TDL Gorrrrrn

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  • Captain
    Captain of the Side
    • Feb 2004
    • 3602

    #16
    Shame about TDL, I was and still am a massive fan. Natural footballer.

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    • ernie koala
      Senior Player
      • May 2007
      • 3251

      #17
      Yeah, I'm a little disappointed to see him go..... but he would of had limited opportunities behind Morton, McGlynn, Rohan etc..
      Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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      • DamY
        Senior Player
        • Sep 2011
        • 1479

        #18
        TDL Gorrrrrn

        His defensive pressure was pretty non-existent in his seniors games this year. I know Jetta was similar for a while too but I guess he made up with kicking goals a fair bit.

        Maybe he's a confidence player and just wasn't able to string enough games together to get that confidence.

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        • AnnieH
          RWOs Black Sheep
          • Aug 2006
          • 11332

          #19
          Originally posted by Big Al
          Sadly undoes all his smart forward play by being as soft as hot butter at AFL level. Has had 3 years to harden up but has failed to do so. He'll fit in well at the Saints I think .
          Gold, Al.
          Gold.
          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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          • Dogzbody
            On the Rookie List
            • Jul 2008
            • 282

            #20
            Sad to see him go. 24 year old, who I still believe is one of the prettiest set shots I've seen and I think will still have a very good career. Watched him at Manuka in the ressies GF and thought he was a class above the rest. Good for him though, as others have said, will be hard for him to get a seniors start in 2013 with the others around.
            "We talked five times. I called him twice, and he called me twice." :confused: :confused: :confused: :D

            Eddie McGuire

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            • Swansinger
              Senior Player
              • Mar 2003
              • 1099

              #21
              Drat ! Sad to lose a player about whom we have a Beatles song ! Jude better stay !

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              • Bennymno4
                On the Rookie List
                • Sep 2012
                • 116

                #22
                Originally posted by Dogzbody
                Sad to see him go. 24 year old, who I still believe is one of the prettiest set shots I've seen
                Pretty? Pretty lazy, that us why he is at the saints. Refuses to do the work required by a blood.

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                • GoRhino
                  Pushing for Selection
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 68

                  #23
                  Originally posted by snajik
                  Hmmm. Seem to recall him winning us a final against Carlton with a more than solid tackle. Has a lot of talent but struggled to cement a spot in side that is flying. I'm sad that he's gone.
                  Agree with Big Al, an apt description of TDL. He lacked the main ingredient. However, good luck to him.

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                  • Nolie
                    On the wing
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 522

                    #24
                    Amused by the comments of the armchair brigade who are pontificating about the hardness required for an AFL player (nay even a "blood"). As if they would know. Disappointed to see TDL go but the writing was on the wall with the depth of the Swans - Everitt, Spangher, White, Morton, Armstrong etc- and with Morton stepping up at the end there was seemingly not a lot of hope. Has been a gun at WAFL level and played some good games for the Swans when he had his chance. Had one really bad clanger which everyone seems to be hanging their judgements on. Hope he does well with the Saints - except when he plays Sydney of course.

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                    • jono2707
                      Goes up to 11
                      • Oct 2007
                      • 3326

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Bennymno4
                      Pretty? Pretty lazy, that us why he is at the saints. Refuses to do the work required by a blood.
                      What exactly did he 'refuse' to do? I wasn't aware of him doing anything to get himself offside with the coaching staff? Anyway I always thought he was too undersized to play his role, and he certainly isn't the in and under type. Good luck to him at his new club although I'm still scratching my head as to why the Saints felt the need to get him....

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                      • Big Al
                        Veterans List
                        • Feb 2005
                        • 7007

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Nolie
                        Amused by the comments of the armchair brigade who are pontificating about the hardness required for an AFL player (nay even a "blood"). As if they would know. Disappointed to see TDL go but the writing was on the wall with the depth of the Swans - Everitt, Spangher, White, Morton, Armstrong etc- and with Morton stepping up at the end there was seemingly not a lot of hope. Has been a gun at WAFL level and played some good games for the Swans when he had his chance. Had one really bad clanger which everyone seems to be hanging their judgements on. Hope he does well with the Saints - except when he plays Sydney of course.
                        Not sure of the clanger you speak of but my opinion is based on watching a lot of reserves football. He just didn't impact the contest hard enough nor chase hard enough to have an impact at AFL level. He's terrific to watch at NEAFL level because he is a smart footballer but he failed to do those pressure things that a Swans forwards are required to do. Hope that clarifies why I don't think he's hard enough to play Swans football.

                        Wish him all the best though.
                        ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

                        Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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                        • Nico
                          Veterans List
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 11343

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Big Al
                          Not sure of the clanger you speak of but my opinion is based on watching a lot of reserves football. He just didn't impact the contest hard enough nor chase hard enough to have an impact at AFL level. He's terrific to watch at NEAFL level because he is a smart footballer but he failed to do those pressure things that a Swans forwards are required to do. Hope that clarifies why I don't think he's hard enough to play Swans football.

                          Wish him all the best though.
                          Al, there were 2 in one pre season game against Collingwood at the Dome in Melbourne. The ball was kicked towards or to him and for whatever reason he ducked his head when he should have stood his ground and taken the mark. It was always his to take. The second was on the HFF when he, lets say, didn't go for the chest mark and allowed a Pies player to take it. It was glaring and I reckon he got the word big time after that, because from memory he didn't get a senior game for a while after that.
                          http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                          • Primmy
                            Proud Tragic Swan
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 5970

                            #28
                            Originally posted by Big Al
                            Not sure of the clanger you speak of but my opinion is based on watching a lot of reserves football. He just didn't impact the contest hard enough nor chase hard enough to have an impact at AFL level. He's terrific to watch at NEAFL level because he is a smart footballer but he failed to do those pressure things that a Swans forwards are required to do. Hope that clarifies why I don't think he's hard enough to play Swans football.
                            Unfortunately BA's paragraph is a pretty concise precise of the ressiewatchers observations over the last year ++. Floating like a butterfly and sometimes stinging like a bee isn't enough in AFL.

                            It should be noted that MM shifted himself once it was pointed out to him he had an issue, and look where it got him.
                            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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                            • jetts32
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Oct 2012
                              • 200

                              #29
                              Mini Goodes and Micky O

                              Honestly, I'm a little bit sad that we traded TDL, the kid only played 19 games for us and kicked 30 goals, I was hoping to see a "mini Goodes (Jetta) and Micky O (TDL)" I think we should've have him more of a chance, I guess this was like a veszpremi thing, he impressed me during the games he played, but there was obviously something else keeping him out, I hope TDL smashes it at St Kilda, I also hope Veszpremi gets moved from the bulldogs to the foward line (where he belongs) and makes us regret trading them both.

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                              • Panttz
                                Warming the Bench
                                • May 2011
                                • 231

                                #30
                                TDL would be a great player if he rounded out the rest of his game. That's why he didn't play more games for us, he just didn't tackle and harass enough (apart from that one tackle in that final against Carlton...)

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