View Full Version : What happened to Ben Jolley?
AussiFootballFan
28 Jan 2010, 20:56
Anyone know what happened to him? He had so much potential, but then the club went and dropped him and stopped paying him?
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player.asp?id=96
Zahasouvlakis
28 Jan 2010, 20:58
Anyone know what happened to him? He had so much potential, but then the club went and dropped him and stopped paying him?
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player.asp?id=96
Pretty sure he was playing for Williamstown(?) in the VFL this year.
AussiFootballFan
28 Jan 2010, 21:03
Pretty sure he was playing for Williamstown(?) in the VFL this year.
Oh ok, any idea why he was dropped from the team?
I saw Jolley becoming a star player in 5 or so of experience.
stay true
28 Jan 2010, 21:15
Spent 2 years on the rookie list from memory and didn't warrant promotion to the senior list. I think he won Bendigo's best and fairest in his 2nd year though.
Slattery_20
29 Jan 2010, 06:33
Oh ok, any idea why he was dropped from the team?
I saw Jolley becoming a star player in 5 or so of experience.
Hard as nails and loved putting the head over it.
But - small, not fast, not a great kick.
VFL level.
Skeeta Olly
29 Jan 2010, 09:45
I have his sig if you want it?
Slattery_20
29 Jan 2010, 10:29
Gees, hang on to that, or at the very least eBay it. Did you get Adrian Wilson as well?
#35 was Jolley?
Skeeta Olly
29 Jan 2010, 10:41
Gees, hang on to that, or at the very least eBay it. Did you get Adrian Wilson as well?
#35 was Jolley?
No, 35 was R. Bain. I also have his sig if anyone wants it.
Jolley was 40. Wait, the next person on my book of sigs is also 40. Conspiracy?
Don't think I have Wilson's. I have Cupido's.
:D
Slattery_20
29 Jan 2010, 10:50
Dean Dick (also 40)?
Goat Boy
29 Jan 2010, 12:43
35 was Jolley. That's the number he had at AFL level but I'm not sure if it was the same with Bendigo.
Oh ok, any idea why he was dropped from the team?
I saw Jolley becoming a star player in 5 or so of experience.
He was never ging to be a star. As Slatts 20 mentioned , not ovelrly quick , average kick and never strong enough in the legs.
AussiFootballFan
29 Jan 2010, 16:29
Hard as nails and loved putting the head over it.
But - small, not fast, not a great kick.
VFL level.
Oh alright, thanks mate.
It's kind of sad how the AFL is now. It's just all about size.
Donakebab
30 Jan 2010, 00:14
No, 35 was R. Bain. I also have his sig if anyone wants it.
Jolley was 40. Wait, the next person on my book of sigs is also 40. Conspiracy?
Don't think I have Wilson's. I have Cupido's.
:D
Played junoir footy and cricket with Ryan, had a heap of talent and really think he could of made it in any sport if he had the commitment. You can keep the sig, but I'll tell him you've still got it. :p
Slattery_20
1 Feb 2010, 06:13
Dona- have you ever seen the documentary he supposedly made of his year on our list?
Oh alright, thanks mate.
It's kind of sad how the AFL is now. It's just all about size.
Not really. If he was quick or a good kick he woulda made it onto a list IMHO. You have to have some feature though, other than committment.
Donakebab
1 Feb 2010, 07:18
Nah, to tell the truth I haven't even heard about it. We're not as close anymore, more friends with same friends and see occasionally at clubs/pubs/parties. I'll ask about it next time.
Slattery_20
1 Feb 2010, 07:40
I'm guessing I know some of the same people as you.
BIGFELLA11
1 Feb 2010, 08:22
Playing for willy i also speak to him every year at the Lorne pier to pub as his up there having a beer at the pub.
BIGFELLA11
1 Feb 2010, 08:25
Nah, to tell the truth I haven't even heard about it. We're not as close anymore, more friends with same friends and see occasionally at clubs/pubs/parties. I'll ask about it next time.
Harp Hotel on a Wednesday
Slattery_20
1 Feb 2010, 12:48
Harp Hotel on a Wednesday
haha.
Yes, I definitely do know people who go there.
Donakebab
1 Feb 2010, 17:22
lol, the Harp. Been a long time since I've been there, I'm a stick in the mud who works too much these days. Would be surprised though Slatts, small world and all.
Enough bogarting this thread imo.
Ben the Gooner
1 Feb 2010, 17:58
Enough bogarting this thread imo.
Tbh, it's not going anywhere else.
Skeeta Olly
1 Feb 2010, 18:14
Too much funkclubland talk.
BIGFELLA11
1 Feb 2010, 21:58
lol, the Harp. Been a long time since I've been there, I'm a stick in the mud who works too much these days. Would be surprised though Slatts, small world and all.
Enough bogarting this thread imo.
I've spoken to ryan bain a couple of times at the harp on a Wednesday night was like are you the essendon rookoeie and his like yeh
AussiFootballFan
27 Feb 2010, 17:58
Nah, to tell the truth I haven't even heard about it. We're not as close anymore, more friends with same friends and see occasionally at clubs/pubs/parties. I'll ask about it next time.
any update?
AussiFootballFan
2 Mar 2010, 17:48
I was talking to a mate and he goes to uni with Ben and apparently Ben is a great student, too. Student in the academic sense I mean.
Just thought I'd let the Jolley fans on here know.