Past #8: Daniel Wells - joins Collingwood as a FA - North get pick #32 as compensation

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How good are Boomers defensive efforts honestly? The game has somewhat changed significantly since Boomer, Wellsy and Drewey were drafted thanks to that nunskull that coaches Fremantle and that bigger numskull that coached Sydney Swans.
Seriously???????????Boomer is 35years old give the bloke a break
 

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How good are Boomers defensive efforts honestly? The game has somewhat changed significantly since Boomer, Wellsy and Drewey were drafted thanks to that nunskull that coaches Fremantle and that bigger numskull that coached Sydney Swans.

Boomer's defensive efforts were very good tonight. He was as hard at it as anyone.
 

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I think that Brad Scott doesn't have a shot at Wellsy because he is afraid he may hurt his feelings. :stern look

Seriously 14 touches is just rot. Yeah sure he pulled his finger out in the last but the last time I checked football was a 4 quarter game. :stern look
 

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He's an enigma is Daniel. I often wonder when the papers do their "Greatest indigenous Players in History" etc pieces how much it actually bothers him that he's never in these lists. Doesn't ever even seem to get mentioned.
He could be a devastating player, but just kinda doesn't appear.......ah whatever.
Don't see why it would or should bother him.
 

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We would never lose again.

After his gutless, pissweak effort at tackling Tuohy, he put in harder than anyone else bar Ziebell did all night.

He would win Brownlow if he sustained the effort he put in.
Just pumped him up in a post for that last quarter, ill have to have another look at this part, but wouldnt surprise me.
 
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Brilliant player but very inconsistent effort with Wellsy, seems to get shut down pretty easily at times and maybe cracks the sh*ts, not sure!??!
 
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Ultra talented, along with Thommo and Spitta my favorite player I reckon. His best is awesome. Just not someone you can usually rely upon, and I doubt we have got the best from him over the years.
 

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There can be only one...
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda. He doesn't, it is why people are disappointed in him, his good is very good. People can tag you, but they can't stop you hitting a pack like your life is dependent on it. It is why we are mediocre, our players pick and choose when they go hard, they don't do it all the time.
 

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Wowee.

Some of you blokes were the same mother******s who praised him about being a great footballer and great bloke. Basically giving the bloke oral, at the time.

You blokes back flip more than a midget circus guy who back flips in circus's...huh?
 
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Yeah nah, he's only an elite sportsman, why the **** would you wanted to be rated among the best. Great call. My bad.
Remember you are arguing with an idiot or child (or both).

Wells has been a disappointment over his career. Superbly gifted, game changer and talented beyond mere mortals.......but yep, just ordinary most of the time.
 
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If Wells has been labelled "ordinary' for his career, I'm scared to think where we'd place the others on our list.

I'm a firm believer that Wells sacrificed his game for the good of the club from the age of 21 until 25 which has impacted his ability. His hype, when drafted, has also contributed to his perceived rep on his game. We acted like we'd won a night with Beyonce.
 
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Compared to his awesome ability, Wells has been "ordinary". That "ordinary" is far better than most of our players though, purely because he is so gifted.
 
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Well above average. He is crucial to our team's success.

But then below what (I may be being harsh) I think he is capable of - I actually think Wells should be a superstar in the McLeod mould, but he just isn't and hasn't been.
Agree very much with that. He'd be a top fifty player over the last two or three years for me, personally. Although being ranked as a top fifty player (35-50 range) is a great position to hold, he really should be ranked in the back end of the teens.

I would back myself to know his qualities more than anyone on this board, to be brutally honest. When you mentioned McLeod, who is in fact my all time favourite footballer, what immediately jumped into my thought process was balance. When Andrew had the ball in his hand, the major difference (besides the good kind of selfishness) was McLeod could swivel on a five cent piece and launch an attack whichever angle he choose from attacking from.

When Wells attacks a pack front and centre with blinding pace he has a major flaw in which if he does not crumb the ball, he straight out runs out of the screenshot. He literally has one opportunity to win the ball and even if he lands the ball, the degree of difficulty is so high he is only able to crumb a very low percentage of ball.

While I think he handles tags better than most, he still can get caught up in all sorts when the opposition not only set a man up against him but the other midfielders start to make an effort to curb the bloke either legally or illegally. Our midfielders frustrate me no end. While Boomer and Wellsy cop hard hits and dirty tactics, which is fine by me btw, our other midfielders rarely concern themselves with this. On the rare occasion when I do see a fellow midfielder provide a block or try to improve their situation it sticks out like dogs balls.

We have a highly skilled midfield, that I have no doubt. The things that gets me going is the selfishness, the complete and utter brain fades/football stupidity, the major lack of confidence in their own ability, the intiative shown and this one is simple...the manning up of opposition players.

**** is our discipline?

Anyway. Back on Wells. I sometimes wonder if people knew the op he went through was worse than Judd's and Ball's. 4 years completely ruined by an injury that was quite easily curable. This was Laidley's worst moment.
 
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