News Charlie Dixon signs for West Broken Hill

[OneGreatClub]

Big Dix at the B&F, then flies out for Royal Randwick and is there 12 hours later last Saturday with the GF, comes back to Adelaide for a day or two and heads off on a road trip. No doubt going to the family property somewhere in northern NSW, IIRC from that picture of him on the tractor last year, but good that he calls in to see Todd Marshall in Deni and spends the night with Douggies family in Wagga. Bit of team bonding. Maybe the other Chad needs to get a bike and do a road trip.

I like that he is doing those visits with the young’uns Families. Definitely agree good team building. I guess Dix is definitely part of the in group with Cornes.

 

[chickentendies]

I like that he is doing those visits with the young’uns Families. Definitely agree good team building. I guess Dix is definitely part of the in group with Cornes.

If the 'in groups' activities is going around and visiting young players families and doing wholesome shit like that, I'm glad that's the ingroup of our club to be honest.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

After Charlie turned up for the post match after the Essendon game fresh out of hospital hobbling around grinning and laughing like it was the best place in the world to be ... how could you not love him?

Fabulous large than life personality. Like a giant laddish Ned Kelly. Sans armour and guns of course.

 

[edgie]

Charlie and Cornes seem like BFFs.

I've no doubt if Cornes left the club it would impact Dixon.

I can deal with it, but many here still swear that Dixon is our messiah.

Top bloke, but not convinced about his footy.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Charlie and Cornes seem like BFFs.

I've no doubt if Cornes left the club it would impact Dixon.

I can deal with it, but many here still swear that Dixon is our messiah.

Top bloke, but not convinced about his footy.

Oh for a structure where he hangs deep a lot more & isn't gassed from doing cross country hooting from here to eternity before taking a set shot.

The Cornes stuff I'll leave alone ugh.

 

[Nemisis]

Dix would make a good captain ... even though i am not a huge fan of his footy skills

 

[edgie]

Oh for a structure where he hangs deep a lot more & isn't gassed from doing cross country hooting from here to eternity before taking a set shot.

The Cornes stuff I'll leave alone ugh.

To some extent, but 2016 he was played deep and the plan was for Schulz to be the lead up marathon runner. Schulz obviously cooked himself so there's that, but how did it work out for Dixon?

 

[Magus]

Charlie and Cornes seem like BFFs.

I've no doubt if Cornes left the club it would impact Dixon.

I can deal with it, but many here still swear that Dixon is our messiah.

Top bloke, but not convinced about his footy.

Not sure I've heard anyone talk him up that much. I think most are well aware of his flaws.

 

[edgie]

Not sure I've heard anyone talk him up that much. I think most are well aware of his flaws.

2016: New club, new structure, Ryder suspended, Schulz injured, bad team.
2017: Pretty good football.
2018: Shit structure, moved around too often, Ryder injured, Marshall unavailable, bad team.

There's been some excuses made for Charlie when the reality is he was droppable at times in '16 and '18, and those who think that are in the minority.

 

[Magus]

2016: New club, new structure, Ryder suspended, Schulz injured, bad team.
2017: Pretty good football.
2018: Shit structure, moved around too often, Ryder injured, Marshall unavailable, bad team.

There's been some excuses made for Charlie when the reality is he was droppable at times in '16 and '18, and those who think that are in the minority.

That's cool but who said he was the messiah? I haven't seen anyone say he's beyond criticism.

 

[edgie]

That's cool but who said he was the messiah? I haven't seen anyone say he's beyond criticism.

Crikey, what is with this place lately and not responding to exaggeration?

Nobody said he was the messiah, yeah ok, but only like, 10% of posters around here haven't copped his bad form, while the rest have rolled out reason after reason for it and why it doesn't reflect on his playing ability/not his fault.

 

[Black 18]

I think we'd all like to see more from Dixon but certain elements of his game that will never show on the stat sheet are first class.

He would tackle and chase as much as anyone in our forward line, he makes those around him walk taller & I have seen more than a couple of defenders hurry in their disposal because they know he is closing on them. He does have a presence. Can never undersell how valuable that is.

In a side with a better forward set-up, not as much crowding and players nearby that actually try and isolate him with his opponent he'll be good.

Don't think he'll ever be great but his best, in a much better structured side would be more than good enough.

I just hope his ankle is coming along well. They can be nasty to get over once he starts running and changing direction at speed again.

 

[El_Scorcho]

2016: New club, new structure, Ryder suspended, Schulz injured, bad team.
2017: Pretty good football.
2018: Shit structure, moved around too often, Ryder injured, Marshall unavailable, bad team.

There's been some excuses made for Charlie when the reality is he was droppable at times in '16 and '18, and those who think that are in the minority.

List of ports forwards who weren't droppable at some point in 2018:

Gray, Robert.

Having a crack at individual forward performance is barking up the wrong tree when they all played bad because the system was designed without their success in mind.

 

[Magus]

Crikey, what is with this place lately and not responding to exaggeration?

Nobody said he was the messiah, yeah ok, but only like, 10% of posters around here haven't copped his bad form, while the rest have rolled out reason after reason for it and why it doesn't reflect on his playing ability/not his fault.

But you're more than willing to accept that other players have been victims of a flawed gameplan?

Admittedly his marking and set shots have been an issue but I feel like that's been well covered anyway.

 

[edgie]

List of ports forwards who weren't droppable at some point in 2018:

Gray, Robert.

Having a crack at individual forward performance is barking up the wrong tree when they all played bad because the system was designed without their success in mind.

List of Port forwards who are 2 metres, 100 kilo, and apparently contested marking machines.

Dixon, Charlie.

Should we be holding him to a higher standard? Or because he isn't the flat out worse player in our 22 then it's ok?

Seems like the club has had a gutfull with Chad, not because he is bad but because he isn't getting the best out of his high ceiling. Would Dixon be the same?

Your post admits he was droppable. Let's not **** about. We gave up a lot to get him here. Is it ok he's been droppable for 2 of 3 seasons?

 

[edgie]

But you're more than willing to accept that other players have been victims of a flawed gameplan?

Admittedly his marking and set shots have been an issue but I feel like that's been well covered anyway.

Dude, I wanted Wingard dropped too. I'm simply holding Charles to the same standards I hold to every player. Please, tell me if I'm not applying standards equally here. The team is a victim of shithouse gameplan. The results are. Even I reckon the assistant coaches are. The individuals still have a responsibility though.

To get the best out of themselves, or if not possible on the day, to perform well within the 22 named. Dixon has had a few games where there's been neither.

 

[El_Scorcho]

He was only droppable in the 2018 for the same reason that every other forward bar Gray was droppable.

Why did they all play bad? Why did Wingard improve out of sight when he moved out of the forward line?

The players aren't the problem.

Aside from all this we had nobody to replace him with because Marshall was out so this is a weird argument.

 

[edgie]

He was only droppable in the 2018 for the same reason that every other forward bar Gray was droppable.

Why did they all play bad? Why did Wingard improve out of sight when he moved out of the forward line?

The players aren't the problem.

Aside from all this we had nobody to replace him with because Marshall was out so this is a weird argument.

Not disagreeing.

Not disagreeing either that not having anyone to replace him with is not an excuse to not drop him. It's a legitimate reason to keep him in.

Are you denying though, that he has been not good enough regardless, or are you attributing that to the reasons above?

There's been some shit sides in recent times where the KPF has still managed to make a decent account of himself.

Dixon kicked 26 goals this year. 9 of those came in a BOG game against the Bulldogs, and a purple patch against St Kilda.

That leaves 17 after we take out his best game and a bit. That's not good enough no matter how shit we were.

 

[Magus]

Seems like the club has had a gutfull with Chad, not because he is bad but because he isn't getting the best out of his high ceiling. Would Dixon be the same?

No. Chad's issues (allegedly) are based around effort, motivation, attitude and work ethic.

Charlie may have questionable form but he's a hard worker.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Not disagreeing.

Not disagreeing either that not having anyone to replace him with is not an excuse to not drop him. It's a legitimate reason to keep him in.

Are you denying though, that he has been not good enough regardless, or are you attributing that to the reasons above?

There's been some shit sides in recent times where the KPF has still managed to make a decent account of himself.

Dixon kicked 26 goals this year. 9 of those came in a BOG game against the Bulldogs, and a purple patch against St Kilda.

That leaves 17 after we take out his best game and a bit. That's not good enough no matter how shit we were.

He had his best season in the 1 season where we moved the ball reasonably well and valued attack.

We're gushing about our young defence and we have a heap of talent and potential back there but we spent all season helping them out first and foremost with the forward line as an afterthought.

Dixon had an inconsistent season where he was switched between being a mediocre ruckman and playing in a forward structure which is AFL worst. All his colleagues struggled up there bar Robbie Gray who is an absolute genius.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

If we had a decent ****en ruck strategy and ruck list management strategy and understood the concept of injuries and insurance for the last 4 or 5 seasons, he would have played in his rightful position and produced what we expected of him in 2018.

 

[edgie]

I'm not gushing about our young defence.

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[RussellEbertHandball]

Don't need gushing. Just apply some commonsense and you well get the reason why things panned out the way they did.

 

[edgie]

I know footy has changed, but we've seen 50 goal forwards from bottom 8 teams in recent times. Charlie could at least be managing 1.5 a game.

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[RussellEbertHandball]

He should be averaging 2.5 - 3.0 per game if he doesn't have to ruck.