Reef is not the player that will stop the opposition from zoning off, and holding a monster sized key back accountable.
For me, if any of Frampton, Eyre or Cox have to play a significant KPF role throughout the season, we are most unlikely to be playing off in the GF again 2024. It's up to Kreuger or Johnson to make the position their own this year.
Injuries aside you’ve nailed the issue with Kreuger. He needs to be more disciplined and predictable to his team mates and stop flying for every mark.
Agree he’s being written off too easily. As far as I recall 2023 was injury free for him ( or at least short term ailments only)
This is about right.
We survived without mcstay for most of last year as well as when it mattered. We will find a way again. There’s also Reef who is a forward option as well as extra forward time to DeGoey and Nick, along with of course Schultz who will provide spark. And mcstay could be back hopefully by early august with some luck. Even without a genuine key forward there are tons of options.
I’d be willing to give Eyre the benefit of the doubt as a forward at this point. From all reports on the Essendon board he got in to the right positions playing forward, and was a good set shot but just had trouble sticking his marks. A couple of years of development and confidence in his hands could mean we have a potential hidden gem on our hands as a genuine swing man. He’s still young enough that I wouldn’t be writing him off at either end of the ground yet.
Perhaps Eyre could adopt the methods the climate control folk employ to cling to paintings. The club could recruit a suitable expert on stickying hands. Between you and me, I have never so much as set eyes upon even a bit of video of him, so am somewhat unreliably reliant on 2nd and 3rd hand reports and thoughts. But I can imagine what he is like.
So in summary you’re writing our season off if Eyre is a regular in our 22 despite you having never seen him.
I can see that the transition to a new year has done nothing to improve your sense of humour or literal interpretation of my posts.
You have no idea what an AFL standard player is..
Seems a very long break. Is it as per AFLPA mandated agreements?
Makes sense they'd want these weeks off. It's the only time they get when their kids are on school hols.
Re: Hill, you’d hope so. He’s still very young, his physical peak is still a few years off yet.
That is true but I do know what a VFL standard player is
It's hardly fair. On the rare occasion when training is too distant for you there is nobody to step up. It seemed obvious from your posts that you weren't able to get there. We have become complacent in expecting you to do all the lifting, not just the heavy stuff. I am too far away myself, but surely someone who was there for even one session could have filled the breach with a little summary. Perhaps it's not too late.
