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His current form would have gotten them over the Saints in one of their finals (08 or 09 i forget which).
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His current form would have gotten them over the Saints in one of their finals (08 or 09 i forget which).
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09 I think, 8 goals to 7 or something like that.
Keep reminding him they wouldn't have got a flag with us still in the way!
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Not sure we actively pursued him. Didn't he walk in the door after a sports science job and offered to play with our VFL team if he got the job? The rest followed his excellent VFL form. Not to mention regularly out marking some of our better players during training drills.
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Haha wouldn't have gotten a flag in 09 it was our destiny, but would have made the GF sadder i genuinely liked that bulldogs team even with that flog Aker in the lineup. If we didnt win in 09 i wanted the Dogs to. That said, we won and beat a team i have no respect for in the process.
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My understanding is part of the job offer was a spot with the vfl side, obviously more convenient as well, and from there his potential was realised.
I still don't understand how the dogs didn't take him after dominating for years at vfl level and he literally walked in the front door, not even a rookie spot, and the kicker is they didn't have a key forward.. The mind boggles?..
Ended ok for us though
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My understanding is part of the job offer was a spot with the vfl side, obviously more convenient as well, and from there his potential was realised.
I still don't understand how the dogs didn't take him after dominating for years at vfl level and he literally walked in the front door, not even a rookie spot, and the kicker is they didn't have a key forward.. The mind boggles?..
Ended ok for us though
He was, of course, earlier recruited then delisted by both Essendon and Collingwood, and he later trained with Footscray 05 and Richmond 06 and was rejected by both.
Scraggers shouldn't blame themselves too much.
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The Doggies weren't the only club that passed on him either.My understanding is part of the job offer was a spot with the vfl side, obviously more convenient as well, and from there his potential was realised.
I still don't understand how the dogs didn't take him after dominating for years at vfl level and he literally walked in the front door, not even a rookie spot, and the kicker is they didn't have a key forward.. The mind boggles?..
Ended ok for us though
A bigger blunder was the Maggies passing on SJ when he was theirs for the taking. Due to concerns about his ankle. What the feck were we thinking.
Not only as a player and fitness assistant, but walked into the captaincy after Byrne retired. Best move he ever made really.My understanding is part of the job offer was a spot with the vfl side, obviously more convenient as well, and from there his potential was realised.
I still don't understand how the dogs didn't take him after dominating for years at vfl level and he literally walked in the front door, not even a rookie spot, and the kicker is they didn't have a key forward.. The mind boggles?..
Ended ok for us though
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Not sure about this.The guy's is play top footy, ........ stupid thread!
He's playing ok. Not terrible, not well, but ok. Basically it seems to me as though he's playing as the crash-n-bash option at the club who can push up away from goal. Just occasionally, he's been missing a few marks which he would have swallowed whole in 2011, and, below his knees, he has looked a little creaky (but then again that was never his strength to begin with).
On the plus side, he's covering the ground really well and of course never gets outmarked.
Finally, I'm not sure about the merits of calling a club forum thread 'stupid'. I mean, we're all here to talk about footy, aren't we? If we only post opinions which are completely uncontroversial (Gee, isn't Selwood good?), what board do we have?
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He fills a certain role in the team, does it well and i don't see anyone who could play that role yet. Vardy and Kersten are fairly different, not to mention inexperienced.
Pods has been very good this year, playing his role to a tee.
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That is a very high speed hump.
OP displays an almost total ignorance of the roles Pods is playing.
He's been better this year than last year. He is also playing the following roles: 1. part time defender; 2. long lead up half forward/linking target; 3. offensive decoy; 4. offensive pack-buster; 5. primary/secondary offensive marking target.
Only #5 actually involves him being the main way to goal. 1-4 arguably add more value than 5 in a team with another big forward, loads of good small forwards and a variety of mid-sized and midfield goal kicking options.
If you knew nothing about their ages, you would think Hawkins was the old bloke at the moment.
He's been better this year than last year. He is also playing the following roles: 1. part time defender; 2. long lead up half forward/linking target; 3. offensive decoy; 4. offensive pack-buster; 5. primary/secondary offensive marking target.
Only #5 actually involves him being the main way to goal. 1-4 arguably add more value than 5 in a team with another big forward, loads of good small forwards and a variety of mid-sized and midfield goal kicking options.
If you knew nothing about their ages, you would think Hawkins was the old bloke at the moment.