Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

[Eastdog]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

The 03 04 team was unfit, poorly coached outfit that had potential.
The 96 team had everything go wrong. It can turn very quickly and if you'd said 2 years ago West Coast would now be a force, you'd be sent to the nuthouse ASAP

Even Geelong at one stage before they become so good were struggling and even there were calls to sack Bomber Thompson. That game when they won by 157 points against Richmond 2007 was a match if they lost that day where Bomber could have got sacked. We will be back up there again. We are just at that stage once again of rebuilding and development. This years draft looks quite good.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

The 1996 team wasn't weak, it was simply injury ravaged and unfit. Weak sides don't suddely over a summer become less than a goal shy of a premiership.

I think the talent in the team in 1996 was under estimated and we know they were on the verge of a few good years. I can't see the same with the current team as there are too many players with less than 50 games, then a gap and then 7 with over 150 games. Those seven will not contribute greatly next year and therefore, next years team will be even worse. I can't see us off the bottom till at least the 2014 season.

Agree with these comments. Hmm who took over at the end of 1996? Any chance that guy would want to devalue the 96 team to enhance his accomplishments over the following couple of years? Nah, you'd have to be really vain to do that!

[Bornadog]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

Sorry BAD, do you have the link for this article?
Cheers
Gdawg

Terry said this on SEN this afternoon.

[Maddog37]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

Agree with these comments. Hmm who took over at the end of 1996? Any chance that guy would want to devalue the 96 team to enhance his accomplishments over the following couple of years? Nah, you'd have to be really vain to do that!

No way. Terry vain!?! Never

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

No way. Terry vain!?! Never

Yeah no way. That's middle aged man using tanning beds everyday vain.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

Sorry, but I quite like Terry Wallace. He says some good stuff about footy and he is a Bulldog for life. In this case, I disagree with him. Ayce Cordy is a rough diamond who will show us his stuff pretty soon.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

Agree with these comments. Hmm who took over at the end of 1996? Any chance that guy would want to devalue the 96 team to enhance his accomplishments over the following couple of years? Nah, you'd have to be really vain to do that!

That was my line of thinking, maybe pessimistic but seems like fairly transparent self promotion. Aker will come out next to say he was the reason we made some prelims...

[jeemak]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

Agree with these comments. Hmm who took over at the end of 1996? Any chance that guy would want to devalue the 96 team to enhance his accomplishments over the following couple of years? Nah, you'd have to be really vain to do that!

Let alone talk down the state of the place after he left................

[Dry Rot]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

It's fine to shoot Wallace the messenger but I think he's right.

IMO we have the worst list now that I can remember since 1998.

At least the 2004 team IIRC had West, Smith, Darcy, Grant and Johnno. And a young recruit who would win a Brownlow.

In our current team, only Murph and Griff can be compared to those players.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

Agree with these comments. Hmm who took over at the end of 1996? Any chance that guy would want to devalue the 96 team to enhance his accomplishments over the following couple of years? Nah, you'd have to be really vain to do that!

Very vain and self absorbed . No need to re-hash Terry's mistakes as he learnt a valuable lesson and repeated them at Richmond

[SonofScray]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

A bit harsh on the 1996 group I feel. For reasons stated already.

The real challenge for this group is the lack of star power, with the added repeat 04 issue: a lack of balance in quality players across a few age groups. We're going to struggle a bit I fear.

[MrMahatma]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

It's fine to shoot Wallace the messenger but I think he's right.

IMO we have the worst list now that I can remember since 1998.

At least the 2004 team IIRC had West, Smith, Darcy, Grant and Johnno. And a young recruit who would win a Brownlow.

In our current team, only Murph and Griff can be compared to those players.

We still have:

- Griff, Murph, Lake, Cooney, Boyd, Morris (injured - granted)

We're probably 1 decent fwd of being relatively decent.

I'm feeling optimistic tonight.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

I think Dry Rot is closer to the mark than Id like him to be

We just can't argue with our results, and over the past 14 months they've been ordinary - and we have some very ordinary players on our list and too many who have yet to establish themselves as senior players

We're probably 1 decent fwd of being relatively decent.

I'm feeling optimistic tonight.

Assuming you are right, and I don't mean to bring you down, but we just don't have a Franklin on our horizon, but I guess maybe the draft at the end of the year will see us land a Hurley type

[Dry Rot]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

We still have:

- Griff, Murph, Lake, Cooney, Boyd, Morris (injured - granted)

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Disagree.

The 2012 versions of Lake, Cooney and Morris don't belong on that list (in the context of the discussion).

Doubt Boyd does either - he wouldn't have a got a gig in any of the top 5 teams of last year.

Which leaves Griff and Murphy, who will soon retire.

Our list is poor.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Terry Wallace says - Current team Weakest since 1996 team.

I think Dry Rot is closer to the mark than Id like him to be

We just can't argue with our results, and over the past 14 months they've been ordinary - and we have some very ordinary players on our list and too many who have yet to establish themselves as senior players

Agreed - and IMO Hall wallpapered the cracks of trend down while he was here.