Prediction New whipping boy?

[Marcel Proust]

Terrible thread..Love our jumper and the players who wear it... Takes a lot of work to get to AFL standard and people who have never played a game can just sling sh=t. I guess its makes a some people feel good about themselves.

nice conclusion Sigmund

 

[Truetiger]

How about no whipping boy..................................... why cant we just support every player on the team for who and what they are............................

Hard to support some of the players over the years. Turn over after turn over etc. But hey they just need time lol

 

[This Is Anfield]

Hard to support some of the players over the years. Turn over after turn over etc. But hey they just need time lol

Easy to support players, good or bad.
Just my way and I acknowledge that others may differ.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Easy to support players, good or bad.
Just my way and I acknowledge that others may differ.

You can support them without thinking fringe players are Hercules and overrated them to silly limits

 

[harimal12]

nice conclusion Sigmund

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it. Sigmund Freud

Just a difference of opinion build up ego not hide and snipe

 

[Marcel Proust]

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it. Sigmund Freud

Just a difference of opinion build up ego not hide and snipe

i love nose beers

sigmund

 

[This Is Anfield]

You can support them without thinking fringe players are Hercules and overrated them to silly limits

Not sure that I have ever come close to doing that!!

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

i was going talk about short potentially being a whipping boy but cant get away from your ellis love fest comments

The ones from over a week ago?
There is no love fest, feel free to check my posting history and you’ll see I don’t have love or hate fests.
Just have a chuckle when big brave posters call out a players courage that’s all.

 

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Coleman-Jones seems to have jumped out to an early lead after whispers about him wanting out

 

[DoItForCaptBlood]

Coleman-Jones seems to have jumped out to an early lead after whispers about him wanting out

Naah.. He can play!!

 

[_RT_]

Naah.. He can play!!

Still hasn't stopped some coming for him over the last few days.

 

[dustysnecktattoo]

Could be Pickett, what if he dean polo’d his debut in the grand final?

 

[Nobby]

It has to be

 

[wart101]

Hard to support some of the players over the years. Turn over after turn over etc. But hey they just need time lol

I don't think it's hard to acknowledge that to even be selected on an AFL list means you are at the very least a hard working athlete, i don't think people realise just how hard it is to even make it that far.

 

[mopsy]

The ones from over a week ago?
There is no love fest, feel free to check my posting history and you’ll see I don’t have love or hate fests.
Just have a chuckle when big brave posters call out a players courage that’s all.

You have some sort of funny idea that all players at AFL are courageous. Why stop at AFL. The Afl is merely a reflection of what goes on in society imo of course.
The simple fact is at all levels there are lets say softer types who dont like contact.Yes Rodney even in the AFL, Ellis IS one of those.
As i said i reckon the way the game is policed at the top level the lower levels get a bumb rap.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

You have some sort of funny idea that all players at AFL are courageous. Why stop at AFL. The Afl is merely a reflection of what goes on in society imo of course.
The simple fact is at all levels there are lets say softer types who dont like contact.Yes Rodney even in the AFL, Ellis IS one of those.
As i said i reckon the way the game is policed at the top level the lower levels get a bumb rap.

Do you make it to the AFL if you’re soft?

 

[HTT]

You have some sort of funny idea that all players at AFL are courageous. Why stop at AFL. The Afl is merely a reflection of what goes on in society imo of course.
The simple fact is at all levels there are lets say softer types who dont like contact.Yes Rodney even in the AFL, Ellis IS one of those.
As i said i reckon the way the game is policed at the top level the lower levels get a bumb rap.

There is no way to make it to the AFL if you are genuinely 'soft'
If you are, you won't be able to gather enough of the ball in juniors to get noticed.

I can see why Ellis may be labelled 'soft' compared to the rest of the AFL, but compared to the rest of society, Ellis is not soft.

 

[mopsy]

Do you make it to the AFL if you’re soft?

depending on how you want to interpret the word soft then yes there are plenty of soft players in the AFL as there is in other leagues.

It takes discipline dedication lots of hard work and obviously talent. But not all of them get there on courage

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

depending on how you want to interpret the word soft then yes there are plenty of soft players in the AFL as there is in other leagues.

It takes discipline dedication lots of hard work and obviously talent. But not all of them get there on courage

You wouldn’t get on an AFL list at any stage if you were soft. You couldn’t.

 

[tora tora tora]

Can someone tell me why Short would be the WB? Bloke kicks like Geoff Raines on both bloody legs.

no criticism of his kicking, just his defensive work.....i like him in the team but on the wing. SS to the backline when fit.

 

[juss]

Butler, Menadue, Markov are all in real trouble here if they stay and get games. Jayden Short a left field contender, as is Rioli if he doesn't lift his output.

 

[dustysnecktattoo]

Jayden post

 

[tora tora tora]

There are plenty of “soft” players in the AFL. It’s not everyone’s job to “put their body on the line” and go off with a blood rule every week. Ellis played his role well. If he hadn’t, he would have been dropped.

As to this thread, if Butler makes it back into the team, he is a good candidate.

Seems to me the requirement is to have a role that does not involve a lot of possessions, but requires a lot of running, chasing and space-filling. On second thoughts, Rioli is perfect.

The Rioli name trumps any criticism. But in fairness he did look average for quite a few games after a heavy collision. I hope our selectors look at the fact the flags were won playing 37 players or so. I wanna see any niggling injury rested.

 

[tora tora tora]

George will forever be my whipping boy. Can you imagine if we lost the granny by a goal or two? Boy oh boy

Not for me. Not when the first 2 behinds were on the run. Plus his straight kicking in the prelim(when JR couldn't kick a goal) redeemed him. Without George we wouldn't have even made it to the GF.

 

[Marcel Proust]

The Rioli name trumps any criticism. But in fairness he did look average for quite a few games after a heavy collision. I hope our selectors look at the fact the flags were won playing 37 players or so. I wanna see any niggling injury rested.

Daniel Rioli wasnt soft like Ellis

he often put himself where angels fear to tread and sometimes got smashed