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Matthew Lloyd
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I hope they don't do any date!
[/quote]And if you want to know why not many people like him it is highlighted.
Anyone who cheats to the extent he has is fair game. If you run a marathon and get a taxi for a few k's you won't be hailed a hero.
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Any bloke closing in on 1000 goals is a champion of the game.
And no doubt he will be right up there with Dunstall, Lockett etc when his career is over.
He already is.
And no doubt he will be right up there with Dunstall, Lockett etc when his career is over.
He already is.
kahuna71
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No doubting or arguing his talent. He will not get the outer's respect though due to diving and pleading for free kicks after every contest.
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He hits the contests at full speed with the dukes out in front. Yeah he's dived for a few but who hasn't. His momentum more often than not causes him to fall forward causing suspicions from all the sheep watching.
The free kicks comment is ridiculous, even you know that.
Superstar.
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Will not get close to Ablett, Dunstall and Lockett. These 3 are at another level and your bias is now showing. But hey I will compare Adam Simpson to James Hird if you like. Similar??
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Your Essendon player hatred is showing. Football experts compare him and rate him along side those players.
And thats about it. Yet another terrible call from the Essendon troll.
Lets compare crowd sizes if you like?????????
ROFL, Matty please don't slit your wrists, because the idiots in the outer don't respect you.
As long as his peers respect him, I don't think he will lose sleep over what the idiots in the outer think.
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Right and who are these experts? Sheedy?? Knights??
So who out of Lockett, Dunstall and Ablett snr is Lloyd as good as?? All of them??
It's called the tall poppy syndrome... most Australians have this ailment, it's more contagious than the swine flu!
no its not.
many great players going around are liked by majority of AFL supporters.
Matthew Lloyd is not one of them
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You might need to watch some more footy and actually hear them speak.
They do speak English you know. And if i told you who they were, it would spoil half the fun for children like yourself. Now run along.
Ah just a bit of fun, personally id have him just below those greats. Bloody glad we got him instead of carlton.
I would not put him at that level of all time great forwards. But he is the level below IMO.
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Good for you. There are plenty of people that don't like all 3 of them. The same people wouldn't even care about them if they weren't any good. Some people even hate players because of the team they play for (i.e. you). Calling them sad would be an understatement.
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They hate Lloyd beacuse he is a diving dog. They only reason you could hate Ablett is beacuse he is a gun and cries alot. Love watching the greatest players of our game but Matty is not one of them. Hird yes Lloyd No. Sorry! Did Hird play for Essendon?
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It's called the tall poppy syndrome... most Australians have this ailment, it's more contagious than the swine flu!
Bollocks, too easy an out, I don't like my next door neighbour and I'm not a fan of Nicole Kidman but I bet one is tall poppy syndrome right?
If Lloyd is disliked because he is a tall poppy why is Richo universally loved? Pavlich? Brown? Roughead etc?
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They hate Lloyd beacuse he is a diving dog. They only reason you could hate Ablett is beacuse he is a gun and cries alot. Love watching the greatest players of our game but Matty is not one of them. Hird yes Lloyd No. Sorry! Did Hird play for Essendon?
Kicked 911 goals lately have you? Go back and look at the goals he got from free kicks. Not as many as most think.
kahuna71
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ROFL, Matty please don't slit your wrists, because the idiots in the outer don't respect you.
As long as his peers respect him, I don't think he will lose sleep over what the idiots in the outer think.
assumption
Reckon most of the competition does...without too many problems.
One thing I'll mention is captaincy and leadership. This is where he has come to the fore. He might not be kicking the bags of goals he used to, but, his leadership is bringing others into the game. How would someone like Zaharakis be feeling lining up next to captain up forward. You'd have to say that Lloyd's presence is engendering confidence in Zaharakis, as the most direct example.
That's why Lloyd is playing probably some of his best ever footy. Just by making it easier for Knights and the coaching staff to back the youngsters in each week.
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They hate Lloyd beacuse he is a diving dog. They only reason you could hate Ablett is beacuse he is a gun and cries alot. Love watching the greatest players of our game but Matty is not one of them. Hird yes Lloyd No. Sorry! Did Hird play for Essendon?
And you accused me of my bias showing through.......
Pull your head in child.
kahuna71
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no-one is questioning his ability (try reading before you start defending) but the desperate attempts to make us respect him will not work. To many outside of Essendon he is as much a cheating diver as he is a good goal kicker and that's the fact, Jack.
Feel free to waste as much time as you like trying to convince us otherwise, but I doubt you'll get far.
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