Tom Shines
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Olam’s history is pretty irrelevant before he developed the knee injury which is the concern we all had
Shawn Blore #235
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Olam’s history is pretty irrelevant before he developed the knee injury which is the concern we all had
BAGNF05
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It tells me that if they get the knee right he’s otherwise a durable athlete despite playing the game the right way.
Tom Shines
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Well … it didn’t happen this year which means it’s a big if…
Meanwhile Blore never missed a game..
twentyforty
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I would go further and and say more like 20/5.
I’ll raise you a Matt Ballin 😂
Geez, it's a deep hole to go down if we look at what we've taken on over the years.
Sure all clubs "recruit" and "hope" but .......
Like Jason Taylor applauding the signing of 18yo Mosese Suli on a 3 year contract - that never went the distance.
And the list goes on.
Oh dear goodness, let's have something positive - this "examining our past" and trying to answer the "why" cannot be good for our health. 🤔
twentyforty
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😂 How can you raise a Matt Ballin? Didn’t we only pay $1,000 for his contract? Didn’t Manly pay the remainder?
It was a joke Joyce 🙄 Bag05 and Tom Shines are the ones having the debate, go pick on them lol.
And ditto to you too - it was a joke 🙄
jirskyr
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I like Blore but he's an average player; of course he's doing alright in the Bellamy system, that's Bellamy's super power.
Not at all,Manly only paid part of his first year with us (we paid a lot more than 1k closer to 120k) and we paid all of his second year which was substantial.Terrible signing from a pathetic vindictive coach and we also paid part of Farah's salary to send him to souffs because we signed Ballin
tig_prmz
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I always thought that he is a player with a heap of potential but even under Bellamy having his best year yet, seems to have a very limited set of skills.
He doesn't have the work rate, the offload, a pass or anything. But maybe that's what Bellamy wanted. You stay in your lane, do what you're told.
It must feel good to have clarity like that though. Winning games and premierships keeps you happy too.
BAGNF05
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I left him out because I doubt he was paid a ransom but there’s plenty of alternatives mate.
happy_tiger
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Will Blore get a announcement from the club congratulating him on making the GF
Only fair ....
Only fair ....
BAGNF05
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Just waiting to see if he’s ruled out with a sore toe. 😁
Oh @Flippedy - all good champion.
Apology to you too - I enjoy your input.
I think the off-season is already doing my head in.
All good mate, no apology necessary. I was just having some fun. Off season can be a bit much, I agree. Long way to go still though 😳
upthetigers
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He believes in surgery now all good
Tim Sheens
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More importantly Blore is likely only receiving the average salary at most.
Meanwhile, WT have supposedly used the saved 2024 cap monies of the released Kepaoa and Simpkin, paying it early to Bateman as part of a restructured contract. I agree with the change to ease future salary cap pressure, still, even after doing that he will be taking up some $1.2 million or so of cap space over the next 2 seasons.
I will likely always hate Melbourne, though nonetheless wish Shawn well in the GF.
hank37w
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We aren't even 100% guaranteed who is playing in the grand final yet let alone seen it played.
Yeah, it's going to be a very long off season.
