It seemed like a good idea at the time....

[AndrewP6]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

What did you think Andrew of our 2012 pre season guernsey?

The red one with the hoops? Hated it.

[Eastdog]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

The red one with the hoops? Hated it.

That's the one. Yeah I didn't really like it that much either.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Bad Idea to hire that foolish person who thought he could spirit large amounts of cash from us, and nobody would notice.

[boydogs]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Sorry to go there but...............changing the name from Footscray.

Better than playing interstate to increase our supporter base.

[SonofScray]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Thanks Eastdog.

I might add me chiming in with the name change comment in this thread as another thing that seemed like a good idea at the time.

I had to show great restraint to not go there. The quality of the new membership campaign and marketing strategy has been terrific, if the timing was different we may have been able to resist the renaming fad of the mid 90s. Bugger.

Smith on Robran was never a good idea, I can recall fans early on saying "ffs get him out of there."

Any of Paul Dooley, Cam Wight and Nick Bruton would have seemed lie a good idea at the time.

Doggie Doggie Doggie WOOF WOOF WOOF

[EasternWest]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

And umpiring affected the Saints prelim too much - Hargraves holding the ball free kick when he actually kicked the ball, Riewoldts diving etc etc

I've seen you worked up on a few occasions - that was the one time I thought your head might actually pop. One of the more egregious footballing calls ever made, the ball rolled about 30 metres off his boot.

Speaking of Hargrave, another stinker that I can't understand ever seeming like a good idea was ever playing him on anyone taller than him.

[comrade]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Christian Howard and his alleged leg cannon is hurtling towards 'good idea at the time' territory.

[jeemak]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Christian Howard and his alleged leg cannon is hurtling towards 'good idea at the time' territory.

Not too sure many around here thought it a good idea in the first place.

His best games for the club have been just as good as any other players around his experience level though..

[GVGjr]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Christian Howard and his alleged leg cannon is hurtling towards 'good idea at the time' territory.

The only problem with Howard is that there is too big of a gap between good and poor performances. Consistency is the key for him.

I suppose we can debate if it was a good idea to draft someone early who hadn't been through the elite pathway.

[F'scary]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

The only problem with Howard is that there is too big of a gap between good and poor performances. Consistency is the key for him.

I suppose we can debate if it was a good idea to draft someone early who hadn't been through the elite pathway.

Hans Christian Howard the Duck is going to have to play really well in 2013 to get a game. There is now, on the face of it, a lot more competition for places. A number of players have similar or greater experience than him for HB or W type roles.

Clay "Pigeon" Smith
"Lightening" Johannisen
"Piercings" Pearce
Nick "Cruel to be Kind" Lower
"Bluey" Young
Kobe "The Earthquake" Stevens

Then there is

A fit Coon Dog
A fit Professor Higgins.

Also, spending most of his time on the ball is

Dolly Dreadlocks

Howard the Duck is back in a pack with

"King" Tutt and
The Veszident.

And the last two alone will provide him with plenty of competition for one of the last spots in any given round.

[F'scary]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Christian Howard and his alleged leg cannon is hurtling towards 'good idea at the time' territory.

"Alleged leg cannon"

Best phrase ever. ROFL ROFL ROFL

[Murphy'sLore]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Please, please, F'scary, if Johanissen's nickname is going to stick, make it "Lightning" not "Lightening"

[F'scary]

Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Please, please, F'scary, if Johanissen's nickname is going to stick, make it "Lightning" not "Lightening"

Thank you.