... Prior to that, shithouse.

I would take 8-10 McKenzie possessions over 25 12m sideways kicks from Gibbo. I personally think Tarrant and Petrie are too slow for the same forward line, Adams is a warrior but was truly awful this year when we needed him to stand up.

We need tackling machines in Garner & Harper. We need outside class of McKenzie and we need a chop out for Goldy - if not these blokes, Who makes way?

 

[Jay-Z]

They haven't consistently failed to become better then good ordinary players in 5+ years on the list.
They don't have weapons, they are slow, they provide next to no physicality (Adams ex).

I just think it's time to move on.

Gibbo is stiff, but he wouldn't get a game for any of the top 4 teams, so how are we possibly going to become a top 4 team with players who wouldn't make existing top 4 teams?

Adams was shitful this year.
Tarrant was poor when it counted.
Gibbo was ok, but no better than ok.
And Jmac came good once the pressure was off... Prior to that, shithouse.

I would take 8-10 McKenzie possessions over 25 12m sideways kicks from Gibbo. I personally think Tarrant and Petrie are too slow for the same forward line, Adams is a warrior but was truly awful this year when we needed him to stand up.

We need tackling machines in Garner & Harper. We need outside class of McKenzie and we need a chop out for Goldy - if not these blokes, Who makes way?

I fundamentally disagree with almost everything you said so I won't bother trying to change your mind on every point. What I will say is that if we play Garner, Harper, Daw, McKenzie, McDonald, Cam Delaney, Greenwood, Mullett and Black in the same team, we will not make the finals. That's 9 players with an average of 18 games played (including a fair few sub affected games). I rate many of those players as future stars, but they have to earn their spot and with the exception of Mullett and Black, they haven't done that yet.



P.S. Don't throw out Gibbo on the basis that he wouldn't get a game for any of the top 4 teams and then name Levi Greenwood... it makes you look silly

 

[GarnerSmash]

Getting a bloke like Dal Santo into our midfield rotations could allow Wells to spend a bit more time in the forward half.

Think about that.