soooooo, when are you guys gonna draft a second forward?
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Not alot of thought in that team.
Mitch Clarke robbed.
Mark LeCras/Jason Porplyzia robbed.
Sam Gilbert robbed.
I would have Sam Gilbert any day of the week over Nick Dal Santo, Gilbert is alot more important to the Saints structure and has had a better year.
No second ruckman is a joke.
The best two small fowards dont get a gig.
Mitch Clarke robbed.
Mark LeCras/Jason Porplyzia robbed.
Sam Gilbert robbed.
I would have Sam Gilbert any day of the week over Nick Dal Santo, Gilbert is alot more important to the Saints structure and has had a better year.
No second ruckman is a joke.
The best two small fowards dont get a gig.
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Yeah maybe there were other players who had better years and probably deserved it more but Chapman has been so good for so long he was well due to make it.
Because robert walls was worried about his love child struggling to find a spot in the AA team so he thought "oh, put swan in the forward line then juddy will keep his spot for another year...."
u actually are an idiot didak kicked 45 goals that year not 20 something AND he led the afl in goal assists.
We've got a couple now. Ballantyne in the pocket and Mayne on the flank - not AA yet, but let's wait and see. So long as Davis isn't still playing Balla could be a chance in a few years
Hopefully one of the best CHFs in the comp can get back there next year instead of supporting a seriously underwhelming midfield
u actually are an idiot didak kicked 45 goals that year not 20 something AND he led the afl in goal assists.
Stand corrected, actually it was 41, so you are just a little bit less of an idiot than me. Farmer kicked 55.
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Chapman deserves his spot on the flank in this years team. Theres no doubt about that.
Lecras deserves to be in the pocket where Davis is. Davis has had a good year, but he hasnt been a forward pocket for a long time.
Still, its been this way for a while. Robertson kicked 73 goals in 05 and couldnt get in the side. It seems genuine small forwards are the area they either overlook or dont care much for.
Pity.
Mop
Not anymore
I actually had an original post with the full disposals, sadly I pressed freshed and lost them, so I cut to the chase.
It's all well and good, but you have to remember the position that they've been named in. Davis in the forward pocket, Chapman on the flank.
So, it's all well and good to have all those extra disposals, but as a forward pocket they don't mean a whole lot. Goals and goal assists are the big ones.
Maybe when he's on song, but both LeCras and Porplyzia had better seasons than the Chap-man IMO, though, as EM87 said, he's long overdue for AA so maybe it balances out somewhat.
Davis though.. aside from a few speccy goals, how did he even make the 40 man squad?
Swan in the forward line is a joke also. Did he deserve a spot? Quite probably. In the forward line? Not a chance.
Once again, the selectors have butchered it.
lecras deserved a spot, bias or not, what is nick maxwell doign there, what a joke
ah yeah heard their alright, to young atm, will take atleast a couple years to develop.We've got a couple now. Ballantyne in the pocket and Mayne on the flank - not AA yet, but let's wait and see. So long as Davis isn't still playing Balla could be a chance in a few years
Hopefully one of the best CHFs in the comp can get back there next year instead of supporting a seriously underwhelming midfield
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And another point.....I really dont see the point in splitting the squad into groups when you have players like Dane Swan named as a forward? I mean honestly. Hes had an extraordinary year, one of the Brownlow favourites and 100% deserves to be in the AA team....but how much time would he have spent up forward this year? He spends more time behind the ball than resting in the forward line.
Completely defeats the purpose of splitting the squad up.
Completely defeats the purpose of splitting the squad up.
Not a chance that was going anywhere but Sandi. Clark might have been stiff not to get in but he wasn't the best ruckman. Some stats that somebody on the Freo board dug up give a bit of additional context. This is for the whole League not just Fremantle;
Ranked 9th in Total Clearances (Ahead of players like Hayes, J.Selwood, Watson, Priddis, G.Ablett)
Ranked 3rd in 1st Possesions per game. (Only Judd and M.Boyd ahead of him)
Ranked 5th in Total 1st Possesions (Only Judd, Boyd, Black, Kirk ahead)
Ranked 5th in Total Cont. Possesions (Kirk, J.Selwood, Cassisi, Swallow ahead)
Ranked 4th in Clearances per game. (Judd, Dal Santo and Boyd ahead)
it has, but everyone will be having the same discussion next year
Ah no, that would be Sandilands
I'm sure all the flogs on here who are critisicing the selections of certain players and the Brownlow credibility would love to be in the players positions. They are all stars and well deserving, some are stiff every year to miss out, but that's what happens when we have so many magnificent players. Bloody hell!
jolly was stiff not to be nominated. He was the better ruckman for half of the year.
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