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Offline one-eyed

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Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« on: December 03, 2020, 08:38:45 PM »
Borrowing this question from the AFL's twitter account:


Which player proved you wrong?

It’s right around a week before the draft where everyone becomes an expert, but it’s confession time 😅

Which player did you not rate in their draft year and went on to prove you wrong at AFL level?

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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2020, 09:08:13 PM »
Liam Baker

I know he was a rookie but after this few games I thought really? What have they done

No hesitation saying I got it horribly wrong
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2020, 11:14:51 PM »
Shane Edwards did take a few years to get going. I know I was not alone in thinking he was not up to it but I (we) were so wrong. A Grader now.
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2020, 11:32:17 PM »
Astbury wrote him off years ago thinking he was a cripple who played his best game on debut like Dean Polo. Has been a solid soldier down back for a handful of years now.

Maybe Shorty too. Just didn't think he'd make it.
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2020, 11:40:35 PM »
Soldo

Never had confidence

And going the other way , I thought Stack would be special , now have doubts
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2020, 12:10:10 AM »
Shai Bolton for me. I thought he got ahead of himself and was just trying to take mark of the year and would end up like Bennell with flashes of brilliance but not fulfilling potential. Proved me wrong big time!
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2020, 08:12:59 AM »
Agree with the Soldo one although a big knee on an already slow bloke might prove damaging .... particularly if CCJ can step up in 2021.
The guy I had pegged with actually Dylan Grimes although my knock on him was soundness body wise due to those seemingly endless hamstring injuries / when he did one this season it made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2020, 02:48:05 PM »
McIntosh.... though I've been off & on a few times...likewise Graham... :shh

Like a lot of people, Edwards...but the bloke took nearly 8 years to come good and play at a consistent level so you could hardly blame anyone for being skeptical about him.... :shh

Thought Nankervis was done and trade bait.... :shh

Lambert though still don't rate him as highly as some....:shh

No longer a Tiger but going the other way - Butler  :shh


Soldo & Short still suck ..and while I'm on the subject of Norm Smith runner-ups, so does Houli more often than not....have at me, don't care... :shh





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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2020, 03:48:03 PM »
Mine is not form related but Grimes is the guy that I held little hope for early on. Just did not think he could overcome the hamstring injuries
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2020, 05:42:58 PM »
Quote from: Gracie on December 04, 2020, 03:48:03 PM
Mine is not form related but Grimes is the guy that I held little hope for early on. Just did not think he could overcome the hamstring injuries

Schulzy got ya too. Though he kicked on elsewhere I guess  :shh

Don't think I've ever been proven wrong. I know too much about the game & anything I've ever said was highly accurate.

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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2020, 06:31:39 PM »
 :shh :shh
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"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good...."

- Thomas Sowell

Quote from: 1965 on November 17, 2023, 06:47:06 PM

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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2020, 07:20:05 PM »
I once thought that Bartlett kid was going to go bald & be a complete flop!

I was half right!       :thumbsup
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2020, 09:41:56 PM »
Quote from: Assange Tiger on December 04, 2020, 05:42:58 PM
Quote from: Gracie on December 04, 2020, 03:48:03 PM
Mine is not form related but Grimes is the guy that I held little hope for early on. Just did not think he could overcome the hamstring injuries

Schulzy got ya too. Though he kicked on elsewhere I guess  :shh

Don't think I've ever been proven wrong. I know too much about the game & anything I've ever said was highly accurate.

Regards,
Assange. J. Trump

Ah yes Schulz. He kept running to the same spots as Richo. No wonder he kicked on at Port when he was the # 1 forward.
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2020, 07:33:15 AM »
cant wait for Claw's response :)
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Re: Confession time: Which Tiger proved you wrong?
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2020, 07:40:35 AM »
Quote from: taztiger4 on December 05, 2020, 07:33:15 AM
cant wait for Claw's response :)

Claw will answer the question “which player was a complete and utter disappointment after thinking that they would be a good player “
Or, he will answer the question with Melbourne players
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