Noticed that the Cat's board have jumped off the Jyhe Clarke bandwagon pretty quickly - they're already calling out as a recruiting mistake. Interesting too how the tone has changed regarding last year's recruiting "coup". One poster posted that maybe the Suns will get the best of the Bowes trade!
It used to be the norm for wingman to be strong overhead - Millane and Brown for instance, Millane was our primary kick out target (when his thumb wasn't broken), but the preference has gone to running and linking wingmen in the modern game - I don't think that will change in a hurry.
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WHE seems the ideal of this type of player, including being strong overhead. Maybe not the toughness of Brown and Millane, but not Robinson Crusoe there.
Their recruiting period was with a longer term view than their supporters are used to.
fair call indeed
yesssss, exactly... was going to add him too. FTR, Goodes as an on-baller / wingman was the most dominant player I've ever seen in football. Marking everything all over the ground, with his opponent/s unable to get near it (likewise Kouta). Thats the prototype footballer imo. Not too disimilar to Cripps, but quicker & more athletic. Not asking for much here Ed.....
The issue for us with going the marking target on the wing is that it would take away a player from our linking running chains. Hence why I think they were playing Lipinski rather than WHE to chop out there in the preseason.
Mackenzie is actually displaying that potential in real time. Allan has shown none of the explosive breakaway speed Judd did. A player that just tests well in the 20m sprint and plays midfield doesn't correlate to comps with Judd. No one has ever watched Allan in juniors and thought he's stylistically anything remotely like Chris Judd. He's more Mundy like than Judd. His 20m sprint is irrelevant for football, because it's not directly translatable, and we know that from draftees breaking 20m sprint records and never displaying anything like it at AFL level, where some of the most explosive AFL players around tested avg in that sprint.
Speak to some Western Australians. They'll explain it to you.
Robbie Dean was the best wingman aerialist we ever had. He was a magnificent high/contested mark. Watch the first half of the 1970 GF or the prelim in 1973 against Richmond. When he moved to South Melbourne because they promised to play him at centre half forward, he kicked 8 goals in his first game and 6 against us at Vic Park the following week!
Robbie Dean was the best wingman aerialist we ever had. He was a magnificent high/contested mark. Watch the first half of the 1970 GF or the prelim in 1973 against Richmond. When he moved to South Melbourne because they promised to play him at centre half forward, he kicked 8 goals in his first game and 6 against us at Vic Park the following week!
Sensational Seventies: Robert Dean
The Herald Sun's Glenn McFarlane looks at the Collingwood career of Robert Deanwww.collingwoodfc.com.au
Robbie was another of those what ifs - what if he'd stayed at Collingwood?
And also have not picked up players offered to us for peanuts.
How many flags if we'd recruited Superboot & Plugger?
Yes we do. Superstar.
A bit premature, but the potential is certainly there.
Trust in FJ. Edward will set us alight.
Yes! He was always one of our best. He was courageous too.
I don't disagree, but I'd like to see a few senior games from him to confirm his quality.
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