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borderbarry
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borderbarry » Mon 06 Oct 2008 11:58am
Would it be worthwhile approaching Ablett? Nathan that is. He was always unhappy at the Cats, now retired at the ripe old age of 21 or 22. Could be a different attitude away from father's influence etc. I wonder if anyone has considered approaching him? Would be a great assett on our forward line.
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Batnoe » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:00pm
If a players mind is not there, they will not be an asset
Would prefer to go for someone else..
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howlinwolf » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:01pm
We would be zero chance of luring him Barry.
He just has no desire to play at all.He has gone to Queensland to pursue a dream of being a builder.
If he had any desire to play at all he would have remained at Geelong.
borderbarry
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borderbarry » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:07pm
I am under the impression that the Ablett obsession at Geelong may have had a detremental effect on him. A chance elsewhere may be good for him.
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Batnoe » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:07pm
we might be able to help him build our new oval? other than that he will not be with the Saints next year
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SainterK » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:08pm
Didn't he give up footy because of commitment of training and the meetings?
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n1ck » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:11pm
OP: No.
Would rather go for Boyle anyway.
Nathan's heart is not in it - would be like recruiting... Malcolm Blight.
While he was still a good player, he was massively overrated because of his last name.
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GrumpyOne » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:12pm
Did he nominate for the draft...... if not, this thread is academic.
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st_Trav_ofWA » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:16pm
the kid doesnt wanna play footy simple as that ... as much as it is most of our dreams to have been good enough to make it he obviously has differant things in life he values more then footy .. good on him for telling it as it is and not just doing it to make others happy ... at the end of the day there is more to life then footy ...(so im told )
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n1ck » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:21pm
GrumpyOne wrote: Did he nominate for the draft...... if not, this thread is academic.
I have a feeling all retired and delisted players are automatically registered for the following two years drafts.
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saintsrus » Mon 06 Oct 2008 12:21pm
Batnoe wrote: we might be able to help him build our new oval? other than that he will not be with the Saints next year
Hehe just what i was thinking
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Eastern » Mon 06 Oct 2008 1:02pm
Perhaps one of our multi lingual posters might be able to post NO in a number of languages !!
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SENsei » Mon 06 Oct 2008 1:31pm
We'd have more hope of getting Gary Ablett Snr, Kevin Ablett, Geoff Ablett or the recently passed, Alf Ablett to play for us than Nathan.
The kid isn't interested.
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Richter » Mon 06 Oct 2008 4:40pm
Nein, danke.
Hird... The unflushable one is now... just a turd...
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Moccha » Mon 06 Oct 2008 11:25pm
He's not that great. A touch better than Lonergan. I'd rather have Tom Hawkins. That kid id gonna be a gun.
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JohnE » Tue 07 Oct 2008 12:15am
It'll be a matter of time before he's playing AFLQ league, you watch... hopefully for the Panthers too...