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Post: # 1680308Post The Recruit »

A week later and billy is still rubbish


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Post: # 1680376Post ROLS-LEE »

Yep not good enough.


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Post: # 1680399Post Goose is king »

Do you think Longer could pat his head and rub his tummy at the same time?


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Post: # 1680400Post stonecold »

Goose is king wrote:Do you think Longer could pat his head and rub his tummy at the same time?
Probably not, but Hickey.couldn't do either at the moment and that's the whole f****** problem!!!!!


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Witts and Wright both towelled him up tonight. 18 kicks, 10 marks and 3.3 compared to 1 kick... @_o


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Post: # 1680413Post stonecold »

The_Dud wrote:Witts and Wright both towelled him up tonight. 18 kicks, 10 marks and 3.3 compared to 1 kick... @_o
No wonder they towelled him up, he played on both all by himself did he?????

Stop stacking the stats in your arguments favour!!!!!


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Hardly gets to any marking contests around the ground. And when he does he has absolutely no impact on it.


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Post: # 1680423Post whiskers3614 »

Could we go into a game without a ruckman at all?
Say use the seventh defender as a ruck in the back half and the nearest reasonably tall player elsewhere.Would give us an extra midfielder with which to try and compete around the ruck contest.


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Post: # 1680424Post The_Dud »

stonecold wrote:
The_Dud wrote:Witts and Wright both towelled him up tonight. 18 kicks, 10 marks and 3.3 compared to 1 kick... @_o
No wonder they towelled him up, he played on both all by himself did he?????

Stop stacking the stats in your arguments favour!!!!!
On then
Witts - 9 kicks, 4 marks, 6 tackles, 31 hitouts, 1.1, 109 DT
Longer - 1 kick, 0 marks, 3 tackles, 30 hitouts, 0.0, 58 DT

And we all know how much of a gun Witts is...

Clear enough?


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Post: # 1680433Post saintsRrising »

Billy unfortunately does not seem to be a "footballer". Even if he does win a number of possessions he does not seem to be ever able to use them to an advantage.

He wins quite a few taps outs, but does not really seem to direct them.


Against Mummy he was excellent, but in his other games he has not really been able to exert any real positive influence.


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kosifantutti wrote:Hardly gets to any marking contests around the ground. And when he does he has absolutely no impact on it.
Someone needs to tell him he is allowed to put his arms above his head and go for the ball with his hands - he looks like Timmy Cahill trying to compete against a team full of goal keepers


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saint6709 wrote:
kosifantutti wrote:Hardly gets to any marking contests around the ground. And when he does he has absolutely no impact on it.
Someone needs to tell him he is allowed to put his arms above his head and go for the ball with his hands - he looks like Timmy Cahill trying to compete against a team full of goal keepers
Have you seen him get the ball in general play? Throws the hands up to get the ball above his head so arms aren't pinned, then just stands there like that. It's like he doesn't know how to dish it off.


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Post: # 1680461Post The Fireman »

Gilbo in the ruck till we find one.


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Post: # 1680508Post Sainternist »

We have him on the team virtually as ballast. He's there to contest ruck duels and that's about all he can do.

I don't see the harm in us looking to recruiting or trading for another ruckman come end of season.


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Would be disappointed to see him play again this year. If Hickey not available give Holmes or Pierce a chance - couldn't do any worse!


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Post: # 1680511Post Toy Saint »

Holmes is a better tap ruckman and possibly a better athlete, but he's equally useless around the ground.


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Post: # 1680518Post ROLS-LEE »

Goose is king wrote:Do you think Longer could pat his head and rub his tummy at the same time?
Probably scared of the contact it would create. Also seems very lazy


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Post: # 1680572Post SemperFidelis »

stonecold wrote:
The_Dud wrote:Witts and Wright both towelled him up tonight. 18 kicks, 10 marks and 3.3 compared to 1 kick... @_o
No wonder they towelled him up, he played on both all by himself did he?????

Stop stacking the stats in your arguments favour!!!!!
Stonecold, we are at last at one on this one.

Witts and Wright have Lynch; they rotate them around for a chop out, and we want to have a crack at Billy's numbers?

It wasn't his best game by any measure, but I could have lived without the Bronz cheers at the ground from some of our "faithful".


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Post: # 1680578Post BigMart »

He was farking hopeless... Witts flogged him, and he's rubbish!!!!

Tom was also flogged yesterday

Pierce probably flogged in the thirds

I'd actually go Holmes


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Post: # 1680596Post bigcarl »

Billy will be sitting at home tonight counting his kick.


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Post: # 1680603Post Jacks Back »

If Hickey's currently not up to it then give Holmes a go.

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Post: # 1680605Post Bernard Shakey »

Lewie is the future. Hickey in the meantime!


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Post: # 1680615Post Proph3t of egan »

What game were you guys watching? There were times when Billy was the only saints player trying to win a contested ball in the middle against 3-4 suns players. This happened more then once. I don't think he's lazy, he's not very good, but you shouldn't question his intent


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Proph3t of egan wrote:What game were you guys watching? There were times when Billy was the only saints player trying to win a contested ball in the middle against 3-4 suns players. This happened more then once. I don't think he's lazy, he's not very good, but you shouldn't question his intent

He's a trier alright, I don't think anyone questions that.


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Post: # 1680625Post shrodes »

Bernard Shakey wrote:Lewie is the future. Hickey in the meantime!
Lewie seems on the outer... not performing at VFL and dropped last week


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