Michael Talia

[Ghost Dog]

Not all bad news today - Michael Talia breathing a huge sigh of relief knowing that Kyle Hardingham won't be handing his arse on a platter in 2016

No, but there is a conga line of other forwards who are rubbing their hands in anticipation.

[Testekill]

From the AFL prospectus for a bit of schaudenfreude

Michael Talia

• Rated poor for his position.
• Had the worst defensive one-on-one losing percentage in the competition. In fact, it was 5% worse than anybody else.

[bulldogtragic]

From the AFL prospectus for a bit of schaudenfreude

Michael Talia

• Rated poor for his position.
• Had the worst defensive one-on-one losing percentage in the competition. In fact, it was 5% worse than anybody else.

Pfft. Everyone knows that stats are just mere numbers based on actual things that happen during football games that represent the player's ability. Like, what ever.

[Maddog37]

Rated number one in the league for losing mobile phones apparently.

[Greystache]

Rated poor for loyalty, integrity, and football.

Rated elite for screaming profanities after being outmarked by his opponent.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Rated elite for spoiling his own teammates.

[Twodogs]

He's elite at standing on the mark looking annoyed too.

[bulldogtragic]

To be fair, since joining Sydney he's become elite at making an arse of himself to journos and thereby firing up our players up on Twitter and giving them a reason to work harder to beat Sydney. That's clearly a tick in his box for the things he's done positive for our club. His request to be traded to Sydney was another tick in the positive box. Some balance to the discussion please.

[Twodogs]

To be fair, since joining Sydney he's become elite at making an arse of himself to journos and thereby firing up our players up on Twitter and giving them a reason to work harder to beat Sydney. That's clearly a tick in his box for the things he's done positive for our club. His request to be traded to Sydney was another tick in the positive box. Some balance to the discussion please.

He's elite at swapping clubs.


You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. Don't mess with mr Inbetween.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

I think we should go easy on Tellya, his IQ is low enough to classify him as mentally disabled or impaired.

[LostDoggy]

Scheming,Scamming Prick probably gets around flashing a Health Care Card too.

[Ghost Dog]

That's an insult to people with a physical impairment. He was dishonest. That's worse.

[Twodogs]

That's an insult to people with a physical impairment. He was dishonest. That's worse.

Yep. People with intellectual disabilities have done nothing wrong.

[Ghost Dog]

I should say 'mental challenge'. There will be a machiavellian interest from Bulldog fans in the Swans backline this season.

[LostDoggy]

It's weird that he can be "the most underrated player in the competition" and be our best player and 11th best player in the AFL.

I found the most underrated comment a bit strong also. I think they mean that, as they rate him the 11th best player in the comp and best Bulldog, he doesn't get the wider plaudits that he should, however I think the comment is pretty heavy given he is widely recognised as a prodigious and elite talent.