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Re: Dale Thomas
Tend to agree.Cairnsman wrote:2nd most overrated player going around. In any case I don't think we would benefit from having an overpaid mega star in a team that is in rebuild mode. Maybe chase a high priced star in a couple of years once we know how the team is developing.
I have him as overrated also.
Again, hes no Pendlebury.
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Re: Dale Thomas
We clearly are rebuilding - so we are not gonna go for any marquee players - we want to make our own.
I think we need good draft picks this/next year.
I think we need good draft picks this/next year.
This is a team game and there is no room for individuals who think they are above walking through the fire.
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Re: Dale Thomas
If we're throwing big money at free agents it should be at core players you can build a team around, not inconsistent flankers and wingmen. We need gun inside midfielders, an AA-quality tall defender or a star power forward.
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Agreed. We need replacements for Dal, Lenny and Rooey. Worry about the cream on top later.
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Bakes wasn't terribly surreptitious, and for Bakes it was BAU, not just cos you were getting beat.8856brother wrote:Yeah. A but like Bakes. But with skill.millarsaint wrote:he is a filthy dog of a player who hits you in the face off the ball.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Ok we should stop kidding ourselves and start facing some facts after tonight.
Dale Thomas is a very very good football player.
He is quite a bit ahead of all of our midfielders.
If we got him hed be our Captain in 2 years time.
The guy just tore us a new one . Underestimating him is at our own peril.
Didnt Lyon say he was the best player in the comp 3 years ago? Now I certainly don't buy that and I wouldn't go that far - but hes comfortably in the top 25.
Not as good Pendlebury but he would be top 10 comfortably.
Reality is the Pies have 5 midfielders ahead of our number 1. Pendles Thomas Swan Beams Sidebottom....
Chuck in Cloke and they have 6 players in the AFL top 50. We only have 1 - Roo.
Its sad and depressing but true.
Dale Thomas is a very very good football player.
He is quite a bit ahead of all of our midfielders.
If we got him hed be our Captain in 2 years time.
The guy just tore us a new one . Underestimating him is at our own peril.
Didnt Lyon say he was the best player in the comp 3 years ago? Now I certainly don't buy that and I wouldn't go that far - but hes comfortably in the top 25.
Not as good Pendlebury but he would be top 10 comfortably.
Reality is the Pies have 5 midfielders ahead of our number 1. Pendles Thomas Swan Beams Sidebottom....
Chuck in Cloke and they have 6 players in the AFL top 50. We only have 1 - Roo.
Its sad and depressing but true.
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Re: Dale Thomas
I'm with you, Bob.bobmurray wrote:I'd rather we got an "A" Grade mid than this money hungry dude from the filth
Wish we could could get Dangerfield from the Crows.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Sooner target Daniel Rich or one of the gold coast or Gws mids.
I would put Thomas nearer the bottom of their mids rather than the top. He does not spend a huge amount of time in the middle. He is a good player but still overated gets too flashy and a bit inconsistent , not the sort I would be throwing big money at.
I would put Thomas nearer the bottom of their mids rather than the top. He does not spend a huge amount of time in the middle. He is a good player but still overated gets too flashy and a bit inconsistent , not the sort I would be throwing big money at.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Got it on pretty good authority that he will probably be a blue next year. I think its Blues or stay at Pies, money has little to do with it. As good as he was, he is not what we need.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Wouldn't Dangerfield be a money hungry dude too if he left Adelaide..Sainternist wrote:I'm with you, Bob.bobmurray wrote:I'd rather we got an "A" Grade mid than this money hungry dude from the filth
Wish we could could get Dangerfield from the Crows.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Dont be fooled by his stats last night he was good but Armo and Steven where better.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Wow I thought he was good and better than Swan last night. pendlebury was prob their best. I would have him for sure. We need outside runners not more grunt mids like Armo, Steven and Seb Ross. even back ups seem top be in that style- Ledger etc.
Montagna is still doing heaps but with out dal up at his usual standard we need that type. I would pay him plenty in a front end contract. Ball those mofos.
Montagna is still doing heaps but with out dal up at his usual standard we need that type. I would pay him plenty in a front end contract. Ball those mofos.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Thomas is bloody fast
I noticed at one stage he just totally blew of newnes.
None of our young mids have that serious.pace where they.just.blow you off in ten steps.
I noticed at one stage he just totally blew of newnes.
None of our young mids have that serious.pace where they.just.blow you off in ten steps.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Yes. And kosi was better than cloke.CURLY wrote:Dont be fooled by his stats last night he was good but Armo and Steven where better.
Also don't be fooled by the score board. People in the know know that the saints actually won.
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He was pretty much BOG as he was in the 2010 GFs
People who don't rate him are possibly stupid?!
People who don't rate him are possibly stupid?!
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Doubt you could of had z easier night than Daisy last night. Stat padding while chipping it around the backline is hardly hard. Armo and Steven earnt their touches. Next thing you'll use Supercoach points.Con Gorozidis wrote:Yes. And kosi was better than cloke.CURLY wrote:Dont be fooled by his stats last night he was good but Armo and Steven where better.
Also don't be fooled by the score board. People in the know know that the saints actually won.
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GREAT PLAYER?BigMart wrote:He's a great player
Tony Lockett = Great Player
Robert Harvey = Great Player
Ian Stewart = Great Player
Darrell Baldock = Great Player
Dale Thomas is NOT a GREAT PLAYER !!
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34 at 85% but youre right. Hes a dud.CURLY wrote:Doubt you could of had z easier night than Daisy last night. Stat padding while chipping it around the backline is hardly hard. Armo and Steven earnt their touches. Next thing you'll use Supercoach points.Con Gorozidis wrote:Yes. And kosi was better than cloke.CURLY wrote:Dont be fooled by his stats last night he was good but Armo and Steven where better.
Also don't be fooled by the score board. People in the know know that the saints actually won.
Lucky you dont get fooled by stats and know more about footy than every single commentator on the planet who gave him 2 or 3 votes.
But hes no good and dont believe coaches votes either. They dont know anything about footy either.
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Re: Dale Thomas
Who said he wasn't any good I said that Armo and Steven where better than him last night.
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Re: Dale Thomas
I think we should chase him. Very good player. Will be 26 at the start of next season.
4 years at $750k, that contract sounds familiar!
4 years at $750k, that contract sounds familiar!
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Re: Dale Thomas
Eastern wrote:GREAT PLAYER?BigMart wrote:He's a great player
Tony Lockett = Great Player
Robert Harvey = Great Player
Ian Stewart = Great Player
Darrell Baldock = Great Player
Dale Thomas is NOT a GREAT PLAYER !!
They are not great players, they are legends.
Thomas is a good player at the moment. Consistency could see him a great player, but will never be a legend.