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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I think we are watching different games....love Ballas but I think he has lost a significant amount of leg speed - possibly due to the hamstring issue this year. I hope he can go out with a big year in 2018.Leadership. His first games back he was organising the forward line that was running around like headless chooks. He's mentoring Cox. And if he hasn't lost his leg speed, which he hasn't, then he's still an asset. His field kicking to advantage is still good.
Personally, I'm happy he's re-signed.
We must be watching different games. He seemed fine chasing down players to me.I think we are watching different games....love Ballas but I think he has lost a significant amount of leg speed - possibly due to the hamstring issue this year. I hope he can go out with a big year in 2018.
Having a hammy stitched back onto the bone toward the end of your career and sitting out half the season in rehab is a little more than an excuse.
Hope he proves me wrong but this isn't a decision I would have made considering we're in rebuild mode.
or that Matera is going somewhere else.can only assume we're not going after Matera
Hope he proves me wrong but this isn't a decision I would have made considering we're in rebuild mode.
Agree, especially with so many other people we can delist.It's hard for a small forward to be "in form" when their team is going badly. This, coupled with injury problems have made it a hard row to hoe for Balla's.
One of the key things I always think is important is that you don't bone your true stalwarts just because you're in rebuild and they get near 30. Melbourne and others have done that and it always seems to make the rebuild tougher. Balla's would only just qualify as a stalwart given his late start, but he has an AA guernsey and I feel like he still is part of the fabric of the club. On field he still has his tackling pressure and most of his pace (and yes his ability to lose his feet at the most inopportune times). I also can't think of anyone currently on the list that can play his pure small forward role better. So a one year extension on moderate money? Tick.
We balanced this perfectly with Pav and I feel we're doing it right with Balla's as well. If we get Matera in and he naturally takes over during 2018, that's perfect transition in my book.
For the avoidance of doubt I wouldn't put someone like Spurr in that category, despite the blood spilt and leadership role. Imo he has already been overtaken by youngsters on field.
A couple of problems:I don't mind it really.
Matera in and Ballas still here means Sonny is a permanent midfielder.
Blakely should be a permanent midfielder too, especially if we get Wilson.
Would allow Weller, the two Hills and Langdon to rotate trough HF/bench with Bennell.
I would however be looking for another small forward in this draft
Ballas McCarthy (Cox) Matera
Bennell, Taberner, Weller
S Hill Neale B Hill
Hughes, A Pearce Wilson
Ryan Hamling Logue
Darcy Fyfe Walters
Inter: Blakely, Langdon, Darcy Tucker, Mundy
Works for me
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Beat me to it. It's beyond a bloody joke now how often he goes to ground. So flipping annoying. (For the record, I'm happy for him to have 1 more year. His field kicking is still bloody good. Just needs to get more of it now )Really hope part of the deal is a free pair of boots with longer stops.
Sorry to hijack the Ballas thread but do people really see A Pearce coming back after 2 years out and holding down CHB for the season. Maybe at Peel but not Dockers.I don't mind it really.
Matera in and Ballas still here means Sonny is a permanent midfielder.
Blakely should be a permanent midfielder too, especially if we get Wilson.
Would allow Weller, the two Hills and Langdon to rotate trough HF/bench with Bennell.
I would however be looking for another small forward in this draft
Ballas McCarthy (Cox) Matera
Bennell, Taberner, Weller
S Hill Neale B Hill
Hughes, A Pearce Wilson
Ryan Hamling Logue
Darcy Fyfe Walters
Inter: Blakely, Langdon, Darcy Tucker, Mundy
Works for me
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Hopefully with Pearce we'll see the benefits of the new rehab facilities at Cockburn. If he's ready to go for preseason, and remains injury free, we'll probably manage his minutes like we've done with Tucker and Blakely over the last couple of years.Sorry to hijack the Ballas thread but do people really see A Pearce coming back after 2 years out and holding down CHB for the season. Maybe at Peel but not Dockers.
Sorry to hijack the Ballas thread but do people really see A Pearce coming back after 2 years out and holding down CHB for the season. Maybe at Peel but not Dockers.
Think he was a restricted free agent this year - meaning he's one of the top paid at the club. With the increased TPP, Fyfe not really chewing that up, no monster signings on the cards (that we know of), I'm guessing ballas won't be seeing much of a salary decrease - I mean, we gotta pay someone.Maybe I am being optimistic, but I hope this means we are going to trade out some of C grade players for late picks.
I assume he is only getting paid 150k, which is lot compared to what he would earn outside of football but not much for an AFL players especially one who trains hard and is a good role model.
Plain and Simple... Ballantyne is past his prime and can still offer something in 2018. Saying that, Look at our smalls in the forward line: Walters, Ballas, Harley bennell, Grey and even Nyhuis and DeLuca. Competition for those spots means players will fight hard for those spots and try and perform better. That has t be a good thing.Fair dinkum.
Can somebody play Devils Advocate and explain why.
You sure about that? Zac Dawson played our 1st 2 games and both were crap games. Once Ross Lyon went full on youf policy, Dawson was behind Hamling, logue and Collins. Danyle pearce practically suffered the same fate too.people are kidding themselfs if they think he is playing for peel under ross lyon if you have enough points in the bank you are playing NO MATTER WHAT
Danyle pearce suffered the same fate as Dawson did. Once we went full youth policy, he wasn't going to get much games either. Don't know why he got games in rounds 8-10. Only reason I though he got games late in the season vs the suns and swans is that we were down to our bare ones in players and a lot of guys were injured.things people said about Daniel Pearce
Again... I think after round 2, I knew it was going to be a long year for us. After Dawson was atrocious both against Geelong at home and that 89 point loss vs Port Power the week after, you knew he was finished. After round 2, Cox, Logue and Collins got games over Dawson and rightfully so.things people said about Zac Dawson