Scott West Inducted to Australian Football Hall of Fame

[Missing Dog]

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Simon Garlick I think.

Yeah I think your right did Matty Robbins share his last game as well though ??

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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Yeah I think your right did Matty Robbins share his last game as well though ??

I only remember Crofty and Garlick retiring that night. Libbas farewell was a great game too.
Poor Westy just couldn't get over his injury - I remember him in the centre just handballing because he couldn't run. Great player always had space to use the ball.

[Missing-Dog]

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Yeah I think your right did Matty Robbins share his last game as well though ??

Yeah it was him and Darce who shared their last game.

Westy was an absolute star who should have been a multiple Brownlow winner, never saw him play a bad game.

One thing I do hate though is that every time one of our former greats is honoured the media have to give us the spiel about them almost leaving. It happened with Doug, it happened with Turtle, and now its happened with Westy. Does this happen with any other club? Also for once I want a player to answer the question with "never even crossed my mind, mate" or "I told them to stick their offer up their arse". I hold out hope for when Johnno is honoured.

[ratsmac]

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Is this the Bulldogs future midfield right here?

[bulldogtragic]

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Is this the Bulldogs future midfield right here?

4 Westys, bring it on.

Hopefully we are till sprouting hard at it mids who can win their own ball with a no dickheads policy...

[LostDoggy]

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Outstanding effort.

Scott West is pretty much the pioneer of the modern extraction and distribution we see midfielders employ on a weekly basis these days. He'll never get the kudos he deserves, but he changed the game with the way he went in head first, fought for the ball and accurately dished it off to those around him.

Yep, can't be said enough.
As I have said in another thread a few days back. A lot of guys would not have touched the ball half as much if Westy wasn't in the trenches doing the dirty work dishing them the easy ball.

[SonofScray]

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One thing I do hate though is that every time one of our former greats is honoured the media have to give us the spiel about them almost leaving. It happened with Doug, it happened with Turtle, and now its happened with Westy. Does this happen with any other club? Also for once I want a player to answer the question with "never even crossed my mind, mate" or "I told them to stick their offer up their arse". I hold out hope for when Johnno is honoured.

Likewise, it is pretty disappointing that this line of conversation keeps getting brought up with our greats. You just don't see it elsewhere, or when you do it is in a different context.

Westy was very frank and honest in his reply, which is appreciated but at the same I feel it sums up for me why he wasn't my favourite. A sensational footballer and Clubman but maybe not in the same way as Grant, Libba, Johnno and Smith with regards to how fans their "Bulldog-ness."

Still, what a wonderful acknowledgment of his time in the game, he was a pleasure to watch..

[Bornadog]

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Is this the Bulldogs future midfield right here?

A medal should be awarded to Mrs West bringing up four boys and a football husband.

[KT31]

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One of the Club's greatest and well deserved.
How great would it be if in a few years time all his boy's end up on the Doggies list and as great as Dad.

Should have a Brownlow around his neck, but alas!

Yes but, Woewoful will never be a one club player or make the Hall of Fame.

[Eastdog]

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Congratulations Scott West. He is a champion of our club and of the AFL. Should of had a Brownlow.

[Eze Dog]

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Well done Westy! Absolute superstar! Was always going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame!