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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on November 25, 2006, 10:47:22 AM
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Bendigo 22/09/1988 183.1 78.5
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From Bluey's Post
26. Richmond - Daniel Connors
Style like: Heath Black
My Ranking: 14
Very hard-working midfielder who has a very solid all-round game with no standout flaws. Plays like a genuine centreman and finds plenty of the ball. Has a good work rate and can play as an in and under ball winner or a runner. As an inside midfielder he has quick hands and good vision. In space he will run hard and kick long to advantage. Very strong and courageous overhead mark which adds to his appeal. Good composure under pressure and very versatile midfielder, however needs to improve tackling. Tough customer who can also play a run-with role, but prefer him as an attacking player. Rate him very highly, and if he slips through to our pick I will be salivating. Perfect fit for us as he can feed the run of Lids, Tambo and co, while also being able to carry the ball himself. Getting Collard and Connors in my book is basically two first round picks.
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38 - BRISBANE LIONS - DANIEL CONNORS
Bendigo Pioneers, 25 October 1988, 183.7cm, 74.1kg
Like O'Keefe, Connors could bob up anywhere from the first to third round in this year's draft. Several clubs have shown interest - including Richmond, Carlton (both believed to be inside the top 20), Hawthorn, Adelaide and St Kilda - while the Lions have also kept an eye on him. He is also seen as a player that could slip down the order and be somewhat of a bargain selection before 40. It would not surprise at all if he went early, yet don't be surprised if he is around the 30 to 40 mark.
Highlights/achievements: Classy left-footed midfielder who is both strong in the air and clean at ground level. Had outstanding NAB AFL U18 Championships for Vic Country winning All-Australian honours and picked in TAC Cup Team of the Year. From Echuca F.C.
http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=307324
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Sounds like a steal.
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Thanks for your wisdom guys as I have NFI :thumbsup
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From thedrafter.net
DANIEL CONNORS
Position: Midfield
D.O.B.: 22/9/1988
Club: Bendigo Pioneers/Echuca
Height: 182cm
Weight: 77kg
Echuca youngster Daniel Connors looks set to be snapped up in the first round of this year's AFL National Draft. The left-footed youngster has already drawn obvious comparisons to St Kilda star Nick Dal Santo who also plied his trade for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup.
Connors strengths, like Dal Santo's, lie in his skills by hand and foot. He tested well in his speed, leap and agility at the Draft Camp and while not overly tall he is certainly strong overhead.
A prolific ball gatherer, Connors topped the Pioneers in average disposals in season 2006 with more than 22 per game. He finished the season with 14 games under his belt racking up 5 marks per game and averaging 4 tackles.
Daniel also enjoyed a superb National Under 18 Championships where he starred for Victoria Country and capped off a fine carnival with an All Australian selection on the wing. He also pulled in one of the marks of the championships. He capped off his carnival with an impressive six marks in extremely wet conditions in the final match.
While not a noted goal-kicker and prone to the occasional lapse in concentration Connors is certainly a prospect with almost limitless potential.
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Outstanding get at 58. No complaints here. A real bonus and a good pick by FJ & GM.
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They showed some highlights of Connors on Ch 10. Sheesh the kid is a good mark for his size and loves to run and break the lines. The 50m pass inside 50 they showed was awesome. We've got a bargain at 58 if he reproduce this at AFL level.
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I don't know the reason why he dropped to pick 58. I'm absolutely delighted that we got him for such a relatively lowish pick - the highlight of our draft, without a doubt. This guy suits our game plan down to the ground. I really like the way he plays.
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From Weaver's phantom draft on BF:
7. Daniel Connors - Connors has the appeal of being able to play both inside and outside. In close he has quick reflexes, vision and awareness to thread handballs through gaps only he sees. Outside he can tuck the pill under his arm, carry and kick with penetration and accuracy. Also has a handy high-mark in his locker. Not completely dissimilar to Heath Black and should be a solid third / fourth best midfielder in the AFL for 150 games. Ordering the midfielders is always tough but Connors should be one of the first to go.
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And another good profile on Connors from BF by LukeHodge15:
DANIEL CONNORS
Height-Weight-Age
182cm-77kilos-22.09.88
AFL LIKE
Simon Black ( SILKY ) with Luke Hodgish FOOTSKILLS
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION
HFF-HBF-WING-ONBALL-KICKING OUT . Wish coaches of the under18 teams would put players onball that are likely to be darfted instead of mature aged men with no chance of being drafted all in the hope they can win the championship title. Professional recruiters must get so ****ed with the champiobship sometimes and the process.
AFL POSITION
RUCKROVER-CENTRE-QUARTERBACK(at worst) - will make it as a very very good centreman/ruckrover but if that fails could always be used in the new AFL position, Quarterback/HBF.
KICK
LEFT - 50+ m distance. 9.5 / 10. Spearing left foot laser kick. First rate balance and timing with kicking
HANDBALL
9 / 10 – awesome by hand and will only get better when he builds on his 77 kilo frame. Once he adds power to his skills.
NOTES
this kid just oozez class, lightly framed midfielder who rarely ever wastes a possession. Must be noted early that this kid has a killer left foot. No up and under kicking on conners, just a powerful left foot with great kicking action and awesome results. If this kid falls to us in the second round I will be doing cartwheels in my loungeroom.
plays both midfielder roles very well. Would have loved to see him playing a whole game onball. Awesome at stoppages and everything he does is clean and SILKY. He seems to do everything at ¾ pace, but have put this down to the fact he has more time that others on the footy field.
Watched him at the champs run in2 a contested situation at full pace, pick the ball up one handed. Sprint away from pack and deliver a perfet kick of his left foot. 5 minutes later he repeated his one hand pick up and delivered a spot on handball 20 m to a teammate in space. Conners just has that touch of class about him.
Not ur huge possession gatherer. But would take 20 of his touches up against 30 of just about any other onabller in the draft.
Skinny frame, so upside is there. Another 10 kilos on his frame and he adds more power to his foot and hand skills. Just finished watching the replay on foxtel, commentators likened him to ellis. Nothing like ellis in my opinion. He reads the play well and is very clean like ellis but conners has it in spades over ellis with his kicking and hurt factor on the opposition.
WEAKNESSES
Tackling need some work and needs to add 10-12 kilos to his frame, but scope is there for him to improve in these areas.
RANKING – 10 - AND MOVING UP (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5423269&postcount=23
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I don't know the reason why he dropped to pick 58. I'm absolutely delighted that we got him for such a relatively lowish pick - the highlight of our draft, without a doubt. This guy suits our game plan down to the ground. I really like the way he plays.
No idea either GB. The only "excuse" around on the web (BF) is baseless innuendo about his attitude at the draft camp interviews ???. Sounds crap to me as I can't see Miller or Wallace ignoring any bad character traits.
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has a bit of a poor attitude at times but the truth is on pure ability is a 1st round pick.
great speed, agility and tremendous skill.
can get his own ball as well and has a little bit of c@nt in him, which the fans will apprciate him.
going into the draft I was hoping for connors at 13. An absolute joke at 58.
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I've since read that there were concerns about his speed, having only been so-so in his testing at the draft camp, and this is one reason for his fall from favour. Miller thought that that the test results weren't a true reflection of what they'd seen in "live" play.
I'm wrapped we got him, especially at 58. He's creative, and his left foot is superb. He also sets up play with well-timed handball.
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Yes Gordon being described as a Natural Footballer rather than an athlete, which IMO is not a bad thing. Give me a footballer over an athlete 9 times out of 10.
Give me a footballer who's an athlete as welll (like Lids) and I;d be ecstatic :thumbsup
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rumour has it that in some of his speed testing at the camp he was taking of on the wrong foot, If its right then its safe to assume that his tests would have been much better.
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Here's a pic of Connors from gettyimages:
(http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/71351405.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193CC300C081D9F4700F5256695D398BB0CF03FA7028BE46475)
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Nothing wrong with an attitude problem that a good whack in the ear couldn't fix ;)
That's the Mopsy way :thumbsup
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:gobdrop OMFG :gobdrop
How the hell did Connors slip through to our pick. Absolutely no complaints from me :thumbsup
Absolute steal at 58.
Connors can play inside, outside, and the highlights package of Connors on Channel Ten's review of the draft is just a taste of what this kid can do.
PS. I still can't get over the fact we got Connors at 58 :gobdrop
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and the highlights package of Connors on Channel Ten's review of the draft is just a taste of what this kid can do.
I still can't get over that vision. The stuff they showed was just freaky!
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I've since read that there were concerns about his speed, having only been so-so in his testing at the draft camp, and this is one reason for his fall from favour. Miller thought that that the test results weren't a true reflection of what they'd seen in "live" play.
I'm wrapped we got him, especially at 58. He's creative, and his left foot is superb. He also sets up play with well-timed handball.
There were certainly concerns about his pace after draft camp. But those results were dodgy, must have been carrying some minor injury. You can forget them.
In reality Connors is very quick and elusive. Pace is sort of in between Thomas and M Murphy. But with much more intensity and purpose.
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Connors relieved after nervous draft day
Bendigo Advertiser
Monday, 27 November 2006
NEW Richmond recruit Daniel Connors says he had to pinch himself on Saturday morning after hearing his name read out at the AFL National Draft.
The classy left-footed midfielder from the Bendigo Pioneers was taken at selection 58 by the Tigers.
'‘The draft started and it went for ages and I was thinking it wasn't looking too good for me, but all of a sudden I heard my name called out . . . I had to pinch myself after that," Connors said on Saturday afternoon on his way to a Richmond function.
‘‘I spoke to Terry Wallace (Richmond coach) and Greg Miller (director of football) on Saturday and they said they were excited to get me and were looking forward to the year ahead.
‘‘I would love to play at least one game next year, so that would be my goal." Connors stepped his game up this year after a relatively quiet 2005 TAC Cup season.
The 18-year-old from Echuca averaged 22.4 disposals for the Pioneers and was named in the TAC Cup team of the year, as well as the All-Australian team after the under-18 national championships in July.
He was named on the wing in both teams.
AFL talent Kevin Sheehan described Connors' three games at the national championships as top quality.
‘‘He had three back-to-back games that were top quality . . . his marking, his ball-winning ability through the midfield and his choices are very good," Sheehan said.
‘‘He is a youngster who has really come to the fore this year . . . he really took them on in the championships and put his name up there." Richmond director of football Greg Miller said the reason Connors was still available in round four was because of his slow running times at the draft camp.
‘‘Connors was a star at the (under-18) carnival, we rated him from there and we're rapt to get him," Miller said. '‘His running style needs a bit of attention, but the only reason he got through to (pick) 58 is his (slow) test results." Connors, who stands at 183 cm and weighs 78 kg, was one of two Bendigo Pioneer players selected by Richmond on Saturday, with the Tigers also taking Andrew Collins with pick 73.
‘‘I'm pretty happy that Andy is going down there as well," Collins said.
‘‘We will take each other under our wings and work together, so it will be good."
http://bendigo.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&subclass=general&story_id=534569&category=General&m=11&y=2006
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From the Bendigo Advertiser:
There had been big wraps on Connors after his stellar under-18 national championships in which he was named in the All-Australian side, while he was also named in the TAC Cup Team of the Year. Asked if he was surprised the 18-year-old from Echuca slipped through until the fourth round, Bendigo Pioneers coach Mark Ellis answered: ‘‘There was always talk that he might go in different parts of the draft, but I think it's irrelevant where a player goes because only one club can draft them," he said.
‘‘It doesn't matter to the player where he goes, as long as he is going to get an opportunity to play AFL footy, he won't care what number he goes at."
http://bendigo.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&subclass=general&story_id=534563&category=General&m=11&y=2006
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From the Riewoldt article in the Mercury:
The Tigers believe they have also got a bargain with left-footed midfielder Daniel Connors at No. 58.
There are queries over the Geelong youngster's pace, but the Tigers believe they can fix his running style and give him a taste of senior football in 2007.
http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,20825047-13222,00.html
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DANIEL CONNORS: Draft pick No. 58
richmondfc.com.au
(http://richmondfc.com.au/cp2/c2/webi/article/307865bl.jpg)
Recruited from: Bendigo Pioneers
Born: 22.9.88
Height: 183cm
Weight: 78kg
This highly-competitive youngster came under scrutiny from the Tigers before the TAC Cup season started. A winger who runs straight at the ball and has a number of ‘tricks’, which made him an attractive drafting proposition. Is a high possession winner, strong overhead, and has outstanding vision in congested areas. His constructive, long handball set up many scoring opportunities for the Pioneers during the season. He also has a very good sidestep, which he used to effect at TAC Cup level. An under-18 All-Australian representative this year and also was selected in the TAC Cup Team of the Year.
http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=2006draftees
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A poster on Y&B called TigerTillIDie has put the Ch 10 footage of Connors on YouTube :clapping.
The link to it is here: http://www.yellowandblack.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=73567&postcount=2
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That pick-up on half back, side step and drilled pass made me soil my pants.
Slow?!
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With the blondish hair he reminds me a bit of a young Browny.
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Slow?!
Certainly alot quicker than me :rollin
Looked good in that small bit of film
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If he could step into the big time and do stuff like that.....
We have never really had a player who could really make a team pay if they make a mistake, plenty of teams have done it to us though.
Quick rebounding player who isn't scared to take them on, turns defence into attack within seconds. I'm salivating.
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Going by the vision his "slow" draft camp results were just an aberration. Connors also seems to have a footy brain which is something desperately needed at Punt Rd :pray.
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What do people think his chances are of getting game time this year.
I would seriously like him to be blooded and play a full season, but realistically hoping he gets around about 10 games.
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Hard to tell. Connors isn't listed as injured but he hasn't trained for a week either ???. In any case he would need to show improvement with his disposal playing for Coburg before getting a call up. Physically he is right to get a AFL game at 184cm and 80kg.
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Hard to tell. Connors isn't listed as injured but he hasn't trained for a week either ???. In any case he would need to show improvement with his disposal playing for Coburg before getting a call up. Physically he is right to get a AFL game at 184cm and 80kg.
what do you mean improve his disposal. I haven't seen him this year thus far, but from what I saw last year, his disposal is absolutely superb.
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Hard to tell. Connors isn't listed as injured but he hasn't trained for a week either ???. In any case he would need to show improvement with his disposal playing for Coburg before getting a call up. Physically he is right to get a AFL game at 184cm and 80kg.
what do you mean improve his disposal. I haven't seen him this year thus far, but from what I saw last year, his disposal is absolutely superb.
Yeah I agree, his disposal looked pretty good to me to...
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I think Wallace likes giving the young ones, the ones he thinks need blooding around 6 games in the big time
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In the Canberra game he looked a little lost and his disposal did let him down. He also looked really nervous which may explain some of it. I'm hoping things will improve for him with some solid gametime at the Burgers. Barring injury to other players, I couldn't see him in the top 22 until round 12
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Hard to tell. Connors isn't listed as injured but he hasn't trained for a week either ???. In any case he would need to show improvement with his disposal playing for Coburg before getting a call up. Physically he is right to get a AFL game at 184cm and 80kg.
what do you mean improve his disposal. I haven't seen him this year thus far, but from what I saw last year, his disposal is absolutely superb.
As tiga said his disposal in games so far with us has been a bit off. In the U18 you're right, Connors disposal was very good so as tiga also said let's hope it's just nerves and getting use playing at a higher level.
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so young Daniel Connors in 5 years time ... see him play which position ???
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selfish, undisciplened, poor skills, and not a team player
not sure why ppl get excited over this kid, yes he took a goo mark, but does he overrate his own ability or what
not sure how peterson went in the burger 2nds today but its time connors was dropped and carl was elevated to the burgers
what we can also judge from today that meyer is an overrated dweeb
JON needs to use his so called pace more and take his blinkers off, no awareness at all
hartigan no good
ppl bag kingsley, and even though he isnt that good, he is still 1000 times better than schulz, jay is useless
graham, crap
edwards and jack are the only shining lights coming through along with carl peterson
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Connors can certainly play, he justs has some issues such as the ones you mentioned that need to be rectified
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selfish, undisciplened, poor skills, and not a team player
not sure why ppl get excited over this kid, yes he took a goo mark, but does he overrate his own ability or what
Today he did. As bluey said Connors can play and has been in good form the previous 2 weeks earning praise from the coaching staff but based on today's effort he still has a fair bit of growing up to do. It can say a lot more about you when things aren't going right for the team than when everyone is flying.
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i have only seen him play twice, i may be his jinx because on both occasions he did not impress me at all
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X, try and grab some tapes of the U18 champs last year and you will be hooked on his talents.
On talent he was certainly top 20 but there are issues with him which probably resulted in him dropping. Nevertheless I am confident in Wallace's ability to harness his abilities :thumbsup
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I dont doubt his talent but his lack of discipline yesterday, coupled with not wanting to do the basics (eg manning up and chasing) were extremely disappointing IMHO.
Have to agree with xXx here he played a very selfish game yesterday
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Got a bit of growing up to do young Connors does.
Heard on BF a rumour that he has moved in with Edward, anyone can confirm?
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So says Soy Sauce :thumbsup.
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is the long-awaited youth policy about to begin ;D
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if he plays, be prepared for a big injection of attitude. Will try and sell some eye candy to the likes of Goodes, Kirk and co ;D
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As long as he keeps his head - his discipline at times is poor.
Gives away alot of 50 metre penalties because of brain explosions ;D
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if he plays, be prepared for a big injection of attitude. Will try and sell some eye candy to the likes of Goodes, Kirk and co ;D
He'll draw a line in the sand (http://www.ilovejeeps.com/forums/images/smilies/vb_boxing_smiley.gif) :lol
Good luck to Daniel.
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As long as he keeps his head - his discipline at times is poor.
Gives away alot of 50 metre penalties because of brain explosions ;D
coming up against what is perhaps the most disciplined unit, Connors flaw might just show a little bit ;D
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i might just get my brawl before the end of the season lol ;D
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is this true ???
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OHHH YEAH BABY - KICK ARSE - this bloke has some mongrel we need.
Get suspended first up son and show the world ur not to be messed with :rollin
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OHHH YEAH BABY - KICK behind - this bloke has some mongrel we need.
Get suspended first up son and show the world ur not to be messed with :rollin
i agree, be yourself, and if teh right time comes, give it tio the swans, if u get 4 weks, who cares , but one thing will be 4 sure, everyone will know and fear connors in future.
what would be gr8 and put th efear of god into everyone if connors goes toe toe toe with barry hall and connors clocks him a beauty!
thats what i wanna see!
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OHHH YEAH BABY - KICK behind - this bloke has some mongrel we need.
Get suspended first up son and show the world ur not to be messed with :rollin
i agree, be yourself, and if teh right time comes, give it tio the swans, if u get 4 weks, who cares , but one thing will be 4 sure, everyone will know and fear connors in future.
what would be gr8 and put th efear of god into everyone if connors goes toe toe toe with barry hall and connors clocks him a beauty!
thats what i wanna see!
Barry Hall would wipe the floor with every player we got on the RFC list
l seen him fight as a amatuer & he can take a heavy punch but his delivery is superb dont stuff with Big Bad Barry he knock the poo out of our Australian Heavyweight champ
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What about Big Bad Barry up against Mundine?
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Hall is Heavyweight & Mundine is Super Middleweight
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u poor bastards are desperate - lol
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Connors in for Howat
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Connors in for Howat
That better not be the only change. :banghead
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Congrats to Daniel now it's been confirmed :clapping. Just play your natural game :thumbsup.
Bows to Soy Sauce on the OER scoop :bow :cheers
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Congrats to Daniel now it's been confirmed :clapping. Just play your natural game :thumbsup.
Bows to Soy Sauce on the OER scoop :bow :cheers
ditto :clapping
fantastic scoop soy sauce
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Congrats to Daniel now it's been confirmed :clapping. Just play your natural game :thumbsup.
Er yeap - just channel the aggression in the right spot :pray ;D
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Hall is Heavyweight & Mundine is Super Middleweight
Yeah I suspected they were in different weight categories but would still be good to see cause Mundine thinks he's the man.
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Hall is Heavyweight & Mundine is Super Middleweight
Yeah I suspected they were in different weight categories but would still be good to see cause Mundine thinks he's the man.
mundine is the man!
everyone keeps knocking him, but he keeps talking the talk, and walking the walk
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good luck daniel conners on your first match tomorrow night ... hope you win matches for richmond !!!
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Hall is Heavyweight & Mundine is Super Middleweight
Yeah I suspected they were in different weight categories but would still be good to see cause Mundine thinks he's the man.
mundine is the man!
everyone keeps knocking him, but he keeps talking the talk, and walking the walk
Thats right Mundine does walk the walk his showing against Kessler was terrific
Congrats on Conners for his debut & right on the money Soy Sauce
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Spoke with a sydney player on the mobile today
gave him a message to tell Big Bazza that Conners wants to ruff him up & some of the tiger players think his getting soft
Hope the message get through & hope we get to see some fireworks ;D :cheers :thumbsup :bow
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Oh great ::) Connors - first game on report
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Spoke with a sydney player on the mobile today
gave him a message to tell Big Bazza that Conners wants to ruff him up & some of the tiger players think his getting soft
Hope the message get through & hope we get to see some fireworks ;D :cheers :thumbsup :bow
He got the message Tigermonk and we got the free too :rollin
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Good to see Connors stick it up to Hall.
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Good to see Connors stick it up to Hall.
you would rephrase that l think
Big Bazza wiped the floor with us tonight there be some sore tigers tonight they rested him alot tonight to make sure he kept his cool
he had Conners by the jumper you watch a replay you see the fast sharp jumper punch to the chin & pushed him away & Conners come back with a push & Bazza put his hands in the air to keep the peice
Bazza was rested to keep the peice otherwise some of our players would have been in peices
Hope you all watched & liked the show l know l did its a pity there aint a few more senior players like Conners, McGuane, & King
Richmond are a bunch of softies when it comes to strength ;D ;D ;D :cheers
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Liked his game tonight. Should hold his spot i think and may even spend time in the midfield this year.
Unlike Tigermonk i applaud his efforts against Barry Hall.
I've been waiting all year for him to debut and im glad he's finally in.
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i didn't see the game, but the way the commentators went on about it I thought that Connors gave it real good to Bazza.
From what I heard, Connors made some blues but you'd expect that from a kid playing his first game.
He has what we need in this team and that is a bit of mongrel, some passion and dare. It was the young players in Edwards and Foley that we had hope of winning (well at least at 1/2 time) because they took the game on, Connors followed suit
Hughes, Thursty, Edwards, Jack, Connors need to retain their positions for the rest of the year IMHO.
Players like Casserly and Peterson need to be given a run before years end.
And oh, get Sugar and Tuck the hell out of the team
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i didn't see the game, but the way the commentators went on about it I thought that Connors gave it real good to Bazza.
From what I heard, Connors made some blues but you'd expect that from a kid playing his first game.
He has what we need in this team and that is a bit of mongrel, some passion and dare. It was the young players in Edwards and Foley that we had hope of winning (well at least at 1/2 time) because they took the game on, Connors followed suit
Hughes, Thursty, Edwards, Jack, Connors need to retain their positions for the rest of the year IMHO.
Players like Casserly and Peterson need to be given a run before years end.
And oh, get Sugar and Tuck the hell out of the team
Agree bluey. Yeh Connors let hall know how he felt, dont listen to monk i think he likes to blow smoke up barry halls skirt.
casserly and peterson and even angus in next week and give patto a run a the burgers to get some confidence back and plus we get to see how angus holds up in the big time.
I would love to see us finish the year with an extremely young side to get some game time into the players that are meant to take our side towards our next flag.
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Liked his game tonight. Should hold his spot i think and may even spend time in the midfield this year.
Unlike Tigermonk i applaud his efforts against Barry Hall.
I've been waiting all year for him to debut and im glad he's finally in.
read my post again & watch the replay Conners give Bazza a little shove but who got the sharp fast jumper punch in do you guys watch football or what :rollin :rollin
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Liked his game tonight. Should hold his spot i think and may even spend time in the midfield this year.
Unlike Tigermonk i applaud his efforts against Barry Hall.
I've been waiting all year for him to debut and im glad he's finally in.
read my post again & watch the replay Conners give Bazza a little shove but who got the sharp fast jumper punch in do you guys watch football or what :rollin :rollin
Yeah, Hall was like the 6th grade bully in the play ground picking on the 2nd graders. Sadly for me this was EXACTLY what it looked like.
It was truly excellent to see McGuane and Connors show some attitude but in the end of the day they may as well have been shoving a mountain. Connors got into Halls face but Hall looked more like he was just savaged by a little fluffy Maltese terrier. It was pretty ineffectual. I thought McGuane was fantastic the way he didn't back down, especially after he took that right to the chin, but Hall just shrugged him off (twice and King once) when it really mattered.
That's not a criticism. You have a large (larger than most) mature and aggressive player playing against a couple of developing kids. In a few years time I reckon Hall will need to take notice of both of them but at the moment it is a ridiculous mismatch.
I just hope somebody talks to the two of them after the game and encourages their spirit and aggression. I don't think it would be appropriate for TW but somebody in a position of respect should pat them on the back. Craig McRae maybe. We need a hell of a lot more of that sort of attitude.
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Yeah, Hall was like the 6th grade bully in the play ground picking on the 2nd graders. Sadly for me this was EXACTLY what it looked like.
It was truly excellent to see McGuane and Connors show some attitude but in the end of the day they may as well have been shoving a mountain. Connors got into Halls face but Hall looked more like he was just savaged by a little fluffy Maltese terrier. It was pretty ineffectual. I thought McGuane was fantastic the way he didn't back down, especially after he took that right to the chin, but Hall just shrugged him off (twice and King once) when it really mattered.
That's not a criticism. You have a large (larger than most) mature and aggressive player playing against a couple of developing kids. In a few years time I reckon Hall will need to take notice of both of them but at the moment it is a ridiculous mismatch.
I just hope somebody talks to the two of them after the game and encourages their spirit and aggression. I don't think it would be appropriate for TW but somebody in a position of respect should pat them on the back. Craig McRae maybe. We need a hell of a lot more of that sort of attitude.
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l agree the kids are kittens to Bazza Hall when you put them into a paddock with a bull you got to expect to go up against it otherwise the result always tells on the scoreboard
l was rapped with McGuane he has got what it takes to become a brillant fullback for us & why TW dropped him back to Coburg has me still stunned but l seriously beleive he is our future he needs another 2 seasons to build on being a Key Position players cause Thurfield has gone backwards
McGuane really took it up to Bazza Hall & even though Bazza was fired up for whatever reasons ;D he was at his best last night
l just love it when players show aggression on the field & don't anyone get me wrong when l say Conners would get flogged going up against a huge experienced footballer that thrives on such a contest of showing strength but what Conners & McGuane showed is exactly what RFC have been missing cause players like Polak are not aggressive enough & Wallace plays him out of position
Hall got best on ground last night so RFC can take something out of this
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you feeling okay Tigermonk, you just said something positive about richmond ;) :lol
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you feeling okay Tigermonk, you just said something positive about richmond ;) :lol
;D l'm very positive person there bluey :thumbsup
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Perfect scenario for a debut
5:59 PM Wed 1 August, 2007
By Greg Lange
for richmondfc.com.au
TWO WEEKS ago, Tigers newcomer Daniel Connors was considering hiring the likes of Horatio Caine from CSI: Miami, or that relentless yet compassionate female detective from Law and Order: SVU, in a bid to overturn the one-game VFL suspension that robbed him of his debut game for Richmond in round 15.
“I was in the side if I got off the charge,” he said. “I tried to convince the Richmond officials to come into the tribunal and help get me off.
“But, there was some pretty damning evidence, so I would have ended up getting two [weeks] if I had tried to do that.”
The 18-year-old got his second chance last week against Sydney. His debut at the SCG contained everything a good Hollywood feature requires – thrills, life-threatening situations and great dialogue.
“When I ran out on to the field, through the gates, it was pretty exciting. But, at the same time it was daunting,” Connors said about his first taste of AFL.
“The ground was full of Sydney fans and it was, like, ‘Oh my God, here we go’.”
Connors’ blood pressure had barely settled before the “good dialogue” kicked in: a light “peppering” from his first AFL opponent, Adam Schneider, aka “The Schneiderman”.
“I think he was happy to be on a first-gamer,” Connors said, “He just looked at me and said, ‘I’m in for a pretty good night’.”
As it turned out, Schneider was the least of Connors’ worries. His first possession brought a spray from teammate Andrew Raines.
“Oh, it was a shocker,” Connors said. “I kicked it to ‘Rainsey’ and it sat right up for him and Adam Goodes almost took his head off.”
“He said to me, ‘Hey, can you try not to do that to me too many more times’.”
In the second quarter, Connors’ heart had to deal with yet another nerve-racking experience when he failed to look at the number on his opponent’s jumper before launching a physical attack in a bid to fly the team’s flag.
“I ran into Barry Hall. I nearly broke my collarbone he was that hard,” he said.
“It was too late to try to back out, as I was too close to him. So, I ended up remonstrating with him a little bit.
I sort of regretted it afterwards because for the rest of the night he was breathing down my neck, looking for me. He is a very scary man on the field.”
By the fourth and final scene Connors had collected 15 possessions and was relieved to survive his run-in with big, bad ‘Bazza’.
This week, Connors faces a giant of a different kind, Geelong. Mind you, he is likely to go into this game with a lot more confidence; he knows what it’s like to play alongside this year’s NAB AFL Rising Star favorite, Joel Selwood.
“I played footy last year with Joel. So if I get to line up against him, hopefully I can take him apart. However, he is in pretty good form at the moment.”
“It is a good feeling at the club at the moment. We believe there is a big upset on the cards,” he added.
TIGER TALK
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I am a big movie buff. Shane Edwards and I like to see every movie as soon as it comes out.
http://richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=48444
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Love the confidence in this kid. :clapping :clapping
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In the second quarter, Connors’ heart had to deal with yet another nerve-racking experience when he failed to look at the number on his opponent’s jumper before launching a physical attack in a bid to fly the team’s flag.
“I ran into Barry Hall. I nearly broke my collarbone he was that hard,” he said.
“It was too late to try to back out, as I was too close to him. So, I ended up remonstrating with him a little bit.
I sort of regretted it afterwards because for the rest of the night he was breathing down my neck, looking for me. He is a very scary man on the field.”
LOL - talk about a baptism of fire. :lol
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Connors - Rising Star nomination ?
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Andrejs Everitt will give him a run.
Only 12 possessions last night but had a massive influence in the Dogs revival last night.
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Let him win it next year. :thumbsup
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Connors had 25 and nearly every one of them was great - had his own highlights package :gotigers
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Connors had 25 and nearly every one of them was great - had his own highlights package :gotigers
agree but if he gets nominated there is no point
lets wait til next yr so he can win it!
selwood has it all stitched up this yr and deledio is only 1/100th of a player that selwood is
selwood has dominated in the midfield from day one, deledio was all show no go and too pretected
i wanna see connors in the middle, he is tuff and isnt a wimp like the rest of us(excluding foley and king )
what a joke, the only 3 players we have with balls are foley king and connors!
rfc = joke
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rising star is a bighead reward for 1 year wonders ;D
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rising star is a bighead reward for 1 year wonders ;D
seems like thats how its panning out
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Connors had 25 and nearly every one of them was great - had his own highlights package :gotigers
agree but if he gets nominated there is no point
lets wait til next yr so he can win it!
selwood has it all stitched up this yr and deledio is only 1/100th of a player that selwood is
selwood has dominated in the midfield from day one, deledio was all show no go and too pretected
i wanna see connors in the middle, he is tuff and isnt a wimp like the rest of us(excluding foley and king )
what a joke, the only 3 players we have with balls are foley king and connors!
rfc = joke
not too hard to look good when you are your sides 4th midfielder (ie not even tagged) in a team that has won 13 straight.
Lids took a step in the right direction in terms of shaking a tag yesterday IMO. Will become a good player, and once we get a good side on the field Lids > Selwood
Oh and also, Connors can get nominated and still win it next year.
As long as you are young enough and have played less than 10 games you are still eligible. Jones from Melbourne has been nominated 2 years running
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Young Tiger hoping to scale the heights
7:24 PM Sun 5 August, 2007
By Jason Phelan
for richmondfc.com.au
DANIEL Connors’ eye-catching performance off a half-back flank was a bright light on another tough day for the Tigers at Skilled Stadium on Saturday.
The 18-year-old showed poise under huge pressure, with most of his 25 touches finding their mark in just his second game.
“I was trying to run hard and get a few kicks off the back line – it’s coming along all right,” Connors told richmondfc.com.au after the 70-point defeat to the Cats.
“[Coach] Terry [Wallace] wanted me to beat my man first and then run as hard as I could the other way.
“I know where my fitness has got to be at now. I’ve got to increase my fitness base and keep improving my disposal and hopefully we can all put together some good games on the way home.”
Connors, who won warm praise from Wallace after the match, hopes to become a full-time midfielder at some point, but is happy to learn his craft in the backline before being thrust into the engine room.
The Echuca lad admits he’s living his dream, having broken into the senior side, and he looked like he was home in the backyard when he took a huge mark over Travis Varcoe.
“It’s always good to take a speccy and that felt like a good one,” he said with a smile. “I’ll have to look at the tape but apparently it was all right.
“I love taking a hanger, I’ve pulled in a couple in the VFL and I’ll try and bring that into my game at AFL level. It’s a great part of the game.”
http://richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=48631
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Oh and also, Connors can get nominated and still win it next year.
As long as you are young enough and have played less than 10 games you are still eligible. Jones from Melbourne has been nominated 2 years running
IIRC Duncan Kellaway was nominated two years running.
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Connors had 25 and nearly every one of them was great - had his own highlights package :gotigers
agree but if he gets nominated there is no point
lets wait til next yr so he can win it!
selwood has it all stitched up this yr and deledio is only 1/100th of a player that selwood is
selwood has dominated in the midfield from day one, deledio was all show no go and too pretected
i wanna see connors in the middle, he is tuff and isnt a wimp like the rest of us(excluding foley and king )
what a joke, the only 3 players we have with balls are foley king and connors!
rfc = joke
not too hard to look good when you are your sides 4th midfielder (ie not even tagged) in a team that has won 13 straight.
Lids took a step in the right direction in terms of shaking a tag yesterday IMO. Will become a good player, and once we get a good side on the field Lids > Selwood
Oh and also, Connors can get nominated and still win it next year.
As long as you are young enough and have played less than 10 games you are still eligible. Jones from Melbourne has been nominated 2 years running
:thumbsup
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Oh and also, Connors can get nominated and still win it next year.
As long as you are young enough and have played less than 10 games you are still eligible. Jones from Melbourne has been nominated 2 years running
IIRC Duncan Kellaway was nominated two years running.
:rollin :rollin :lol :rollin :rollin
laughable
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Oh and also, Connors can get nominated and still win it next year.
As long as you are young enough and have played less than 10 games you are still eligible. Jones from Melbourne has been nominated 2 years running
IIRC Duncan Kellaway was nominated two years running.
:rollin :rollin :lol :rollin :rollin
laughable
A perfect example of why you sir, are an imbecile! :gotigers
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Looks like Connors is not eligible this year, as pointed out by a poster on y&b.
Found this at: http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/NABAFLRisingStarsProgram/NABAFLRisingStar/tabid/784/Default.aspx
After each round of home and away games, a player is nominated and at the end of the season a panel of experts selects the winner. The winner must be under the age of 21 at January 1 of that year, must not have played more than 10 games to the start of that season and must not have been suspended by the AFL or State League tribunals during the season (as with the Brownlow Medal, players found guilty of certain offences and fined or reprimanded by the Tribunal remain eligible to win the award).
Does that mean that they wont bother giving him a round nomination seeming he is ineligible to win it?
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Oh and also, Connors can get nominated and still win it next year.
As long as you are young enough and have played less than 10 games you are still eligible. Jones from Melbourne has been nominated 2 years running
IIRC Duncan Kellaway was nominated two years running.
:rollin :rollin :lol :rollin :rollin
laughable
A perfect example of why you sir, are an imbecile! :gotigers
f o ! u r the imbecile
the joke is how can a non skilled f head like kellaway 1/ be nomintaed not once but twice 2/ even get a game in a senior list( oh thats right only at rfc this can happen)
3/ not be delisted after 1 yr!
the moron could not kick handball and do nothing productive except take a gutsy mark
what do u do with players who have no skill , turn into dumbarse taggers chasing aholes all game!
f u moron , u r the imbecile
obv u accept the pathetic standards that the rfc has !
d kellaway , champion! pigs arse! buckley is a champion, judd is a champion, so is cousins etc etc , kellaway should have never ever got a game!
lift ur standards imbecile
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Can you speak in english please?
This isnt MSN Messenger. :shh
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Can you speak in english please?
This isnt MSN Messenger. :shh
and we aren't all 15 year olds.
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Can you speak in english please?
This isnt MSN Messenger. :shh
and we aren't all 15 year olds.
Not really fair to base intelligence on age 65 :thumbsup
Anyway back on topic - Another diamond in the rough.
Like a few, liked this bloke from the word go -with some u can just tell
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hysterical, are not we all a clever bunch of hilarious people
::)
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hysterical, are not we all a clever bunch of hilarious people
::)
No, but you listened. :)
Thanks, it makes your posts easier to read.
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hysterical, are not we all a clever bunch of hilarious people
::)
No, but you listened. :)
Thanks, it makes your posts easier to read.
did u say something?
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hysterical, are not we all a clever bunch of hilarious people
::)
No, but you listened. :)
Thanks, it makes your posts easier to read.
did u say something?
Nevermind. :sleep
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yet another thread hijacked by a pessimist ::)
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yet another thread hijacked by a pessimist ::)
and egotist :rollin
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yet another thread hijacked by a pessimist ::)
and egotist :rollin
really?
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ANd while we are at it can we cut back on the swearing in all its abbreviated forms too
:cheers
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Looks like Connors is not eligible this year, as pointed out by a poster on y&b.
Found this at: http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/NABAFLRisingStarsProgram/NABAFLRisingStar/tabid/784/Default.aspx
After each round of home and away games, a player is nominated and at the end of the season a panel of experts selects the winner. The winner must be under the age of 21 at January 1 of that year, must not have played more than 10 games to the start of that season and must not have been suspended by the AFL or State League tribunals during the season (as with the Brownlow Medal, players found guilty of certain offences and fined or reprimanded by the Tribunal remain eligible to win the award).
Does that mean that they wont bother giving him a round nomination seeming he is ineligible to win it?
It'll test them if Dan gets 25 possies again for the last 4 weeks.
Shane Edwards would be close to a nomination too.
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Williams from the Dogs got it this week.
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After reading those award rules again it says nothing about being unable to be nominated.
He just cant win it.
Like just because a player gets suspended doesnt mean he cant get Brownlow votes . . .
THoughts? :pray
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After reading those award rules again it says nothing about being unable to be nominated.
He just cant win it.
Like just because a player gets suspended doesnt mean he cant get Brownlow votes . . .
THoughts? :pray
They might shun Dan knowing he's been reported and that he will still eligible to be nominated next year.
I'm trying to think of someone in the Brownlow who was shun by the umps after he was reported early on in a season but can't think of one off the top of my head. Hey the umps in the past have shunned Richmond players even when they were favourites for the Brownlow :-\.
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After reading those award rules again it says nothing about being unable to be nominated.
He just cant win it.
Like just because a player gets suspended doesnt mean he cant get Brownlow votes . . .
THoughts? :pray
They might shun Dan knowing he's been reported and that he will still eligible to be nominated next year.
I'm trying to think of someone in the Brownlow who was shun by the umps after he was reported early on in a season but can't think of one off the top of my head. Hey the umps in the past have shunned Richmond players even when they were favourites for the Brownlow :-\.
Connors will be eligible next year even if he does get a nomination this season.
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Connors not fussed where he plays
12:41 PM Wed 12 September, 2007
By Greg Lange
for richmondfc.com.au
DANIEL Connors has no idea of the position he will be playing against Williamstown in this weekend's second preliminary final.
In fact, so mysterious is his role, the only information Connors is certain of is that he has to turn up to Teac Oval on Sunday and be ready to give his all for the Tigers' VFL affiliate.
"It is just a matter of where I can fit at the moment," Connors told richmondfc.com.au.
"If there is a job down back, I will go down there; if there is a good match up, I can go forward or I can just play on the wing,"
While Connors admits he would prefer to settle into one position, he understands playing different positions throughout a game, week after week, is just part of the modern day game.
"It happens, but you just have to deal with it and have an impact wherever you play."
The 18-year-old's 'deal with it' attitude was put to the test when he was given a chance to prove himself at AFL level against Sydney, Geelong, Collingwood and West Coast in rounds 17 to 20.
While the playing style of Richmond was similar to that of Coburg's, the 2006 Under 18 All-Australian found there was a big leap in speed and intensity.
Consequently, the club's fourth-round draft pick in last year's draft is now fully aware of what it will take for him to build on his four-game total with Richmond next year.
"You have to get your body in as good a nick as possible, otherwise you will struggle in the game today," said Connors.
"You have to get through all your weights and all your training at a high intensity and get your body right for a game every week."
"I have got a big pre-season coming up and I will need to concentrate on improving my fitness and strength.
"Hopefully I will come back in good shape and be ready to play senior footy."
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=6301&newsId=50988
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He sounds switched on and focussed towards making it as an AFL player :pray
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no hopefully's about it, perhaps we need to drag Nathan Foley to the front of the class and use him as a prime example of what can be achieved if you really want it.
hope the young lad has a great game and uses it as a learning experience for a bigger and brighter future, from what i saw in his few appearances this year, we will be saying what a great pick up in 2006 draft.
"just do it"
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I know JON isnt that popular this week but apparently he's THE most determined guy in this group. Works incredibly hard on everything he does.
Time will tell i spose. The best thing is there sounds like theres some real healthy competitiveness coming through the ranks which bodes very well for our TIGES :thumbsup
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Brian Royal RFC player review
Daniel Connors
Daniel played four games this year. If you had asked him or anyone else at the start of the season whether he would be playing AFL football this year I would suggest they would have said no. His attitude after the first few months certainly changed enormously and got himself into relatively good condition. He is going to be a very exciting player in the future for the Richmond Football Club if he can continue to have the right attitude.
http://richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=52026
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his a showbag & lost touch after the first 2 good senior games
prefers to take the big grab over anyone including knocking his team mates out of the action
needs to be pulled back into line he is a great talent
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Did Daniel do his own wikipedia page? :lol
He is seen as a future star of the game, combining the poise of Dal Santo, the aggression of Voss and the skills of Hodge. Daniel Connors could be anything. Daniel Connors has been touuted as the next Chris Judd who in time will become of the game's most elite players.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Connors
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Did Daniel do his own wikipedia page? :lol
He is seen as a future star of the game, combining the poise of Dal Santo, the aggression of Voss and the skills of Hodge. Daniel Connors could be anything. Daniel Connors has been touuted as the next Chris Judd who in time will become of the game's most elite players.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Connors
haha he had a better page a while ago. Everyone keeps playing games with it, have been all year.
i.e.
Reported to have signed a $70,000 sponsorship with "gravox" the gravy company. Daniel's life goal lies after his AFL career and involves helping red headed children get friends.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Connors&oldid=142835192
Daniel is also a filthy fanta with a gravy-stain birthmark. His penis is rated among the palest, but biggest in Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Connors&oldid=134058831
He was the only draftee in the 2006 AFL Draft to be open about his homosexuality. Daniel spends much of his time promoting Gay Awareness and supporting the needs of the larger Gay community.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Connors&oldid=133782791
I think it might have something to do with Andrew Collins, Bendigo team mate as well with the gravy stain link. . . .
Andrew has fair skin with a gravy stain ranging from his lower back to the back of his neck. Possibly one of the ugliest young draftees in football, but is renowned for always 'doing his best' with the ladies. likes to hit the local bars and work his magic with his friend and colleague 'tiny tim'!
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Collins_%28footballer%29&oldid=136582465
Andrew has an amazing ability to hunt the football and also has a very annoying voice. This youngster is highly rated and has a massive rig. Some say that he gained all his football talent from his older brother axel but others have linked it to the love and attention provided to him by his loving missus gretsey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Collins_%28footballer%29&oldid=146501679
I love Wiki. :lol
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:thumbsup
(http://static.yourguide.com.au/images/viewimages/?image=412295&size=3&prev=http%3A%2F%2Fbendigo%2Eyourguide%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fnews%2Fsport%2Fgeneral%2Fbrown%2Dsits%2Dout%2F1178221%2Ehtml)
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Connors impresses fans
08 February 2008
Bendigo Advertiser
DANIEL Connors returned to a ground he is familiar with yesterday for Richmond’s intra-club match at Moama’s Jack Eddy Oval.
Connors grew up in neighbouring Echuca before being drafted to Richmond, via the Bendigo Pioneers, in 2006.
With his close connection to the area, Connors was one of the most keenly-watched Tiger players by the large crowd of about 2000 who turned out for the two-hour intra-club match.
After starting on the interchange bench, Connors got his chance midway through the first term, playing across half-forward and grabbing a strong mark within a minute of taking the field.
He kicked a clever goal early in the second term when he roved the ball from a boundary throw-in deep in the forward pocket and dribbled through a major from about 30 m out.
Connors, who played four games for the Tigers last year, spent the last half in defence and excited the crowd with several high-flying leaps, before ending the game with his head bandaged after copping a knock in the third term.
‘‘Daniel has a touch of brilliance about him,’’ Richmond coach Terry Wallace said.
‘‘He trained really well up until Christmas time and then had a stress reaction in his foot and missed probably six weeks of training, which has put him behind the eight-ball.
‘‘He would have been a lot closer to senior footy if he hadn’t hurt his foot, but he is progressing and continuing to improve.’’
http://bendigo.yourguide.com.au/news/sport/general/connors-impresses-fans/1178225.html
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Connors looks pretty fit in that pic, looks a lot leaner than last year where I thought he was a bit porky.
MT, has he muscled up this year?
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Looks like Gourdis really does have a fair leap on him too.
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Connors has all the attributes to be one of the best players we've had in a long time.
Application will be the key.
I love the kid.
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Connors looks pretty fit in that pic, looks a lot leaner than last year where I thought he was a bit porky.
MT, has he muscled up this year?
I thought the same of Connors last year Moi (could lose some puppy fat and get fitter). I wouldn't say he's bulked up massively but yeah he's bigger in the upper body. Perhaps the ankle injury and not being able to do too much running has meant he's spent more time in the gym. Glad he's over his ankle and back on the park.
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So how did we all rate Connors' first game back this year?
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Good game for his first for the year, although vs that type of opposition it's hard to gauge. He needs to concerntrate on the simple things first, then try the 'cute' things later. IMO he tried too many cute things today which didn't hurt us overall in the scheme of the game but against better opposition we may have suffered.
I like him, he has skill, good disposal and above all, is creative.
Looking forward to seeing him given a chance for the remainder of the season, barring any injury/shocking form.
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I reckon Connors is abit special.
With Lids/Cotchin/Foley taking the tags in the future, he could get under the radar.
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10 kicks, 6 hballs
9 contested possessions
3 marks
3 goals plus 1 assist
A very nice return to AFL footy for DC :thumbsup
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Yep. He only needs to work on his fitness (it showed out a few times) and his occasional lapse back to the selfish, lairising act and he will make it. A good effort today against quality opposition.
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Was touted steal of 2006 draft.
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His lookaway handball to Mitch sucked in about four Dawks defenders, they all went the wrong way and gave Morton plenty of time to slot the goal.
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His lookaway handball to Mitch sucked in about four Dawks defenders, they all went the wrong way and gave Morton plenty of time to slot the goal.
Mini-play of the day. A ripper!!
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Accidental hero savours Hawk pie
richmondfc.com.au
Ben Broad
Mon 18 August, 2008
IT WAS almost a case of the ‘accidental hero’ at the MCG on Sunday as Richmond livewire Daniel Connors booted three first-half goals to help his side establish a telling 31-point lead over Hawthorn at the main break.
The Tigers went on to win the round 20 clash by 29 points, keeping their slim finals hopes alive in the process.
While Connors impressed with 16 possessions, it was his three vital majors in the first half that helped Richmond get on top and forge its way towards its upset victory over the AFL’s second-placed side.
“It was good to get a bit of scoreboard pressure and help the team out as much as I could,” a modest Connors said after the match.
The match was just Connors’ second for the season and his first since the round 15 win over West Coast.
He wasn’t a part of the Tigers’ narrow round six loss to the Hawks earlier this season but admitted that Richmond’s ability to push Alastair Clarkson’s side had given it confidence heading into Sunday’s clash.
“We knew we could take it to them, we showed last time when we played them,” Connors said.
“And we thought that, apart from last week, we’d been playing some pretty decent footy over the last seven or eight weeks.
“We had a fair bit of belief amongst ourselves that we’d be able to get the job done so it was just great that we got over the line and everybody played well.”
The key to the 16.9 (105) to 10.16 (76) win was a fast start.
The Tigers got that with five goals to two in the opening quarter and when Connors helped himself to two more in the second term – one of them a neat, running left foot goal from 35m – Terry Wallace's side was well on its way to its best win of the year.
“We knew we had to jump them and come out and give them everything and that’s what we did and it worked off well,” Connors said.
“They were playing catch-up footy for the rest of the game and we knew we just had to apply the pressure and stuff like that, so it worked out well for us.”
Connors said his team wouldn’t get carried away with its win, knowing there was still plenty of work to be done.
However, the victory put Richmond right back in the finals picture, although the Tigers must win their remaining two games and have other results fall their way to stay in the September race.
“We’re still hanging in there, aren’t we?” Connors said.
“All we can do is just keep winning games.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=65716
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Loved the dummy in the running goal. His trademark.
He might be a chance for a rising star nomination tomorrow with 16 possies and 3 goals in just 71% gametime.
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No chance, Cale Morton & Brad Dalzeil have the next two noms wrapped up.
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His lookaway handball to Mitch sucked in about four Dawks defenders, they all went the wrong way and gave Morton plenty of time to slot the goal.
Mini-play of the day. A ripper!!
Can be a very flashy player. Took a speccy on the Southern Stand Wing in the 2nd. Kicked some nice goals has a bit of mongrel class skill and poise. All he needs is to get consistency into his game and KNOW when it is right to show these characteristics and he'll be a 10 year player in the making. :thumbsup
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No chance, Cale Morton & Brad Dalzeil have the next two noms wrapped up.
You're probably right infamy. Book Connors in for round 22 then lol.
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Just stick to doing the basic team stuff correctly first Daniel before trying the fancy stuff :yep.
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Am I the only one who thinks that Conners now resembles Steve Johnson a few years back. Flashes of brilliance, has that x factor - but can also work against him a lot. You can see the best and worst of him in back to back possessions. I just hope that he gets a little smarter and becomes the player he can potentially be, and not become Jeff Farmer esque.
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Just stick to doing the basic team stuff correctly first Daniel before trying the fancy stuff :yep.
once again ur right :banghead
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Am I the only one who thinks that Conners now resembles Steve Johnson a few years back. Flashes of brilliance, has that x factor - but can also work against him a lot. You can see the best and worst of him in back to back possessions. I just hope that he gets a little smarter and becomes the player he can potentially be, and not become Jeff Farmer esque.
Yep he's got a load of talent and yep Jobba he needs to be smarter and learn when to do the percentage thing and when to use his natural flair. He's still not 20 yet (16 days away) so the next year or two is the time to work on him and for him to work hard also so his full talent is realised and fulfilled unlike Farmer.
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Would hope that we encourage his efforts to do too much rather than stifle his natural flair
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Would hope that we encourage his efforts to do too much rather than stifle his natural flair
Agree Infamy but he still needs to do the basics. I've been happy with him this year especially at AFL level when he's come off a interrupted preseason but to me yesterday he played at times like he was too good for VFL level.
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He is a rough diamond. Needs to get his attitude right as he has shown in his short time at the top level so far he has the footy nous and the skill as well as the ability to do something special and freaky which is not a thing that is taught but is part of a players character. With the right grooming he could be anything. Hopefully a 10 year player for us.
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Desperately needs to develop his right foot.
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Desperately needs to develop his right foot.
You could say that about all left footers.
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Desperately needs to develop his right foot.
You could say that about all left footers.
No, only the ones that will do anything to get back on their left.
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Rawlings was critical of Connors in his EOTT report:
"Daniel Connors
Disappointing return to VFL ranks after showing fair bit of promise at AFL level with Richmond towards the end of the season. Relied on the spectacular too often."
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Rawlings was critical of Connors in his EOTT report:
"Daniel Connors
Disappointing return to VFL ranks after showing fair bit of promise at AFL level with Richmond towards the end of the season. Relied on the spectacular too often."
Spot on. Thought he was dreadful in the final. Would hate to play forward of him.
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He's a strange one. I noticed he even warms up alone before games. He needs to have the value of assist stats drilled into him.
Rather than -
always look to take the spectacular hanger - block the run of the opposition allowing your teammate to take the easy mark.
attempt to kick a low percentage goal - look to create one for someone in a better position
outrun or dodge past an opponent - pass it off and shepherd for you teammate
leading out for the mark every time - block/shepherd another team mates defender to give them a clear run
Once he understands it is better to do the team things rather than always trying to do the low percentage incredible acts - he will be a better player for the Richmond Football Club.
Though a good hanger from time to time is still nice ;)
Stripes
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Daniel is coming into his 3rd year. What are your expectations for him this year and what would be a good 2009 for him?
Career so far
Games Disposals Marks Tackles G.B
2007: 4 13.8 5.0 0.5 0.1
2008: 4 14.3 5.5 1.8 5.3
http://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=1780&SeasonID=ALL
at Coburg: 16 matches, 11 goals - Link (http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?player=Daniel%20Connors&action=PSTATS&pID=188159717&client=1-118-0-67835-8075340)
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I would be pleased with an average of
14 games, 16 disposals, 6 marks, 2.5 tackles, 16.7
I worry about Dan missing another large slab of the pre season though, he seems the type of player who can least afford to have a low fitness base. Hopefully he can contribute in the 2nd half of the year. He certainly has the raw ability to become a good player but needs to get himself 100% fit to make the most of his football talents.
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Would have been a good chance at the Rising Star if he didn't miss some pre-season.
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Handy back up player who will put pressure on others to perform.
Hes not in our best 22 at the moment.
Will benefit from playing in a stronger tiger team when he gets his chance.
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Rumour by Brickster on BF:
"If no one believes me well so be I dont care because i know its true but ill put it out there anyway I know for FACT that Connors has a broken finger from the game on the weekend so dont be surprised to see him not play in the next few weeks. 6 weeks was word given im not sure if thats until he can play or train again."
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13857983&postcount=15
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Lets hope he can play more than 4 games this year.I remember his first game against Geelong (2007)and thought he looked the goods.Hardly been seen since.
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Not really expecting a lot out of him in the main side. I think his opportunites will be limited.
In terms of Coburg though I would expect to see a very good return in stats and goals, eg average 15+ possessions and 2+ goals per game
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Let's hope for Daniel's sake it's not so. His best as we saw against Hawthorn late last year is easily best 22 stuff but he needs consistency both above and below his shoulders and copping injuries doesn't help :(.
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I would like to see Connors play in the Hodge / Goddard role @ HBF. He has good skills, is hard and can mark.
Rance + Connors
Moore, Thursty, McGaune, Newman
Needs to get a chance. Was touted top 10 draft pick, lots of flair.
Connors > Jackson
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Connors > Jackson
I am a DanFan but he's not there yet.
Certainly is more of a natural footballer but it takes more to be a successful AFL player than just football ability.
Jacko is ahead as it currently stands but in the future I too hope Daniel leaves DJ in his wake.
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Dan the forgotten man. I think this sort of player represents where the RFC is at as a footy club. For us to be a major force it is players like Dan, and for that matter Dean Polo, that need to be up and firing in the seniors.
Exciting talent no doubt but has had a few setbacks injury wise. If this latest finger thing is on the money then we probably won't see much of him in the seniors this year. If he plays 8 - 10 games I will be over the moon but I think it will be more likely 4 - 6. That's if he can get into the team.
Signs are that his attitude has improved from the first couple of years. It was extra effort that put him in the poo this pre season. With a good attitude and a full pre season we will see a far more dangerous and consistent Dan Connors.
When this guy makes it he will be an excitement machine. I can't wait!
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I think he's overrated by our supporters.
He has never really done much consistently, has a lot of off days, and while he has a good footy brain, like he'll time a screamer perfectly or turn a player inside out with ease, he doesn't do enough often enough.
I like the kid but unless he shows some consistency we won't see him in more than 6 games.
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Connors > Jackson
Just out of interest do you rate Jackson in front of anyone?
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I can confirm Connors has a broken finger from the Shepparton game. Just a little break which should keep Daniel out for a couple of weeks. He trained on Monday doing laps but didn't train today.
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Connors > Jackson
Just out of interest do you rate Jackson in front of anyone?
I would prefer Connors, Edwards, White over Jacko.
Even Raines.
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Connors has potential and alot of flair however he still looks like a boy playing against men.On the other hand Jackson has a mature body and the fitness to be our number one tagger.No contest at the moment.
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He has never really done much consistently, has a lot of off days, and while he has a good footy brain, like he'll time a screamer perfectly or turn a player inside out with ease, he doesn't do enough often enough.
I like the kid but unless he shows some consistency we won't see him in more than 6 games.
HE'S ONLY A KID!!!
How can you expect a kid taken in the 4th round 2 years ago to be consistent already
Unreal :wallywink
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10+ games would be a good return
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Natural footy talent wise Connors > Jacko but Jacko is ahead of him at the moment in terms of current output. You would hope in a couple of years Connors builds up his fitness and gains the maturity to be that consistent performer we want him to be.
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He has never really done much consistently, has a lot of off days, and while he has a good footy brain, like he'll time a screamer perfectly or turn a player inside out with ease, he doesn't do enough often enough.
I like the kid but unless he shows some consistency we won't see him in more than 6 games.
HE'S ONLY A KID!!!
How can you expect a kid taken in the 4th round 2 years ago to be consistent already
Unreal :wallywink
I think taking out the first part of my post takes the rest out of context to an extent.
I'm talking about the magnitude of people, who before he was injured, was suggesting he had what it takes to win the Rising Star this year, which essentially means to be part of the best 22 for the best part of 22 games, which is grossly unrealistic for the type of player Connors is at this stage wouldn't you say? Hence overrated.
And I think my post is pretty realistic in that he wont play more than six games this year if he doesn't better his consistency, and not all player do, no matter how long they're in this game. I'm not saying he won't, he just still has a much longer way to go to make it in my opinion than other supporters seem to think.
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I can confirm Connors has a broken finger from the Shepparton game. Just a little break which should keep Daniel out for a couple of weeks. He trained on Monday doing laps but didn't train today.
So not the 6 weeks I have heard elsewhere? Thank goodness for that.
Thanks again for the word MT. :thumbsup
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All steamed up
RICHMOND youngster Daniel Connors has shown being a metrosexual can often land you in hot water.
Connors visited a (name withheld) well known men's beauty salon recently and was about to undergo a steam treatment when a new beautician spilled hot water over his chest.
We hear Connors, already out injured, has been wearing some significant scars and considerable discomfort.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25833984-19742,00.html
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Confident Connors takes full circle
By Mic Cullen
IT'S A case of back to the future for Richmond's Daniel Connors, who is reinventing himself as a rebounding defender.
Connors, recruited by the Tigers with pick 58 in the 2006 NAB AFL Draft, was used mainly in the midfield in his 10 games in three seasons, missed the early part of 2009 with a hand injury and then played at VFL level later in the year as he struggled to shake off a hamstring problem.
But a solid pre-season under new coach Damien Hardwick saw him fit, firing and selected for the Tigers' round-one loss to Carlton.
"It was a big thrill to play round one, and I was very excited," he told richmondfc.com.au.
"It was my first ever round one, so it was good to come into the season nice and fit, and confident about my football.
"I've worked out a fair few goals with (development coach) Tim Clarke, who does all that sort of stuff at the club, and they revolve around playing consistent footy for 22 rounds and trying to cement a spot in the side."
Connors arrived at the Tigers as a running half-back, so the positional change sees him revisit those strengths.
The 21-year-old said he was enjoying the move into defence, which is where Hardwick had seen him play as a junior.
"It's been really good - I was playing back-flank in the under-18s when I was drafted, so I really like the position," he said.
"It's been good in the pre-season. It's given me a good chance to play some pretty good consistent footy.
"You've got to make sure your mindset is defend first and then run off. With playing forward for the last couple of years, [it] means you're always thinking 'attack, attack', so it takes a while to get your head around defending first.
"That just comes with playing more games down back, so it's getting there."
It was a tough initiation for Connors on Thursday night as he lined up on both Eddie Betts and this week's NAB AFL Rising Star Chris Yarran.
Connors acquitted himself well, but lessons were learned.
"Certainly Eddie and Chris are very smooth movers, and they know how to find the footy around the goals, so you've got to make sure you keep an eye on them and try to get them going back the other way," he said.
"It obviously taught me that they make the most of their opportunities, those small blokes, so you've got to stick on them and concentrate for the full 120 minutes of the game."
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/91366/default.aspx
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Remember his first game for us against Geelong at Kardinia Park in 2007 looked good playing off half back that day. Was the day Angus Graham debuted also.
I think he has been serviceable so far this season bar a few notable skill errors by foot.
At Punt Rd he aint alone there.
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Yeah I like what I have seen out of him this year too. I mean really this has been the first real full pre-season so to speak that he has put in for many years due to injury.
At 21 years of age I still believe this kid has a lot to offer our club for the future, certainly more than some others have to offer hanging on our list.
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Yeah I like what I have seen out of him this year too. I mean really this has been the first real full pre-season so to speak that he has put in for many years due to injury.
At 21 years of age I still believe this kid has a lot to offer our club for the future, certainly more than some others have to offer hanging on our list.
your joking you like hacks
he should be grounded for turning the ball over & kicking to ghosts
if a player like him cant play football after several seasons he needs delisting & l bet his on top of hardwick list to be cut
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Yeah I like what I have seen out of him this year too. I mean really this has been the first real full pre-season so to speak that he has put in for many years due to injury.
At 21 years of age I still believe this kid has a lot to offer our club for the future, certainly more than some others have to offer hanging on our list.
your joking you like hacks
he should be grounded for turning the ball over & kicking to ghosts
if a player like him cant play football after several seasons he needs delisting & l bet his on top of hardwick list to be cut
If he is on Hardwicks list to be cut then why has Hardwick played him all pre-season bar one game I think and round one????
Please, if you think Connors is a hack your list of hacks in our team must be very very very long.
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Yeah I like what I have seen out of him this year too. I mean really this has been the first real full pre-season so to speak that he has put in for many years due to injury.
At 21 years of age I still believe this kid has a lot to offer our club for the future, certainly more than some others have to offer hanging on our list.
your joking you like hacks
he should be grounded for turning the ball over & kicking to ghosts
if a player like him cant play football after several seasons he needs delisting & l bet his on top of hardwick list to be cut
If he is on Hardwicks list to be cut then why has Hardwick played him all pre-season bar one game I think and round one????
Please, if you think Connors is a hack your list of hacks in our team must be very very very long.
l have watched Conners closely for several years now & he is a selfish one man team. Enough said
my list is very long half the team would be cut
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Whilst I agree with TM about his selfishness at least it's clear from the article he knows he stuffed up defensively on Thursday night more than once and has been let know about it. Keep him in the 22 because he's the type of player that will learn better in the big time, not in the community league.
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Whilst I agree with TM about his selfishness at least it's clear from the article he knows he stuffed up defensively on Thursday night more than once and has been let know about it. Keep him in the 22 because he's the type of player that will learn better in the big time, not in the community league.
You know most of them players need to poise a bit instead of being scared rabbits
go back to their natrual talent & they would benefit alot more from it
A bit of leadership & some scaning before release of the ball would bring them together as a squad & build confidence
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I was a bit shocked to see an article about Connors. Yes he got a fair bit of the footy, but made basic defensive errors against Carlton and looked lazy running to contest at times, yet seems to have the RFC marketing guys talking him up in his defensive role.
I think he has a fair amount of skill and talent, but he has been in the system long enough (and yet to prove anything) to know that poor attitude and poor decision making, should earn a long run in the magoos. We have depth in that area, so am surprised he wasn't made an example of. (I assume he is playing this week, or why write the article)
Guess he has a few weeks to prove to Dimma and co (and us supporters) that he should not be on the chop block at years end. I will be watching his future games very closely to see if he actually listens to Leppa.
Wonder if any of the poor performances will be made examples of?
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This is his year to prove himself. He is at the crossroads. He prefers playing in the backline. Play him there until end of year if he does not improve delist him. Leppa had a go at him at the Carlon game for letting Betts kick an easy goal. He is a good mark but kicking needs improve but having said that when he was kicking out from goal he kicked the ball past the 50 metre arc which alot of our defenders either can't do or a too scared to do so.
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Articles like this are premature especially as DC seems to be the type who could get ahead of himself easily.
I thought Connors was one of our best on Thursday night but he still made a few blunders defensively.
Talented HB flankers are a dime a dozen and Dan still a shedload to prove before he can be called a decent AFL footballer let alone a good one. He should be aspiring to become an onballer if he wants to extend his AFL career but he has to master the HB role first and he's a long way from doing that yet.
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Whilst I agree with TM about his selfishness at least it's clear from the article he knows he stuffed up defensively on Thursday night more than once and has been let know about it. Keep him in the 22 because he's the type of player that will learn better in the big time, not in the community league.
You know most of them players need to poise a bit instead of being scared rabbits
go back to their natrual talent & they would benefit alot more from it
A bit of leadership & some scaning before release of the ball would bring them together as a squad & build confidence
Very true.
And by the same token it would also help these players coming out of defence if their teammates worked a bit harder to find space for them to kick to.
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He did make a few errors, but who would you prefer, Connors or McMahon?
I'll back Connors to improve with some new coaches to help him out.
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I think at this point in time if there was an article come out on every player no one would have agood word to say about them would they!! Someone would still have to have a dig, sure he turned the ball over a litle bit but like I said he is 21 and it's his real full pre-season for many years.
Edwards doesn't even cop as much as Connors and he ....... well!!
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so Cono is alright ? :pray
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so Cono is alright ? :pray
Bruised ribs they were saying on the radio.
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was his best game tonight, did really well, looked composed, was brave and used it well...need another 4 of him
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was his best game tonight, did really well, looked composed, was brave and used it well...need another 4 of him
Yeah right, gave the opposition 3 goals :banghead
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I'll be glad when nathan f gets back into this team and people like astbury and griffiths are given a run
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thank the footy Gods :bow :bow ... i want too see him in a gym and pumping iron to become a Unit and work on his Kicking
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I'll be glad when nathan f gets back into this team and people like astbury and griffiths are given a run
that and get simmo out of the team. completely useless, can't run, cant mark, cant pick up ground balls, cant win hitouts....why the hell is he even playing
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I'll be glad when nathan f gets back into this team and people like astbury and griffiths are given a run
Totally agree
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As I said in a previous post on another thread would rather see a player make an error trying to make play than a player make a mistake by being restricting and conservative.
I thought he did okay. Was hard and tough and got to the footy okay. Yes Jack he made a couple of errors by foot but would rather see Daniel continue the way he plays.
Would hate to see him get dropped for those errors when blokes like Tambling get a game next week and play half ar$ed and live off the fact that they are a pick 4 draft pick.
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I actually like Connors.
Can win his own ball which is a positive.
Would play him inside F50, so his option by foot would be to try and kick goals.
His skill set doesnt lend itself to playing deep in D50.
Thought his turnovers were ordinary tonight
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I thinks Connors best work is done in congestion. The less he has to think about disposal the better he is, he has quick hands.
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so Cono is alright ? :pray
Bruised ribs they were saying on the radio.
Bruised or broken means little difference sometimes, he'll still need to miss a few i would think. Apparently he was spitting up blood and thats sounds a little like a punctured lung!
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I do too Jack. If you can't hit a target at this level 15 metres away.....
I agree with you mate but I like the way he goes about it.
Wins his own ball puts his body on the line and goes for it all the time.
In my opinion he has a place in our side moving forward as opposed to some others.
Needs to work on his right side however. Will eliminate him getting caught.
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I actually like Connors.
Can win his own ball which is a positive.
Would play him inside F50, so his option by foot would be to try and kick goals.
His skill set doesnt lend itself to playing deep in D50.
Thought his turnovers were ordinary tonight
what other option do we really have in our back half. I would rather a goal post than to see Edwards in our D50.
I dont know what Hardwick is on to still play this guy in the team. He is useless.. As for Farmer well who knows about him too.
I thought Connors played well tonight but if it means we kick goals then he needs to be moved out of dedence
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so Cono is alright ? :pray
Bruised ribs they were saying on the radio.
Bruised or broken means little difference sometimes, he'll still need to miss a few i would think. Apparently he was spitting up blood and thats sounds a little like a punctured lung!
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Just repeating what was said on the radio. They said the Club expects Connors to be right to play by next week :-\.
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Jack are you unhappy with Connors game?
The guy has improved out of sight in attitude and confidence.
You defend Simmo for having a crack for being a slow flop of a man. Yet you argue negatively towards the positives of Connors.
I'll fly to the moon with feathers if anyone thinks Simmonds game was better than Connors today.
Sure he made a few mistakes but ge name me 1 player that didn't turn the ball over today in the yellow and black.
Put his body on the line, took them on, kicking was ok apart from one clanger that resulted in a dogs goal.
Hats off for Connors for mine.
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I was very pleased with the improvement with Connors game this week
I thought for the 6 or 7 times he really needed to put his body on the line he did 3-4 times, which was a massive improvement from the week before
However, there were still a few occassions where he was playing to far off his opponent (about 3-5 metres) when the Dogs were surging forward and the Doggies used this to their advantage. His tunrovers were costly but hey compared to another player who I don't think had one effective kick all night (and I don't mean Edwards ;D)
I reckon the poor kicks are a result of not knowing whether to go long or short
But all in all a much better effort
Personally I think it needs to become the norm and not the exception
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Jack are you unhappy with Connors game?
The guy has improved out of sight in attitude and confidence.
You defend Simmo for having a crack for being a slow flop of a man. Yet you argue negatively towards the positives of Connors.
I'll fly to the moon with feathers if anyone thinks Simmonds game was better than Connors today.
Sure he made a few mistakes but ge name me 1 player that didn't turn the ball over today in the yellow and black.
Put his body on the line, took them on, kicking was ok apart from one clanger that resulted in a dogs goal.
Hats off for Connors for mine.
Thought Connors was servicable without being great.
Has errors in his game, thus wouldnt be playing him deep in D50.
His kicking lets him down,therefore any mistake usually results in a scoring shot for the opposition.
No having a tackle for the game is a worry though.
Would also think he Zones Off too often therefore his stats tell lies with easy possesions coming his way.
I would play him up forward, thats my opinion
By the way , he had 2 clangers which resulted in goals, and another goal resulted by him taking the opposition on and getting caught costing another goal.
Thats 3 my friend
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he had a Dig unlike a lot of other players ( Lids, Simmo, Reiwdolt) i would rather have 3 goals given instead of Jordan Mc i tell you that !
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he had a Dig unlike a lot of other players ( Lids, Simmo, Reiwdolt) i would rather have 3 goals given instead of Jordan Mc i tell you that !
IMO you can leave Jack out of that statement, He run his guts out all game. In another post someone staed they saw him depp inb the defensive 50 (last qtr from memory). I watched him chasing the ball all the way down the ground, effected a spoil which resulted in a turnover then ran his ass off to our fwd line to try and make the contest there. He did that all game, one of the first fwds in chasing the ball and then also on of the first back when there was a turnover. If thats not having a dig then i dont know what will make some of you happy!
Lids on the other hand seemed to be floundering most of the game. does anyone know if he isnt 100% either with injury or illness or is he just not interested at the moment?
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Lids; I think he is just getting the attention from the opposition that our only real player deserves. He seems to me to be doing a lot more of the hard work while coping with a tag. If Cotch and Martin keep going on the way that they are Lids will start getting more freedom.
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Lids; I think he is just getting the attention from the opposition that our only real player deserves. He seems to me to be doing a lot more of the hard work while coping with a tag. If Cotch and Martin keep going on the way that they are Lids will start getting more freedom.
When we had richo and brown Lids had all the freedom he wanted .. but did NOTHING.. Lids knows we will do any thing too keep him (increase money ect.) SO therefore he is not worried about his preforming as much as lets say Connors or even King . King showed more GO than Lids did he just didnt have the skill . Which is a shame and sad to see
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Jack are you unhappy with Connors game?
The guy has improved out of sight in attitude and confidence.
You defend Simmo for having a crack for being a slow flop of a man. Yet you argue negatively towards the positives of Connors.
I'll fly to the moon with feathers if anyone thinks Simmonds game was better than Connors today.
Sure he made a few mistakes but ge name me 1 player that didn't turn the ball over today in the yellow and black.
Put his body on the line, took them on, kicking was ok apart from one clanger that resulted in a dogs goal.
Hats off for Connors for mine.
Thought Connors was servicable without being great.
Has errors in his game, thus wouldnt be playing him deep in D50.
His kicking lets him down,therefore any mistake usually results in a scoring shot for the opposition.
No having a tackle for the game is a worry though.
Would also think he Zones Off too often therefore his stats tell lies with easy possesions coming his way.
I would play him up forward, thats my opinion
By the way , he had 2 clangers which resulted in goals, and another goal resulted by him taking the opposition on and getting caught costing another goal.
Thats 3 my friend
yet you were raving about raines game, c'mon be objective, know who Id rather thave, connor is a podigious talent, really getting onj top of his game ...I sincerely hope we have a few more like him
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Lids; I think he is just getting the attention from the opposition that our only real player deserves. He seems to me to be doing a lot more of the hard work while coping with a tag. If Cotch and Martin keep going on the way that they are Lids will start getting more freedom.
When we had richo and brown Lids had all the freedom he wanted .. but did NOTHING.. Lids knows we will do any thing too keep him (increase money ect.) SO therefore he is not worried about his preforming as much as lets say Connors or even King . King showed more GO than Lids did he just didnt have the skill . Which is a shame and sad to see
It sounds like you know Lids personally and are in his confidence for him to share those thoughts with you. As such I am at an unfair advantage and can't comment any further.
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how bad is Connor's injury?
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Lead story tonight on Nine news.
Alleged Connors in a group of men bashed a guy outside a bakery in Echuca in 2006. Insufficient evidence meant there were no charges.
Nine interviewed the guy Chris Oman who was bashed and left with brain damage. Said he's been left with no job while Dan got an AFL career straight after.
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Complete rs hat
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Welcome to Ben's world young Daniel :P
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will be interesting to see if anything else just pops up.
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Notice it was on Channel Ed too? It was obviously done to deflect the blowtorch from Collingwood, and their ongoing Malthouse saga. Channel 7's lead story was about some boat sinking.
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footy is becoming a soap opera , getting rather boring
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:sleep :sleep :sleep
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footy is becoming a soap opera , getting rather boring
yes its not as enjoyable as it used to be
it turning into EPL ;D we will have players rolling around on the ground crying next season :lol
Country Football :thumbsup great day out can take over your night also ;D
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Sounds like Connors needs to really get his poo sorted and fast, I have no time for fools like this and hopefully the club hasn't either. Eddie's mates where no doubt quietly instructed to get out there and dig up the dirt on Connors, nothing like a little re-direction of attention. However Ed, Malthouse and the Collingwood football club will always be liars. Milne should have sued the prick.
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footy is becoming a soap opera , getting rather boring
They're just enjoying kicking a club when it's down.
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Yes well, whether insufficient evidence or not let's just say Connors would be in no real hurry to move back to Echuca once his career is over ;) No love lost between the townfolk and him - definitely not a favourite son! :whistle
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the boy is in our best 22
our team is rubbish
he has talent
more chance of winning games with him in the team
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the boy is in our best 22
our team is rubbish
he has talent
more chance of winning games with him in the team
So you would rather see the club back down on their decision and show the rest of the players that if we are struggling it doesn't matter what you do, you will still get a game????????? Leave him out until he has served his suspension IMO!!!
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In a word...................no.
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the boy is in our best 22
our team is rubbish
he has talent
more chance of winning games with him in the team
So you would rather see the club back down on their decision and show the rest of the players that if we are struggling it doesn't matter what you do, you will still get a game????????? Leave him out until he has served his suspension IMO!!!
Agreed :thumbsup
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Why would you ?
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hardwick is all about not taking short cuts
dan has to take his medicine
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hardwick is all about not taking short cuts
dan has to take his medicine
Good.
Seems to be trying hard at Coburg so far.
Hopefully he comes back better for it.
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Big fat NO.
Time to look at the big picture Bentleigh.
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the boy is in our best 22
our team is rubbish
he has talent
more chance of winning games with him in the team
Don't be stupid, you can't back out of a punishment half way through
If anything it's proving that it's working
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So you would rather see the club back down on their decision and show the rest of the players that if we are struggling it doesn't matter what you do, you will still get a game????????? Leave him out until he has served his suspension IMO!!!
Excellent post there WAT
Agree 100%
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I would rather bring back michael Roach
We need a forward more
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totally agree with blaisee
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Connors has a screw loose, off and on the field, sometimes that can be a good thing (ie Kyle Reimers), dont think so with him, has shown some good signs but the moron always seems to come out in him, has a long way to go
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Connors has a screw loose, off and on the field, sometimes that can be a good thing (ie Kyle Reimers), dont think so with him, has shown some good signs but the moron always seems to come out in him, has a long way to go
Welcome to OER
Live long and prosper (someone had to say it :lol )
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Connors has a screw loose, off and on the field, sometimes that can be a good thing (ie Kyle Reimers), dont think so with him, has shown some good signs but the moron always seems to come out in him, has a long way to go
Welcome to OER
Live long and prosper (someone had to say it :lol )
Cuzzy said that night will be a turing point in his carrer and he is a great player sooo BRING BACK CONNORS :gotigers
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Connors has to repay the club for his actions. He needs to take responsibility for his actions. The fact he is playing well for Coburg is a good sign that he wants to make amends but agree with the comments he has a long way to go. The club has made a stand and must stick with its decison.
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Bring back Connors: why?
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Cuzzy said that night will be a turing point in his carrer and he is a great player sooo BRING BACK CONNORS :gotigers
Cousins also said, on On The Couch last night, he should have whacked him an hour earlier! ;D
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Cuzzy said that night will be a turing point in his carrer and he is a great player sooo BRING BACK CONNORS :gotigers
Cousins also said, on On The Couch last night, he should have whacked him an hour earlier! ;D
haha true true
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The Author of this thread should stay out of pubs
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yeah that would be making a statement. :banghead
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I would rather bring back michael Roach
We need a forward more
If Connors was having shots for goal in the 3rd 1/4 instead of the like of Matty White and Polak things might have turned out better ...
Big fat NO.
Time to look at the big picture Bentleigh.
i have been trying to do this for years. Shame the club has not :-\
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hardwick is all about not taking short cuts
dan has to take his medicine
Good.
Seems to be trying hard at Coburg so far.
Hopefully he comes back better for it.
It worked for Stevie J at Geelong. He took his medicine the club grew internally and 6 months later he won a Norm Smith Medal. Of course we are nowhere near a GF but the medicine has to be taken for the lesson to be learnt. SImple as that. Bentleigh you really talk alot of skata.
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Perhaps rather than set a punishment and then renege on it, they could just continually threaten to do something. Carlton have shown just how successful you can be at modifying a player's behaviour by continually telling them they are on their last chance.
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Perhaps rather than set a punishment and then renege on it, they could just continually threaten to do something. Carlton have shown just how successful you can be at modifying a player's behaviour by continually telling them they are on their last chance.
They have?
Didn't work for Fev & Robinson seems to be taking his place with his behavior this year
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Perhaps rather than set a punishment and then renege on it, they could just continually threaten to do something. Carlton have shown just how successful you can be at modifying a player's behaviour by continually telling them they are on their last chance.
They have?
Didn't work for Fev & Robinson seems to be taking his place with his behavior this year
Might have been a touch of sarcasm in Al's post Infamy. ;)
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I shouldn't post early in the morning
Normally I pick that up pretty well, I must be half asleep still
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Conners suspension was warranted & was not given just for his last incident. It was given for his several since being at the club.
He failed to learn from the past. He has a history prior to Richmond & needed to be set in place not just at footy level but life in general.
That his Job was on the line & his footy career nearly finished at RFC l can tell you he came very close from what l heard.
It very hard for some of these lads to adjust when young & having everything handed to them on a platter because they had done the hard work to get ther,
Its not very hard for them to get into strife coming from a small place to the big city because there are so many people just watching including those who like young females waiting to fill his phone with thier numbers.
So of course when they have the presence of females around them, that they will stay out later & drink more than normal buying drinks for girls or vice versa.
Someone is always watching them, Hutchy in the bin waiting, The media are vultures for any little hick up & SO this
Let his football actions on field tell the story about him. He has found a new level & this is good for him. Because if he can lift which l think he has, It might open the eyes of a few others who will find that they also need to lift the next level as Conners will be after his spot in the team.
This is one of the severe problems at Richmond. We need players to fight for the senior places putting preasure on the whole playing list. Its up to alot of the other players to try lift, & just from watching, It is going to take some of them a huge effort to keep a hungry Conners out of that side. So his suspension is the best way to bring more then several positives at Richmond. For not only to redeem the confidence in himself & take control of his life but also his team-mates
This is what the club need, A lift in the whole playing list from the Captain down to the Rookies. It has to be carried through at VFL level Coburg seniors & reserves. Until this happens, Only then we will see any improvement on the field & thats what its all about.
See this as a positive. A lift in spirit around the club can make huge changes on the field & it only takes 1 win this weekend to lift everyones confidence & spirits :gotigers we can beat the Hawks
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Oh yeah, bring back Connors and we start winning games. Chuck or Jimmy? :P
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Conners suspension was warranted & was not given just for his last incident. It was given for his several since being at the club.
He failed to learn from the past. He has a history prior to Richmond & needed to be set in place not just at footy level but life in general.
That his Job was on the line & his footy career nearly finished at RFC l can tell you he came very close from what l heard.
It very hard for some of these lads to adjust when young & having everything handed to them on a platter because they had done the hard work to get ther,
Its not very hard for them to get into strife coming from a small place to the big city because there are so many people just watching including those who like young females waiting to fill his phone with thier numbers.
So of course when they have the presence of females around them, that they will stay out later & drink more than normal buying drinks for girls or vice versa.
Someone is always watching them, Hutchy in the bin waiting, The media are vultures for any little hick up & SO this
Let his football actions on field tell the story about him. He has found a new level & this is good for him. Because if he can lift which l think he has, It might open the eyes of a few others who will find that they also need to lift the next level as Conners will be after his spot in the team.
This is one of the severe problems at Richmond. We need players to fight for the senior places putting preasure on the whole playing list. Its up to alot of the other players to try lift, & just from watching, It is going to take some of them a huge effort to keep a hungry Conners out of that side. So his suspension is the best way to bring more then several positives at Richmond. For not only to redeem the confidence in himself & take control of his life but also his team-mates
This is what the club need, A lift in the whole playing list from the Captain down to the Rookies. It has to be carried through at VFL level Coburg seniors & reserves. Until this happens, Only then we will see any improvement on the field & thats what its all about.
See this as a positive. A lift in spirit around the club can make huge changes on the field & it only takes 1 win this weekend to lift everyones confidence & spirits :gotigers we can beat the Hawks
Good post TM and spot on. :clapping
And I hope we do beat the Hawks on Sunday - I've managed to jag a stopover between Brisbane and Hobart and will be able to catch the game!! :gotigers
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Smokey ol fella, l beleive we can beat the Hawks this week, In fact l will layout 1k l'm that confident :thumbsup
Something inside me is saying the side will lift & if any game to win with Hardwicks knowledge of there players its Sunday :thumbsup
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Gee monk, i was greeing with you post until the part about beating the hawks. Then that! 1K?
I think they will tear us a new one and poke their shlong in it at will. More than happy to be wrong on this though.
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Gee monk, i was greeing with you post until the part about beating the hawks. Then that! 1K?
I think they will tear us a new one and poke their shlong in it at will. More than happy to be wrong on this though.
Just think they can pull a upset off as the Hawks aint too confident & are on par with us struggling in the ruck
l think our midfielders are ready to shine & McGuane + Thursfield will have a good day out. Time to have faith
If not you hear from me Monday ;D
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I hope you are right T-Monk...Hawk fans will commit hari kari if they lose to us.
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From the RFC site:
Another youngster on the rise at Richmond who Hardwick believes has an enormous future at the club is suspended midfielder Daniel Connors.
Connors is set to make an immediate return to the Richmond side when his eight-week club-imposed ban comes to an end.
The midfielder was sanctioned by the club for unsociable behaviour and being intoxicated after the loss to the Sydney Swans in round three.
The 21-year-old has served six weeks of his eight-game ban and has been undergoing alcohol counselling as well as working with homeless people at St Mary’s refuge.
Connors’ should be available for selection from round 12, and Hardwick said he couldn’t wait to get him back in the side.
“We’re looking forward to getting him back in the side ASAP,” he said.
“From our point of view I know it’s cost us eight weeks, but we think it will be the best thing for Dan Connors going forward. We think he has an enormous future at our footy club. It’s a kick up the backside for him and a real eye-opener to realise how good he has it.
“He’s been working at St Mary’s refuge, where he’s been helping the homeless, so it’s a real eye-opener for him there as well.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/95218/default.aspx
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Well I agree, I went off the Connors band wagon after his little Sydney indescretion but I have always thought this guy had the goods. Can't wait to see him back too!!
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From the RFC site:
Another youngster on the rise at Richmond who Hardwick believes has an enormous future at the club is suspended midfielder Daniel Connors.
Connors is set to make an immediate return to the Richmond side when his eight-week club-imposed ban comes to an end.
The midfielder was sanctioned by the club for unsociable behaviour and being intoxicated after the loss to the Sydney Swans in round three.
The 21-year-old has served six weeks of his eight-game ban and has been undergoing alcohol counselling as well as working with homeless people at St Mary’s refuge.
Connors’ should be available for selection from round 12, and Hardwick said he couldn’t wait to get him back in the side.
“We’re looking forward to getting him back in the side ASAP,” he said.
“From our point of view I know it’s cost us eight weeks, but we think it will be the best thing for Dan Connors going forward. We think he has an enormous future at our footy club. It’s a kick up the backside for him and a real eye-opener to realise how good he has it.
“He’s been working at St Mary’s refuge, where he’s been helping the homeless, so it’s a real eye-opener for him there as well.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/95218/default.aspx
should be awsome to have him back :gotigers
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will be straight in :gotigers
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Connors on way back
The Age
RICHMOND:
Coach Damien Hardwick is impressed with how Daniel Connors has handled a club-imposed suspension, saying it could be the making of him.
The Tigers banned Connors (below) for eight weeks after a late-night alcohol-fuelled incident following the round-three away loss to Sydney.
Ben Cousins, Dean Polo and Luke McGuane also received one-game bans.
Connors has shown good form while playing in the VFL and, as part of his suspension, has also done voluntary work at a homeless shelter.
''He's going really well, from our point of view, I know it's cost us eight weeks, but we think it will be the best for Dan Connors,'' Hardwick said. ''We think he has an enormous future at our footy club.
''It's a kick up the backside for him, a real eye-opener. Both on and off the field, we think he's made enormous inroads.''
http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/forward-pressure-20100528-wlll.html
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what week are we up too? for connors ???
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2 more. Back round 12
Actually it could be 1 depending on how you look at it :)
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Your time to shine, Daniel Connors
Jon Ralph
Herald Sun
June 01, 2010
RICHMOND president Gary March says suspended forward Daniel Connors has the rest of the season to "redeem himself", with his return to the AFL only a week away.
Connors is eligible to return to the senior side in Round 12 against West Coast at the MCG, but with Richmond snapping its losing streak at the weekend, he is not an automatic selection.
He has been in extraordinary form for VFL affiliate Coburg.
Connors, 21, has worked at St Mary's House of Welcome homeless shelter since his Round 3 suspension for a late-night brawl with teammates.
But he will have to prove himself again to coach Damien Hardwick, having recently returned to training with the senior list.
Connors' application is another positive for Richmond.
No. 3 draft pick Dustin Martin at last will be named a Rising Star nominee today, despite being ineligible to win the award because of a match review panel reprimand.
He will strongly state his intention to stay at Richmond in media interviews, despite Greater Western Sydney's interest and the Tigers being in talks with his management.
The club is also believed to have locked away top 10 draft pick Tyrone Vickery, who is out of contract at season's end.
March said Connors' work away from the club had helped turn around his approach.
"It's been good for him. The proof is in the pudding, though. He hasn't come back and played yet, so he has the rest of the year to redeem himself," March said yesterday.
"Based on form he has to be a fair chance (for Round 12). He has had a pretty good last five or six weeks of footy. He would be putting his hand up, but I don't think he's an automatic selection.
"The problem he may face is if the guys play well this week (against St Kilda), he may not be able to get a spot in the side."
Richmond is just 500 short of its target of 42,000 members, with Daniel Jackson to return from suspension against St Kilda and Nathan Foley (achilles) a chance to play. Ben Griffiths should recover from a corked leg.
The club is bemused to be playing its only Friday night game of the year against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium, the Saints' home ground.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/your-time-to-shine-daniel-connors/story-e6frf9jf-1225873749005
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richmond would have beat hawks if connors was in the team
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so what?
wins/lose are irrelevant in tis situation, its all about connors pullng his stuffing head in and learning a lesson. If we brought him back earlier like you wanted what msg would that send? bloody stupid ridiculous call by you there
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so what?
would have been only a couple games outside the 8 ;D
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The club is also believed to have locked away top 10 draft pick Tyrone Vickery, who is out of contract at season's end.
Does anyone know how many years Ty has re-signed for? I guessing it's two years (?).
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Connors aims to make amends
richmondfc.com.au
By Adrian Ceddia
Tue 08 June, 2010
Daniel Connors is feeling fit, strong, refreshed, and ready to make his return to the big time.
More than two months after a night-gone-wrong in Sydney, and with a club-imposed eight-week ban lifted, Connors says he is ready to repay Richmond.
It has been a harsh lesson to learn for the 21-year-old, but one which has served as the wake-up call he needed.
Read the full and exclusive Q&A with Daniel Connors tomorrow at richmondfc.com.au at 11am.
As well as being restricted from playing for Richmond since Round 3, Connors was also banned from Club training and activities for the first six weeks of his suspension.
“I think I needed to go away and see how lucky I am to be in the position I am in,” Connors said.
“It made me miss the Club, and it gave me the hunger to want to come back.
“I am fitter, stronger and refreshed, and now I will come back and not take anything for granted.
“Every day you know how good it is to be an AFL footballer, and it gives you that hunger to play footy and to get better and improve.”
Connors had cemented his spot in the Richmond team in the first few rounds of the 2010 season as a sure-footed rebounding defender, much to the delight of the Club’s coaching staff and Tiger supporters.
But an alcohol-infused night at the team hotel on April 10 following the Round 3 clash with the Swans at the SCG, threatened to derail his season and, potentially, his career.
When the Tigers’ leadership group handed down its sanctions, Connors immediately set about atoning for his mistakes, both on and off the field.
“I spoke to the boys when I came back to training and explained what I had been doing over the previous six weeks, and they welcomed me back with open arms,” he said.
“They have all been great and I have just slipped back in again as if I never left. It’s a credit to the boys for being so welcoming.”
“I just hope I can come back in, play my part for the team and keep playing well.”
Read the full and exclusive Q&A with Daniel Connors tomorrow at richmondfc.com.au at 11am.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/95923/default.aspx
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Hope he really has learnt a lesson and isn't paying the club lip service to keep his place on the list. The club always knew he was a tremendously talented player but struggled with rules and authority. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he can become more team orientated and mature into the talent we all know him to be.
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Connors: the full interview
Daniel Connors is back in the selection frame after an eight-week club-imposed suspension. He sat down with richmondfc.com.au's Adrian Ceddia recently to talk about the incident in Sydney earlier this year, his absence from the club, the support he has received, and his desire to turn it all around.
richmondfc.com.au: You’ve completed your eight-week ban and are up for selection this week. What is it like to be back at the Club?
Daniel Connors: I spoke to the boys when I got back and explained what I have been doing over my suspension and they welcomed me back with open arms. They have all been great and I have just slipped back in again as if I never left. It’s a credit to the boys for being so welcoming.
I have a lot to prove. I have to earn the respect back that I lost, and that doesn’t just happen straight away. I think some of it will happen on game day, but a fair bit of it is going to be doing the right thing around the Club.
RFC: Did the first six weeks of your suspension help you more by being away from the Club?
Connors: I think I needed to go away and see how lucky I am to be in the position I am in. It made me miss the club, and it gave me the hunger to want to come back. I am fitter, stronger and refreshed and now I will come back and not take anything for granted. Every day you know how good it is to be an AFL footballer, to get better and improve. It certainly helped me not being allowed at the club and having that desire to come back.
RFC: At the start of the year, what were your goals for the 2010 season?
Connors: I was pretty confident coming into the year. I had a full pre-season, my body was feeling good, I had no injuries for the first time and I was just looking to have a big year. I was pretty happy going down back again. I was recruited as a half back flanker/wingman, so I knew the role well. It was good to train in that position and then go out and execute it.
RFC: Directly after the Sydney incident, were you able to reflect on what happened?
Connors: It took a while to sink in and for me to realise what I had actually done, and how big the situation actually was. But then I realised I had stuffed up and embarrassed not only myself, but the footy club and my teammates. Once it had sunk in, I realised the significance of my actions and I wanted to do everything possible to make it better and try to earn the respect back that I had lost.
RFC: The decision to suspend you came very quickly. Did you accept it?
Connors: I took it on the chin. It was a fairly lengthy suspension, but I could see what the club was trying to do. They had to make a stand to say what I did was unacceptable, so I had to cop the punishment and I think I took it pretty well. It’s given me a lot of time to think about what I want out of my footy and the opportunity I have at this footy club. I think I will come out the other side of it a better person and player.
RFC: What was going through your head at that time?
Connors: It was actually pretty scary. At first I thought I was going to get the sack, so it was a massive wake-up call to know that my football career can be taken away like that. Going through something like this has made me a stronger person. Mentally, you have to get through the hard times. As soon as I got the punishment, I was asking, “where to from here?” I could either let it fall by the wayside and let everything get too much and get carried away and lose the plot, or I could think, I stuffed up, I have to cop it on the chin, I want to do everything right to prove to the club that I want to come back a better and stronger person and redeem myself.
RFC: How did Damien Hardwick react?
Connors: Damien was probably the one that was the most disappointed because he stuck his neck out on the line for me. He told me what the punishment was, then I needed to think about what I had done. During the six-week suspension, Damien would ring me after every Richmond game and before every Coburg game. He was terrific and I got a lot of support from him.
RFC: Have you had to discuss alcohol issues with people outside the Club?
Connors: I have seen a counsellor about my alcohol issues. The bottom line is I can’t get away with what I tried to get away with, so I have to cut that out and that means no drinking during the season. You have to realise there is more to life then just having beers with the boys, because I want to be a successful footballer and the two don’t mix.
RFC: How did your team-mates react, and how were they during your suspension?
Connors: At the start I could tell that I had let down a lot of the boys, and they were very disappointed in me, especially after seeing how much improvement I had made on and off the field. Once the suspension had been handed out, my good mates at the club were fantastic. They kept in touch with me every day.
RFC: Have you had a chance to talk to Luke McGuane, Dean Polo and Ben Cousins about the incident?
Connors: Luke and Dean were amazing. They were there for me, telling me I can get through it. Ben rang me every day after it happened. As soon as the suspension was handed out he made sure I was alright. He has obviously been through a lot in his career and knows what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a suspension like this, so his support was great. I will never forget it.
RFC: Where else has your support come from?
Connors: My family has been great. My dad came down to Melbourne and stayed with me when it first happened. I live with my older sister, and she has been really good, too. My mum took it pretty hard, but she has been great, and she makes contact with me every day to make sure I am okay. I think they’re all pretty proud of how I have come out on the other side of this.
RFC: Can it be easy for an AFL player to take their responsibility in the game for granted?
Connors: Yes, you can get comfortable with AFL. You think you're doing really well, and then one slip up and it can all be taken away from you. You have to stop and think every single day about how lucky you are to be in the position you’re in, because there are 1000 people trying to be where you are, so you have to make sure you do everything right.
RFC: Did you set yourself any goals that you wanted to reach while you were suspended?
Connors: I sat down with a few guys, including Steve Johnson (Geelong forward who was suspended for drunken behaviour in 2007) to see what he went through. We set a few goals about what I wanted to do, and I decided to play high-intensity AFL football at VFL level, and just to try and play the best footy I can.
RFC: How has it been playing at Coburg and fitting in with their structures?
Connors: The Coburg Footy Club has been fantastic. I was training with them two or three nights a week and the boys down there have been great. I had no trouble settling in down there, and I’ve really appreciated their support.
RFC: You have been doing plenty of work for St Mary’s House of Welcome, a charity partner of the Club.
Connors: The St Mary’s House of Welcome program feeds and looks after homeless people. The Club thought it would be good for me to go down there and do a bit of work four days a week. They thought it would be a good eye-opener to see what other people have to go through, and how lucky I am to be in the position I am in. They were fantastic. Everyone there was great and we got along well. I will continue to visit them throughout the year.
RFC: What do you want to get out of the rest of this season and beyond?
Connors: It’s a big chance to come back into the team when they’re starting to play some good footy. Just to come back in, play a part in the team and pick up where I left off would be nice. Hopefully, we can get a few more wins and carry that into next year.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/95989/default.aspx
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Good article but the proof is in the pud.
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Good article but the proof is in the pud.
Exactly. It's time to pay the ferryman young Daniel.
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Richmond's Daniel Connors out to follow Stevie J path
* AAP
* From: Herald Sun
* June 10, 2010
RICHMOND bad boy Daniel Connors received advice from Cat Steve Johnson on turning his career around after an eight-week ban for alcohol-fuelled bad behaviour.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said today Connors had spoken to a number of people during his exile including Johnson, who also served a long club-imposed suspension in 2007 before returning to play a key role in the Cats' premiership team.
Hardwick today said Connors would play against West Coast on Sunday, the first game he was available for senior selection after an eight-week club ban for an alcohol-fuelled incident.
And he said he was confident the talented 21-year-old would not let the club down again.
Connors was suspended by Richmond over his drunken antics in a hotel following the Tigers' Round 3 loss to Sydney.
Teammates Ben Cousins, Luke McGuane and Dean Polo received one-week bans after the club deemed they had not done enough to prevent the situation from escalating.
Connors was banished from playing at AFL level for eight weeks and was also unable to train with the senior squad for the first six weeks of his suspension.
"(Connors) has been terrific," Hardwick said today.
"Once he got over the initial shock of it all he put some measures in place, a couple of safety nets, to make sure none of that action happens again.
"He's handled it tremendously well and we just hope for - not so much his footy point of view, but for his personal life - that it actually sets him about on the straight and narrow because underneath it all he's a terrific kid.
"He's a very good player and one we feel has got an enormous future at this footy club.
"So he'll come straight back in this week, there's no doubt about that, and we just hope he performs to the standard he has been in the VFL over the last four to five weeks."
The Tigers will also welcome back midfielder Daniel Jackson after a three-week suspension but Nathan Foley (ankle) is doubtful.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmonds-daniel-connors-out-to-follow-stevie-j-path/story-e6frf9jf-1225877871579
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Its all a little emotional isn't it.
I like Connors and hope he shows he can play and we keep him next year but the articles speak a bit of poor old Daniel and how he's overcome this huge hurdle in his career.
Just get the job done then we can start talking about how hard it was to deal with these issues and how hard he worked to get back from the bottom.
Don't get me wrong I commend what he's done to turn it around but as you guys said. The proof is in the pudding.
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yep actions speak louder and with daniel talk is cheap, i don't 'feel' for him one bit the wanker, got 11 weeks to prove he deserves to stay in afl
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yep actions speak louder and with daniel talk is cheap, i don't 'feel' for him one bit the wanker, got 11 weeks to prove he deserves to stay in afl
wanker?? really, why make personal judgements like this? Can you name another 21 year old that hasnt had a big night on the drink?? He has a problem, only because he is an elite athlete, that in any other aspect of society would be widely accepted if not celebrated.
We need players such as Connors to take the next step in a big way, its perhaps more important than getting low draft picks in the next few years in my opinion.
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yep actions speak louder and with daniel talk is cheap, i don't 'feel' for him one bit the wanker, got 11 weeks to prove he deserves to stay in afl
Agree with this apart from the bit I've struck out.
Although, originally I thought he has 11 weeks to prove himself but now I get the feeling the coach wants him around long term so it would seem he's a keeper
But IMHO he needs to have his efforts and actions to do the talking now
Or as Mr Magic said
Good article but the proof is in the pud.
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Owes his family and friends.
Owes his footy club.
Owes his coach.
Owes his teamates.
Owes his supporters.
Owes his detractors.
But most of all Owes it to himself.
Daniel just get out there and play some good footy for your coach. He has gone out on a limb for you.
Actions in this case do speak louder than words.
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Hope the past couple of games is the beginning of Dan getting his act together and becoming a 10-year solid player for us. 35 possies goes a long way to start making amends. Connors was man possessed last night.
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Hope the past couple of games is the beginning of Dan getting his act together and becoming a 10-year solid player for us. 35 possies goes a long way to start making amends. Connors was man possessed last night.
i think he will
hopefully is attitude is right and he definately does have that x factor, even when he buggers up he sems to have the reflexes poise and skill to make amends
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Great game from Conners last night, This guy is proving himself with onfield effort.
Letting his footy do the talking. got to give him credit for that. :clapping
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Connors aiming to repay Tigers' faith
richmondfc.com.au
By Jennifer Witham
2:35 PM Sun 11 July, 2010
RICHMOND'S Daniel Connors says he's in debt to the Tigers and pledges to continue to work towards repaying them after his off-field indiscretion earlier this year.
The 21-year-old was suspended by the club for eight weeks after a boozy night in Sydney following the Tigers' round-three loss to the Swans.
Now back in the side and best afield against Fremantle on Saturday night, Connors says he "owes the club everything".
"I owe them for giving me another chance. I've just got to do everything right and dot my i's and cross my t's from here on in," he told afl.com.au after the 19-point win at Etihad Stadium.
"I've still got a fair bit of improvement left in me, a few kicks tonight weren't great, but it was good to have a good performance in a win so I'll just keep battling away and try to get better."
Coach Damien Hardwick is just as pleased for his young charge, who had a game-high - and career record - 35 touches in the Tigers' win.
"We've always known he was going to be a very good player for us. He's just started to get that maturity," Hardwick said.
"It's taken him a long time. It's his fourth year at the club and we're starting to see the benefits of the development that Justin Leppitsch as a defensive coach has put into him.
"We're really happy with the way he's going."
The Tigers celebrated their fourth win in a row with a centre-circle gathering after the final siren, with their jubilation clear as they embraced and cheered.
Connors said the victory was the best win he had been involved in during his time at Punt Road.
"They're a top four side and we hung in there, we didn't have any bench in the last half so it was definitely a special one," he said.
"It was a big scalp so we were very excited.
"With such a young group, it's hard not to get caught up in such a good result."
With two players out of the game and a handful starting to cramp, Connors said Hardwick's three-quarter time message was simple - take Fremantle on.
"He said it was our turn to show the football world how much we have improved," Connors said. "It was our game for the taking.
"It was amazing; we got a bit of a roll on and they came back, and then we dug deep and got a couple at the end.
"It's just our belief in the game plan that's changed. It's starting to come together."
Connors said the furore that surrounded teammate Ben Cousins' Monday hospitalisation for an overdose of sleeping tablets had not affected the team's mindset.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/tabid/6301/default.aspx?newsid=97956
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Great game from Conners last night,
I thought he was very good at times and terrible at other times - 35 touches is great but turnovers when you are under no pressure aint great either :banghead :banghead
And for terrible you don't need to go any further than the the squib kick in the final quarter that could have cost us the game which was on par Mitch Famer's insipid handball minutes earlier....
And before anyone ask: NO he hasn't won me over yet and he is a long way off it ;D
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his performance last night didn't do him any harm that's for sure!
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Riewoldt yesterday praised Daniel Connors, the Tiger suspended by his club for eight weeks after drawing the ire of officials -- and Ben Cousins -- for his behaviour at a Sydney hotel following a loss to the Swans in round 3.
Connors has gradually improved since returning a month ago and followed a 26-possession game in the return bout against Sydney, with 35 touches against the Dockers to be arguably best on ground.
"Not only has he come back a better player, he has come back a better person," Riewoldt said.
"He has seen a lot of stuff that a lot of people probably shouldn't see. He worked down at the homeless kitchen for six weeks and really learned some life lessons and it is something he has taken into his footy."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/loss-of-richo-unleashes-riewoldt/story-e6frg7mf-1225890483260
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Great game from Conners last night,
I thought he was very good at times and terrible at other times - 35 touches is great but turnovers when you are under no pressure aint great either :banghead :banghead
And for terrible you don't need to go any further than the the squib kick in the final quarter that could have cost us the game which was on par Mitch Famer's insipid handball minutes earlier....
And before anyone ask: NO he hasn't won me over yet and he is a long way off it ;D
What are your expectations of this kid?? 35 touches 71% efficiency and a nice goal. Pick 58 and playing his 17th game, a project player who is more than coming on and adding to the team. He takes risks and makes mistakes and you get that but he has the ability to rip the game open with his vision, dare and ability. How about you let a couple of mistakes go and just leave it at, he had a good game.
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great game by dan
he ran and busted his gut in the last quarter was vital to our win along with lids
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What are your expectations of this kid?? 35 touches 71% efficiency and a nice goal. Pick 58 and playing his 17th game, a project player who is more than coming on and adding to the team. He takes risks and makes mistakes and you get that but he has the ability to rip the game open with his vision, dare and ability. How about you let a couple of mistakes go and just leave it at, he had a good game.
Hmm I am not sure I agree with him being a "project player". I see a bloke who has been given a lot of chances despite a number of stuff ups who owes this Club big time. Perhaps one of the reasons he has only played 17 games is because of the previous mentioned stuff ups.
What are my exepctations of the kid? Perhaps they are the same expectations other psoters have of other players at our Club who are constantly criticised for their efforts.
There is no doubting his skill & ability but I still think he has long long way to go to eradicate the brain fades and at times selfish individual things he does. When he does the team things he is very good when he doesn't it's a bad look
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For a bit of perspective, the only reason he's not eligible for a rising star nomination this week is he's 3 months too old
He's on his way to a return to the game similar to Steve Johnson proportions
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He's on his way to a return to the game similar to Steve Johnson proportions
Gee isn't that something to look forward too :nope :nope
But you maybe onto something
Stevie J all the talent in the world but a when he plays it seems to be all about Stevie J. His lack of team orientated footy gets overlooked because of his amazing talent ;D
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Tigers move to retain a better-behaved Connors
SAMANTHA LANE
July 18, 2010
RICHMOND is negotiating a contract extension for Daniel Connors who has rebounded spectacularly from a violent, alcohol-fuelled misdemeanour and a club-imposed eight-match suspension that threatened his career only months ago.
Two outstanding matches, against Fremantle last Saturday and Sydney the weekend before, are not the only factors in the Tigers' gesture of faith with the popular, but historically troublesome 21-year-old.
Since incurring an extended ban from senior selection that also involved banishment from Punt Road for six weeks, Connors has sworn off alcohol and, in his fourth season, finally appears to have committed himself to football wholeheartedly.
Much like Geelong forward Steve Johnson was expelled by the Cats for five matches at the beginning of 2007, Connors was punished for a drunken episode at Sydney's Intercontinental Hotel after Richmond's round-three away match against the Swans.
Connors fought with teammates in a lamentable early-morning incident that also led to one-match bans for three other Tigers - Ben Cousins, who punched Connors in an attempt to pacify him, Luke McGuane and Dean Polo.
Connors' severe penalty was arrived at by Richmond's Chris Newman-led leadership group and took into account the numerous alcohol-related mishaps over Connors' career.
The ban was explained by the club as being for ''unsociable behaviour, which included being intoxicated''.
Connors was prohibited from training at the club for six weeks, had restricted contact with Richmond coaches, was directed to volunteer at a Fitzroy outreach centre and to attend alcohol counselling once a week for an indefinite period.
Connors was welcomed back to the senior side in round 12 and both he and the team have been soaring since. His 35-possession, one-goal match against the Dockers last week won him best-on-ground honours in what was clearly a career-best outing for the club.
Richmond confirmed to The Age this week that it had moved to re-sign Connors, the No. 58 pick of the 2006 national draft.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-move-to-retain-a-betterbehaved-connors-20100717-10f8o.html
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Taming a Tiger on the drink
SAMANTHA LANE
July 18, 2010
DANIEL Connors had got drunk again. Drunk and aggressive again.
But unlike the other times - there had been several over the years though they were largely unknown beyond Punt Road - a messy early-morning episode that started in the foyer of a Sydney hotel and wound up with a thud in a bathroom was going to create more than a bad headache. Not least because the events that took place after Richmond's third successive loss involved Ben Cousins, who felt the only way to control a younger teammate that he was fond of was to punch him.
The lamentable circumstances led Tigers captain Chris Newman and his leadership group to issue Connors with an eight-match suspension and six-week ban from the club that startled new chief executive Brendon Gale at first but has proved sobering in all kinds of ways since.
This much was clear to all who attended Newman's recent birthday celebrations - dinner and drinks with 20-odd friends and teammates at Southbank Japanese eatery, Koko.
Connors was among the gathering that night, cracking jokes and being his typically infectious self. Significantly, he was sober. And this is the way he has vowed to stay for at least the rest of his fourth football season - one in which he momentarily feared he might be fired before a stunning rebound that saw him judged best afield in Richmond's best win of the season last Saturday night.
Connors' 35-possession, one-goal game against the Dockers surpassed his outstanding effort six days earlier against Sydney. That afternoon, as he cooled down in the change rooms and spoke to The Sunday Age, the irony wasn't lost on Connors that two outings against the same opponent that occurred 12 weeks apart had marked the low and high points of his young career. The 21-year-old chuckled as he relayed how several Swans had taken the opportunity to remind him about what transpired at Sydney's Intercontinental Hotel after the teams last met.
''A few of the Sydney boys let me know about it,'' Connors said. ''They wanted to know if I wanted a drink after the game. I said 'no thanks'.''
Connors' reputation preceded him at Tigerland.
''I heard that he was a super talent but that he was loose,'' fellow Bendigo boy and ex-teammate Nathan Brown said this week.
The pair are still in regular contact and Brown admits to having a brotherly kind of love for ''DC''. He wonders now whether that might have affected how hard he could be on him when he was a senior player and member of the club's leadership group and Connors was getting up to the kind of shenanigans he used to.
''He had all the talent in the world, he was very likeable and he was a good bloke. But he also liked a good time and could find himself in trouble more often than not,'' Brown said.
In his first three years on the Tigers' list, Connors, the 58th pick of the 2006 draft, did that on numerous occasions. The pattern was that when he drank too much he had a propensity to get physical. In short, he was a bad drunk.
Before his recent suspension, which ended with him being punched by Cousins who later said he had acted in desperation as a means of pacifying Connors, Richmond had already tried drastic measures to give him a wake-up call.
Under Kane Johnson, Newman's predecessor, the leadership group instructed Connors to complete two weeks of hard labour for another off-field slip-up. Connors was ordered to get up at 6am to work on a building site and was then returning to the club after the players had gone to work with the Tigers' boxing coach, John Vickery.
''You'd need a few sets of hands to count how many times he got in trouble,'' Brown said. ''He probably shouldn't drink past a point. But everybody in the world shouldn't drink past a point. Everyone's got their breaking point, or their moment of silliness. His just comes a bit quicker.''
It has taken severe punishment - as well as being ordered to train and play with VFL club Coburg for six weeks earlier this year, Connors was directed to alcohol counselling and to volunteer at Fitzroy outreach centre St Mary's House of Welcome - but in banning himself from booze for the season he would appear to have finally addressed a recurring problem.
''I actually didn't know what was going to happen at first. I thought I might have got the sack. It was a massive eye-opener,'' Connors said of the uncertain time. ''To give me this extra chance, there was no way I wasn't going to come back and play good footy for the club. I owe the club and I just want to slowly try to pay it back.''
Richmond has not won five of its past six matches because of Connors, though his return to the seniors, in round 12, has coincided with the bold three-week streak the team is on. But just as Geelong now regards its indefinite suspension of Steve Johnson in 2007 as a watershed moment (it was eventually a five-match ban before he became that year's Norm Smith medallist), the Tigers of 2010 might one day hark back to the call it made on Connors this year. Because while the 17-gamer remains something of a no-name to the masses, his club has never doubted his talent, only his ability to use it.
''One of the reasons we were so disappointed in him in Sydney was that he'd actually taken lots of steps, probably over 12 months, to improve lots of parts of his lifestyle,'' Richmond's football manager Craig Cameron said yesterday. ''He'd moved in with his sister, he started studying and things were really starting to settle for him.''
The Connors-Johnson link is not only theoretical. Soon after the Tiger was punished, Joel Selwood, a former teammate of Connors' at the Bendigo Pioneers and fellow member of the 2006 TAC Cup All-Australian side, helped arrange a meeting of the pair. Connors travelled to Geelong and heard first-hand how the now highly decorated Cats' forward turned his negative into a positive. Since being welcomed back to Richmond's senior side Connors has not looked back. Now that he has seen more of him, former Tiger ruckman turned club boss Gale says he likes Connors' feel for the game and the fact he can break lines. ''He's a bloody good footballer,'' Gale said this week.
Brown, who trained and occasionally played alongside him over three years, believes Connors can be one of the best.
''He still has a long way to go but if he gets fit enough, I think he can become an elite midfielder who goes forward and kicks goals,'' he said. ''I think he can become as good as Steve Johnson.''
Jack Riewoldt seems to have sewn up the prize for greatest Richmond success story of 2010, but if things continue as they have for Connors he won't be far behind. It says much about how standards are being set and enforced under a new hierarchy at Tigerland. ''I reckon it has probably been a turning point for the club,'' Brown said.
Connors' manager, Anthony McConville, has begun negotiations with Richmond for a new deal. It's something Connors couldn't have imagined 12 weeks ago.
''Daniel's coming out the other end a better footballer and a better person because of it,'' McConville said this week. ''But it's up to Daniel. Ultimately he's the one that's going to carry out the decision.''
If words can be trusted as indicators for how profoundly the penny has dropped, Connors will do that.
''You've normally only got one shot at it,'' he said. ''I was lucky enough to get another one and I'm going to hold onto that very tightly.''
In truth, Connors has been lucky to have more than a couple of shots at it. But this time around, Richmond's hopes for him would seem well-placed.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/taming-a-tiger-on-the-drink-20100717-10f8w.html
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Richmond ties up Daniel Connors
Jon Ralph
Herald Sun
August 27, 2010 11:11PM
RICHMOND secured yet another of its young stars when defender Daniel Connors signed a two-year deal this week.
Connors, 21, put his career in jeopardy with a late-night incident in Sydney in Round 3, and was suspended by the club for eight weeks.
But after playing quality football over 10 weeks since his return, he has joined Jack Riewoldt and Dustin Martin in committing to the club.
It is more good news for Richmond as it hopes to draw a big crowd tomorrow against Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium.
Riewoldt is likely to win his first Coleman Medal and Ben Cousins hopes to be fit enough to farewell the club that gave him a second chance.
Connors said yesterday he was thrilled to sign on after four turbulent years.
"I just signed a new two-year deal, which is pretty exciting. I am really happy at the club. From where I am coming from, it's a good effort and we have a few of the guys who have signed on now.
''We are all seeing the vision under (coach Damien Hardwick) and looking forward to heading in the right direction with a real core group."
The former Echuca junior said he would spend the next few years rewarding Richmond's faith in him after this season's distractions.
"I let the club down," he said. "They are the ones that hurt the most. No one needed that. We were struggling anyway, and it rubbed salt into the wounds, so that was the worst thing that happened, so I am looking forward to paying it back.
"To the Richmond fans, it's an exciting time. We want them to be part of it, so they should get on for the ride."
Connors said it was the tight bond he shared with his young teammates that helped him through the two-month ban.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-ties-up-daniel-connors/story-e6frf9jf-1225911106828
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When Daniel Connors was told to clear out his locker
* Jon Ralph
* Herald Sun
* August 27, 2010 7:27PM
CLEAR out your locker, son.
With those bone-chilling words from coach Damien Hardwick, Richmond wild child Daniel Connors contemplated the end of his football career.
Only 36 hours earlier, Connors' late-night antics had created a disturbance so great they needed a black-eye-inducing punch from Ben Cousins to contain them.
Now, Richmond's 21-year-old problem child was facing the music.
And, for a short while at least, on that life-changing Monday morning after Round 3, the news was the worst possible.
" 'Dimma' (Hardwick) asked the guys, 'What sort of punishment should we give him?' and he looked at me and said, 'We already know your punishment. Go and clean your locker out'," Connors said.
"I thought it was over. I was pretty devastated. I did think it was over then. I was in shock. I couldn't believe what was happening. I was trying to work out what I would do (with my life).
"He had a bit of an idea what the punishment would be, but he made me sweat on it for half an hour. I sat down in his office thinking that was it. But I am grateful that the leadership group and Dimma decided the eight-week (suspension) would be the best thing."
Four months later, Connors sits in a Richmond FC office charting for the first time his remarkable fall from grace and subsequent recovery.
Suspension served and life overhauled, the raking left-footer has played some breathtaking football since his return.
The private and public rehabilitation has been extraordinary, but then again, Connors couldn't have fallen much further.
The 2006 draft's 58th pick arrived at Richmond with a reputation and skeletons in his closet.
Then, within three seasons he would amass what former coach Terry Wallace later estimated to be as many as eight warnings from Richmond for improper behaviour.
In short, Connors was a bad drunk. And, worse, a punchy drunk who didn't need much to get him into that state.
Footy came easy for the Echuca boy who dominated junior footy with Bendigo's TAC Cup team.
"Coming into the system as a country boy and being a lad, growing up, that was part and parcel, but I was young and vain and I wasn't ready for (real life) until all this."
By April, his confidence had swelled with a trio of solid performances across half-back for new coach Hardwick.
Then the dangerous combination of cockiness and alcohol threatened his livelihood in a late-night ruckus in Sydney's Intercontinental Hotel.
Reports had Connors "blind drunk, loud and obnoxious" and when the dust settled a picture emerged of a kid very much out of control.
Teammates Ben Cousins, Luke McGuane and Dean Polo would ultimately be suspended for a week for their part in the late-night fracas.
Even now Connors cannot recall exactly what caused Cousins to punch him, but he says in hindsight it was clearly warranted.
"I think when I get to that stage where I tip, it doesn't seem to be great, and I seem to tip a bit earlier than other people do," he says when asked if he was a bad drunk.
"I was just carrying on, and Ben tried a fair bit to calm me down (with the punch), and in the end I thank him for it, because he got me to pull my head in, in the only way he could, and it was the best thing for me, because it shut me up fairly quick."
It must have been a solid punch?
"I actually don't remember. I think it must have been," he says with that wry grin that he flashes regularly.
By Monday morning's meeting it was apparent something dramatic had to change.
The club's leadership group and Hardwick sentenced Connors to a penalty that forced him to miss eight weeks with Richmond and train away from the club for six weeks.
And, critically, he had to change everything about his life.
"The first week I didn't play I sat back and watched the boys go about it and I knew how much it hurt not being a part of it, and I watched them lose as well, and you just couldn't help but think I was a distraction.
''I felt horrible, and I wanted to get everything in my life right, and come back and have no excuses. I wanted to earn the respect back of everyone I had lost."
The days of denial were over for Connors.
"Straight away I knew. I had had a few stuff ups in the past and this was finally when the penny had to drop. I couldn't keep getting away with the things I had got away with. I had to take it on the chin, and realise I had to change.
"Everyone else couldn't keep on being wrong. It had to be me."
Two key steps were put in place.
Through player welfare manager Lauren Cooper he arranged to taste real life by working in a soup kitchen at homeless shelter St Mary's House of Welfare.
But first he met another country larrikin who had managed to turn his life around after early controversy.
"I wanted to talk to someone who had been through something similar and I am good mates with (fellow Bendigo Pioneers alumni) Joel Selwood and I rang him and asked if it would be all right if I spoke to Steve Johnson. It was really nice of him to do that for me, and Steve was amazing.
"It was just what he did away from the club and how he trained and the ways he won back respect.
"I still keep in contact with him a fair bit. I send him a few texties and watching him play - I used to be a forward and I let him know when he's going all right."
Quickly, the time at St Marys began to affect him in ways he had never known it could.
"The guys were great down there. They had me down there for six weeks, working from 8am to 2pm day every day except Thursdays, when I would have some counselling, and then after that I would do my training at Coburg and play on the weekends.
"When you work in a homeless shelter you see how lucky you are, and you can't take anything for granted.
"They were fantastic. I fit in well there and still keep in contact with some of the guys. A lot of people there had unfortunate stories. One guy in there used to be a boxer and he tried out for the Commonwealth Games, and it was pretty sad to see how it can end up for you. You can go one way, but he went the other way."
Throughout the two-month period, his family and friends stood strong.
Parents Mark and Meryl and sister Sarah were at first shocked, but quickly resolute.
Mark came to Melbourne from Echuca immediately to help his boy cope.
"Mum took it pretty hard, as well. They were pretty devastated, but I couldn't have done without their support."
Cousins too emerged as an unlikely mentor.
"He has been great. As soon as it happened on the Monday, he rang me to see how it was, and then on the Monday when I got the punishment he rang again and spoke to me. He has been through a bit in his life and he said it would make me a stronger person.
''When I was away from the club he always kept in contact with me and gave me support and advice, and that's the type of bloke you want to be around all the time."
He says he would not have got through without his teammates - "They know who they are" - and the constant reassurances and contact from Hardwick.
With mind and body focused, Connors brought his blistering VFL form to his return with Richmond.
Now, 10 games into his comeback, he is finding what Cousins so clearly lacked in his struggles - inner peace.
"The year has obviously had its ups and downs, but it's been good to come back and play the last 10 games, and play some consistent footy," Connors says.
"I think you find out in AFL footy that you can't take it for granted. It can be taken away like that. I am so grateful to Richmond for giving me another shot. I couldn't be happier with where I am right now, and I think, as a person, I have grown up a lot."
It may sound trite, but maybe this was the warts-and-all reality check he needed.
"I think people say that a fair bit, and you have to agree with them. I feel like I am a different person ... well, maybe not a different person, but I have changed my ways and grown up. It's unfortunate it happened, but it seems to have done me some good."
Challenges lie ahead, notably two months off, kick-started by Mad Monday celebrations.
Connors has not touched a beer since Round 3, and says he will stay alcohol-free next season.
Is he worried?
"Yes and no. I can't see myself going out there and getting pole-axed and getting into trouble. There is too much at stake, now. I am sure there will be a few opportunities to have a few beers. I have Graham Polak's wedding in Perth and I may stay a week, and I may head up to Sydney for a couple of weeks.
But I think I will hold myself in pretty good stead."
At 21, Connors is still young. He has had to grow up under the media's fierce glare, which has never been stronger.
But he has worked hard and doesn't plan to slip back to his old lifestyle any time soon.
"I have just got to keep on top of it. You are not just any person in the public; you are an AFL player who has to make sacrifices. People call them sacrifices, but as Luke Power said in one of his articles, they are investments, things you do to make you a better player.
"I want to be a successful player for Richmond Football Club, and if those things have to give, then they have to give."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/when-daniel-connors-was-told-to-clear-out-his-locker/story-e6frf9jf-1225911058055
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I know one person on here who wont be happy
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I know one person on here who wont be happy
Conners is worth the risk.
At 21 there is time yet for the attitude to change.
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connors is a blue ribbon talent. unbelievable upside .
Hopefully his problems are behind him, will be watching him closely on wednesday night as the B+F has been an issue for him in the past
Blaisee out
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I know one person on here who wont be happy
WP has already booked into a counselor
she aint happy lol
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I agree he does have a big upside ,but at the minute its still quite a way off.....And more to the point its nothing to do with lack of skill or talent.....of that he has it in spades......His problem is all upstairs
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I know one person on here who wont be happy
WP has already booked into a counselor
she aint happy lol
Correct X, :thumbsup
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Hopefully he can stay off the booze and get his engine somewhere near AFL standard. Only then will we see if he has the skills and smarts to be an elite talent...
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He's worked hard this year an deserves the extension :gotigers
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He's worked hard this year an deserves the extension :gotigers
what kind of extension, lol, didnt realise he was that small , but i guess the booze flopped it lol
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He's worked hard this year an deserves the extension :gotigers
what kind of extension, lol, didnt realise he was that small , but i guess the booze flopped it lol
X, it's not your normal form to be smutty :lol
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I wonder if there's any behaviour clauses in there
You'd think that there would have to be
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I know one person on here who wont be happy
WP has already booked into a counselor
she he aint happy lol
Correct X, :thumbsup
Well thank you both for speaking on my behalf and telling me how I am feeling over this - appreciate it :thumbsup
No counsellor needed because in all honesty I don't really care. List decisions get made all the time some of them I agree with some I don't so it's big whatever from me ....
The Club have made a decision whether I agree with it or not is not relevant - he is here for 2 more years, so he has 2 years to win me over ;D
connors is a blue ribbon talent. unbelievable upside .
Hopefully his problems are behind him, will be watching him closely on wednesday night as the B+F has been an issue for him in the past
Blaisee out
Bit like blaisee - I'll be keeping a close on what young Dan gets up to on Wed night :rollin
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2 years is fair enough. It's not as though he was given 3. Connors does have the physical footy talent. He didn't fall to pick 58 due to his footy ability. It's above the shoulders both on and off field he needs to prove to everyone that he has his head now screwed on. Half a season of reasonable form after his first real preseason is a start. If he can back up and improve again next year with another preseason behind him and he can cut out some of those too cute up and under footpasses in defence then he'll become a good player for us.
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I know one person on here who wont be happy
That would be myself :banghead
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Is at best a 30% chance of making it, works hard to get possesions but is a very low IQ player, poor disposal, poor vision, poor team player, club seems to love the bad boy image, but they have got it wrong, in saying that no real problem with the 2 year contract, is still a reasonable gamble, just maybe he can mature, and put his hard work to better use, but doubt Conners will be part of a closely bonded side that is heading toward finals footy
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How Cuz helped put Connors back on track
The West Australian
March 21, 2011
Daniel Connors wants desperately to be known as a key cog in the Richmond revival, not as the boozer who boxed on with Ben Cousins.
Fitter and stronger than at any point in his four-year career with the Tigers to date, Connors has pursued compelling measures to balance his life following his alcohol-fuelled folly with Cousins that cost him eight matches last year.
But while the 22-year-old partly credits a Cousins punch that blackened an eye during their Sydney episode early last year with his revitalisation, he said the 2005 Brownlow medallist's friendship and teaching in life's pitfalls had also been significant.
Tarnished with a wide reputation of having problems with the demon drink, the self-confessed lad from Echuca, in country Victoria, has found a place of contentment in his off-field life which he claims will help drive his on-field resurgence.
His potential for was hinted at in the round 15 clash with Fremantle last season.
Having returned from his club-imposed purgatory, he delivered a 35-possession effort which earned him three Brownlow Medal votes.
Connors has now inscribed both mental and written triggers to ensure against the errors of his past. He said he had relented during the off-season on his strict no-alcohol policy, but his now responsible drinking was kept in tight check because of his suspension last year.
"I think about it all the time, it was a fair chunk of the season," a clearly remorseful Connors said.
"Having that scare that being an AFL footballer can be taken away from you so easily, the shock and wake-up call that it gave me made me realise it's not going to be around forever.
"I've got to make the most of it and by doing the things I was doing, it wasn't going to be a very long career. It was a matter of saying it wasn't the time or place to have a beer, there's plenty of time for that at the end of the year.
"I haven't got anything stuck on the mirror, but I've got a few things that I've got in mind and written down. I've got the feeling in my head about how I felt when I was in trouble and that's something I don't ever want to feel again.
"I was disappointed that I missed so many games due to what happened, but I walked away positive and confident that I can play and impact at the top level. I'd like to repay the club now.
"Football is everything to my life and I want to make the most of it while I'm here."
Connors speaks openly about the embarrassment of having to confront the fallout of the drunken Sydney incident with his family in the face of intense public scorn and scrutiny.
He said Cousins, who was also suspended for his role, had remained a stable plank of support.
"Even then, he was still looking out for me and had my best interests at heart," he said.
"Cuzzy has been one of my real good mates over the last year. He's been someone I've looked up to as a footballer and I've seen a lot of traits in him as I do in myself - a bit of a lad who likes having fun with the boys.
"He opened up to me and looked after me. He rang me all the time to make sure I was all right and we caught up for a few feeds to talk about footy and stuff like that.
"He's gone the hard way and had a few troubles and it's pretty easy to fall into those traps. I've still got to watch out and be mindful of going down the wrong path.
"I'm obviously proud to be able to call him a mate of mine, but I've told him we're going to even the score up. I just hope my form in the last half of last year was the thing people remember, not the fact that I had that run-in with Ben."
Through his childhood friendship with Geelong's Joel Selwood, Connors sought out Cats star Steve Johnson, who also bid farewell to alcohol-related problems by winning the 2007 Norm Smith Medal.
He has also watched his younger brother, Eljay, fall out of the AFL system after being drafted by St Kilda in 2007 and then de-listed without playing a game two years later. Former Richmond teammate Graham Polak is another source of inspiration after surviving a life-threatening collision with a Melbourne tram to return to the AFL and now back to the WAFL with East Perth.
"Polly's another one of my good mates and I'm very proud in the way he came back and got through the things he did," he said. "It was an amazing effort to play footy again from where he was. He's certainly another person I can draw experience from to show how you've got to cherish it while you've got it."
Connors has heeded with vigour a call from Richmond coach Damien Hardwick to slide up from the half-back flank to a midfield role on the wing for season 2011.
Two kilograms heavier at 84kg, his improved fitness was illustrated when he slashed 50 seconds off his best time on the 3.8km track around Melbourne's Botanical Gardens.
He was optimistic his increasing strength and size would ultimately give him more impact at stoppages, in a similar mould to Fremantle clearance gun David Mundy.
His return to the wing was a throwback to his TAC Cup days with the Bendigo Pioneers.
"I've moved back up on to the wing, which is a bit of a change, but my fitness base has allowed me to do that," he said.
"Mundy's a very good stoppage player now and that's what I aspire to be. Everything's going well, I'm feeling good and I've had a good summer. I'm in a pretty good place at the moment."
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/9045160/how-cuz-helped-put-connors-back-on-track/
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anyone seen him?
Longest injury ever, what ever is wrong with him. ::)
Might need to report him to missing persons
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l think he might be in rehab :lol
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quicker to find him via crimestoppers ;D
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quicker to find him via crimestoppers ;D
was thinking "'Highway Patrol ""
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GWS....????? :pray
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GWS....????? :pray
You can only hope :pray :pray :pray :pray
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GWS....????? :pray
You can only hope :pray :pray :pray :pray
yeah why not, he never going to recover quickly from that injury :lol
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quicker to find him via crimestoppers ;D
hahaha
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signed 3 year deal end of last year ::)
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signed 3 year deal end of last year ::)
you may well rip that contract up ;D
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signed 3 year deal end of last year ::)
Craig Cameron strikes back. stuff, I am actually starting to think we should bring back Wallet as list manager instead of Cameron :D
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jackstar said he was sent to find Troy Taylor :shh :shh
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Quad - another 2 weeks at least said Richo on 3AW yesterday after the game
Jack you should of been listening seeing they were reading out twitter messages ;) :laugh:
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Quad - another 2 weeks at least said Richo on 3AW yesterday after the game
Jack you should of been listening seeing they were reading out twitter messages ;) :laugh:
Very funny, my daughter laughed on the way home when she heard it, all funny stuff. :shh
by the way BT is a struggler, cant afford a razor to shave off that fluff.
Think I might stay clear of one D.King down the local as well :lol
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jackstar said he was sent to find Troy Taylor :shh :shh
cant find him.
Dan,s GPS kept on taking him to Crown
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Got 30+ touches in hardwicks first game ina masive loss to Carlton.
I think he has more talent than about halfbthe list.
In a perfect world inthink he would be in th best 22. Either in the forward line or hbf allowing deledio to play upfield.
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Got 30+ touches in hardwicks first game ina masive loss to Carlton.
I think he has more talent than about halfbthe list.
In a perfect world inthink he would be in th best 22. Either in the forward line or hbf allowing deledio to play upfield.
It's never been about him getting the ball Bents, it's always been about what he does with ....
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Got 30+ touches in hardwicks first game ina masive loss to Carlton.
I think he has more talent than about halfbthe list.
In a perfect world inthink he would be in th best 22. Either in the forward line or hbf allowing deledio to play upfield.
why would anyone wanna take Deledio out of the backline, His run & carry is breaking lines & setting up goals.
Conners sets up the opposition goals ;D
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Got 30+ touches in hardwicks first game ina masive loss to Carlton.
I think he has more talent than about halfbthe list.
In a perfect world inthink he would be in th best 22. Either in the forward line or hbf allowing deledio to play upfield.
why would anyone wanna take Deledio out of the backline, His run & carry is breaking lines & setting up goals.
Conners sets up the opposition goals ;D
Yes! Conners and McGuane Tag team it.......
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Got 30+ touches in hardwicks first game ina masive loss to Carlton.
I think he has more talent than about halfbthe list.
In a perfect world inthink he would be in th best 22. Either in the forward line or hbf allowing deledio to play upfield.
It's never been about him getting the ball Bents, it's always been about what he does with ....
Might as well kick the ball over the fence.
is a showpony
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Got 30+ touches in hardwicks first game ina masive loss to Carlton.
I think he has more talent than about halfbthe list.
In a perfect world inthink he would be in th best 22. Either in the forward line or hbf allowing deledio to play upfield.
It's never been about him getting the ball Bents, it's always been about what he does with ....
Might as well kick the ball over the fence.
is a showpony
with white nostrils ;D
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The problem is players like white. Hislop. Farmer. Nason. Morton etc have not been finding the ball whatsoever.
Deledio is good in the backtime but it's about long term how to get thr most out of him.
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The problem is players like white. Hislop. Farmer. Nason. Morton etc have not been finding the ball whatsoever.
Deledio is good in the backtime but it's about long term how to get thr most out of him.
Bentleigh have you been in the McKinnon today
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Got 30+ touches in hardwicks first game ina masive loss to Carlton.
I think he has more talent than about halfbthe list.
In a perfect world inthink he would be in th best 22. Either in the forward line or hbf allowing deledio to play upfield.
It's never been about him getting the ball Bents, it's always been about what he does with ....
Might as well kick the ball over the fence.
is a showpony
:lol :lol Very funny post this lol
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Isn't Dustin Martin best mates with Dan? For that reason only it might be good reason enough to keep Conners employed.
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The problem is players like white. Hislop. Farmer. Nason. Morton etc have not been finding the ball whatsoever.
Deledio is good in the backtime but it's about long term how to get thr most out of him.
Bentleigh have you been in the McKinnon today
maybe my man
mckinnon is quite near bentleigh
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signed 3 year deal end of last year ::)
Craig Cameron strikes back. eff, I am actually starting to think we should bring back Wallet as list manager instead of Cameron :D
I don't want to be too harsh on Craig Cameron, but I understand in the past week he has signed Relton Roberts, Kent Kingsley and Mark Graham to 3 year contracts.
Seems an odd move.
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stuff you man, Graham was good in 05...and please, don't mention Relton again.
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Isn't Dustin Martin best mates with Dan? For that reason only it might be good reason enough to keep Conners employed.
Yeah that's a really good reason ::) ::)
BTW he's contracted for next seaosn so unless they trade him he wont be going anywhere so Jack & Dusty will have their best mate thank goodness ::) :help
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eff you man, Graham was good in 05...and please, don't mention Relton again.
Relton. :whistle
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Relton :rollin
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just seen the gabbage truck goes past, thought it looked a bit like Conners driving it ;D
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more likely your mum
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more likely your mum
:lol
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more likely your mum
hahahaa ! ;D nice Gerk
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Maybe it was Relton Roberts?
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more likely your mum
yeah with Conners running the road collecting the bins :lol
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Search party needed for Daniel
How long can a player be injured ?
These Ego injuries will be worse than osto pubis is a few years.AFL needs to look into this Ego injury
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What's your point Jack?
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Sofest player going around.can't run 15 mins for the tan either they tell me.how many games he played this year with mystery injury?
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you bored or drunk?
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Still got another 2 years with this dud
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you bored or drunk?
Both which is a worry
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:lol
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you bored or drunk?
Both which is a worry
;D
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you bored or drunk?
Both which is a worry
You've entered the TBR zone.
It's a wild place.
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Connors was at training today...
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/284498_10150264614633276_298686323275_7451574_5695093_n.jpg)
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Just looked at those photos.
his next kick comes right of the side of his boot.
gotta love these tigers, eh? :thumbsup
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Still got another 2 years with this dud
bloody hell two yrs you sure.
i can tell ya now when the kpis of all and sundry are looked into in any review we do one craig camerons wants to be looked into more than most.
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How the hey did we sign Connors for 3 years?!?
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Why does everybody hate this kid! He is better than half the spuds on our list. He has had injuries this year but played some good footy last year in patches. Happy to see him have another go this year and next.
Facts are we have Hislop and Farmer and co getting games.
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farmer may not have the ability to do the spectacular stuff the conners can but he has far more composure when he has the ball in hand, not that that says a lot though.
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Why does everybody hate this kid! He is better than half the spuds on our list. He has had injuries this year but played some good footy last year in patches. Happy to see him have another go this year and next.
Facts are we have Hislop and Farmer and co getting games.
never been anywhere near afl fit which says enough for mine
I've seen him many times last season(when he was supposedly playing some good footy) literally standing with his hands on his hips with no intention of busting a nut to run back the other way. Downhill skier who seems more interested in trying to look fancy and skillfull with the ball rather than being accountable without it. Sad thing is, for a supposedly skillfull player he stuffs up a helluva lot
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Why does everybody hate this kid! He is better than half the spuds on our list. He has had injuries this year but played some good footy last year in patches. Happy to see him have another go this year and next.
Facts are we have Hislop and Farmer and co getting games.
Agree 100% Tone
The comments on here are ridiculous. He goes harder than Grigg and is a better kick than him and most on the list for that matter.
He adds an attacking and creative element to the team. If I had to choose, I would MUCH rather see Connors get pinged for holding the ball trying to create something rather than what we are seeing atm which is us stuffing it up trying to chip it 20m sideways to each other.
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Why does everybody hate this kid!
Become a popular view because loud and aggressive people keep saying it over and over again.
Made some mistakes in his short career which stamps his papers for some other people.
There's a rub on his fitness but considering he's been injured and been unable to string uninterrupted pre-season together is hardly surprising. Of course the heroes who are criticising him just need to go for a jog around the block and they're fitter than half the players in the AFL (and they'll tell you so. :rollin).
Kid has hardly managed to get on the park this season, which is hardly his fault, but it seems his game can be judged while doing rehab.
Played very few games but is expected to play like a 100+ game veteran.
Could well be a complete prick in real life but I couldn't care less just want him to play football. He has oodles of raw talent and if given enough games he may be able to reach his potential.
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Could well be a complete prick in real life but I couldn't care less just want him to play football. He has oodles of raw talent and if given enough games he may be able to reach his potential.
Actually a nice bloke in reality. Comes across as a bit arrogant and a bit of a smart arse but is generous with his time, friendly and grew up a great deal after the Sydney ordeal.
I don't understand the criticism either.
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I think Dan has got some talent.
Would be delisted this year if we were a top 8 side.
Will probably be safe for 1 more year as there are 8 to go before him.
Been extremely lucky to still be on an AFL list.
I don't like guys that ride the "potential" wave for long periods of time.
Wouldn't be bothered if we got rid of him, if we do he has 12 months to save his career.
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Don't think he rides the "potential" wave. He's been injured and has had little chance to prove himself. 27 games is all he's played.
He spent time as a youngster at Coburg as he should, then he's been on and off the track because of injury (and stupidity) since he started playing seniors. How can anyone work into some form and understand the team in that environment.
Last season, after his run in with Cuz, was his most consistent for consecutive games and he started to play some good football. Before that he injured himself over-training with Cotch. Now he's injured again.
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Dream Team coaches will be devastated if he never returns to the Richmond line up.
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I think Dan has got some talent.
Would be delisted this year if we were a top 8 side.
Will probably be safe for 1 more year as there are 8 to go before him.
Been extremely lucky to still be on an AFL list.
I don't like guys that ride the "potential" wave for long periods of time.
Wouldn't be bothered if we got rid of him, if we do he has 12 months to save his career.
theres a shedload that has to go connors is one. personally if there is a younger player in the group of has to goes hes stays before connors. 5 stuffing yrs of exactly what has connors given us. 5 stuffing yrs we really have to stop this rot of hanging onto underperformers for inordinate amounts of time.keep a kid at least the kid may have some genuine upside.
i have to ask since his drafting in 06 just where has he improved.
people say shane tuck has to go but connors is worse than tuck in the very areas tuck is criticised in.
nope time enough for a bloke whos been arouind 5 yrs and hes still unfit, slow as, no motor, not a defensive bone in his body, and he bloody well butchers it in far worse ways than blokes like tuck ever have.
i know lets give him another 5 yrs he may just turn things around by then.
a part of the rfc actually growing and becoming professional will be when it can identify and move on non performers like connors far quicker than we have.
yes connors has talent i for one liked him a lot as a kid and thought him a good get in the nd in the 60s. but we have to change this attitude of oh golly gosh im scared if we get rid of him he will come good.
we need to get to a point where we actually trust our processes and a part iof those processes should be the ability to say yep hes had enough time lets move on.
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how many soft tissue injuries can a player have?
Body isnt up to AFL.
Nickname is now Kleenex
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I think Dan has got some talent.
Would be delisted this year if we were a top 8 side.
Will probably be safe for 1 more year as there are 8 to go before him.
Been extremely lucky to still be on an AFL list.
I don't like guys that ride the "potential" wave for long periods of time.
Wouldn't be bothered if we got rid of him, if we do he has 12 months to save his career.
theres a shedload that has to go connors is one. personally if there is a younger player in the group of has to goes hes stays before connors. 5 effing yrs of exactly what has connors given us. 5 effing yrs we really have to stop this rot of hanging onto underperformers for inordinate amounts of time.keep a kid at least the kid may have some genuine upside.
i have to ask since his drafting in 06 just where has he improved.
people say shane tuck has to go but connors is worse than tuck in the very areas tuck is criticised in.
nope time enough for a bloke whos been arouind 5 yrs and hes still unfit, slow as, no motor, not a defensive bone in his body, and he bloody well butchers it in far worse ways than blokes like tuck ever have.
i know lets give him another 5 yrs he may just turn things around by then.
a part of the rfc actually growing and becoming professional will be when it can identify and move on non performers like connors far quicker than we have.
yes connors has talent i for one liked him a lot as a kid and thought him a good get in the nd in the 60s. but we have to change this attitude of oh golly gosh im scared if we get rid of him he will come good.
we need to get to a point where we actually trust our processes and a part iof those processes should be the ability to say yep hes had enough time lets move on.
spot on hes been around for 5 years, thats plenty time enough to get afl fit - had his chance move him along
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Why does everybody hate this kid! He is better than half the spuds on our list. He has had injuries this year but played some good footy last year in patches. Happy to see him have another go this year and next.
Facts are we have Hislop and Farmer and co getting games.
I tend to agree mate. I reckon he played some pretty good games last year. Sometimes he has off days with his boot but at least he tries to get things going and generate run. We have looked pretty stagnant in recent weeks. I reckon we couldnt have used his flair. Is pretty good 1 on 1 too.
Plenty worse than him at our club.
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Trade bait
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Trade bait
Agreed. If he was going to make it he would have already.
Too many flaws.
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Trade bait
Agreed. If he was going to make it he would have already.
Too many flaws.
I've deliberately stayed out of this discussion
But although I'd trade him in a heartbeat, sadly I reckon they wont...
Said it before will say it again, talent isn't the issue, mental toughness and application to get the most out of the talent is
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I reckon he is Steve Johnson but hasn't had enough quality around him to get his head right and now it's too late.
Next.
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Time to Tambling this guy
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Wouldn't have Tambling's value at the moment. If we can't find a trade for Tuck or Thursty then I doubt we'd find one for Connors.
Keep or delist are the two options I reckon and if he's contracted delist is difficult. By all mean try for a trade.
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Shallow draft. He'll have value. Less than Tambo but more than the other two - not hard to be worth more than zero.
Someone will be seduced by the myth.
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Trade bait
Agreed. If he was going to make it he would have already.
Too many flaws.
I've deliberately stayed out of this discussion
But although I'd trade him in a heartbeat, sadly I reckon they wont...
Said it before will say it again, talent isn't the issue, mental toughness and application to get the most out of the talent is
I think his skill level is overrated (though not by himself ;)).
Nowhere near the reliability by foot at HB that you need & turns it over way too much for my liking with sloppy disposal. Houli, Neman & Deledio are all far better exponents with the ball. Also plays far too wide of his opponent.
He thinks he plays his best footy in the position but if that's his best..
If we don't believe he has the tank to play on the ball by now, he never will.
Try and trade him off but if no takers I'd delist him.
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From RFC twitter:
"he's [Connors] still out with a quad at the moment, and fitness staff just want to make sure hes 100% before he's back"
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From RFC twitter:
"he's [Connors] still out with a quad at the moment, and fitness staff just want to make sure hes 100% before he's back"
Longest quad injury recovery in history.
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From RFC twitter:
"he's [Connors] still out with a quad at the moment, and fitness staff just want to make sure hes 100% before he's back"
Longest quad injury recovery in history.
yep been around 12-13 weeks?
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From RFC twitter:
"he's [Connors] still out with a quad at the moment, and fitness staff just want to make sure hes 100% before he's back"
Longest quad injury recovery in history.
well he is the kleenex man, SOFT !
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but he is best friends with martin so maybe its best we keep him
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but he is best friends with martin so maybe its best we keep him
Or a good reason to get rid of him however you look at it.
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but he is best friends with martin so maybe its best we keep him
Or a good reason to get rid of him however you look at it.
Yep bad habits can spread easily. Martin becomes a Connors and there goes the franchise.
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but he is best friends with martin so maybe its best we keep him
errr no he isn't...his best mate is Jack ;D
But that aint no reason to keep him :thumbsup
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Ive never known such a lynch mob for a fella that's been oput injured, loord knows the numbers of targets there should be in light of recent performances onfield...but hey, thats prob a crazy way of looking at it I know :lol
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WHERE HAS DAN CONNORS GONE?
Jon Ralph
Herald Sun
August 10, 2011
Just like Brad Ottens spend four months on the sidelines due to a two-to-three-week injury, Dan Connors is a perennial on the Richmond injury list with a seemingly minor calf strain.
As it turns out Connors had tendon problems in one calf, then finally returned and had the same issue on the other side.
He would be mighty handy right now with the club's defensive issues.
Captain Chris Newman might seem a lost cause this year with a PCL injury to his knee, but the club is keen to get him back playing in the last round or two.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/who-your-club-could-poach-under-free-agency/story-fn6cisdj-1226111932297
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WHERE HAS DAN CONNORS GONE?
Jon Ralph
Herald Sun
August 10, 2011
Just like Brad Ottens spend four months on the sidelines due to a two-to-three-week injury, Dan Connors is a perennial on the Richmond injury list with a seemingly minor calf strain.
As it turns out Connors had tendon problems in one calf, then finally returned and had the same issue on the other side.
He would be mighty handy right now with the club's defensive issues.
Captain Chris Newman might seem a lost cause this year with a PCL injury to his knee, but the club is keen to get him back playing in the last round or two.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/who-your-club-could-poach-under-free-agency/story-fn6cisdj-1226111932297
Good to see he's watching Roar Vision.
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He would be mighty handy right now with the club's defensive issues.
The longer they're out, the better they get... :shh :rollin
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He would be mighty handy right now with the club's defensive issues.
The longer they're out, the better they get... :shh :rollin
The reverse could also be argued.
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He would be mighty handy right now with the club's defensive issues.
The longer they're out, the better they get... :shh :rollin
The reverse could also be argued.
The out they're longer, the get they better?
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He would be mighty handy right now with the club's defensive issues.
The longer they're out, the better they get... :shh :rollin
The reverse could also be argued.
The out they're longer, the get they better?
:lol Yeah that's it. :thumbsup
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Connors on the comeback trail
richmondfc.com.au
By Tony Greenberg
Wed 10 Aug, 2011
Richmond hasn’t given up hope that another of its ‘forgotten’ men - Daniel Connors - can yet salvage something out of a season wrecked by injury.
“Dan’s really frustrated with it, as we all are internally. It’s the nature of tendon-related injuries . . . notoriously, they’re slow to heal,” Richmond’s Elite Performance Manager Matthew Hornsby told the Roar Vision Medical Room.
“He’s quite good up to 90%, but just seems to struggle at that top end.
“We obviously don’t want to push it and cause a bigger problem, which means we have to be fairly conservative with it and allow it to heal and strengthen.
“But he’s pretty close . . . he had a really good session today, he felt really good. So, we’re hopeful that he’ll still see some good game time in the next couple of weeks.”
Full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/120689/default.aspx
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WHERE HAS DAN CONNORS GONE?
Jon Ralph
Herald Sun
August 10, 2011
Just like Brad Ottens spend four months on the sidelines due to a two-to-three-week injury, Dan Connors is a perennial on the Richmond injury list with a seemingly minor calf strain.
As it turns out Connors had tendon problems in one calf, then finally returned and had the same issue on the other side.
He would be mighty handy right now with the club's defensive issues.
Captain Chris Newman might seem a lost cause this year with a PCL injury to his knee, but the club is keen to get him back playing in the last round or two.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/who-your-club-could-poach-under-free-agency/story-fn6cisdj-1226111932297
Ralphy, ring missing persons
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Final chance for troubled Richmond midfielder Daniel Connors
by: Mark Robinson
From: Herald Sun
January 30, 2012
TROUBLED Tiger Daniel Connors has returned to the club after a 12-week suspension, imposed when he was told to "fix your life" after socially unacceptable behaviour.
Richmond's problem child was suspended from the club in October and told to deal with lifestyle issues.
He sought professional help for alcohol-related behaviour and what he termed as "bad decisions" he made while drinking.
The club was forced to act during trade week, suspending him indefinitely at a meeting between coach Damien Hardwick and football boss Craig Cameron at Connors' Northcote home.
He received daily counselling throughout October, and counselling is continuing.
Connors missed the team's training camp in Arizona in November, and the club conceded the 23-year-old was dealing with "personal issues".
Connors told the Herald Sun: "The club told me I needed to go and change the way I was living my life.
"I went away and spoke to a few different people and I continue to work on those issues.
"I don't want to go into specifics, but a lot of the time, my alcohol issues led me to make bad decisions which have got me into hot water in the past and it's still getting me."
It was the second club ban for Connors within 18 months.
The problem drinker was given an eight-week suspension in 2010 after a one-punch incident with former teammate Ben Cousins after a boozy night in Sydney.
This time, he was told he had lost the respect of the coach and his teammates.
Connors acknowledged another social misadventure would see his career terminated.
"If I get banned again, I get banned forever," he said.
Connors played just three games in 2011 because of a on-going leg injury, which he says sent him spiralling out of control at season's end.
Tigers football boss Craig Cameron said Connors had to tell the club what steps he had put in place before he could return to the club.
Connors spoke individually to the leadership group, starting with skipper Chris Newman, before Christmas and on his first day back at the club addressed the whole playing and coaching staff.
"He had to put a plan in his place for his life," Cameron said.
"Now, it's up to Dan. There's been no restrictions placed on him once he returned. He's come back a Richmond player and he's got to act accordingly, act professionally."
Cameron said Connors was training strongly and off the radar in terms of partying.
"He's fine, he's come back as you would expect for a bloke who was suspended for 12 weeks, he's doing everything right," Cameron said.
"He's got a chance and now it's up to him."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/final-chance-for-troubled-richmond-midfielder-daniel-connors/story-e6frf9jf-1226256673649
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Richmond's Daniel Connors says he has learnt from his mistakes
by: Mark Robinson
From: Herald Sun
January 30, 2012
Richmond young gun Daniel Connors has had a tough season. He was suspended for a large portion of it earlier in the year after he drank heavily after a game. He says he has learnt alot of from his mistakes.
Daniel Connors says he is not an alcoholic, yet concedes he has a problem with the drink.
A gregarious bloke sober, he becomes reckless and a risk-taker when drunk.
"I'm not an alcoholic," he says.
"I'm someone who enjoys a drink too much and when I do I make mistakes.
"There's a big difference between an alcoholic and someone who binge drinks. A massive difference.
"Alcoholics rely on alcohol all the time. I just enjoy it, have a good time, and that to me was alcohol."
This simple explanation hides greater demons, and as Connors explains why he is suspended for the second time by the Richmond Football Club - this time for 12 weeks - he confesses to being a young man with far deeper baggage than simply being an idiot on the drink.
Alcohol, it would seem, creates a mindset in the 23-year-old that could be described as: "I don't give s---."
Worse, it was alcohol that drove him along social highways that not only seriously concerned the Tigers, but were absolutely not conducive to a successful professional football career.
It's why the club cooked him for the second time and it's why, after returning to Punt Rd three weeks ago, his career hangs by the thinnest of threads.
"Obviously, you know about my past alcohol issues and the club gave me the opportunity to go away to address them and change some of my behaviours, a few things in my lifestyle," Connors says.
"The club told me I needed to go and change the way I was living my life. I went away and spoke to a few different people and I continue to work on those issues.
"I don't want to go into specifics, but a lot of the time my alcohol issues lead me to make bad decisions which have got me into hot water in the past and it's still getting me."
Connors lost his way after a forgettable 2011 season, in which he was restricted to the first three games.
As season-long quad injuries frustrated him, his self-esteem tumbled. By the end of the season he was a mess.
The mish-mash of issues, both present and past, meant Connors found escape in booze in the post-season.
"I just thought I had a s--- year, so I let my hair down and it got to a point where it was ridiculous. I shouldn't drink in that frame of mind because it never ends well for me," he says.
The Tigers began to hear stories of Connors' lifestyle and were compelled to act.
They moved on Connors on the Friday morning of trade week in October.
Coach Damien Hardwick and general manager of football Craig Cameron rang him at his Northcote home and told him they were coming over.
In his loungeroom, Hardwick and Cameron put it on him about his excessive drinking and lifestyle.
A fragile Connors admitted his failings.
Hardwick, it has been described, was matter of fact with his approach.
Clearly, a coach building culture, trust and responsibility wasn't going to allow a rotten apple to inflict disease on the development of the team.
"It was direct and frank ... a highly charged morning," Cameron says. "We told him, 'We don't know what we are going to do with you'.
"We told him we were disappointed and that we had to take time to think about what your fate is. Yeah, at the time we were disappointed and angry."
Connors got the proverbial double barrel.
"I was just sitting on my couch and, no, it wasn't good, as you could imagine," he says.
"They said I was suspended indefinitely, that I had lost all trust and respect, and they didn't know whether I was coming back.
"They said I had to address my issues. I told them where I was at and they sort of knew. They had questions they needed me to answer honestly.
"Did I tell the truth? I wouldn't be here if I didn't. I was gutted, but I could see where they were coming from.
"The footy club was trying to help me. They weren't trying to get me in trouble. They want to get the best out of me, not whack me any more than what they have. The club didn't cast me off but they said I needed to find the avenues to help myself."
Connors sought professional help through several sources. Initially, it was counselling every day for two weeks. Then every other day. Now, it's once a fortnight.
The Tigers kept in contact, but were adamant Connors had to fight the fight himself.
He learned plenty about himself.
In several hour sittings, Connors unloaded as much as he could.
He spoke of his fears, and his dreams, of his childhood environment in Echuca, his drinking, his behaviour, and his often wavering mental state.
"You bring up a issue to understand the behaviour," he says.
The specifics remain confidential, but he wanted to share one incident and its impact.
There had been "misdemeanours" as a wayward teen. But one particularly disturbing and violent incident in his home town in 2006, which left a man in a coma for several months, has never left him.
It was before he was drafted by the Tigers and the night of the announcement of the All-Australian under-18 team, in which Connors was named on a wing.
What started as drunken words in a pub ended with a punch being thrown by one of Connors' mates away from the pub and the man fell and hit his head.
Connors stayed with the man - then aged in his mid-40s - until the ambulance arrived and presented himself at the police station the next morning.
Only Connors and his two mates know what really happened and Connors maintains he did nothing wrong and that they tried to avoid confrontation, even by staying behind in the pub after the man left.
Still, the man ended up in a coma. The incident angered and hurt many people and Connors was subjected to abuse and accusation.
As a result, and because of the events of that horrible night, Connors believed he wasn't worthy of being an AFL footballer.
"I think about it all the time," he says, his eyes watering.
"It just didn't have to get to that. It's one of the issues I've dealt with and how it still subconsciously affects me. Subconsciously I wondered if I deserved to be where I was."
It's why, as part of his drive to better himself, Connors is part of a self-initiative called Stop, Step Back and Think.
"It's about drinking and violence under the influence of alcohol and we go to schools and I tell my story about what happened that night," he says.
His first school visit was to Carey Grammar.
"I spoke about what happens when you drink alcohol and violence gets involved and the end result," he says.
"It's something I want to teach other kids so they don't go down the pathway others have gone down."
Remorseful Connors could be accused of being a broken record. In 2010, he was suspended for eight weeks after a drunken incident following the Round 3 game against the Swans in Sydney.
The night ended when teammate Ben Cousins punched him in the face.
In an interview later that year with the Herald Sun , Connors swore he would turn his life around and forgo alcohol.
And he did, not drinking for the rest of the season.
Eighteen months later he was virtually in lifestyle rehab.
"They're my mistakes," he says of his post-season splurge.
"Things I've done I could've prevented, but back then that's all I knew how to deal with what I was going through. It wasn't the right way, but that's the only way I knew. Drinking was an escape. It helped me deal with my frustration.
"It was a tough time for me. I don't want people to feel sorry for me because that's footy. But I can deal with those issues better now. Back then that's all I knew how to deal with it.
"I'm not saying right now I'm fixed, but I'm improving and I'm working on being a better person."
Connors had to make adjustments.
He has closed down mates and become even closer with others. "My mates know now. There are a few I try not to catch up with because if I want to be a serious footballer I can't associate with them too much," he says.
And then there was his parents. Will his parents give a statement? Their voice could soften the blow for Connors.
They were disappointed after the Sydney incident and distraught after this second suspension. They came to Melbourne to stay with their son for several nights.
"They have been put through a fair bit," Connors says.
"They took it pretty hard. But it's not something you think about while you're doing it, you know, 'What would Mum and Dad think about me doing this?' Maybe if those thoughts went through my mind, it would be different."
Along with professional help, Connors tried to maintain his fitness. He trained by himself, and former Carlton player Ryan Houlihan also took an active role.
Through October, November and December, Connors ran by himself at an oval on St George's Rd, and worked with Houlihan on ovals at Princes Park.
"He's a good kid, a great kid and I just wanted to be there to support him," Houlihan says.
"His attitude was very good, he trained very hard, and I've spoken to him since he's been back and he's still working hard.
"I was really impressed with him and I'm sure he will have a great year."
It was more sweat and hard work than lattes at a local coffee haunt.
"He didn't tell me the full story. I didn't ask too much, I told him if he wanted to talk I'd listen, but we were there to train and train hard," Houlihan says.
Connors also attended a gym in Richmond and drove past Punt Rd Oval most days, where he would see the boys training. "Yeah, I'd have a look, and it was tough to look at," he says.
Connors returned to the club in the second week of the year. Before he was welcomed back, he made commitments to the club and the leadership group.
He spoke individually to leadership group members, starting with captain and close friend Chris Newman.
"I spoke to every one of them and I pledged the price of what I'd give up to get back," he says.
"It's very difficult to go to them and ask for another chance and be forgiven and earn respect back. I know I've lost respect, and a lot of them are good mates, but I know how disappointed they are."
Again, he probably sounded like a broken record.
"I don't think I need to tell exactly what they are, but obviously they have to be big enough commitments to allow me to come back."
One was soon obvious. He attended Newman's wedding on January 21 and drove there and home.
It was his first wedding without a drink. "I still had a good time," he said, surprise not lost in his voice.
Connors, who is living with teammate Shane Edwards, said he was fit, hoped to play in the NAB Cup and despite the Tigers finding depth in players such as Jake Batchelor and first-round pick Braden Ellis, Reece Conca and Bachar Houli, said he could regain his spot in the 22 for the season proper.
Connors is out of contract at the end of the season, so he knows the next six months is boom or bust.
"I know how lucky I am."
You really do?
"I honestly do. I would not have been at all surprised if they let me go and that shows how good the club has been towards me.There's other people out there with the same issues who don't get the support I have, so I'm very lucky and very grateful. If I get banned again, I get banned forever."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmonds-daniel-connors-says-he-has-learnt-from-his-mistakes/story-e6frf9jf-1226256678660
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This is better from the club, letting info out about his issues, supporting him and putting his future in his own hands.
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Suckers.
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C'mon WP......into him...... ;D
Let's hope he gets it together and plays some footy......good footy.
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There always an excuse from this leopard.
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A gregarious bloke sober, he becomes reckless and a risk-taker when drunk.
"I'm not an alcoholic," he says.
"I'm someone who enjoys a drink too much and when I do I make mistakes.
"There's a big difference between an alcoholic and someone who binge drinks. A massive difference.
"Alcoholics rely on alcohol all the time. I just enjoy it, have a good time, and that to me was alcohol."
Fev mark II with those lines.
The Club is being extremely tolerant given this wasn't the first long-term suspension. Also explains why he wasn't in Arizona.
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C'mon WP......into him...... ;D
Let's hope he gets it together and plays some footy......good footy.
I don't need to say anything
He is a very lucky young bloke to be given yet another chance
Agree with you WAT let's hope he gets his act together because it has never been a question of ability it's always been about application
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A gregarious bloke sober, he becomes reckless and a risk-taker when drunk.
"I'm not an alcoholic," he says.
"I'm someone who enjoys a drink too much and when I do I make mistakes.
"There's a big difference between an alcoholic and someone who binge drinks. A massive difference.
"Alcoholics rely on alcohol all the time. I just enjoy it, have a good time, and that to me was alcohol."
Fev mark II with those lines.
The Club is being extremely tolerant given this wasn't the first long-term suspension. Also explains why he wasn't in Arizona.
Sack him.
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A gregarious bloke sober, he becomes reckless and a risk-taker when drunk.
"I'm not an alcoholic," he says.
"I'm someone who enjoys a drink too much and when I do I make mistakes.
"There's a big difference between an alcoholic and someone who binge drinks. A massive difference.
"Alcoholics rely on alcohol all the time. I just enjoy it, have a good time, and that to me was alcohol."
Fev mark II with those lines.
The Club is being extremely tolerant given this wasn't the first long-term suspension. Also explains why he wasn't in Arizona.
Thought the same thing about fev MT
I reckon thats one freed up list spot we could pencil in come november. I reckon it would take an extrodinary year from Dan to be otherwise.
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How many final chances has this bloke had? They should have delisted him IMHO :gotigers
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Fev mark II with those lines.
Hopefully we can do a Fev like trade to Brisbane at the end of the year ;D
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A gregarious bloke sober, he becomes reckless and a risk-taker when drunk.
"I'm not an alcoholic," he says.
"I'm someone who enjoys a drink too much and when I do I make mistakes.
"There's a big difference between an alcoholic and someone who binge drinks. A massive difference.
"Alcoholics rely on alcohol all the time. I just enjoy it, have a good time, and that to me was alcohol."
Fev mark II with those lines.
Very thin line between repeat binge drinkers and alcoholics. Binge drinkers are often dependent.
Anyhoot, it would be a phenomenal turn around if he was here next year. Has lost a massive amount of weight in the upper body and has missed the pre-season proper.
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Dude lives in Northcote. Delist.
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will be gone by seasons end
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He lives in Northcote? No wonder he has climbed into the bottle, it is a wonder he hasn't been murdered by some man hating she bear for keeping the sisterhood down beneath the glass ceiling, while all us high flying men live it up large and have it all handed to us on a platter!
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If he lives in Northcote then his next stop will be Castlemaine. :banghead
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If he lives in Northcote then his next stop will be Castlemaine. :banghead
Dusty Martin's from Castlemaine ::)
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So is half of the ex population of Northcote.
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A gregarious bloke sober, he becomes reckless and a risk-taker when drunk.
"I'm not an alcoholic," he says.
"I'm someone who enjoys a drink too much and when I do I make mistakes.
"There's a big difference between an alcoholic and someone who binge drinks. A massive difference.
"Alcoholics rely on alcohol all the time. I just enjoy it, have a good time, and that to me was alcohol."
Fev mark II with those lines.
The Club is being extremely tolerant given this wasn't the first long-term suspension. Also explains why he wasn't in Arizona.
Sack him.
You would be better off with Fev on our list rather than this bloke.
Will never be a star even if he did behave, might as well go and misbehave.
Hardly going to be a match winner, so why keep him
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Fair call.
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Hardly going to be a match winner, so why keep him
Pesky little thing called a contract one would think ;D
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Actually he reminds me a bit of Zantuck, could be anything and can play on his day, just needs to have more of those days and get his off field shizen together..
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Interesting to hear from all of the teetotalers in here, good on you, I hope your lives are perfect, your white picket fences are nice and bright and your Ford Territories are running beautifully. IMV, if you haven't had a mild alcohol problem or at the least a very fond affection for your liquor during your 20's, then you haven't lived. It's just a phase, a 5 year one admittedly, but he can pull through it, only question is has he left it too late because the door was open for a 20 game season last year and he's ended up only playing 3.
Actually he reminds me a bit of Zantuck, could be anything and can play on his day, just needs to have more of those days and get his off field shizen together..
If it doesn't work out for him this year he will be a much bigger waste of talent than Zantuck was WAT
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True DC everyone likes a drink when they're young but some handle it better than others and some are just lucky they miss the potholes.
However no doubt some I've met just shouldn't touch the stuff as they go nuts. It doesn't seem to agree with Dan.
Now that the decision has been made to keep him I hope he gets it together.
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Jackster should mentor young Dan (seriously).
Best case, the penny drops, Jackster gets to gloat on this forum, worst case DC reforms if only to have the club take out an intervention order against the great man being within 5kms of him.
3 way win
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Interesting to hear from all of the teetotalers in here, good on you, I hope your lives are perfect, your white picket fences are nice and bright and your Ford Territories are running beautifully. IMV, if you haven't had a mild alcohol problem or at the least a very fond affection for your liquor during your 20's, then you haven't lived. It's just a phase, a 5 year one admittedly, but he can pull through it, only question is has he left it too late because the door was open for a 20 game season last year and he's ended up only playing 3.
Actually he reminds me a bit of Zantuck, could be anything and can play on his day, just needs to have more of those days and get his off field shizen together..
If it doesn't work out for him this year he will be a much bigger waste of talent than Zantuck was WAT
Yeah agree DC...
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would think the article doesnt reveal all, leave it at that.
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Agree with Mr Magic. I hope he can get it together not only for his sake but for the club.
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why do we waste our time on players that the club""hopes" will become a good player.
Troy Taylor was never going to make it, either is this bloke.
Skill wise Connors has too many faults in his game, end of story.
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Skill wise Connors has too many faults in his game, end of story.
Doesn't that wipe off half of our list.
:lol
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And that's why we don't play finals
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Might also add a totally" one sided " player who defensively is extremely poor
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why do we waste our time on players that the club""hopes" will become a good player.
Troy Taylor was never going to make it, either is this bloke.
Skill wise Connors has too many faults in his game, end of story.
I agree he has a lot of flaws to his game but he has a contract I believe and that's why he's been kept.
Unlikely as it may be, nothing wrong with hoping he salvages something from what's left of his career.
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why do we waste our time on players that the club""hopes" will become a good player.
Troy Taylor was never going to make it, either is this bloke.
Skill wise Connors has too many faults in his game, end of story.
I agree he has a lot of flaws to his game but he has a contract I believe and that's why he's been kept.
Exactly Mr Magic - he has a contract, ditto it was the same with Taylor. When there is a contract in place it is bloody hard to cut them lose.
And before anyone starts using Fev as an example. Totally different situation as his contract had vastly different T&C's complared to the standard contracts the likes of Connors would be on
Might also add a totally" one sided " player who defensively is extremely poor
Totally agree - been saying it for yonks ;D
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If it helps him out, when his contract is finished I can offer him a short term job painting my white picket fence and detailing my Ford Territory.
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Just don't let him near the datura, the good cutlery, or your wife
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We are rapidly becoming the soup kitchen of the AFL. Give him some food stamps, a bottle of grape nehi and send him on his way. No more fractured footballers thanks.
Bloody sick of their negative publicity and the impact it has on the club as a whole. :banghead
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NDP
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Just don't let him near the datura, the good cutlery, or your wife
If I catch him carpet sailing with our Samoyed he wont be getting paid in prescription painkillers.
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why do we waste our time on players that the club""hopes" will become a good player.
Troy Taylor was never going to make it, either is this bloke.
Skill wise Connors has too many faults in his game, end of story.
We do the same with others Jack, why can't Connors be given one more go too, fairs fair.
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because he already has been given 3 goes already :banghead
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because he already has been given 3 goes already :banghead
As have others for various reasons....
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He has a definite issue when he drinks but from the times I have spoken to him he loves his football and is a good bloke without the drink ( the old cold can of mixed personalities)
If he feels bad about the past, I hope he thinks of a way to repay the debt(maybe he could ask the victim ) and moves on to enjoy the gifts he has been given, that most of us would give our left one to have.
Either way I wish him the best and hope he gets back to his best form but if he doesn't take his probably last opportunity I hope he doesn't look back and wonder why he didn't just do what he knows he has to do!
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Interesting to hear from all of the teetotalers in here, good on you, I hope your lives are perfect, your white picket fences are nice and bright and your Ford Territories are running beautifully. IMV, if you haven't had a mild alcohol problem or at the least a very fond affection for your liquor during your 20's, then you haven't lived. It's just a phase, a 5 year one admittedly, but he can pull through it, only question is has he left it too late because the door was open for a 20 game season last year and he's ended up only playing 3.
There's nothing wrong with having a drink DC but IMV Connors is partly in denial by saying he's not an alcoholic but that he just "enjoyed a drink too much". This isn't the first time he's stuffed up big time and received a lengthy suspension for peeing off everyone at the Club with his behaviour under the influence and his problems have been going for longer than 5 years as he was drafted in 2006 and he had alcohol issues prior to joining the RFC. Not all alcoholics drink all the time as Connors claimed either. I know someone who use to be married to an violent alcoholic. She told me each night she didn't know if her then-husband would come home off his face and beat into her or not as he didn't get drunk all the time and no one else admitted her ex-husband had an alcohol problem as when he was sober he acted normally and he held down a regular full-time job. A Jeckyl & Hyde persona isn't uncommon amongst alcoholics. Now I'm not saying Connors is a violent drunk but if he didn't have an alcohol dependence of some sort then he would be able to give up all booze for good knowing it was damaging his life and career. No different to Fev minus the gambling. If Dan's going to turn his life around for his own sake he's got to learn somehow to become a teetotaler.
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Drunks come in
A paper bag Brandivino,
Dreams fly away
as he pulls another cappucino.
Six o'clock he's going down,
woh o-o-oh, Breakfast at Sweethearts.
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Agree with Camboon. Club has approached this very sensibly. Connors has to address his issues himself. Drinking too excess on a regular basis is problematic drinking. Drinking to avoid dealing with issues is problematic drinking. Although technically he is not an alcoholic as he does not suffer from dependency according to his word he has a problem with alcohol. Excessive alcohol use appears to be the explanation for the anti-social behaviour. There are some people in this world who cannot handle alcohol and Connors is one of them. He should abstain from alcohol use and from all reports he is trying to do that and he is trying to distance himself from his drinking mates. I really wish him the best and hope that he can repay the faith the club has shown him
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He should abstain from alcohol use
It's that simple.
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No matter what he does this year he has excess baggage and the club will part ways with him.
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Pretty hard for him to ever have a public beer now anyway.
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Who the **** knows what Dan Connors even looks like
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You idiot, the kid couldn't walk down the main street of Mole Creek without being mobed!!
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Life's good http://t.co/a3o6LGFI
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Don't even mention Zanners and Connors in the same breath. Zantuck actually performed for us in games and he had a set of balls. Bloke just spent a bit too much time fighting in night clubs ;D Connors isn't a wasted talent. He's a waste of space. Why a player who has done nothing gets so many chances has me stuffed.
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Life's good http://t.co/a3o6LGFI
He definitely seems tight with some influential Tigers. Reckon that's largely what's saved him to date.
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That makes them bigger morons than he is. He rivals Cain Ackland as worst played in the last 10 years that has played 20+ games. LMAO @ Connors possibly being anything other than an okay player. I saw someone say elsewhere that he will be our "Stevie J" if he gets his head right. Even our own Bojangleburg isn't that delusional.
Look out :shh
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Speaking of jobangles he mentioned he hocks stuff for a quid, which fits with the handlebar moustache he said he had I spose, but maybe he can do you a deal Coach Davey!
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Maybe the club is being very clever about this! If they treat a nobody like this that means a club champ will have to be treated the same way!
In other words, if they were harsher on Connors, they would have to harsher on someone good as you have to treat everyone equally!
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Glad I don't play footy! Not drinking this month and already want one :cheers :nope
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Glad I don't play footy! Not drinking this month and already want one :cheers :nope
FebFaste hey CUB
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Don't even mention Zanners and Connors in the same breath. Zantuck actually performed for us in games and he had a set of balls. Bloke just spent a bit too much time fighting in night clubs ;D Connors isn't a wasted talent. He's a waste of space. Why a player who has done nothing gets so many chances has me stuffed.
Easily post of the week :thumbsup
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Managed it last year, just had a couple at the first NAB cup game. Need it after Dec/Jan :burgereater :cheers
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drones
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DC back in the fold according to midfield superstar Shaun Grigg
RICHMOND bad boy Daniel Connors has been welcomed back to Punt Road with open arms, says teammate Shaun Grigg.
Grigg, speaking at a press conference before Friday night's NAB Cup opener against Hawthorn and North Melbourne, said Connors was gaining fitness after returning to the club in the new year.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/129045/default.aspx
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DC back in the fold according to midfield superstar Shaun Grigg..........lol :lol :lol
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If I was suspended by the club for misdemeaners I would make sure I came back super fit to show I had changed my ways. If Griggs statement that his fitness was improving is accurate It make you wonder what he was doing in his time away from the club.
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So what I heard from griggs audio was conners would also be spending plenty of time up foward?
Would be intresting to see what happens
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If I was suspended by the club for misdemeaners I would make sure I came back super fit to show I had changed my ways. If Griggs statement that his fitness was improving is accurate It make you wonder what he was doing in his time away from the club.
He was training with Ryan Hot Lips Houlihan
In other words - squibbin' it brah
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Talk is cheap.
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Don't even mention Zanners and Connors in the same breath. Zantuck actually performed for us in games and he had a set of balls. Bloke just spent a bit too much time fighting in night clubs ;D Connors isn't a wasted talent. He's a waste of space. Why a player who has done nothing gets so many chances has me stuffed.
what a wank that is , TZ was his own worst enemy and hed probably be man eniough to admit it. Putting him up on some kinda pedastal shows just how clueless you are. Cant wait for the next install ment...Blumfield, steven jackson, todd breman, steve o'dwyer...a collective fools paradise :lol
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Don't even mention Zanners and Connors in the same breath. Zantuck actually performed for us in games and he had a set of balls. Bloke just spent a bit too much time fighting in night clubs ;D Connors isn't a wasted talent. He's a waste of space. Why a player who has done nothing gets so many chances has me stuffed.
what a wank that is , TZ was his own worst enemy and hed probably be man eniough to admit it. Putting him up on some kinda pedastal shows just how clueless you are. Cant wait for the next install ment...Blumfield, steven jackson, todd breman, steve o'dwyer...a collective fools paradise :lol
All you do is run people down, your so negative man. Bojackstargles. You're harshing my mellow man.
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Don't even mention Zanners and Connors in the same breath. Zantuck actually performed for us in games and he had a set of balls. Bloke just spent a bit too much time fighting in night clubs ;D Connors isn't a wasted talent. He's a waste of space. Why a player who has done nothing gets so many chances has me stuffed.
what a wank that is , TZ was his own worst enemy and hed probably be man eniough to admit it. Putting him up on some kinda pedastal shows just how clueless you are. Cant wait for the next install ment...Blumfield, steven jackson, todd breman, steve o'dwyer...a collective fools paradise :lol
All you do is run people down, your so negative man. Bojackstargles. You're harshing my mellow man.
keep your eyes on the ball you hypocrite :lol wasnt so long ago i was victimised and ridiculed for mentioning anything remotely positive :shh
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From bojangleberg to bojackstargles - I can barely keep up!
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Don't even mention Zanners and Connors in the same breath. Zantuck actually performed for us in games and he had a set of balls. Bloke just spent a bit too much time fighting in night clubs ;D Connors isn't a wasted talent. He's a waste of space. Why a player who has done nothing gets so many chances has me stuffed.
what a wank that is , TZ was his own worst enemy and hed probably be man eniough to admit it. Putting him up on some kinda pedastal shows just how clueless you are. Cant wait for the next install ment...Blumfield, steven jackson, todd breman, steve o'dwyer...a collective fools paradise :lol
Bojangle - "TZ was his own worst enemy". Yep agreed.
Coach - "Don't even mention Zanners and Connors in the same breath. Zantuck actually performed for us in games and he had a set of balls. Bloke just spent a bit too much time fighting in night clubs."
So what the stuff is your problem? What have I posted that is incorrect and how have I put Zanners on a pedestal* (you can't spell just like you can't read)? Zantuck could play. Played 50 consecutive games for us and finished 8th (IIRC) in our B&F in 03. Connors hasn't gone near doing something like that.
So again, what the stuff is your problem? Get a clue
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i think you're being fairly liberal in your rating of TZ contribution over the journey. I accept connors has yet to fullfill his promise but by gee two years ago he was the name on everyones lips knocking up ball off the HBF like he was shelling peas...how soon some forget :shh
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From bojangleberg to bojackstargles - I can barely keep up!
:lol :lol
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Steve jurica was better than conners & zantuck put together.
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Steve jurica was better than conners & zantuck put together.
in what specific game you talkin, the one he kicked 5 goals :lol
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:lol
but, but, but... Bruce said he was star in that game....
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Daniel was interviewd before the game in the 3121 Room, indicated he is fit & will play 70 - 80 mins with Coburg next week
Its been 12 months since he last played !!
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Last roll of the dice right there.
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Damaged goods - pass
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Adios.
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Daniel who ?
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surely its yibbida yibbida time for Daniel
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Could be the final piece of the puzzle....
:rollin
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I would rather him in the ruck than Gus
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is currently residing in the 'Where are they now file ?" !
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I would rather him in the ruck than Gus
Y&B want you back
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Daniel who ?
Connors, Richmond fans know who he is
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Would love to see this guy make it, really think he has what it takes, maybe I am delusional like WP was with Polo.l ;)
But I would really like to see him get up..l :-\
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give the man a beer im hearing. :thumbsup
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Working bloody hard on his conditioning at the moment, good luck to him.
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Working bloody hard on his conditioning at the moment, good luck to him.
Great to hear RFCO, let's hope he makes it!!!!
Thanks for the feedback, how long do you think before he fronts up for Coburg?
Cheers
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Refer OP WAT.
Next week Coburg
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Refer OP WAT.
Next week Coburg
Ah, very good, cheers.
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Working bloody hard on his conditioning at the moment, good luck to him.
Needed to! Ability has never been the issue, it's his application (or lack of) and preparednesss to work hard that's been his biggest fault
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Working bloody hard on his conditioning at the moment, good luck to him.
You would have to be joking
Isn't that was pre seasons are for ?
He is out for dinner most nights
April fools day was the 1st April
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Working bloody hard on his conditioning at the moment, good luck to him.
You would have to be joking
Isn't that was pre seasons are for ?
He is out for dinner most nights
April fools day was the 1st April
Shock,horror !! A young single bloke eating out each night, what Maccas or HJs
Or are you alluding to something else ?
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Maybe l could help by stating the real issues but it would be quickly taken down by the admins.
This bloke made his own history & its not with Richmond ;D
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Thanks Monk.we are both on the "same page"
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Maybe l could help by stating the real issues but it would be quickly taken down by the admins.
You know why things get "taken down" as you put it. :banghead
We have explained the legalities of things, whether or not people (including me btw) agree is a whole different discussion but we only ever go by the legal advice we have received.
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that legal advice is as corrupt as the interests it protects and worth poo
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that legal advice is as corrupt as the interests it protects and worth poo
If the legal advice was corrupt then the lawyers would allow the mods to let any scurrilous rumour be posted. Then they would get their behinds sued. Then the lawyers could make some huge money defending the mods.
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yeh,ok....
what a crock of big brother poo
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Edited :banghead :banghead
I think so ox. Slander or libel or something like that. It hasn't been proven by a court of law so the use of 'alleged' or 'once accused of' needs to precede 'rapist'.
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Question answered by the fact I've had to delete it :banghead :banghead
The answer GR12 has given 100% spot on
Bottom line is you cannot post a rumour or rumours unless you have absolute proof of its truth. And that proof will stand up in a court of law
You can also not accuse someone of something illegal without proof.
Ox, in the example you used & I removed the person you named was not be found guilty of any charges so therefore under the law you cannot accuse them of something they have not be found guilty of in a court of law.
If you do so then legally under the defamation laws as they stand in this country then can not only sue the person who posted the comment be sued but also the owners of the web-site and the site shut down.
I know you disagree with the law Ox but it is what it is but outside of not being prepared to open ourselves to litigation we are not prepared to jeapordise this web-site or its future under any circumstances
Can we make it any clearer?
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Question answered by the fact I've had to delete it :banghead :banghead
The answer GR12 has given 100% spot on
Bottom line is you cannot post a rumour or rumours unless you have absolute proof of its truth. And that proof will stand up in a court of law
You can also not accuse someone of something illegal without proof.
Ox, in the example you used & I removed the person you named was not be found guilty of any charges so therefore under the law you cannot accuse them of something they have not be found guilty of in a court of law.
If you do so then legally under the defamation laws as they stand in this country then can not only sue the person who posted the comment be sued but also the owners of the web-site and the site shut down.
I know you disagree with the law Ox but it is what it is but outside of not being prepared to open ourselves to litigation we are not prepared to jeapordise this web-site or its future under any circumstances
Can we make it any clearer?
Personally I think its illegal that Daniel Jackson is allowed to walk onto the paddock and attempt to impersonate an AFL footballer. I think it is referred to as "J walking".
There are injustices everywhere these days and some are defendable in a court of law, but alas, Daniel Jackson will continue to commit his crime unabated and unhindered and at the expense of my own sanity.
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An observation.
Connors has lost a poot-load of muscle mass over the last 2 years, FACT. How is this possible at his age?
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An observation.
Connors has lost a poot-load of muscle mass over the last 2 years, FACT. How is this possible at his age?
U r joking right..... He never had much muscle mass
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Question answered by the fact I've had to delete it :banghead :banghead
The answer GR12 has given 100% spot on
Bottom line is you cannot post a rumour or rumours unless you have absolute proof of its truth. And that proof will stand up in a court of law
You can also not accuse someone of something illegal without proof.
Ox, in the example you used & I removed the person you named was not be found guilty of any charges so therefore under the law you cannot accuse them of something they have not be found guilty of in a court of law.
If you do so then legally under the defamation laws as they stand in this country then can not only sue the person who posted the comment be sued but also the owners of the web-site and the site shut down.
I know you disagree with the law Ox but it is what it is but outside of not being prepared to open ourselves to litigation we are not prepared to jeapordise this web-site or its future under any circumstances
Can we make it any clearer?
Personally I think its illegal that Daniel Jackson is allowed to walk onto the paddock and attempt to impersonate an AFL footballer. I think it is referred to as "J walking".
There are injustices everywhere these days and some are defendable in a court of law, but alas, Daniel Jackson will continue to commit his crime unabated and unhindered and at the expense of my own sanity.
This is a funny post
as his bio on twitter lists him as a "professional footballer"" LOL
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;D its ok WP l say nothing to get you into the poohole. My daughter is a lawyer if you ever need her ;D
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An observation.
Connors has lost a poot-load of muscle mass over the last 2 years, FACT. How is this possible at his age?
U r joking right..... He never had much muscle mass
He never had much, but now he looks sickly skinny.
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An observation.
Connors has lost a poot-load of muscle mass over the last 2 years, FACT. How is this possible at his age?
U r joking right..... He never had much muscle mass
He never had much, but now he looks sickly skinny.
;D :help
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Wow, I started this thread because i was happy for the kid to be playing again
Obviously the people saying he has lost a lot of muscle mass did NOT see him on Saturday arvo as he looked in top condition ( hope that didnt sound gay !!!)
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DC has the worst attitude that i have ever seen.
He can be as conditioned as he wants, wont make a difference.
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DC has the worst attitude that i have ever seen.
He can be as conditioned as he wants, wont make a difference.
Correct !
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wayne carey , gary ablett snr, fevola, pike, gherig, hall, amongst 100s of ex player had bad attitude and egos , who gives a f, if DC can get his body right and win games for us with his footy smarts and skill , thats all that matters
ffs not everyone can be a saint
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wayne carey , gary ablett snr, fevola, pike, gherig, hall, amongst 100s of ex player had bad attitude and egos , who gives a f, if DC can get his body right and win games for us with his footy smarts and skill , thats all that matters
ffs not everyone can be a saint
Well said, just about exactly what I was about to post
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wayne carey , gary ablett snr, fevola, pike, gherig, hall, amongst 100s of ex player had bad attitude and egos , who gives a f, if DC can get his body right and win games for us with his footy smarts and skill , thats all that matters
ffs not everyone can be a saint
all those players you listed had tremendous talent and/or where physically gifted. DC has good/quite good talent at best and is average size. Not enough to build a career on. Its an increasingly professional industry now too, you cant get away with poor aerobic fitness anymore. He needs to wise up if he wants to make it.
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bla bla bla,,,,, all precious now arent we
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:angel:
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wayne carey , gary ablett snr, fevola, pike, gherig, hall, amongst 100s of ex player had bad attitude and egos , who gives a f, if DC can get his body right and win games for us with his footy smarts and skill , thats all that matters
ffs not everyone can be a saint
There a quite a number of premiership flags in that list of bad boys x. I think this is notable. Is it one of the winning ingredients to have a couple of players with a bad attitude?
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wayne carey , gary ablett snr, fevola, pike, gherig, hall, amongst 100s of ex player had bad attitude and egos , who gives a f, if DC can get his body right and win games for us with his footy smarts and skill , thats all that matters
ffs not everyone can be a saint
wont make it, need more than talent to make it these days. This bloke has never been afl fit and conditioned, looks worse lately.
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Even if he gets into the best condition possible, he's missed 12 months of football and we have replaced him with better skilled options.
Biding time.
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Connors seemingly wasting a spot on the list is a shame. Could of had another.young mid comming thou the ranks.
Would be nice if he came good.
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Connors gets his chance
Full article here: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/138626/default.aspx
First game in more than a year. Last chance for Dan you would think?
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I think he will play a full game..
O'Hanlon will be the sub.
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every one tells me hes a great kick i think not.
okay attitude aside to date hes made too many.
1/ skill errors.shocking by foot at times. dont think its a serious flaw but it happens too often. needs to learn to kick within his limitations and stop trying the fancy poo.
2/ poor decisions, hes been as dumb as they come on the footy field. yet hes a smart player knows where to go knows how to find it. this can be fixed again with him playing within his limitations and maybe taking safer options
3/ hes as slow as they come. this cant be fixed but can be compensated for with footy smarts.
4/ he has no motor. this too can be fixed but its been the same for 6 yrs.
5/ the lack of a defensive bone in his body. again if he wants a regular game he had better fix it and work both ways.
most of these things can be worked on and improved in some cases a lot. but for 6 yrs these things have stagnated.
this stagnation for 6yrs combined with his attitude has had me write him off i dont think after 6 yrs things will change too much. but there is some hope.
its funny and a contradiction but a strength can be his kicking at times. a strength can be his smarts and his ability to get to good spots just needs to stop making poor decisions.
i suppose its this that has seen people back him in. for me hes had long enough.
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Enjoys a trip to Sydney :cheers
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every one tells me hes a great kick i think not.
okay attitude aside to date hes made too many.
1/ skill errors.shocking by foot at times. dont think its a serious flaw but it happens too often. needs to learn to kick within his limitations and stop trying the fancy poo.
2/ poor decisions, hes been as dumb as they come on the footy field. yet hes a smart player knows where to go knows how to find it. this can be fixed again with him playing within his limitations and maybe taking safer options
3/ hes as slow as they come. this cant be fixed but can be compensated for with footy smarts.
4/ he has no motor. this too can be fixed but its been the same for 6 yrs.
5/ the lack of a defensive bone in his body. again if he wants a regular game he had better fix it and work both ways.
most of these things can be worked on and improved in some cases a lot. but for 6 yrs these things have stagnated.
this stagnation for 6yrs combined with his attitude has had me write him off i dont think after 6 yrs things will change too much. but there is some hope.
its funny and a contradiction but a strength can be his kicking at times. a strength can be his smarts and his ability to get to good spots just needs to stop making poor decisions.
i suppose its this that has seen people back him in. for me hes had long enough.
is there a player you think is ok??
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waste of game time
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Last roll of the dice.
Needs a miracle
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It's always a morbid sight to see a player who looks like he is playing his last game for the Tigers. It's like a mercy kill at the Coliseum. I can hear the moans and groans of the crowd now as I think about Kent Kingsley and JON making stupid errors, with Tiger fans almost willing them to make more mistakes so we could be assured that we would never see them in a Richmond jumper again. And of course who could forget the pitiful laughter at Shane Morrison's dropped marks or Tambling's miskicks.
Luckily for Dan he is at GWS and wont be under the same scrutiny as he might be at the MCG. I hope this eases the pressure on his first few possessions and he really makes a go of it on the day. If he can get 20 possessions at 80% eff, he may even hold onto his spot.
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Daniel Connors rebounds from his troubles to earn recall
Eliza Sewell, Jay Clark
From: Herald Sun
June 14, 2012 9:00PM
RICHMOND handed troubled Tiger Daniel Connors an AFL lifeline after confronting the alcohol and behavioural issues that threatened to end his career.
Defender Connors, 23, was recalled to play his first game in more than a year against Greater Western Sydney at Skoda Stadium tomorrow.
He was banished from the club for three months over a turbulent summer and told to seek help for the "bad decisions" he made while drinking.
Admitting he "needed to go and change the way I was living my life", Connors missed the club's pre-season camp in Arizona.
But the dynamic backman has performed strongly in the VFL this season.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/daniel-connors-rebounds-from-his-troubles-to-earn-recall/story-e6frf9jf-1226395940500
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W.C.Fields board.
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Still only 23...but must grab this chance with a vengeance.
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Play him forward. Let him repay the club by kicking a bag against GWS
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Play him forward. Let him repay the club by kicking a bag against GWS
he will need to kick 15 goals then, and that wont happen
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Scraping the barrel.
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Play him forward. Let him increase any trade value he has by kicking a bag against GWS
Edited ;D
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Last time he was a regular senior player he was borderline AA off the hbf...lets hope he can pick up where he left off, and it wouldnt surpise me if he did either :shh
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he was borderline AA off the hbf
Alcoholics Anonymous?
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...has always had huge upside/potential...hasn't always had huge braincells....don't know how long you can wait for the proverbial penny to drop - hopefully this is his moment...
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he was borderline AA off the hbf
Alcoholics Anonymous?
:lol
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he was borderline AA off the hbf
Alcoholics Anonymous?
Arrogant hole off the Hotel Beer Flow??
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every one tells me hes a great kick i think not.
okay attitude aside to date hes made too many.
1/ skill errors.shocking by foot at times. dont think its a serious flaw but it happens too often. needs to learn to kick within his limitations and stop trying the fancy poo.
2/ poor decisions, hes been as dumb as they come on the footy field. yet hes a smart player knows where to go knows how to find it. this can be fixed again with him playing within his limitations and maybe taking safer options
3/ hes as slow as they come. this cant be fixed but can be compensated for with footy smarts.
4/ he has no motor. this too can be fixed but its been the same for 6 yrs.
5/ the lack of a defensive bone in his body. again if he wants a regular game he had better fix it and work both ways.
most of these things can be worked on and improved in some cases a lot. but for 6 yrs these things have stagnated.
this stagnation for 6yrs combined with his attitude has had me write him off i dont think after 6 yrs things will change too much. but there is some hope.
its funny and a contradiction but a strength can be his kicking at times. a strength can be his smarts and his ability to get to good spots just needs to stop making poor decisions.
i suppose its this that has seen people back him in. for me hes had long enough.
is there a player you think is ok??
theres plenty. but okay footballers have weaknesses too. i dont put em up on pedestals like most.
batchelor, conca, cotchin, dea, deledio, ellis, foley, grigg, grimes, maric, martin, moore, morris, newman, rance, riewoldt, tuck, are all okay players but all have weaknesses some more than others.4 or 5 arnt even proven players.
dunno why your angry surely after 6 yrs with connors im entitled to say enough is enough. 6yrs just 27 games and a regular stream of mediocrity and poor attitude. he should have been cut 2 or 3 yrs ago.
what annoys me more than the player himself is the club and the way we continue to give ordinary players 6 or 9 yr careers. we dont turn em over quickly enough. the club it seems reflects the supporters just cant give up on duds.
theres about 10 players still, who we just keep on resigning for gods know what reason. they have been around 5 or 6 yrs plus. then you have others who have had 3 or 4 yrs and you can see we should have made the call, they too will end up 7+ yr players.
heres a list of mediocrity for ya.
connors 6yrs
derickx a 25 yr old who cant get a kick at coburg.
edwards 6yrs.
graham 6 yrs.
jackson 9 yrs lol we have persevered with this hack for 9 yrs.
king 6 yrs.
mcguane 8 yrs.
miller 11 yrs.
white 7 yrs.
throw in 24 yr old webberley or 25 yr old nahas what you see at this stage is what you get and its never going to get better. we love glass half fulls and we hang onto em for dear life.
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I love how someone asks Claw a question that can be answered with one word yet he still replies with an essay about how bad some of our players are.
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I love how someone asks Claw a question that can be answered with one word yet he still replies with an essay about how bad some of our players are.
Generally nothing worth reading either :lol
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:lol
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lets hope he doesnt do a Ricky Ponting
whilst in Sydney.
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I love how someone asks Claw a question that can be answered with one word yet he still replies with an essay about how bad some of our players are.
Generally nothing worth reading either :lol
;D
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Mr claw 6 yrs sounds alot but the boy just 23.
Best footy still 5 yr away :o
Could be a player yet.
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Good to see him in, might shut a few up, might not....
I for one, as WP will know, have always supported Connors, injury and stupid life decisions have ruined his form to date.
As supporters we need to give him another chance, yes another one.......as some of us have given others...Edwards...
Fail this time (not after one game though) an goodbye....
But, I still feel he has something to offer the club...time will tell and so will today!
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Good to see him in, might shut a few up, might not....
I for one, as WP will know, have always supported Connors, injury and stupid life decisions have ruined his form to date.
As supporters we need to give him another chance, yes another one.......as some of us have given others...Edwards...
Fail this time (not after one game though) an goodbye....
But, I still feel he has something to offer the club...time will tell and so will today!
That's very noble of you WAT ;D
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Good to see him in, might shut a few up, might not....
I for one, as WP will know, have always supported Connors, injury and stupid life decisions have ruined his form to date.
As supporters we need to give him another chance, yes another one.......as some of us have given others...Edwards...
Fail this time (not after one game though) an goodbye....
But, I still feel he has something to offer the club...time will tell and so will today!
That's very noble of you WAT ;D
Just stop it D....just stop...;)
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might have the tools to beva first 22 player.
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Very happy with his first game back, needs to keep it up......like others.
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3.1 and a dozen disposals for his return game.
Is he a walk up starting 22 player? Should we extend his contract?
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Cc has his papers ready after that performance, don't want to risk losing him as an uncontracted player :shh
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Has always had the ability, is now playing in his natural position and has stated the debt he owes the club. He is a keeper. Now a decision has to be made re King and Nahas. Nahas out for mine.
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Im just getting the popcorn and coke ready waiting for the next player jackstar puts a line through...first dea and then Connors :lol...talk about NFI
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One game. He would have been in his mind playing his first game back millions of times.
Key is how he goes in Adelaide in week two.
For now glad for him and glad for all of us he kicked 3 goals.
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Loved Dan's game today.
Under the pump and showed he can loves a hard contest and can play.
Keep it up Dan.
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Dont over react with his performance. His had several years to come up fresh when others have carried him & have been doing his job & they need a holiday while he continues his work in the gym.
Dont be surprised if he gets in strife tonight celebrating ;D
with due respect he popped up when it counted & did his job today.
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2 gimme goals from the square. I'll wait until we play some real competition unlike some of you blokes
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Dont over react with his performance. His had several years to come up fresh when others have carried him & have been doing his job & they need a holiday while he continues his work in the gym.
Dont be surprised if he gets in strife tonight celebrating
with due respect he popped up when it counted & did his job today.
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We heard you the first time Monk. ;D
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Dont be surprised if he gets in strife tonight celebrating
They are not staying in Sydney tonight TM.
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Batchelor. Grimes. Newman.
Dea. Rance. Morris.
Houli. Cotchin. Grigg.
Deledio. Griffiths. Martin.
Connors. Riewoldt. Edwards.
IMaric. Tuck. Foley
Conca. Ellis. Jackson.
+Nahas
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2 gimme goals from the square. I'll wait until we play some real competition before I start sucking his balls like some of you blokes
Correct
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Batchelor. Grimes. Newman.
Dea. Rance. Morris.
Houli. Cotchin. Grigg.
Deledio. Griffiths. Martin.
Connors. Riewoldt. Edwards.
IMaric. Tuck. Foley
Conca. Ellis. Jackson.
+Nahas
Not bad. Still not so sure about Nahas though.
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Tigers edge GWS by 12 points
June 16, 2012 - 5:18PM
Richmond's Daniel Connors ensured his AFL side avoided embarrassment on Saturday with a dramatic 12-point win over Greater Western Sydney in a wet and scrappy clash at Showground Stadium.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-edge-gws-by-12-points-20120616-20gnn.html#ixzz1xwN6Xgqc
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Ohanlon for nahas
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Ohanlon for nahas
Could be the long term option
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Batchelor. Grimes. Newman.
Dea. Rance. Morris.
Houli. Cotchin. Grigg.
Deledio. Griffiths. Martin.
Connors. Riewoldt. Edwards.
IMaric. Tuck. Foley
Conca. Ellis. Jackson.
+Nahas
Dea has no clue.
Batchelor deserves a week in the 2's but his best is better than Dea's.
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Dea has no clue.
Wo wo wo WOOAH!
Let's not jump to conclusions say things we may regret
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Dea has no clue.
Wo wo wo WOOAH!
Let's not jump to conclusions say things we may regret
He's just a dumb footballer. poo kick, plays on when there is a man behind him. Has the yipps. I will give him another year to develop but he should be at Coburg right now.
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Was good in patches. No doubt.
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Dont be surprised if he gets in strife tonight celebrating
They are not staying in Sydney tonight TM.
Thank God for that!
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It was only GWS so wouldn't get carried away but he deserves another game on that performance.
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He's in the Schultz category.
Has got the ability but how long do we hold on to him for to do it consistently. All very good and happy for Daniel he came in and performed. But can he do it consistently for the rest of the year? If he can then he gets another contract. If he can't then he's in trouble.
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Dea has no clue.
Wo wo wo WOOAH!
Let's not jump to conclusions say things we may regret
He's just a dumb footballer. poo kick, plays on when there is a man behind him. Has the yipps. I will give him another year to develop but he should be at Coburg right now.
Thats down to a number of things
1 not having eyes in the back of his head.
2 either teammates not talking, or him not hearing/ignoring what his teammates are saying
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He's in the Schultz category.
Has got the ability but how long do we hold on to him for to do it consistently. All very good and happy for Daniel he came in and performed. But can he do it consistently for the rest of the year? If he can then he gets another contract. If he can't then he's in trouble.
Schulzy actually strung a few good games together when he was here. Now he rapes full backs every week. Connors is not in the same category. He is in the "what the stuff is this bloke still doing here" category.
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I've merged both Connors threads. A reminder too to keep comments above the belt.
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He got 25 touches in 2nd game vs geelong
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Day of redemption for Dan
By James Dampney
Sat 16 Jun, 2012
RICHMOND'S Daniel Connors helped his side to victory with two vital last-quarter goals in its narrow 12-point win over Greater Western Sydney at Skoda Stadium.
But, more importantly, he took another step forward in winning back the trust and respect of his teammates.
Suspended twice by the club over the previous 18 months due to alcohol-related incidents, Connors was just about on his last chance with the Tigers entering 2012.
Playing his first game for the season at a wet Skoda Stadium in Sydney, Connors finished with three goals for the game, including two after the plucky Giants had closed to within six points late in the fourth term.
Richmond prevailed 11.20 (86) to 12.2 (74) on what coach Damien Hardwick said was an extremely important day for 23-year-old Connors.
"He started off slow, but credit to Daniel, he fought his way through the conditions," Hardwick said.
"It's been a real credit to him that he's fought his way back into the side.
"He had to earn the trust of the playing group and coaching staff again and he's done that.
"It's a great reward for him to kick three in the end he made a really solid contribution defensively.
"He put his game forward and will certainly be part of the short-term future at the moment with the games coming up."
Asked if his career had been in jeopardy, Hardwick replied: "There's no doubt and that's well-documented and Dan would tell you that himself.
"He's still got a long way to go and has a number of areas to improve his football and also his durability as a footballer."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/138723/default.aspx
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O-E always ruins light hearted fun
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Connors and Edwards were our most dangerous forwards today. Connors worked hard today and knows how to lose his opponent. He also gets into dangerous positions. He has some tricks and can take a grab. If he can keep himself on the paddock we may have found that missing x-factor in the forward line and we can finally say goodbye to that coward Nahas.
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Connors and Edwards were our most dangerous forwards today. Connors worked hard today and knows how to lose his opponent. He also gets into dangerous positions. He has some tricks and can take a grab. If he can keep himself on the paddock we may have found that missing x-factor in the forward line and we can finally say goodbye to that coward Nahas.
Nahas isnt a coward thats a poor call :wallywink
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The difference between winning and losing
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Connors and Edwards were our most dangerous forwards today. Connors worked hard today and knows how to lose his opponent. He also gets into dangerous positions. He has some tricks and can take a grab. If he can keep himself on the paddock we may have found that missing x-factor in the forward line and we can finally say goodbye to that coward Nahas.
Nahas isnt a coward thats a poor call :wallywink
yes he is and he just makes so many mistakes. he is too light too soft, cant have him and king in the team together
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Coward is an adolescent call Pfffft
Bowden...
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Daniel Connors comes in from sin-bin
Malcolm Conn
From: Sunday Herald Sun
June 17, 2012
TWO years ago the trip to Sydney almost ruined the career of Richmond's Daniel Connors.
Yesterday's trip north revived it.
His drunken rampage after playing the Swans left Connors on the verge of being sacked before coach Damien Hardwick suspended him for eight weeks.
In his first senior game for more than a year he kicked three goals, including two late in the match which sealed it for Richmond as a relentless Greater Western Sydney closed to within six points.
"It's been a real credit to him that he's fought his way back into the side," Hardwick said after the Tigers' hard-fought, 12-point win over the Giants at a rain-drenched Skoda Stadium.
"He had to earn the trust of the playing group and coaching staff again and he's done that.
"It's a great reward for him to kick three in the end and he made a really solid contribution defensively.
"He put his game forward and will certainly be part of the short-term future at the moment with the games coming up."
Hardwick made no bones about the fact Connors' career had been in jeopardy.
"There's no doubt and that's well documented and Dan would tell you that himself," he said.
"He's still got a long way to go and has a number of areas to improve his football and also his durability as a footballer."
After the match, Connors (pictured) reflected on his journey and vowed to maintain his focus on the football field.
"I've just got to do those one percenters that everyone raves on about, the tackles, the chases and just setting up all the structures," he said.
"Four points is all that matters, we're trying to make finals, great credit to the GWS, they're going to be a great side for a lot of years to come.
"I just want to be out here with the boys, I want to be part of the success that I know the club is going to have and I want to hang around and be a part of that ... I'll be a hermit for the rest of my career, I reckon."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/daniel-connors-comes-in-from-sin-bin/story-e6frf9mx-1226397613397
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...wouldn't say Nahas is a "coward" - bit harsh imo....light frame and mistakes don't make you a coward, they make you skinny and silly...but i digress...
Connors was solid today & IF he can keep that up he could be a very valuable member of the squad (and somewhat of an x-factor for us given he can swing down back)...but the question's never been about ability it's about application, commitment and desire to play at this level...hopefully the penny's dropped - the rest of the team seemed to "get around him" when he kicked his last which indicates they rate him a bit too...
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He's in the Schultz category.
Has got the ability but how long do we hold on to him for to do it consistently. All very good and happy for Daniel he came in and performed. But can he do it consistently for the rest of the year? If he can then he gets another contract. If he can't then he's in trouble.
Schulzy actually strung a few good games together when he was here. Now he rapes full backs every week. Connors is not in the same category. He is in the "what the stuff is this bloke still doing here" category.
Ok CD, like you to death but......MOVE ON........Schulz isn't coming back...FFS
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Dan if he is to make it at AFL level is a forward.I hope the club never ever entertains the thought of playing him across half back again.Down back he was diabolical with his grubbed kicks and and flying for marks he had no chance of getting ..At least up forward this sort of stuff might just conjure a goal.
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Dan if he is to make it at AFL level is a forward.I hope the club never ever entertains the thought of playing him across half back again.Down back he was diabolical with his grubbed kicks and and flying for marks he had no chance of getting ..At least up forward this sort of stuff might just conjure a goal.
yes i agree but how can you have a forward line that consists of King, Nahas, Connors and Edwards.
Thats the problem.
Cant play all of them in the same team. Nahas doesnt do enough IMO
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connors does play tall though ,so he has that string in his bow too.
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He's in the Schultz category.
Has got the ability but how long do we hold on to him for to do it consistently. All very good and happy for Daniel he came in and performed. But can he do it consistently for the rest of the year? If he can then he gets another contract. If he can't then he's in trouble.
Schulzy actually strung a few good games together when he was here. Now he rapes full backs every week. Connors is not in the same category. He is in the "what the stuff is this bloke still doing here" category.
Ok CD, like you to death but......MOVE ON........Schulz isn't coming back...FFS
Never say never
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Dan if he is to make it at AFL level is a forward.I hope the club never ever entertains the thought of playing him across half back again.Down back he was diabolical with his grubbed kicks and and flying for marks he had no chance of getting ..At least up forward this sort of stuff might just conjure a goal.
Dead right......just like Edwards....
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He's in the Schultz category.
Has got the ability but how long do we hold on to him for to do it consistently. All very good and happy for Daniel he came in and performed. But can he do it consistently for the rest of the year? If he can then he gets another contract. If he can't then he's in trouble.
Schulzy actually strung a few good games together when he was here. Now he rapes full backs every week. Connors is not in the same category. He is in the "what the stuff is this bloke still doing here" category.
Ok CD, like you to death but......MOVE ON........Schulz isn't coming back...FFS
Never say never
Never!
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exactly like edwards..i remember for awhile wallace was trying to turn him into a running half back.......boy did he get that wrong
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It was gws for Geez sake
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It was gws for Geez sake
Oh of course..... GWS......THAT JUST ABOUT stuffing BEAT US.........FFS
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King might be in trouble
Dan if he is to make it at AFL level is a forward.I hope the club never ever entertains the thought of playing him across half back again.Down back he was diabolical with his grubbed kicks and and flying for marks he had no chance of getting ..At least up forward this sort of stuff might just conjure a goal.
yes i agree but how can you have a forward line that consists of King, Nahas, Connors and Edwards.
Thats the problem.
Cant play all of them in the same team. Nahas doesnt do enough IMO
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Thought he was OK
But some of the bad habits reared up - that baulk in the 3rd when he tried to kick a goal from outside 50 when he had 2 blokes in better position one who had space on their opponent was a shocker & that sort of selfish act that has had me doing this :banghead over time
Still question marks over his fitness too, the first efforts were there eg his defensive running but still either very few or nil 2nd or 3rd efforts. Still think has to have something to do with fitness
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He's in the Schultz category.
Has got the ability but how long do we hold on to him for to do it consistently. All very good and happy for Daniel he came in and performed. But can he do it consistently for the rest of the year? If he can then he gets another contract. If he can't then he's in trouble.
Schulzy actually strung a few good games together when he was here. Now he rapes full backs every week. Connors is not in the same category. He is in the "what the stuff is this bloke still doing here" category.
Ok CD, like you to death but......MOVE ON........Schulz isn't coming back...FFS
Never say never
Never!
Take that society! :clapping
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Connors and Edwards were our most dangerous forwards today. Connors worked hard today and knows how to lose his opponent. He also gets into dangerous positions. He has some tricks and can take a grab. If he can keep himself on the paddock we may have found that missing x-factor in the forward line and we can finally say goodbye to that coward Nahas.
Nahas isnt a coward thats a poor call :wallywink
yes he is and he just makes so many mistakes. he is too light too soft, cant have him and king in the team together
The issue, long term is there are only 17 spots in the side for mid/small size players. Maybe 15 in you play a 3rd tall at each end.
Tuck
Newman
Foley
Jackson
Deledio
Grigg
Houli
Morris
Connors
Edwards
Cotchin
Martin
Batchelor
Dea
Conca
Ellis
How do you squeeze both the Nahas and King in the side? I see only one spot. Many none if a Aarnot or Helbig find form.
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VIDEO: Dan Connors after his 3 goal effort yesterday caught up in the rooms with Matt White ...
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roarvisionarchive/tabid/11454/contentid/460100/default.aspx
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exactly like edwards..i remember for awhile wallace was trying to turn him into a running half back.......boy did he get that wrong
Wallace turned everyone into a flanker. :lol :rollin :lol
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wallace himself was a .... oh, you said flanker.
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Dan made Robbo's "Things I like" list today in the Herald-Sun....
3. Daniel Connors
The young man admitted to ''social'' issues at the start of the season and finally worked his way back into the team. He rewarded his teammates with two final-quarter goals, the second drawing teammates wide and far led by Trent Cotchin. One game doesn't make a season and he knows that. The good news is there hasn't been suggestion he has gone off the rails, which means the Tigers have found a good player at the bye break.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/expert-opinion/no-free-to-air-games-on-weekend-an-insult-to-fans/story-fn5937w8-1226398062257
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Dan made Robbo's "Things I like" list today in the Herald-Sun....
3. Daniel Connors
The young man admitted to ''social'' issues at the start of the season and finally worked his way back into the team. He rewarded his teammates with two final-quarter goals, the second drawing teammates wide and far led by Trent Cotchin. One game doesn't make a season and he knows that. The good news is there hasn't been suggestion he has gone off the rails, which means the Tigers have found a good player at the bye break.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/expert-opinion/no-free-to-air-games-on-weekend-an-insult-to-fans/story-fn5937w8-1226398062257
Oh Dear
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Dont over react with his performance. His had several years to come up fresh when others have carried him & have been doing his job & they need a holiday while he continues his work in the gym.
Dont be surprised if he gets in strife tonight celebrating ;D
with due respect he popped up when it counted & did his job today.
2 weeks off the mark there Monk
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Im just getting the popcorn and coke ready waiting for the next player jackstar puts a line through...first dea and then Connors :lol...talk about NFI
;)
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Dont over react with his performance. His had several years to come up fresh when others have carried him & have been doing his job & they need a holiday while he continues his work in the gym.
Dont be surprised if he gets in strife tonight celebrating ;D
with due respect he popped up when it counted & did his job today.
2 weeks off the mark there Monk
;D :thumbsup ;D
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Good riddance.
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Im just getting the popcorn and coke ready waiting for the next player jackstar puts a line through...first dea and then Connors :lol...talk about NFI
;)
Ok you got me jack :lol
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:lol
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Most people know what's been going on
Club turned a blind eye
Where is RFC Offical ?
Don't ring me for donations anymore either
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No we might be ringing for reference checks instead :lol
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Most people know what's been going on
Club turned a blind eye
Where is RFC Offical ?
Don't ring me for donations anymore either
You could always just stuff off altogether and leave the rest of us to suffer in peace
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Rotten egg. See ya later.
Bad form commenting on twitter too. Should have kept a low profile.
Anyway he's gone now. Hopefully he does not continue to influence the list.
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There has been issues since he came to Richmond.
HIs attitude at Coburg has been terrible to say the least.
He is an Oxygen thief.
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Most people know what's been going on
Club turned a blind eye
Where is RFC Offical ?
Don't ring me for donations anymore either
You could always just stuff off altogether and leave the rest of us to suffer in peace
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Most people know what's been going on
Club turned a blind eye
Put it out there or STFU. The innuendo is destabilising and unfair to the club and players.
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The innuendo does nothing
The club is past being destabilised by nuffers that eat their own poo
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good luck Dan, pity it didnt work
out through no fault of the club.
life is short. reinvent yourself.
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the bloke can reinvent himself by going to see a shrink
what a complete waste of a spot on our list.
goodbye and good riddons. tweet us when you get to centrlink you fool
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Most people know what's been going on
Club turned a blind eye
I don't. Have no clue what's been happening. Can you fill me in?
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Most people know what's been going on
Club turned a blind eye
I don't. Have no clue what's been happening. Can you fill me in?
Unless he has proof it isn't welcome on the forum
End of story
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Most people know what's been going on
Club turned a blind eye
I don't. Have no clue what's been happening. Can you fill me in?
Unless he has proof it isn't welcome on the forum
End of story
Its Daniel Connors, who needs proof. Take a wild guess chances are you will be very close to the mark.
the guy is a disgrace. Playing the game for 5 years and still has arms like an alter boy.
Best thing the club has done since i was born was get rid of him.
The issue i have is why did it take so long to get rid of such a loser
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Daniel
I am going to spell this out for you one final time
What I think, what you think is not the issue here.
What we have been saying not just today but for a number of years now; actually basically this forum was launched is
you cannot post accusations, rumours, innuendo, about people when you don't have proof that will stand up in a court of law. If people do then this site and its owners face the prospect of legal action
Is there any part of this you or anyone else doesn't understand? Not asking if people agree. But do you and everyone else understand the ramifications?
As I said what I think has happened or what I think may have happened is not the issue. I have my own views But for legal reasons I cannot and will not post it here.
That's the issue and I just wish people would take this on board and respect our requests
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Can understand being young and being silly we have all been there mate but You have thrown away a good career , coin and popularity and might have steered another potential 250 gamer from our club thanx Chump shut the door on the way out
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Manager defends Connors
By Matt Thompson, Luke Holmesy and Paul Daffey
Wed 04 Jul, 2012
THE MANAGER of fallen Tiger Daniel Connors says his client hasn't ruled out going public with his side of the story.
Anthony McConville told AFL.com.au that Connors was assessing his options after his departure from Richmond on Wednesday morning.
"It's important to let the dust settle and just see what takes place," McConville said when asked about the possibility of Connors speaking to the media.
The Tigers "mutually agreed to part ways" with Connors after he and Dustin Martin missed training on Tuesday morning as a result of taking sleeping medication the night before.
McConville said Connors wasn't planning on escaping Melbourne's intense media spotlight.
"He's not going away anywhere mate, there hasn't been anything pre-arranged as to what he's going to do today, tomorrow or the next day," the manager said on Wednesday afternoon.
McConville said it was too early for Connors, 23, to decide on his football future.
"At this stage that's premature, he needs to sit back and get back into normal life and then I suppose a decision will be made as to what he does with his football career," he said.
It is believed Connors has become the victim of an unofficial three-strikes policy at Punt Rd.
Two years ago, Richmond suspended him for eight matches after an incident fuelled by alcohol in a Sydney hotel.
Last October he was suspended for 12 weeks after various incidents in which alcohol had led him to make "bad decisions".
Richmond has never previously sanctioned Martin.
Meanwhile, the AFL Players Association has expressed no concerns with the manner in which Connors' career at Richmond came to an end.
In a statement released by AFLPA general manager of player relations Ian Prendergast, the association expressed understanding at Richmond's action.
"Today’s sanction was handed down as a result of the breakdown of employment relationship, which has occurred over some time," Prendergast said.
"As confirmed by Richmond Football Club during today’s press conference, Daniel will be paid the full entitlement of his contract."
The AFLPA offers sleep management workshops to all clubs to help players manage their sleeping patterns but Prendergast stressed that misuse of sleeping medication was not widespread throughout the AFL.
"On occasion, players will make decisions that are not in their best interests. We do not believe that the recent situation is indicative of use in the wider playing community."
Amid a storm of discussion about the use of sleeping pills by elite athletes, the AFL insists the Martin-Connors case is not evidence of a broader issue in the code.
"This incident is a regrettable but isolated one," AFL medical director Dr Peter Harcourt said.
"The AFL, in conjunction with club doctors, closely monitors the use of prescription drugs by players and there is no evidence to suggest that misuse is a particular issue in the competition.
"The sanctions imposed by Richmond underline how important it is from a health perspective that people only take prescription medication under medical supervision and guidance."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/140435/default.aspx
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You need good people around football clubs
Why would the club act they way they have on 2 players that slept in
And had to consult the AFL first ?
Gerard Healey on 3AW was 100% correct last night
Smoke screen comes to mind
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Do you think another Club will take a chance with him? Wallace has stated that he was warned re behaviour 8 times in his first 3 years..........FU Wallace!!!! :banghead Why didn't we get rid of him then!
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Agree with "good luck Dan, pity it didnt work
out through no fault of the club.
life is short. reinvent yourself."
Such a waste. Got himself back into the team but let himself and the team down by not following team rules. He knew he was on his last chance. He was a talented footballer who has wasted his gift. I hope for his sake he turns his life around
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Do you think another Club will take a chance with him? Wallace has stated that he was warned re behaviour 8 times in his first 3 years..........FU Wallace!!!! :banghead Why didn't we get rid of him then!
Sounds like a perfect fit for Hawthorn.
Can we trade him or is he now a free agent?
:lol
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Can someone call Dan Connors and tell him to pick up Jokestar on the way to his cave?
k. Thanks.
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SANFL club North Adelaide keen on sacked Richmond player Daniel Connors
Reece Homfray
From: The Advertiser
July 07, 2012
SACKED Richmond footballer Daniel Connors would be welcomed with open arms by SANFL club North Adelaide if he decides to join his brother Eljay at the club.
The Roosters have forged close links with the troubled forward, who was dumped by the Tigers after missing a training session this week.
As well as Connors' brother being at the club, North Adelaide's chief executive Greg Edwards is the father of Richmond midfielder Shane who is Connors' housemate.
The pair was drafted together in 2006, shared a host family and have mostly lived together since.
Edwards Snr yesterday described Connors as "a ripper lad" and said the club would be keen to discuss reigniting his career.
Connors cannot play in the SANFL this season because the June 30 deadline for interstate transfers has passed.
"We haven't talked about him yet, obviously," Edwards said. "But he'd make a bloody good recruit.
"I know him really well and his father, Mark, and his brother Eljay is here.
"So once he works out what he wants to do next year, we would be in line for his services."
Edwards said he would discuss Connors with coach Josh Francou before making any approach to him or his management.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/sanfl-club-north-adelaide-keen-on-sacked-richmond-player-daniel-connors/story-e6frf9jf-1226419426295
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Tigers settle with sacked Daniel Connors
Glenn McFarlane
From: Herald Sun
July 25, 2012
DUMPED Tiger Daniel Connors will decide within a fortnight whether he will play football again after reaching a financial settlement with Richmond.
Sacked for sleeping in and missing a training session this month after being on his last chance at Punt Rd, Connors has been weighing his future.
His manager, Anthony McConville, from Mac's Sports, said yesterday the talented but erratic player was edging closer to a decision on whether he would pursue football at state league or local levels.
"Daniel is very remorseful for the situation that has occurred, but he needs to work out whether he wants to fight on and play again," McConville said.
"No decision has been made yet as to his future.
"At this stage he is collecting himself from the fallout.
"I suppose in the next few weeks we will be better advised about whether he has the commitment to take his football to the highest level he can."
McConville said there had been "lots of interest" from various state leagues and local clubs - including several teams in the VFL.
He said Connors' contractual arrangements with Richmond had been satisfactorily settled.
"Everything that has been required from the AFL and Richmond has been completed," he said.
"The umbilical cord has been cut 100 per cent."
Connors would need special permission to sign on for a club at almost any level if he was to choose to play elsewhere this season.
The cut-off point for transfers was June 30, a week before he and teammate Dustin Martin slept through an alarm after taking sleeping tablets the previous evening.
"We would need special consideration, so that would be up to the AFL to decide, but you would like to think that (they would allow it)," McConville said.
"Hopefully if that was the way Dan wanted to go about things, it will be a quick and clean arrangement."
Connors, 23, played 29 games and kicked 11 goals in a controversial six seasons at Punt Rd, fractured by a number of off-field incidents.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/tigers-settle-with-sacked-daniel-connors/story-e6frf9jf-1226434292370
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Maybe people like Anthony McConville should manage there players instead of collecting a management fee
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Maybe people like Anthony McConville should manage there players instead of collecting a management fee
A generalisation Jack but one I have to say I agree with
Too many player managers seem to only be interested in their take and nothing else
Would have thought that player management invloves alot more than organising a contract
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yep, perhaps they need to move in with them so they can look after them 24/7. use some of their fees to pay someone to wipe their butts while they are at it?
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Best of luck to Danielle.
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yep, perhaps they need to move in with them so they can look after them 24/7. use some of their fees to pay someone to wipe their butts while they are at it?
;D
Things I am talking about al, are financial advice, tax advice and things like that.
I remember a couple of years back at a players sponsors dinner I was asked by the players on the table what I did for a living and when I told them they said can you give us some tax tips. I said isn't that what you have managers and their staff for? And I was told nope we don't get. Have to say I was staggered and yes I was nice gave them a few tax deduction tips :thumbsup
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;D
Things I am talking about al, are financial advice, tax advice and things like that.
I remember a couple of years back at a players sponsors dinner I was asked by the players on the table what I did for a living and when I told them they said can you give us some tax tips. I said isn't that what you have managers and their staff for? And I was told nope we don't get. Have to say I was staggered and yes I was nice gave them a few tax deduction tips :thumbsup
Sounds like a new career awaits you in player management.
:cheers
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fair enough wp. i doubt that was what the other was talking about though.
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Sounds like a new career awaits you in player management.
:cheers
;D ;D
Not the area of footy I'd like to be involved in to be honest
fair enough wp. i doubt that was what the other was talking about though.
:thumbsup
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Disgraced FORMER RFC player.
Close thread/
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city of churches here he comes. :thumbsup
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Disgraced FORMER RFC player.
Close thread/
was thinking the same thing myself as well
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....... and yes I was nice gave them a few tax deduction tips :thumbsup
Did you ever give Ben Holland tax or investment tips?
;D
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....... and yes I was nice gave them a few tax deduction tips :thumbsup
Did you ever give Ben Holland tax or investment tips?
;D
:nope :nope
Before my time ;D
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yep, perhaps they need to move in with them so they can look after them 24/7. use some of their fees to pay someone to wipe their butts while they are at it?
The butt wiping should be gratis for being their manager.
Changing their nappy probably involves a small fee
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Not the area of footy I'd like to be involved in to be honest
Are player rubdowns more your thing? :shh
There are massage courses that you could do WP! :thumbsup
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Are player rubdowns more your thing? :shh
There are massage courses that you could do WP! :thumbsup
:lol
Nope
More interested in the business side of footy
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Axed Tiger Daniel Connors finishes season in country
Mark Stevens
From: Herald Sun
August 03, 2012
SACKED Richmond player Daniel Connors will play out the season in country Victoria.
Connors has signed with Goulburn Valley League club Shepparton United and will start at half-forward against Kyabram this weekend.
Shepparton United football manager Jason Kelly last night confirmed the coup.
Connors is originally from nearby Echuca.
His AFL career seems over despite his obvious talents after being cut loose by Richmond for a string on indescretions.
The last straw came a month ago when Connors slept in an missed training after taking sleeping pills.
Teammate Dustin Martin was suspended for two matches for his involvement.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/axed-tiger-daniel-connors-finishes-season-in-country/story-e6frf9jf-1226441816475
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bumping
in anticipation ;)
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bumping
in anticipation ;)
Of what?
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bumping
in anticipation ;)
Of what?
Jack's going to start another rumour and he's just glowing the plugs.
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bumping
in anticipation ;)
More news to come in regard to Daniel, unfortunately.
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Although not surprising
It's a bit like Gilliard saying there is not going to be a carbon tax and the exact opposite happening
Mmmmmmm
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k
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Although not surprising
It's a bit like Gilliard saying there is not going to be a carbon tax and the exact opposite happening
Mmmmmmm
Carbon tax? Did someone mention the Carbon Tax? (Shudders!) Aaargghhh! Just got my winter quarter bill, here in Sydney. Usage down 13% and total bill up by 20%. (Tic in eye socket moves into overdrive)
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Although not surprising
It's a bit like Gilliard saying there is not going to be a carbon tax and the exact opposite happening
Mmmmmmm
Carbon tax? Did someone mention the Carbon Tax? (Shudders!) Aaargghhh! Just got my winter quarter bill, here in Sydney. Usage down 13% and total bill up by 20%. (Tic in eye socket moves into overdrive)
Does water have carbon in it?
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Although not surprising
It's a bit like Gilliard saying there is not going to be a carbon tax and the exact opposite happening
Mmmmmmm
Carbon tax? Did someone mention the Carbon Tax? (Shudders!) Aaargghhh! Just got my winter quarter bill, here in Sydney. Usage down 13% and total bill up by 20%. (Tic in eye socket moves into overdrive)
Does water have carbon in it?
Nah, water is just hydrogen and a coupla bits of oxygen ..... It's the pipes it comes in and the purification it undergoes that use the carbon. Unless of course, it's that desalinated stuff - that stuff is just liquid electriciity.
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Although not surprising
It's a bit like Gilliard saying there is not going to be a carbon tax and the exact opposite happening
Mmmmmmm
Carbon tax? Did someone mention the Carbon Tax? (Shudders!) Aaargghhh! Just got my winter quarter bill, here in Sydney. Usage down 13% and total bill up by 20%. (Tic in eye socket moves into overdrive)
Does water have carbon in it?
Nah, water is just hydrogen and a coupla bits of oxygen ..... It's the pipes it comes in and the purification it undergoes that use the carbon. Unless of course, it's that desalinated stuff - that stuff is just liquid electriciity.
Thanks Muscles :thumbsup
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Thread should be dumped to the past players page. pee him off.
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Ex-Richmond player sledges Damien Hardwick about coaching future
By Kieran Francis
Apr. 25, 2016
Former Richmond midfielder Daniel Connors let everyone know how he feels about Damien Hardwick after the Tigers slumped to a 33 point loss against Melbourne.
The pressure is growing on Hardwick with the Tigers slipping to 13th on the ladder after winning only one of the first five games of the season.
Connors, who was sacked by Richmond in 2012 for disciplinary breaches, pulled no punches after the Tigers loss tweeting a picture of the Centrelink phone number with the message: "Get it on speed dial dim."
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgzkPIxUYAUteGU.jpg)
https://twitter.com/Danconnors19/status/724204598714454016/photo/1
http://www.sportingnews.com/afl-news/4703181-ex-richmond-player-daniel-connors-sledges-damien-hardwick-about-coaching-future
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Follow Dan on Twitter
Funny at the time
But puts Dusty in the poo abit
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Follow Dan on Twitter
Funny at the time
But puts Dusty in the poo abit
Is it really him?
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Follow Dan on Twitter
Funny at the time
But puts Dusty in the poo abit
Is it really him?
I reckon
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Yes it's him
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Still bitter.
Was given extra chances but squandered them.
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Good thing we peeed him off and held on to Houli / grigg
:lol
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Good thing we peeed him off and held on to Houli / grigg
:lol
Those two are not doing illicit drugs....... :whistle
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Good thing we peeed him off and held on to Houli / grigg
:lol
Those two are not doing illicit drugs....... :whistle
Maybe they should start and they'd b less terrible at football
Lucky a few of his mates are a bit better than footy than Connors eh ...
According to the leaked hair samples he isn't unique
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Good thing we peeed him off and held on to Houli / grigg
:lol
Those two are not doing illicit drugs....... :whistle
Maybe they should start and they'd b less terrible at football
Lucky a few of his mates are a bit better than footy than Connors eh ...
According to the leaked hair samples he isn't unique
True, but he allowed his habit to affect his behaviour at training and on the field.
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Good thing we peeed him off and held on to Houli / grigg
:lol
Those two are not doing illicit drugs....... :whistle
Maybe they should start and they'd b less terrible at football
Lucky a few of his mates are a bit better than footy than Connors eh ...
According to the leaked hair samples he isn't unique
True, but he allowed his habit to affect his behaviour at training and on the field.
Which brings us back full circle mr garrison
At least he had a bit of talent
I could care I they smoked lead for a laugh as long as they were not gash at the sport like several of Dimmas mates
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Good thing we peeed him off and held on to Houli / grigg
:lol
Those two are not doing illicit drugs....... :whistle
Maybe they should start and they'd b less terrible at football
Lucky a few of his mates are a bit better than footy than Connors eh ...
According to the leaked hair samples he isn't unique
True, but he allowed his habit to affect his behaviour at training and on the field.
Which brings us back full circle mr garrison
At least he had a bit of talent
I could care I they smoked lead for a laugh as long as they were not gash at the sport like several of Dimmas mates
You might not care, but the youth that go back home and tell their parents what is happening at the club probably do and their parents will want to remove them from such an environment as fast as they can.
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Maybe dusty can Skype his old man said info
Bit of a worry in these professionals earning 100s thousands to get a pig skin are going home to cry to mummy at 17/18/19/20 years of age
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Maybe dusty can Skype his old man said info
Bit of a worry in these professionals earning 100s thousands to get a pig skin are going home to cry to mummy at 17/18/19/20 years of age
A worry or not, it's what's happening.
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Maybe dusty can Skype his old man said info
Bit of a worry in these professionals earning 100s thousands to get a pig skin are going home to cry to mummy at 17/18/19/20 years of age
A worry or not, it's what's happening.
How does that go down?
Mummy mummy I read on Facebook dusty took a pill on Saturday night
Sounds fairly far fetched
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Daniel Connors is a knobhead end of story.
Only has himself to blame stuffn loser
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Maybe dusty can Skype his old man said info
Bit of a worry in these professionals earning 100s thousands to get a pig skin are going home to cry to mummy at 17/18/19/20 years of age
A worry or not, it's what's happening.
How does that go down?
Mummy mummy I read on Facebook dusty took a pill on Saturday night
Sounds fairly far fetched
I was referring to the fact that Dan Connors was turning up at the club drug affected. If that was allowed then the young players would tell there parents what was happening at the club.
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Ex-Tiger Convicted Over Pub Attack
Dan Connors left a man with a severed tendon in his hand
MMM
September 1, 2016
Former Richmond player Dan Connors has been convicted after pleading guilty in Echuca Magistrates Court to reckless conduct endangering serious injury and failing to leave a licensed premises.
In an incident in the early hours of March 28, Connors attacked a man so badly in an Echuca hotel that he severed a tendon in his hand and left him with serious cuts to his hand.
The victim required surgery to repair the damage.
Connors confronted the victim over an earlier incident involving him and the former Tiger’s girlfriend.
Connors was fined $4000 by Magistrate Peter Mithen who said the charges warranted a conviction.
Connors played 29 games and kicked 11 goals for Richmond over six seasons before being sacked in 2012 for off-field issues - most notably missing a training session after sleeping in.
Former Richmond coach Terry Wallace once said that Connors had received roughly eight warnings under his watch for poor behaviour.
http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/afl/news/2016/8/former-richmond-tigers-player-daniel-connors-convicted-over-vicious-pub-attack-in-echuca/
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Wow no mention of Dusty :clapping :clapping :clapping
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Fallen Tiger loving Richmond's ride from afar
afl.com.au
28 September 2017
FALLEN Tiger Dan Connors turned 29 on Friday.
His former AFL team is days from playing in its first Grand Final in 35 years, and he is instead lobbying his boss in a Kalgoorlie mine to give him time off to sit in the crowd.
Connors was working on Monday night while his best mate, Brownlow medallist Dustin Martin, begrudgingly faced the media only minutes after being crowned the AFL's fairest and best player for 2017.
Their lives have gone in different directions since the fateful night five years ago when they each took sleeping pills as part of a series of events that saw them miss training the next day.
Richmond terminated Connors' playing contract – after many warnings – while Martin copped a two-week suspension and was forbidden from socialising with his fellow Bendigo Pioneer product.
They still speak multiple times a week, and Connors, who played 29 AFL games across six injury-marred seasons, is full of admiration for the man who remains a mystery to most.
"I was very proud watching him and it was good to see not only him playing well, but the other boys as well – and taking it to another level," Connors told AFL.com.au.
"He's a bloke that will pretty much do anything for you, no matter what – even if it puts him out. That's the type of guy he is. He'll literally do absolutely anything for you to help you or to further you any way in life possible.
"He's my best mate and someone I'm pretty proud to call my mate.
"It's sort of a shame on one hand that people can't see what he's like, but on the other one, it's one of the things that makes it so good about him."
Connors readily admits he could have handled his AFL exit and the ensuing months far better, and even understands why people at the Tigers thought he "wasn't good" for Martin.
"It was a shame how it all ended up," he said.
"But now I just love seeing them go well … and it turns out that Damien (Hardwick) is a terrific coach and he's done the club a world of good, so it's all positive from my end.
"Certainly for a while there I had a bit of sour grapes on him, and I even took a couple of pot shots at him on social media, but that's just immaturity on my behalf."
Connors, originally from Echuca, has ping-ponged between clubs since exiting AFL ranks, from Shepparton United to Aberfeldie to VFL club Port Melbourne to Bridgewater to Heidelberg.
His latest football stop is at Kambalda Eagles, a club based just outside Kalgoorlie that hasn't won a senior game for two years. Ex-Carlton footballer Andrew Walker is the new coach at Echuca and has made contact with Connors about his plans for 2018.
Connors' one season at Port Melbourne in 2014 reminded the footy world of his immense talent, with the left-footer sharing the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal as the VFL's leading goalkicker.
"That was one of the best years of footy I had, enjoyment wise and just mateship wise, and (coach) Gary Ayres was unreal for me," he said.
"But I had to look to move on from the dream of coming back to AFL footy and look after myself and try and start a career, so I played a bit more local footy following work roles around."
Connors isn't proud of his bad boy tag but owns it, knowing he contributed to his reputation with a string of alcohol-charged incidents. He said illicit drugs were not part of his fall from grace.
Connors hadn't drank alcohol for eight months before his sacking, as per strict rules placed upon him. But it wasn't enough for him to survive another indiscretion.
His AFL links these days are through Martin, former Tiger Brett Deledio, Sam Lloyd, Brandon Ellis and, to a lesser extent, Shane Edwards and Alex Rance.
Connors likes rather than loves football, but appreciates the sport for the friendships and experiences it provided him.
"I'd still love to be playing footy for Richmond. Who wouldn't?" Connors said.
"Now I can probably see where they were coming from, but I try not to think about it too much. They're in a Grand Final and I'm up here in Kalgoorlie."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-27/fallen-tiger-loving-richmonds-ride-from-afar
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Ex-Tigers star charged with firearm, drug offences
Former Richmond footballer Daniel Connors has appeared in court a day after being charged with firearm and drug offences.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/extigers-star-daniel-connors-charged-with-firearm-drug-offences/news-story/90ebbed535da5b6b957471234d120c57
Former @Richmond_FC player @Danconnors19 is behind bars tonight facing serious drugs and firearm charges. It follows a car chase where shots were fired in the northern suburbs.
https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1611257385880014848
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If only he used his powers for good
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I remember watching his draft video and wondering why he slid so far.
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Ex-Tigers star charged with firearm, drug offences
Former Richmond footballer Daniel Connors has appeared in court a day after being charged with firearm and drug offences.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/extigers-star-daniel-connors-charged-with-firearm-drug-offences/news-story/90ebbed535da5b6b957471234d120c57
More shoddy reporting "Ex-Tigers Star
Star? Not even close :rollin
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Caused alot of trouble at Richmond, just didn’t have the attitude to be an AFL player, he had the abilty
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Not a very good human from all reports, including before he was drafted. Had ability however but gee, just an absolute arse clown
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Not a very good human from all reports, including before he was drafted. Had ability however but gee, just an absolute arse clown
This
Truth
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Ex-Tiger Daniel Connors arrested, charged over violent car chase where ‘shots were fired’
Catherine Healey
News Corp
January 7, 2023
A former Richmond footballer is behind bars amid allegations he was involved in a violent car chase in Melbourne on Christmas Eve.
Daniel Connors appeared in court on Friday on a string of offences, including drugs and firearms charges, and the alleged theft of a motor vehicle police say was used in a violent crime where shots were fired.
Connors, who played for the Tigers between 2007 and 2012 before being sacked for a well-documented sleeping pill blunder after repeat behavioural warnings, did not apply for bail in court on Friday.
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He will likely now remain behind bars until his next court appearance in March.
“The former footy star was arrested in Geelong yesterday (Thursday) by members of the SOG (Special Operations Group),” 7NEWS reporter Cassie Zervos revealed.
“Daniel Connors was one of three men wanted over a violent car chase on Christmas Eve where shots were fired from one car to another.
“Police from the Echo taskforce and the VIPER taskforce swooped on other men, arresting a 24-year-old man from Deer Park.”
Connors’ arrest was part of a gang crime squad probe where raids were conducted on addresses across the Melbourne metro area.
Police are alleging a stolen Toyota Rav4 was used to pursue a Volkswagen through a number of Melbourne’s northern suburbs where dashcam vision shows the vehicle run a red light and cross onto the wrong side of the road as part of evasive measures.
“It appears an occupant of the Toyota fires several shots in the direction of the Volkswagen, which is later located on 31 December with a shattered rear windscreen which police believe is gunshot damage,” Victoria Police said in a statement.
“These are rare incidents but any indiscriminate use of a firearm and dangerous driving in the presence of innocent civilians going about their morning is concerning,” Detective Acting Inspector Ash Ryan, from the Echo Taskforce, added.
“We believe this was a targeted attack, but the danger it poses to the community is immense and we are lucky that other people were not seriously injured.”
Police are still appealing for any potential witnesses to the car chase to come forward.
Connors managed 29 games for the Tigers in his six years at the club.
His court appearance on Friday is not his first brush with the law, after being convicted of a violent pub attack that left a man with a severed tendon in his hand in 2016.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/extiger-daniel-connors-arrested-charged-over-violent-car-chase-where-shots-were-fired/news-story/72d17d6760e933d03cb93439a451d18e
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Still a great bloke I see.
You know they're out of control when Cousins feels like he needs to punch someone lol.
So glad we got rid of this dud and stopped him influencing dusty too much.
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Still a great bloke I see.
You know they're out of control when Cousins feels like he needs to punch someone lol.
So glad we got rid of this dud and stopped him influencing dusty too much.
He’s many things .. but a dud?
The guy was super talented , such a waste
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My definition of dud:-
1. Can’t play despite being super professional and reaching his potential
2: Won’t reach potential because he refuses to be super professional
Dan Connors meets criteria #2
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Still a great bloke I see.
You know they're out of control when Cousins feels like he needs to punch someone lol.
So glad we got rid of this dud and stopped him influencing dusty too much.
He’s many things .. but a dud?
The guy was super talented , such a waste
Google definition:
'a thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless.'
As far as I'm concerned he's an absolute dud and a few handy games doesn't change that. Same with Stack.
Potential means diddly squat to me if it can't be tapped with any consistency.
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By that logic there are only really two types of player. The blokes in the ones and the duds. Anyone who doesn't leave the game on their terms in the end would also have to be a dud at that point.
Semantics. Kid could seriously play , as can/could Stack.
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You can't play if you're not in the system. Dud.
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By that logic there are only really two types of player. The blokes in the ones and the duds. Anyone who doesn't leave the game on their terms in the end would also have to be a dud at that point.
Semantics. Kid could seriously play , as can/could Stack.
Nope, you can still have good players in the twos. Lynch is our best player but we can't play 12 of him in the same side can we? Different roles etc.
Also once you're about 35 and cooked that's probably satisfactory or appropriate given your age.
Anyway we can all agree that he could play. Not useful having 1-2 good games each year while you're busy doing gear and partying all the time.
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Connors was a dud, and history proves it. He was and is still a knob too. Was talented enough to get drafted like many others but a dud.
If he wasn't a dud he'd have proven the delisting to be wrong. He didn't.
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What a stuffing mundane argument this is.
From my perspective a dud in footballing terms is a bloke with little ability that can't get much of a kick or is painfully soft.
Even at the local level there are seriously talented blokes that don't take their football serious enough but can play. I wouldn't call them duds, just blokes that don't give enough of a poo or are pumpkin heads. Ditto Connors, Stack, Marty McGrath etc
You blokes are of the opinion that you're a dud if you get delisted. That's your view, live and let live
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What a stuffing mundane argument this is.
From my perspective a dud in footballing terms is a bloke with little ability that can't get much of a kick or is painfully soft.
Even at the local level there are seriously talented blokes that don't take their football serious enough but can play. I wouldn't call them duds, just blokes that don't give enough of a poo or are pumpkin heads. Ditto Connors, Stack, Marty McGrath etc
You blokes are of the opinion that you're a dud if you get delisted. That's your view, live and let live
Oh please the guy is a dud through and through. He had talent and wasted the lot. Being delisted has nothing to do with it, if you're playing at AFL level and don't have the professionalism to play more than about 5-6 good games then you're a dud, end of story. Sheesh how many other blokes got drafted and played a few handy games? Cleve Hughes for example. Still a dud.
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As I said, semantics. I don't use that word on blokes who are talents. I see why you fellas do, I just don't agree that you're a dud footballer if you're not playing consistent AFL footy
If you called him a dud recruit I'd agree. Not a dud footballer though
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I get both arguments but lazy people are dud athletes and footballers are professional athletes
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As I said, semantics. I don't use that word on blokes who are talents. I see why you fellas do, I just don't agree that you're a dud footballer if you're not playing consistent AFL footy
If you called him a dud recruit I'd agree. Not a dud footballer though
Getting very picky now but I actually just called him a dud, not a dud footballer. Given that this is a professional club at the highest level and we are a footy forum for the same I think it's fair to say any player is a dud if they are unprofessional and don't realise their talent however sensational or modest that may be - it's really the whole point of the industry.
Need talent, effort, commitment, professionalism etc. He had 1 of those only so he's a dud regardless.
I get both arguments but lazy people are dud athletes and footballers are professional athletes
Exactly. Dud dud dud.
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Still a great bloke I see.
You know they're out of control when Cousins feels like he needs to punch someone lol.
So glad we got rid of this dude and stopped him influencing dusty too much.
Fixed a spelling mistake in the original post. Hopefully that clears things up.
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Police have charged a fourth person over a car chase shooting in the northern suburbs on Christmas eve. Former Richmond star Daniel Connors is among the men already arrested. @jodilee_7 has the latest.
https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1614157833901309954
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Daniel Connors bailed after alleged involvement in violent Christmas Eve chase
Shocking new claims have been aired in court on a former Richmond star’s alleged involvement in a dramatic car chase through Melbourne on Christmas Eve.
Hugo Timms
NCA NewsWire
January 18, 2023 - 6:37PM
Former AFL footballer and draft gun Daniel Connors has been released from prison to attend rehab, after his alleged involvement in a high-speed chase in which shots were fired from a stolen car in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.
The heavily-pregnant partner of Mr Connors shed tears throughout the lengthy bail application in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday, where Mr Connors’ parents also agreed to stump up $50,000 from their savings as a bail surety.
Police told the court Mr Connors, who played 29 games for Richmond from 2007 to 2012 after he was drafted with pick 58 in the 2006 national draft, attended an apartment in Drummond St, Carlton in the early hours of Christmas Eve armed with a gun in the presence of three other co-accused.
In a remand summary, police said Mr Connors lifted up his shirt, revealing a firearm tucked into his trousers while in the elevator at the apartment complex shortly before 2am.
Mr Connors faces seven charges, including stealing a Rav4 allegedly used in the chase from Thornbury days earlier, firearm offences and committing an indictable offence on bail.
The court heard Mr Connors was allegedly in the back passenger seat of the Rav4 as it pursued a silver Volkswagen from Footscray, through Moonee Ponds and Essendon, before crashing on Bell Street in Pascoe Vale about 7.30am, where the occupants allegedly fled the scene.
Police allege the Volkswagen was seen with a gunshot hole in its rear window while travelling at high speed on Holmes Road in Moonee Ponds, and was later found in Coburg with seven gunshot holes.
It is not alleged Mr Connors fired his gun at the Volkswagen.
Prosecutor Michael Roper said Mr Connors was in the presence of three younger men with “very serious” criminal records, and said police allege he assaulted one of the victims before the pursuit began in Footscray.
“He’s part of a common purpose,” Mr Roper said.
“He’s not just there for the ride,” he said.
Detective Senior Constable Joe Halloran, from Victoria Police’s Gang Crime Squad, told the court police had not deduced a motive for the incident, but told the court police suspected it was of a criminal nature.
Constable Halloran said the alleged offending was “extremely serious,” and told the court Mr Connors was “very lucky” it didn’t result in a serious injury or death.
The court heard at the time of the alleged offending, for which he was arrested on January 6 in Geelong, Mr Connors was on police bail for drug offences.
Mr Connors’ mother told the court the surety she and her husband had withdrawn from their savings was “not how they planned to spend their retirement.”
Defence barrister Sam Tovey told the court the prosecution case against Mr Connors had “serious issues,” and said his involvement in the “chaotic and dynamic” incident was not clear.
Mr Tovey said his client had shown an ability to live a “positive and productive life,” and added there were “people out there willing to back him”.
He said there was a possibility of a two-year wait before Mr Connors’ allegations were tried in the County Court.
Magistrate Belinda Franjic agreed the case against Mr Connors was not strong as it currently stood, and expressed concern over the delay in the testing of forensic evidence, which the court heard was anywhere between four to six months, and the amount of time before the matter could be tried.
Magistrate Franjic granted Mr Connors bail, which will be spent at Arrow Health’s rehab facility in Woodend, under strict conditions.
She ordered Mr Connors to surrender his passport, and said he would not be allowed to leave the rehab facility unless he was in the presence of a staff member.
Mr Connors will return to court on March 23.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond/daniel-connors-bailed-after-alleged-involvement-in-violent-christmas-eve-chase/news-story/23875dd4bf3aeecb325dd2eded42b4cd