Should we approach Lovett to bolster our midfield?

[Bornadog]

Andrew Lovett has been found not guilty of rape. He has stated he would like to make a comeback to AFL. Should we be looking at bolstering our outside midfield running by drafting him?

Andrew has explosive pace and can turn a game around and with Cooney struggling to put together 22 games a season, he might just be someone who can play a few years for us.

[Mofra]

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St Kilda got rid of him after he came second last in the club time-trial, with only a rookie ruckman behind him.

Forget the court case, he makes Josh Hill sound like Matthew Boyd on the track.

[Missing Dog]

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I'd rather give Fev a chance before Lovett

[Bornadog]

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St Kilda got rid of him after he came second last in the club time-trial, with only a rookie ruckman behind him.

Forget the court case, he makes Josh Hill sound like Matthew Boyd on the track.

Not how I remember him.

[GVGjr]

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I guess we can't comment on the court case. It was not his first brush with the law or questionable behavior to women. A definite NO from me.

[Bornadog]

Re: Should we approach Lovett to bolster our midfield?

I guess we can't comment on the court case. It was not his first brush with the law or questionable behavior to women. A definite NO from me.

If you were offered Ben Cousins a few years ago what would you have said then?

[Greystache]

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Having watched a lot of Essendon I can say with certainty he is a gun player, but absolutely no way would I even consider looking at him. The bloke is a cancer for a footy club.

[LongWait]

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Fevola? Lovett? What sick, perverted parallel universe have I woken up in????

[Bornadog]

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Having watched a lot of Essendon I can say with certainty he is a gun player, but absolutely no way would I even consider looking at him. The bloke is a cancer for a footy club.

yes agree with your thoughts - I know you watch a lot of Essendon with your girl friend.

[Bornadog]

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Fevola? Lovett? What sick, perverted parallel universe have I woken up in????

LW this is a forum where we discuss people's thoughts and gather their opinion and some may want to recruit Lovett, especially since our midfield lacks runners. BTW. on the Fervola thread 9 people so far want to recruit him.

[Jasper]

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Having watched a lot of Essendon I can say with certainty he is a gun player, but absolutely no way would I even consider looking at him. The bloke is a cancer for a footy club.

He actually turns 30 at the end of this year and he's been out of the system for 2 seasons. Very unlikely anyone goes near him other than Sheeds @ GWS

[Bornadog]

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He actually turns 30 at the end of this year and he's been out of the system for 2 seasons. Very unlikely anyone goes near him other than Sheeds @ GWS

Yes, I meant to say that myself, his age is against him.

[GVGjr]

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If you were offered Ben Cousins a few years ago what would you have said then?

Sorry, not sure what you mean? .. Is this question about, would we be happy to win a premiership with a guy who's a brilliant but troubled player? Lovett is not in that league of brilliance and the nature of his 'troubles' are much more disturbing to me.

I know not every bulldog player will be a great guy and family man, but I would be very opposed to seeing him in our colors.

[LostDoggy]

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LW this is a forum where we discuss people's thoughts and gather their opinion and some may want to recruit Lovett, especially since our midfield lacks runners. BTW. on the Fervola thread 9 people so far want to recruit him.

And nearly a hundred don't. All the poll proves is that you'll always find people to vote for anything, not that picking Fev is worth discussing (although thanks for putting the discussion point up to stimulate posting!). If you put up a poll saying 'will you eat crap for $10' I guarantee you there will be people voting yes (actually a real example haha). I only have peripheral knowledge of this from my mates involved in politics, but if we were designing a poll, a sample question with a 90% result in one direction would be a non-starter (ie. an example of a 'bad' question that would be unnecessary to ask as the result is already known). Also, using a basic bell curve, even a ridiculous question across a reasonable sample size will have people at the bottom end of the curve voting for it.. it's basically just a meaningless statistical reality. If 30 people said yes and 50 said no, then we're in an interesting debate. 100 vs. 9, not so much.

FWIW, though, I think the Lovett question is more interesting than the Fev one, but the early Essendon Lovett (the one in the video) is a far cry from the latter-day Essendon Lovett that was traded. A similar thing could be said of Mark Williams (Hawthorn/Essendon) who looked great five years ago but would be no good now. There are plenty more one/two-season wonders that could have great highlight reels but be of no real 'present day' use.

[choconmientay]

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Heheh, Fevola, Lovett .. and what next ... maybe we should approach Didak and Milne to complete the team?!

On the serious note: A clear NOOOOOOOOOOO for me