Three operations put bustle back in Bazza - Melbourne Herald Sun

[ScottH]

Three operations put bustle back in Bazza (http://www.google.com.au/news/url?sa=T&ct=au/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23191286-19742,00.html&cid=1130523248&ei=jCiwR6OQLZ_eqwOe0dD_Dw)
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 20 hours ago
"The main thing is he will get that speed back, which he lost a bit last year," Swans club doctor Nathan Gibbs said. "He could run around on the footy field

[ScottH]

Eye (again)
Groins
Nose.

All systems are go!

[reigning premier]

The article didn't mention transplanting a heart into his chest which is clearly what he has been missing most. Without it, I see another lean year ahead for BBBBH...

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Eye (again)
Groins
Nose.

All systems are go!


So they DID check his eyesight, again!? :rolleyes: :eek:

Judging from the amount of marks at head high range that he muffed with his crocodile fingers, I'd have checked his eyesight several times after last season. :o

I'd have gone 1 further & checked his hand-eye co-ordination too..


JF

[liz]

The article didn't mention transplanting a heart into his chest which is clearly what he has been missing most. Without it, I see another lean year ahead for BBBBH...

Are you being in the least bit serious with this post?

This is a bloke who has worked his butt off since coming to the club to transform himself from talented but erratic to one of the absolute best key forwards of his generation - two AA CHF selections are testament to that.

He has one poor season where he battled on despite numerous injuries and you are questioning his heart?

[Pace To Burn]

Are you being in the least bit serious with this post?

This is a bloke who has worked his butt off since coming to the club to transform himself from talented but erratic to one of the absolute best key forwards of his generation - two AA CHF selections are testament to that.

He has one poor season where he battled on despite numerous injuries and you are questioning his heart?

Damn straight Liz. Some of these so called supporters have very short memories. The guy has led from the front for the last 4-5 seasons and the way he played in the 05 Gf with some key goals was inspirational. Some of you need to realise they are humans not machines. He could have easily sat out a fair bit of last year with op but battled on taking the best defender each week without complaining when he was copping it because he couldn't perform up to the high standard he had set himself. I'd like to see some of the people on here out there trying to get a kick(JF included)

[thejones,s]

Go Liz..i for one agree he has added a missing dimension to OUR team,,ok he had a lean year yes..but he didnt shurk his on field responsilities...2008 watch out................

[Bert]

JF. watch the game and not the bottom of your beer cup.

[Doctor J.]

The article didn't mention transplanting a heart into his chest which is clearly what he has been missing most. Without it, I see another lean year ahead for BBBBH...

Hey GS 14, lend RP the tongue in cheek emoticon you used to use as your avatar.

A statement like this is surely a wind up.

[AnnieH]

Hey GS 14, lend RP the tongue in cheek emoticon you used to use as your avatar.

A statement like this is surely a wind up.

No, not really ... we just expect an awful lot from Blind Barry.

[Plugger46]

Are you being in the least bit serious with this post?

This is a bloke who has worked his butt off since coming to the club to transform himself from talented but erratic to one of the absolute best key forwards of his generation - two AA CHF selections are testament to that.

He has one poor season where he battled on despite numerous injuries and you are questioning his heart?

Not sure if he was serious or not but you're spot on.

[Pace To Burn]

No, not really ... we just expect an awful lot from Blind Barry.

See above Annie, Its not like he wasnt getting a kick at all anyway, he just wasnt dominating. Its no different to the way Goodsey was going at the start of the year and then came good. U cant expect these blokes to be on fire every year all year, as i said if you had played yourself and new the type of pain they go through at times just to get on the field you might cut em some slack. It'll be interesting to see you all loving him when he finds his old form again this year.........

[hammo]

Not sure if he was serious or not but you're spot on.

Even if he was joking (which I don't believe he is) it is an idiotic comment. Baz at his best is one of the best going around and for all the service he's given the club deserves a lot more respect. For all the things you can accuse him of, lacking heart is most definitely not one of them.

[thejones,s]

and why pick on Bazza..from were i sat it seems we had a few passengers in the side last year...

[AnnieH]

See above Annie, Its not like he wasnt getting a kick at all anyway, he just wasnt dominating. Its no different to the way Goodsey was going at the start of the year and then came good. U cant expect these blokes to be on fire every year all year, as i said if you had played yourself and new the type of pain they go through at times just to get on the field you might cut em some slack. It'll be interesting to see you all loving him when he finds his old form again this year.........

I would have needed more than two operations on my eyes to have been able to play.

I love Blind Baz as much as the next person. He is part of a lovely new tradition of St Kilda thugs turning good once they came to the club that's had the most brownlow medal winners ... ala Plugger, and maybe Spida (via the poos & wees, but we all know he should have come straight to us). But that's a whole new story.

As soon as his signed his big contract about 18 months ago (from memory), he seemed to fall apart. Coincidence? Or just someone who knew that his playing career was on the wane and thought he'd get in for as much money as he could (... well, who could blame him?).

He's done the club (and me) proud.

I just wish he'd pick it up a notch. Our "premiership window" is at the stage where it is slightly ajar. They all need to pick it up a notch if they want to play in September.

[thejones,s]

I would have needed more than two operations on my eyes to have been able to play.

I love Blind Baz as much as the next person. He is part of a lovely new tradition of St Kilda thugs turning good once they came to the club that's had the most brownlow medal winners ... ala Plugger, and maybe Spida (via the poos & wees, but we all know he should have come straight to us). But that's a whole new story.

As soon as his signed his big contract about 18 months ago (from memory), he seemed to fall apart. Coincidence? Or just someone who knew that his playing career was on the wane and thought he'd get in for as much money as he could (... well, who could blame him?).

He's done the club (and me) proud.

I just wish he'd pick it up a notch. Our "premiership window" is at the stage where it is slightly ajar. They all need to pick it up a notch if they want to play in September.

Season hasnt even started and the knockers are already in force..hey if you can do better get out there and show us...

[Plugger46]

Even if he was joking (which I don't believe he is) it is an idiotic comment. Baz at his best is one of the best going around and for all the service he's given the club deserves a lot more respect. For all the things you can accuse him of, lacking heart is most definitely not one of them.

Yeah couldn't agree more Hammo. Definitely in the top few players in the competition when he's up and about. His '07 season wasn't great by any means, but I think he has been judged rather harshly. He still managed to top our goalkicking.

If anyone's actually questioning his heart - go back and have a look at the last qtr of the '05 GF.

[Plugger46]

It's not like someone earning over half a million dollars a year shouldn't have a poor year...

Topping the goalkicking means he was still more than serviceable.

Do we just forget what he did from 2002 to 2006?

[AnnieH]

Season hasnt even started and the knockers are already in force..hey if you can do better get out there and show us...

Knockers???
At RWO????
:eek:

[reigning premier]

Yeah yeah.....

When he's going well, he IS one of the top half a dozen or so players in the comp. But last year he looked down, out, beaten and with little interest in the game.

I hope he does get back to what he was... When he showed a bit and led the team. That was what was missing last year.

And as you all know, form is everything. Currently, he has very little of it.

[Doctor J.]

Can't believe you could say BBBH has no heart. If its one thing he has got, it is heart.

I will give you he had a bad one by his standards of the previous 5, but even a BBBH bad one is better than 80% of the competition. (The stat is my opinion) To say his poor form is a result of no heart....well it just defies belief.

Big difference between a player out of form and one who is playing crap because his heart isn't in it. Barry Hall is the former, someone like Michael Gardiner last year at WCE is the latter.