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He is extremely talented but a bit of a flog.
Also, hasn't he been injured a fair bit?
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Also, hasn't he been injured a fair bit?
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gone in for surgery, season over.........
thegreatbeast
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Yeah, I meant throughout his career. Feels like he has always been in and out since going to Hawthorn.
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who are you now anyway?
thegreatbeast
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Long time, first time.
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still got comfort chook I see..........
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Not ALL the rumours. Weren't there reports we could afford to chase another FA this year?By all the rumours we couldn't afford him...
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We might be able to afford him.By all the rumours we couldn't afford him...
Would probably mean that we couldn't afford to re-sign some of our big guns that we need to get done in 2023.
So mo we can't afford him.
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No,.... we have a NO knob-jockey policy.....
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We all know about Wingard... but Barnett? Or is it just because it's my opinion. 
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Yeah nah pass... we have a forward line that is really starting to work for each other, and all we need to do to wreck it is add in someone who's favourite target is himself.
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Oh the irony of Essendon recruiting Jones given the clubs historical contentment with injecting themselves with a foreign substance!
Jokes aside given their KPP depth it makes absolutely no sense for them to recruit Jones, but as they say out Windy Hill way “in ‘Dodo we trust”…
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I'm like most - can't quite work out why Dow hasn't played more. I looked at his highlights from the Collingwood game just to check:
13 of his 21 disposals are shown and they're all really well chosen options and well executed as far as I can see. However, he had 6 clangers which are not shown. 5 clearances and 6 tackles is pretty good. I think he was named in the best in TheAge.
Was only given 60% game time so 21 disposals is on track for a 26-28 pos game on normal game time. Was surprised he got dropped the next week.
I've seen Pominoz put forward a few theories around him not handballing from stoppages enough in the VFL but I don't really buy that. He's not surrounded by Walsh/Cripps/Hewett/Cerra in the VFL so of course he's going to have to resort to a quick kick out of the pack more often.
I think it must have something to do with his inability to limit the damage the opposition midfield does. That Collingwood game was pretty farcical at times with the pies mids streaming straight out of stoppages running forward which hasn't happened in any other game this year. Not that this is all Dow's fault of course - this is just my best guess as to the part of his game keeping he's out of favour. That and the clangers.
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Not sure about Sholl, parts of his game we could really use, it's not the complete package though. For the wing ideally, good tank, very good by foot, good decisions and strong in the air / contest. Out of Newnes, LOB, Cottrell and Sholl, all of them only tick some of the boxes. I guess he might flourish in a different system though.
Um wtf Tom Williamson has signed for North's VFL side and will play for them this weekend.
What's that about? Seems a bit strange strange to me that he'd 'step away' from our club and VFL team, only to sign for North a few weeks later.
I thought it was something that would stop him playing footy altogether. This makes it seem more like an issue between Willo and the club.
What's that about? Seems a bit strange strange to me that he'd 'step away' from our club and VFL team, only to sign for North a few weeks later.
I thought it was something that would stop him playing footy altogether. This makes it seem more like an issue between Willo and the club.
Most of his possessions in that game were handballs and had 2nd most tackles in our midfield which is something he apparently doesn't ever do. Given it was his first outing, including the preseason, I don't think we could have expected him to do much more. Will be a shame if he is moved on without getting a run at it.
I think people are reading too much into what he does and doesn't do in the 2nds. Very different games played in different conditions
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That there is pretty much it, yeah?
You can't base an assessment on him on a highlights package. We know his highlights are good. It's the inbetween stuff that the coaches clearly want him to work on and lift, and he's either still on that journey and may feature down the line, or he's just outright not making progress in which case he'll be trade bait.
Really strange...
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Really hoping McGovern can get back into the 22 soon and find some really good form. A massive missing piece of the puzzle back there in our side. A good example this week coming up against two good key forwards, you will likely get this in finals, this is where it really pays off to have a proper top line genuine third tall defender down there. Could say the same about Marchbank who is that sort of player, which one is the best? I haven't the foggiest, either of them drastically improves our side.
Williams is the other. We have a few who can come in and fill his role defensively but not both defensively and offensively. He's the one who gets off the chain from time to time with Saad and Docherty and helps us score from defence.
Take an attacking defender out and a quality rebounding third tall defender out you lose a bit in terms of defence but you lose a hell of a lot in terms of offence and scoring from defence.
Disappointing for Cuningham, hope he gets a few games in and looks forward to next season.
Pittonet back in the team asks a really dificult question. DeKoning, Pitonet and Silvagni are three looking to fill two spots IMO, or are they?
Owies appared to be best 22 and I get the impression Voss thinks the same, he's always good for a goal or two and excellent at feeding the forwards and being that linkup player. Martin has probably underperformed this season and probably for his career really. Constant injuries and niggles seem to be the issue there. Either always injured or follows up a great game with a poor game where he is probably sore. Be great to get him going.
Williams is the other. We have a few who can come in and fill his role defensively but not both defensively and offensively. He's the one who gets off the chain from time to time with Saad and Docherty and helps us score from defence.
Take an attacking defender out and a quality rebounding third tall defender out you lose a bit in terms of defence but you lose a hell of a lot in terms of offence and scoring from defence.
Disappointing for Cuningham, hope he gets a few games in and looks forward to next season.
Pittonet back in the team asks a really dificult question. DeKoning, Pitonet and Silvagni are three looking to fill two spots IMO, or are they?
Owies appared to be best 22 and I get the impression Voss thinks the same, he's always good for a goal or two and excellent at feeding the forwards and being that linkup player. Martin has probably underperformed this season and probably for his career really. Constant injuries and niggles seem to be the issue there. Either always injured or follows up a great game with a poor game where he is probably sore. Be great to get him going.
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Strong evidence of the old FIOFO rule in play here....Really strange...
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We'll probably get to trial Pitto (main ruck) with TDK (forward, pinch hitting ruck).
JSOS brings other things, but I'm really curious to see how we go with that faster forward setup without JSOS. Good luck to any teams trying to stop an improved TDK with a 3rd tall on him!
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