Raph Clarke

[starsign]

he's gunna play down forward and slot 3 majors, then the few of us who have been hoping for this (the "red" Raph fans will shove it up both sets of near sighted hard line posters representing the "black & white" opinions on the lad( just like the red , white & black are gunna shove it up the black and white tonight...

.hows them apples Joffaboy?....

an I hope that Carringbush idiot namesake of yours has a plick of a night!

[Dan Warna]

while I enjoy a good dig at 'old joffaboy' im struggling to understand the previous post which fails to meet even my paltry standards of on line scribemanship.

[starsign]

while I enjoy a good dig at 'old joffaboy' im struggling to understand the previous post which fails to meet even my paltry standards of on line scribemanship.

i rather think your trying to bait me old chap LOL! but nevertheless

It would appear a common theme of yours "to enjoy a good dig " not merely to Joffaboy, but to all and sundry who do not come up to your lofty standards of "on line scribemanship" if I recall correctly
(or is that online now one word in common usage?) it could not be I guess as you would not have typed it so.
oh and I'm not sure if that should be "sribesmanship" as in "sportsmanship" instead of "scribemanship" old bean, but of course you would have it correct now, how silly of me!
And of course we don''''''t like the use of those little fellers either do we!
It must feel wonderful to be so pompous....

thats pompous folks...adj grandiloquent, boastful, bombastic, high-flown, inflated, self-important arrogant, grandiose, ostentatious, puffed up, showy

And need I remind you dear critique that this is the internet and one should be most wary of judging a book by its cover, or in this case the "lingo what one chooses ta write with mate"

I may not have a phd in literature but nevertheless, my friend, you may be quite surprised at the degree of learning held by whom it is you wish to belittle so.

[evertonfc]

Raph's checklist for tonight:

- Don't get caught holding the ball
- Hit 80% of targets when kicking over 35m/95% for under 35m
- Put pressure on the direct opponant
- Take the first option if it's the best one
- Spoil the ball; always make a contest
- Don't get worked off the ball with a nudge of the hips
- When attacking, run hard and work to make space
- Don't tackle meekly
- Don't squib phsyical contests
- Don't let a single tackle get broken
- Don't turn the ball over when under no pressure
- Don't just kick it to a one-on-four 40m up the ground if there are better options

If he can complete the majority of those tonight, I think he can have a good game.

[LENNY LEADS THE WAY]

Raph's checklist for tonight:

- Don't get caught holding the ball
- Hit 80% of targets when kicking over 35m/95% for under metres
- Put pressure on the direct opponant
- Take the first option if it's the best one
- Spoil the ball; make a contest
- Don't get worked off the ball with a nudge off the hips
- Run hard and work to make space
- Don't tackle meekly
- Don't squid contests
- Don't let a single tackle get broken
- Don't turn the ball over when under no pressure
- Don't just kick it to a one-on-four 40m up the ground if there are better options

If he can complete the majority of those tonight, I think he can have a good game.

I'd say that goes for all 22 not just Raph

[starsign]

Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Total posts: 9439 Well done and how many of these were along a similar line pray tell?
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says it all really

HALP ME JEEPERS STUPID PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO ME
of course they are and you get your jollies from it obviously

but then again you can offer some top comments relevant to the topic up for dicussion ....like this one on GT/RB

my irish wife made chicken curry for dinner last night.

and it was fare well above the norm

a good dinner was had by all, but she said baby's poo this morning stank like anything.

(on draft pick caydn beetham)(so poor can't afford all vowels on first name)

LOL there's that lovely sarcastic wit again that seems to love taking a rise out of someone else

your a treasure "bored git" your parents must have been "so poor" that if you had not been born a boy you would not have had anything to play with at all, then or now!

oh well just mark me down as another fish youv'e reeled in , or should that be sucked in LOL!
anyway I hope your footy team wins tonight!

[Dan Warna]

while I enjoy a good dig at 'old joffaboy' im struggling to understand the previous post which fails to meet even my paltry standards of on line scribemanship.

i rather think your trying to bait me old chap LOL! but nevertheless

It would appear a common theme of yours "to enjoy a good dig " not merely to Joffaboy, but to all and sundry who do not come up to your lofty standards of "on line scribemanship" if I recall correctly
(or is that online now one word in common usage?) it could not be I guess as you would not have typed it so.
oh and I'm not sure if that should be "sribesmanship" as in "sportsmanship" instead of "scribemanship" old bean, but of course you would have it correct now, how silly of me!
And of course we don''''''t like the use of those little fellers either do we!
It must feel wonderful to be so pompous....

thats pompous folks...adj grandiloquent, boastful, bombastic, high-flown, inflated, self-important arrogant, grandiose, ostentatious, puffed up, showy

And need I remind you dear critique that this is the internet and one should be most wary of judging a book by its cover, or in this case the "lingo what one chooses ta write with mate"

I may not have a phd in literature but nevertheless, my friend, you may be quite surprised at the degree of learning held by whom it is you wish to belittle so.

i"ll consider myself schooled

[brown-coat]

The worlds eyes are on you mighty Rapheal . Godspeed.

Full forward.

[Huzzad]

36 minutes
2204 seconds

Till Raph Clarke takes the field!

[starsign]

"ll consider myself schooled
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HALP ME JEEPERS STUPID PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO ME

Methinks it may be I who have but sucked you in then, nevertheless, you have made a wise decision my friend!
___________________________________

All things I thought I knew but now confess....
The more I know I know, I know I know the less!

[BigMart]

Good luck to him.....

[Huzzad]

25 minutes
1511 seconds

Till Raph Clarke takes the field!

[brown-coat]

I can't contain myself...!!

[Buckets]

17 minutes till he arrives!!!!!!

[Huzzad]

17 minutes till he arrives!!!!!!

Bit late, isn't it? Arriving when they are ballling up?

Raph Clarke Fails To Take First Option, Misses Ride To Game

[Huzzad]

AND RAPH CLARKE HAS JUST RUN OUT ONTO THE FIELD!

[brown-coat]

/HEART ATTACK!!

[Huzzad]

[Huzzad]

RAPH REPORT: Half Time

Our man, Raph Clarke, has paused for half time. The crowd wonder what is going on in the rooms....


Kicks:2
Handballs: 1
Possessions: 3
Marks: 1
Frees For: 1

Can our boy continue the form of the first half? The crowd wait with pies, beer and anticipation.

[Huzzad]

Well, what a suprising night for Raph. What happened to our team's greatest player? Must have been heavily tagged, double-teamed or something....

RAPH REPORT: Post Game

Kicks: 5
Hbs: 2
Possessions: 7
Marks 3
Tackles: 2
Frees For: 1
Frees Against: 1

[Buckets]

Well, what a suprising night for Raph. What happened to our team's greatest player? Must have been heavily tagged, double-teamed or something....

RAPH REPORT: Post Game

Kicks: 5
Hbs: 2
Possessions: 7
Marks 3
Tackles: 2
Frees For: 1
Frees Against: 1

Was in the worst tonight that is for sure...but not the worst me thinks

[1989 saint]

say the same each week he plays.
he frustrates 98% of the people in the area where i sit.
if he is to play a loose man in defence, he has to actually play that role, not just staand in a spot where he thinks the ball is going to go.
seems to be getting worse and more enemies each week.

[evertonfc]

There's a superstar there locked away inside the current incarnation of Raphael Clarke. It just so happens that right now, he is rubbish.

[Saint Bev]

Well everyone was screaming for him to be on the forward line, so whats this weeks excuse

[starsign]

I think the cage door has now come off its hinges Joffaboy!