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| Author: | Elwood Blues1 [ Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Leopards who change their spots |
Was thinking about Wayne Johnston and what a great player he was and how we could do with a player of his ilk today. Then it occured to me he is part of a rare group of players who completely changed the way he played the game. He started as a flimsy, nancy boy half forward flanker with Prahran in the VFA and had no physical side to his game at all , he was purely a specialist goal kicker....bit similar to Craig McRae from Brisbane....then after about a season or two in the AFL he did an about face and became this hard nosed agro get under your skin player who loved nothing better than dropping a elbow into a Tony Shaw or diving on an opposing players boot to smother the footy....its hard to think of another player who turned his method of play around to such an extent. Of the modern day players Lenny Hayes from Stkilda is the only one that comes to mind that has done this...remember first seeing Hayes and thinking just another soft reciever but he has proved me wrong. Not only does attack the footy well he also gets in and gets under players skin and flys the flag for his teammates and is a good leader...maybe it was the leadership rotation that brought out the best in him but he like Johnston has changed the way he plays the game and is one of the few players who I have seen do it and be successful.. Mick Malthouse was another.....also ran player at the Saints who had no edge to his game but gained an edge at Richmond and probably has that to thank for his coaching career..... |
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| Author: | AGRO [ Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Leopards who change their spots |
Elwood Blues1 wrote: then after about a season or two in the AFL he did an about face and became this hard nosed agro get under your skin player 
In fact I reckon it took him about half a season - and his Grand Final in 1979 is a testimony to that. 
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| Author: | budzy [ Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:58 pm ] |
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I hope Houlihan can change his spots this season. |
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| Author: | No1Blue [ Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:09 pm ] |
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budzy wrote: I hope Houlihan can change his spots this season.
Yeah, i'd like that too. But I wouldn't count on it. I've been a fan of houlihan, until last season. Heres hoping to a better season and I hope he proves the critics wrong. We are still a long way off in the talent stakes as a team, he is one with a lot of talent, but seriously, he must toughen up (His efforts against the hawks were pathetic) considering he has bulked up otherwise he should be traded by seasons end. Best of luck to him because he has lots of talent. He can get away with being a reciever if he produces the goods consistently on the footy field. He was doing that consistently the previous couple of years under Pagan. Best of luck Houla! |
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| Author: | Sydney Blue [ Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:12 pm ] |
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I really do hope that Houla has a good year but please can we refrain from drawing comparisons of him to Wayne Johnson |
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| Author: | verbs [ Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:55 pm ] |
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De Iulio!!! |
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| Author: | AGRO [ Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:18 pm ] |
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verbs wrote: De Iulio!!!
Not as silly as you are trying to be there verbs - DeIulio showed great improvement in his last couple of seasons at the club especially out of the back pocket and made it to his 100 games.
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