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[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Legs Akimbo

I just with he would stop grimacing and walking gingerly after every contest. It is not helping his cause.

All sing along "...Micky's never injured, always hurt..."

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by sprite
Sorry but if his performance remains at this level then what good is that, we can bring in another tall suchas Vogels as a replacement.

Sprite

How about Teddy Richards? I saw enough from the pre-season match at North Sydney to see that he has a fair detail of potential and a leading marking forward, arguably more than he shows in defence where he appears to be somewhat clanger-prone.

Put Vogels in defence & Teddy in the forward line. Let's face it, Teddy couldn't be any more useless in the forward line than LRT.

JF

[NMWBloods]

Richards can't kick, so won't make a good forward.

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by midaro
He's accumulated more bownie points than Steve Waugh.

Oh, really?

Short memory.

[Legs Akimbo]

Was watching Neon Leon destroy Geelong last night and got me contemplating about whether we should target some more indigenous players in the draft. Goodes and O'loughlin are both in their late 20's. Every team, and I think particularly ours, can benefit from the particular flair and skill of indigenous players.

I think the club should have a policy of ALWAYS having several aboriginal players on the list not least of all because I think clubs should commit to supporting aboriginal football and development of aboriginal players.

[sydneyswans1989]

his kicking lets him down too much, if he could kick straighter than he would be fantastic because he presents himself & can take marks but can't convert.

[NMWBloods]

Hard to kick straight when you get one possession!

[bloodboy]

Far out people - one bad game and you want the guy to retire...

Personally, I think Magic has had a reasonable start to the season...so far he has kicked 13 or 14 goals, a return of around 2 per game...not really that bad considering some of the crap performances we put in at the start of the season. You can't sit there and tell me that because he has had one bad game that he is past it. Get real. If you are going to make these sort of recommendations, please base your findings on evidence that runs a bit longer than one week...give the bloke a fair go.

[Gary]

Sad that we can even contemplate this...but if he played like he did last night for 3 /4 weeks in a row...sprite would be right.
It is a little painful to watch the glory of youth fade like this...but the case isn't proven yet. Watch & pray!
Also, let us not call Adam "late 20's" yet!

[OldE]

I think there's a major problem when our FF (essentially) can't kick more than 35m.

[The Big Cat]

Give him a break! He's kicked some long goals this year and he can turn sh@@@ into strawberry jam! The way it was delivered to him on Saturday night was appauling. Even BBBH struggles when they put the ball on top of his head. And as for his speed - check out how many run down tackles he has put on this year - more than most other blokes. Last week he may have been on a kid, but he still had long leads which started on the HFF and he marked the kick out on the opposite HBF. Against the WB he may not have got it much but the bloke on him wasn't game to leave his side. MOL would make any other team in the AFL at present, so in the words of Bomber Thompson "Leave him alone!"

[Nico]

Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
Was watching Neon Leon destroy Geelong last night and got me contemplating about whether we should target some more indigenous players in the draft. Goodes and O'loughlin are both in their late 20's. Every team, and I think particularly ours, can benefit from the particular flair and skill of indigenous players.

I think the club should have a policy of ALWAYS having several aboriginal players on the list not least of all because I think clubs should commit to supporting aboriginal football and development of aboriginal players.

Absolutely disagree.

We are about winning. A lot of aboriginal players are soft bodied so when the real crunch comes too many in any one side doesn't stack up.

By all means recruit them if the suit the side or situation but not for the sake of it. We are lucky to have 2 who you could generally say are not soft bodied. I'll probably cop a schallacking for this opinion but I think Fremantle are a prime example of too many aboriginal players in the one team over the past few years.

Players should be recruited on their merits not colour or creed etc.

[Legs Akimbo]

Originally posted by Nico
Absolutely disagree.

We are about winning. A lot of aboriginal players are soft bodied so when the real crunch comes too many in any one side doesn't stack up.

By all means recruit them if the suit the side or situation but not for the sake of it. We are lucky to have 2 who you could generally say are not soft bodied. I'll probably cop a schallacking for this opinion but I think Fremantle are a prime example of too many aboriginal players in the one team over the past few years.

Players should be recruited on their merits not colour or creed etc.

Soft bodied? Right. Byron Pickett is soft bodied. And Wirrpanda is a veritable marshmallow.

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
I think the club should have a policy of ALWAYS having several aboriginal players on the list not least of all because I think clubs should commit to supporting aboriginal football and development of aboriginal players.

Bollocks. We should support those who play Australian Football. That includes women. If you were to enforce your desired indigenous rule, then the gender rule should also be enforcable.

[NMWBloods]

I think soft bodied is the wrong description.

However, indigenous players are renowned for their flair and creativity, but not for their defensive skills. Not too many tight-checking defensive Aboriginal players.