Are we still talking about Bennell?
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Not sure how carlton09 rates on the zeeCFC or Dravid's in rumour-o-meters, but he seems to be providing some ITK goss recently... Martin: Blues 75% Dogs 25% Ess 0% Offer is on the table. Jacks a good kid. Im Pretty confident he wants to join us regardless of salary differences #Bluemour
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one of the very few times I could say I went to a game to see a particular player.................him and norman..............
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You can't kick goals when you're unconscious.
Rumour - Bluemour File *rumours only - NO DISCUSSION*
Not sure how carlton09 rates on the zeeCFC or Dravid's in rumour-o-meters, but he seems to be providing some ITK goss recently... Martin: Blues 75% Dogs 25% Ess 0% Offer is on the table. Jacks a good kid. Im Pretty confident he wants to join us regardless of salary differences #Bluemour
That would be the single bluemour I was referring to.
More meant it hasn't been discussed much in here...even the Bulldogs board of all places had more comments about Viney and the Blues than here.
Stormin' Norman!
Seems he is still around in the Ovens & King Football League, time to get him back?
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. We ain’t the Gold Coast suns kids 
High risk, massive reward...
Bennell was elite in an elite side, basically it was him and Ablett as the standouts...
We forget how good he was and half of his frustration is from injury...
Russell has history with players with broken bodies and broken minds: Burgoyne, O'Meara and was the man behind getting Scully.
Absolute no brainer if you ask me!
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Maybe not, i just read he is pushing 120kg nowadays..
I haven't forgotten, it's just he's only ever shown glimpses. Calling him 'elite' is outrageous...elite talent sure, but not an elite player.
Burgoyne, JOM & Scully have pretty much always been the consummate professionals and models of dedication...Bennell on the other hand has had troubles with drugs and general professionalism...he isn't driven, he has skated by on his talent.
There is a reason SOS pretty much came in and immediately cut guys like Jaksch & Boekhorst...why would he pick up Bennell?
Also Agresta has spoken about recruiting 'competitors'...Bennell doesn't fit that mould.
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Now that Pickett has gone and Brackets has slimmed, Russell needs a new pet project.....
Goreds, even with Eddie, would you trust Bennell not to stray?
Too high a risk.
Don't like bringing this up again, but I've seen nothing yet that this club is capable of getting the most out of its recruits.
Garlett was a talent also, but from what I saw, had better games for GC than he did with us.
Once we get our development program in order and our Northern Blues looks like a good training ground, then maybe we can start taking such risks.
Trust me, you don’t want Bennell anywhere near the club. Freo couldn’t get him out quick enough. There were even players Freo chased last trade period who refused to go there because of him. Do not want at any cost
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Agreed. And I think you would probably agree with me too on this, that the likes of Crippa are exceptions, but mostly because he has such incredible drive that it's not so much a credit to the club but to himself.
EDIT: of course you might be talking about recruits specifically from other clubs.
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First sign he has not changed he is removed from the group.
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Cripps or petrucelle spring to mind.
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He is a true piece of work...The story goes John Russo bullied the junior umpire that day (think his name was Murray Bird) not to give Greg Williams any votes that day. I think that umpire Bird came out years later in an interview saying that’s what happened.
Russo was (and still is) a tool.
That’s why I always refer to Greg Williams as a “Moral Triple Brownlow Medallist” and whenever Gavin Wanganeen got near a ball I used to yell out “give it back”.
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I'd take Liam Ryan if I had to
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You can't kick goals when you're unconscious.
Man, we have no chance of getting Eddie if we were to get Bennell. He'd be expected to kick 40 goals whilst being a glorified babysitter for Bennell. Think he's rather go to another invasive Boot camp and cash a $600k cheque.
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Yep. Sung that same tune a long while back
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