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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Did Dylan Shiel text Luke Parker, perhaps say just shrug your shoulders Luke, it was only a Grand Final.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Yep and he was our third choice.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
So Cooke is better than Stanley & Hickledik?CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 7:22pm
Yep and he was our third choice.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Aaron Keating wasn’t that much better than Brett Cook. He was probably worse.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 7:23pmSo Cooke is better than Stanley & Hickledik?CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 7:22pm
Yep and he was our third choice.
Cooke I’d take over Hickey and depending on Stanley’s mood maybe him.
Point missed again anyway both ruckman in this years GF are low end
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Kosifantutti, you are correct and my statement on the Geelong team list for the May game was inaccurate...I apologize for that. I should have rechecked as that win became a distant memory with the way the second half of this season unfolded.kosifantutti wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 6:19pmYour point was that Geelong had a weak team when we beat them.saintkid wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 5:00pmIs that the best you can come back with?kosifantutti wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 2:42pmOr it could be analysed based on some made up stuff about underdone players and others missing.
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2 ... 20514.html![]()
Stick to my point of discussion rather than taking a snipe.
It's not made up mate. They did have underdone players and in any case, if we were so worthy, why did we have our pants pulled down In the return game?
Winners are grinners and Geelong are clearly miles ahead of us. They beat us, their A-game is much better and they trumped the competition where and when it mattered.
This is plainly not true.
Yes Geelong are a better team than us, I'm not sure who you are arguing against on that point. But why are you trying to downplay what was a very good win for us?
However, they did have underdone players. Selwood and Stanley returned for the game and both struggled, Stanley I recall went off in 2nd half, Dangerfield was unusually flat. A friend who is a staunch Cats supporter and is on cloud 9 this weekend was telling us a few were shaking off a virus.
The win was great at the time but we weren't even competitive in the return game, so that was the reality check for me.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Both Hickey and Stanley have been more than serviceable ruckman over their careers
Numbers back it up
Both have beaten Max Gawn head to head
Stanley has a medal
Numbers back it up
Both have beaten Max Gawn head to head
Stanley has a medal
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
The Achilles wasn’t Hugh Goddards problem - player get back from that.
It was a turning circle of a big boat, speed of a snail and no agility that was the issue
It was a turning circle of a big boat, speed of a snail and no agility that was the issue
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Hugh had a growth spurt in his final year at school. He wasn’t too happy about it either.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
saintkid wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 8:47pmKosifantutti, you are correct and my statement on the Geelong team list for the May game was inaccurate...I apologize for that. I should have rechecked as that win became a distant memory with the way the second half of this season unfolded.kosifantutti wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 6:19pmYour point was that Geelong had a weak team when we beat them.saintkid wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 5:00pmIs that the best you can come back with?kosifantutti wrote: ↑Sun 25 Sep 2022 2:42pmOr it could be analysed based on some made up stuff about underdone players and others missing.
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2 ... 20514.html![]()
Stick to my point of discussion rather than taking a snipe.
It's not made up mate. They did have underdone players and in any case, if we were so worthy, why did we have our pants pulled down In the return game?
Winners are grinners and Geelong are clearly miles ahead of us. They beat us, their A-game is much better and they trumped the competition where and when it mattered.
This is plainly not true.
Yes Geelong are a better team than us, I'm not sure who you are arguing against on that point. But why are you trying to downplay what was a very good win for us?
However, they did have underdone players. Selwood and Stanley returned for the game and both struggled, Stanley I recall went off in 2nd half, Dangerfield was unusually flat. A friend who is a staunch Cats supporter and is on cloud 9 this weekend was telling us a few were shaking off a virus.
The win was great at the time but we weren't even competitive in the return game, so that was the reality check for me.
It was round 9, yeah? There was still a lot of water to go under the bridge?
Not sure why you need to keep making excuses for the opposition.
We had lost our way weeks before the return game. Against Essendon for instance.
Would you like to tell us all about the players they had out and who were flat and that they should have flogged us by 200 points.
Boring.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Anyway - Ruckmen aside - Paddy still managed to kick more than Buddy - gotta love that!
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
I saw a bit of Hugh play at Scotch.
At 16 he was seriously talked about as a future #1 pick.
Had a growth spurt & as he grew he did lose agility and speed.
By the time we recruited him he wasn’t so much a slider.
I agree if you are good enough you can recover from most injuries. To suggest he didn’t make it because of that is excuse making IMO.
Look at Ferguson Watts, the common theme here was he didn’t make it because of injury, however the guy himself said he lacked the desire or words to that effect.
Players like the Ox had three recos and still went on and played. The Ox was a jet pre injury and was never the same player but he still came back after 3 to play good footy.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Besides the first 2 goals - which I’ve seen Hawkins do that to ruckmen a hundred times
I thought he battled away
Beaten by Stanley but I thought he wasn’t their worst
I thought he battled away
Beaten by Stanley but I thought he wasn’t their worst
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
I wrote the OP at quarter time from memory.
Should have written mare first quarter.
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Hugh attended MGS.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Parker was comfortably Sydney’s 2nd best player behind Warner.
Not sure Shiel’s zero GF experience would’ve counted for much in the opinion stakes
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The Kama bus. Ridicule not lest you be on the wrong end of an 81 point margin. Don't need GF experience to have an opinion on that.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
i think you would have to agree that Hickey had a better season than Billy Longer.D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Sat 24 Sep 2022 4:51pmAgree, was more referring to the two boundary throw ins where Hawkins foaled after manhandling poor old Hickledik.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
Hickey was far from the problem…
But it’s his tendency to have performances like that with some degree of regularity that have stopped him from climbing into the elite group of rucks in the AFL.
Solid career but I can’t say that losing him has been particularly hurtful.
But it’s his tendency to have performances like that with some degree of regularity that have stopped him from climbing into the elite group of rucks in the AFL.
Solid career but I can’t say that losing him has been particularly hurtful.
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Re: Hickledik having a mare
The player who has had a good season is Rhys Stanley
Rarely beaten this season
Rarely beaten this season