He also kicked the winning goal 35 m out directly in front. High pressure goal. That was a great game.
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It coincided with a stint where I was spraying them around playing FF in my junior team, prompting them to start calling me āFishā.
I was ok with it as Salmon was my favourite player as a kid.
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Yikes.
Mason fletcher often comes across as a fkn idiot online
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cannot be understated how much flog energy he gives off
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All fixed ā¦ Straight back in
I hope he smashes it.
At this point I would take Mason as international signing over Mckay
Didnāt make the final team
Gives real Sam Weideman at CHB vibes. Itās over just pay him out and him and and his twin can have tea and biccies at Fogdogs property
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I reckon @Paul_Peos may have said this, or something similar when we recruited him
Its like we weāre that traumatised by hawkins/kennedy likes monstering us for years, we went and got a big, key defender to play on guys like that.
Except he doesnāt play like a big, key defender. For someone his size, its quite incredible how easily he gets pushed off the ball, or loses a strength battle
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Hawkins would be licking his lips if he was in the F50 with Ben McKay.
(Licking his own lips)
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Yeah BZT played some okay footy that year but got monstered by the Hawkins types, so we went and gave McKay loads of cash to play on them as you said.
Since then, the game has dramatically moved away from the gorilla forwards and we now have a bloke playing reserves that weāve paid on average $1M. Heās the solution to a problem that hasnāt existed for 2 years.
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He simply has no athleticism, cannot run, cannot jump no agility. turning circle of a truck
Needs to be left int he square 1v1 and play as a stopper heās not an athletic key back that can run and jump
Other than that thoughā¦
His problem isnāt ability imo, itās all between the ears, soft, zero confidence in himself and canāt handle expectation.
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It absolutely is ability.
He can mark, sometimes, when the ball is on his head and the opposition is focussed on the ball.
If he has another AFL level quality, then I havenāt seen it.
Iāve really jumped into this chat very late. But have we discussed Ben playing forward for a change? I know, itās against everything I believe in - in terms of giving players continuity in their spot. Buy he did play forward as a junior i read today (canāt confirm thatās true). Maybe focusing on the just the ball coming into the forward line may release him a bit - mentally. Especially if Lewis Hayes gets into the team soon.