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PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:28 pm 
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Jake Edwards - He was just about ready to explode in 2010 when he was cruelly cut at the end of the 2009 season. Had a great set of hands, big body, great endurance, good goal kicking sense and in his 5 AFL games, Jake Edwards showed that he had enormous potential. Who would ever forgot when he ran into the open goal against Richmond in 2008 and slammed home the sealer :clap:

I remember people comparing Edwards with Wayne Carey. This is how good i believe Jake Edwards could have been.


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Need to let Jakey go buddy. Let him go. :lol:

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thought Hardwick was always a bit 'stiff' :lol:

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Luke Blackwell. I have said that before, but he often did all that could be asked of him in the twos, but wasn't getting a regular game and was delisted in preference to Bentick, who went the next year. LB wasn't going to change the world, but he has put on some size since leaving and I believe he was always capable of being a senior footballer. Surprised he wasn't looked at more closely this year...

Adam Hartlett and Jake Edwards should have been given more senior opportunities. They played in a poor era and both were unlucky to be shipped out at the time of the Fev implosion. If either (or both) had a year without Fev, they might have been better for the experience, although I think AH was genetically programmed to fail, like his brother. Some guys aren't built for it.

Andrew Phillips was a tragedy, but that was an injury issue, not lack of opportunities.

Jordon Doering was a twos Kouta. Gave the impression that he was a lazy trainer. I thought Jimmy Plunkett was unfairly maligned as well. Always gave 100% and could find the ball.

A left field one was Barry Mitchell. He spent a lot of time in the twos at Carlton, but I thought his form warranted more senior opportunities.
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Mick Stinnear is indeed working for AFL Victoria and playing ammos - with some success too. He organised a girls footy clinic and half time Auskick game my daughter was involved in - in the midst of which I got a call that my mother wasn't expected to live more than a few hours. Mick was fantastic in helping with the logistics when my daughter still wanted to play the game and I couldn't speak ore highly of him. He also organised a girls team to play a Auskick match curtain-raiser at the Girls underaged national championships that my daughter again played in -and again was excellent, approachable and just all round a nice bloke. And I agree he was stiff not to get more of a shot at the Blues, a very neat little player, but probably lacked "weapons" to take that step up to the top lrevel.
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I remember Penny in the 1990's - was it Matt or Luke - and he was picked as an emergency for one game and not picked again. He had some good seconds form. Later i found out he was actually going to play, as being on standby for Brown or Diesel, cant remember who, but the player came through and Penny after not sleeping the night before due to nervousness never got to run out.


It was Matthew Penny - http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... thew+Penny

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we've had plenty of stiffs playing for us over the years

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I remember being impressed with some performances in the Reserves in '94 by Damien Sheehan. I think he might have even gone to London to play an exhibition game with us at the end of that season. Key position player. He had Robert Walls' number. I recall being surprised when he was delisted without getting a game - http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... en+Sheehan

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Simon Wood only played a handful of Reserves games for us in '99, but he left an impression on me. He was a stand-out in the VAFA and played in premierships under Barry Richardson for Old Xavs. Midfielder. I spoke to BR about SW once and he told me that SW was one of those players that should have played AFL but injuries at the wrong times and circumstances conspired against him. http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Simon+Wood

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A favourite of mine in the Reserves in the late '90s was the strongly built Lincoln Withers. He was never on our senior list but was a supplementary list and top-up player for us for about 2 or 3 years. Memory might be playing tricks on me, but I seem to recall he was a butcher by profession (and I don't mean he had poor foot skills!) in Garfield. He was mature age when he played for us and I loved his agressive style at the lower level http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... in+Withers

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aboynamedsue wrote:
Dr.SHERRIN wrote:
Nice thread. Some players instantly spring to mind. Peter Kenny was one.

Michael Gallagher. Was a step above seconds level and when promoted more than held his own. Kicked 3 and named in the best in his first match during '87...injured his knee late in the year and it probably cost him a premiership medal. A really nice size and used his body very well. Couldn't ever string the games together in the ones and was squeezed out at the start of the 1990 season due to salary cap pressure. Ended up at North for a few years.

Scott Spalding. Scott had a terrific first pre-season in 1993 after coming over from WA as a 24 year old. A genuine half-forward flanker who was good overhead, nice kick and read the play well. He was relegated to life in the magoos after Round 1 for the remainder of that year and at season's end decided to quit Carlton. Scott was named in the reserves best players on numerous occasions during the latter half of his only season and I think it's fair to say he was frustrated he didn't see more opportunity in the senior team. Played the entire '94 season (plus GF) for the Port Adelaide Magpies before having another 8 years in the WAFL. Could certainly play.

Brad Shine. Epitomizes this thread IMO. Shine was a star for Swan Districts and when recruited David Parkin described him as having 'Leigh Matthews type qualities'. Good at ground level, nice kick, extracted the ball in close, tackled well, capable of kicking a goal, didn't take a backward step. Every time I saw Shine, he did something really nice. I could never understand why he didn't play more than the 23 games he did...I think the 'Recruited by Parkin', 'Not rated by Walls' had a lot to do with it.


Good one Doc. I particularly agree with you on Mick Gallagher. I thought he was going to be a big star for us, but injuries + team balance seemed to hold him back...

And I remember Scott Spalding's one and only AFL game like it was yesterday...Round One 1993 vs Fitzroy @ PP. We were warm favourites and lost by a kick. It was Andy McKay's first game too. Neither he or Scott set the world on fire that day, but history shows that one went on to be a champion & premiership player, and the other drifted off into obscurity...
Remember that game like yesterday, if there were forums around in those days the bagging of McKay after his first game would have been excruciating.

He was on Matt Dundas, i think, who ended up kicking the winning goal right near the bell after Macca left his man to take the game on and got a shocking bounce straight into the arms of Dundas.

Knew from that day he'd be good.

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Never thought I'd see Matty Dundas' name on this forum...I went to school with Matt. He and Warren Ralph have a thing or two in common.
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aboynamedsue wrote:
A favourite of mine in the Reserves in the late '90s was the strongly built Lincoln Withers. He was never on our senior list but was a supplementary list and top-up player for us for about 2 or 3 years. Memory might be playing tricks on me, but I seem to recall he was a butcher by profession (and I don't mean he had poor foot skills!) in Garfield. He was mature age when he played for us and I loved his agressive style at the lower level http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... in+Withers
John Peck was a butcher. I wonder if South Australians still talk about giving someone a peck ?

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If nothing else this thread is a ripper for promoting the Blueseum!

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teagueyubeauty wrote:
He was on Matt Dundas, i think, who ended up kicking the winning goal right near the bell after Macca left his man to take the game on and got a shocking bounce straight into the arms of Dundas.

Knew from that day he'd be good.


Was it 2 or 3 Out of Bounds on the full that game? There were afew - I remember thinking this McKay player just couldn't kick.
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teagueyubeauty wrote:
He was on Matt Dundas, i think, who ended up kicking the winning goal right near the bell after Macca left his man to take the game on and got a shocking bounce straight into the arms of Dundas.

Knew from that day he'd be good.


Was it 2 or 3 Out of Bounds on the full that game? There were afew - I remember thinking this McKay player just couldn't kick.
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Scott Spalding's first touch was the result of a terrific diving mark. It rose a massive cheer from the crowd. Very unlucky to have his career limited to just the one game.
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Scott Spalding's first touch was the result of a terrific diving mark. It rose a massive cheer from the crowd. Very unlucky to have his career limited to just the one game.


I dont think I even saw him play - was it lack of ability, or dedication etc ????
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I think Mackay's man who killed us that day was Michael Dunstan, kicked 5 for the Roys if memory serves.

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CK95 wrote:
I think Mackay's man who killed us that day was Michael Dunstan, kicked 5 for the Roys if memory serves.


Game stats / goalkickers here:

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/game ... 30327.html

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I'd be surprised if any Blues supporters with a weak heart didnt cark it during that 3 week spell in Rounds 1-3 1993 when we had that 6 pt lost to Fitzroy followed up with the drawn 'out of bounds after the siren' game againts the Bummers, and then a win by less then a goal against the Hawks with a goal by Sticks in the dieing seconds.

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