2015 Non-Crows AFL Discussion - Pt. 1

[jenny61_99]

Unlucky.

Very.

 

[Pugsley]

Very.

I don't wish knee injuries on anyone having suffered a serious one myself.

 

[displacedaussie]

It was his "good" knee too. Right knee this time. Left knee in 2014.

 

[DJ75]

Really feel for Scharenberg. Poor kid just can't get his body right. Such a shame as he was/is a very good player and from all reports a great guy as well.

 

[MRB37]

Just didn't see Dangerfield mentioned at all in the match summary ......put 1 + 1 together and got 3

He sucked in the IR game last year too, didn't he? Doesn't really seem suited for the style to be honest.

 

[SydCrow]

Did anyone actually watch the IR game?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Did anyone actually watch the IR game?

Yeah I did

Ireland were awesome until our fitness took over. Nearly rolled them.

Betts is a gun at that game too.

 

[ams4crows]

Betts is a freak, so glad he's on our team.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Way to go Bulldogs ....on the back of the Talia Affair .....now you after paying a 7 game player a $1M per year contract ......you come out in the press and criticize the lad

a) You don't discuss your players weaknesses in the press
b) didn't you know this b4 you decided to pay the lad a $M a year to potentially play VFL

Bulldogs forward Boyd 'needs to find his athletic side': Montgomery
Mitch Cleary November 23, 2015 9:20 PM

FORMER No.1 draft pick Tom Boyd needs to change his playing style if he’s to win a spot in the Western Bulldogs' senior line-up, senior assistant Brett Montgomery says.

"He needs to find his athletic side," Montgomery told Crocmedia.

"He came to us as a power forward, as a kid that didn’t move a lot. He was able to dominate one player, who was able to see a good share of entries come his way and not have to move up the ground too far.

"That’s just not how AFL’s played. He’ll need to adapt and he’s well aware of that."

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Way to go Bulldogs ....on the back of the Talia Affair .....now you after paying a 7 game player a $1M per year contract ......you come out in the press and criticize the lad

a) You don't discuss your players weaknesses in the press
b) didn't you know this b4 you decided to pay the lad a $M a year to potentially play VFL

Hope for Boyd's sake he becomes a reasonable player.

Not his fault the bullies offered an unproven rookie $1m pa.

Not a good look when your highest paid player is playing more vfl than Afl!

What are the odds on Boyd being traded within a few seasons...

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I'd take Boyd and be willing to pay 50% of his salary.

Thanks Bulldogs.

 

[skoobydoo]

He sucked in the IR game last year too, didn't he? Doesn't really seem suited for the style to be honest.

Saw some of the last 1/4 when we were challenging(?). Saw Danger outmarked strongly and looked to be at disinterested pace.

 

[dylan123]

Probably said in an attempt to motivate him - his weakness from what the above has said is his inability to move/work for it so that weakness is completely up to him as to whether he fixes it or not, not the opposition.

 

[footy4ever]

Preempting 'a diamond in the rough' flagellation for today's draft late-picks.

You saw it here first.

 

[Moonwatcher]

"We had these guys rated 1 , 2 and 3 in the draft so we are pretty happy."

 

[Niximus]

"We had these guys rated 1 , 2 and 3 in the draft so we are pretty happy."

That'd be a fair effort with only 2 picks!

 

[DJ75]

Preempting 'a diamond in the rough' flagellation for today's draft late-picks.

You saw it here first.

we don't have any late picks, so that won't be from us.

 

[Moonwatcher]

That'd be a fair effort with only 2 picks!

Cancel a few flights and keep the talent in SA.

 

[Sanders]

That'd be a fair effort with only 2 picks!

That's how highly we rated them

 

[Slippery Pete]

Way to go Bulldogs ....on the back of the Talia Affair .....now you after paying a 7 game player a $1M per year contract ......you come out in the press and criticize the lad

a) You don't discuss your players weaknesses in the press
b) didn't you know this b4 you decided to pay the lad a $M a year to potentially play VFL

I love that passive verb that assistant coaches use: "The way the game is played."

They can never actually pinpoint who said the game is played that way, why it's played that way, or indeed why it has to be.

The herd says it, so it must be true!

I wouldn't be surprised if one day in the not-so-distant future, assistant coaching positions in the AFL are exposed as one of the biggest labour market scams on the face of the earth.

For every enterprising diamond like Phil Walsh who actually makes a senior coach look good, there are a 100 mental short people on an epic gravy train.

 

[Pdub]

Mitch Duncan to get surgery on his Achilles.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-23/surgery-for-exciting-cats-midfielder-duncan

 

[Pugsley]

Mitch Duncan to get surgery on his Achilles.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-23/surgery-for-exciting-cats-midfielder-duncan

Dwayne Russell says they're in a world of hurt.

 

[the universal]

we don't have any late picks, so that won't be from us.

I thought he was referring to whoever Geelong take, personally.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Dwayne Russell says they're in a world of hurt.

What was he meaning?

 

[FR0GGY]

Saw some of the last 1/4 when we were challenging(?). Saw Danger outmarked strongly and looked to be at disinterested pace.

Its because he's missing moggs creek