No Oppo Supporters Non Bulldog Footy Talk - Bulldogs only - Part 4

[Dogs_R_Us]

Saints are hanging their finals credentials on beating them last round.

That should work...

 

[gangsta deluxe]

That should work...

It worked so well for us last year

 

[Mojorisin]

How are the cats expecting to bring in all three of Higgins, crouch and Cameron?

 

[weltschmerz]

How are the cats expecting to bring in all three of Higgins, crouch and Cameron?

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

Well locals tell me Costa is part of the mafia.

 

[Scary_Foot_9]

How are the cats expecting to bring in all three of Higgins, crouch and Cameron?

Their wage structure is magic.

 

[Sentinel]

How are the cats expecting to bring in all three of Higgins, crouch and Cameron?

Linked to Daniher too, although they obviously wouldn't be getting both Cameron and Daniher.

 

[Mojorisin]

Linked to Daniher too, although they obviously wouldn't be getting both Cameron and Daniher.

I heard daniher is their plan b if they don't get Cameron and honey is plan b if they don't get crouch. Higgins I believe will be at the cats on a 2 year deal.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Linked to Daniher too, although they obviously wouldn't be getting both Cameron and Daniher.

I heard daniher is their plan b if they don't get Cameron and honey is plan b if they don't get crouch. Higgins I believe will be at the cats on a 2 year deal.

All Cats players to be on 100k per year as from 2021?

 

[Mojorisin]

All Cats players to be on 100k per year as from 2021?

They'll also have jobs at visy

 

[Sentinel]

They'll also have jobs at visy

Or maybe a few lucky property purchases just prior to re-zoning, ala Mark Thompson in 2010.

 

[Dogs Rule]

North doing a bang up job of torching the joint

 

[Hard Ball Get]

North doing a bang up job of torching the joint

Good move though. No point finishing 8-14 every year. Clear the decks!

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

Good move though. No point finishing 8-14 every year. Clear the decks!

I agree, constantly patting themselves on the back because they haven’t finished last, and picking up mid table picks smacks of mediocrity. Some of their drafting has been so poor.

 

[Dogs Rule]

Good move though. No point finishing 8-14 every year. Clear the decks!

True, but they’ve gutted the place. The Ben Brown one will come back to bite.

 

[Charlie Bucket]

I read this morning that Brown turned down an offer of 3 years at $750k from the Roos prior to this season starting. Obviously thinking he’d be worth more with interest elsewhere.

What an absolute balls up by him and or his managment. He’s probably kissed half a mil goodbye by being so greedy and stupid.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Jack Watts retired. Has the AFL ever had a bigger whipping boy? Highly doubt it.

 

[CarnTheScray]

Quote from Jack Watt's Wikipedia:

"Jack Watts retired after Port Adelaide won the 2020 Grand Final."

 

[Fossie 32]

I read this morning that Brown turned down an offer of 3 years at $750k from the Roos prior to this season starting. Obviously thinking he’d be worth more with interest elsewhere.

What an absolute balls up by him and or his managment. He’s probably kissed half a mil goodbye by being so greedy and stupid.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Jack Watts retired. Has the AFL ever had a bigger whipping boy? Highly doubt it.

That's a bit sad in retrospect.

 

[dogwatch]

That's a bit sad in retrospect.

It's a good example of the complex dynamic between high expectations, performance anxiety and the whipping boy phenomenon. Possibly laced with a bit of schadenfreude.

If Watts had been taken at almost any other pick people would think he'd had a moderately successful (if unremarkable) career. It would probably have been a happier career. It might even be the case that he'd have had a more productive career if we was away from the spotlight that comes with being a number one pick.

It makes me worry for JUH attracting a bid at #1, as much for this phenomenon as for the points hit that we'd take.

 

[Doggy]

It's a good example of the complex dynamic between high expectations, performance anxiety and the whipping boy phenomenon. Possibly laced with a bit of schadenfreude.

If Watts had been taken at almost any other pick people would think he'd had a moderately successful (if unremarkable) career. It would probably have been a happier career. It might even be the case that he'd have had a more productive career if we was away from the spotlight that comes with being a number one pick.

It makes me worry for JUH attracting a bid at #1, as much for this phenomenon as for the points hit that we'd take.

He's much better than McCartin. Oh dear.

 

[dogwatch]

He's much better than McCartin. Oh dear.

And can you imagine what Josh Schache's life would be like now if he'd been taken one pick higher in his draft year?

Tom Boyd's situation was a bit more complex but there is little doubt that some of what made footy unenjoyable for him was the pressure of being drafted #1.

 

[Northernsoul74]

It's a good example of the complex dynamic between high expectations, performance anxiety and the whipping boy phenomenon. Possibly laced with a bit of schadenfreude.

If Watts had been taken at almost any other pick people would think he'd had a moderately successful (if unremarkable) career. It would probably have been a happier career. It might even be the case that he'd have had a more productive career if we was away from the spotlight that comes with being a number one pick.

It makes me worry for JUH attracting a bid at #1, as much for this phenomenon as for the points hit that we'd take.

Everyone is different. Watts always gave the impression that he just didn’t want it enough regardless of whether he’d gone 1,2 or 10. Professional sport is tough and isn’t for everyone regardless of talent.

 

[Cadillac]

It's a good example of the complex dynamic between high expectations, performance anxiety and the whipping boy phenomenon. Possibly laced with a bit of schadenfreude.

If Watts had been taken at almost any other pick people would think he'd had a moderately successful (if unremarkable) career. It would probably have been a happier career. It might even be the case that he'd have had a more productive career if we was away from the spotlight that comes with being a number one pick.

It makes me worry for JUH attracting a bid at #1, as much for this phenomenon as for the points hit that we'd take.

One thing that didn’t help Watts. He was completely let down by Melbourne. Was paraded out in his first ever game on the Queens birthday as the clubs savour. And put at full forward in one of the worst Melbourne teams of that era. And was beaten from pillar to post by Collingwood players all game. And he honestly never recovered from it. He was given no support in that team at all and from the first ever game he played he was under intense scrutiny.