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  • swanspant12
    On the Rookie List
    • Oct 2009
    • 593

    #76
    Originally posted by stellation
    Of those folks I'd be happy to pick up Gillies then after that Bate.
    Bate? are you kidding me? absolutely dud of the highest order. Would not want that spud anywhere near our club.
    LRT. Lord Roberts-Thompson. He may look like the Munster, but looks can be deceiving.


    2012 Bloods Premiers.

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    • Nico
      Veterans List
      • Jan 2003
      • 11336

      #77
      Originally posted by royboy42
      I've always had an interest in Bate after seeing him carve some team up on tv a while ago.

      Was he caught up in the alleged 'lets lose a few games' period? May have affected his form at Melbourne if that was the case.

      Still only young and maybe worth a good look. And he's a ranga!
      I was secretary at his junior club and he played ruck at 14 because he towered over the rest. Alas like many boys he stopped growing but in the Under 16's GF he played CHB and was BOG. He is a left footer and has a big turning circle, and for the life of me I have no idea why both the Eastern Ranges and Melbourne tried to make him a lead up forward. He is a straight ahead player and would be a handy defensive back up.
      http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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      • Nico
        Veterans List
        • Jan 2003
        • 11336

        #78
        Originally posted by swanspant12
        Bate? are you kidding me? absolutely dud of the highest order. Would not want that spud anywhere near our club.
        Clearly better than Jessie White.
        http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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        • 707
          Veterans List
          • Aug 2009
          • 6204

          #79
          Am I correct in noticing only one delisted player has been picked up so far, Geelong rookie Simpkin by Hawthorn. No others is there?

          This year really is a strange drafting period. I notice Emma Quayle's article suggests the ND may be all done by pick 70, a little earlier than usual and we may have some of the very last picks this year.

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          • The Big Cat
            On the veteran's list
            • Apr 2006
            • 2354

            #80
            So with Cunningham that gives us 33 on the senior list right? Hold a spot for Tippett? Maybe advise him to go in ND then at least we'll know earlier how many picks we'll have.
            Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.

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            • Auntie.Gerald
              Veterans List
              • Oct 2009
              • 6474

              #81


              interesting !!
              "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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              • aardvark
                Veterans List
                • Mar 2010
                • 5685

                #82
                Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
                Worth a late pick I think.

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                • bennyfabulous
                  Warming the Bench
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 351

                  #83
                  The NDH policy would preclude him.

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

                    #84
                    Not sure about Reimers. Sounds as if he'd be competing with McGlynn and Morton, and I wouldn't like his chances.
                    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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                    • stellation
                      scott names the planets
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 9718

                      #85
                      Originally posted by swanspant12
                      Bate? are you kidding me? absolutely dud of the highest order. Would not want that spud anywhere near our club.
                      I'm serious, I think he's a pretty smart player with decent skills that the right club could get value from.
                      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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                      • Ludwig
                        Veterans List
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 9359

                        #86
                        Originally posted by stellation
                        I'm serious, I think he's a pretty smart player with decent skills that the right club could get value from.
                        I agree with you. I haven't followed Bate's career enough to know why he didn't make it at Melbourne, but always thought he had a well rounded game. He's the only FA I think is worth considering, and agree that he could blossom at the right club. Has a realistic chance to challenge for best 22. But we probably can't take any FA if we think we have a shot at Tippett due to salary cap concerns.

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                        • Ruck'n'Roll
                          Ego alta, ergo ictus
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 3990

                          #87
                          "Little Ted" anyone? http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTIC...?newsId=120138

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                          • Doctor
                            Bay 29
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 2757

                            #88
                            No challenge in working out a nickname for Bate is there?
                            Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                            • Industrial Fan
                              Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 3317

                              #89
                              Rebate

                              Cockroachbate

                              Bate and tackle

                              Ranga

                              Fanta pants

                              Bluey

                              Bloodnut

                              A few to choose from.
                              He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                              • Triple B
                                Formerly 'BBB'
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 6999

                                #90
                                Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
                                First Sherman, now Reimers.

                                All we need is Ballantyne and Milne to become available and we've got the dickhead quadrella...
                                Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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