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Thread: 2009 Rate a Season: #11 Ed Barlow

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legs Akimbo View Post
    Dale Lewis was in a different class to Barlow.
    Shows great potential, but just doesn't reach the heights we know he could reach.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottH View Post
    Shows great potential, but just doesn't reach the heights we know he could reach.
    Analagous, but Dale Lewis was a fine player who could have been an elite player (and was sometimes elite, I think). Barlow might be a good player, but is currently a below average player.

    Also, whereas Dale Lewis was a "footy player", Barlow is an athlete masquarading as a footy player. I am not convinced Barlow has the instinctive smarts (or courage) to realise his atheletic potential as a footy player.

    Obviously, he's got at least another season to prove it, but geez, he wants to pull his finger out next year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Legs Akimbo View Post
    Analagous, but Dale Lewis was a fine player who could have been an elite player (and was sometimes elite, I think). Barlow might be a good player, but is currently a below average player.

    Also, whereas Dale Lewis was a "footy player", Barlow is an athlete masquarading as a footy player. I am not convinced Barlow has the instinctive smarts (or courage) to realise his atheletic potential as a footy player.

    Obviously, he's got at least another season to prove it, but geez, he wants to pull his finger out next year.
    First sentence says it all Legs.
    Both playing below their best.

    and I agree with everything you've said.

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    Oi, you lot! I was talking about his style of humour, NOT comparing him to Boogers playing style!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Primmy View Post
    Oi, you lot! I was talking about his style of humour, NOT comparing him to Boogers playing style!!!
    No, but I was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottH View Post
    No, but I was.
    OK, just making sure you hadn't missed the point of my little post. Mind you, I agree with you Scott, and you too Legs. What is WRONG with me!!!
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    I haven't given up on Ed yet but he sure is wobbling on the brink. Its got to be a good sign that he's been given another year!

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    from memory Kirk only played his first seniors game at 22yrs of age. LRT and dunkley initially had frustrating limitations at the beginning of their careers and who could forget Leo Barry in the forward line........what a change when he found his niche at the backs

    didnt Brett Kirk train with us and get delisted twice before making it into the seniors?

    Barlow started his first seniors game at 20yrs of age and has now played 25 games at the age of 22.

    Probably a make or break kind of year in 2010 so many are saying?

    I think so many factors come into play for that statement to be true !

    it depends on what the coaches want......if there is no mobile 196cm fella's coming thru that they can use for matchups in the midfield, HF, HB line etc than he will get another chance in 2011........

    LRT and Brett Kirk give so many hope........Kirky kicks as average as any midfielder around and he is pretty slow...........find your niche and get bloody good at it. If that is a specialist at coming off the bench and playing where the coach wants you every 5mins in a game for a few seasons or your career.......so be it !

    Smith, O'Dywer, Meredith, Thornton, Vespa could all be over taken in 2010 and at the end of 2010 we could be saying that it is their last chance to lift to another level

    Only 1 in every 4 Barlows (rookie elevations) make it if they are lucky........I just hope he does and he finds a role that works for the team and the club simply as he is a rare athlete and has potential to be an important footballer to the squad......not necessarily a great footballer but one that fills a need in the 22 most weeks


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    When he's good, he's good. Mostly he's just ... Ed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legs Akimbo View Post
    Dale Lewis was in a different class to Barlow.
    Disagree...equally as erratic and laid back, and roughly equal in ability. The key difference for mine is that Barlow has the potential to become significantly better than Dale.

    I gave him a 5.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BSA5 View Post
    Broke that little bit further into the side. At times, showed some genuine confidence, flair, skill, and even courage. At others, was the same bumbling Barlow of 08. Still one of those players that could go either way. If he works on his leg power, and backs himself to win his own ball (he DOES actually put his body on the line when it's the only obvious option; he just seems to second guess himself sometimes and stand around deciding what to do), he'll be a good player yet.
    Spot on BSA5. I give him a 5.

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