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doppleganger said:
did u see the kangas game??

harry actually looked very composed and confident, did very well i thought
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they had alot of loose players.

imo our backline is slow and reactive rather than proactive.

naturals can read the play and be one step ahead, obrien is no natural.
 
Consigliere said:
meanwhile we're stuck with kaka players like obrien in our defence who is just about the worst footy brain ive come across.
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I'm not commenting on recruiting, but the above comment is just silly.

There was a young kid by the name of Mal Michael at Collingwood years ago who had a similar ungainly and raw approach to the game. We let him go and he turned out alright...
 

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Zeke said:
I'm not commenting on recruiting, but the above comment is just silly.

There was a young kid by the name of Mal Michael at Collingwood years ago who had a similar ungainly and raw approach to the game. We let him go and he turned out alright...
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michael = overrated punch merchant
 
Consigliere said:
imo we didnt bargain hard enough with freo. we shouldve got someone they didnt want to give away and someone they might regret like mundy or two decent players like murphy and dodd/hayden.
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There's no way we would give up Mundy, you'd have to have given us your first pick as well instead of vice versa. He's one of the brightest talents at Freo.

If you tried to play hard ball wanting two important players like Dodd and Hayden the deal would've been off.
 
estibador said:
There's no way we would give up Mundy, you'd have to have given us your first pick as well instead of vice versa. He's one of the brightest talents at Freo.

If you tried to play hard ball wanting two important players like Dodd and Hayden the deal would've been off.
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yeah i meant with freo getting pick 8 of course. that wasn't our pick, that was richmonds.

collingwood never play hard ball, just always take it and let other clubs win.

to get someone good like tarrant u should have to risk giving up someone good.

other examples for us include heath scotland for a dud pick, nick davis for a dud pick.

though i reckon hayden/dodd or mundy for tarrant and freo get pick 8 would've still easily favoured freo.





oh and the harry obrien thing is probably a reaction to collingwood stupidly giving away jason roe and nathan lovett murray rather than michael.
 
Zeke said:
I'm not commenting on recruiting, but the above comment is just silly.

There was a young kid by the name of Mal Michael at Collingwood years ago who had a similar ungainly and raw approach to the game. We let him go and he turned out alright...
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Nah I thought O'Brien looked very average. You should trade him up here...we’ll give you Ben Fixter.;)
 
How did he go against the Eagles. Watched some of the game, but didn't get much of an idea. Saw he made a lovely kick into 50 to Rocca.
 
For me, Medhurst is always summed up by that picture of him winning the local U17 junior football goal kicking medal, standing next to all the equivalent kids for U16,U15 and U14 who are all at least 7-10cm taller than him (Does anyone have a copy of the that photo?).

He is a full-forward in the body of a small forward, and because of that there will be times when he is absolutely swamped by a monster full back. At his best he is a mark on the lead and set shot player. He can kick snap a goal, but he is definitely not a crumbing forward. For maximum effectiveness though, he needs to be played as a FF as he did when he played for Claremont and Freo....
 

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