Not just another Davis Thread
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a) Nick Davis is soft and lazy. Doesn't tackle or chase..blah blah been covered in this site. MOL tackles and tries to create something from nothing more than Nick ever does.
b) My dislike for Nick Davis is on par with the unofficial Nick Davis appreciation society (pres Stellation) who seem to bag any player yet keep on having love sit ins about Nick. It's not uncommon to read "But I thinkand his premiership credits have run out" and then "But if wasn't for Nick and that Geelong game.." at the same time. The same club have decided to put blame on Paul Roos for umm i don't know..but something.
c) Frustrating player who has been carrying "potential" and "has more talent in his right pinky" tags for waaaay too long and only showing us 40% of that so called talent.
e) refer to point b again.Comment
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If Hall or O'Loughlin have two bad weeks kicking for goal, does their ability get questioned? If we stick with Nick and show him the respect given to our other forwards, he will come through for us more times than not
Why is MO'L immune from criticism on this site? Granted he did okay on Sunday, but his late rally was when the game was over. Davis cops it day in day out, but there are plenty of other culprits as well.
Micky O is immune because he is Micky O. He's an old man as far as the AFL is concerned, yet no one has told him this. He runs around for us like a 25 year old. Micky has our utmost respect.
Under considerable pressure - Blind Barry will always have a go (yet, he is NOT immune). More often than not, both are surrounded by 10 of the opposition. Because of this, IMO, one would think that Davo would take the initiative and run in there and fill the gap. He has the ability of stealth and we know he can sneak in goals, but doesn't use it. It's very frustrating.Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.Comment
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See Bloodnut's points A, B, C & E.
Micky O is immune because he is Micky O. He's an old man as far as the AFL is concerned, yet no one has told him this. He runs around for us like a 25 year old. Micky has our utmost respect.
Under considerable pressure - Blind Barry will always have a go (yet, he is NOT immune). More often than not, both are surrounded by 10 of the opposition. Because of this, IMO, one would think that Davo would take the initiative and run in there and fill the gap. He has the ability of stealth and we know he can sneak in goals, but doesn't use it. It's very frustrating.Comment
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Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.Comment
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b) My dislike for Nick Davis is on par with the unofficial Nick Davis appreciation society (pres Stellation) who seem to bag any player yet keep on having love sit ins about Nick. It's not uncommon to read "But I thinkand his premiership credits have run out" and then "But if wasn't for Nick and that Geelong game.." at the same time. The same club have decided to put blame on Paul Roos for umm i don't know..but something.
I'm pretty sure I don't just sit and mindlessly bag players?I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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Which sums up some of the frustrations - different treatment to certain names.
He has the ability of stealth and we know he can sneak in goals, but doesn't use it. It's very frustrating.Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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"Lockett is the best of all time" - Robert Harvey, Darrel Baldock, Nathan Burke, Kevin Bartlett, Bob SkiltonComment
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See Bloodnut's points A, B, C & E.
Micky O is immune because he is Micky O. He's an old man as far as the AFL is concerned, yet no one has told him this. He runs around for us like a 25 year old. Micky has our utmost respect.
Under considerable pressure - Blind Barry will always have a go (yet, he is NOT immune). More often than not, both are surrounded by 10 of the opposition. Because of this, IMO, one would think that Davo would take the initiative and run in there and fill the gap. He has the ability of stealth and we know he can sneak in goals, but doesn't use it. It's very frustrating.
There are any amount of statistics that have been posted on RWO that show MOL and Davis are more or less on par when it comes to goals, tackles, assists and marks.
Yet only one player is ever dropped or lampooned in the press by the coach."As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk
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There comes a time when smoke and mirrors don't work anymore.
Davis has been bull@@@@ting us with "potential" and "talented" and "game breaker" and other similar tags since 2003. We have seen it once in 5 years.
You can't even compare Micky O with Davis. Players who have been there and done that, and are still contributing by providing a contest are more than welcome in a Sydney side. Players who wont tackle, chase or get a hard ball get can piss off to St Kilda or Colin Wood, where no doubt their adoring fans will drool over their "potential".Comment
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O'Loughlin is far better overhead than Davis - as he should be, since he's taller. Even if he doesn't mark, it's relatively uncommon for his defender to mark the ball himself. He's also better on a contested lead, and he takes a higher quality defender as well. Most of all he craps all over Davis when the ball hits the deck.
Davis is clearly a much longer, more penetrating and usually more reliable kick. He probably also plucks the ball off a pack far more regularly than Magic.
Having watched both games on Sunday afternoon, it is clear we need Davis in the team. But we need him in the role he was playing this week, not the role he usually plays for the seniors. When we were crying out for some decent field kicking, it was a tragedy that the sublime exhibition of this was seen a couple of hours earlier.
But as already said in this thread many times, it's up to Davis to get fit enough to play that role at senior level.Comment
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