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Bluemour Discussion Thread XV - Facts Not Welcome

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This is my first post.
I have it on good authority that the Board asked SOS to explain why two Geelong Grammar boys (Dow and O’Brien) were picked at 3 and 10 in the 2017 draft. SOS said that they are really country boys (not capital G Grammar boys) and any suggestion of Grammar boy softness was wrong.

I’m also told that he explained the failure to recruit Ed Richards (who went at 15 or 16 to the Dogs) on the ground that he turned up 45 mins late to his interview. So what! He was 17 or just 18 and had a good reason for being late.

Was SOS asked anything about Finbar? That's most interesting selection.
 
If you had a pick would you pick LOB or Richards?
I think it’s a no brainer.

Pity that we were covered for forwards coz Naughton would also have been a great pick up.
The Bulldogs did well in that draft with Naughton and Richards

Hindsight recruiting is always easy.

Just put this in perspective:

Pick 4: LDU (playing VFL)
Pick 7: Hunter Clark (playing VFL)
Pick 8: Nick Coffield (playing VFL)
Pick 11: Aiden Bonar (playing NEAFL)
Pick 12: Darcy Fogarty (playing SANFL)
Pick 13: Jarrod Brander (playing WAFL)
Pick 14: Matthew Ling (Playing NEAFL)

Even Raynor is struggling a bit for form at the moment.

Not everyone hits the ground running at AFL level in their first couple of seasons. We'll know a lot more about these players in another two years time.
 

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You must be right, apparently it doesn’t pay for posters (especially new ones) to start their posts with, “I have it on good authority”.


But unqualified opinions, no worries. :thumbsu:
Hah! Welcome to the internet - good luck finding a qualified opinion. In any case, that's called an argument to authority and it's a fallacy.
 

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First reaction to a rumour like that shouldn't be to defend whether people from a certain school are "hard" enough, but to question why on earth Carlton board members would ask such ******ed questions and therefore question their fitness to make insightful and well-considered decisions that affect the club.
Thank God you aren’t on the Board!
 
Thank God you aren’t on the Board!
Tell you what pal.
I have been around a lot less than many but long enough to know that genuine new posters dont talk the way you are.
So as far as I am concerned your just here for amusement to try and yank a few chains.
Good luck convincing the sensible members here otherwise.
 
Hah! Welcome to the internet - good luck finding a qualified opinion. In any case, that's called an argument to authority and it's a fallacy.
I meant what I said. I do have it on good authority. I know what good authority in this context is.
And I am also of the firm opinion that Richards is and will be a better player than LOB. In fact I think that is glaringly obvious. But it’s only my opinion.
If Richard’s lateness to the interview was a reason why he was passed over by Carlton at pick 10 then the List Management team erred, big time.
If you don’t agree with me fine. But don’t resort to cheap insults by calling me a troll.
 
Tell you what pal.
I have been around a lot less than many but long enough to know that genuine new posters dont talk the way you are.
So as far as I am concerned your just here for amusement to try and yank a few chains.
Good luck convincing the sensible members here otherwise.
See my subsequent post.
I think Richards is definitely a better player than LOB.
That is my genuine, considered opinion.
 
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