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[smish]

Just got back from AO. No idea how it looked on TV but here are some half cut observations:

• Crows looked terrible. No cohesion or rhythm like last year
• Geelong heavily reliant on the old brigade. Their rebuild will need to coincide with Tassie in the draft
• Hawkins took the piss out of Butts. Frosty will need to wear him like a glove
• I’m glad we picked Mackenzie over Clark
• Stewart needs to be held accountable. Just floats loose all day and picks off everything. I can only imagine the damage Sic would do playing that role in that team

 

[theiaofseed]

Just got back from AO. No idea how it looked on TV but here are some half cut observations:

• Crows looked terrible. No cohesion or rhythm like last year
• Geelong heavily reliant on the old brigade. Their rebuild will need to coincide with Tassie in the draft
• Hawkins took the piss out of Butts. Frosty will need to wear him like a glove
• I’m glad we picked Mackenzie over Clark
• Stewart needs to be held accountable. Just floats loose all day and picks off everything. I can only imagine the damage Sic would do playing that role in that team

I have no idea how Clark went that high, slow inside mid with poor foot skills.

 

[Paul Kersey]

Love Geelong to play finals. Just means a shitter draft hand for them. They aren’t doing anything with this list and with Tasmania coming in they’ll have a prolonged period in struggle street. Haha.

 

[The Chad and I]

Geelong have been "too old, too slow" for a decade and keep turning up to prelims more than any other team.
That club deserves deep respect for staying competitive against the odds.
They will rebuild faster than you would like.

 

[Off The Couch]

Geelong have been "too old, too slow" for a decade and keep turning up to prelims more than any other team.
That club deserves deep respect for staying competitive against the odds.
They will rebuild faster than you would like.

This will help

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[The hands of stone]

Geelong have been "too old, too slow" for a decade and keep turning up to prelims more than any other team.
That club deserves deep respect for staying competitive against the odds.
They will rebuild faster than you would like.

Itll be an interesting watch . They most likely will need to do bulk of rebuild when Tassie concessions are in full swing .
Will have another 6-8 or so 'older' players out over the next season or two

 

[FB19]

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Got a good ring to it.

Ah reminds me of my trips to Thailand in my 20s…

 

[Blackhawk42]

I wanted him bad

He has absolutely zero weapons and is slower than Jackson Maceae. We dodged a bullet. Don't believe he has a high ceiling at all.

 

[The hands of stone]

I have no idea how Clark went that high, slow inside mid with poor foot skills.

He had/has what was viewed as similar traits to Selwood .

 

[TylerDurden]

 

[The BIG X]

That is a horrendous miss by Fogarty
Literally 8 metres out

That was the turning point.
Nail that goal and the momentum is on side with Adelaide.

 

[HedgeFund]

I would seriously play Finn on him - just take him completely out of the game

Finn is excellent at tagging ground level players who run. That’s not Stewart.

Stewart intercept marks long bomb kicks. Often by identifying the opposition forward who plays highest and rolling back off him to fill space.

We don’t see him defending players who start deep and lead up at the kicker - do we?

So IMHO a better match up would be a quick leading player who demands the footy and is used as a hit up.

In a weird way the idea of playing Ginni or The Wiz on him appeals to me.

Park them deep in our forward line and kick it low and direct.

The hard bit is to deny him the match up he wants.

If you chose to play Finn on Stewart, he’d just go straight to Moore (leaving two guys on one player) and then Henry or Kolo would become the spare.

 

[HedgeFund]

6 - 8 weeks

 

[TazHawk15]

Geelong have been "too old, too slow" for a decade and keep turning up to prelims more than any other team.
That club deserves deep respect for staying competitive against the odds.
They will rebuild faster than you would like.

They deserve nearly as much respect as a club that gave them a 28 year headstart and yet still has more Premierships than they do.

Can you guess the club I am talking about?

 

[H00t]

I have no idea how Clark went that high, slow inside mid with poor foot skills.

He’s not even that good on the inside either. If we was at least dominant at getting his hands on the ball I could understand it but he’s a complete non-factor in there

 

[Sixpence]

Whilst I love a good Geelong bashing, Clark has played a total of 3 games. Bit early to be hanging shit on him.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Whilst I love a good Geelong bashing, Clark has played a total of 3 games. Bit early to be hanging s**t on him.

It's more so looking for the traits that saw him drafted so high.

He's smaller. Not physically strong or strong over the footy. Average disposal.

Even in Cam Mackenzie's first game we saw the elite traits he possessed at under 18 level.

Clark will need to work extra hard to forge out a 200+ game career.

Good luck to the kid, and I hope for his sake he makes it. I just personally don't see it yet, unless he can become a genuine accumulator like Jackson Macrae.

 

[TazHawk15]

Whilst I love a good Geelong bashing, Clark has played a total of 3 games. Bit early to be hanging s**t on him.

That will be nothing compared to the shit that will be hung on the Wiz by some on here, if he has 2 more quiet games

 

[H00t]

Whilst I love a good Geelong bashing, Clark has played a total of 3 games. Bit early to be hanging s**t on him.

Probably too soon but seeing as he’s struggled in the VFL as well it’s not entirely unwarranted

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

No Danger next week.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

No Danger next week.

Hmm I reckon this is shaping up to be an Easter resurrection story

 

[The hands of stone]

That will be nothing compared to the s**t that will be hung on the Wiz by some on here, if he has 2 more quit games

2 more ?

Copped it from a few after 1 game !!??

 

[TylerDurden]

No Danger next week.

Yep. They'd take no risks with that.

 

[Blackhawk42]

O'Meara sub...

 

[Changa10]

Neither team seems particularly fast

You need to update your avatar mate, 150k now