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LOL. I'll give you rational thought.Great post, I was going to do something similar but, sometimes, when a Turkey has made it's own 'free thinking, cutting edge' mind up, no amount of rational thought will sway it back to reality. When you watch football and still underrate Hansen, ponder of what might've been if we drafted Rohan and Isaac smith instead of Cunnington and Atley, where you don't screen players for personality issues, where off field discipline has no place in modern football clubs, I don't think a true valuation of Matty Cambell's year long contribution would have any effect at all. Add him to the list of players North should never have delisted that are still yet to prove em wrong.
Saying we chased Betts is evidence we shouldn't have let Matty go, doesn't hold up when Adelaide couldve plucked him from the local leagues for a pittance, but instead opted to join the bidding war for Betts, and lose half a mill cap space for winning.
But yeah, lets focus on 2 games of football in 2012 rather than the whole picture. Turkeys.
Attempting to hang your hat on those stats says a lot. What influence did Campbell have when coming on the ground in 2012 as sub as compared to some of those other names in 2013? Ask yourself how many of those games did we win when Campbell came on as a sub? 5 out of 7 with Campbell still contributing in the Essendon loss at the start of the year. A tight loss which we made up some 20 points when Campbell came on. Sure Campbell wasn't perfect in the role. He was poor when subbed on in the Freo game late in the season and had no influence in turning that result around. However the general consensus on here has been that we did struggle with our subs in 2013 and that Campbell did have an influence when coming on as a sub in 2012. So that's the reality. He performed when required. Piss head or no piss head.
As for Hansen the criticism I have levelled at him in the past was warranted. As your piss ant mates would have informed you, Hansen was told to work on specific shit. He spent half a year in 2012 working on that shit in the VFL. Another reality. During this season I was only critical of Hansen at the start of the year when he in fact was stinking it up in the forward line. So did I continue to underrate Hansen during 2013? Questioned his worth in the wet. His Gold Coast performance in the rain wasn't great. Questioned his ability one on one deep. Cloke's 2 goals in 5 minutes in the last game on him didn't dispel those fears I have about his game. But by and large Lachie played some excellent football as a third tall. I hope he continues that form into 2014. Now that's the reality.
As for Rohan I was on record at the time as saying that I would've recruited Rohan ahead of Cunnington because of his speed and kicking. Rohan was always the bigger risk. Cunnington was the safer bet. At that stage we already had Swallow, Greenwood and Ziebell and Cruize as a back up. I felt we needed some outside run. But have I really been overly critical of Cunnington or carried on as if we should have picked up Rohan for ever and a day? The answer is no. But you're the gullible type so I can understand why you would think otherwise.
The Isaac Smith Hmmmmm Thread was started up by my good mate Devil Fish. Not me champ. But yes you are the gullible type to think that I am indeed the Fish. The odd poster around here knows the truth.
As for Betts I was somewhat indifferent to recruiting him but what I do agree with was that it was poor form by the NMFC to delist Campbell taking into account Harvey was serving a six week suspension and not replacing him with a like player. A point that you have missed in all of this.
So yeah keep on NOT engaging in my bullshit. FWIW this is fun for me. :stern look