Roast Rory Atkins is...

[Kane McGoodwin]

Yet another player who puts in soft poor performances who we don't drop to send the right message that this is unacceptable.

Needed a swift boot up the arse years ago... but we have allowed this to become acceptable.

Poor player management as we now need to move him on as we have not addressed this.

 

[Gets!]

Surely the coaches have told him not to fend off...get it on your boot, heck even if he kicks it 59m and gets deliberate at least he has gained some ground. **** me.

 

[Cap]

Perfect trade material for the Gold Coast

 

[relapse]

The exact moment when Rory Atkins jumped the shark and begun his descent to spudom

 

[CrowBloke]

plankton

Like mildew on a bathroom ceiling. Always there and useless. Always comes back.

 

[CrowBloke]

Flat track bully who goes missing as soon as the slightest bit of pressure is applied.

Flat track wimp.
Even a bully would tackle.

 

[CrowBloke]

Rory Atkins is a scrotum with no testes

... like a shiver waiting for a spine to crawl up??
(Thank you, Paul Keating)

 

[40porpoise]

I must be in the minority but I actually don’t mind Atkins.

He’s an icing on the cake type player. In a poor side chances are he’s going to have quiet games. The squibs are bad but I don’t mind him trying to take the game on

 

[Mike Smyth]

soft...

 

[maxlilly]

Rory Atkins is a scrotum with no testes

I have just taken a small ownership in a racehorse.
Got an email from the trainer the other day saying my horse is a "Rig'
Your post describes my racehorse.
From now on, Rat will be known as 'Rory the Rig'

 

[mcattack]

porridge to watch

 

[SaltPeter]

I have just taken a small ownership in a racehorse.
Got an email from the trainer the other day saying my horse is a "Rig'
Your post describes my racehorse.
From now on, Rat will be known as 'Rory the Rig'

Usually a gelding, however when he was cut 1 or a part of 1 of his testes was left behind .. so really what you're saying is he still displays male traits, but from a breeding perspective he has no balls

 

[maxlilly]

Usually a gelding, however when he was cut 1 or a part of 1 of his testes was left behind .. so really what you're saying is he still displays male traits, but from a breeding perspective he has no balls

Are you a Vet ?

 

[SaltPeter]

Are you a Vet ?

Maybe

 

[Drummond]

Probably the softest player I’ve seen. A disgrace seeing him consistently play AFL. Soft, lazy hack.

 

[CrowBloke]

Atkins and Mackay --- Tweedledum and Tweedledumber.

 

[Firewalker]

Atkins and Mackay --- Tweedledum and Tweedledumber.

Harsh to compare Mackay to Atkins, would take Mackay over him everyday of the week, actually knows where to run and doesn’t shirk a contest despite being built like a pubescent Russian gymnast

 

[CrowBloke]

Harsh to compare Mackay to Atkins, would take Mackay over him everyday of the week, actually knows where to run and doesn’t shirk a contest despite being built like a pubescent Russian gymnast

I agree with your comment re: Mackay's "build", bloody funny. Maybe pre-pubescent?
I agree further that Mackay is the better player, marginally (at least he will tackle/bump someone), but that just reinforces how bad Atkins can be and suggest that Mackay is little more than mediocre. How many other AFL sides would play Mackay, do you think?

For mine, I wouldn't give either of them another AFL game.
Any 2 of Jones, Poholke, Wilson or Davis could play just as badly, with the upside of potential improvement as demonstrated by ROB.
Atkins and Mackay have been given multiple chances to improve. Their time is up.

 

[jackster83]

Atkins is symptomatic of a club that is over comfortable in its own existence and isn't really fussed whether it wins a flag or not.

In the right club, he'd be an absolute star.

 

[ContrarianCrow]

Re-read this whole thread but go back in time 4 or so years and replace ‘Rory Atkins’ with ‘Ricky Henderson’. You know, the one that’s borderline all-Australian with a competent coaching group and game plan.

 

[jirkago]

What’s his Value? If it’s top 30, I’d trade and if not we should keep him.

Another player we just can’t trust in the heat of battle.


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[ShadeyP]

Like alot of our players he looks a little leg heavy , seems to have lost his ability to break the lines and he is not pushing through .
Half of our team could benefit from dropping 2-3 kilos

 

[MelbourneCrow]

A rare opportunity to watch him in the flesh on Saturday and both he and his effort were appalling. One time he was running towards the city end....sorry, trundling towards the city end at something like half speed. He wasn't the only one, but that stood out for me. Generally he does one or two good things a game at best. If I was Bryce Gibbs, I'd be furious Atkins gets a game ahead of me.

 

[jackster83]

Like alot of our players he looks a little leg heavy , seems to have lost his ability to break the lines and he is not pushing through .
Half of our team could benefit from dropping 2-3 kilos

Pizza and beers should help with that.

 

[TexForPM]

Potato.

Piss off.