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woftam 
I used to be undecided, but now I'm not so sure.
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
Location: Carum Downs, Vic
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looked at his stats during the last quarter & he had only 1 contested possession, 1 tackle & 0 1%er's
If that is a pass mark no wonder we are going down the gurgler. |
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Collingwood Crackerjack
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
Location: Canberra
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| MagpieBat wrote: | Blair's worth to the side? Sweet FA.
But doubtless his apologists will be telling us that we would have lost by 80 or 90 points if he weren't there... |
BLAIR FOREVER!!!!!!!
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piedys 
Heeeeeeere's Dyso!!!
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Location: Resident Forum Psychopath since 2003
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| Flashman wrote: | Great bloody swimmer. If those pampered smart arses who made up the swimming team at the 2012 Olympics had his dedication, professionalism and spirit then they may have lived up to their massive hype. But they didn't and they didn't.
A bit like our boys this year really. |
Agreed, Yes we can digress under the circumstances today.
Don't start me on those dickheads and their college-fraternity prank door-knocking bullshit. Magnessun has to live with himself and his mate Silver for another two years, and we will see if he has the psychological fortitude to recover and claim Gold in 2016.
And leaving Emma Snowsill out of the womens triathalon was a disgrace too.
If only all our athletes had mental toughness and dedication of Sally Pearson, instead of Sam Stosur's fragility, then we might see some better results for our tax payer dollars.
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daics aka the ruckman
Joined: 30 Aug 2010
Location: Scoreboard Hill @ Vic Park
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I think the repeated average to poor performances of Blair must see him dropped. The team needs more.
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magirl 
Joined: 17 Aug 2007
Location: Tura Beach NSW
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My sad observation on Nicks is that every year some player seems to be singled out to be the scapegoat for any perceived underperformance by the team. Seems that this year it is Blair.
This is very sad and I am sure that it is a lot less than encouraging to anyone even if a bit down on form.
Blair is far from the reason the team is not performing.
Give it a rest. I
I come here to support the team.
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Rick
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| magirl wrote: | My sad observation on Nicks is that every year some player seems to be singled out to be the scapegoat for any perceived underperformance by the team. Seems that this year it is Blair.
This is very sad and I am sure that it is a lot less than encouraging to anyone even if a bit down on form.
Blair is far from the reason the team is not performing.
Give it a rest. I
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He isn't the only one under performing, but he's playing in a position where we actually have some coverage impressing in the VFL or wearing the green vest for 3 quarters.
In my opinion Blair is played out of position, I bet the kid has played all his junior footy as a rover, all of a sudden he's a crumbing forward.
For me, it's a problem with out match committee and development not being brave and saying 'ok, isn't not working, lets give Jarryd some midfield minutes and try Martin, or Broomhead or Kennedy as a forward'
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magirl
Joined: 17 Aug 2007
Location: Tura Beach NSW
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So are others who are having even less impact. Is it his height that makes his underperformance more vital than others?
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Beast
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| woftam wrote: | looked at his stats during the last quarter & he had only 1 contested possession, 1 tackle & 0 1%er's
If that is a pass mark no wonder we are going down the gurgler. |
Sorry to say this mate but we aren't going we are already there.
And will remain there for as long as our supporter base is appeased by players like Blair trying hard and thinks our selection panel's shit doesn't stink. |
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Beast
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| magirl wrote: | | So are others who are having even less impact. Is it his height that makes his underperformance more vital than others? |
No darl, it's the fact that he has no redeeming features talent wise whatsoever. Some of our other players are prone to bad days and can have up and down games but they actually contribute in some meaningful ways every now and again. Blair does this once or twice a year. |
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thebaldfacts
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
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Blair is a Collingwood immortal as a premiership player, but alas time to move on.
Too short to Mark and too slow to impact others. I feel that BK needs to replace Blair in the side as he can do what Blair does, but offers us leg speed, something we sadly lack. |
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Rick
Joined: 11 May 2008
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| magirl wrote: | | So are others who are having even less impact. Is it his height that makes his underperformance more vital than others? |
Nope, its the fact that there are others who aren't injured and are making an impact in the VFL who play a similar role, but can hit the scoreboard and push up the ground or out to a wing. |
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AN_Inkling
Joined: 06 Oct 2007
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| Beast wrote: |
And will remain there for as long as our supporter base is appeased by players like Blair trying hard and thinks our selection panel's shit doesn't stink. |
Ah yes, the "Jack Spain" delusion  . If only supporters demanded more on bulletin boards across the internet, our team would be far more hungry and the coach would finally get the message and play that long list of stars we have in the VFL just waiting for a chance.
And the obsessing over Blair is just getting ridiculous. Sure he's no star player but nor have his performances been atrocious. We certainly could replace him with say, Kennedy. But is that what an already young team, struggling to run out games really needs? Martin's not much of an option as he really doesn't offer anything different.
I'd have little problem with Blair being dropped, as his performances have not been outstanding (Goldsack's in a similar boat). But, let's put it into perspective, he's playing forward pocket and replacing him wouldn't have a dramatic impact on our prospects.
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007
Location: Between London and Melbourne
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Yes, I don't think Blair's been the problem (after all, we won a premiership with him in that position so it's hard to argue he's holding the side back), but the forward line obviously needs some new thinking and some class. I think Jarryd's been very solid, but he might have to make way so that we can experiment. Right now, we have lost the plot on 2014 so we might as well try things to understand how best to approach 2015. If that meant trying Martin for Blair for two or three weeks, I'd have no problem with it. I don't have great confidence it'll make any difference, but you never know til you try, and the confidence right now is not exactly throbbing.
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Beast
Joined: 26 Oct 2011
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| AN_Inkling wrote: | | Beast wrote: |
And will remain there for as long as our supporter base is appeased by players like Blair trying hard and thinks our selection panel's shit doesn't stink. |
Ah yes, the "Jack Spain" delusion . If only supporters demanded more on bulletin boards across the internet, our team would be far more hungry and the coach would finally get the message and play that long list of stars we have in the VFL just waiting for a chance.
And the obsessing over Blair is just getting ridiculous. Sure he's no star player but nor have his performances been atrocious. We certainly could replace him with say, Kennedy. But is that what an already young team, struggling to run out games really needs? Martin's not much of an option as he really doesn't offer anything different.
I'd have little problem with Blair being dropped, as his performances have not been outstanding (Goldsack's in a similar boat). But, let's put it into perspective, he's playing forward pocket and replacing him wouldn't have a dramatic impact on our prospects. |
Hiss is a piss extracting merchant I'm actually being serious.
Our powers that be recently have proven to be not much wiser than our typical fan, easily satisfied and not much chop bar sounding positive and sweet-talking.
And the sooner you realise most sides don't even have anyone playing Blair's role and even the ones that still have use far quicker and skillful players in it.
And while the Sack doesn't set the world on fire he gives us grunt and flexibility such as Bucks' hilarious move of sending Langdon forward and the Sack back. Blair doesn't even have these fairly questionably but still redeeming features nevertheless. |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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| I hope we can make the deadline. |
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