Oppo Camp Former Freo player watch

[Docker82]

Pretty happy to have Draper in the side and showing heaps. I didn't like it at the time, but the club made the right decision not to overpay Logue and he made the right personal decision to leave.

Was always the right decision. You can't pay depth players best 22 without AFL assistance with the salary cap we'll never get.

Was never getting back into the back six at Freo and wasn't good enough as a forward to stay in the forward six either. Had to improve a lot as a forward which seemed unlikely. We just anticipated he'd become a depth player ahead of time.

 

[E Shed]

Was always the right decision. You can't pay depth players best 22 without AFL assistance with the salary cap we'll never get.

Was never getting back into the back six at Freo and wasn't good enough as a forward to stay in the forward six either. Had to improve a lot as a forward which seemed unlikely. We just anticipated he'd become a depth player ahead of time.

Whilst that is mostly true we’re unusually stacked for high quality defenders.

Not many sides would consider a player who can do a total shutdown on the likes of Curnow as depth. I suspect if he’s not lost too much athleticism with his injuries he’ll play a lot of games at North at a high level. He’s a monster athlete.

I do prefer our defense with higher IQ players like Cox, Ryan & Chapman. Griff is no genius but he’s a serious competitor.

 

[s_wd6]

Whilst that is mostly true we’re unusually stacked for high quality defenders.

Not many sides would consider a player who can do a total shutdown on the likes of Curnow as depth. I suspect if he’s not lost too much athleticism with his injuries he’ll play a lot of games at North at a high level. He’s a monster athlete.

I do prefer our defense with higher IQ players like Cox, Ryan & Chapman. Griff is no genius but he’s a serious competitor.

Didn’t Curnow kick 4.2 on Logue in literally the same year?

 

[E Shed]

Didn’t Curnow kick 4.2 on Logue in literally the same year?

Not sure. I just remember the home game where Pearce thrashed McKay & Charlie didn’t get near it. I seem to remember Griff & Moose doing similar to Hawkins & Cameron too.
I think when he’s on he’s a very good defender.

 

[Waterhouzin]

I thought last year if Logue had of stayed he would have been trialled on the skinny side wing instead of Hughes- and probably would have done a better job of it.
We definitely couldn’t match North’s offer but should have locked him away early in the season when he was chasing a two year deal on average wages.
Luckily Banners has stepped up in that role this year !!


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[s_wd6]

Not sure. I just remember the home game where Pearce thrashed McKay & Charlie didn’t get near it. I seem to remember Griff & Moose doing similar to Hawkins & Cameron too.
I think when he’s on he’s a very good defender.

Curnow still got 2.1 in that game.
But the next time we played them Curnow kicked 4.2 and Logue was playing in defence. That’s 6 goals conceded vs a guy who Griff “totally shutdown”

Hamling/Ryan and Pearce blanketed Hawkins and Cameron when we played them last year too.

Logue looking good was just a product of our defence looking good. He had the benefit of Cox and Pearce who were both playing really well that year. If he played last year he wouldve been exposed I reckon.

I don’t think you’d notice a huge difference between Logue/Hamling/Cox/McDonald when our defence is flying. It’s why we’ve been afforded to play Draper.

 

[theGav56]

List balancing means change, and sometimes that brings a bit of pain. But difficult to see many of the recent losses (after Neale) being nett negatives for us. That includes former first round picks Cerra and Logue.

 

[DragoDelph]

I’m almost at the point where I think getting hogan was a good thing.

Shone a light on the shitty culture, and the cult of ross(ich). Was the straw that forced the club to turn everything around.

 

[Paracleet]

Here is a memory tester. Trac getting a punctured lung reminds me I swear I saw a game in the 90s where one of our players got a punctured lung (possibly even collapsed) and I'm thinking it was Jamie Merillo. There nothing about it in his Wikki though. Am I imagining the whole thing? Or was it someone else?

 

[Kram]

Here is a memory tester. Trac getting a punctured lung reminds me I swear I saw a game in the 90s where one of our players got a punctured lung (possibly even collapsed) and I'm thinking it was Jamie Merillo. There nothing about it in his Wikki though. Am I imagining the whole thing? Or was it someone else?

That definitely rings a bell.

 

[Paracleet]

It was Merillo

F: Farmer Modra Toia
HF: Pav Mann Winnie
C: Black Allen Fletcher
HB: Kickett Parker Norrish
B: McGovern Haddrill Bond
R: Longmuir Haze Bell
IC: Brown Dhurrkay McManus Merrillo

That's mine off the top of my head. On the case of Merrillo, a lot of people fail to understand how good a talent he would have been had it not been down to pure bad luck. Had his jaw broken against Richmond in 1995. And then when he looked dangerous against Richmond in 1997, a bit of dirty play saw his lung collapsed and his inevitable exit from footy. Had he had better luck I reckon he probably still would have been here today.

 

[The Feeder Club]

Nice article on the titan of taggers, Ryan Crowley

Ryan Crowley

Age

40

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.4

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.8

4star

K

5.4

2star

HB

8.4

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

6.4

5star

CL

1.4

4star

, here

Friend v foe: The tagger caught in the middle of a footy battle

Ryan Crowley taught Lachie Neale how to shake a tag, and two weeks ago he gave Marcus Windhager tips on how to shut players down. On Friday night, the two worlds collide.

www.theage.com.au

But then read the stupidity in the comments section to the article calling him talentless and a blight on the game. People are clueless

 

[masai tu]

Liked the comment about positioning. “Stay between your player and the ball”. Allows you to shut down your player, but be able to attack the ball and be offensive.

 

[Geoff]

Henry having a blinder last quarter against the Lions, never saw any thing like this at Freo. The blokes a Fraud!!


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[s_wd6]

Henry having a blinder last quarter against the Lions, never saw any thing like this at Freo. The blokes a Fraud!!


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Funny how he suddenly learnt how to kick over 20m in front of goal

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

Here is a memory tester. Trac getting a punctured lung reminds me I swear I saw a game in the 90s where one of our players got a punctured lung (possibly even collapsed) and I'm thinking it was Jamie Merillo. There nothing about it in his Wikki though. Am I imagining the whole thing? Or was it someone else?

Sandi had a punctured lung after a NicNat special in I think 2016? or 2017?

Rog Hayden had a punctured lung in 2008 I recall? maybe v Footscray?

I think it was Jason Norrish not Merillo that had the lung injury- in 97? at a WACA game?

 

[freo_leo29]

Funny how he suddenly learnt how to kick over 20m in front of goal

He could kick for goal at Peel, no idea why he was having such a bad run in the AFL side, reminds me of Lewis Jetta back in the day

 

[FreoGirl]

According to Bevo “He will play a pivotal role in our chances of overcoming them and what they’re trying doing.”

 

[Quazar2]

According to Bevo “He will play a pivotal role in our chances of overcoming them and what they’re trying doing.”

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obviously Bevo trying hard to pitch he's coaching Lobby the 'right way'

 

[FreoGirl]

Hate you Rory Lobb

7

Rory Lobb

Age

31

Ht

207cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.9

4star

D

11.3

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.6

3star

 

[freo_leo29]

Cuthbo named skipper at Port Adelaide

 

[ImperialPurple]

Cuthbo named skipper at Port Adelaide

Came here to post the same thing. Good for her. Big hole in our backline when she defected left.

 

[Farrand]

It was Merillo

I was literally coming into to post it was Merillo. Beaten by myself by a few years

 

[FreoGirl]

I was literally coming into to post it was Merillo. Beaten by myself by a few years

He is such a nice man - he was helping with swim training at his old school a few years ago.

 

[Dockeroo]

This made me laugh