Former player Michael Talia

[fred cook]

Re: Western Bulldogs steal a bargain in AFL national draft with Michael Talia

What article?

Must say. Talia looks a good build already. Could play some footy in 2012 without a doubt.

He will have to find some shorts first before he can start playing games

 

[True Dog]

Re: Western Bulldogs steal a bargain in AFL national draft with Michael Talia

Sam Landsberger - Leader - 25 November

IT is a wonder Western Bulldogs recruiter Simon Dalrymple escaped detention and heavy police questioning at Sydney airport. Dalrymple and his Dogs offsiders committed theft at last night's AFL National Draft, stealing touted first-round key defender Michael Talia at the bargain price of No. 39.


Article in full...

Fantastic article!

What a great article, so glad our players were quick to get messages of support to him....I can see him playing a game or two next year... and many more after that.

 

[doggies ftw]

Re: Western Bulldogs steal a bargain in AFL national draft with Michael Talia

I think its obvious his kicking is bad because of technique, which is good. Training around a proper club environment with proper development he should be able to fix his ball drop pretty quickly, which will then fix his kicking a fair bit too.

Other than that he looks great and very similar to Lake, took some good marks!

 

[VitalDread]

Historic guernsey is back in the family

hey everyone
a nice story on Talia about getting his grand father number, great to see Vez being a legend and allowing Talia to take his number, shows great mates menship.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/historic-guernsey-is-back-in-the-family-20111214-1ov09.html

 

[Eastdog]

Re: Historic guernsey is back in the family

hey everyone
a nice story on Talia about getting his grand father number, great to see Vez being a legend and allowing Talia to take his number, shows great mates menship.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/historic-guernsey-is-back-in-the-family-20111214-1ov09.html

Good Story. Nice of Vez to give Tahlia his number.

 

[VitalDread]

Re: Historic guernsey is back in the family

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[torq]

Re: Historic guernsey is back in the family

Unrelated to this thread, but I thought I'd post this somewhere; might be of interest to some...

Bulldogs backpack $35 - Xmas special from KooGa

http://shop.kooga.com.au/Western-Bulldogs-Backpack-2011-p/wbba004blu.htm

 

[EASTWESTDOGS]

Re: Historic guernsey is back in the family

Heard Michael Talia speak at the bulldogs christmas party very confident well spoken young man. Well built for 18 and love the nickname the boys have given him Genna Talia couldn't stop laughing when he told the crowd .

 

[cleveland]

'Pa's' advice to Pup

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...article/tabid/4112/newsid/136568/default.aspx

Six months after being drafted the pure emotion is starting to sink in for key defender Michael Talia as he walks the halls of Whitten Oval wearing the number 32 on his back.

Despite growing up a Western Bulldogs supporter, Talia is only beginning to truly understand and appreciate the passion his grandfather, 1954 premiership player Harvey Stevens, has for the Bulldogs Football Club.

 

[Fossie 32]

^^Great story

 

[Dav1d]

Looks like he'll be a very strong player in the future, was also an All Australia at Under 18s
I'd back him to do that AFL level in the future, would of loved if the club had his brother to

 

[Some Idiot]

He is an absolute gem

 

[Dayyuum]

Didn't see the whole match, but it seemed like he played beautifully against Brisbane. A great pick up and seems to sneak under the radar a little bit here on BF.

 

[stefoid]

We should have a crack at his brother when he comes out of contract.

 

[Werewolf]

The benefits of extra weights and running sessions: Time is right for Talia

"Young key position player Michael Talia has emerged as a key contender to replace Brian Lake in the Western Bulldogs' backline"

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Would be happy if Talia is selected to replace Lake - would mean that Roughead plays CHB, where he should be.

 

[Fossie 32]

Go Talia32

 

[Werewolf]

Article from our website: Talia’s twist in fate

“My two idols growing up were Matthew Scarlett and Brad Johnson and now we’ve got the two of them as coaches” - Michael Talia

 

[Some Idiot]

It's amazing to see a player who does everything right.. but just does not have any kind of kicking technique, has managed to kick a couple of beautiful 50-55 meter goals... (one in afl) somehow...
It's hard to change kicking technique once you have it ingrained in muscle memory.. but I hope they can do it with Talia. Wouldn't like to see his talent as a defender wasted.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Congratulations on your first win in AFL footy Michael.

 

[Fossie 32]

Best performance by a Dogs 32 since...............

 

[Testekill]

Congratulations on your first win in AFL footy Daniel!

Michael. Daniel is the Crow-eater.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Michael. Daniel is the Crow-eater.

Yeah... I know that Silly me

 

[Fossie 32]

Michael. Daniel is the Crow-eater.

Hah saw that and thought I had it wrong again

 

[gimp!]

Some pretty impressive statistics:

2013 Statistical Rankings

Ranked 9th in Uncontested Possessions Per Game

Ranked 7th among rising stars in Total One Percenters

Ranked 3rd among rising stars in Kicks Per Game

Ranked 3rd among rising stars in Handballs Per Game

Ranked 1st among rising stars in Disposals Per Game

Ranked 6th among rising stars in Marks Per Game

Ranked 3rd among rising stars in Supercoach Score Per Game

Ranked 6th among rising stars in Dreamteam Score Per Game

Ranked 1st among rising stars in Uncontested Possessions Per Game

Ranked 1st among rising stars in Effective Disposals Per Game

Ranked 6th among rising stars in Rebound 50s Per Game

Ranked 3rd among rising stars in One Percenters Per Game

Ranked 1st among rising stars in Time On Ground % Per Game