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English is Liam's 6th Language and still to this day has limited English capabilities.
Flash Davey tried to help with directions but he only speaks English himself
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English is Liam's 6th Language and still to this day has limited English capabilities.
Flash Davey tried to help with directions but he only speaks English himself
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James Worpel. Thought he would at least get to top 50 players in the league by now. Still time for him, but not a good last couple of years.
Mitch Thorp was one also that just fizzled. The guy was predicted to be the next Dermie.
Mitch Thorp was one also that just fizzled. The guy was predicted to be the next Dermie.
I've read a lot about Liam Jarruhs's background and the community that he came from, and it's hard for us to comprehend the cultural gap between where he came from and AFL footy.
But to say his English was too limited to communicate with coaches is just bullshit.
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Ahh Mitch Thorp, the guy we took when Joel Selwood was still available. I know of one modern day Hawk legend who was furious when Thorp was drafted instead of Selwood.
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Your quote; "English is Liam's 6th Language and still to this day has limited English capabilities"
I posted a vidoe of him speaking perfect English 5 years ago......
Just stop pushing lies.
It seems lots of videos have conveniently been deleted. The interview with Eddie Mcquire is the only episode from that show that is not available to view online. The DeeTV one with Russell Robertson has also been taken down.
He was very shy and his English was not great, but to say he was unable to learn how to play defense because of the language barrier is just up straight-up bullshit.
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Here's another one. He is certainly shy, but speaks decent English. This one from his AFL playing days.
Your using Google and i am using direct conversation with him
Mind boggling how blokes just won't accept the fact they are not right in a discussion.
Are these conversations in his language? I am told "English is Liam's 6th Language and still to this day has limited English capabilities"
Yep look at Dougie Hawkins had English as his first language he might have understood it but bugger all of us could understand him. Lian speaks it a hell of a lot better than Dougie
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They said Tom Hawkins was the next Tony Lockett but he's never kicked more than 7 goals in over 300 games.
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To say that they guy couldn't defend because his English was not good enough to understand what was being taught to him is laughable. And there is more than enough evidence to disprove what you are suggesting.
Great talent, but not a disciplined footballer is more likely.
Andrew McDougall at the Eagles. Was talked about as a potential #1 pick for a couple of years and thought it was the steal of the century to get a generational tall forward and home town boy at Pick 5.
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Jake Stringer owns this thread. Hyped up every single year and fails to deliver. 2015 and that stretch of 6 or so games in 2021 have been about it. For a guy that was compared to Gary Ablett snr, averaging 1.7 goals a game when you're 10 seasons in, isn't good enough.
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What on earth happened to Langford? Injury?
For a young a big-bodied mid, he looked so comfortable at the level early, especially in finals. Seemed the next leader of that midfield.
His regression was very bizarre.
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Much closer to the goal square these days.
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Let's put it this way, every time he got the ball there was a very good chance he'd turn it over. His disposal made Richie Vandenberg look like Darren Jarman.
Langford was very tough but as a Hawthorn fan, you didn't want him to get the ball.
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If this thread's still going in 5 years, I think Isaac Heeney's gonna feature a lot.
Back injuries destroyed his contested marking just as he was reaching his prime. Still 4 all australians is nothing to laugh at.
Cockatoo. hammies being what stopped him.
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I'd almost be prepared to put his name up now to be honest.
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