He's Back!!!

[Somebody]

I am prepared to cop the wrath, and a right royal hammering, i rarely post a neg comment on our players but i reckon Medders is done, still a smart player with the ability to find a player in traffic with footskills but does not have that zip or energy that some posters are looking at by watching 2 year old videos, guys his goose is cooked, he is not the x factor or the missing link, Meds is a talented player on the down, he may perform in some games until the finals but he aint our saviour IMO.

OK as long as you're prepared to lick Medder's toe-cheese after the game if he plays a great one...

 

[Daics35Marvel]

It's awesome to see him back. I just really hope that either he or Leon (or both) can rediscover some of their past form in the next 7 weeks. Could well be the difference.

I found this passage from Medders from the book Side By Side, which was quoted in The Age last year. It gives a good insight into the bloke, and shows us that perhaps the team oriented, rigid style that Malthouse has drilled into him might not sit with him all that well.

What emerges is a picture of an organisation that is necessarily highly strung. Several sorts of tension are obvious. One is between the highs and lows: everything and one is either ''fantastic'' or ''disgraceful'', with few shades between. Another is between the way the club builds itself up week after week so that it begins every match convinced it will win, and the subliminal fear that it could lose at any time. A third is between the minutely planned, rigidly structured, didactically coached way of modern football and the role of instinct and intuition, the imperative to ''play the game''.

Paul Medhurst dwells mournfully on this contradiction. ''The way the AFL is going, it seems that players are expected to perform like robots,'' he says. ''The behind-the-goals footage [shown at team meetings] is just the most horrible thing. I just don't understand it. The coaches say: 'Stop. What was going through your head? What were you doing leading up to this?' It's just bullshit.''

Medhurst understands the need for structure, but chafes against it. ''Look at Geelong,'' he says. ''There is a massive amount of creativity and instinct in the way they play. It's in my nature, not only as a footballer, but as a person.''

http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/one-club-one-mission/2009/11/11/1257615079764.html?page=2

You can see that contradiction in his play. He is a freakish talent, but I think he's at his best when he leads up and spots others in the F50 rather than goes for the glory himself. It makes you wonder whether this kind of attitude might have had something to do with why he has found it so tough to break back in to the side.

 

[Copeland]

I am prepared to cop the wrath, and a right royal hammering, i rarely post a neg comment on our players but i reckon Medders is done, still a smart player with the ability to find a player in traffic with footskills but does not have that zip or energy that some posters are looking at by watching 2 year old videos, guys his goose is cooked, he is not the x factor or the missing link, Meds is a talented player on the down, he may perform in some games until the finals but he aint our saviour IMO.

We could always "give him a run in the ruck"

Hope your wrong one of my fav's.

 

[WIZARD_69]

love medhurst, my fav along side leighroy, dick and dids.
So keen for him to come back with something to prove, i rekon he will explode and have a huge one, he generally plays well when he has something to prove, hes gonna be around for a long time yet, i wouldnt write him out of the side completely.

 

[Kirby]

We'll see how serious he is about his career and desire to play in a possible premiership team tonight.

He's been given the opportunity and now has to grasp it with both hands.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

I love Medhurst so much.

At his best, can take games apart. Has a decent history against the Bombrays.

I'm with Opti, f**k shit up Medders.

 

[Histrionics]

Really want him to play a blinder.

Also on the "**** shit up Medders" bandwagon.

 

[HFF]

Hopefully he tears it up. We would be soo much more dangerous with him in the side.

 

[DaVe86]

I can't wait to get up off my chair tonight and yell MEDHUURRSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. I've missed it.

Can't wait to see both he and Davis in the side.


Medhurst was injured early in the year. He has spent the last 2 months getting his fitness cherry ripe. He's played midfield for the VFL to do this.

So he is fit and raring to go. Can't wait to see him.

 

[iGNITER]

Im excited.

 

[twoforjoy]

Could be the missing puzzle piece to our innaccuracy in front of goal. He can find the big sticks and loves a big game at his best.

If he fires up now he could be a very dangerous X factor. At the very least it will be good to see how him and Dawsey work things out in the F50 tonight.

Also on the f**k s**t up Medders bandwagon.

 

[Snag Breac]

I am prepared to cop the wrath, and a right royal hammering, i rarely post a neg comment on our players but i reckon Medders is done, still a smart player with the ability to find a player in traffic with footskills but does not have that zip or energy that some posters are looking at by watching 2 year old videos, guys his goose is cooked, he is not the x factor or the missing link, Meds is a talented player on the down, he may perform in some games until the finals but he aint our saviour IMO.

Axl, why do you think he's on the down, as opposed to just out of form? Perhaps his game in a temporary Slough of Despond? Tonight might be his last, best chance to prove himself. Let's hope he does.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Thread should be renamed:

"He's back to f**k shit up!"

Go on mods, pleeeeeeease

 

[Optimax]

Thread should be renamed:

"He's back to f**k shit up!"

Go on mods, pleeeeeeease

I agree (and hasnt this happened a couple of times this week)

Can we please re name this thread:
Medhurst: Back and ****ing shit up

 

[Copeland]

lol.

 

[absy]

**** yes. Hope he has a license to be a little more selfish then normal tonight as well.... 5 goals for Medders!

 

[handy point]

Can someone talk me through the origin of Medhurst f***ing s*** up?

 

[Optimax]

Can someone talk me through the origin of Medhurst f***ing s*** up?

My first post in the thread.

 

[handy point]

My first post in the thread.

Ah okay, . I thought it might have been from something way back in the religious tomes of the Collingwood faith.

Never mind me.

 

[Optimax]

Ah okay, . I thought it might have been from something way back in the religious tomes of the Collingwood faith.

Never mind me.

It can be if you want it to be

First we need this thread re name and then bam!!!! every time medhurst is mentioned another poster responds with he's gonna **** shit up

 

[TwisTz]

Come on Meds! F*** shit up!

 

[Optimax]

 

[Zahki]

Gotta say, I'm liking this meme

 

[Optimax]

 

[shizzle]