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Zurhaar better play well if he’s going to roll with that set up he’s got going on.
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Obviously Kingy and I didn't get the memo
Did you speak to him?
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Is he friends with Bard yet?
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I didn't ask him. Our convo was around whether we should have a coffee cart.
Lol…always the thespian Frank
Say hello next time from me; saw him at the Tunnel after one pathetic loss back in the 90’s
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He's absolutely not slow, and his positioning is a lot better than fine- might be almost the best in the league as a key forward when it comes to reading the play. No mystery imo, its his movement/general athleticism (more quick/agile not explosive) combined with footy brain that makes him special.
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Have to disagree with his positioning. Multiple people have mentioned that he is in fact quick, so it looks like I might be wrong there.
His usage rate probably makes things appear worse than they are, but he has a habit of calling for it out the back when he should be leading. Anyway. Apparently people think I'm slinging shit at him. I'm not. His record speaks for itself. I'm just a little cautious that without a capable second key forward (cough Comben), teams will do what they did last year, sit on him, and cause him dry spells (had spells last year of 6 goals in 5, 3 in 3, and 2 in 3). That was a far cry from his 2023, even discounting the final three rounds, and it made his weaknesses stand out.
Again, not his fault, but he isn't a brute who can fight through those defenders and we NEED another avenue to goal. If it's Darling, I'll be surprised, but we can't be relying on him in his nursing home years as the be-all-and-end-all
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Wasn’t much going on today, seemed like an ‘extras’ session. Around 10-12 did there own thing and the others just did basic drills all designed on getting some touch and some overlap transition.
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Disagree he's exceptionally poor and close to the league's worse but it doesn't matter.
He plays to his strengths - like all the good players do.
It's a bit like Hawthorn supporters complaining that Jason Dunstall couldn't get off the ground.
It didn't matter.
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You mean he's lost 42% of his 1v2 contests.
So he wins most (the majority) of them.
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We laugh at Magic, and he’s a better defender than Comben.
The elite KPD’s lose between 15-25%.
Comben needs to get waaaaaay better in this respect.
The elite KPD’s lose between 15-25%.
Comben needs to get waaaaaay better in this respect.
We’ll see how he goes in the pre season matches but I think if we are being serious, he isn’t forging a 1v1 he may play as a 7th loose defender
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Yes there is no doubt about this but people have to remember he's virtually played 7 months as a key defender. As with some of our other players I get the frustration but you have to think in baby steps, last year in a lot of the games he played really well and in some games he had some problems with the opposition, if he didn't I certainly would have been surprised and he performed pretty much as I expected.
Its a learning process and in order to get to the level he aspires to, this is the steps that he must go through in order to achieve the result. For a player that couldn't get on the ground because of injury and bad luck, last year he showed an unbelievable amount of promise, yet some people target the negative things that they do but don't seem to mention the good things.
The best ways to learn are from experience, playing on better players, learning from your mistakes which could come under experience and confidence, the latter which will come and go as a learning process in the next 12 months, have a little patience, we haven't even scratched the surface of what Chom can do, but your going to get more glimpses of it in the next two years and just in case people think I should take off my rose coloured glasses, I don't have any, its my judgement/ perception that Charlie is going to be a very special player for us in more ways that you can imagine.
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I reckon LDU ran about 50 x 100m at about 3/4 pace. Same as Fisher and Hardeman?? Tucker did more than a handful at the back end of training too. LDU, Parker, Duursma, Wardlaw and someone else - I forget - were running lengths earlier in the piece. Jy and Colby had a cruisy day, CM as mentioned barefoot in the park Caleb Daniel and Aiden Corr worked together, Corr just rolling through one handed, both showed good intensity. Bumped into a mate I used to play footy with so wasn't really paying attention too much.
Riley Hardeman has a nice swerve on him, River Stevens has a decent left peg too. Tommy Powell is very like a Luke Parker younger brother. Big year for Tommy I reckon - a good runner, smart footballer, neat skills and quite demanding.
I might remember more .... maybe, but there was not a whole lot going on, as mentioned a bit earlier
Caleb Daniel and Aiden Corr worked together, Corr just rolling through one handed, both showed good intensity. Bumped into a mate I used to play footy with so wasn't really paying attention too much. Riley Hardeman has a nice swerve on him, River Stevens has a decent left peg too. Tommy Powell is very like a Luke Parker younger brother. Big year for Tommy I reckon - a good runner, smart footballer, neat skills and quite demanding.
I might remember more .... maybe, but there was not a whole lot going on, as mentioned a bit earlier
I reckon LDU ran about 50 x 100m at about 3/4 pace. Same as Fisher and Hardeman?? Tucker did more than a handful at the back end of training too. LDU, Parker, Duursma, Wardlaw and someone else - I forget - were running lengths earlier in the piece. Jy and Colby had a cruisy day, CM as mentioned barefoot in the park
Riley Hardeman has a nice swerve on him, River Stevens has a decent left peg too. Tommy Powell is very like a Luke Parker younger brother. Big year for Tommy I reckon - a good runner, smart footballer, neat skills and quite demanding.
I might remember more .... maybe, but there was not a whole lot going on, as mentioned a bit earlier
Waiting to hear on where’d you go for breakfast more importantly…
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Well I was outgunned on the location, so had to trapse into the big smoke. I couldn't even tell you the name of the place, was kinda near Haighs Chocolates in whatever arcade .... place was on the left and up a bit .... if you're facing north .... had the eggs benedict which were pretty yummy, didn't have to pay which was even better. Might have to start taking my best little mate into town every now and then .... $10 parking was a bonus, and straight onto the freeway. Not a bad adventure. We even snuck in a beer next to platform 12 .... or beside the Yarra if you look the other wayWaiting to hear on where’d you go for breakfast more importantly…
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Spot on, old mate saw him at the pool last week and said he’s ripped the fittest he’s ever been. Mid field minutes coming up. If he can’t put in his best year to date this season then I reckon we trade him
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