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Preview Changes: R8 vs Essendon
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It has to happen
The change thread may well be a dart board
Turn the freezers on because the melts will be epic.
But we have to rotate players through and that does mean Gibbs etc will get games - its whether they continue to get games (if they provide nothing) that will be meaningful
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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 have seen McHenry kick 50 metres plus in the SANFL.
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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.
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.
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A bigger deal out west.
We are in desperate need for a forward who can take a nice mark, so its worth a shot.
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It is often hard to work out who is playing in which position when watching a game on the box.
On Monday night Ned spent the first two and a half quarters in the graveyard known as the Crows forwardline.He then spent the second half of the third quarter and all the last quarter on the wing. IMHO he looked much better when he was moved onto the wing.
Chayce spent virtually his entire TOG as an inside mid. He needs to get more of the ball but we must continue playing him in the guts.
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He played most of his VFL as a mix between the two.
Really hoping that Schoenberg gets picked this week - mainly because I’m going to the game and want to watch him!
Selfish.
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.
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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.
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
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.
Ideally, I'd be looking at McAsey, Doedee and Worrall to replace Hartigan, Talia and Kelly long term. And Fog and Thillthorpe to be the key forwards.
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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 J
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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.
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.
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.
Definitely worth rolling the dice and giving him the key forward 2nd ruck role. Neither EH or Billy have nailed it down.
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With the 4 games in 16 days we should look to rotate ROB & Strachan every 2nd game.
Same with some other players too.
You are a forward thinker. I like this thinking.
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.
Too slow for the AFL.
There is no way he is slower than Semi circle Crouch at his current trot.
