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Smh.Poor old Hobbsy, cant compete with that NBA money
Happy to see him get genuine midfield time at VFL level instead of hiding him away on a flank.
Let him earn his way into the engine room at AFL level through performance and improve his craft.
Hobbsys current missus is an 11/10. He is ok I reckonGood god, no wonder his form has dropped off
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Pls not on a wing
Took me a while to find this thread.
Go well young man!
And?You know he will be the sub right?
What does this even mean? We cry out for contested ball winning mids with leadership and we get one and then we hate on dodoro lolPoor Hobbsy, another Dudoro victim!!
And now we have too many and could comfortably trade 3 of them out.What does this even mean? We cry out for contested ball winning mids with leadership and we get one and then we hate on dodoro lol
nahPoor Hobbsy, another Dudoro victim!!
What does this even mean? We cry out for contested ball winning mids with leadership and we get one and then we hate on dodoro lol
Yeah...Wrong selection at the time.
So Hobbs was the correct pick at the time?
Absolutely he was.
Hobbs’ strength is what we didn’t have at the time. Caldwell wasn’t this. Durham certainly was in our imagination at best. We hadn’t drafted Tsatas yet.
I can’t remember what stage of Parish’s development we were at, at that point - but yes you’re actually making our point for us… “at the time” Hobbs was absolutely the right pick, in an area of need.
Although to be fair, changing Dodoro to Dudoro probably does mean Hobbs was the wrong pick.
Ah now we're talking about two different things here. Selection vs Building a balanced list. I agree with on on Balanced list, Adrian has done a poor job.Yeah...Wrong selection at the time.
Perfect example of Dudoro not being able to build a balanced list.
Ah now we're talking about two different things here. Selection vs Building a balanced list. I agree with on on Balanced list, Adrian has done a poor job.
That said at the time our list needed midfielders and Hobbs was the best midfielder available in the draft at that time.
Our list had guys like Zaharakis on the way out & Tom Cutler. Yes we had Durham & Caldwell but both were a long way off in regards to development. Paper thin at best overall.
Now there's an arguement we could've gone a forward like Van Rooyven or maybe even a small forward like Kai Lohman or Darcy Wilmot and when talking balance they probably would've been better options, but again we went with a need and got the best available player in that area.