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Welcome to the Tigers Marlion Pickett!
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Jeez this thread has gone from the Marlion Pickett thread to 'Beer & Skittles'
where do you get the black and yellow Skittles?
Picked mine up this arvo from my corner Liquorland. Asked on Sunday n they said their allocation would be coming in sometime Thurs arvo, no idea how many n wouldn't hold a slab aside. Dropped in on my way home n grabbed a slab then sent my Geelol brother a couple of picks of my 17 / 19 souvenir cans.
I really, really like the part where he's the first player in 67 years to win a Premiership in his first game. 
No matter what he does from here he'll be a Richmond story for the ages.
That said am tipping there's plenty of this story yet to run...
No matter what he does from here he'll be a Richmond story for the ages.
That said am tipping there's plenty of this story yet to run...
I bet Pickett didn't expect he would have two premiership medals, one VFL and one AFL plus the BOG in the FVL final when he was overlooked at the seasons draft in 2018. If he never plays top level (very unlikely IMO) her can look back on a magical season for ever
Was it on PRE that I read it or maybe somewhere else. He would be on $80000 next year plus game payments of $5000 per week.
That is very very good value.....
I recall reading somewhere that the $80K which is the base rate for a rookie also does not count in the salary cap, might be wrong there but, if so, a definite advantage.
DS
Would certainly add to the folklore if he could take Charlie home after his first full AFL season.
What a story it would be if he plays till he's 37 like Silk Burgoyne, and he and Marlion Junior play together with the Mighty Tigers.
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Dusty is at $7.
Dion and Marlion next best for the Tiges at $81. (He's been backed in from $126.)
Had somenone today trying to convince me that his GF was a flash in the pan.
From what i saw, there is no damned way that is the case. His football IQ it totally off the scale. It's not his blind turn that convinces me of that. There were so many little nothing things he did that you know would have turned out differently with almost any other footballer. An example is running along the boundary with a player coming in at him and shoving him over the line. Anyone else and that kick goes 20 rows back into the stand. Pickett adjusts himself to hook the ball back into play as the shove takes place.
Receives the ball in the forward line and knows he won't avoid the tackler. Most would get caught with it, but he handballs out in front, but not just in front asd another GWS player would have taken possession. He handballs so the ball is travelling at an angle that wrong foots the second player, but allows himself to get the ball to Bolton, who is also under pressure. The two of them weave "black man" magic under extreme pressure resulting in them getting the ball to Ellis 15m clear, who funbled it. That was their only mistake, involving a white man in a black man's dance.
His ability ot read the ball around clearances is sublime. Bearing in mind he's used to the wide open WA grounds, the VFL grounds would not have suited him at all. Once he was in the open expanses of the MCG, he stood out like a beacon. He's not overly blessed wih pace, but his mind is light year ahead which buys him space.
Lastly, how many players would you trust to take into a GF with as little football as he had at either VFL or AFL level to learn our game style. Id say sweet FA, but this guy is just different.
He's a football Einstein.
The real beauty is thatin Shane Edwards, we also have Neils Bohr
From what i saw, there is no damned way that is the case. His football IQ it totally off the scale. It's not his blind turn that convinces me of that. There were so many little nothing things he did that you know would have turned out differently with almost any other footballer. An example is running along the boundary with a player coming in at him and shoving him over the line. Anyone else and that kick goes 20 rows back into the stand. Pickett adjusts himself to hook the ball back into play as the shove takes place.
Receives the ball in the forward line and knows he won't avoid the tackler. Most would get caught with it, but he handballs out in front, but not just in front asd another GWS player would have taken possession. He handballs so the ball is travelling at an angle that wrong foots the second player, but allows himself to get the ball to Bolton, who is also under pressure. The two of them weave "black man" magic under extreme pressure resulting in them getting the ball to Ellis 15m clear, who funbled it. That was their only mistake, involving a white man in a black man's dance.
His ability ot read the ball around clearances is sublime. Bearing in mind he's used to the wide open WA grounds, the VFL grounds would not have suited him at all. Once he was in the open expanses of the MCG, he stood out like a beacon. He's not overly blessed wih pace, but his mind is light year ahead which buys him space.
Lastly, how many players would you trust to take into a GF with as little football as he had at either VFL or AFL level to learn our game style. Id say sweet FA, but this guy is just different.
He's a football Einstein.
The real beauty is thatin Shane Edwards, we also have Neils Bohr
Yep. Bloke just plays footy, simple as that. Stacka's another one, just plays the game as it unfolds in front of him. It's not pace or power, it's a natural awareness of what's happening and where's it going without having to cogitate about it. Puts them a second ahead of most others in the game. Jaaack n Dusty are similar in their awareness n understanding of what's going on around them.
How can it be a flash in the pan when he’s only played 1 game and hasn’t played again since that game?
And didn’t he win a BOG in a granny the week before ? (Albeit a vfl gf)
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