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(07-17-2017, 03:13 AM)deags link Wrote:I am not a good enough judge for Byrne... He does seem to have something about him, but my 2 reservations would be
1. Is his body up to it, when is bad luck bad protoplasm as we say in the medical trade.
2. I think some of the Irish (and other international players) struggle with not having grown up with the game, in terms of reading the play.
There are exceptions, Kennelly and Tuohy being the most recent, Tuohy is on track for AA selection this season.
Byrne was an outstanding Gaelic footballer, from memory the youngest ever to be selected in the all Ireland side, and he's shown enough in his dozen or so games to be confident that he's handled the transition.
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(07-17-2017, 12:44 AM)Micky0 link Wrote:What did people think of Byrnes game?
Also - Matty Wright - for an overall crap game by the club, his Goal kicking is just excellent
Byrne has talent, its staying on the park that is going to be his problem.....
Wright is the best kick for goal in the team...a 12 month extension only was a tad shabby offer IMO unless Wright is happy with that arrangement...
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(07-17-2017, 03:30 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:We need to get Jared Pickett fit and firing. And interested....
It's hard to get enthusiastic about Pickett, he seems to flash in and out of the game as he feels like it and tries to hit the highlight reel with every second possession, not that he gets many.
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(07-17-2017, 03:59 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Byrne has talent, its staying on the park that is going to be his problem.....
Wright is the best kick for goal in the team...a 12 month extension only was a tad shabby offer IMO unless Wright is happy with that arrangement...
Realistically he wouldn't get any better offers, but he's worth two years to us.
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(07-17-2017, 03:59 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Byrne has talent, its staying on the park that is going to be his problem.....
Wright is the best kick for goal in the team...a 12 month extension only was a tad shabby offer IMO unless Wright is happy with that arrangement...
Agree, can lay a tackle, has some decent endurance, has a bit of mongrel, is still one of our leading goal kickers, and can kick straight. Not much more you can expect from a small forward. One can only marvel at the Crows depth if they let someone like him go.
Once you get past the obligatory Murph, Gibbs, Cripps, and Krooz, he would have to be one of the first picked thereafter.
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(07-17-2017, 03:13 AM)deags link Wrote:2. I think some of the Irish (and other international players) struggle with not having grown up with the game, in terms of reading the play.
Jim Stynes and Sean Wight went alright.
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I didn't say ALL!!!
Touhy went alright, Keneally went alright... There are plenty more who didn't is my point.
I don't think 12 games is enough time to say he will.
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(07-17-2017, 03:59 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Wright is the best kick for goal in the team...a 12 month extension only was a tad shabby offer IMO unless Wright is happy with that arrangement...
EB1, he could be on the way back home to SA which might explain the 1 year deal!
Sign him up, then negotiate a swap with a Vic lad!
There is any number of circumstances that might see both player and club happy with a single year deal.
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On a slightly different note, saw Cripps pre-match with Simon White.
Got alongside Cripps to compare height... I'm about 192cms... he towered over me... I knew he was tall, but he is a big unit!
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(07-17-2017, 05:00 AM)LP link Wrote:EB1, he could be on the way back home to SA which might explain the 1 year deal!
Sign him up, then negotiate a swap with a Vic lad!
There is any number of circumstances that might see both player and club happy with a single year deal.
We probably offered him more money for a one year deal rather than two, and given his form, he would be silly not to accept it and demand two years on less cash. Odds are we are just balancing our ledger anyway and he is just taking the better option.
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