Marcus Bontempelli

[AshMac]

I’d be happy w $10m over 8 years if his hip condition isn’t degenerative.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Now....... maybe I'm the lamest man in Australia, but despite the fact it's Friday night and I should be 'a rocking' out there somewhere in the world's most liveable city, I'm taking some pleasure reading this thread from the start. From the first post down.

It unwinds like a Tolstoy epic. The backers, the doubters, the sideways glances....... people who are so damn CONVINCED they know the score..........the trajectories of all the characters in play. The chosen ones.........the untouchables.........the passage of time that transforms not only the characters but the observers. The slow realisation, that something special is unfolding........

And.... once the battle is over, and many young men's careers have been judged, transformed........and, yes destroyed.

WE can now judge the colonels and generals. The decision makers......

..... because one heroic figure emerges from the mist and smoke of battle.......one champion.........the dark horse.........

Marcus Bontempelli.

What a great and brave decision to take him at pick 4.

[1eyedog]

Scharenberg is a much safer option than Bontempelli and should be selected on that basis. Bomtempelli may end up a better player but we won't be disappointed with Scharenberg and their is more risk with Bontempelli.

Lol you're an idiot.

[EasternWest]

Lol you're an idiot.

Ha ha that's gold.

[1eyedog]

Imagine the Bont at the Pies shudder.

[bulldogtragic]

Bonts now two votes clear on top of the afl coaches award. Two over Tim Kelly and 10 over Cripps. Hope he stays there, and a sign about Charlie later in the year.

[azabob]

Yep

Bonts now two votes clear on top of the afl coaches award. Two over Tim Kelly and 10 over Cripps. Hope he stays there, and a sign about Charlie later in the year.

My biggest fear is we as a club are wasting Bontempelli and his prime years.

With his ability and players around him we should be playing finals.

It’s extremely disappointing we don’t get to see him more on the big stage and surely this comes into play when he signs his next contract.

[Mantis]

My biggest fear is we as a club are wasting Bontempelli and his prime years.

With his ability and players around him we should be playing finals.

It’s extremely disappointing we don’t get to see him more on the big stage and surely this comes into play when he signs his next contract.

As opposed to Carlton with Cripps who has carried a massive load whilst playing for a bottom 2 or 3 team. At least Bont has climbed the highest mountain, Carlton are struggling to climb Mt. Wycheproof.

We aren’t far away from being a force again and I think Bont can see that.

[GVGjr]

Yep

My biggest fear is we as a club are wasting Bontempelli and his prime years.

With his ability and players around him we should be playing finals.

It’s extremely disappointing we don’t get to see him more on the big stage and surely this comes into play when he signs his next contract.

There is something to that view. We need to be more competitive in the next few years.

[Bulldog4life]

There is something to that view. We need to be more competitive in the next few years.

I think we will be. This trade and draft period is so important for us to take the next step.

[The bulldog tragician]

Yep

My biggest fear is we as a club are wasting Bontempelli and his prime years.

With his ability and players around him we should be playing finals.

It’s extremely disappointing we don’t get to see him more on the big stage and surely this comes into play when he signs his next contract.

I can't bear to think about this.

With the emergence of Naughton and Smith, though, there is another superstar tier below him. I think there is another flag over the next three years, with smart recruiting to fill the void in the backline where there is a lack of class. Having said that, our premiership-winning defence did consist of three rookies (M Boyd, D Morris and the Norm Smith medallist JJ), a bloke who hasn't been able to get a game for most of the following years (Roberts) and rejects from Geelong and Sydney (Biggs and Hamling), so it's not always about having absolute silk, but the chemistry, buy-in and game plan. Anyway back to Bont. He was unbelievable on Sunday. Without him we'd have lost by 10 goals. Sign him forever please.

[craigsahibee]

Yep

My biggest fear is we as a club are wasting Bontempelli and his prime years.

With his ability and players around him we should be playing finals.

It’s extremely disappointing we don’t get to see him more on the big stage and surely this comes into play when he signs his next contract.

Don't worry. The Bont hasn't reached his Prime yet.

[bulldogtragic]

AFL Coaches Award - Two rounds left.

VOTES PLAYER CLUB

93 Marcus Bontempelli WB
86 Tim Kelly GEEL
83 Nat Fyfe FRE
78 Patrick Cripps CARL
76 Luke Shuey WCE
73 Lachie Neale BL
72 Patrick Dangerfield GEEL
68 Brodie Grundy COLL
67 Travis Boak PORT
65 Ben Cunnington NMFC
64 Jack Macrae WB
62 Josh Dunkley WB

3 of the best 11 midfielders according to the AFEL coaches. Our 3 are also 3 of the 4 youngest on the list.

[azabob]

As opposed to Carlton with Cripps who has carried a massive load whilst playing for a bottom 2 or 3 team. At least Bont has climbed the highest mountain, Carlton are struggling to climb Mt. Wycheproof.

We aren’t far away from being a force again and I think Bont can see that.

I really hope so Mantis.

I'm sure like you, we couldn't care less about Carlton and Cripps and if they ever leave princess park car park.

[ledge]

I really hope so Mantis.

I'm sure like you, we couldn't care less about Carlton and Cripps and if they ever leave princess park car park.

Oh I wouldn’t mind Cripps leaving and finding a home in Barkly st Footscray.