Team Mgmt. 2024 Forward Line

[Rick Ross]

I thought Rosas was officially released from his contract?

Supposedly - GCS told him he could explore his opportunities. Apparently to give him a kick up the bum. Then reiterated he was a contracted and a required player.

“Players including Malcolm Rosas basically got told: ‘You come back in elite shape, or go and play with someone else’. Malcolm thought: ‘OK, I’ll go and play with someone else’. Found some suitors, then Gold Coast said: ‘No, you’re playing with us again’. It was a shot across the bows.

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[Mini Dustin Fletcher]

Perk Caddy Martin

Kako Drapes Langford

Gresh, Guelfi, Davey's Wright. I'd even look at Zach in the Half-forward area.. We need more speed and skill going into the forwards line. I would love to see them play in mould of Geelong, Hawks, GWS etc.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Supposedly - GCS told him he could explore his opportunities. Apparently to give him a kick up the bum. Then reiterated he was a contracted and a required player.

“Players including Malcolm Rosas basically got told: ‘You come back in elite shape, or go and play with someone else’. Malcolm thought: ‘OK, I’ll go and play with someone else’. Found some suitors, then Gold Coast said: ‘No, you’re playing with us again’. It was a shot across the bows.

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Seems pretty juvenile for a club to be doing a few weeks after extending a contract by 2 years, and also pretty harsh on a player who started playing when Zach Reid did and who's goal averages have increased year on year since debut. What a pathetic club.

 

[P Money]

Seems pretty juvenile for a club to be doing a few weeks after extending a contract by 2 years, and also pretty harsh on a player who started playing when Zach Reid did and who's goal averages have increased year on year since debut. What a pathetic club.

I don't really see it that way. I see a new coach setting standards that clearly haven't been set high enough and upheld strongly enough (geez what other club does that remind me of).

Probably overplayed their hand a little and a bit embarrassing to have their bluff called but if I was a GC fan (are there any of those?) I'd be heartened by this kind of approach.

 

[Yoda_]

I reckon when Caddy builds his tank he's a CHF. Some of his f50 entries this year were just outstanding. He's an excellent field kick and contested grab when he has a run at it. Would be a waste at FF IMO.

Caddy is the perfect match for CHF.

Juts looked like the mobile power forwards are the go to at the moment, steering away from traditional beasts?

If we brought in a full forward like an Armstrong, Sims then maybe, I dunno, can see the Caddy / Curnow comparison coming to fruition and Nate playing close to goal averaging 60 goals a season.

 

[ghostdog]

Juts looked like the mobile power forwards are the go to at the moment, steering away from traditional beasts?

If we brought in a full forward like an Armstrong, Sims then maybe, I dunno, can see the Caddy / Curnow comparison coming to fruition and Nate playing close to goal averaging 60 goals a season.

I don't doubt that he's capable, I just think his other attributes would make him a terrific CHF.

 

[Yoda_]

I don't doubt that he's capable, I just think his other attributes would make him a terrific CHF.

fair call, will have plenty of time over the next 2 - 5 years to work out which way we go. Scott favouring playing a ruck forward has shown Caddy being pushed out to CHF anyways

 

[ghostdog]

fair call, will have plenty of time over the next 2 - 5 years to work out which way we go. Scott favouring playing a ruck forward has shown Caddy being pushed out to CHF anyways

And who knows how that will go too. By the end of the season I actually preferred Draper forward before Wright, which is saying something. Draper should be a break glass option but Wright just hasn't been competitive at all. He's a poor man's Ben Brown.

 

[Yoda_]

And who knows how that will go too. By the end of the season I actually preferred Draper forward before Wright, which is saying something. Draper should be a break glass option but Wright just hasn't been competitive at all. He's a poor man's Ben Brown.

This is the reason why I want us to take another young key forward.

delist Weidemann, have already moved on Baldwin and Hunter and allows the big boy fwd to actually play second fiddle not #1 we are asking him to do

 

[ghostdog]

This is the reason why I want us to take another young key forward.

delist Weidemann, have already moved on Baldwin and Hunter and allows the big boy fwd to actually play second fiddle not #1 we are asking him to do

I'm okay with not taking one and filling other gaps first. That could give Bryan more consistency in first grade and we can throw the cheque book at JUH or someone in a few years. Also not fazed though if we did select a key forward though. We have so many needs. Half the current team won't be on tge list by the time we're contending.

 

[The Donners]

I want a lot of things, none of which includes Wright, Guelfi, Menzie, Stringer and Gresham in a team.

Like Vindicator, I think Guelfi has a role to play.

 

[ant555]

Juts looked like the mobile power forwards are the go to at the moment, steering away from traditional beasts?

If we brought in a full forward like an Armstrong, Sims then maybe, I dunno, can see the Caddy / Curnow comparison coming to fruition and Nate playing close to goal averaging 60 goals a season.

And what about the need for the lead up CHF that can take a mark on the wing and create play ? Caddy has way too much footy IQ to not let him loose at CHF and use that with his mobility and marking.

 

[ghostdog]

And what about the need for the lead up CHF that can take a mark on the wing and create play ? Caddy has way too much footy IQ to not let him loose at CHF and use that with his mobility and marking.

Yep. Roam up to the wings and anywhere from the arc up to halfway. He's a smart player.

 

[BrunoV]

Like Vindicator, I think Guelfi has a role to play.

He doesn't really. His role is created by his weakness, given that he is no where near quick enough or good enough as a pressure player, which is part of the broader weakness of the forward line, which is that it is probably the most immobile in the AFL, which creates the need for a forward tagging role, that can be played by just about anyone on an AFL list (save for ruckmen), because the structure itself is fundamentally incapable of defending.

Have a forward line that can move and there is no role for Guelfi. There should be no role for Guelfi who on his best day is the standard of an A grade amateur.

 

[Yoda_]

S next season we see the integration of Isaac Kako at the expense of Jake Stringer

25

Jake Stringer

Age

30

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.8

5star

D

8.5

2star

K

7.0

3star

HB

1.5

1star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

4star

G

2.5

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

, how do we set up at AFL and VFL level then?

(AFL Level)
Half forward; Jade Gresham

11

Jade Gresham

Age

27

Ht

177cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

7.2

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.0

3star

G

0.5

4star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

- Kyle Langford

4

Kyle Langford

Age

27

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.7

4star

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

3star

G

0.7

4star

D

8.2

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

- Archie Perkins
Forwardline; Isaac Kako - Sam Draper -Nate Caddy

(VFL Level)
Half forward line; Alwyn Davey - Peter Wright - Matt Guelfi

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Matt Guelfi

Age

27

Ht

184cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.2

2star

D

10.5

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

G

0.0

1star

D

17.2

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

0.2

3star

Forward line; Jye Menzie - Vigo Vistentini - ****

Could still use more ammunition in the front half, I would still like another (tall playing) medium forward who can lead up and be dynamic enough to go through the midfield if need be. A Stringer replacement. Archer Day-Wicks is the one I want later, or young Toner from outer East via Dandenong Stingrays.

how do you see the mix next year?

 

[DERO]

Wright will play in the seniors.

 

[DERO]

Yeah I hope MP starts in the seniors and has another [emoji6] goal session like in [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]. Just needs to get some confidence back and he’ll be fine. Feel like our starting forward line will be;-

Martin Caddy Gresham
Langford MP Kako

Guelfi, Perkins and SEH will also rotate through


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WTF?

 

[Beerfish]

WTF?

It's a known issue posting through tapatalk on ios8.

 

[DERO]

It's a known issue posting through tapatalk on ios8.

Oh! I thought I was having a stroke!

 

[jannissary]

Yeah I hope MP starts in the seniors and has another [emoji6] goal session like in [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]. Just needs to get some confidence back and he’ll be fine. Feel like our starting forward line will be;-

Martin Caddy Gresham
Langford MP Kako

Guelfi, Perkins and SEH will also rotate through


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right on trucker

 

[jdstorm]

S next season we see the integration of Isaac Kako at the expense of Jake Stringer, how do we set up at AFL and VFL level then?

(AFL Level)
Half forward; Jade Gresham - Kyle Langford - Archie Perkins
Forwardline; Isaac Kako - Sam Draper -Nate Caddy

(VFL Level)
Half forward line; Alwyn Davey - Peter Wright - Matt Guelfi
Forward line; Jye Menzie - Vigo Vistentini - ****

Could still use more ammunition in the front half, I would still like another (tall playing) medium forward who can lead up and be dynamic enough to go through the midfield if need be. A Stringer replacement. Archer Day-Wicks is the one I want later, or young Toner from outer East via Dandenong Stingrays.

how do you see the mix next year?

Depends on how they fit all the smaller mids in. Ie will one of Parish/Hobbs/Caldwell/Whoever be playing significant minutes as your 3rd pressure forward.

I think you have the names right but positions a bit out.

Think it’s AFL
CHF Langford Caddy Perkins
FF Kako Draper Gresham

Gresham is the best at getting crumbs and Draper will drop a few so I reckon he’ll be closer to goal. Langford is such a good user I think he’ll get more freedom up the ground.

VFL
CHF Alwynn Wright Rookie
FF Menzie Vigo Guelf

Still a lot of spots up for grabs I think. And a lot to play out