2004 Buddy Draft - Allocation

[mic59]

Joel Patfull! Oh well, I suppose he might turn out to be the next big thing.

This is what comes of daring to suggest to Scott that Kingsley may be a victim of bad press.

 

[_espoir]

happy with schoey!

 

[JuniorBurger]

Junior Burger - Adam Grocke

Dunno what you expect me too do with young Adam but I will try me best!!

BTW what did I do to get first pick or was it a random order?

 

[Portmanteau]

Champion for a champion.

Get on the park, son.

 

[Port1978]

Originally posted by Paralowiepower
Ebbbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrtttttttt

You bribed Scott, didn't you? Just admit it!

 

[Andre]

Re: Power Player Buddy Draft

Originally posted by Scott
Andre - Chad Cornes

I forsee bouts of euphoria at great marks and runs mixed with liberal doses of shouting as Chad trys to milk frees and argues with the umpires.

Two simple rules to save my sanity Chad.
1) Umpires don't like you. So don't milk for frees. And if they penalise you unfairly (which admittedly they do often), just shake your head and go back to your position.
2) Don't wait till time on to turn it on.

 

[blackdiamond]

Originally posted by JuniorBurger
Dunno what you expect me too do with young Adam but I will try me best!!

BTW what did I do to get first pick or was it a random order?

Your name came out of the microwave container first and when doing the selections of the players young Adam was first as well.

 

[_espoir]

Re: Power Player Buddy Draft

Originally posted by Scott


_espoir - Jarrad Schofield

actually someone can take him if they wont... i wont be posting on here no more...sorry mates!!

 

[Beffery]

Re: Re: Power Player Buddy Draft

Originally posted by _espoir
actually someone can take him if they wont... i wont be posting on here no more...sorry mates!!

......

 

[Nicski]

Re: Re: Power Player Buddy Draft

Originally posted by _espoir
actually someone can take him if they wont... i wont be posting on here no more...sorry mates!!

That's sad

I'll take him off your hands if you want...

 

[Sandola]

What, no more wonderful pix of Tredders et al? That's seriously bad news. Wozzup?

 

[Kid Dynamite!]

Is it because of work?

 

[Russian]

Re: Re: Power Player Buddy Draft

Originally posted by _espoir
actually someone can take him if they wont... i wont be posting on here no more...sorry mates!!

Schofield or Mahoney?















I'll stick with Mahoney

 

[_espoir]

Originally posted by Kid Dynamite!
Is it because of work?

partly... also not doing good health wise...

thank you and goodnight

 

[Kid Dynamite!]

Originally posted by _espoir
partly... also not doing good health wise...

thank you and goodnight

We'll miss you around here

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I was matched with poults - that's about as easy as it gets I reckon! So here's a bit of help with Mahoney just for a bit of a challenge. A couple of articles, the first from the Herald

Port's Pie floater is Mahoney
17 December 2003 Herald Sun
Damian Barrett

PORT Adelaide may have drafted the all but forgotten Josh Mahoney yesterday as mere back-up to its stars, but the player himself is preparing for regular matches.

The drafting of Mahoney was the shock of yesterday's pre-season draft. The 26-year-old was last seen in the AFL in late 2000.

Power recruiting manager Alan Stewart said Mahoney's age was irrelevant.

"We need people who can come in and play straight away and Josh Mahoney, we are sure, has the capabilities of playing eight or 10 games for us next year," he said.

The Mahoney story should provide inspiration for all footballers playing in the VFL.

He played 19 matches with Collingwood in 1997 and 1998 as a helmet-wearing, courageous small defender, then played 11 games for Western Bulldogs in the following two seasons, had a stint with Essendon reserves before joining VFL premiership-winning Williamstown in 2003.

The helmet is now in mothballs and he re-invented himself as a midfielder/forward last season, kicking 42 goals.

Most in football thought he would never again be heard of at the elite level, but Mahoney remained confident.

"I am so grateful. Some people aren't lucky enough to get one opportunity and it's probably fair to say I'm getting a third opportunity," he said.

"I suppose it proves that if you keep performing in the VFL, clubs are looking.

"(Port) are very close to winning a premiership and my main aim is to do everything possible to create an opportunity and, if injuries come up early on, then to make the most of any chances I get.

"I just have to make sure I perform week in, week out."

The shift to Adelaide will be disruptive for Mahoney and his wife, as they are expecting a child next month.


and the second from the
Age

Quietly, from port to Port
By Emma Quayle
December 17, 2003

Josh Mahoney had more than an inkling Port Adelaide planned to call his name at yesterday's pre-season draft, but did not want to tell too many people.

The Williamstown midfielder had talks with Port in the weeks leading up to last year's national draft. But when the club chose not to take him, and he had to explain himself to a wondering bunch of family and friends, Mahoney felt like a bit of a fool.

"I built it all up a bit last year and when it didn't happen, it was a real let-down, for me and for everyone else I'd let in on it. I didn't want to have to go through all that again and I've pretty much learnt that it doesn't matter what a club says, you're just in the mix until they call your name out," Mahoney said.

"My wife knew, this time, but she was probably the only one. I didn't even tell my parents, so the general reaction from everyone has just been shock."

In drafting Mahoney with its second choice yesterday, the Power allowed him to redefine what a "recycled" player really is. Phil Read, Ben Marsh and Paul Koulouriotis restarted their stalled careers after only a few months out of football; when Mahoney reports for pre-season, he will not have played a senior game in more than three years.

After starting out at Collingwood in 1997, Mahoney was traded to the Western Bulldogs for Tyson Lane two years later, and delisted at the end of 2000. He spent two years as a top-up player for the Essendon reserves, captaining the 2002 team, and this year helped Williamstown, his original club, win a flag.

"There's a bit of a joke going with the general manager down there, that I only have to spend a year at Williamstown and I'll get drafted," he said. "I played there in 1996 and got drafted to Collingwood. And now this."

The move to Adelaide, though, will not be a simple one. The 26-year-old has a job, as a medical representative for a pharmaceutical company, that he must leave behind. His wife, Kellie, is expecting the couple's first child in late January.

That the Power seemed so keen means the thought of moving is not a sudden one. Still, yesterday was something of a shock.

"It's a big move. It's our whole life we have to move over there, but I've been really lucky that Kellie has been so supportive of me and known that I've had this burning desire to play AFL again," Mahoney said.

"We've been together since before I got drafted to Collingwood, so she's been through all the highs and lows of being drafted and delisted and traded.

"I'd pretty much resigned myself to the fact that maybe my dream of playing AFL footy was over, and now this is a chance to try and start it all again."


Now here's a guy who's been through three clubs already, hasn't played footy at the highest level for 3 years, has been through the disappointment of being on some sort of promise last year to be drafted and missing out, is leaving behind a job and bringing an eight month pregnant wife to Adelaide to pursue his dream. Now he's copped a bit of sh*tcanning since he was drafted yesterday, but I reckon a guy who can take those knocks and is prepared to make those sacrifices on a pretty skinny promise deserves all the support Port supporters can give him.

 

[Ray Nolan]

Re: Power Player Buddy Draft

Originally posted by Scott

Ray Nolan - Warren Tredrea

Bonus!

 

[PAfolwr]

I'll have to deal with all those whinging Collingwood supporters on an even more regular basis.

 

[Paralowiepower]

Originally posted by _espoir
partly... also not doing good health wise...

thank you and goodnight

From one Paralowie resident to another, hope you get better _espoir

 

[blackdiamond]

Re: Re: Power Player Buddy Draft

Originally posted by _espoir
actually someone can take him if they wont... i wont be posting on here no more...sorry mates!!

_espoir you can still keep your player for the time being at least until we find another regular poster, as stated before we all have a player by random and this is the way it should stay.

Im hoping your circumstances will change, its been good having you around, get well soon!

 

[Santos L Helper]

Wangas!!





Am willing to talk trade, but the offer better be a beauty.

 

[PAfolwr]

Originally posted by Santos L Helper
...Am willing to talk trade, but the offer better be a beauty.

Hmmm..............Betheras and a draft pick?

 

[Santos L Helper]

Originally posted by PAfolwr
Hmmm..............Betheras and a draft pick?

 

[Kid Dynamite!]

If it's allowed, would Russian be willing to trade Mahoney for Wakelin? I'm really warming to him.

 

[blackdiamond]

Originally posted by Kid Dynamite!
If it's allowed, would Russian be willing to trade Mahoney for Wakelin? I'm really warming to him.

No, a rule is a rule.