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stoliboy 
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Piesnchess
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The guy is still fast and quick, has great disposal, good kick, and boots goals, oh but in the eyes of the doomsayers, we don't need a guy like that ???? We have just lost a swag of experience players, or don't they consider that absolute fact ?? I can see no damn harm in this, he is a leader and would be an inspiration too our army of kids. Great news. !
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| feKKo wrote: | Not sure how you think he wasn't playing well at the end of the season.
Round 22 - 32 Disposals 3 Goals 2
Round 23 - 26 Disposals 2 Goals 1
Even tho they lost those games you cant say that he was playing badly.
Fasolo was the only player on our list that Averaged more goals per game this season. |
Those damn facts. always getting in the way!
And Cigar man, you dismiss the role that getting Harvey had on wells decision because you say the wells deal is locked up. but you have no idea whether or not the pies gave him assurances that they would also be taking Harvey. seems odd he would chose the pies and that we would mysteriously go after Boomer. I think you must be smoking something other than a cigar if you think they are mutually exclusive matters.
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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| I agree. I thought it was rather odd, too. |
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Piesnchess
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The old cigar man spends 98% of his time on here knocking and ridiculing everything the club does, the Board does, a perpetual doomsayer who never has anything positive to say about the club, ever. 
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AN_Inkling
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I don't support this one. Wells: yes, Mayne: yes, Boomer: no. If he does come over I expect it'd be more of a mentoring segueing into coaching role, I just don't see it helping us over much.
It's also out of step with Buckley's "effort over everything" approach - that should buoy some of his critics  . Boomer will not help our forward 50 pressure and having a smaller player that doesn't pressure well is a big weakness.
I just can't see this happening. Some small chance as a low cost coaching/playing role I guess. We do desperately need wise, experienced heads at the club, it's the only thing preventing us from being a serious top 4 chance.
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Piesnchess
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^^ WE are losing a lot of experienced players, swan and cloke etc, etc, this can only help, we cant be just all mainly kids.
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Cam 
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If he did come to the Pies or anyone else he could overtrain in an attempt to prove himself at his new club. One old man injury and it would be curtains ala Dustin Fletcher's last year.
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Pies4shaw 
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| Does a guy who has played as many games as Des Tuddenham - and then gone on to have another entire career on top of that really need to prove anything to anybody? |
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WarrenerraW
Joined: 18 Apr 2008
Location: Melbourne
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| I like the idea of boomer joining us for a year in a development type role. He's still playing great footy and would add valuable experience to our young developing midfield. He's tough at the contest and knows how to kick a goal or two so how can that be a bad thing... As for this fear that he'll be taking a spot from one of our young players, I don't agree, look at it more like a mentoring role. He's the sort of player we need roaming the packs and feeding off a contest. A midfield consisting of Pendles, Treloar, Adams, Sidearse, Crisp and Boomer sounds pretty good to me. Chuck Wells in as a roaming half forward and we've got ourselves a pretty good team. |
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Cam
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| Pies4shaw wrote: | | Does a guy who has played as many games as Des Tuddenham - and then gone on to have another entire career on top of that really need to prove anything to anybody? |
Pride and human nature dude. You ever changed jobs/workplaces?
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AN_Inkling
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Only possible positive here is: Boomer's 2016 was definitely good enough to be on our list, he was at times the Roos best or most damaging player. It's difficult to see it happening again in 2017, though I would have said the same after around 2012-2013 and every year after.
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jackcass
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| Can understand the logic but I'd prefer we looked elsewhere |
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AN_Inkling
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| jackcass wrote: | | Can understand the logic but I'd prefer we looked elsewhere |
I doubt this happens. If it does, it will be after looking everywhere else and not finding a better option. Harvey will be cheap and won't require us giving up anything. There's no one else better from a cost outlay perspective. If he plays close to his 2016 form he does make us better next year and adds experience that we definitely need.
I'm not for it, but also not strongly against it. Can't see that it really hurts us and has a decent chance of making us better, even if it's hard to believe that a 39 year old could still play at AFL level.
For me, it's more of a "vibe" thing. I'd much prefer to see Harvey as a one club player. It's happening more and more but I don't like seeing club stars booted out of their club and then finishing elsewhere.
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MatthewBoydFanClub
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Location: Elwood
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| AN_Inkling wrote: | | Only possible positive here is: Boomer's 2016 was definitely good enough to be on our list, he was at times the Roos best or most damaging player. It's difficult to see it happening again in 2017, though I would have said the same after around 2012-2013 and every year after. |
Boomer's 2016 was better than our Cloke, Toovey, Macaffer, Williams, Brown, Goodyear and Langdon, but I still don't want him on our list. The great man should retire as a one club player. If he wants to come to Collingwood in a mentoring role that's another story. For the moment, Wells and Mayne are good pickups which will cost us only their salaries. For North supporters next year watching Boomer in Collingwood colours is like Collingwood supporters watching Peter MacKenna in Carlton colours. It didn't work out for MacKenna and it won't work for Boomer. |
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