That's fair, I was thinking it would be late 20's with next year's free agents, NGA and northern academy and FS pushing it back somewhat like last year.
He's certainly down the pecking order at BNE and I can't see him getting a look in but does have a crack and despite the iffy disposal, can...
Not too far off what I'd have too:
Dimma - Lake - Sicily
Burgoyne - Gibson - Birch
McEvoy - Hodgey - T Mitchell
I Smith - Mitch - Crawf
Moore - Rough - Gunners
Breust - Buddy - Rioli
Bench:
J Smith, Hill, J Lewis, Newcombe,
I think even now, this teams foot skills would cut through oppo...
I'm not sure if it was his debut but I saw him down in Tassie in 2011 and thought the same. I don't feel like I've made too many 'make it or not' calls that were a real failure but this was definitely one.
I'm still catching up on this thread so if it's been raised apologies but that is a 'Coastal Awareness Notice' to beware of Hawks, do not feed them, watch out for them, their claws are sharp etc but if we can fool the Doggies supporters then by all means go for it.
Pretty high!
Captains a flag, another 3 played in, ~10 top 3 BnF finishes for 5 wins, a Brownlow and then add a flag as coach and he's entering uncharted territory.
He has time on his side too the achieve the flag as a coach.
Its amazing to look back and see that from '76-'95, The Hawks, The Drug Pigs and The Paper Bags won all the flags except Shinbeggars '77, Tiges '80, Pies '90, and WCE '92&'94 over that 20 season span.
Why would you not be confident that he couldn't maintain or improve his efforts going into his second year with us?
I think he'll score more goals, assists, tackles etc as he'll have been in our system for the year, will have played with the forwards and understood their game styles etc and...
If 5 years seems too long for some, consider our midfield coming up against him for the next 3-4 in his prime. I'm much happier to have him in the centre protecting our guys and crunching theirs than the other way around.
He may slow up once he ticks over 30 but until then, someone has to have...
If this eventuates i.e. ladder position, we'll belt Richmond and North by enough in the last two rounds to pass Geelol on % to take the GMHBA question out of the equation. We've improved ~7-8% in the last 2 rounds.
It's all good to dream that this partnership may form into something that we could rely on in finals but 2024 is a pipe dream unless the Chols Royce goes down. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen as Chol, although only 7 months more advanced with the game plan and leading patterns, is a huge...
Hard Pass on Marshall here. He may get more possessions than Meek but he turns it over more, give away more frees and has lower disposal efficiency which goes against what style we are playing. For every dump kick (clearance) from the centre that gets picked off and returned back into the arms...
Outside of that 20 minute period in the 2nd, when they were on fire, they were outplayed. Yes, their pressure was elite but it still couldn't prevent the Lions storming home. Let's not forget some of the absolute trash the Lions served up either in the last quarter - Hipwood not hitting a...
So true, and yet at the same time, disappointing to see 3 of the top 5 are ours. Our Defensive 50 and even midfielders seem to have focussed on improving their disposal efficiency over the summer to the point that all have DE% over 75 except Worps and Nash at ~70%. How the forwards have not...
He did, mentioned they were confident of Battle re-signing and then nek minit, heard Hawthorn were interested and negotiations went cold (or words to that effect). Picture the sideways grin/mumble/murmer under his breath, almost resigned to the fact Battle was lost to them at that very moment.
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