Well... we have a better recent record at KP than we do against the Swans at Optus, last week notwithstanding.
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In an interesting quirk, with our three changes we have become both younger and more experienced than last weeks team.
Bolton, Voss and Ras have all played more games than the player they replaced and are younger. Makes sense.
Going so tall against Sydney makes no sense either. They've got probably the worst tall forward line in the comp.
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Banners is a good sub , fair chance he bobs up with one or two ……. It’s about time AFL teams stopped mucking around with it and start getting a player to specialise in the job anyway
Surely there’s training methods you could use to help sharpen up the guy you use
And a bit of innovation from Freo is desperately needed , we’ll never get anywhere trying to play these pricks at their own game with all the adavantages some of them get
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Surely there’s training methods you could use to help sharpen up the guy you use
And a bit of innovation from Freo is desperately needed , we’ll never get anywhere trying to play these pricks at their own game with all the adavantages some of them get
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They strangely brought in an extra tall this week. If I were them, I would have gone smaller to exploit our height but whatever.
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Why did JL (in the West article) say we can’t throw out the game plan with such a small sample size (of one game) ?
Was the Geelong game a brand new game plan. Have we never tried to play the way we played last week before?
What I saw was a style ingrained for years. What did I miss?
Was the Geelong game a brand new game plan. Have we never tried to play the way we played last week before?
What I saw was a style ingrained for years. What did I miss?
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I’m pretty sure he actually played some minutes forward when he came on last week
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De Boer and now Switkowski (arguably)
Don’t think so but we have all seen him kick a smashing long goal from the boundary
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Quickness of mind isn’t proven. He sells team mates into pressure by hand when he isn’t under pressure. A concerning trait. He did it at least four times against the cats. He had time to kick and to make a decision on where to kick but rushed hands to a player immediately tackled or turn over.
I want him to be great. I also want us to have calm users out of the back half. It is rough on Draper when Pearce was one of the culprits on the weekend. And Ryan wasn’t doing basics like keeping the ball in front of him.
Hopefully he grows through it and turns into the star many think he is currently.
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Bolton adds that venom to the forward line
I hope JLO has both he and Reid as deep forwards at the feet our our deepest key forward
They will reap chaos
I hope Ras starts and isn't sub as we have not enough mids to go with Sydney
Banfield could be a handy sub as he could provide some run as a winger in the 4th quarter
I think this team is a bit better balanced however feel we are one defender too many. We really need Young back in the team.
I hope JLO has both he and Reid as deep forwards at the feet our our deepest key forward
They will reap chaos
I hope Ras starts and isn't sub as we have not enough mids to go with Sydney
Banfield could be a handy sub as he could provide some run as a winger in the 4th quarter
I think this team is a bit better balanced however feel we are one defender too many. We really need Young back in the team.
I really hope Ras starts on field and seizes his opportunity tomorrow otherwise I'm gunna have a really hard time defending him in the future.
I got no problem with Banfield as the sub, maximises impact and minimises opportunity to stuff it up.
I know what you mean about the one too many defenders, I think I counted 8 this week. That is unless we are gunna give Chappy a run through the middle more this week. That'd have me licking my lips.
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I've seen Ras a few years ago play really well against Sydney on the wing over in Sydney
I hope he can fund form as Young is still a while away. We need a few more mids than just relying on Serong and Brayshaw
I hope Ras starts in the , but I’m a bit torn with either using him as a high half forward who can use his running capacity to run up and down the ground or do we use him to tag Heeney. Both will be hard gigs but he has the opportunity to perform if he’s good enough
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If he and MJ lived up to the hype around them when they were drafted, we have a midfield of Bray, Sebba, Young and those 2.
Add to that Noddy and Sharp plus a forward line full of potential and I'd go into weekends with a little less anxiety.
That's all I really want from the team these days, for them to perform they way we all know that can and lift the question marks we always have over our list.
Feels like 20 years ago when you'd look at the list and think "Gee whiz, on paper this teams a winner", just never seem to live up to the potential.
That is fair comment on Draper. I agree that at times he second guesses and passes to a player under the pump by handball. He needs to be challenged to take the game on and trust his instincts. Like that game he played against Sydney over in Sydney. Run through the lines etc. The team didn’t handle the heat last week across the board. I also feel at times Draper respects his more mature team mates too much as in when they call for the ball he gives without considering those around them. He is only what 15-20games into his career and his performances have far exceeded my expectations. Developing nicely.
Yeah completely agree! There is a player there, I am just wondering if we may need to move one of the other three out for him.
If he becomes line breaking and backs himself then we won't need to take one out for him. It would also be good once he has played 40-50 games to see what he does when swung around the ground a little bit. He could be a match up nightmare if he gains confidence.
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One thing that gives me confidence on the player I think Josh Draper will become is that in match sims this preseason I saw him taking the game on constantly while looking elite when doing so. Obviously match sims arent even close to the intensity of actual AFL games but give him another year or two playing at AFL level and I think we will be seeing more of his rebounding skills at AFL level.
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When Ras has a full season in the team to pick up the tempo and get AFL experience, like Johnson has been given, and then still doesn't seize his opportunity, then I will have trouble defending him.
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