The Magician?

[westie]

Yeah he was... till the day he left.

 

[TimmyB]

So how can you accuse Sheens of not giving him a fair go?

 

[westie]

I was more referring to his stupidity in not hanging on to him. He couldn't be injured forever.

 

[tigers_are_premiers]

O'Donnell left in '04, Tigers won in '05... Cant hang onto everyone.. Happens in every club.

 

[westie]

Only this club could keep using a fluke as justification for something like giving away an Aussie forward.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Yeah, was he an "Aussie forward" when he played for us?

So, how do we give away an "Aussie forward" when he didn't play for Australia until 2005, two years after he left us?

To be honest, I never thought much of O'Donnell, he wasn't very memorable when he was with us. He was memorable after he left though, chicken wing springs to mind...

 

[westie]

Reading that, the first thing that came to mind was to ask you whether you thought he was good enough to be an Aussie forward like the rest of us said, expecting you to have to contradict yourself.

How can you possibly not have rated him? He's a machine and always was.

 

[Mascot Tiger]

If we had hung onto O'Donnell i could of seen him being one of those problem players, would be commanding more money then his worth and trying to get the most amount of money out of the club as possible. He isnt worth the money he is on mainly due to injuries and suspension. You dont want to be signing a player who if they get suspended for a grade dangerous throw but yet is outed for 4-5 weeks due to previous history

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Reading that, the first thing that came to mind was to ask you whether you thought he was good enough to be an Aussie forward like the rest of us said, expecting you to have to contradict yourself.

How can you possibly not have rated him? He's a machine and always was.

He wasn't an Australian rep until 2005, you seem to think he was before that. He left us at the end of 2003.

I've never rated him very highly, he seems to clock off too much for my liking. It seems to be the Balmain side of the merger who thinks he has something and that we should have kept him. I wasn't fussed when he left at all.

The forward we should never have allowed to leave is Laffranchi, not O'Donnell.

 

[westie]

No, I'm saying it was plainly obvious he was world class, just as it was with Boof. Super coach at least admitted he didn't rate Laffranchi.

 

[gronkathon]

O'Donnell was world class. But I thought he would spend more of his career suspended and injuerd than playing.

I was about right on that prediction.

The money he ties up at the Cows is a big reason they are so hollow in other areas on the paddock. He chews up cap space and averages half a season if he is lucky

 

[TrigaTheTiger]

I think its kind of funny - no, sad, that their is a post in our forum about how excited someone is about being "mentioned" to sign a top player.

Thats how sh*t our retention is - just being mentioned is f*cking wonderful!

As for O'Donnell, I didnt rate hinm either, Boof wasnt going to stay either way.

Woulda liked to have kepy Jeff Lima snd Nigel Plum though.

Either way, we need new players - whether they are from the juniors or from other clubs, our current lot just dont cut it.

Will be interesting to see who Shines picks this week with more than half the team injured. May be an interesting peek into what he thinks on the juniors.

We have 5 or 6 players from last week in doubt, no Lazarus, no Tagive.

If he doesnt play Laurie - somewhere (!!) I would expect him to seek a release and I wouldnt blame him.

 

[gordsy]

I think its kind of funny - no, sad, that their is a post in our forum about how excited someone is about being "mentioned" to sign a top player.

Thats how sh*t our retention is - just being mentioned is f*cking wonderful!

As for O'Donnell, I didnt rate hinm either, Boof wasnt going to stay either way.

Woulda liked to have kepy Jeff Lima snd Nigel Plum though.

Either way, we need new players - whether they are from the juniors or from other clubs, our current lot just dont cut it.

Will be interesting to see who Shines picks this week with more than half the team injured. May be an interesting peek into what he thinks on the juniors.

We have 5 or 6 players from last week in doubt, no Lazarus, no Tagive.

If he doesnt play Laurie - somewhere (!!) I would expect him to seek a release and I wouldnt blame him.

I thought Lima left as Sheens told him he wouldn't play him in first grade due to off field stupidity ?

 

[westie]

Boof would have stayed had we offered decent money.