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  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    #46
    Originally posted by Kanga
    Why is MO'L immune from criticism on this site?
    No one is immune. Just some more deserving than others.

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    • ROK Lobster
      RWO Life Member
      • Aug 2004
      • 8658

      #47
      Originally posted by BloodNut
      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 think and 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.
      I think someone just needs to smack him one. Same treatment moderators should get for banning people.

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      • BloodNut
        Suspended by the MRP
        • Apr 2008
        • 97

        #48
        Originally posted by ROK Lobster
        I think someone just needs to smack him one. Same treatment moderators should get for banning people.
        Nice troll. I love how you constantly troll yet your are considered a protected speccies or "thought provoking". Nice one dood.

        But anyway back on topic..

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        • AnnieH
          RWOs Black Sheep
          • Aug 2006
          • 11332

          #49
          Originally posted by Kanga
          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.
          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.
          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.

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          • TheGrimReaper
            Suspended by the MRP
            • Sep 2007
            • 2203

            #50
            Originally posted by Annie Haddad
            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.
            Micky O' is a god, anyone that questions his endeavour will be shot by me on sight without question.

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            • AnnieH
              RWOs Black Sheep
              • Aug 2006
              • 11332

              #51
              Originally posted by TheGrimReaper
              Micky O' is a god, anyone that questions his endeavour will be shot by me on sight without question.
              I'll provide the bullets.
              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.

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              • stellation
                scott names the planets
                • Sep 2003
                • 9718

                #52
                Originally posted by BloodNut
                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 think and 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.
                22 players picked up premiership credits, only one player picked up Geelong SF credits

                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 time

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                • NMWBloods
                  Taking Refuge!!
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 15819

                  #53
                  Originally posted by BloodNut
                  a) MOL tackles
                  MOL doesn't tackle any more than Davis.
                  "But if wasn't for Nick and that Geelong game.."
                  Same as "you can't criticise Roos because he's a premiership coach"...
                  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."

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                  • NMWBloods
                    Taking Refuge!!
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 15819

                    #54
                    Originally posted by Annie Haddad
                    Micky O is immune because he is Micky O.
                    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.
                    How do you explain him being the second-highest goal scorer per game last year?
                    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."

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                    • swansrule100
                      The quarterback
                      • May 2004
                      • 4538

                      #55
                      Originally posted by NMWBloods
                      MOL doesn't tackle any more than Davis.
                      Same as "you can't criticise Roos because he's a premiership coach"...
                      micky o is a legend and a favourite of mine but he hasnt laid a tackle since about 2001 has he ?
                      Theres not much left to say

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                      • Plugger46
                        Senior Player
                        • Apr 2003
                        • 3674

                        #56
                        Originally posted by NMWBloods
                        Which sums up some of the frustrations - different treatment to certain names.
                        How do you explain him being the second-highest goal scorer per game last year?
                        You can't talk facts where Davis is concerned NMW
                        Bloods

                        "Lockett is the best of all time" - Robert Harvey, Darrel Baldock, Nathan Burke, Kevin Bartlett, Bob Skilton

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                        • hammo
                          Veterans List
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 5554

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Annie Haddad
                          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.
                          This is just a myth perpetuated by Roos and some of the less observant posters on RWO.

                          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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                          • swansrule100
                            The quarterback
                            • May 2004
                            • 4538

                            #58
                            AFL Player Comparison - FinalSiren.com


                            micky is slightly ahead, but not by much
                            Theres not much left to say

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                            • Doctor J.
                              Senior Player
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 1310

                              #59
                              Originally posted by Kanga
                              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.[/QUOTE]

                              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".

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                              • liz
                                Veteran
                                Site Admin
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 16733

                                #60
                                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.

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