Rd 16 vs Essendon Bombers @ MCG - Pre-Game Thread

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  • RogueSwan
    McVeigh for Brownlow
    • Apr 2003
    • 4602

    #76
    Originally posted by SwanSand
    ... We need players who are two way in that role with good inside 50 kicks when they get the ball.
    I would say he filled that role with a couple of goals and no impact from the player he was on. Then again, there was no impact from any Saints player in that game
    "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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    • stevoswan
      Veterans List
      • Sep 2014
      • 8578

      #77
      Originally posted by Faunac8
      Or confrontational?
      Maybe....if you're looking for it.

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      Originally posted by TheBloods
      Jmac back in , sorry for some on here
      Not for me (if he's actually fit to play)....but I am unhappy that Clarke has been sent back to the two's after a pretty good game against the Saints.
      Last edited by stevoswan; 1 July 2022, 04:43 PM.

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      • liz
        Veteran
        Site Admin
        • Jan 2003
        • 16816

        #78
        TEAMS: Veteran Hawk dumped, Port wields axe, Bomber blow

        Essendon have lost Perkins for the match, with Ben Hobbs coming in to replace him. Perkins looks like the best of the Bombers' younger crew - or at least, the best performed so far in his career - so that's a bit of a blow for them.

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        • Aprilbr
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2016
          • 1803

          #79
          Originally posted by Agent 86
          Love JMac, but he hasn’t exactly earned walk-up-start status just yet.

          I don’t have a problem with the selection, but also think those who reckon some time in the 2s have a reasonable point.

          Mind you, I was dropping Ollie a few weeks back, so what would I know.
          Good to see some humility from a poster! Too many on here think they are always right, even when they're later proven to be wrong. We all get it wrong sometimes.

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          • 707
            Veterans List
            • Aug 2009
            • 6204

            #80
            Originally posted by liz
            TEAMS: Veteran Hawk dumped, Port wields axe, Bomber blow

            Essendon have lost Perkins for the match, with Ben Hobbs coming in to replace him. Perkins looks like the best of the Bombers' younger crew - or at least, the best performed so far in his career - so that's a bit of a blow for them.
            Perkins is a very good player, does some very impressive things. One of those draftees that told interstate clubs he didn't want to leave Melbourne.
            Last edited by 707; 1 July 2022, 05:50 PM.

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            • Velour&Ruffles
              Regular in the Side
              • Jun 2006
              • 907

              #81
              Originally posted by 707
              Perkins is a very good player, does some very impressive things. One of those draftees that told interstate clubs he didn't want to leave Melbourne.
              And I therefore wish him a career ending injury, or all the success eventually enjoyed by James Cook (remember him? the first trumped up little ponce to say he wouldn't go interstate - hugely rated junior but turned out to be a complete flop at Carlton and then again at the Dogs - deservedly disappeared into being an historical footnote).

              If you want to make a career in a national competition with a national draft, going interstate is one of the possibilities (in fact the odds are pretty high - about 45%). Suck it up and be grateful for the starting salary that's several multiples of what someone of the same age could normally expect, with the possibility of being set for life by your late twenties (unless you are a complete idiot .....) . All careers involve various sacrifices. It's a sign of either massive ego (prove yourself special first before you act as if you are) or a huge Oedipus Complex* to say you won't go interstate.

              * Yes, I'm talking to you Anthoneeee
              Last edited by Velour&Ruffles; 1 July 2022, 06:44 PM.
              My opinion is objective truth in its purest form

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              • TheBloods
                Suspended by the MRP
                • Feb 2020
                • 2047

                #82
                Originally posted by stevoswan
                Maybe....if you're looking for it.

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                Not for me (if he's actually fit to play)....but I am unhappy that Clarke has been sent back to the two's after a pretty good game against the Saints.
                Yes i dont rate clarke but he didnt deserve it

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                • Faunac8
                  Senior Player
                  • Mar 2014
                  • 1548

                  #83
                  Originally posted by Velour&Ruffles
                  And I therefore wish him a career ending injury
                  Wow that’s pretty harsh no matter what your feelings about what some 18 year old kid feels about his potential work place it’s just a game of football we are talking about.
                  Wishing physical pain and potential life long health issues on them is a reaction that seems just a touch over the top

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                  • KTigers
                    Senior Player
                    • Apr 2012
                    • 2499

                    #84
                    I suspect V & R doesn't really mean it. It is just a blurt on the interweb after all. Perkins is another from the "I want my cake
                    (the salary that comes from it being a national comp) and to eat it too (I'm not playing for an interstate club)" school.
                    Anyway he's not playing.

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                    • Velour&Ruffles
                      Regular in the Side
                      • Jun 2006
                      • 907

                      #85
                      Originally posted by KTigers
                      I suspect V & R doesn't really mean it. It is just a blurt on the interweb after all. Perkins is another from the "I want my cake
                      (the salary that comes from it being a national comp) and to eat it too (I'm not playing for an interstate club)" school.
                      Anyway he's not playing.
                      Correct, and very well put. You've crystallised the sense of entitlement I find so obnoxious.
                      My opinion is objective truth in its purest form

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                      • snajik
                        Senior Player
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 1115

                        #86
                        Originally posted by Faunac8
                        Wow that’s pretty harsh no matter what your feelings about what some 18 year old kid feels about his potential work place it’s just a game of football we are talking about.
                        Wishing physical pain and potential life long health issues on them is a reaction that seems just a touch over the top
                        How about I hope he develops an obsession with some obscure religious cult and spends the rest of his life living in Wyoming performing a raft of strange rituals. I agree with the rest of V&R's commentary however.
                        It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
                        The Scarlatti Tilt - Richard Brautigan

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                        • Agent 86
                          Senior Player
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 1690

                          #87
                          Originally posted by Faunac8
                          Wow that’s pretty harsh no matter what your feelings about what some 18 year old kid feels about his potential work place it’s just a game of football we are talking about.
                          Wishing physical pain and potential life long health issues on them is a reaction that seems just a touch over the top
                          I thought that at first, but sounded pretty tongue-in-cheek, so let it go.

                          Plus I got a bit of a history lesson on James Cook. Apparently they picked him up with #2 pick in 1990. Sydney traded the pick for ruckman Warren McKenzie.

                          I don’t remember either of them as I didn’t really jump on the Swans bandwagon until the early 90’s.

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                          • gloveski
                            Senior Player
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 1018

                            #88
                            Originally posted by Agent 86
                            I thought that at first, but sounded pretty tongue-in-cheek, so let it go.

                            Plus I got a bit of a history lesson on James Cook. Apparently they picked him up with #2 pick in 1990. Sydney traded the pick for ruckman Warren McKenzie.

                            I don’t remember either of them as I didn’t really jump on the Swans bandwagon until the early 90’s.
                            I’m pretty sure James Cook was Tasmanian so must have nominated he would only play for a Victorian club ?


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                            • rb4x
                              Regular in the Side
                              • Dec 2007
                              • 970

                              #89
                              Remember James Davies in 2000 who said he would only play for Essendon. Drifted through to their first draft pick #17 and only played 3 games. A highly opinionated overrated spud. Their second pick at #27 also did not make the grade at Essendon but did well elsewhere. One Ted Richards!

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                              • rb4x
                                Regular in the Side
                                • Dec 2007
                                • 970

                                #90
                                From who is not playing the VFL it looks like Clarke and Phillips are the medi-subs.

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