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Opinion How is Taylor Walker viewed by neutrals?
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A half brain racist bogan with the most beautiful kick of the footy in the AFL
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Never liked his aggressive wanky attitude even before the racial slur incident. Was also an incredibly poor leader following the collective minds camp and failed to support the players affected by it the most.
And I feel like he was extremely lucky that the timing of that incident coincided with his return to form season. If it happened a year earlier (2020) when he was out of form and struggling to find goals, he probably wouldn't still be playing
BUT that all being said. Talking about his on field career in isolation, he has done exactly what Charlie Dixon failed to do. He got his body right after his injury setbacks, stuck with a consistent set shot routine an improved his lead up game to help time his jumps correctly. All of these things Dixon failed to do hence why his career is over and Ted is still going.
And I feel like he was extremely lucky that the timing of that incident coincided with his return to form season. If it happened a year earlier (2020) when he was out of form and struggling to find goals, he probably wouldn't still be playing
BUT that all being said. Talking about his on field career in isolation, he has done exactly what Charlie Dixon failed to do. He got his body right after his injury setbacks, stuck with a consistent set shot routine an improved his lead up game to help time his jumps correctly. All of these things Dixon failed to do hence why his career is over and Ted is still going.
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Talk about twist an explanation!
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One of the strangest draft picks of all time
A NSW scholarship player who was drafted by Adelaide Crows at pick 75....
WTF
A NSW scholarship player who was drafted by Adelaide Crows at pick 75....
WTF
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He's a bit polarising it would seem.
He was one of the most talented young kids to come through Adelaide. There's video of him kicking 7 goals I think, destroying an adult SANFL team at like 17 years of age in an elimination final.
He did his ACL when he was hitting his prime and was a bit slow to get back to his best.
He was one of the most talented young kids to come through Adelaide. There's video of him kicking 7 goals I think, destroying an adult SANFL team at like 17 years of age in an elimination final.
He did his ACL when he was hitting his prime and was a bit slow to get back to his best.
Seems like a dick. Not just the racism thing, but he wasn't remotely nice to a few Adelaide players who decided to change clubs, but of course seemed to have no problem with players who left other clubs to join Adelaide.
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Tredrea retired fifteen years ago, you might as well go back to Modra. Truth is, Port would've loved to have had a tall forward of Walker's calibre this past decade.
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Brutal comments in the thread...
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Could be worse. Tom Rockliff called his teammates mummy’s boys for leaving Brisbane only to walk out on them himself.
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I love to hate him
Plays great footy and loves his club
Characters like him are what makes our game great
Although I must admit I find some of his personal views problematic
Plays great footy and loves his club
Characters like him are what makes our game great
Although I must admit I find some of his personal views problematic
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As for the racism issue he had, the indigenous boys at the club love him. Everyone was saying how Rankine might have an issue with him when he moved to the club, but they are great mates.
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a loyal adelaide soldier who has given his all to the crows and continues to leave it all out on the field..
Had his incident.. stepped forward apologised and took his wack.
I have spoken to Tex on quite a few occasions ( yep, about richmond and our players) over the years.
always been friendly and down to earth.
I respect him and admire his career.
Had his incident.. stepped forward apologised and took his wack.
I have spoken to Tex on quite a few occasions ( yep, about richmond and our players) over the years.
always been friendly and down to earth.
I respect him and admire his career.
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Great player, not that smart of a bloke
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It's not about what you think of them, it's about what they think of you. I'm pretty sure if Tex was an out and out racist, the indigenous boys would know it and react accordingly.Ah the old " I'm not racist I've got black mates "
I'm sure you have never said anything off the cuff with your mates that was remotely racist, sexist or homophobic, but I guess we can't all be morally superior like you.
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Pretty sure the indigenous boys wouldn't feel overly comfortable sharing their true feelings/concerns about the captain and local legend BIG TEX WALKAH
What happened to Eddie Betts at the camp?
Didn't the arguable indigenous GOAT the great Andrew McLeod leave the club for years after cultural issues surfaced?
Of course the young fellas are saying it's all good we love tex
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That's the problem when you don't have the full story, and so you just add your own twist to it.Pretty sure the indigenous boys wouldn't feel overly comfortable sharing their true feelings/concerns about the captain and local legend BIG TEX WALKAH
What happened to Eddie Betts at the camp?
Didn't the arguable indigenous GOAT the great Andrew McLeod leave the club for years after cultural issues surfaced?
Of course the young fellas are saying it's all good we love tex
By all accounts the indigenous boys love Tex, and Izak is very close to him.
It's up to them to decide if they think he is racist or not.
As for Eddie, the same thing that happened to him happened to everyone. You think they singled out Eddie and threw racist taunts at him?
His issues were the same as Josh Jenkins issues, and he is as wite (or orange) as can be.
They had private things in their life exposed which they thought were in confidence. Josh had his mother brought up and living with his grandmother,
Eddie had similar things brought up. If he chose to think it was because he was indigenous then that's on him.
The camp was investigated by the AFL and you don't think if they did anything racist they wouldn't have gone after Adelaide?
As for Macca, he had personal issues with his previous two best mates in Tyson Edwards and Layton Hewitt. Tyson and Maccas wives hated each other and couldn't be in the same room as each other, and Macca thought the club should have sided with him.
And for the record, Maccas wife is white.
Again, you clearly arnt across the facts, so you might want to sit it out.
So many excuses . Just be better mate
