The "I was wrong" thread

[Mofra]

Well here it is. A change to stand up (interweb-like) and say you were wrong about a player (or players) in terms of what they can and can't do, will they make it, etc etc.


1. At the start of the year I expressed grave doubts about Stack as a player, whether he'd make the grade, his intensity and the like. I hadn't been overly impressed by his VFL form at any stage and his fading in and out of games worried me. A 4 goal game led me to believe he had ability, but the consistency was desire I thought was missing.
I saw something during the Swans game which turned me 180 degrees - he seemed to be determine to influence play when he didn't have the ball with running, deft tap ons, and a general desire to be in the contest. Clearly I had misjudged him and am now excited about what he can bring to the table.


2. I thought D-Mac would make it; reasonable kick with good distance, solid defensive side to his game, not bad overhead, and he had done a job on Aaron Davey at senior level. Nobody would doubt that there are guys who would be playing VFL if we had a fully fit list that would be well ahead of him these days.


Anyone else have players that had completely misjudged?

[Bornadog]

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I know this is the I was wrong thread, but I am still not sure about Addison and whether he is in our best 22. I could be wrong and would be happy to admit I am, but time will tell.

[Doc26]

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I was wrong to believe Grant couldn't hold down a spot in our 22 this season.

[LostDoggy]

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I was wrong to doubt Tom Williams. Yes, I know he still makes some silly mistakes, but that is fixable with training and experience, and the boy has talent, is fit and I think he deserves to be rated as highly as the club does rate him.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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I have two 'I was wrongs' to confess to.

1. I said on another forum 3 or 4 years ago, that I thought Farren Ray may well be the best of Cooney & Griff, and we would not see the best of him til he had played 100 games for us... Wrong on both fronts there!!

2. I thought Mal Lynch would be an outstanding player for the Dogs. I based this off:
• one NAB cup game he played (against Swans I think), and
• an interview with him I saw, where I thought he came across as a very impressive motivated young man with leadership qualities.

Still think talent-wise Lynch could've been a very handy player for us, especially with the current dearth of small crumbing forwards at the club. I guess his application though wasn't up to scratch and the club lost patience.

[The Pie Man]

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Ryan Griffen.

There might be a more appropriate term than 'wrong' but my posting history will point that mid/late last year I wanted more from him, and perhaps wouldn't mind if the club looked to trade him for a key forward of note.

His form in the 09 finals and this year have lived up to the high expectations that I had of him after the blistering start to his career. That's probably why I judged him so harshly, as he promised so much at the start (he was great in the Collingwood final in 06, he was close to becoming my favourite player at the time)

I was wrong about Cameron Faulkner - that was before I found WOOF, but I thought he was going to be a gun.

I always hoped Patrick Bowden would pull his finger out and be the star I felt he was capable of being - not to be.

[stefoid]

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Sorry, cant think of anything

[mighty_west]

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Russell Shields - 1988, remember watching him bag 5 goals in a game against Hawthorn at VFL Park, thought he was something special, he ended up playing 3 games for the club....

Another one for Cam Faulkner, thought he was going to be a gun.

Michael West, remember watching his games in the under 18's, switching from the ruck & forward line, unfortunatly did his knee the day he kicked 12 or 13 goals in a game, and also suffrered a serious knee injury for Werribee after we drafted him, was all she wrote.

...and now for the big one : Scott West
I remember watching this skinny kid run around, and apart from that game where he botted 6 goals against Essendon @ Whitten Oval, he just didn't look like it, wasn't overally quick, didn't seeM to have the best skills......BU BOW!

[Dry Rot]

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I thought Rawlings would be our tall forward saviour.

[mighty_west]

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I thought Rawlings would be our tall forward saviour.

The way Rawlings was hunted by the club, talked up by Rhoder, giving us all hope that he was this great forward etc etc, i think alot of supporters got sucked in.

Remember, his great season in the forward line for the Hawks, he booted 30 something goals...

[Dry Rot]

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The way Rawlings was hunted by the club, talked up by Rhoder, giving us all hope that he was this great forward etc etc, i think alot of supporters got sucked in.

Remember, his great season in the forward line for the Hawks, he booted 30 something goals...

Had a magnificent first game for us, IIRC.

Rest weren't too hot though.

[turtle]

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I have two 'I was wrongs' to confess to.

1. I said on another forum 3 or 4 years ago, that I thought Farren Ray may well be the best of Cooney & Griff, and we would not see the best of him til he had played 100 games for us... Wrong on both fronts there!!

2. I thought Mal Lynch would be an outstanding player for the Dogs. I based this off:
• one NAB cup game he played (against Swans I think), and
• an interview with him I saw, where I thought he came across as a very impressive motivated young man with leadership qualities.

Still think talent-wise Lynch could've been a very handy player for us, especially with the current dearth of small crumbing forwards at the club. I guess his application though wasn't up to scratch and the club lost patience.

I thought Lynch was let go because of chronic injury issues

[BulldogBelle]

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I thought Peter Quill would win a Brownlow based on his first pre-season praccy match at Skinner Reserve.


Idiot.

[Ghost Dog]

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I was wrong about Barry Hall. I was not upset when he was drafted, but listening to his interviews, he just didn't seem to have attoned for his past misdemeanors. ' I can't promise anything' was the line I believe. I thought to myself at the time "he will lose it again; positive".
I was wrong. He held his cool as Luke hodge tried to give him a wedgie in the NAB, has copped it left and right and has held sway. So far anyway, and hope I stay wrong.

[LostDoggy]

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I thought Rawlings would be our tall forward saviour.

Mate, you call that 'wrong'? That's nothing. A real mistake would be to express the same sentiments, as I did, about Andrew McDougall.