Oppo Camp The non North football discussion thread II

[scottywiper]

Did Gerard Healy really just say that Max Gawn had signalled his intention to take the number one ruck mantle in the AFL off Todd Goldstein??? And that his pre-season suggested he was up to it???

 

[Deddy]

The things I would do to get Jack Billings in a North Melbourne guernsey

 

[Arden]

Did Gerard Healy really just say that Max Gawn had signalled his intention to take the number one ruck mantle in the AFL off Todd Goldstein??? And that his pre-season suggested he was up to it???

You must have misheard. Gerard thinks NicNat is the greatest ruckman of all time.

 

[giantroo]

Pedersen will be in trouble for that bump.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Watts has actually looked really good this preseason. Like what I've seen from Oliver too!

 

[Heaps of fun]

Watts has actually looked really good this preseason. Like what I've seen from Oliver too!

Good measurement of how seriously to take the preseason.

 

[Groucho]

* 106 points down against WC and its not three quarter time yet. Loooooong season coming up.

 

[Heaps of fun]

* 106 points down against WC and its not three quarter time yet. Loooooong season coming up.

West Coast are going to be a nightmare to play if they keep McGovern up forward. Kennedy, LeCras, McGovern, Darling, Hill and Cripps...thats a tricky forward line to match up on.

 

[giantroo]

Watts has actually looked really good this preseason. Like what I've seen from Oliver too!

Yep, Oliver looked really good.

 

[Joshen]

Yep, Oliver looked really good.

When was the last time someone said that about one of our young guys?? Clarke maybe but prior to that?? Would love to see one of our new guys come onto the scene and really give the Rising Star a crack, just doesn't seem to happen.

 

[Only Forwards]

When was the last time someone said that about one of our young guys?? Clarke maybe but prior to that?? Would love to see one of our new guys come onto the scene and really give the Rising Star a crack, just doesn't seem to happen.

Luke McDonald ran top three two years ago.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

When was the last time someone said that about one of our young guys?? Clarke maybe but prior to that?? Would love to see one of our new guys come onto the scene and really give the Rising Star a crack, just doesn't seem to happen.

Luke McDonald gave the Rising Star a crack in his first year. Fishy did the same. Unfortunately that was all before recorded history, so no wonder even our own supporters can't remember our last good new player. Does. Not. Happen.

 

[Groucho]

Luke McDonald ran top three two years ago.

Yeah KB gave him top votes

 

[Only Forwards]

IIRC Basti ran second to Hannebury.

 

[koshari]

Rising stars whilst iam not really interested in would be influenced by high draft picks. None of which i can recall since loogie and cunners.
You would have to go right back to wellsy to trump those i guess? Was jz a top 10 as well?

 

[Joshen]

Bastinac and McDonald were toilers - never really stood out but played most games so got votes.

A few seasons later and one is interstate and the other a fringe player.

We haven't had a youngster burst onto the season and go one with it to push the elite of the competition ala Fyfe, Bontempelli, Hannebury, heck even Heppell. For whatever reason, our debutants plateau much earlier. Cunnington and Ziebell have shown that level at times but are inconsistent, at almost any other club you can guess their top ball winners each game, ours is a raffle.

 

[giantroo]

Bastinac and McDonald were toilers - never really stood out but played most games so got votes.

A few seasons later and one is interstate and the other a fringe player.

We haven't had a youngster burst onto the season and go one with it to push the elite of the competition ala Fyfe, Bontempelli, Hannebury, heck even Heppell. For whatever reason, our debutants plateau much earlier. Cunnington and Ziebell have shown that level at times but are inconsistent, at almost any other club you can guess their top ball winners each game, ours is a raffle.

Definitely an issue. None have become actual A grade stars. All battlers.

 

[Twinkletoes]

On an unrelated note, Steve Motlop is shadow of the player he was. Is fat and lazy now. What is with this family??

The man bun he was sporting on the weekend was shirley the last straw. I f***ing hate that look btw!

 

[koshari]

is it true that the 2016 richmond membership cards have a metallic strip around them to make them un-microwavable?

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

is it true that the 2016 richmond membership cards have a metallic strip around them to make them un-microwavable?

Used to be so friggin funny watching them and the media pump themselves up all pre-season only for the Blues to come out in round 1 and have the Tigers' season ruined by halftime.

 

[ArjenTheGreat]

Definitely an issue. None have become actual A grade stars. All battlers.

It's tough to do when you are sitting in the twos rotting away because we prefer to back in old mediocre types.

 

[Kimbo]

It's tough to do when you are sitting in the twos rotting away because we prefer to back in old mediocre types.

Who are the 'A grade' stars we've left rotting in the twos?

 

[ArjenTheGreat]

Who are the 'A grade' stars we've left rotting in the twos?

Potentially speaking, of course.

Currently:

Dumont.
McKenzie.
Mullet.
McDonald.
Wood.
Daw.

And historically:

Greenwood.
Harper.
Urch.

All of whom had/have A-Grade talents that have been/were under utilised, in favour of less talented more blue collar types with a lower ceiling based on perceived essentially inconsequential deficiencies.

 

[koshari]

supagav and harps were never A grade.

 

[Benno_900]

The only talent I remember Urch having is kicking into the man on the mark twice in 10 seconds.