Opinion How is Taylor Walker viewed by neutrals?

[javaguice]

 

[Meteoric Rise]

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What a shame he did get to sit next to that Premiership Cup on the plane home after the 2017 Grand Final. They would have looked like twins.

 

[Mr Meow]

The point is, those people and their so called high moral standards are being hypocritical.

Today I learned calling someone a racist moron isn't quite the same (but isn't far off) as making a racial slur.

 

[javaguice]

Today I learned calling someone a racist moron isn't quite the same (but isn't far off) as making a racial slur.

Does it depend on the race of said victim? I'm about 15 different races according to ancestry.com so take offence to most things.

What did u say?

U racist

 

[Iamspock]

Watch him get "Special commentary" media gigs at Adelaide games when he retires.

'Special' being the operative word.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

How nice of you to miss the point.

Nah I think most of us have gotten your point.

 

[Freomaniac]

Matthew Richardson never won a Coleman medal nor a Premiership.

Same with Pavlich at Fremantle and Nick Riewoldt at the saints.

That is sadly the way it is

 

[tugga]

2017 power stance.

 

[Milanista28]

An ignorant bogan, but also a supremely good footballer who is one of the best kicks for goal I have seen. Genuinely fun to watch.

 

[Humblebob]

Seems a Decent enough bloke in the media, has been a champion for Adelaide but probably not consistently enough at the top echelon in league over his career to warrant being an AFL champion. I rate him though.

Two things that stick with me though are how hard he went in the media at Lever when he left for Melbourne which i thought was unnecessary and poor leadership, he was made to look pretty silly after it played out as well.
Second was the obvious lack of leadership in the Power stance and group camp era, seemed strange at the time and still now.

 

[radiojake]

Two things that stick with me though are how hard he went in the media at Lever when he left for Melbourne which i thought was unnecessary and poor leadership, he was made to look pretty silly after it played out as well.

partly stitched up by the club with that, alongside a massive lack of diplomacy - Walker had taken a smaller contract to help keep the squad together - Lever was lowballed to an insulting degree by the club and acted accordingly

but yeah that saga doesn't look good for him, especially considering Lever has a flag and Walker doesn't

 

[Ian Dunross]

Seems a Decent enough bloke in the media, has been a champion for Adelaide but probably not consistently enough at the top echelon in league over his career to warrant being an AFL champion. I rate him though.

Two things that stick with me though are how hard he went in the media at Lever when he left for Melbourne which i thought was unnecessary and poor leadership, he was made to look pretty silly after it played out as well.
Second was the obvious lack of leadership in the Power stance and group camp era, seemed strange at the time and still now.

I don't get the power stance criticism. Firstly, what is wrong with doing a Power stance? Secondly, it undeniably worked. They introduced it because they were starting slowly in games. In all 3 finals they did it in, they started like a house on fire.

The camp is a different story but that's not on him, that's on the club. Walker was rightly IMO, furious that a player (Betts) was leaking to the media. I'm not defending the camp, but decent argument Walker did his best to try and keep the group focused and united, it's on Burton, Pyke and others to stop the camp from happening and be over player welfare.

But Betts may have a different take and maybe Walker messed up by not hearing Betts' views.

 

[Scotland]

Tex reminds me a bit of Jack Darling

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Jack Darling

Age

33

Ht

191cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.4

5star

. Not similar as players but in that because he's a bit of a meme people forget how good he actually is/was.

Interesting career trajectory. Was a 60 goal forward at 22, then the #1 forward in a Grand Finalist at 27, dropped off a little bit, had a poor covid season at 30 then came back with 3 great years and kicked 76 goals at 33. Even now his output isn't the same playing up the ground more and having two forwards in their early to mid 20s but his field kicking is phenomenal.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Probably in the top 10 forwards of this and the last decade, very good at his peak but not elite. The game has gone past him a bit, looks slow, should hang up the boots this year.

 

[Cleric]

Thinking someone is a flog and being racist are not the same dude, not even close

He is attacked as a redneck bogan, which is the way he was raised, his culture you may say.

 

[darcytiger]

I like him

 

[Pancakes]

Really surprised he played yesterday in those conditions.
No doubt the Crows would have planned to rest him a few times throughout the year, and a wet day at the G seems like a perfect time to do it, before bringing him back against the Eagles next week.

 

[Cleric]

My view is that his ears stick out too much.

Only one of them lol

 

[Art Vandelay_]

You reap what you sow. Stand by your racist footballer and now miss out on a quality indigenous footballer.

 

[hippyhippy]

You reap what you sow. Stand by your racist footballer and now miss out on a quality indigenous footballer.

It's not an issue money couldn't solve...

 

[FantasticShirt]

You reap what you sow. Stand by your racist footballer and now miss out on a quality indigenous footballer.

Except it's a fake report.

 

[fusion]

Great player over the journey.
Lost his way a little bit after Phil Walsh passing but subsequently redefined himself.

Most goals of any Crows/Port player.
Genuine 2 sided player.
Intelligent footballer.
Exceptional kick in play or for goal.
Getting on but has worked well on his conditioning.
Still an important player for Adelaide.

Kind of reminds me of Carey. Both hated by the opposition due to behaviour, and both great at long goal kicking and fantastic with either foot in passing.

 

[JHF1870]

As a Port fan I like and have liked a lot of Crows players both on and off the field.

Walker is not one of them