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

    Half way AA selections

    4 swans

    Mal.
    Dan.
    Jack.
    Macca!!

    Half a season produces team full of talent
  • Cheer_Cheer
    Regular in the Side
    • Jul 2009
    • 739

    #2
    I would have put Pyke in there too..

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    • barry
      Veterans List
      • Jan 2003
      • 8499

      #3
      Originally posted by Cheer_Cheer
      I would have put Pyke in there too..
      Hes not australian.

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      • RogueSwan
        McVeigh for Brownlow
        • Apr 2003
        • 4602

        #4
        Originally posted by barry
        Hes not australian.
        Canaussie?
        "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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        • Doctor
          Bay 29
          • Sep 2003
          • 2757

          #5
          Pyke should have been there but it's hard to argue with 4 picks.
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          • Swansongster
            Senior Player
            • Sep 2008
            • 1264

            #6
            Originally posted by Doctor
            Pyke should have been there but it's hard to argue with 4 picks.
            In the comments accompanying the article, there is lots of moaning from Hawks fans about there only being one of theirs in the list. Well handled by the author too in responses.

            It will be great if we can add to their perceived injustices in September.

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            Originally posted by Doctor
            Pyke should have been there but it's hard to argue with 4 picks.
            In the comments accompanying the article, there is lots of moaning from Hawks fans about there only being one of theirs in the list. Well handled by the author too in responses.

            It will be great if we can add to their perceived injustices in September.

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            • Panttz
              Warming the Bench
              • May 2011
              • 231

              #7
              Have you seen Minson ruck at all this year? He has the best 'rucking' stats in the competition to date. Just cause Pyke gets a few marks and kicks a goal a game doesn't make him AA ruck.

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              • Doctor
                Bay 29
                • Sep 2003
                • 2757

                #8
                Originally posted by Panttz
                Have you seen Minson ruck at all this year? He has the best 'rucking' stats in the competition to date. Just cause Pyke gets a few marks and kicks a goal a game doesn't make him AA ruck.
                Ummm yes I watch a lot of footy. Thanks for the patronising response. Pyke has done far more than take a few marks and kick a goal a game. I actually think Pyke should have been picked alongside Minson. As you can see I didn't suggest Minson should be dropped. Thanks again for your feedback.
                Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                • ugg
                  Can you feel it?
                  Site Admin
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 15961

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Panttz
                  Have you seen Minson ruck at all this year? He has the best 'rucking' stats in the competition to date. Just cause Pyke gets a few marks and kicks a goal a game doesn't make him AA ruck.
                  The reason Minson has the best rucking stats is because he has been the WB sole ruckman for the whole year, whereas most of the other ruckmen get to share their workload.
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                  • Doctor
                    Bay 29
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 2757

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Swansongster
                    In the comments accompanying the article, there is lots of moaning from Hawks fans about there only being one of theirs in the list. Well handled by the author too in responses.

                    It will be great if we can add to their perceived injustices in September.
                    The Hawks fans have a similar gripe to what we have had in the past. They are very even across the board and, as such, no one player has consistently stood out. As a team it makes them excellent but it can restrict individual picks. Without looking into the numbers I'd have thought Hodge might have had a look in and I agree on Burchill but with Rioli injured and Franklin hit and miss it's not all that surprising.
                    Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                    • 31 hard at it
                      Regular in the Side
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 550

                      #11
                      The revelation in the Richards Report that Mike is on a working holiday visa obviously affects his chances in this award.

                      He is doing his job very well.

                      Prefer him to be under the (immigration departments) radar !

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                      • Velour&Ruffles
                        Regular in the Side
                        • Jun 2006
                        • 896

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Panttz
                        Have you seen Minson ruck at all this year? He has the best 'rucking' stats in the competition to date. Just cause Pyke gets a few marks and kicks a goal a game doesn't make him AA ruck.
                        Will is a much better sledger than Mike and always will be. He is far more prepared to berate and belittle players for intensely personal matters like their race, sexuality and familial connections than Mike Pyke is. Will is also much more prepared to claim that he copulated with other players' close female relations than Mike is. This makes Will a better player as I understand it.
                        Last edited by Velour&Ruffles; 14 June 2013, 11:14 PM. Reason: typo
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                        • stellation
                          scott names the planets
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 9718

                          #13
                          Originally posted by RogueSwan
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                          Surecan!
                          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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                          • Swansongster
                            Senior Player
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 1264

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Velour&Ruffles
                            Will is a much better sledger than Mike and always will be. He is far more prepared to berate and belittle players for intensely personal matters like their race, sexuality and familial connections than Mike Pyke is. Will is also much more prepared to claim that he copulated with other players' close female relations than Mike is. This makes Will a better player as I understand it.
                            It's a 457 rort.

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                            • GordonS
                              On the Rookie List
                              • May 2013
                              • 129

                              #15
                              lets not forget that the swans are a two-ruckman team. minson has to do it solo on a pretty average team - of course his stats will be good. but that doesnt make him a good ruckman. i'm not saying that he isn't a good ruckman, but you should be realistic and analyse the stats. but if we look at pyke, his stats are the ones that matter: most contested marks in the league, second for goals from a ruckman and fourth in hitouts (on a two-ruckman team). all of those in a team in the top four = excellent stats

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