Exactly what I first thought, even an average player in one of the european leagues can make a hell of a lot mroe than the average footy player...Dustings of Burwood wrote:If this kid is a 'soccer prodigy' he would not been signing up for Collingwood Football Club - a 'soccer prodigy' has a lot more earning potential than an AFL player.
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Plus if he is a soccer prodigy, he'd probably be a good soccer player and actually be playing soccer. He obviously isn't very good at soccer because he has picked another game to try over his chosen sport, which has not drafted him.
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plugger i think you forget some times that this is a saints fan forum of coarse we are going to be pro saints it stands to logic .plugger66 wrote:But if we got him he would be a star.LTN16 wrote:What ever happened do the days of drafting someone because of there football ability![]()
This kid will be a dud
as for if we drafted him i would be quiet pissed off wasting money on a person who has bearly played the game when there are 1000's of kids who live and breath the game. a footy mind is valuable theres no point being the best athletic player if you dont have the instincts on where to kick the ball once you got it
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spot on mate....if he was any good at soccer he would be signed up already at the AIS or state talent squad, or be going overseas...even if he is a goal keeper that wont make him an AFL player.....playing Gaelic Football in Ireland is a lot different to playing soccer in Australia, which is why Clarke has done well.....waste of time and effort this one...Dustings of Burwood wrote:If this kid is a 'soccer prodigy' he would not been signing up for Collingwood Football Club - a 'soccer prodigy' has a lot more earning potential than an AFL player.
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Exactly, take what you can get, as a Saints fan I am jealous that Collingwood have the kind of money, IMO Marty Clarke will never be a superstar but I think he will almost certainly be a 150+ solid game player...johnpeterbudgefanclub wrote:U bet....not as if we haven't got the cash to splash and hardly a risk, we haven't exactly taken him with a top 10 pick now have we?
I would love to bring up the Marty Clarke example but I think i might leave it.....
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Yes let's discard him now.....let's. He is not due to be rookie listed until 2009 which gives him this year to learn the game. I'm happy with the risk. Hawthorn and Sydney were also going to have a crack but missed out so obvious interest there and their recruiting has been "reasonable" between those two sides.waste of time and effort this one...
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But maybe...the kid just saw an opportunity to get out of Gympie! And rather than integrate straight into regular society he is going to the familiar surrounds of the Collingwood Football Club. I am surprised Collingwood and Gympie haven't been in partnership before!Armoooo wrote:Exactly what I first thought, even an average player in one of the european leagues can make a hell of a lot mroe than the average footy player...Dustings of Burwood wrote:If this kid is a 'soccer prodigy' he would not been signing up for Collingwood Football Club - a 'soccer prodigy' has a lot more earning potential than an AFL player.
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Collingwood have a lot of gimpy footballers already.The Jeff wrote:But maybe...the kid just saw an opportunity to get out of Gympie! And rather than integrate straight into regular society he is going to the familiar surrounds of the Collingwood Football Club. I am surprised Collingwood and Gympie haven't been in partnership before!Armoooo wrote:Exactly what I first thought, even an average player in one of the european leagues can make a hell of a lot mroe than the average footy player...Dustings of Burwood wrote:If this kid is a 'soccer prodigy' he would not been signing up for Collingwood Football Club - a 'soccer prodigy' has a lot more earning potential than an AFL player.
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