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  • Primmy
    Proud Tragic Swan
    • Apr 2008
    • 5970

    Originally posted by AnnieH
    We all agree then.

    We'll be happy with Bradshaw IF we get him.

    (Unless someone wants to go back through 28 pages and point out those who disagree ... I forget!!)












    Are we there yet?
    I think we are at least on the motorway Annie. The turnoff is not too far off. But no, in essence, we are not there yet. But I wish we were because I am rolling out the welcome wagon and the icecream is melting.
    If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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    • DeadlyAkkuret
      Veterans List
      • Oct 2006
      • 4547

      Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
      How will we all feel if King Louis or Mocca White walk at the end of the year because they feel they are not getting adequate game time, but we retain a 32 year Bradshaw? Is that a good outcome. It is certainly a possibility.
      Why wouldn't White get adequate game time? He'll be playing along side Bradshaw. What more does he want? To be the only forward we have?

      As for Johnston, well he hardly has a right to pout about not getting game time when he's been injured and is yet to prove anything. Somehow I think the kid will just put in the hard yards and do his best to get into the side, not throw a bitch fit because he's not given a game when he's done nothing at reserve level.

      Do you think we drafted two spoilt brats or something?

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      • Legs Akimbo
        Grand Poobah
        • Apr 2005
        • 2809

        Originally posted by DeadlyAkkuret
        Why wouldn't White get adequate game time? He'll be playing along side Bradshaw. What more does he want? To be the only forward we have?

        As for Johnston, well he hardly has a right to pout about not getting game time when he's been injured and is yet to prove anything. Somehow I think the kid will just put in the hard yards and do his best to get into the side, not throw a bitch fit because he's not given a game when he's done nothing at reserve level.

        Do you think we drafted two spoilt brats or something?

        Based on what Roos has been saying, Goodes will play CHF. I think MOL was actually playing more of a forward pocket last year rather than a key position FF, whereas Bradshaw is unambiguously a KPP FF. White only started playing well last year when he was given a set position as FF. What happens now? Forward pockets and flankers are not traditionally 6'5".

        As for what and who we drafted, I have no idea. Do you?
        He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

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        • DeadlyAkkuret
          Veterans List
          • Oct 2006
          • 4547

          I know we drafted two players that need to earn their stripes, one is doing a fine job of that already and I don't think having two big forwards is impossible to manage.

          Goodes will still get a run in the midfield, he wont be a true CHF all season so we still essentially have two main key forwards in the F50. As for my last comment, obviously I don't know much about the attitude of White but if he's going to walk out because he's not the only FF than I'd be very suprised and shocked at the way he handled it.

          Having said that, I believe JW will stay and become one of the top 5 forwards in the game, taking over perfectly when Bradshaw retires.

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          • Vonsteinman
            Warming the Bench
            • Sep 2008
            • 366

            Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
            Based on what Roos has been saying, Goodes will play CHF. I think MOL was actually playing more of a forward pocket last year rather than a key position FF, whereas Bradshaw is unambiguously a KPP FF. White only started playing well last year when he was given a set position as FF. What happens now? Forward pockets and flankers are not traditionally 6'5".

            As for what and who we drafted, I have no idea. Do you?
            Roos has said that he sees White and Bradshaw playing alongside each other.

            I don't think that we are going to see a conventional set up next year, that's for sure. And I, along with others, am struggling ALREADY to contain the anticipation.

            I also don't know what we've drafted, but I daresay that Johnston will realise that holding down a spot in the Swans forward line is something he'll have to earn, as Jesse has done, over a couple of seasons.

            There always seems to be so many RWOers who have little trust in the coaching and recruiting staff of the club. I would suggest, even if you can't see it for yourselves, have a little faith that they know how things may work just a little better than you.

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            • hot potato
              Sir Ashmole Gruntbucket
              • Jun 2007
              • 1122

              Originally posted by Primmy
              I think we are at least on the motorway Annie. The turnoff is not too far off. But no, in essence, we are not there yet. But I wish we were because I am rolling out the welcome wagon and the icecream is melting.
              Didn't someone say (DST) we were 99.90% there now?

              Couldn't he start the preseason like tomorrow?
              Enrol the kids, secure housing, get his seniors card (sorry, joke).
              I fully support 99.90% of what has been said on this thread.


              HP
              "He was proud of us when we won and he was still proud of us when we lost' Tami Roos about Paul Sept 06.

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              • laughingnome
                Amateur Statsman
                • Jul 2006
                • 1624

                Originally posted by hot potato
                Didn't someone say (DST) we were 99.90% there now?

                Couldn't he start the preseason like tomorrow?
                No, because he's on a cruise ship.
                10100111001 ;-)

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                • Legs Akimbo
                  Grand Poobah
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 2809

                  Originally posted by Vonsteinman

                  There always seems to be so many RWOers who have little trust in the coaching and recruiting staff of the club. I would suggest, even if you can't see it for yourselves, have a little faith that they know how things may work just a little better than you.
                  I don't have faith, I don't have blind trust, I don't have an opinion on the coaching staff. The point of the discussion is our forward line and I like to think for myself.

                  I am not suggesting it is not going to work. Nor am I suggesting our two young forwards are brats. Just trying to look at the situation from a different angle.

                  I hate the 'groupthink' mentality.
                  He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

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                  • caj23
                    Senior Player
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 2462

                    Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
                    I hate the 'groupthink' mentality.
                    LOL everyone has a different opinion to yours so you deride it by labelling it as groupthink

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                    • Legs Akimbo
                      Grand Poobah
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 2809

                      Originally posted by Will Sangster
                      LOL everyone has a different opinion to yours so you deride it by labelling it as groupthink
                      Not sure where you pulled that idea from. Does everyone have a different opinion to me? Who cares if they do. The specific comment I was referring to was as per my reply

                      "There always seems to be so many RWOers who have little trust in the coaching and recruiting staff of the club. I would suggest, even if you can't see it for yourselves, have a little faith that they know how things may work just a little better than you."
                      The trust in 'them' is a pretty shallow paternalistic response. Its basically saying don't be critical, trust the authorities. I don't like that idea.
                      He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

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                      • SCOTTIE
                        On the Rookie List
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 11

                        Why is Bradshaw unambiguously a full forward and only a full forward? Virtually the same height as Mickey O, many of the same characteristics with the only key difference being more mobility and speed than Mickey had in the last few years......

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                        • dimelb
                          pr. dim-melb; m not f
                          • Jun 2003
                          • 6889

                          Originally posted by SCOTTIE
                          Why is Bradshaw unambiguously a full forward and only a full forward? Virtually the same height as Mickey O, many of the same characteristics with the only key difference being more mobility and speed than Mickey had in the last few years......
                          And perhaps a touch more accurate.
                          He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                          • johnno
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 1102

                            Originally posted by dimelb
                            And perhaps a touch more accurate.
                            YES!!!!!, not sure what it is exactly, but I am willing to bet, from memory, that he is an unbelievable accurate kick for goal. Actually just on that matter of accurate kick for goal, one thing I noticed this year is Goodesy being a very accurate kick for goal this season. Anyone else notice that, or is just me?

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                            • Vonsteinman
                              Warming the Bench
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 366

                              Originally posted by dimelb
                              And perhaps a touch more accurate.
                              And can be thrown into the backline...

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                              • AnnieH
                                RWOs Black Sheep
                                • Aug 2006
                                • 11332

                                Are we there yet?
                                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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