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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Intraclub match planned for Friday.
He was in 33 though.........wasn't he?I don’t think he’s on our list anymore
Saw that - anyone have any clue roughly what time it might be on?
Not a very telling exercise when you consider that players get picked for certain roles. He could be the worst player on the list but if we have lots of midfield injuries, he ends up getting picked. Harry Edwards isn't going to line up on a wing or take on a tagging role.Funny thing with 33. It got me thinking - I do not believe Ainsworth is in our best 33.
Can anyone seriously name 10 players less promising that Mr 33?
Here is my attempt at the players I think Ainsworth is ahead of (for now at least):-
Foley (I see him as bolt in Mr 42, dear in the headlines and all that stuff)
Johnson (only in his second year so possibly a bit tough and expect him ahead by the end 2021)
L. Edwards (new boy so not expected in preseason and expect him ahead by the end 2021)
Winder (new boy so not expected in preseason and expect him ahead by the end 2021)
Cameron (the version we saw in 2020 but his 2019 was way ahead of Mr 33)
Venables (only if he cannot get back on the park)
Rioli (only because WADA won't let him play)
wE kEeP fInIsHiNg tOo hIgH tO dRaFt mIdSamazing what happens when you recruit an out-and-out midfielder.
Funny thing with 33. It got me thinking - I do not believe Ainsworth is in our best 33.
Can anyone seriously name 10 players less promising that Mr 33?
Here is my attempt at the players I think Ainsworth is ahead of (for now at least):-
Foley (I see him as bolt in Mr 42, dear in the headlines and all that stuff)
Johnson (only in his second year so possibly a bit tough and expect him ahead by the end 2021)
L. Edwards (new boy so not expected in preseason and expect him ahead by the end 2021)
Winder (new boy so not expected in preseason and expect him ahead by the end 2021)
Cameron (the version we saw in 2020 but his 2019 was way ahead of Mr 33)
Venables (only if he cannot get back on the park)
Rioli (only because WADA won't let him play)
Totally agree about Brains...!Yes. And may it continue with a modicum of respect for the kid.
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Totally agree...!
Harry Edwards excites me a lot. Like I was super impressed by what I saw in 2019 for the BEAGLES. He read the play so well and was peeling off and taking big interecpt marks from game one and didn't look like a recent addition to WAFL footy. Then you also have the a bloke who is 200cm that is so mobile and agile as well. Oh and and he a very nice user of the ball by foot as well.
Reminds me of Harris Andrews a bit
If true that H.Edwards is now in that 200-201cm range, he becomes a genuine option for that secondary ruck role, which presents an interesting selection dilemma.
Duggan still being deployed in the midfield - looks certain now that is where he will be doing most of his work this year.
Intraclub match planned for Friday.
Does it make selection an issue with Barrass and Gov in the future? We could do with a decent KPD that can nullify gorillas.Harry Edwards excites me a lot. Like I was super impressed by what I saw in 2019 for the BEAGLES. He read the play so well and was peeling off and taking big interecpt marks from game one and didn't look like a recent addition to WAFL footy. Then you also have the a bloke who is 200cm that is so mobile and agile as well. Oh and and he a very nice user of the ball by foot as well.
Reminds me of Harris Andrews a bit
The previous poster did say " a modicum of respect.."As Fatty rules said ' Yes. And may it continue with a modicum of respect for the kid. "
Now I will be the first to admit, that I am an old fart and some of my boomer attitudes may have long been replaced with a more contemporary popular train of though .... BUT.
To me respect is something that is earn't and not something that is demanded.
Now I get the spirit in which the original respect comment was made, but that also doesn't exonerate him for being " called on his sh*t" .
I will gladly praise the kid when he does well, but I also reserve the right to point out his shortcomings.
Not sure if it's his development thats been stifled by the coaching he is getting, but I think its fair to say that, his first season was encouraging, after which he has been underwhelming.
Like I have said in previous posts, I hope the kid can ramp it up several notches this season and announce himself, as an emerging player.
That would please me no end.
Probably just ahead of TB as he played AFL last season and could have added a couple moreSimilar to Barrass development who showed enough during his first two years of development to playing almost full time in his third. Both players no one heard of and had growth spurts.
Probably just ahead of TB as he played AFL last season and could have added a couple more
No shit. I thought TB was a 2012 draftee for a moment. Who was the tall from 2012 then?Barrass played 3 games in his second season (2015)
I was thinking of College lol. Tho he wasn't KPPCallum Sinclair in the rookie draft was the only tall unless you want to count intangibles as a tall
Barrass needs to sort out his one on one defence or he could easily lose his spot to one of the up and commers in the next few seasons. He can play the intercept role well but that is clearly Gov's.
When on form is great at shutting players down (see his first half in GF against Cox) but seems to have lost his mojo since 2019. Goes through patches where he bizarrely gets the right position but miss times his leap or sometimes the swing of his arm to spoil. Then will snap back into it and play a couple of great games. Has been shocking in the back end of both 2019 and 2020 (arguably lost us that final last year in 5 mins against Cox).
Our only true tall (sorry Jack) to play every game, too. Which is good given he usually misses multiple games each season. Shortened season notwithstanding.Finished 4th in the B&F so whatever anybody’s thoughts on his performances it’s pretty clear the MC are happy with how he’s going