Lack of Indigenous players on our list needs to be addressed!! they bring different talent

[Svenny]

We lost Sampi and Wirra is will retire after this year

Kerr plays like a white guy!!....

The Kangaroos and Port's Indigenous players really hurt us with speed and fleet of foot

they do the mecurial....we are the most predictable footy side in the comp

Our players dont do the unpredictable

 

[bzparkes]

Kerr isn't even aboriginal for a start.

Secondly, we draft according to our needs and best available talent. The day you start targetting indigenous players specifically is the day you end up being like Essendon.

 

[larrikin]

Oh FFS

Players don't have to be indigenous to be creative.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Lewis and Ugle before him are about the only aboriginal players I recall us having that have done well. And during our success we've been in bad positions to draft these type of players. Also we did have two freaks in our midfield that meant that crumbing in and under forward wasn't needed as much.

 

[Svenny]

I look at a Wonamiri from Melbourne...they just are creative...I actually belive you need a few like that in your side

you cant argue that we are the most predictable side ever...even when we won we were very predictable

 

[J Swizzle]

We lost Sampi and Wirra is will retire after this year

Kerr plays like a white guy!!....

The Kangaroos and Port's Indigenous players really hurt us with speed and fleet of foot

they do the mecurial....we are the most predictable footy side in the comp

Our players dont do the unpredictable

lol..




Anyway I wouldn't mind an Andrew Lovett in our forward line..

 

[beatlesmith]

lovett wouldn't be bad, but is probably too old for what we are looking at. Gartlett should be avialable in the 3rd round and would be very nice. Typically, Indigenous crumbing specialists tend to be far more ready to play in the big league than KP players, so Gartlett should be ready round 1 (ala c.rioli). Would love to be able to get yarran also and put him in the akermanis/cousins role of midfield/forward flank. It's not about us not having indegenous players, its about us lacking pace and a crumber (which indigenous players tend to be).

 

[bigburger]

Its all good mate don't stress. Daniel Wells will be playing for us next year

 

[Chris who]

Lewis and Ugle before him are about the only aboriginal players I recall us having that have done well. And during our success we've been in bad positions to draft these type of players. Also we did have two freaks in our midfield that meant that crumbing in and under forward wasn't needed as much.

Yeah the materas were shit

 

[Biggie]

Pick the BEST available.

Simply put.

 

[Underdog]

Kerr plays like a white guy!!....

Lewis and Ugle before him are about the only aboriginal players I recall us having that have done well.

With quotes like these, you really have to ask yourself "is it really worth giving a considered answer?".

 

[Marlin01]

Last night I thought our forward line looked the best it has for a very long time. Kennedy was terrific with his marking and distribution and Lynch and McKinley were presenting up nicely. The one weakness that stood out to me, was watching the big fellas chase their opponents when Kanga defenders got hold of it. Our blokes held their own and tried reasonably hard, but the Kanga defenders were never in any real danger of being run down, like Sampi and Phil Matera used to do a few times a game. Running down the defenders from behind really seemed to lift our team and make our opponents second guess themselves when they had the ball.

I'd love to see us pick up a small forward who reads the play well and has lots of pace. Aboriginal or not.

 

[Svenny]

Ok what I mean!! for those whio cant analyse something simple

Kerr plays conested footy..hes an "inside" player...we need a creative half fwd type...yes we have lecca but Lecca is really a leading fwd who just happens to be small

we also need some players who dont do the conventional thing everytime they get it

We have a heap of inside players...we have very few outiside players..aboriginal players are great "outside" players

 

[Svenny]

Last night I thought our forward line looked the best it has for a very long time. Kennedy was terrific with his marking and distribution and Lynch and McKinley were presenting up nicely. The one weakness that stood out to me, was watching the big fellas chase their opponents when Kanga defenders got hold of it. Our blokes held their own and tried reasonably hard, but the Kanga defenders were never in any real danger of being run down, like Sampi and Phil Matera used to do a few times a game. Running down the defenders from behind really seemed to lift our team and make our opponents second guess themselves when they had the ball.

I'd love to see us pick up a small forward who reads the play well and has lots of pace. Aboriginal or not.

your last line is what Im trying to say..and yes most of them are aboriginal

 

[Underdog]

Kerr plays conested footy..hes an "inside" player...we need a creative half fwd type...yes we have lecca but Lecca is really a leading fwd who just happens to be small

What has Kerr got to do with anything? He isn't aboriginal

We have a heap of inside players...we have very few outiside players..aboriginal players are great "outside" players

Just like Caucasians, aboriginals have just as many duds as stars. I certainly wouldn't want an Andy Krakour, Shannon Motlop, Marty McGrath, Ashley Sampi, Keren Ugle etc etc

 

[materamagic]

We lost Sampi and Wirra is will retire after this year

Kerr plays like a white guy!!....

The Kangaroos and Port's Indigenous players really hurt us with speed and fleet of foot

they do the mecurial....we are the most predictable footy side in the comp

Our players dont do the unpredictable

You don't have to be indigenous to have a licence to be mecurial, exciting and possess an uncanny goalsense. Alan Didak, Peter Daicos, I go on.

Small men in general have hurt us more than the big boofheads. It is an endurance game. Produce a good 4 quarter effort and you are a chance, against any opposition.

 

[Crimson King]

When we end up getting Yarran and Hartlett along with Rich you will cream your pants in 2010/11.

 

[Svenny]

What has Kerr got to do with anything? He isn't aboriginal



Just like Caucasians, aboriginals have just as many duds as stars. I certainly wouldn't want an Andy Krakour, Shannon Motlop, Marty McGrath, Ashley Sampi, Keren Ugle etc etc

he has aboriginal blood in him

look agree just think we lack those types of players...and you cant argue that we are very predictable team

 

[Zvim]

We drafted Thomas who played a year in the SANFL seniors and Campbell from the QAFL who also played his last year in the seniors. We were sadly lacking in the small crumbing type forwards who could also rotate in the midfield.

One was a rookie and the other a late round pick so you can experiment a bit with getting a bit more flair in the side without investing heavily. We wanted to know that the ones we took wouldn't have any issues playing against big mature body size players and I think it has worked well for us. They give us a lot of spark up forward which has been missing prior to 2007.

 

[jaxxon]

he has aboriginal blood in him

I'm almost entirely sure that Kerr has -no- aboriginal blood in him at all. We need some quick, outside finishers. I don't care if they are white, indigenous, asian, african, anything, as long as they fit in with what we need.

 

[Prem87]

Kerr is Indian/Aussie.

 

[trumby]

can someone confirm, is this CLINTON garlett we are talking about, lol theres alot of garletts, glenn, dylan...

 

[Svenny]

I'm almost entirely sure that Kerr has -no- aboriginal blood in him at all. We need some quick, outside finishers. I don't care if they are white, indigenous, asian, african, anything, as long as they fit in with what we need.

my bad andf apologies then I did think his dad was part aboriginal

agree we need a quicjk finisher or two...someone can run and carry and kick goals

 

[swannies]

can someone confirm, is this CLINTON garlett we are talking about, lol theres alot of garletts, glenn, dylan...

I may be wrong Trumby, but I think people are referring to Jeff Garlett, wingman in Swans league team.

Not sure many, barring a few obsessed ones, know about Clinton, who I presume, is the AIS scholarship holder from Swannies you are referring to?

 

[TOA.]

We need a natural crumber. Dont care what colour his skin is. It just so happens that aboriginal blokes have a certain creative spark and feel for the game which is so critical to that role. Some white guys have it but harder to find in them.

Lecca and McKinley are not crumbers.