Lake isn't the first player to go through a form slump and he won't be the last. We're only talking about 10 games here. Why are people so keen to say his career is over? This is not a form thing, it's a mental thing. Once he gets over it, he'll be smashing opponents again (figuratively speaking). Maybe he will have to leave the Kennel to reboot, but players of that class don't just evaporate into thin air. I think the Bulldogs should give him a month off to get his head right and to sort out his dispute with Eagleton.
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It's not just a mental thing he had 4 surgeries in the off season, his body is the major problem
Yes, you are right. I forgot to add that in. I was trying to say that it's not that he is suddenly just a lousy player. He is severely underdone due to those injuries and he's mentally not with it because of this business thing and not being able to play well. Once his body is right, he'll be back. He shouldn't be playing right now. Should be working on getting right to play. Leave him out for a month to do his pre-season, get his head right. Then we'll see what he can do.
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He looks fat.
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Always keep an eye on ex-Hawks but this guy is just terrible.
Still doesn't know how to play down back. Wrestles with the strong guys and plays off the smaller ones.
Shouldn't be playing AFL.
Collingwood supporters seem to have a fixation on the plight of the Doggies, but I digress.
Lake will probably go to full forward, although he should be sent to the reserves for AT LEAST a month, where he would need to dominate VFL players to deserve getting back into the seniors.
Williams to FB, and let Markovic etc take up a full time position down back. They're the next generation, no point not getting them experience.
Lake will probably go to full forward, although he should be sent to the reserves for AT LEAST a month, where he would need to dominate VFL players to deserve getting back into the seniors.
Williams to FB, and let Markovic etc take up a full time position down back. They're the next generation, no point not getting them experience.
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Let the guy fully recover from 4 lots of surgery and then let's assess.
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Had operations and no preseason. You dont just go from being one of the best FBs in the comp to a fat disinterested spud in the space of a few months for no reason.
The word you fools seek is 'uninterested', not 'disinterested'.
To be disinterested is to be impartial.
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To be disinterested is to be impartial.
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Seems to have a touch of the Taylor Walkers about him
I'm more than happy to leave him in the stands and drink beer.
Anyone who wants to take on his contract can have him.
We'd happily take him at Carlton. He'd make a good training partner for Jamison and I reckon our young lads would learn a bit from his senile tales of the old days, even if it'd be in amongst paranoid ramblings about Rocket.
He's still pretty sturdy - he'd double as a second bench on game day, too.
Seriously though, when on he's a gun. Struggling at the moment, more so than most but he'll get over it. He's 29 and with the Doggies struggling, becomes an enticing prospect for opposition clubs aiming for a flag.
Training partner? If Lake gets his head right he is twice the player Jamison is.
Quite simply, the bloke is stuffed in the head. One of the strongest, toughest KPD's in the comp at top form.
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A fit and firing Lake is the one player I'd want at Hawthorn above all.
I thought he was meant to stay in the VFL for a while? why was he brought in last week if he wasn't anywhere near full fitness?
Why would you get rid of him?
That'd be real smart, have Lake and Hall leave in the same year.... your FB and FF, yeah - nah.
Why would you get rid of him?
That'd be real smart, have Lake and Hall leave in the same year.... your FB and FF, yeah - nah.
Cant stay where he is.
Bidding war not possible with two new clubs and unlimited $, but most likely he already knows where he's heading.
Bidding war not possible with two new clubs and unlimited $, but most likely he already knows where he's heading.
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It's taken a few years, but Rodney Eade has finally destroyed him.
...and every other clubs for that matter. Bless their hearts for their concern
You see, when a team wins a flag, it means their supporters suddenly become the authority on everything.
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He needs a change of scenery. Come to Hawthorn.
He's in freefall. Never seen a player drop off so quickly.
I dont know what you do. Maybe drop him from all forms of the game for a month and stick him on a treadmill.
As for next year, keep him. Sack Eade.
I dont know what you do. Maybe drop him from all forms of the game for a month and stick him on a treadmill.
As for next year, keep him. Sack Eade.
I thought he led hard up front. If his teamates could kick he may have ended up with five or six
Take the contract on and it's a done deal.
If he really wanted the ball he would have made it to those kicks. None of them (what I recall) dropped to far in front of him. Forwards have to work for their kicks, Brian didn't want to do that.
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2.not interested; indifferent.
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I remember there was talk of us throwing the shed at him a few years back. Obviously Frawley blossoming into a top range KPD means we don't need him, but if he'd just unfit and bored of Whitten Oval, I wouldn't mind a cheeky teen/early 20s pick and steak knives bid.
Should to GWS in Brennan like fashion. Upgrade the Dogs' second rounder to an early first and let them pick up another kid to build on.
Should to GWS in Brennan like fashion. Upgrade the Dogs' second rounder to an early first and let them pick up another kid to build on.
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