Ch9 AFL Division 5 - 2015

[Yank Man]

Aaron has some good mates at clgfc. Through seaview high. Looking forward to seeing him play, from all reports very handy and seems like a decent guy too

Don't bicker with my mate morell scottroo. He's looking for a bite and that's cool. Aaron will do what he wants but he always comes home. Yes he's a decent kid and if he wants to go to CLG then so be it. He's had a difficult time recently and anything to help him is a good thing.

[morell]

Not a cent

Aaron has some good mates at clgfc. Through seaview high. Looking forward to seeing him play, from all reports very handy and seems like a decent guy too

Yeah fair enough, the money he was referring to was perhaps in relation to your standard match payments maybe. Not sure.

Coxy is a top bloke. Oozes talent and could be a very handy player for you. With the squad you're assembling I would say he would have to train well and do a full pre season to make the A Grade... but the talent is there. Exceedingly good hands for a smaller type. We've played him at Full Forward on occasion and he's taken contested grabs which defy his size.

As Yanky said, he's had a couple of really shit years personally, so I wish him every success if he decides to join the hair gels. His MPFC family are always there for him and he knows that.

[Freo HeaveHo]

I'm gonna start strapping myself to my chair when I come on this site from
now on so I don't fall over with laughter.

[morell]

At what young fella?

[scottroo]

Clearances starting to roll in, rosewater looking very busy early on!

[Freo HeaveHo]

At what young fella?

The whole scenario. Don't want to sound like I'm sinking the boots into the lad cause I'm not. I'm aware of what he's been through and I quite like the kid but I'm a realist.

Purely from a football perspective, I'd be extremely surprised if he makes an impact at div 5 level and in terms of being worth a few$$$ that's just laughable.

[BZB27]

Clearances starting to roll in, rosewater looking very busy early on!

Matthew Richards will be a good pick up for Rosewater

[morell]

At what young fella?

The whole scenario. Don't want to sound like I'm sinking the boots into the lad cause I'm not. I'm aware of what he's been through and I quite like the kid but I'm a realist.

Purely from a football perspective, I'd be extremely surprised if he makes an impact at div 5 level and in terms of being worth a few$$$ that's just laughable.

He will need to work very hard to make the CLG A grade at all, let alone make an impact. As for being worth $$$ I know of players with much less talent than Coxy getting coin! Every man and his dog are getting some spending money these days. You'd be worth a small fortune mate!

He has also come a long way since you and I were plying our trades. He's added an element of hardness to his game and his contested marking is now really quite good.

[Jetters]

At what young fella?

The whole scenario. Don't want to sound like I'm sinking the boots into the lad cause I'm not. I'm aware of what he's been through and I quite like the kid but I'm a realist.

Purely from a football perspective, I'd be extremely surprised if he makes an impact at div 5 level and in terms of being worth a few$$$ that's just laughable.

He will need to work very hard to make the CLG A grade at all, let alone make an impact. As for being worth $$$ I know of players with much less talent than Coxy getting coin! Every man and his dog are getting some spending money these days. You'd be worth a small fortune mate!

He has also come a long way since you and I were plying our trades. He's added an element of hardness to his game and his contested marking is now really quite good.

If a bloke struggling to play Div 5 'oozes talent', I'd hate to hear how you would describe someone who could kick and catch. What a pisser.

[morell]

At what young fella?

The whole scenario. Don't want to sound like I'm sinking the boots into the lad cause I'm not. I'm aware of what he's been through and I quite like the kid but I'm a realist.

Purely from a football perspective, I'd be extremely surprised if he makes an impact at div 5 level and in terms of being worth a few$$$ that's just laughable.

He will need to work very hard to make the CLG A grade at all, let alone make an impact. As for being worth $$$ I know of players with much less talent than Coxy getting coin! Every man and his dog are getting some spending money these days. You'd be worth a small fortune mate!

He has also come a long way since you and I were plying our trades. He's added an element of hardness to his game and his contested marking is now really quite good.

If a bloke struggling to play Div 5 'oozes talent', I'd hate to hear how you would describe someone who could kick and catch. What a pisser.

Ahh yeah the old "no decent players play below D2" sort of thinking.

But clearly, and yet again, for I think the 12th time, you have completely misunderstood the point. Are you doing it deliberately?

Who has more talent - Brad Sewell or Daniel Motlop? Lenny Hayes or Des Headland?

Talent is one thing, and Coxy has a helluva lot of it, but he has up until recently lacked the work ethic, the will to win and the hardness (both mentally and physically) to be able to make it at, yes, D5 A Grade level. It's also a commentary on CLG's perceived strength this year.

I sometimes think you don't actually watch football or actively get involved in it. I can't believe you have never seen a really talented kid who doesn't have the application to turn that talent into a successful football career.

[Jetters]

The whole scenario. Don't want to sound like I'm sinking the boots into the lad cause I'm not. I'm aware of what he's been through and I quite like the kid but I'm a realist.

Purely from a football perspective, I'd be extremely surprised if he makes an impact at div 5 level and in terms of being worth a few$$$ that's just laughable.[/quote]He will need to work very hard to make the CLG A grade at all, let alone make an impact. As for being worth $$$ I know of players with much less talent than Coxy getting coin! Every man and his dog are getting some spending money these days. You'd be worth a small fortune mate!

He has also come a long way since you and I were plying our trades. He's added an element of hardness to his game and his contested marking is now really quite good.[/quote]

If a bloke struggling to play Div 5 'oozes talent', I'd hate to hear how you would describe someone who could kick and catch. What a pisser.[/quote]Ahh yeah the old "no decent players play below D2" sort of thinking.

But clearly, and yet again, for I think the 12th time, you have completely misunderstood the point. Are you doing it deliberately?

Who has more talent - Brad Sewell or Daniel Motlop? Lenny Hayes or Des Headland?

Talent is one thing, and Coxy has a helluva lot of it, but he has up until recently lacked the work ethic, the will to win and the hardness (both mentally and physically) to be able to make it at, yes, D5 A Grade level. It's also a commentary on CLG's perceived strength this year.

I sometimes think you don't actually watch football or actively get involved in it. I can't believe you have never seen a really talented kid who doesn't have the application to turn that talent into a successful football career.[/quote]

So you are complaining about losing a lazy, uncompetitive, physically and mentally weak and now obviously disloyal footballer, who may, if all goes well scrape into a Div 5 side? You blokes take the cake.

And for your stupid talent question, Lenny Hayes by a million miles.

[Footy Chick]

You need to take quoting 101 again.

That was painful to read.

[morell]

So you are complaining about losing a lazy, uncompetitive, physically and mentally weak and now obviously disloyal footballer, who may, if all goes well scrape into a Div 5 side? You blokes take the cake.

I wasn't really complaining, I was stirring up scottroo because we have history in this area - CLG "poaching" players from MPFC. Something which as usual you wouldn't have been aware of. Sometimes when you are unaware of the context of a discussion, it's best to just put the keyboard on ice for a while ... or you look stupid.... repeatedly..

Coxy is no longer any of those things (he probably was, when Freo and I were playing with him - hence the context of that discussion - again, context you would be unaware of) and given a full preseason, motivated mind and a healthy body, he will make an impact at D5 level due to his inherent talent.

And for your stupid talent question, Lenny Hayes by a million miles.

Exactly.

[zedman]

I wasn't really complaining, I was stirring up scottroo because we have history in this area - CLG "poaching" players from MPFC. Something which as usual you wouldn't have been aware of. Sometimes when you are unaware of the context of a discussion, it's best to just put the keyboard on ice for a while ... or you look stupid.... repeatedly..

i cant name one player in the last 5 years that has come across from MP..give us some names..and werent spacie and daish CLG juniors?

[scottroo]

Spot on zed, although daish is the son of a life member

[zedman]

Spot on zed, although daish is the son of a life member

gotcha..i wasnt sure of the connection but i knew there was one of sorts..

[Mr Onions]

Spot on zed, although daish is the son of a life member

gotcha..i wasn't sure of the connection but i knew there was one of sorts..

i reckon you could extend that time to the last twenty years. The only one i can recall in that time was D.Slattery and that was only because he was barred from your club. T Spacie has played more senior games for CLG than he played for MP and his CLG games were were played prior to his playing for MP.

[morell]

[zedman]

[morell]

FFS do I have to explicitly explain everything for everyone all of the time.

About 2 years ago I made fun and offered some genteel jibes at CLG after they were trying to poach a couple of our players. Which they were, despite their protests. You can define what "poach" means if you like, but some of our players were getting offers from CLG, either though official channels or not, to jump from MP to CLG.

Anyway, at the time, scottroo and zedman flew off the handle and had an all around hissy fit and lost their marbles at me for saying just that. Which I and others found absolutely hilarious. So now I very deliberately poke fun at this story and in general poke fun at CLG because it makes them mad and everyone else laugh. Finals chokes, hair gel, champagne glasses, poaching our players, kicking bins etc etc etc

Hence my post way back saying the CLG are up to their old tricks and trying to poach MPFC players - even if it did have a peppercorn of truth in it due to Coxy training with them.