Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVI

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Is weddle a big body mid or utility. Don’t think either of those boys would actually help their issue for 3/4 years. The real hurt is losing dawson who has become a big body mid at Adelaide.

Yep Weddle looks classic utility size but I thought I heard the Hawks say they will try and make him a midfielder. Like you said 3-4 years until you can expect them to impact games.

Rowbottom is 186 / 82. How is that small?

Didn’t realise he was 186. Gun player but they all seem a similar size on tv (Heeney, Parker, Florent, Warner, Mills). Turns out they are all around the 183-87 mark.

There doesn’t seem to be a replacement for Kennedy (190+ brick shhithouse type)

 

[Call Me Cake]

Ross the Boss

 

[citizen-erased]

Adelaide's pressure makes me jealous.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Watching teams like Adelaide/Collingwood the thing that sticks out like a sore thumb more than our 100 other deficiencies is they have such good kicks! compared to 90% of our list just bombing their panic kicks.

 

[ant555]

Watching teams like Adelaide/Collingwood the thing that sticks out like a sore thumb more than our 100 other deficiencies is they have such good kicks! compared to 90% of our list just bombing their panic kicks.

Thing that stands out to me is the win contested footy over most positions. Our kicking in general has been 70% plus effective other than when we have been under real pressure. Our panic handball has been a bigger issue.

 

[silk]

Thing that stands out to me is the win contested footy over most positions. Our kicking in general has been 70% plus effective other than when we have been under real pressure. Our panic handball has been a bigger issue.

Agree. We also seem to be one of the weakest marking teams, specially contested marking.

 

[Lore]

Agree. We also seem to be one of the weakest marking teams, specially contested marking.

Is that because they don’t get in the right spots (chemistry/gameplan/recruiting), get there and drop it (skills/development), get out-marked by taller opponents (injuries/recruiting) or get pushed outta the drop zone by stronger opponents (conditioning/injuries/recruiting)?

 

[faible]

Is that because they don’t get in the right spots (chemistry/gameplan/recruiting), get there and drop it (skills/development), get out-marked by taller opponents (injuries/recruiting) or get pushed outta the drop zone by stronger opponents (conditioning/injuries/recruiting)?

Yes

 

['51 Bewick]

82kg is light for a 186cm midfielder.

So he's a hard nut 186cm in and under midfielder who you don't consider suits our needs because in your opinion he's a little light.
Give me a break!

 

[Lore]

So he's a hard nut 186cm in and under midfielder who you don't consider suits our needs because in your opinion he's a little light.
Give me a break!

And what is Heppell? Wouldn’t call Heppell a big body

 

[eth-dog]

So he's a hard nut 186cm in and under midfielder who you don't consider suits our needs because in your opinion he's a little light.
Give me a break!

This isn't a trade thread. This is commenting on Sydney's team. He's saying 82 kg is light for someone Rowbottom's height as an inside mid. Which it is.

 

[ant555]

So he's a hard nut 186cm in and under midfielder who you don't consider suits our needs because in your opinion he's a little light.
Give me a break!

Talk about a total over reaction. I just said 82kg is light for a 186cm player.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Hey everyone.... Carlton

Ha ha ha!!!!

 

[citizen-erased]

Merrett pulls NicNat's dreads - gets a week
Cripps pulls Smith's mullet - gets a fine

Clearly the MRO is done suspending Carlton players given the waste of time it is.

 

[Ati Tude]

Hey everyone.... Carlton

Ha ha ha!!!!

We have already reached the stage of our season where we have to rely on that to ease our souls.

 

[citizen-erased]

We have already reached the stage of our season where we have to rely on that to ease our souls.

2 coleman medallists
reigning brownlow medallist
good injury profile
travelled once
3 of the best coming up

and their 2pts ahead of us....

meanwhile we've played the top 5, lost 6/7 defensive options, 2x KPF options, and statistically the 2nd best clearance mid in the comp.

oh, and they've had their eagles and north games and still manage 1% better than us

to paraphrase Jakey Carlisle, Carlton are f'd

 

[windyhill]

Love King calling out simpkin, because he is an a-grade biatch. Almost Marc murphy biatchiness. (In regards to captaining a club)

 

[Ati Tude]

2 coleman medallists
reigning brownlow medallist
good injury profile
travelled once
3 of the best coming up

and their 2pts ahead of us....

meanwhile we've played the top 5, lost 6/7 defensive options, 2x KPF options, and statistically the 2nd best clearance mid in the comp.

oh, and they've had their eagles and north games and still manage 1% better than us

to paraphrase Jakey Carlisle, Carlton are f'd

Indeed. I am kind of ok with how we are going given tough draw and some very credible efforts along the way.

 

[fairbump_playon]

2 coleman medallists
reigning brownlow medallist
good injury profile
travelled once
3 of the best coming up

and their 2pts ahead of us....

meanwhile we've played the top 5, lost 6/7 defensive options, 2x KPF options, and statistically the 2nd best clearance mid in the comp.

oh, and they've had their eagles and north games and still manage 1% better than us

to paraphrase Jakey Carlisle, Carlton are f'd

It's definitely time to revel in it.

I can smell what they're cooking... and it smells like soggy cabbage.

 

[eth-dog]

It's definitely time to revel in it.

I can smell what they're cooking... and it smells like soggy cabbage.

They couldn't afford the iceberg lettuce

 

[fairbump_playon]

They couldn't afford the iceberg lettuce

I know, it's actually very saad.

 

[Ati Tude]

This is very sad. Grew up with him commentating in the 80s. Was always likeable and did a pretty good job behind the limelight that went to Lou and Landy and others and then when the likes of Bruce, Cometti, Rex and others took over.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/legendary-commentator-sandy-roberts-diagnosed-with-incurable-cancer/news-story/ec53e75efa4b5466745f61b9b356d466

 

[Mercurial89]

This is very sad. Grew up with him commentating in the 80s. Was always likeable and did a pretty good job behind the limelight that went to Lou and Landy and others and then when the likes of Bruce, Cometti, Rex and others took over.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/legendary-commentator-sandy-roberts-diagnosed-with-incurable-cancer/news-story/ec53e75efa4b5466745f61b9b356d466

I'd never heard of this type of cancer before.
Now within 6 months I'm hearing about it with Sandy and Dale Tapping

 

[Albertross]

I'd never heard of this type of cancer before.
Now within 6 months I'm hearing about it with Sandy and Dale Tapping

Ken Judge also died from this, on his 58th Birthday in 2016, about 5 years after he was first diagnosed.

 

[Nicholas61]

Use to enjoy watching Ken in the coaches box at Hawthorn - was the wildest I have seen a coach lose it. A guy I knew played amateur cricket against him said he would lose it on the pitch too but was a great guy off the field.