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Still a muppet.
At least we can all finally put a price on principle: $722,000.
At least we can all finally put a price on principle: $722,000.
News Jack Darling resumes with WCE
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As tough as WCE needing top ups or last minute SSP recruits for their injury riddled squad?....if WCE have only 28 fit players, then so be it....purge your own reserves side for replacements then, even if they are crap...as you say this world is rough, and to survive WCE and their fans just gotta get tough I guess....
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In theory that's great
In reality our reserves side largely consists of the dregs from other WAFL clubs and Ammos players. They are barely good enough to play in the WAFL let alone the AFL
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Jacks pretty fit and been doing his own stuff. He'll play rd1 if allowed
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So he was just waiting for the novovax after all
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Is his own training a substitute for training with the rest of the team, learning patterns, game plans etc?
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He is back at the club today going by photos from the West.
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This is one of the more annoying aspects of him cutting off communication with the club (if true). If there had been regular contact he could have been getting ongoing updates on the game plan, a structured training program, info on new recruits etc. It wouldn't have been anywhere near as impactful as training with the team in person but it would have been something.
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Apparently he's been learning the defensive wingman running patterns straight from Masten.
Darling's too dumb to learn gameplans anyway. Just let him do his own thing out there. Dropping simple chest marks while marking the hard ones, doing ninja flips and nutmegging Crows.
I feel like they will welcome him back. The fact he has seemingly been vaxed, which is seemingly against his and his wife's beliefs, says to me he has done the unselfish thing, even though it took a while. Reckon the guys will appreciate and respect the step he has finally chosen and move on very quickly.
Also, if you've ever had a massive disagreement with your wife on a certain issue, which seems to go fully against her beliefs, I think it's pretty easy to understand the mental and emotional issues that may have been caused.
As I said last week, without 100% knowing the full story, I'm not sure why some have been so quick to judge and to judge so harshly.
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Pretty sure the bomb it in long game plan is well ingrained in Darling, he’ll be fine. You guys making out that Simpsons tactically coaching and the WCE strength and conditioners provide something much more than your standard auskick manager couldn’t offer
Gee this bloke lives dangerously in his relationship with WC fans.
If we lost the GF, his dropped mark would have made him the most reviled WC player ever.
If he didn't get vaxed then his anti-vax status would have have made him the most reviled WC player ever.
Now he's just in a group of WC players that have suspect principles and dubious partners (hello Juddy).
If we lost the GF, his dropped mark would have made him the most reviled WC player ever.
If he didn't get vaxed then his anti-vax status would have have made him the most reviled WC player ever.
Now he's just in a group of WC players that have suspect principles and dubious partners (hello Juddy).
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Geez you’ve committed some shocking hyperbole before, but this is right up there.
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He's not even worth responding to anymore, he's basically just a caricature.
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You greatly overestimate my ability for self control.
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I started with "Except for the 2018 flag of course..." Then deleted it and went to a different thread, so I'm not that far ahead of you.
This feels like the old school yard when the casual observers start chanting “fight fight …..
I was just responding to WCE fan, boondy's advice to me that EF fans such as myself, need to toughen up, because the footy world is a rough place...strange that he doesn't heed his own advice.....tough, if WCE are down to 28 fit players, that's life in the rough tough world of footy sometimes...WCE and their fans just to get on with it, like the WAFL clubs and their fans apparently have to.
Bribe one of the prick ladies in the vaccination booth to just jab water . Here have a few grand .
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This coming from the club that started the whole #brave media drivel vomit fest when they had injuries?
I'd be taking the cash, telling them I'm giving them water and then vaccinating them. Who are they going to complain to?
Lol - that's part of why I love him. Does some shockers but has stood up in some big finals (2018 GF, 2017 elim, 2011 semi and kicked 3 in both 2016 and 2020 knock outs) and still kicks 40+ each year.
Not to mention super durable. Should be our second or third 300 game player (along with Gaff).
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His efforts in the third quarter of the 2018 Grand Final alone cement his legend, if you set aside the anti-vax, ninja flips and dropped marks.
Something like 6 marks (4 contested), a couple of score involvements and a big mark and goal iirc. Wayne Carey like after near donuts in the first half. Many players don't even have that many contested marks over a whole game.
Darling's game vs Adelaide last year sums up his entire career.
Did nothing for three quarters, but the one quarter he did anything he was the difference and won us the game. And he pulled his usual comical s**t too.
Did nothing for three quarters, but the one quarter he did anything he was the difference and won us the game. And he pulled his usual comical s**t too.
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