For he's (not) a Jolly good fellow?
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For he's (not) a Jolly good fellow?
Was a tad surprised we (nor any other club) didn't take Jolly in the draft this morning. Would have gone cheap, we'd have an experienced ruckman to show the younger talls (Hickey, Longer and Stanley) the ropes and potentially he could have evolved into a ruck coach for us a la Steven King a few years back.
Interested to know the main reasons why we gave the option of picking him up a swerve. The most obvious reason would be that he wouldn't be a long term acquisition. Do we now have a youth policy going in full swing much like the Stan Alves era?
Discuss.
Interested to know the main reasons why we gave the option of picking him up a swerve. The most obvious reason would be that he wouldn't be a long term acquisition. Do we now have a youth policy going in full swing much like the Stan Alves era?
Discuss.
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Re: For he's (not) a Jolly good fellow?
I'm glad we didn't pick him up. I personally don't like him and believe if we have a good ruck coach, we simply don't need him. On a broader note to including other clubs, maybe his head is too big to be a rookie.
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Hear , hear.millarsaint wrote:I'm glad we didn't pick him up. I personally don't like him and believe if we have a good ruck coach, we simply don't need him. On a broader note to including other clubs, maybe his head is too big to be a rookie.
I recall his comments along lines of smashing Kosi in the ruck cause he's amateur etc - of course Kosi was, of course Jolly was correct .... but the way the knob said it left me thinking what an ass clown
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Since getting Longer, I've warmed to the fact that we don't need Jolly.
Hickey has booked another year of development and I'd like to see Rhys Stanley pinch hit in there as well.
Hickey has booked another year of development and I'd like to see Rhys Stanley pinch hit in there as well.
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with jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 ... without jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 .... much rather have a punt on a younger bloke in hope we unearth a gem then go with an old loke who in his last games of AFL looked shot ...
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st_Trav_ofWA wrote:with jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 ... without jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 .... much rather have a punt on a younger bloke in hope we unearth a gem then go with an old loke who in his last games of AFL looked shot ...
Couldnt agree anymore. Thank goodness we didnt get him but that has nothing to do with his ego.
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He'll have to hang out with didak and they can talk about what ifs.....
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Re: For he's (not) a Jolly good fellow?
Sounds like he was joking about Kosi.Teflon wrote:Hear , hear.millarsaint wrote:I'm glad we didn't pick him up. I personally don't like him and believe if we have a good ruck coach, we simply don't need him. On a broader note to including other clubs, maybe his head is too big to be a rookie.
I recall his comments along lines of smashing Kosi in the ruck cause he's amateur etc - of course Kosi was, of course Jolly was correct .... but the way the knob said it left me thinking what an ass clown
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I don't hold grudges but I haven't liked him since....birth.
Kosi held his own in the ruck when Gardner went down in the drawn GF. Played pretty well actually and would have been remembered differently had we got over the line but then so would have Mini, Eddy, Peake etc etc.
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Singular, they won one and then fell in a heapdragit wrote:... and premierships .bobmurray wrote:He'll have to hang out with didak and they can talk about what ifs.....
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Re: For he's (not) a Jolly good fellow?
Many morons have won premierships
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Can I call him a moron now he's never going to be a saint?
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Can I call him a moron now he's never going to be a saint?
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I think we will be better than thatplugger66 wrote:st_Trav_ofWA wrote:with jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 ... without jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 .... much rather have a punt on a younger bloke in hope we unearth a gem then go with an old loke who in his last games of AFL looked shot ...
Couldnt agree anymore. Thank goodness we didnt get him but that has nothing to do with his ego.
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Yep, unless he comes as a coach, then he'll be a champ again.BigMart wrote:Many morons have won premierships
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Can I call him a moron now he's never going to be a saint?
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Agree. We finally have rid ourselves of Kosi who was gifted 2 bonus seasons. It's now time not to carry old folks who are questionable in talent.st_Trav_ofWA wrote:with jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 ... without jolly we finish bottom 4 in 2014 .... much rather have a punt on a younger bloke in hope we unearth a gem then go with an old loke who in his last games of AFL looked shot ...
Mind you, we still have TDL, Sipposs & Milera who are all poor but at least are youngish and may have some value eventually.
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Our club is not a club we can brag about, hence Jolly is still a flogdragit wrote:Jolly has more flags than our club.
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And he has a bung knee ,would have been lucky to play 5 games!
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Better off without Jolley
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Heard that idiot Denham have another crack at the Saints on SEN this morning.
Discussing where Jolly may end up Denham mentioned us but now said it would be Esssendon or nothing because "St Kilda stuffed up". Poor communications with his management following Watters departure apparently.
Maybe we just lost interst in him. Maybe Watters was the one pushing for him. Maybe Longer coming on board meant we no longer needed him? Who knows?
But if we "stuffed up" then I'm glad we "stuffed up". Like many others I didn't want him at Seaford.
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Discussing where Jolly may end up Denham mentioned us but now said it would be Esssendon or nothing because "St Kilda stuffed up". Poor communications with his management following Watters departure apparently.
Maybe we just lost interst in him. Maybe Watters was the one pushing for him. Maybe Longer coming on board meant we no longer needed him? Who knows?
But if we "stuffed up" then I'm glad we "stuffed up". Like many others I didn't want him at Seaford.
Anyway, move on Denham
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Dr Spaceman wrote:Heard that idiot Denham have another crack at the Saints on SEN this morning.
Discussing where Jolly may end up Denham mentioned us but now said it would be Esssendon or nothing because "St Kilda stuffed up". Poor communications with his management following Watters departure apparently.
Maybe we just lost interst in him. Maybe Watters was the one pushing for him. Maybe Longer coming on board meant we no longer needed him? Who knows?
But if we "stuffed up" then I'm glad we "stuffed up". Like many others I didn't want him at Seaford.
Anyway, move on Denham
That was exactly how I thought. Wish someone would ring him tomorrow and ask if all other 17 clubs stuffed up or were all 18 smart enough to say no.
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Club was still deciding as early as this morning.....
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."It was Weller who won out, after impressing with his application over the past three weeks while training with the Saints.
"While Maverick is a much younger player than Darren, both would have complemented needs on our playing list and ultimately we felt that Maverick suited our needs in a more immediate capacity than Darren, having brought in Hickey last year and Longer this year," Pelchen said.
"We felt that we want to give them every opportunity to play at senior level consistently and hence why we made the decision we did
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Happy Saints made the call to develop the young talent. As noted by others. jolly adds little to the long term success of the club.