Pickett is weak

[HiHoEverybody]

Pickett Is clearley a thug, He lines up players left right and center and I love him for it! Great pick up

 

[cats2rise]

*cough* Silvagni *cough*.
And if you think the Crowley hit was bad you are an idiot. Against Adelaide in the final last year Biglands went to clean up Pickett front on and Byron put him on his ars*.

What does that have to do with Milburn?

So what, Milburn KO'd Silvangni... its in the past.. Pickett does it every 2nd week.

Hamill is worse though.

 

[RogerRabbit69]

I agree it's a misconception that Pickett gets the hard ball. The stats tell us otherwise. Can still be a very damaging player though - literally.

Don't know if I'd call him a thug but I don't know that I'd say he's particularly brave either. I don't think it's tough to line up players off the ball and try to knock them into next week. It's not that other players don't do the same thing occasionally. But Pickett does it regularly.

 

[demonfire]

What does that have to do with Milburn?

So what, Milburn KO'd Silvangni... its in the past.. Pickett does it every 2nd week.

Hamill is worse though.

every 2nd week? well that was the first time this year and he was sheparding johnstone. crowleys a tool for not looking out for a shepard coming at him!

 

[hot carl]

Chuck him in the creek.

 

[Falchoon]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Picketts hit on Biglands last year was just sensational, the guy has a rare talent.

 

[Nozzer]

Cleaning up Brendon Krummel that time, that was a clear case of playing the man. Cleaning up James Begley, that was gutless, and what's more uncalled for, cause Begley was isolated, and had no support. Let him get the ball, tackle him, Free kick, done deal. Where Pickett's handy is he gets sides worrying about him. He'll have blokes look twice when he's around. The hit on Biglands was a dead set pearler, however.

I know, I'm the same sort of player. Nowhere near as skilled, but vigorous and like tossing my not insubstantial weight about. And I've had guys think twice when I'm around too.

 

[Marns]

I tend to agree with most of the people here, because I was firmly on that side last year, and to drastically jump that fence would make me a hypocrite. However, despite all of his shortcomings and dirty hits from the past, for the first 7 rounds of this year he has somewhat cleaned up his act. The hit we saw on the weekend was a very solid side-on bump - not a head over the ball hit, and that's been the worst of them for the year so far (to my recollection). For the match review panel/tribunal not to have called him up once this year (except for a first offence wrestling fine) speaks volumes, especially because he is somewhat of a targetted species to the AFL.
A thread like this a year ago would've been definitely justified, but for a side-on bump to have sparked this kind of reaction indicates that the soccer-mummies boys have learnt how to use the internet!

 

[CrowMagnum]

He's not just a thug, he's a serial thug. How many more people does he have to maim before everyone realises this.

The day he retires will be a happy day for football.

 

[RedLegs#5]

You hate him being on another team....you would love him on yours. Story of his career.

Now cram it.

 

[Nozzer]

I dont have a problem with someone tossing their weight around, should be more of it, I sez. It's just there's tossing weight around and there's tossing weight around for a reason.

I didn't see the hit on the Freo guy but I know people who did, and from what they say it was a cracker.

I just think he sometimes goes too far, and the two incidents I mentioned above were classics. Now, given the way the game's played these days, with the run to space and less contests, any decent hip and shoulder's gonna get looked at harder, cause there's less of them. He's a bit of a victim of that if nothing else.

Would I have him at the Swans? Yeah I would. Stick him down on the forward line somewhere near Big Bad Bustling, and watch defenders run for the hills.

 

[Chewy]

Pickett isn't weak - he's as tough as nails. He clashed heads with Crowley and hurt himself too, don't forget. He got to his feet, shook out the cobwebs, then jogged away. He has one of the hardest heads in footy. When have you ever seen Pickett show pain ?

People who criticise Pickett should realise he is playing within the rules of the game and according to 50% of people, he's also playing within the spirit of the game. When people criticise Pickett, what they are really doing is criticising the rules.

The rules are kind of weird:
Lay a finger on your opponent's shoulder - Too high!
Tackle your opponent fairly and both fall forwards slightly - In the back!
Run in from 20 metres away and smash someone unconscious - Play on!

 

[fugsy]

I tend to agree with most of the people here, because I was firmly on that side last year, and to drastically jump that fence would make me a hypocrite. However, despite all of his shortcomings and dirty hits from the past, for the first 7 rounds of this year he has somewhat cleaned up his act. The hit we saw on the weekend was a very solid side-on bump - not a head over the ball hit, and that's been the worst of them for the year so far (to my recollection). For the match review panel/tribunal not to have called him up once this year (except for a first offence wrestling fine) speaks volumes, especially because he is somewhat of a targetted species to the AFL.
A thread like this a year ago would've been definitely justified, but for a side-on bump to have sparked this kind of reaction indicates that the soccer-mummies boys have learnt how to use the internet!

hehe...jumping the pickett fence...hehe

...couldn't resist

 

[LightTower4]

I wouldnt say he's weak, but you have a point, he loves hitting blokes who arent looking and are unable to defend them selves. I dont have a problem with hard bumps when delivered in a fair manner, however most of his are like hitting from behind, it takes no courage at all, some might say it actually takes cowardice. No, your right he is weak.

Not unlike a Mark Bickley elbow to the back of a head?

 

[RogerRabbit69]

Not unlike a Mark Bickley elbow to the back of a head?

Bickley definitely ironed out a few people fairly unnecessarily during his career. Can't see how that has much impact on Byron though.

So are you saying they're both weak - because you've equated Pickett's actions to those of Bickley?

 

[demon21]

People should stop crying if u dont like the hard stuff go and watch the local netball. 9 times out of 10 pickett is fair there was that 1 time where it wasnt and he got rubbed out for it but most times he does it fair.

 

[RogerRabbit69]

People should stop crying if u dont like the hard stuff go and watch the local netball. 9 times out of 10 pickett is fair there was that 1 time where it wasnt and he got rubbed out for it but most times he does it fair.

Aah, the good ol' 'go and watch netball if you don't like it' line, hey?

I don't think many people are suggesting his bumps are generally unfair - just that they're not particularly 'tough', either. That's mainly because a lot of his bumps are off the ball and the players aren't expecting it.

 

[LightTower4]

Bickley definitely ironed out a few people fairly unnecessarily during his career. Can't see how that has much impact on Byron though.

So are you saying they're both weak - because you've equated Pickett's actions to those of Bickley?

Not saying that at all. Can't you read between the lines?

 

[RogerRabbit69]

Not saying that at all. Can't you read between the lines?

Can't you?