Congratulations Ryan Hargrave - 200 Games

[LostDoggy]

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Congratulations on reaching such an auspicious milestone Shaggy. Keep up the good work. Maybe another 200!!

[Eastdog]

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Congrats Shaggy on reaching 200 games. Lets get a win on Sunday for your 200th.

[Remi Moses]

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Battled a pretty serious health issue early if I recall.
Lost a lot of weight and was sent home, from memory.
Very solid AFL career

[westbulldog]

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This is not the time to be critical of a bloke who chalks up 200 AFL games for our Club it is a time to congratulate him and wish him well for Sunday. Well done Shaggy.

[Max469]

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Congratulations Ryan

A great bloke who has over came adversity to become the player he is today.

200 games is an amazing milestone for a player who was lucky to stay or be on the field in the first place - what an achievement.

Again - 200 games -what a feat - there are always going to be some people that are not happy with the way you or someone else plays - this week is not the time to voice it.


Thank you Shaggy.

Come what may at the end of the season, Good luck for tomorrow and hope the boys get a win for you.

[jeemak]

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I really like Shaggy as a player and think it's great he's made 200 games, I wish him well, he deserves it.

He's rarely played on his perfect match up throughout his career, and is a bit of a victim of his own versatility from a recognition point of view. If he was able to take another medium sized player each week rather than having to fill holes within our back six he'd have a few more Brownlow votes.

The concerns over some of his ball use and decision making are justified in my opinion, to a point of course. Though, like any player on our list he has areas of his game that have needed to be worked on it's unfortunate his errors can result in goals kicked against us due to the position he plays. When he keeps things simple he's effective, and when he limits his risk taking his kicking can be a weapon. Me and a couple of mates joke that you have to give him one goal against from a turnover on a weekly basis, but it's not actually that bad.

All in all, an excellent player that deserves the respect the above article suggests he receives from his team mates.

[LostDoggy]

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Congratulations Shaggy!

Give 'em hell tomorrow. Reminds me abit of Morris or Boyd in that he's given everything he has with the skills he has and forged out a very respectable career without having the silk of a Rohan Smith or Brad J. Great to see he's come back and done so well this year!

[hujsh]

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Hope I have missed the humour in that one Mantis and that you were just having a chuckle.

I actually thought there was actually some sort of consensus here that Hargrave was a big perpetrator of bombing it long in hope, especially when we had a small forwardline circa 2008-9.

I love Shags but he will almost exclusively kick it long when he is running down the boundary which, in the teams he has been involved in, hasn't always been the best move.

Anyway good on Hargrave for getting over his injuries, his rebound and ability to shut down the smalls was missed and has proven to be invaluable this year.

[Go_Dogs]

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Congrats to Hargrave on 200 games, great achievement. Tendency to panic and bomb away under pressure to one side, he has battled manfully against opponents who were often much bigger and stronger. It's a massive credit to him to reach this milestone, particularly in light of the injuries he's endured over the years.

[LostDoggy]

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Well done Shaggy - great to see you achieve this milestone!

[Twodogs]

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Great effort to get to 200 games after the helth problems he had when he first arrived at the club.