Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[The Chad and I]

It's not often a big forward has kicked 6 goals against us this year.
Blanck would do a better job stopping Hogan one on one than Barrass.
So what's the point?

 

[Hawkspot]

It's not often a big forward has kicked 6 goals against us this year.
Blanck would do a better job stopping Hogan one on one than Barrass.
So what's the point?

We sacrifice covering other forwards every week to cover the big boys by making it 3 v 1 in marking contests. Having a better fullback allows us to cover the others, and the flow on of having more attacking options on the ground too.

Geelong, Sydney, and Melbourne tore us apart by taking the players left behind by us covering the talls. The best sides take advantage of it and we want to beat the best.

I hope Blanck becomes a gun, but he’s coming off an ACL and only played 24 games.

Getting Barrass would be a huge instant improvement to our team.

 

[MasterSamurai]

Well, we know tom has form as a flipper.

 

[TONYC3163]

It's not often a big forward has kicked 6 goals against us this year.
Blanck would do a better job stopping Hogan one on one than Barrass.
So what's the point?

Blanck would be able to keep up with Hogan, that's why Sam persisted with Weddle rather than Frost.

 

[Topiary]

Pete Vlahos… our mate that declared Cogs to Hawthorn.

So did everyone else. It was done until the AFL stepped in.

 

[Hawk the Talk]

It was tongue in cheek… people get information, sometimes it might be good, sometimes it might be off, sometimes things change.

 

[Mercy Seat]

It's not often a big forward has kicked 6 goals against us this year.
Blanck would do a better job stopping Hogan one on one than Barrass.
So what's the point?

I don't know where the stat is but heard it been talked about by Hoyne from CD a few weeks back that we concede a lot of shots on goal per inside d50.

The good news is that at our best, our game plan concedes a low amount of inside 50s to the opposition, however, because it's often on the turnover, we do concede a lot of scores in this way. You saw in the last quarter on Sunday GWS kicked 7 goals from 13 inside 50s.

Getting one of the best stoppers in the league would allow us to keep playing to our strengths with the insurance of having someone who is going to lockdown the oppositions best forwards. Seems a no-brainer to me.

 

[Platten44]

I don't know where the stat is but heard it been talked about by Hoyne from CD a few weeks back that we concede a lot of shots on goal per inside d50.

The good news is that at our best, our game plan concedes a low amount of inside 50s to the opposition, however, because it's often on the turnover, we do concede a lot of scores in this way. You saw in the last quarter on Sunday GWS kicked 7 goals from 13 inside 50s.

Getting one of the best stoppers in the league would allow us to keep playing to our strengths with the insurance of having someone who is going to lockdown the oppositions best forwards. Seems a no-brainer to me.

Who is that stopper? Barrass and Battle are interceptors.

 

[Mercy Seat]

Who is that stopper? Barrass and Battle are interceptors.

Cmon, Barrass. Does both incredibly well.

 

[butlers hawks]

Who is that stopper? Barrass and Battle are interceptors.

Maybe thats the new style Sam wants to play, every bloke in defense being able to intercept instead of fisting the ball to the ground and making it a small forwards dream...would be outside the box thats for sure

 

[yeahmate]

We got multiple goals kicked on us in the last from D50 transition because we had no pressure applied across half forward or through the centre, not because we didnt have a big enough lock down backman

 

[number23]

We got multiple goals kicked on us in the last from D50 transition because we had no pressure applied across half forward or through the centre, not because we didnt have a big enough lock down backman

If the ball comes down as often and as quickly as it did with GWs, no defence is going to hold up. The repeat inside 50s in the last quarter were reminiscent of the Port Power debacle. We need to pressure the ball carrier down field to help our defenders.

 

[Platten44]

Cmon, Barrass. Does both incredibly well.

can Barrass go with a Charlie Curnow type on the fast lead?

 

[Hawkers Hero]

If the ball comes down as often and as quickly as it did with GWs, no defence is going to hold up. The repeat inside 50s in the last quarter were reminiscent of the Port Power debacle. We need to pressure the ball carrier down field to help our defenders.

This is true however a dominant FB can still limit the impact of the opposition getting a run on (which most teams will at some point) even if it is a case of spoiling the contest and getting a defensive stoppage rather than being out-marked.

Just for reference, on the weekend, Hogan had 6 contested marks and kicked 5.2 in a very tight game that we controlled for large parts.

Against the Eagles earlier this year when GWS were arguably in better form, Hogan only had 2 contested markets, kicking 2.2 in a game that was pretty much one way traffic towards his end. It is impossible to compare but I dare say if West Coast were playing Weddle on Hogan in that game he probably kicks 10.

 

[TheFourPillars]

The pressure in the last qtr was more to do I think with the team being fatigued then anything in particular.

 

[butlers hawks]

can Barrass go with a Charlie Curnow type on the fast lead?

can many?

 

[Platten44]

This is true however a dominant FB can still limit the impact of the opposition getting a run on (which most teams will at some point) even if it is a case of spoiling the contest and getting a defensive stoppage rather than being out-marked.

Just for reference, on the weekend, Hogan had 6 contested marks and kicked 5.2 in a very tight game that we controlled for large parts.

Against the Eagles earlier this year when GWS were arguably in better form, Hogan only had 2 contested markets, kicking 2.2 in a game that was pretty much one way traffic towards his end. It is impossible to compare but I dare say if West Coast were playing Weddle on Hogan in that game he probably kicks 10.

Two of Hogans goals came off Weddles hands and should have been called play on.

 

[Platten44]

The pressure in the last qtr was more to do it think with the team being fatigued then anything in particular.

Has any other VIC team had back to back interstate trips this year? We have done it twice.

 

[MC_9]

Two of Hogans goals came off Weddles hands and should have been called play on.

Yeh that was crazy. Weddle got hands to 2 marks first, which is clearly touched. But just got counted as marks.

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[westhawk]

We got multiple goals kicked on us in the last from D50 transition because we had no pressure applied across half forward or through the centre, not because we didnt have a big enough lock down backman

All of Hogans goals except one I think were one v one where he out bodied either Weddle or CJ and Frost on the goal line. That does not happen if Barrass is on him.

 

[TheFourPillars]

Has any other VIC team had back to back interstate trips this year? We have done it twice.

I'm not going to make excuses like that for the team. we r young fatigue does come into it as the season wears on no matter where u play.

 

[TylerDurden]

I've been told Vlahos mail is way off, re Barrass.

 

[TheFourPillars]

Might have been WCE leaking BS to up the price

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Yeh that was crazy. Weddle got hands to 2 marks first, which is clearly touched. But just got counted as marks.

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They used to pay the mark to the man in front. Not anymore

 

[butlers hawks]

Might have been WCE leaking BS to up the price

Swans seeing the tweet