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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Ok wow, I just saw the dates of our next 4 games in the schedule.
These changes threads may end up finally having some correct calls in the coming weeks. 4 games in 15 days is gonna see a lot of turnover.
Queue up the “it’s happening” gif
Or cue the re-return of Gibbs, Knight and Atkins
It has to happenSurely for next week's midweek game we look to change half of the side to keep the players fresh.
We should be thinking about picking our 22 for the next 3 weeks with a view to player management.
It was a heavy atmosphere on Monday night and it took about 10 metres from players typical distance. A classic example was Tex’s shot from just outside the 50 metre line kicking to the northern end. It would usually go through goal post height but he was concerned that he would not make the distance. He ran to his right to get more momentum but eventually the kick was wide and short of the goal line.I'm pretty sure he can kick 50m, I've seen him do it before. On this occasion I think he was so worried about accuracy (he sprayed all his other shots so far) that he sacrificed penetration for accuracy and didn't make the distance
Wouldn’t mind a look at Strachan - I thought he showed a bit in the games I saw last year.
Huge lad and pretty coordinated - takes a nice mark and kicks well.
Agree.Given Fog is still injured and if they're not playing Frampton then I'm all for it.
It was a joke the Carlisle was playing on McAsey last week, he should be playing as a third tall, not attracting the best defender. Strachan in frees him up.
Wouldn’t mind a look at Strachan - I thought he showed a bit in the games I saw last year.
Huge lad and pretty coordinated - takes a nice mark and kicks well.
It is often hard to work out who is playing in which position when watching a game on the box.He's not a small forward or inside mid. Get him out on a wing and let him find space rather than being drawn to a contest.
He played most of his VFL as a mix between the two.Agree.
No need to drop ROB either as Strachan originally played as a KPF, went to ruck later last year due to injury.
So effectively he plays as that KPF/2nd ruck chop out role.
Does Matt Crouch get a do-over after Monday? Was a shocker but we know he's better than that. Doesn't look fit to me. Never been quick but is struggling to cover the ground at anything more than a waddle.
Selfish.Really hoping that Schoenberg gets picked this week - mainly because I’m going to the game and want to watch him!
He was recruited as a ruck, he was mostly playing in the forward line since we had ROB and Hunter ahead of him in '18 and his fitness was way below par since he'd spent his previous 2 years at Essendon/Port Melbourne in the VFL barely managing to play a handful of games because he was constantly injured.Agree.
No need to drop ROB either as Strachan originally played as a KPF, went to ruck later last year due to injury.
So effectively he plays as that KPF/2nd ruck chop out role.
Or Strachan does the centre ball ups and ROB does the stoppage ball ups and boundary ball ins changing up forward which would see ROB do the bulk of the Ruck just not the centre ball ups. Strachan actually elevates a lot better than ROB but ROB better body on body.Agree.
No need to drop ROB either as Strachan originally played as a KPF, went to ruck later last year due to injury.
So effectively he plays as that KPF/2nd ruck chop out role.
Yeah I’ll take the word of the ESS poster who mentioned he played a mix of both KPF and ruck.He was recruited as a ruck, he was mostly playing in the forward line since we had ROB and Hunter ahead of him in '18 and his fitness was way below par since he'd spent his previous 2 years at Essendon/Port Melbourne in the VFL barely managing to play a handful of games because he was constantly injured.
Got his go a bit more in the ruck last year though with Jacobs out, but was still behind him and Hunter for most of the year.
I just don't know where McAsey best fits long term. He doesn't really have a good turn of pace, which means he gets left behind a lot on the lead as a backman, but I'm not sure he's going to be a key forward either. Seems to have good running patterns and attacks the ball in the air, so I guess I can see why they're using him as a forward for now. I just think it's terrible for his development to play him out of the goal square, where he's not going to get the ball kicked to his advantage, and he's going to have a gun backman sitting on his back all night. Annoyed the shit out of me how they used him on Monday.Given Fog is still injured and if they're not playing Frampton then I'm all for it.
It was a joke the Carlisle was playing on McAsey last week, he should be playing as a third tall, not attracting the best defender. Strachan in frees him up.
Not exactly right there, Whilst he was on Essendon/Port Melbourne's supplementary VFL lists he was still playing for South Bendigo in the Bendigo Football League when not required for VFL duties. Played 12 games in 2017 and 7 games in 2018 until he copped his injury that saw him miss the back half of the season. Strachan had actually won 2 South Bendigo B & F's playing as a Ruck/Forward. Peter JHe was recruited as a ruck, he was mostly playing in the forward line since we had ROB and Hunter ahead of him in '18 and his fitness was way below par since he'd spent his previous 2 years at Essendon/Port Melbourne in the VFL barely managing to play a handful of games because he was constantly injured.
Got his go a bit more in the ruck last year though with Jacobs out, but was still behind him and Hunter for most of the year.
Yeah I’ll take the word of the ESS poster who mentioned he played a mix of both KPF and ruck.
Otherwise I’m not sure I said much different to that
Thank you.Strachan's promising debut
Kieran Strachan has retained his spot in the VFL side after a promising debut that landed him a spot among the best players.www.essendonfc.com.au
The 202cm ruckman impressed with 15 disposals, eight marks and five tackles, a performance that landed him a spot among the best players.
“He’s still pretty raw, as far as the development side of things goes, but he’s been diving into the program,” Coach Paul Corrigan said.
“He’s been working on his education and knowledge on how to play.
“He’s been playing some really good football locally but just hasn’t had the opportunity through personnel that we’ve had at AFL level coming back.”
With 15-20 AFL players named in the VFL team each week, there are limited spots for the VFL listed players.
After impressing on multiple occasions at local level, Strachan was given the opportunity to play in the red and black.
“Last weekend he got his opportunity – he played his role really well,” Corrigan said.
“He played as a ruckman and also as a forward.
“He gave us a really good target, took some really crucial contested marks and also brought the ball to ground which made it predictable for our ground level players as well.
With the 4 games in 16 days we should look to rotate ROB & Strachan every 2nd game.Wouldn’t mind a look at Strachan - I thought he showed a bit in the games I saw last year.
Huge lad and pretty coordinated - takes a nice mark and kicks well.
With the 4 games in 16 days we should look to rotate ROB & Strachan every 2nd game.
Same with some other players too.
Why no Wilson (he isn't injured).
Centre beast who was number 1 for tackles in the SANFL last year and our most dominant SANFL mid.
We have Poholke, Wilson and Gibbs that would provide more effectiveness around the middle at this point than MCrouch. I'm not including Schoenberg as he is too under-developed to carry that weight, he would be fine if we had 2 heavy lifters in the centre.
Is the club obsessed with possessions as Greenwood suggested? 5 metres gained per possession is worse than pathetic, any of the 3 would be better.
I don't get why Matt is playing
Exactly he would provide much more body in the centre and offer some protection for Jones - he's on the list give him a run would offer more than M Crouch currently.
There is no way he is slower than Semi circle Crouch at his current trot.Too slow for the AFL.