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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
How many of his preseasons have been interrupted?
I think it's all of them.
If we dont get the experience in like Bolton or Baker of the talent like Warner we will keep repeating what happened yesterday. We have been doing it for most of our 30 year history.
Probably should have taken that into account when we have him a deal to 2030.
Wouldn't be the worst idea but we are getting Chad no?Considering Fyfe is 33, is everyone still saying recruiting another mid with one of those first rounders is a silly idea?
I am not for one second saying small forward isn't our biggest need but from where I'm sitting if we use four top 30 picks one of them should be a midfielder capable of playing inside. Ideally they'd be capable of playing outside too but seriously we've got too many talls and no enough mids on our list.
One guys I wouldn’t be against getting as a Fyfe replacement would be Setterfield. Can play wing and inside and a big bodied defensive mid that would be very cheap to get
The sky is falling, look out.Lord Meek is playing @ deadset AA quality this year and we are hoping the pudgy slow injury prone bloke we backed in for a huge 6 year deal can get through his first ever preseason 8 years into his career
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I thought we all agreed to use common sense and realise that we're not going to get a proper look at Darcy/Jackson this year when Darcy is coming from so far back. Surgery, then injury interrupted pre-season, the another surgery, misses a chunk of time, another injury, few concussions, and whatever tf he's carrying now. How the **** is he supposed to be in peak physical condition when he's been off legs for such an extended period of time.I’ve been a staunch Darcy & Jackson together works guy…
Had my First waver of doubt yesterday. Not ready to jump off yet, and I think Darcy looks unfit, but man.. need a lot more.
19 marks from Darcy in 12 games is brutal. Giving us minimum around the ground atm.
SIX years looking awful for big Sean.
A big $$$ four-year deal would have been ok, but six is tough. Knobel looks like he could well be a lead ruckman in 3 years time but thats going to be tough with Darcy on the books.
He's a professional athlete. He eats what he's told to eat, exercises what he's told to exercise. It's not like he's going out living this really unhealthy lifestyle. He's just a massive bloke and genetics no doubt play a part in it. It's wrong to criticise him for being unfit and lazy when you don't know just how much he does behind the scenes. I'm sure if it was a simple task to lower his body fat % then our s&c would have got him on a program already to do that.Even with all the setbacks this year I think we can all agree that big Darcy is in terrible shape for a professional athlete. How many years has he been in the system? 7? The amount of time he's missed this year makes staying on top of his diet and preparation even more important. His game could go to another level if he got chiselled and lowered his body fat %. Probably get injured less too with less impact on his knees and ankles.
To be clear I rate him. Firmly in the don't trade him camp but he needs to lift his standards. He's got his bag now it's time to pull his head in.
Also if Reidy were any good he would have debuted by now. Obviously a massive gap between Darcy, Jackson and the depth players.
Baker is only just a small upgrade on Aish, no way should we give a first round pick for him.if need be get three kids in and hope for a Sheezel typeRichmond and baker agree to tear up the contract.
We offer a contract that nets them a free agency band 1 compo.
We give them the pies pick for baker and for them to pay his salary.
Get Warner with left overs.
Right???
1) that entire post was alternate reality type stuff just because.Baker is only just a small upgrade on Aish, no way should we give a first round pick for him.if need be get three kids in and hope for a Sheezel type
He's a professional athlete. He eats what he's told to eat, exercises what he's told to exercise. It's not like he's going out living this really unhealthy lifestyle. He's just a massive bloke and genetics no doubt play a part in it. It's wrong to criticise him for being unfit and lazy when you don't know just how much he does behind the scenes. I'm sure if it was a simple task to lower his body fat % then our s&c would have got him on a program already to do that.
And also the people who have a go at him for just getting off the beers now is ridiculous. Almost every AFL player will be on the beers, and almost every player will have limited drinks during the season. It's not like he was ridiculously unhealthy before that just because he did what every other AFL player does.
Darcy is carrying a knee injury that restricts his training in week, the strapping looks like a mattress.. he is getting jabbed each week but it wears off by three quarter time .. hence his poor last quarter.. watched him in the captains run in Melbourne before the game and he appeared to have a limp the day before the game.. others noticed and asked Liam Reidy if he was playing.. he just smiled and said he was ready when he gets the call up.. TBH Darcy shouldn’t have played the game.. poor performance ruins reputation.. only weeks ago he put Melbourne to the sword where they didn’t win a clearance.. just needs some improvement in knee and solid training to get him back into best form
Small upgrade on Aish? Lol this board, honestly wowBaker is only just a small upgrade on Aish, no way should we give a first round pick for him.if need be get three kids in and hope for a Sheezel type