Will Fitzpatrick

bibi01 · Nov 29, 2004

can we pick up Will as a rookie?
there was talk about him in october, did not her his name come up in november- draft time.

tara · Nov 29, 2004

Will was told to wait until next year and play a year in the bullants. That way we didnt give two picks under the father son rule and lose a potentially better player. Still very light and needs to fill out.

Teagueeee15 · Nov 29, 2004

Wasn't that good for Oakleigh.

Go_Blueboyzzz · Nov 29, 2004

will never play for the carlton footabll club...i hate to be harsh tho these are the facts

Kooley · Nov 30, 2004

Go_Blueboyzzz said:
will never play for the carlton footabll club...i hate to be harsh tho these are the facts

agree. Not much use taking father and son for sentimental reasons. It's backfired fired in past. Robert Wall's son

Stevens is Grouse · Nov 30, 2004

Nah. I'm not intereested sorry.

Free Willy · Nov 30, 2004

What position does he play or is he potentially going to slot into ?
I saw him about 5 months or so ago on the news when he trained with blackwell.
But he looked slim & not overly tall.

Bombers 2003 · Nov 30, 2004

Kooley said:
agree. Not much use taking father and son for sentimental reasons. It's backfired fired in past. Robert Wall's son

WHAAAAAT,Carlton ISNT interested in Mike Fitzpatrick's son?.Tell me it isnt so,joe.Next you'll be telling me Carlton wouldnt be interested in SOS' son in a few years.

Teagueeee15 · Nov 30, 2004

Kooley said:
agree. Not much use taking father and son for sentimental reasons. It's backfired fired in past. Robert Wall's son

David would have played if it wasn't for his knees.

bluevegas · Dec 1, 2004

Teagueeee15 said:
David would have played if it wasn't for his knees.

I would of played and been a star if it wasn't for my severe lack of talent

Stevens is Grouse · Dec 1, 2004

bluevegas said:
I would of played and been a star if it wasn't for my severe lack of talent

Haha, good one bv.

Kooley · Dec 2, 2004

Bombers 2003 said:
WHAAAAAT,Carlton ISNT interested in Mike Fitzpatrick's son?.Tell me it isnt so,joe.Next you'll be telling me Carlton wouldnt be interested in SOS' son in a few years.

if you read the post correctly dropkick i didn't say they were not interested in him. He trained with thim during the year so they obviously showed some interest. But they were not prepared to draft him unless he was good enough. Good move i reckon. I don't care whose son it is. If SOS' sons turn out to be duds in 10 years time i hope we don't draft them for sentimental reasons. Not every son of a former champion is going to good enough at AFL level.

Bombers 2003 · Dec 2, 2004

Kooley said:
if you read the post correctly dropkick i didn't say they were not interested in him. He trained with thim during the year so they obviously showed some interest. But they were not prepared to draft him unless he was good enough. Good move i reckon. I don't care whose son it is. If SOS' sons turn out to be duds in 10 years time i hope we don't draft them for sentimental reasons. Not every son of a former champion is going to good enough at AFL level.

Well half-wit,that wasnt what you said in the first place.And your definatly RIGHT about the last sentence,but that still doesnt stop 'em though does it,eg the Cornes Brothers.

BlueBoy83 · Dec 2, 2004

Bombers 2003 said:
Well half-wit,that wasnt what you said in the first place.And your definatly RIGHT about the last sentence,but that still doesnt stop 'em though does it,eg the Cornes Brothers.

how is this ne to do with cornes bros? both top 20 picks!!!!

we have the o'halpins now!!!!

Bombers 2003 · Dec 2, 2004

BlueBoy83 said:
how is this ne to do with cornes bros? both top 20 picks!!!!

we have the o'halpins now!!!!

And what's wrong with the O' Halpins?.And i was saying that the Cornes bros were a example of sons of former football stars not necessarily being champions.

DIG · Dec 2, 2004

Guns those Cornes players - both of em.

Kooley · Dec 2, 2004

Bombers 2003 said:
Well half-wit,that wasnt what you said in the first place.And your definatly RIGHT about the last sentence,but that still doesnt stop 'em though does it,eg the Cornes Brothers.

What did i suppose to have said in the first place space cadet. My argument has been clear all along. We shouldn't take father and son players for sentimental reasons. I'm glad we didn't take Fitzpatrick if he wasn't good enough. No harm in giving him a chance to prove himself. I never once said we weren't interested in him.

I still don't understand your argument about the Cornes Brothers. They are both excellent players. Their dad was one of the best footballers in his time in South Australia. Chad and Kayne weren't taken father and son anyway? if they were it has definately paid off for Port.

The Old Dark Navy's · Dec 2, 2004

Bombers 2003 said:
Well half-wit,that wasnt what you said in the first place.And your definatly RIGHT about the last sentence,but that still doesnt stop 'em though does it,eg the Cornes Brothers.

You either quoted the wrong poster or have gone off on some weird tangent. Either way you are wrong in attacking Kooley. This is a Blues forum, contribute ... don't just criticise.

Bombers 2003 · Dec 2, 2004

Kooley said:
What did i suppose to have said in the first place space cadet. My argument has been clear all along. We shouldn't take father and son players for sentimental reasons. I'm glad we didn't take Fitzpatrick if he wasn't good enough. No harm in giving him a chance to prove himself. I never once said we weren't interested in him.

Chad and Kayne weren't taken father and son anyway? if they were it has definately paid off for Port.

1-But i thought the reason for Father and Son was to encourage Sons to play for the same team that their father did,so sentiment has a part.OK ,i'll accept your arguement that the team needs to let Fitzpatrick's son prove himself.
2-Not sure about that.And well it probably has,but not according to SOME port supporters.

blues4flag · Dec 2, 2004

A couple of my friends went to Sign Up a Blue Day, and told me that Will was really short and scrawny. Really short.

Teagueeee15 · Dec 3, 2004

blues4flag said:
A couple of my friends went to Sign Up a Blue Day, and told me that Will was really short and scrawny. Really short.

He is skinny but is about 189-190cm, which isn't huge but it isn't small.

Jimmae · Dec 16, 2004

Teagueeee15 said:
He is skinny but is about 189-190cm, which isn't huge but it isn't small.

He's 191, taller than his Dad by a cm, don't forget height standards on ruckman have gone up in recent years.

Got a wee bit of inside on this one - Will did very well in VCE - congrats to him.

Needs to put some on the body, did nominate for the draft and clearly hasn't been picked up so bad luck to him but hopefully he can develop and be a good pickup next year. I do hope he does take the Bullants offer.

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