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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #105 on: October 21, 2012, 08:15:03 AM »
You're in for an arse slappin Wat
Lots of people name their swords......

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #106 on: October 21, 2012, 09:18:22 AM »
You're in for an arse slappin Wat

 ;D....I didn't say a word Owl.. ;)
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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #107 on: October 21, 2012, 09:33:28 AM »
Well done R.F.C ,damm would of been hard to keep a straight face when they were negotiating

Yep it went something along the lines of this. :thumbsup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvnm0tjX3Y
;D

We obviously hid this vision of classic Gus in action from Adelaide's recruiters  :whistle
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2lFN92n_Hwk

lmaooo

what was he trying to do when he missed the mark?
His confidence when marking was shot over the last couple of years (it seemed to correspond with his return after doing his ankle). I remember watching training in the dugout on the wing at Victoria Park about 2-3 years ago and the ruck coach at the time was testing Gus with high balls. He dropped about half of them. It was like watching auskick and Gus trying to learn how to mark all over again from scratch :-\.  If you saw the last Coburg game this year on tv you'd remember Gus dropping a sitter in the defensive goalsquare that gifted I think Box Hill a goal. In the end Gus couldn't kick, mark or get off the ground in the ruck. If Adelaide think they can turn all those fundamental deficiencies around then good luck to them. They're gonna need it!

Didn't he average 5 contested marks per game for Coburg? You can't just use one example of him dropping a mark in a game. Be fair.

Adelaide are a much better club than Richmond. Obviously they have done their homework. Gus can be a solid backup option
Adelaide a better club than us?  :huh


Yep. How many finals have we played in the last 30 years? How many grand finals have we won? How did we go against the Crows last year? I'll start bagging other clubs and arse slapping my Richmond mates when we actually do something decent. 3 years under Hardwick and not once have we come close to finals. Next year is the year. No excuses.

I do arse slap my mates anyway.
Remind me to never be your mate.

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #108 on: October 21, 2012, 12:19:05 PM »
Well done R.F.C ,damm would of been hard to keep a straight face when they were negotiating

Yep it went something along the lines of this. :thumbsup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvnm0tjX3Y
;D

We obviously hid this vision of classic Gus in action from Adelaide's recruiters  :whistle
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2lFN92n_Hwk

lmaooo

what was he trying to do when he missed the mark?
His confidence when marking was shot over the last couple of years (it seemed to correspond with his return after doing his ankle). I remember watching training in the dugout on the wing at Victoria Park about 2-3 years ago and the ruck coach at the time was testing Gus with high balls. He dropped about half of them. It was like watching auskick and Gus trying to learn how to mark all over again from scratch :-\.  If you saw the last Coburg game this year on tv you'd remember Gus dropping a sitter in the defensive goalsquare that gifted I think Box Hill a goal. In the end Gus couldn't kick, mark or get off the ground in the ruck. If Adelaide think they can turn all those fundamental deficiencies around then good luck to them. They're gonna need it!

Didn't he average 5 contested marks per game for Coburg? You can't just use one example of him dropping a mark in a game. Be fair.

Adelaide are a much better club than Richmond. Obviously they have done their homework. Gus can be a solid backup option
Adelaide a better club than us?  :huh


Yep. How many finals have we played in the last 30 years? How many grand finals have we won? How did we go against the Crows last year? I'll start bagging other clubs and arse slapping my Richmond mates when we actually do something decent. 3 years under Hardwick and not once have we come close to finals. Next year is the year. No excuses.

I do arse slap my mates anyway.
Remind me to never be your mate.

 :lol

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #109 on: October 21, 2012, 03:42:14 PM »
Well done R.F.C ,damm would of been hard to keep a straight face when they were negotiating

Yep it went something along the lines of this. :thumbsup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvnm0tjX3Y
;D

We obviously hid this vision of classic Gus in action from Adelaide's recruiters  :whistle
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2lFN92n_Hwk

lmaooo

what was he trying to do when he missed the mark?
His confidence when marking was shot over the last couple of years (it seemed to correspond with his return after doing his ankle). I remember watching training in the dugout on the wing at Victoria Park about 2-3 years ago and the ruck coach at the time was testing Gus with high balls. He dropped about half of them. It was like watching auskick and Gus trying to learn how to mark all over again from scratch :-\.  If you saw the last Coburg game this year on tv you'd remember Gus dropping a sitter in the defensive goalsquare that gifted I think Box Hill a goal. In the end Gus couldn't kick, mark or get off the ground in the ruck. If Adelaide think they can turn all those fundamental deficiencies around then good luck to them. They're gonna need it!

Didn't he average 5 contested marks per game for Coburg? You can't just use one example of him dropping a mark in a game. Be fair.

Adelaide are a much better club than Richmond. Obviously they have done their homework. Gus can be a solid backup option
Adelaide a better club than us?  :huh


Yep. How many finals have we played in the last 30 years? How many grand finals have we won? How did we go against the Crows last year? I'll start bagging other clubs and arse slapping my Richmond mates when we actually do something decent. 3 years under Hardwick and not once have we come close to finals. Next year is the year. No excuses.

I do arse slap my mates anyway.
Remind me to never be your mate.

BS mate, you'd love it and you know it. I think I arse slapped you once or twice over on Y&B. Back when Eggnog was a furious forum participant 8)

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #110 on: October 21, 2012, 04:17:50 PM »
Back to the topic ppl!

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #111 on: October 21, 2012, 06:06:01 PM »
Well done R.F.C ,damm would of been hard to keep a straight face when they were negotiating

Yep it went something along the lines of this. :thumbsup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvnm0tjX3Y
;D

We obviously hid this vision of classic Gus in action from Adelaide's recruiters  :whistle
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2lFN92n_Hwk

lmaooo

what was he trying to do when he missed the mark?
His confidence when marking was shot over the last couple of years (it seemed to correspond with his return after doing his ankle). I remember watching training in the dugout on the wing at Victoria Park about 2-3 years ago and the ruck coach at the time was testing Gus with high balls. He dropped about half of them. It was like watching auskick and Gus trying to learn how to mark all over again from scratch :-\.  If you saw the last Coburg game this year on tv you'd remember Gus dropping a sitter in the defensive goalsquare that gifted I think Box Hill a goal. In the end Gus couldn't kick, mark or get off the ground in the ruck. If Adelaide think they can turn all those fundamental deficiencies around then good luck to them. They're gonna need it!

Didn't he average 5 contested marks per game for Coburg? You can't just use one example of him dropping a mark in a game. Be fair.

Adelaide are a much better club than Richmond. Obviously they have done their homework. Gus can be a solid backup option
Adelaide a better club than us?  :huh


Yep. How many finals have we played in the last 30 years? How many grand finals have we won? How did we go against the Crows last year? I'll start bagging other clubs and arse slapping my Richmond mates when we actually do something decent. 3 years under Hardwick and not once have we come close to finals. Next year is the year. No excuses.

I do arse slap my mates anyway.
Remind me to never be your mate.

BS mate, you'd love it and you know it. I think I arse slapped you once or twice over on Y&B. Back when Eggnog was a furious forum participant 8)
Can't help a footy obsession, mate.











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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #112 on: October 21, 2012, 06:16:37 PM »
old moles......

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #114 on: October 21, 2012, 07:39:56 PM »
old moles......
Look in the mirror you ancient fossil.  ;D

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #116 on: October 22, 2012, 08:14:39 PM »
Graham wants to be number one
By Harry Thring
Mon 22 Oct, 2012



NEW ADELAIDE recruit Angus Graham has a message for teammate Sam Jacobs: the fight for the number one ruck position is on.

After a season in which Jacobs emerged as one of the AFL's premier big men, topping the League in hit-outs to advantage, most saw Graham's trade to Adelaide a move to fill the back-up ruck role vacated by Kurt Tippett when he expressed desire to join the Sydney Swans.

But the former Richmond ruckman didn't get the memo.

Graham told 5AA radio on Monday afternoon that Jacobs wasn't entitled to the number one ruck position at the club on reputation alone and, if he outperformed him over the pre-season, he would expect to be named at first ruck.

"I've been number one before and I still think I'm a very good player and can take his spot, so I'm not just going to allow him to walk straight in, I'm going to fight over the pre-season and put my best foot forward," Graham said.

"If I'm playing better footy than him I expect to get a game … I'm sure if the coaches think I'm playing better they'll play me."

 The 25-year-old managed only one game in 2012, stuck behind former Crow Ivan Maric who was forced out of Adelaide because of a lack of opportunity.

Graham said he hadn't been able to "flourish" under Damien Hardwick's "more defensive" game plan, preferring former coach Terry Wallace and new coach Brenton Sanderson's attacking brand of football.

Pushed from Punt Road, Graham said he hoped he could enjoy a Maric-style rejuvenation at West Lakes.

"Ivan came across (to Richmond) last year because he couldn't get a game and he had a very good season at Richmond which held me out, so it's funny how it swings, but hopefully it works out for me and I can take a jump like Ivan did at Richmond," he said.

"Terry's game style, he sort of told me to go out and play and back me in to run and spread and that sort of stuff comes naturally (to me) and 'Dimma's' a bit more defensive.

"I probably didn't flourish under him as much as I did under Terry.

"[Sanderson] plays two talls at times…'Dimma' was not so (fond) of playing me and Ivan (Maric) in the same team so that excited me a bit."

But the 201cm ruckman who, at 107kg said he was just inside his 105-107kg ideal playing weight, also said he knew it wasn't just Jacobs he'd have to outplay to lock down a position in Adelaide's side.

Josh Jenkins and Shaun McKernan both played in 2012, and Jenkins in particular has been widely tipped to replace Tippett on his own.

The club's inaugural coach Graham Cornes and Port Adelaide great Warren Tredrea even called for him to replace the under-performing Tippett during its finals campaign.

Graham said he wouldn't take anything for granted at Adelaide, but hoped to impress the coaches throughout the summer.

"Nothing's given to you in AFL, I've been around long enough and I've gone through a lot of ups and downs," he said.

"I've got a lot of points to prove.

"(With) Jenkins and McKernan and players like that, I know I'm not guaranteed any spots or anything like that but I'm going there to have a crack, have a pre-season and put my best foot forward.

"I do think my best football is in front of me so I'm just looking to have a big pre-season, impress the coaches and just show them what I've got."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150063/default.aspx

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #117 on: October 22, 2012, 08:24:07 PM »
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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #118 on: October 22, 2012, 08:25:12 PM »
Maybe he could have put up a fight for number one in the back half of '11 when it was pretty public we were looking for a new ruck.

Also, wouldn't see us having a 'more defensive' game plan. Maybe Graham couldn't get a kick because he didn't know the game plan?

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Re: Say your goodbyes to Gus :D --- off to Adelaide [merged]
« Reply #119 on: October 22, 2012, 08:47:08 PM »
 :jump

 :ROTFL

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:booboo :booboo

 :fencing :fencing

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Well I'm so glad we now know what the problem was....it was Dimma not Gus  ::) ::) and he preferred Wallace as a coach  :rollin :lol

And maybe Dimma wasn't "too fond" of playing you because when things didn't go your way you dropped your head and sulked more times than some of us care to remember but I suppose that was Dimma's fault too  ;D



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