Analysis The Whipping Boys
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magpie_marty
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No NO and No just saying his set shots at goal compared to on the run etc have you not seen the difference?
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Ok so Pendles is a great set shot player for goal.
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Guess the Hope is keep in in 1 Thread and not every single game thread each week
The in game threads are great.
All the passion that is lacking when people want to score a point or put themselves up as Uber fans in other threads.
Anyone who takes an in game thread as a serious reflection of any posters views requires serious medical attention.
And of course if you can’t stand the highs and lows of passion that everyone knows will be on display during the game you should walk away from it.
Not have an uber whinge.
JB1975
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I've always done my whipping out of sight, not one to make a spectacle of it.
Few players brought out the impulse in me as much as Jesse White. That man had quite a gift for making me excitable, and I always felt worse for it. I apologise for all the things I said about you and your lazy-looking eyes.
More recently it was Tom Phillips. All the best in your current endeavours, Tom.
Now? Very early days, but a few shape as favourites:
- Sier...because he looks the part but will likely fall short (not dissimilar to J. White)
- Grundy...because he makes lots of money
- JDG...because it's becoming obvious that he'll never be where we need him (i.e. in 2 or 3 places at once).
Few players brought out the impulse in me as much as Jesse White. That man had quite a gift for making me excitable, and I always felt worse for it. I apologise for all the things I said about you and your lazy-looking eyes.
More recently it was Tom Phillips. All the best in your current endeavours, Tom.
Now? Very early days, but a few shape as favourites:
- Sier...because he looks the part but will likely fall short (not dissimilar to J. White)
- Grundy...because he makes lots of money
- JDG...because it's becoming obvious that he'll never be where we need him (i.e. in 2 or 3 places at once).
I don't think it needs to be top ten.
I've only got Top 6 and two don't even play anymore.
1) Treloar
2) Stevo
3) Aish
4) Jack Anthony
5) Cloke
6) Grundy
I've only got Top 6 and two don't even play anymore.
1) Treloar
2) Stevo
3) Aish
4) Jack Anthony
5) Cloke
6) Grundy
I am just going to use your top 10 with a few changes. Incidentally - a good thread.
1. Callum Brown - has really come on in leaps and bounds. Once much loved by the BF army, now seen as incapable of even basic human functions.
2. Josh Thomas - regularly targeted since the whole drug thing. Can play well without being noticed. However he rarely plays well and is noticed even less then than in the 'games he does play well(!)'.
3. Brody Grundy - had a very ordinary year in 2019. Is going to be on a million dollars for 4 years in his 30s. His success depends on his ground work and at 27, I think we have already seen the best of him as a player. Great tap ruckmen can be useful into their 30s but Grundy does not have that luxury. He thoroughly deserves his spot in the top 10. If he was on a modest salary the microscopic focus on his game would not occur. However, his salary over the next 7 years assures he will always be uppermost in the mind of every compiler of a top 10 whipping boys' list.
4. WHE - the hyphen cops plenty. Seen as soft.
5. Tyler Brown. There are those who feel he doesn't belong here, and there is a chance one day he will vindicate the most astute judges among us, but I don't think he is skilled enough in any area to be someone who is going to help to take us to the next level. Really putting his hand up as a strong member of this list.
6. Madgen. Had a poor season last year in that he looked really competent down back and seemed to frequently save the day for us. However his new role as a distributor has seen him swiftly move up the rankings. Accurate kicking under pressure is not his strength and this new role is underlining this deficiency, albeit a strength in this list of rankings.
7. Mason Cox comes and goes. When he comes he is great, when he goes he is one of the worst players ever to play AFL. Needs a season like last year to remain firmly in this list. His second half effort against Richmond where he marked and goaled 3 times will not help his continued inclusion in this top 10.
8. Nathan Murphy. Much heralded player when drafted who deserves a good whipping given his inability to get a game when everyone else around him had collapsed in 2019. Looked slow and ineffectual against Geelong on the wing which is the position the club now see as offering his best opportunity to fail.
9. Max Lynch. Seriously ordinary footballer who must have a very interesting and valuable photo collection to maintain his spot on the list.
10. Will Kelly. 3 games with 3 major injuries, two of which resulted from the kind of collisions just about anyone else would have shrugged off and moved on from immediately. But with Kelly being a Ben Reid clone, he'll need 10 weeks recovery time to any other player's one week. He seems a nice bloke, which is part of the reason I see him cementing himself in this top 10 for some time to come.
1. Callum Brown - has really come on in leaps and bounds. Once much loved by the BF army, now seen as incapable of even basic human functions.
2. Josh Thomas - regularly targeted since the whole drug thing. Can play well without being noticed. However he rarely plays well and is noticed even less then than in the 'games he does play well(!)'.
3. Brody Grundy - had a very ordinary year in 2019. Is going to be on a million dollars for 4 years in his 30s. His success depends on his ground work and at 27, I think we have already seen the best of him as a player. Great tap ruckmen can be useful into their 30s but Grundy does not have that luxury. He thoroughly deserves his spot in the top 10. If he was on a modest salary the microscopic focus on his game would not occur. However, his salary over the next 7 years assures he will always be uppermost in the mind of every compiler of a top 10 whipping boys' list.
4. WHE - the hyphen cops plenty. Seen as soft.
5. Tyler Brown. There are those who feel he doesn't belong here, and there is a chance one day he will vindicate the most astute judges among us, but I don't think he is skilled enough in any area to be someone who is going to help to take us to the next level. Really putting his hand up as a strong member of this list.
6. Madgen. Had a poor season last year in that he looked really competent down back and seemed to frequently save the day for us. However his new role as a distributor has seen him swiftly move up the rankings. Accurate kicking under pressure is not his strength and this new role is underlining this deficiency, albeit a strength in this list of rankings.
7. Mason Cox comes and goes. When he comes he is great, when he goes he is one of the worst players ever to play AFL. Needs a season like last year to remain firmly in this list. His second half effort against Richmond where he marked and goaled 3 times will not help his continued inclusion in this top 10.
8. Nathan Murphy. Much heralded player when drafted who deserves a good whipping given his inability to get a game when everyone else around him had collapsed in 2019. Looked slow and ineffectual against Geelong on the wing which is the position the club now see as offering his best opportunity to fail.
9. Max Lynch. Seriously ordinary footballer who must have a very interesting and valuable photo collection to maintain his spot on the list.
10. Will Kelly. 3 games with 3 major injuries, two of which resulted from the kind of collisions just about anyone else would have shrugged off and moved on from immediately. But with Kelly being a Ben Reid clone, he'll need 10 weeks recovery time to any other player's one week. He seems a nice bloke, which is part of the reason I see him cementing himself in this top 10 for some time to come.
“the brown brothers” should share a spot in the top ten as they are always whipped as a pair, not as individuals
Both browns are crap.
Henry. Deer in headlights
Noble turn over king
Madgen slow slow
Henry. Deer in headlights
Noble turn over king
Madgen slow slow
WHE where does he go for a whole game?
Nathan Murphy. He’s a joke. Yet we get rid of Stephenson
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Illuminati?
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Never heard of him. I don’t even think he exists.
JB1975
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Not so much, Bill.
More of an English upper class thing. We used to wear suits of armour, swapped them some time ago for leather wear.
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I’m surprised Cox comes in at 10. A key forward playing near the goal square and has only kicked more than 20 goals once in his career. The Great White Dope
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Interesting. I don’t need a whipping boy, call things as I see them and try to keep relatively rational. Reality is you’ve got to be a bloody good footballer to make it AFL level. Some take their opportunity, some don’t. They’re all better footballers than me. I therefore tend toward being optimistic and focus on the potential so don’t need to play the keyboard warrior that some seem to revel in.
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Jason Wild is probably sipping a nice cask wine, nodding approvingly at this thread, while the rain patters down on his airbed.
You clearly don’t get the point of the thread then.
