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Freo average 89 at home and we average 90 points against.
Freo should kick over 100 against us, and we will kick our 10+ goals
In that sense I think it will be pretty free flowing lol
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Freo average 89 at home and we average 90 points against.
Freo should kick over 100 against us, and we will kick our 10+ goals
In that sense I think it will be pretty free flowing lol
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I thought the point about not getting flogged, when I saw the changes. Maybe they are wanting to limit it a bit?
Saying that, Henry has probably been asked to work on his defensive side a bit as well, but hasn't been much sign of that in his game, in his recent appearances.
Not a fan of bringing Poulter in only to drop him next week. Macrae I can understand a bit more as he only got his spot in the squad due to a late change last week.
Poulter to be sub, for mine
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I agree that the kids need to be given an extended run but also a firm believer that you need to play to a certain standard at senior level to warrant selection. You’re not developing kids if you’re gifting them 2-3-4 weeks in a row when they don’t deserve it.
Again, I reckon the kids should be given an extended run as some of our senior players aren’t exactly smashing the lights out themselves.
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I'm fine with Henry getting axed even though I rate him as our most talented youngster.
Few more confidence sapping displays like last week's can lead to long term issues, only makes sense he works on it at VFL level.
Poulter and Macrae clearly need more exposure to senior level to improve but someone does need to make way for our ins.
Dropping WHE and Sidey would signal we aren't interested in getting 4 points at all.
And Murphy for Madgen is a no brainer so not quite sure what all the moaning is about.
Few more confidence sapping displays like last week's can lead to long term issues, only makes sense he works on it at VFL level.
Poulter and Macrae clearly need more exposure to senior level to improve but someone does need to make way for our ins.
Dropping WHE and Sidey would signal we aren't interested in getting 4 points at all.
And Murphy for Madgen is a no brainer so not quite sure what all the moaning is about.
Off the top of my head Dumont, Tarrant, Brown, Higgins, Mason Wood - all playing at other clubs.Geezus… drop Henry, Poulter and McRae…
I’d have 3 to 4 of the emergencies playing over Sidebottom, WHE, T Brown, Murphy
I can only hope that with something like 20 plus players out of contract that Fly and co are giving the older players a go… to determine which ones they are gonna boot at years end
Butwake up and realise soon that the future is NOT playing 6 players with 150+ games each week… so that we might finish 10th on the ladder this year instead of 13th
And before No SPIN chimes in with the North Melbourne reference… as I’ve told you before… NM got to where they are by persevering with the old blokes and ‘good blokes’ under Brad Scott for too long
We’re on a similar spiral if we don’t prioritise youth whilst we still have quality mature age players and leaders out there
So I think my point stands, they’d all be playing in NM best 22 today.
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Abit harsh there. Prior to last week, he’d gone at 8.5 in 5 games with a 7 goal VFL game in the middle.
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Everyone missing the real issue - you nailed the problem right there in the last sentence.
I like Henry and I'm pretty sure he'll end up very good, but he needs to do both kicking and marking competently in the same game to retain his spot. It's too often one or the other at this stage.
Great to see Elliott back, he's injured so often that sometimes you forget about him when he's out.
Great to see Elliott back, he's injured so often that sometimes you forget about him when he's out.
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No-one is wrong. Even Mihocek isn’t a KPF yet is played as one out of necessity. He’s a 3rd tall in a side that has a FF and CHF. (And he’d bloody dominate)
I see the similarities in WHE and Henry though. Both are fairly similar (high flying, undersized) but WHE offers something Henry doesn’t which is sticky hands as a lead up option out on the wings when we need an exit kick down the line.
Henry is the better forward though - will be back in no time.
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… They all left post B Scott departure
Which full circle brings me back to my point that they should’ve invested in youth and delisted the ‘good blokes’ but list cloggers sooner
They are selecting to win but there are plenty of development players in the side, with Murphy and Ginni coming in this week. Poulter only came in due to illness and injury to the likes of Pendlebury and Ginnivan. Elliott is an automatic selection to return. Poulter had to make way.
Henry was very stiff to be dropped and I would have liked to see him retained But his yips were beyond belief. With Begg going out because he’s not ready and certainly not yet a viable forward, that means we have the height of Cameron ( or Cox) return to key forward, so I can see why henry was squeezed out. Personally I’d have dropped mccreery but that too would have created an outcry.
Macrae… non issue, he was called on to the sub bench at the last minute and goes straight out again.
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I’m going off on an irrelevant tangent but hypothetical this is the case. What a reflection of the world we live in now where we fixate on an employee’s weaknesses instead of allowing the strength to flourish.
Let’s say Henry is a high-flying marking forward with X factor. Why don’t we just allow that to happen since he ain’t a defensive forward.
Similarly in a workplace, expectation is someone’s strength is maintained whilst we try and eliminate/develop a weakness - you confuse the situation when you take the focus/attention away from the strength to the point it is no longer a strength and the weakness becomes less of an issue.
Rant over.
Spot on , why the F$c& drop Henry. He kicks straight last week. 5 goals to his name , was our only focal point who could stick marks alongside Checkers. Nup , let’s drop the kid who shows any semblance as a marking forward. Clueless
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grayza2018
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Rant justified I think! I'm just trying to put myself in the selectors shoes. Wet weather forecast too? Maybe that's why they went Beau's way over Ollie?
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Apparently the way forward is to play dads army… regardless of whether they have the flu or not
Thanks. Not a great stat considering ladder positions…. I hope we don’t play any of the kids as the sub. Complete waste. Better off playing full VFL game
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Nah, you’re not wrong and it’s probably what has happened. It just triggered me the way big organisations/clubs work nowadays lol
We are not playing finals this year. Full stop.
We've got a bunch of kids who show real promise. We need to get games into them to help them come off a good base next year.
By playing these kids each week we will finish bottom 4.
That, my friends, is not tanking. It is good management.
We've got a bunch of kids who show real promise. We need to get games into them to help them come off a good base next year.
By playing these kids each week we will finish bottom 4.
That, my friends, is not tanking. It is good management.
Great IN’s.
Really happy McCreery kept his spot. He and Ginni make a great double act, terrorising opposition defences. I predict McCreery will kick at least two goals. With Elliott back as well, plus DeGoey and the Daicos boys, suddenly we look very potent.
I reckon that’s one of our strongest line-ups to date and I won’t be surprised to see us steal a win on the road.
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Really happy McCreery kept his spot. He and Ginni make a great double act, terrorising opposition defences. I predict McCreery will kick at least two goals. With Elliott back as well, plus DeGoey and the Daicos boys, suddenly we look very potent.
I reckon that’s one of our strongest line-ups to date and I won’t be surprised to see us steal a win on the road.
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None of the guys I listed are list cloggers, and leaving post Scott reinforces NM go from one mistake to another.
NM is the wrong model - a good club recognizes “ youth at all costs” is a dumb strategy.
So they should have kept all those guys, to assist developing youth.
We don’t need to play kids before they’re ready, or dump senior players still capable contributing- that’s the lesson here.
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I'm not sure playing all of the kids and getting belted by 10+ goals every week is good development for them either...
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Exactly the reason I would have played him
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I meant to quote your post re: Henry’s “duck ups”
Exactly the reason I would have played him
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