Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls - 2009 expectations?

[Mr Magic]

Good to see him make the squad agains Freo.  Still believe he has something to offer down the track as a forward.

We are down the track.
Make or break season for young Jarrad.
Needs to show dramatic improvement this season if he's to stay on the list in '10.

[Francois Jackson]

Good to see him make the squad agains Freo.  Still believe he has something to offer down the track as a forward.

First thing i did with this comment is save it ready to replay it again this year.

You have got to be joking. JOn couldn't get a root in a brothel let alone kick a goal without pooting his pants.

He is NOT a AFL footballer. Get over it you and face facts that he is rubbish



Edit: Please let the swear filter do its job

[DallasCrane]

Good to see him make the squad agains Freo.  Still believe he has something to offer down the track as a forward.

First thing i did with this comment is save it ready to replay it again this year.

You have got to be joking. JOn couldn't get a root in a brothel let alone kick a goal without pooting his pants.

He is NOT a AFL footballer. Get over it you and face facts that he is rubbish

Nothing wrong with being optimistic at this time of the year

[1965]

You have got to be joking. JOn couldn't get a root in a brothel

Speaking from experience Danny?

 

and no before you say it I never have and never will

[yellowandback]

Good to see him make the squad agains Freo.  Still believe he has something to offer down the track as a forward.

First thing i did with this comment is save it ready to replay it again this year.

You have got to be joking. JOn couldn't get a root in a brothel let alone kick a goal without pooting his pants.

He is NOT a AFL footballer. Get over it you and face facts that he is rubbish

The manner you write suggests that either a visit to a brothel or a bit of wrist relief may be in order.....

[yellowandback]

Y&B,

It humours me how TW's hand is cast in just about everything that goes wrong at Tigerland, I had never heard that JON's faults as a player could be directly linked to TW.  Now that I am informed though at least we have an explanation for his disposal and decision making skills, bad TW.

If you think JON's a whipping boy then how about TW, I dont think anyone over the last four years has copped as much as him at Tigerland.  Also in regards to player development a lot of players dont cut it at AFL level, sad fact but true, it is never going to be nipped in the bud and with our youngsters coming through I cant see how you can say it is a problem.

Coaches are called coaches for a reason, most professional athletes have them.

TW may be a whipping boy but he is a 50 year old man with 30 years in this industry earning significant coin. I'm sure he can handle it.
JON on the other hand, is a kid and I pray doesn't have to read half the unfair dribble that is written about him.

Do you seriously think it is okay to bag him on the one hand and defend Terry Wallace on the other?

Maybe his best is not at AFL standard, maybe it is. His attitude seems genuine and if he makes it, good luck to him. If he doesn't, the kid to me has a bit of dignity and shows a lot more class than some of gutter posters who bag him out.


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[Francois Jackson]

Good to see him make the squad agains Freo.  Still believe he has something to offer down the track as a forward.

First thing i did with this comment is save it ready to replay it again this year.

You have got to be joking. JOn couldn't get a root in a brothel let alone kick a goal without sh.itting his pants.

He is NOT a AFL footballer. Get over it you and face facts that he is rubbish

The manner you write suggests that either a visit to a brothel or a bit of wrist relief may be in order.....

at least i have a wrist to snap off. Yours has probably snapped permanently due to overuse. Poor lonely man i feel for u

[Ox]

at least i have a wrist to snap off.

...and u snap it off 5 times a day...

Yours has probably snapped permanently due to overuse.

what u hate in yourself,u despise in others

Poor lonely man i feel for u

5 times a day.

[Judge Roughneck]

he's lke a marijuana plant that has big buds but when u actually smoke them,u just can't get high.

failed year after year at the draft table.

he is one of the weakest footballers i have seen in my life, right up there with Fiora.

He is not weak.

I saw him break his shoulder 10 secs into a game when he went in for the hard ball.

Not very good, but not soft.

[torch]

Jarrad better show something, because he is not going to be at Tigerland in 2010!

[one-eyed]

Leave the guttertalk and personal infighting out of the topic discussion thanks   

[Chuck17]

Do you seriously think it is okay to bag him on the one hand and defend Terry Wallace on the other?

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No I dont think it is OK to bag him unfairly or bring his character into disrepute and I dont believe I ever have. What I saw as unfair was your original comment of blaming TW for JON's lack of ability to break it into the AFL.  He was a first round highly regarded draft pick and like it or lump has expectations attached accordingly.

I think you are over rating the effect of one person in a AFL footballers development over a three year period.  Do you think if JON doesn't make it as an AFL footballer he will say it was the fault of TW?, if he has the dignity and class you credit him with and the honesty then he shouldnt.

[bushranger]

I think he will make one hell of a good bench warmer for the players coming off for a break.
So not much at all. I still can't see why we retained his services.

[yellowandback]

Do you seriously think it is okay to bag him on the one hand and defend Terry Wallace on the other?

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No I dont think it is OK to bag him unfairly or bring his character into disrepute and I dont believe I ever have. What I saw as unfair was your original comment of blaming TW for JON's lack of ability to break it into the AFL.  He was a first round highly regarded draft pick and like it or lump has expectations attached accordingly.

I think you are over rating the effect of one person in a AFL footballers development over a three year period.  Do you think if JON doesn't make it as an AFL footballer he will say it was the fault of TW?, if he has the dignity and class you credit him with and the honesty then he shouldnt.

Chuck, JON did not pick himself as 8 in that draft, so you are bagging a bloke over something he has no control over.
Please read my original comment regarding TW's involvement in developing a talent, not being responsible for his ability.
Every player's ability is their own, how they apply that talent is something that the coach should try encourage, cajole, needle, harass or somehow extract from them.

But lets agree to disagree, you seem to think that it is okay to hold a 21 year old responsible for his draft pick and use that as a basis for taking pot shots at him and yet you fiercely defend ANY criticism of a coach that has been in the game for 30 years which includes 4 years at Richmond with a winning rate at under 40% over that period.

Whatever Chuck.

[Francois Jackson]

Do you seriously think it is okay to bag him on the one hand and defend Terry Wallace on the other?

Edit: fixed quoting

No I dont think it is OK to bag him unfairly or bring his character into disrepute and I dont believe I ever have. What I saw as unfair was your original comment of blaming TW for JON's lack of ability to break it into the AFL.  He was a first round highly regarded draft pick and like it or lump has expectations attached accordingly.

I think you are over rating the effect of one person in a AFL footballers development over a three year period.  Do you think if JON doesn't make it as an AFL footballer he will say it was the fault of TW?, if he has the dignity and class you credit him with and the honesty then he shouldnt.

Chuck, JON did not pick himself as 8 in that draft, so you are bagging a bloke over something he has no control over.
Please read my original comment regarding TW's involvement in developing a talent, not being responsible for his ability.
Every player's ability is their own, how they apply that talent is something that the coach should try encourage, cajole, needle, harass or somehow extract from them.

But lets agree to disagree, you seem to think that it is okay to hold a 21 year old responsible for his draft pick and use that as a basis for taking pot shots at him and yet you fiercely defend ANY criticism of a coach that has been in the game for 30 years which includes 4 years at Richmond with a winning rate at under 40% over that period.

Whatever Chuck.

so let me get this right.
Its not JON's fault he is a crap footballer that 15 other clubs would have delisted years ago. Fair enough he didn't pick himself at 8.
Its not Tw's fault for extracting SFA in this footballer over 4 years.
Its not miller's fault for drafting the dud himself.

Its no one's fault that we embarass ourselves by continuing to keep footballer's like this on our list.

FFS everyone take note HE IS poo. full stop no ifs no buts he is not fit to play for an AFL club.

The reason we have been so unsuccessful is by continuing to have these list cloggers around at our club.

Danny Meyer was not a favourite of mine, but next to JON he might as well be Gary Ablett JNR. How we chose JON over him is a joke.