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Just thought it was interesting watching Open Mike and how Judd rates Shirley as his most toughest tagger. It shows Shirley does do his job well, thoughts?
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Yeah I am not sure why people are acting all suprised by this. Its a well known fact that Shirley plays Judd like a glove and has a terrific record on him. From memory Juddy only won the match up once.nothing new here, we can see from the results that Shirley has had a great record on him.
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Yeah I am not sure why people are acting all suprised by this. Its a well known fact that Shirley plays Judd like a glove and has a terrific record on him. From memory Juddy only won the match up once.
Shirley has had his measure! Mind you I thought young Mick Doughty was also superb on Judd a few weeks ago.
Didn't think of that, however Judd had a super midfield back then supporting him and he lifts to a new level in finals. But no excuses for Shirley. However he should be proud of what he's done at the end of his career.If only he had a semi descent game when it really mattered. Judd was in the WCE top 3 players in the 2006 preliminary final and was in the top 5 in the 2005 preliminary final.
Didn't think of that, however Judd had a super midfield back then supporting him and he lifts to a new level in finals. But no excuses for Shirley. However he should be proud of what he's done at the end of his career.
Very good sum up of the interview sydcrow. I've watched Open Mike before and Sheehan has been a true professional in both. I actually don't mind his articles, has good footy analysis and knows far more about the game than the witch Caroline Wilson.I confess as I was watching and waiting for Judd (AKA Mr Twigley)
to answer the question, I was saying "Shirley, Shirley, Shirley" and he did.
Huge kudos for Rob. Arguably the best midfielder in the comp for the last 5 years rates him his toughest opponent. Put that on your CV.
Overall a good interview (well done by the much maligned Mike). Judd came across as a smart, likeable professional. A credit to the game.
The show finished off with a Cometti classic - "You can't teach that. Just thank Mr & Mrs Judd."
and betterthanu - Mike did keep his pants on - just

If only he had a semi descent game when it really mattered. Judd was in the WCE top 3 players in the 2006 preliminary final and was in the top 5 in the 2005 preliminary final.
That’s why taggers are irrelevant. If you win the ball first, you don’t have to worry about negating and if you’re not good enough to win that ball - you shouldn’t play. No disrespect to Robert Shirley.
he certainly was strong in 2006, but there is a little poetic license here.
It's kind of ironic that a post praising a tagger has turned negative so quickly.
how about we accept that he is one of the best taggers in the comp and move on? I'm sure there's an 05/06 post somewhere you can whinge on if you really want to

Good to hear that Caro reckons we're closer to the premiership than Gold Coast. Thompson on the other hand reckons he probably wants to leave to become the marquee player. We got about 30 seconds on the show.
Why couldn’t he become a marquee player with us?![]()
Good to hear that Caro reckons we're closer to the premiership than Gold Coast. Thompson on the other hand reckons he probably wants to leave to become the marquee player. We got about 30 seconds on the show.
It was a backhanded compliment in a way saying that we already have a bunch of young stars that he'll share the limelight with, but there's also the issue of him being a Gold Coast kid and therefore a home-town hero at GC17.
Hang on, that game was very pivotal in our history. If people want to give him praise for being a good tagger, people have to accept he didn’t perform him duty that day doing the job they want to praise him for.