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Yeah but the bigger question was "What in the Hell was Mark Johnson doing?" By the look of his handballs, Mad Monday has started early for Essendon!
skiptomystu said:
You think Browny wasn't out last night?
Mark Johnson is just hopeless that's all :hihi
mb64 said:
Harsh but realistic. He's in the last year of his contract in '07.
It'll be a crucial 12 months for Browny.
Brown is a class footballer but his past 2 years have been hampered by injury.He has been stiff with the broken leg.I'm just stating an opinion if he had a bad year with injury next year I'd trade him.This is due to the massive money he's on.Never mentioned him being a dud.TigerMasochist said:
MB and especially Billy,
The first half of last year, Browny was not slow as treacle. Where did you get that from Billy?
He was in career best form, and one of the best players in the AFL, easily earning his pay before the injury.
This year, Browny said he felt uncomfortable at times.
Funny that, given he had a metal rod in his leg.
Give him all of next year, which is what you said MB, before criticising him, for God's sake.
And Diggler, I have just read your "excellent" comment as I'm typing this.
How good was he going before his injury last year?
The first half of last year, Browny was not slow as treacle. Where did you get that from Billy?
He was in career best form, and one of the best players in the AFL, easily earning his pay before the injury.
This year, Browny said he felt uncomfortable at times.
Funny that, given he had a metal rod in his leg.
Give him all of next year, which is what you said MB, before criticising him, for God's sake.
And Diggler, I have just read your "excellent" comment as I'm typing this.
How good was he going before his injury last year?
diggler said:
Are you for real mate? :veryupset :veryupset
A shocking broken leg has struck this player down in the prime of his career and you spew out that bullshiit!!!!
His recruitment was a success but you can't help bad luck.
As I said, his recruitment from a business perspective has been a failure and has not contributed to on field success, due to bad luck.
You have got to ask yourself, is he going to get any better? It is a huge gamble!
He aint going to win a flag for us.
From what I saw yesterday, they are 3-5 years away from that position.
Brown aint got 3-5 years.
He has currency on the open market and if that club is serious about long term success, instead of short term mediocrity to keep the rank and file feral happy, he should be seriously considered as tradeable!
You have got to ask yourself, is he going to get any better? It is a huge gamble!
He aint going to win a flag for us.
From what I saw yesterday, they are 3-5 years away from that position.
Brown aint got 3-5 years.
He has currency on the open market and if that club is serious about long term success, instead of short term mediocrity to keep the rank and file feral happy, he should be seriously considered as tradeable!
mb64 said:
Depends what type of injury you're talking about though.
If he re-broke his leg.....then maybe Browny might hang up the boots voluntarily?
Who knows...
If, say, he did a hammy in Round 3....then you don't go round getting rid of players because of a soft-tissue injury.
Look at the Saints for example....haven't seen them get rid of Robert Harvey, even though he's done a hammy pretty much every season for the last 4-5 seasons at least.
Same goes for Bucks last season with his hammy, and he's been a valuable player for them this season.
We've got Browny through the hard part of his rehabilitation, so to trade him, or let him go now, I think, would be a massive mistake....and stupid, in my opinion.
He showed glimpses befor he did his hammy that he was starting to come back to his best....so a good holiday, a good pre-season, touch-wood with injuries, and I'll think we'll have pretty much, a ready-made match-winning recruit on our hands.
Didn't Michael Voss win a brownlow a couple of years after breaking his leg?
Diggler - personally I think basing an assumption of an RFC premiership being 3-5 years away on one game has flaws in it. Plus Browny should have that many years left in him anyway.
Once our younger players who were blooded this year fill-out and can match it physically with the others in the mid-field we will rise up the ladder and into the finals. This body building usually takes 12 to 24 months which means our younger guys will be more competitive next year and the following year they may well become world beaters. That is only season 2008 - Browny will be in his prime around then - with either a brownlow, coleman &/or a norm smith medal around his neck.
As for feral - the way I see it - you are the only one around here that wears that hat!
Diggler - personally I think basing an assumption of an RFC premiership being 3-5 years away on one game has flaws in it. Plus Browny should have that many years left in him anyway.
Once our younger players who were blooded this year fill-out and can match it physically with the others in the mid-field we will rise up the ladder and into the finals. This body building usually takes 12 to 24 months which means our younger guys will be more competitive next year and the following year they may well become world beaters. That is only season 2008 - Browny will be in his prime around then - with either a brownlow, coleman &/or a norm smith medal around his neck.
As for feral - the way I see it - you are the only one around here that wears that hat!
To say we are 3-5 years away on the basis of one loss to the flag favourites on the rebound, with no backline and nothing really to play for is unsound reasoning. History is full of sides who are patchy and fragile when in development mode then ‘click’ with some experience and muscle. Bris, St. K., Bulldogs to name a few. Connolly has been saying all year that his side has now matured, has no 1st or 2nd year players in the seniors, and its time for them to start clicking. I can see us top 4 in 08.