Roast The media....*Shakes Head* Part 5

[JimmyBeerCans]

Comes off you are a hero if it fails you are a dunce, calculated gambles are sometimes better than sitting on your hands.

 

[OneGreatClub]

its amazing how some fans are doing mental gymnastics to justify letting SPP slip through to us at pick 18.

saw something similar about low ceiling on the Suns board yesterday too.

Funny thing is that even if he stays only at this level for the next 10 years , it's pretty darn good. Lots of sour grapes over yonder. At least WC fans, although salty, in the main admire the fella.

 

[Grave Danger]

its amazing how some fans are doing mental gymnastics to justify letting SPP slip through to us at pick 18.

SPP is the cognitive dissonance pick of the 2016 National Draft.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

its amazing how some fans are doing mental gymnastics to justify letting SPP slip through to us at pick 18.

saw something similar about low ceiling on the Suns board yesterday too.

it seams to be based on his u18s nationals performance, but pretty sure ken mentioned that we wanted him since june 2016 when we saw him playing the WAFL

Low foreheads are dominating the "low ceiling" derp site wide

 

[PatientMental]

File under social media shakes head.

From one of the footy related FB pages I post on. This guy is usually pretty levelheaded but this is just insane. Guess I'd be pretty salty too if i was a saints fan.

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Hah, gambled our long term future on a ready made player with a low ceiling? Must have been why we took that Marshall bloke first, ya know, the not even close to ready made player with the highest ceiling in the draft?

 

[Andy_B]

It shits me to tears that Gary lyon is once again seen as a credible source for opinion pieces

 

[chiwigi]

its amazing how some fans are doing mental gymnastics to justify letting SPP slip through to us at pick 18.

saw something similar about low ceiling on the Suns board yesterday too.

it seams to be based on his u18s nationals performance, but pretty sure ken mentioned that we wanted him since june 2016 when we saw him playing in the WAFL

Doesn't need a higher celing (as has been said a hundred times already), if this is the best he gets, then he is good enough.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

The only time I ever turn AA on, is once or twice a season, the last few minutes when Adelaide is losing badly, for the Lol's. How anyone could subject themselves to it during the week is beyond me.

If we win Saturday night I won't be able to turn it on fast enough.

Apart from that hell no.

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[JimmyBeerCans]

Daniel Rich always comes up in these low ceiling arguments I wonder how much of it is to do with being Brisbaned.

 

[Papa G]

18 Patrick Browne St Kilda North Albury 1987
18 Robert DiRosa Geelong Western U18 1994
18 Matthew Watson Carlton Calder U18 2010
18 Alex Rance Richmond Swan Districts 2007
18 Gerrard Bennett Geelong Tasmania U18 1996
18 Llane Spaanderman Brisbane Lions East Perth 2003
18 Brent Williams Adelaide Prahran U18 1995
18 Danny Millar North Melbourne Morwell 1990
18 Shane Harvey Essendon Northern U18 2001
18 Sam Powell-Pepper Port Adelaide East Perth 2016
18 Jade Gresham St Kilda Northern U18 2015
18 Luke Tapscott Melbourne North Adelaide 2009
18 Luke Dunstan St Kilda Woodville-West Torrens 2013
18 Matthew Hogg Carlton Western Bulldogs 1991
18 Rhyce Shaw Collingwood Preston U18 1999
18 Brad McKenzie North Melbourne Sturt 2011
18 Isaac Heeney Sydney Swans Cardiff 2014
18 Cameron Wood Brisbane Lions West Adelaide 2004
18 Max Bailey Hawthorn West Perth 2005
18 Leroy Jetta Essendon South Fremantle 2006
18 Brodie Grundy Collingwood Sturt 2012
18 Anthony Stevens North Melbourne Shepparton 1988
18 Simon Beaumont Carlton Central U18 1993
18 Luke Shuey West Coast Oakleigh U18 2008
18 Mark Alvey Western Bulldogs Bendigo U18 1997
18 Daniel Kerr West Coast East Fremantle 2000
18 Kris Shore North Melbourne Eastern U18 2002
18 Robert Wren Richmond Assumption College 1989
18 Mark O'Keefe Geelong Warrnambool 1986
18 Leigh Colbert Geelong Golden Square 1992
18 Daniel Schell Fremantle Central District 1998

Bolded Pick 18's that Sam Powell-Pepper has already surpassed.

 

[PatientMental]

SPP Averages after 2 games:

22 disposals, 7.5 clearances, 2.5 tackles, 1.5 goals (67.7% TOG).

Ollie Wines's averages after 2 games:

32 disposals, 7.5 clearances, 4.5 tackles, 1 goal (81.1% TOG).

2016's best extractors:

Cripps:
27 disposals, 8.8 clearances, 6.6 tackles, .5 goals (83.8 TOG).

Josh Kennedy
31.1 disposals, 7.6 clearances, 5.6 tackles, .8 goals (86.1 TOG).

Dangerfield:
31.8 disposals, 6.8 clearances, 4.6 tackles, .3 goals (84.4% TOG).

That's a pretty ****ing high low ceiling.

 

[dav3]

Comes off you are a hero if it fails you are a dunce, calculated gambles are sometimes better than sitting on your hands.

Otherwise called "The Geoffa Maneuver"

 

[Forzaport]

File under social media shakes head.

From one of the footy related FB pages I post on. This guy is usually pretty levelheaded but this is just insane. Guess I'd be pretty salty too if i was a saints fan.

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SPP is the cognitive dissonance pick of the 2016 National Draft.

Opposition supporters are totally suffering cognitive dissonance over SPP.

It's so easy to pick apart the argument:
1) SPP taken far too early in the draft - he was drafted at pick 18 and was Port's second pick after Marshall.
2) Low ceiling - SPP had 8 clearances in his 2nd game. That doesn't look like a low ceiling to me. The major criticism of SPP was his kicking which appears to have been overstated.
3) Any comparison to Rich - SPP and Rich have completely different body shapes (one is tall with long arms, the other is short with short arms) and were drafted under different circumstances (2nd pick at #18 vs 1st pick at #7), there's no comparison.

 

[Pappagallo]

18 Llane Spaanderman Brisbane Lions East Perth 2003

Lol have you slipped a Scythe Buttercorn into this list? Surely this is not a real person.

 

[Full Credit]

But wait there's more

 

[Schulzenfest]

I too would be horrified if SPP only ended up as good as Wines. Sack our recruiters.

 

[PatientMental]

Legit the only thing that SPP needs to do to become our best mid is be on the ground longer and convert those sloppy tackles into clean ones.

 

[CharlieKelly]

But wait there's more

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hi Punx

 

[tribey]

But wait there's more

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lol

The same 'B-midfielder' who was BOG against the Swans at the SCG.

Does this bloke moonlight as a Bunning's snag cause he's f***ing cooked.

 

[Grave Danger]

File under social media shakes head.

From one of the footy related FB pages I post on. This guy is usually pretty levelheaded but this is just insane. Guess I'd be pretty salty too if i was a saints fan.

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That St Kilda facebooker wasn't paying attention to Emma Quayle's 2016 mock draft - she had the Saints picking SPP with their first pick (25).

 

[PatientMental]

That St Kilda facebooker wasn't paying attention to Emma Quayle's 2016 mock draft - she had the Saints picking SPP with their first pick (25)

Oh man imagine if they did get him.

We could be 1-1 and they could be 2-0.

But they didn't and now they're essentially out of finals contention already.

 

[chiwigi]

But wait there's more

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Say what you like about footy in general, but to call a player like Wines 'B Grade' is just being plain ****ing stupid.

 

[Coobk001]

Lol by the end of this year Ollie will be rated amongst the top players in the game. He is singlehandedly leading our revival IMO. He has been outstanding, is looking very well rounded and almost unstoppable at times.

No matter which way you look at it, SPP can only get better with some experience, development in the defensive part of his game, some growth in consistency and continued exposure to the top level.

SPP is a great pick up at 18. As a 1st year player though I certainly don't expect him to keep this current lofty standard up indefinitely, but I'm enjoying it for now.

 

[Grave Danger]

Say what you like about footy in general, but to call a player like Wines 'B Grade' is just being plain ******* stupid.

Yes, real stupid. I was a bit miffed when we missed out on drafting Luke Dunstan a few years ago (who incidentally went at pick 18!) - our first pick was at 21, when we took Jarman Impey. I wonder if the Saints fan now sees Dunstan as 'B Grade' - in comparison to our Ollie he certainly is

 

[Full Credit]

Oh man imagine if they did get him.

We could be 1-1 and they could be 2-0.

But they didn't and now they're essentially out of finals contention already.

Delicious isn't it. Has done more in 2 games than mccarttin has done in two years for that dumpster fire of a club.