On the outside. Not in the middle. Look at the midfields of Geelong GWS & Hawks. It’s not leg speed, it’s game style. Run, taking game on and numbers
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On the outside. Not in the middle. Look at the midfields of Geelong GWS & Hawks. It’s not leg speed, it’s game style. Run, taking game on and numbers
Yes, happy to back them in from our position. That doesn’t mean they’ll get penciled in at MC meetings though.
the stupidly one sided trade hypotheticals are already starting
That’s the issue and I have brought up now for 2 years.
Our development and lack of trust in younger players is poor
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Add Houston to our running backs and add a couple of young kids through the draft (Berry, Travaglia and Gross) along with the growth of Moir and Lord and we have a much more dynamic mix.
Still have to find a way to bring in 2-3 kids in the draft in the top 25 imo to inject more youth.
I’d look at young players like Josh Sinn. Quick and lovely left foot
Wilson is a beauty and should play HB next year. Ollie should be used there after a full pre season. Boyd will be back but needs to improve
Deck chairs for the past 24 years.
Other clubs show us up.
Look at Hawthorn FFS!
Other clubs show us up.
Look at Hawthorn FFS!
Lighter bodies argument is bullshit, light isn’t a problem, just need to be quick and strong.
Darcy Jones for GWS weighs as much as one of our players legs & was brilliant yesterday.
Yes he’s a forward, but the argument stands about being light
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Why stop using resources in Ireland? Are they not a free hit?
What do you see improving by not listing the Irish guys?
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We have a need for speed! We need fast, high pressure half forwards who can get involved in transition and pressure when the ball hits thr deck.
I found it alarming last night when we had the ball in defence and you'd get the whole ground view. Everyone was just standing still and bunching up.
You watch hawthorn and they are constantly on the move all over the ground. Every single player doesn't stop running to space. This opens up gaps and holes for short options. It also spreads and confuses the defence.
Either/or of the following possibilities are happening - our gameplan is outdated (no good teams rely on the kick long down the line) or we simply don't have the cattle to be able to sustain that kind of running.
I found it alarming last night when we had the ball in defence and you'd get the whole ground view. Everyone was just standing still and bunching up.
You watch hawthorn and they are constantly on the move all over the ground. Every single player doesn't stop running to space. This opens up gaps and holes for short options. It also spreads and confuses the defence.
Either/or of the following possibilities are happening - our gameplan is outdated (no good teams rely on the kick long down the line) or we simply don't have the cattle to be able to sustain that kind of running.
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You can't kick goals when you're unconscious.
All but locked in to get to Geelong.
All those teams are much quicker across the ground than us, it is a combination of both.
Holmes type at Geelong is what we need.
Are we slow because of leg speed or is it the way we play?
You can’t tell me that if Saad Cowan Ollie Durdin Williams etc were allowed to run and take the game on we wouldn’t look quicker
We looked a lot quicker the last 2 rounds of the year
it was a big one too
zeggie
You can't kick goals when you're unconscious.
Who gave Durdin a contract until 2026? Better bloody be heavily incentive based. Too often he goes absolutely missing.
Need Motlop to take that next step or bring in a genuine small/mid forward, bring in a KPD, and Cerra to stay fit or bring in another fast mid and we're laughing.
Need Motlop to take that next step or bring in a genuine small/mid forward, bring in a KPD, and Cerra to stay fit or bring in another fast mid and we're laughing.
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Waste of soft cap money, that we can use on better assistants.
It’s laughably bad that Fog & Hewett are seen as pillars to have a good preseason and be important next year.
They are both honest footballers, limited in their own ways but realistically not very good.
Neither would be in top 40-45 in afl in their position (think about it - 18 sides & every team has 2 players at least who are better than them).
I’m not shitting on them, just stating that they should be the bare minimum standard, the fact we have so many players who aren’t even at there standard gives a lot of perspective how bad our list is.
They are both honest footballers, limited in their own ways but realistically not very good.
Neither would be in top 40-45 in afl in their position (think about it - 18 sides & every team has 2 players at least who are better than them).
I’m not shitting on them, just stating that they should be the bare minimum standard, the fact we have so many players who aren’t even at there standard gives a lot of perspective how bad our list is.
We are not a quick team, we built a team on contested footy, there has been a shift in the last two years, we need to evolve our list & game style.
Durdin cannot get near it, Williams has probably been one of our worst buys in history, Cowan although promising will need to improve his kicking & composure.
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I reckon a bit of both but agree with your point
Can they not get near it because they aren’t up to it or game style doesn’t allow it?
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The Sinn family are Carlton tragics, I’d love him at the Blues has exactly what we need.
I don’t think Josh would be too sad playing in the Navy Blue.
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Hewett needs to be our fourth best mid. Fogarty needs to bring pressure to that HHF role. They are role players, I don’t think anyone is expecting them to change our fortunes.
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No reason why we can’t do both and relatively easily as well.
Tom McDonald is available as a free agent and is a good player who can play a few roles.
Haynes is past his best but an upgrade on Marchbank, he’s also free.
Then go to the draft and push for 2 first round picks.
Target a trade like Acres, Hollands, Ginnivan, Chol
That would be 3 senior players, 2 first round draftees and the Campo boys, that’s a decent list refresh.
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