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Universal Love 2016/2017 Pre-season Thread
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Samcro24
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Jake Lever, from Melbourne, Victoria.
Lives in Melbourne, Victoria.
Jake Lever, from Melbourne, Victoria.
Lives in Melbourne, Victoria.
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Hmmm... he doesn't seem to be craving anonymity? Posting on the AFC FB page and using his actual name.
Perhaps delete the link only but keep all the comments you've made
Perhaps delete the link only but keep all the comments you've made
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Fair enough, but if you have a FB account, it's easy enough to find the big lever
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So did everyone see that photo of Jake his dad posted for his birthday? that is going to come back and haunt him.
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Have found the point where the Texan goes for the string. Interestingly he jogs off, but not before turning around to potentially get involved in the play as the ball came towards him on the wing as he was jogging off.
SEN did a season preview of Adelaide this morning. Garry Lyon had Adelaide finishing 5th, Tim Watson had them 4th and Sam McClure 3rd.
Pretty happy at the moment with 3rd-5th for this season
Can't see us higher unless a few players jump up a level
Atkins , Cameron, Milera, Hampton, B Crouch are probably the keys for us along with McGovern becoming an elite forward in terms of improvement
Unfort we say it every year but prob 2018-19 is our strike zone for flag contention but would take alot to go right even then
I reckon Gov is going to have a massive year. Looks like he'll be pushed into the midfield more too if the preseason is anything to go by. Exciting.
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Would be a good kick out target when spends some time on a wing.
Don't push him out of the forward line too much , only if he's not involved to get him into the game
His best work will be I50 , same as Eddie . Bring them up to bring them into play if they are quiet
Agree with this. I remember Sicily's marking at Hawthorn's kick-ins carving us up last year. I reckon Gov could play a similar role now with a better endurance base, he'll be able to get around the ground easier. Still should be mainly based in the forward line though, that's where his best work is done.
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KB on SEN says that Tex has a dud ankle, the club decided not to have surgery on it in the offseason and now he has to play with it all year, he says he has been sent a photo of how much it blows up after each game.
They are going to get Rucci on the phone to find out the story.
They are going to get Rucci on the phone to find out the story.
So if Tex is out for the first game (hope not, he is very important to us) ... hopefully Dear gets his chance to show his talent on the big stage.
How would the match-ups go against GWS without Tex? Dear to play FF and occupy Davis? Anyone?
How would the match-ups go against GWS without Tex? Dear to play FF and occupy Davis? Anyone?
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A bigger deal out west.
I'd be tenpted to go smaller and move McGovern to CHF.
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I'm not sure Dear comes in, we already run a tall forward line, I think Tex gets replaced with Menzel. We still have Jenkins, McGovern & Lynch as the three tall forwards, we just switch to running an extra small rather than an extra tall.
If that is happening it probably takes half a day to go down, I had that once, everytime I ran my ankle would swell, just a heap of cartledge floating around in there had it removed and all was good, although recckon Tex probably has more than that, as it took two weeks and all was fixed
It would swell after training aswell if its doing that , cant see them making a call not to fix it pre season
Am I wrong in thinking McGovern is almost an upgrade on Tex at CHF. At keast not losing too much.
I feel our fowrad line is a bit top heavy with Jenkins, Tex, McGovern and Lynch. Hence I have wanted McGovern to become a big bodied mid
McGovern is more mobile than Tex, a better contested mark and when he played the modern CHF role without Tex he excelled.
If Tex is injured his mobility is further impaired a his kicking suffers. We saw that just before he went off.
Of course Tex is the better option if he is fit. But he has struggled for a while now.
I hope if Tex is struggling they make the right call.
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I feel our fowrad line is a bit top heavy with Jenkins, Tex, McGovern and Lynch. Hence I have wanted McGovern to become a big bodied mid
McGovern is more mobile than Tex, a better contested mark and when he played the modern CHF role without Tex he excelled.
If Tex is injured his mobility is further impaired a his kicking suffers. We saw that just before he went off.
Of course Tex is the better option if he is fit. But he has struggled for a while now.
I hope if Tex is struggling they make the right call.
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Not sure how Rooch would know anything.
Yes you are wrong, Gov has a long way to go to compete with Tex, imagine taking the best defender every week, he might find he becomes even more inconsistent with the added pressure of having to stand say an Alex Rance or Easton Wood
How do we know that he will be inconsistent if we never try him against them, though?
Just a question, Marty - when do you personally believe Gov will truly hit his straps? IMO, this could be his year
I mean in the context of an unfit Tex vs McGovern.
But I do also genuinely think our best 22 forward line is a bit top heavy with Shooter and Tex wanting to play the same role.
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Agree he could but he did show a lot of incosistency last year and took the fourth if not fifth defender, big ask to make him the focalpoint, I would say he consolidates his position gets consistency and next year can go to the next Level, this year is about staying consistent and I bet thats what Pyke wants out of him, not load him up with a KPF position and their main defender, Lynch is more capable of holding that role than Gov if Tex doesnt play
