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11-06-2017, 07:10 PM
#931
Re: Following our ex's...................
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
If he backs up performances like today he deserves another crack at it.
You know what'd be interesting. If he does a decent job a couple of times and gets injured. Then what do they do and how do their fans react?
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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11-06-2017, 09:32 PM
#932
Re: Following our ex's...................
He was given the 'Game Breaker' highlights package on the AFL website. On what I saw, rightly so.
He was superb. Read the ball beautifully, held some great marks and competed well against Patton.
Also had a couple of key involvements in the last two minutes.
At one point Dwayne Russell quipped "he's been played out of position for 9 years!"
To be honest I'm absolutely rapt for him.
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11-06-2017, 09:54 PM
#933
Re: Following our ex's...................
Clearly 2017 Liam Jones is another Fine Cotton scandal.
The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.
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11-06-2017, 10:44 PM
#934
Re: Following our ex's...................
Geez a lot in here said to play him back and he'll prosper. One game and all but I wish we tried it out.
I've never had anything against Liam and always thought the bagging of him since he's gone was pretty ordinary. He was a hero in a pretty special day for Doggies supporters, I'll never forget that. I sincerely hope he can back it up and find his feet as an AFL footballer.
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11-06-2017, 10:52 PM
#935
Re: Following our ex's...................
I think we played him once or twice in defence. It wasn't pretty.
The Blues out of desperation seem to be on the right track, having given him weeks in the reserves to get some form up.
TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.
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11-06-2017, 11:00 PM
#936
Re: Following our ex's...................
Originally Posted by
jeemak
I think we played him once or twice in defence. It wasn't pretty.
The Blues out of desperation seem to be on the right track, having given him weeks in the reserves to get some form up.
It really was playing the last lot of chips at the casino after a losing all night. If they can get back some of their investment after doing very little for 32 months, more power to them and to him.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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12-06-2017, 12:37 AM
#937
Re: Following our ex's...................
I was really happy to see him take Patton to the cleaners. Did a superb job. I'm one of the guilty ones who bagged him often mainly because he could never kick a pressure goal. Liam has done well but he's got to be more than a one trick pony. Punching from behind is not that hard. He will need to take a lot of marks as I'm not sure his ground game will cut the mustard down back when thr pressure is on. But good luck to him. Just don't do a Jon Ballantyne when you play us Liam.
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12-06-2017, 02:27 AM
#938
Re: Following our ex's...................
Perhaps Bornadog may be right after all?
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12-06-2017, 07:38 AM
#939
Re: Following our ex's...................
Originally Posted by
merantau
Liam has done well but he's got to be more than a one trick pony. Punching from behind is not that hard. He will need to take a lot of marks as I'm not sure his ground game will cut the mustard
I would have thought 8 marks was a pretty good effort
For those who were always the underdogs and wore it as a badge of honour.
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12-06-2017, 09:20 AM
#940
Re: Following our ex's...................
Originally Posted by
aker39
I would have thought 8 marks was a pretty good effort
He had a good game and I thought his 2nd efforts were pretty good as well.
Good luck to him for the balance of the season
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12-06-2017, 09:28 AM
#941
Re: Following our ex's...................
Good luck to Liam. He has copped a roasting from every angle his whole career and from a football sense it's probably fair enough. Personally though it's probably hard to take and I'd say he must have grown a pretty thick skin over the years. I was upset when he snubbed us to go to Carlton and I've loved how it hasn't worked out for him in my own selfish one eyed bulldog way. But I am actually rapt for him to finally be on the positive side of some press and form.
He must have figured out that you have to be pretty fit to play AFL footy. He couldn't string 2 leads together without blowing up when he was with us. So if he is playing in defence and is constantly chasing down forwards his fitness must have improved 100 fold. Well done Carlton, well done Liam.
They've done studies you know, 60% of the time, it works every time!
Brian Fantana.
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12-06-2017, 11:05 AM
#942
Re: Following our ex's...................
I am happy for him. His kicking out of defence was excellent too. If he can turn his career around it shows he has resilience in buckets.
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12-06-2017, 02:22 PM
#943
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Yeah I'm stoked for him too. It's fair game to have a joke about him, but in all seriousness the amount of vitriol AFL players cop for being bad at AFL is pretty stupid to be honest. I'm loathe to credit the "he's played more AFL games than you" line of thinking with any credit whatsoever, but when you move from valid criticism (Jones runs under the ball, only ever marks on his chest, is *not really* a competitive beast) into unmitigated berating (YOUR A ******* IDIOT JOENS *chugs Delicious Pot of Carlton Mid*) then it really is quite apt.
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12-06-2017, 03:26 PM
#944
Re: Following our ex's...................
Watched half that game, he did well. Good on him, happy to see him do well (ecstatic that it was against The Plastic Franchise)
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13-06-2017, 02:07 PM
#945
Re: Following our ex's...................
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
Solid performance by Jones. He's been made to earn his promotion and came into the side after a number of good performances.
Good luck to him.
Absolutely.
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Great move by the Carlton coach to put him in the backline. Suits him beautifully. Use your leap and punch away - not hard to be a fullback.
Playing in defence used to be pretty straight forward. It was as simple as punch when you see a head. But now it's a bit more complicated these days with zone defences trying to do away with the third tall and the desperation to get good ball users down face.
Once defending was easy, you'd just send a deranged lunatic like me to try and intimidate them off their game. But now you have to know what you are doing.
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
You know what'd be interesting. If he does a decent job a couple of times and gets injured. Then what do they do and how do their fans react?
Oh please let that happen. Liam getting a contract and Carlton signing a dud for another couple of years would be ideal from my POV. I love Liam and hate Carlton.
Originally Posted by
westdog54
He was given the 'Game Breaker' highlights package on the AFL website. On what I saw, rightly so.
He was superb. Read the ball beautifully, held some great marks and competed well against Patton.
Also had a couple of key involvements in the last two minutes.
At one point Dwayne Russell quipped "he's been played out of position for 9 years!"
To be honest I'm absolutely rapt for him.
Me too. As I have often pointed out to you. Liam Jones is Footscray premiership hero Liam Jones and I will blokelove him forever for giving us that flag.
Originally Posted by
jeemak
I think we played him once or twice in defence. It wasn't pretty.
The Blues out of desperation seem to be on the right track, having given him weeks in the reserves to get some form up.
Yep we did and Liam get torched because he didn't understand what he was doing. Liam Jones is a talented player, take the time to explain what you want him to do and he's proven he can do it.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.