Past #24: Sam Durdin - delisted after 21 NM games/1 NM goal - thanks Durds (drafted by Carlton in '22 MSD)

[Swallow_Wood]

Very suprised he got the chop what's the issue with him ?.

Ah, dinosaur arms, runs around like he's on oxys, no good with a knife....


Seriously though, he just doesn't seem to have the intensity to play as an AFL level KPP. He's an almost player.

 

[db26]

Troll?

Honest question buddy was highly rated as a junior.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Honest question buddy was highly rated as a junior.

Fair enough, but all you had to do was read a few posts in the thread rather than posting a question that had already been answered 100 times.

 

[Johnny99]

I thought he contested well last night. The dew may have ended his career. Just couldn't stick them but probably got into better positions than any of our other marking forwards.

LOL you think the delist call was made because he couldnt mark the ball last night ?

LOL

 

[ChoppyGun]

The bloke is probably going to be out of a job soon

How do you know that?

Could have multiple opportunities lined up that don't include North.

 

[DarwinRoo]

How do you know that?

Could have multiple opportunities lined up that don't include North.

Well he was just delisted hence the out of a job.

 

[ChoppyGun]

Well he was just delisted hence the out of a job.

Here yes but who knows, he could really enjoy his new life and already have a job lined up.

I just don't see how people have been disrespectful by saying he wasn't up to it which you claimed.

 

[Dan]

2014 continues to haunt us.

Nielson...now Durdin.

I remember watching the Draft coverage....the North table couldn't wait to press the button on Durdin when our first pick came around.

I would of kept on to him or Daw for another year. Fair enough on the others being delisted.

 

[DuckYeah]

The dew may have ended his career.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

2014 continues to haunt us.

Nielson...now Durdin.

I remember watching the Draft coverage....the North table couldn't wait to press the button on Durdin when our first pick came around.

I would of kept on to him or Daw for another year. Fair enough on the others being delisted.

It was a bad draft all up really. The only non-academy players I reckon we could really be fussed about taken after him would be Touk Miller, Brayden Maynard (29 and 30 so after Nielsen) and Caleb Daniel at 46. The rookie draft was pretty good though - Reilly O'Brien, Jayden Short, Adam Saad, Kane Lambert.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

It was a bad draft all up really. The only non-academy players I reckon we could really be fussed about taken after him would be Touk Miller, Brayden Maynard (29 and 30 so after Nielsen) and Caleb Daniel at 46. The rookie draft was pretty good though - Reilly O'Brien, Jayden Short, Adam Saad, Kane Lambert.

A few guys were really pushing Caleb Daniel at the time, too. I know why we - and almost everyone else - baulked, but the little guy is an elite user and far more durable than you might expect.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

A few guys were really pushing Caleb Daniel at the time, too. I know why we - and almost everyone else - baulked, but the little guy is an elite user and far more durable than you might expect.

You'd think if any club would pick a midget with elite ball use it would have been us.

Well maybe St Kilda but not to play footy.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Best of luck Sam.

 

[muttley45]

As with all the other departees, i wish him well, it didn't work out, not the 1st, won't be the last, not the end of the world.

 

[giantroo]

 

[archereleven]

Very classy Sam.

All the best.

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[Themanbun]

A few of the delisted blokes didn't get a send off game. Was putting him in the forwardline against WCE a last roll of the dice?

 

[Rooboy 96]

pretty sure the call was made before that, reading the comments from the delisted players, you realise they are all kids, they are completely different to footballers in the 70s

 

[King Corey]

Outstanding.

While I think if guys like Sam could've benefited from more senior exposure and solid runs of development games in their 1st few years, it is what it is.

Good luck to him. As you see with past players at functions and games, eventually the wounds heal and a lot of these guys feel comfortable with their part of keeping the club going.

 

[koshari]

Outstanding.

While I think if guys like Sam could've benefited from more senior exposure and solid runs of development games in their 1st few years, it is what it is.

Good luck to him. As you see with past players at functions and games, eventually the wounds heal and a lot of these guys feel comfortable with their part of keeping the club going.

at the end of the day he still played at the highest level, not a whole lot of blokes can claim that.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Star]

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LMac looks like someone I know, but I can’t put my finger on it...

 

[Rooboy 96]

A few guys were really pushing Caleb Daniel at the time, too. I know why we - and almost everyone else - baulked, but the little guy is an elite user and far more durable than you might expect.

the Magic Dice was pretty impressed with his 7 minute highlight tape from 1 game, but then he ended up at the friggin Braves

 

[Event Horizon]

2014 continues to haunt us.

Nielson...now Durdin.

I remember watching the Draft coverage....the North table couldn't wait to press the button on Durdin when our first pick came around.

I would of kept on to him or Daw for another year. Fair enough on the others being delisted.

I remember the thinking that the tall backs are now sorted for a decade. Goes to show draft night excitement means jack shit, especially when it comes to North.

 

[rickety]

LMac looks like someone I know, but I can’t put my finger on it...

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