Senior 13. Liam Stocker

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Robbo's my hero

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you recently retired, rmh? all over the site like paterson's curse.............
I love a weed reference. All those bloody robbers blowing into your yard and never leaving.

For those not living in Victoria Paterson’s curse is a highly invasive but gloriously coloured weed. It is known by other names.

Paterson's curse (Echium plantagineum) is an invasive plant species in Australia. The name Salvation Janeoriginated from, and is mostly used in, South Australiadue to its use as a source of food for grazing animals when the less drought-tolerant grazing pastures die off. Other names are blueweed, Lady Campbell weed, Riverina bluebell, and purple viper's bugloss.

I have plenty of spare time so I googled this for my brothers and sisters who live in other parts of the federation.:moustache:
 

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I think we get all too easily seduced to the new.
We do it every time and we heard the same thing from players when Malthouse arrived. We also sang the same song when Trigg arrived. Buttifant.
Williamson may well be a fan, but what weight does that really carry?

That has nothing to do with what Russell may have brought along or will do, but just that players' observations, on something they don't really know a lot about, shouldn't carry too much weight at all.

I know. This time it is different and maybe it will be, but it may be fair to wait until seasons end to gauge just how much benefit one individual actually brings to the whole....and then if one individual can, how on earth could have we had someone so inferior previously? How does that happen?

BTW - The Hawks still did OK with getting 'crippled' Scully back on track two rounds into the year.
The thing is our fitness system was broken. IMO getting the guy in- that SET UP the hawks system was the more full proof way to change our fitness regime than for example getting one of Russel's understudies at the Hawks , to come in and try to do the same. Russell is proven across 3 premiership teams , that he can set up a program that works. Sure the Hawks seem to be motoring on well without AR, but that is a different thing. Being able to emulate and continue on with the original system is a lot harder than establishing the system in the first place IMO
 

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Loved Charlie Constable in his draft year. He really slipped because of his lack of tank. Geelong gave him a year in the 2s and he has been on fire so far this year. Probably a good comparable with Stocker
Sooo... we should chase players that slip because of lack of Tank?
 

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Curious … doesn't look like a leopard … looks like the first panzer type designs ...

Oh Stocker … the draft night Shocker .... he'll be fine. kicks both sides well, is an accumulator … just needs a tank …. shiel be right!
 
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