Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2023
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Geez.. maybe he's just broke and really desperate..
That’s appalling.
Is anyone else blocked by that tweeter? Didn’t realise I’d even seen him before?
They're the only team we've beaten since the bye which should tell you everything.
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Disgraceful umpiring
Well, they did have Lobb out there
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Does Essendon have a small forward?
No one decent and they are just so blunt in attack.
I’m starting to realise if you don’t have an elite small forward you can’t win the flag.
We have the same problem ourselves.
Lots of battlers that need 4 or 5 chances to kick 2 goals. You don’t get that luxury in a big finals game. You might get just 8 touches as a small forward in a tight prelim or GF and maybe 2 or 3 half chances of goals.
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Isn't it great? Love watching this guys downfall.
Welcome aboard. Hopefully our club finally comes to the same realisation.
It should be possibly to draft a decent small forward with pick 21. We got Ballas with that pick previously.
Weightman was 14 and Pickett was 12
If Henry does request a trade we might get a pick in that range
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We aren't getting a top 20 pick for Henry lol.It should be possibly to draft a decent small forward with pick 21. We got Ballas with that pick previously.
Weightman was 14 and Pickett was 12
If Henry does request a trade we might get a pick in that range
Fremantle always underperforming during a season where GWS, Essendon, St Kilda are still in the top 8 with 36 points.
Gross. These teams around that mark really aren’t that good. Shame Fremantle aren’t any better
Gross. These teams around that mark really aren’t that good. Shame Fremantle aren’t any better
and the whiteboard
Lobb gets dropped and suddenly the team with the forward line performs better.
Love it it happens to a lesser bloke. Not that he cares, dying his hair with the thousands in bed
Love it it happens to a lesser bloke. Not that he cares, dying his hair with the thousands in bed
Plays the easiest role in footy.
just sit wide & you end up with lots of uncontested possessions.
Henry doing it for us, right now
Tigers built a team of battler small forwards and won 3 flags...
Schulz is no worse than any of their premiership smalls
Yeah but we don't have a Jack Riewoldt or Dusty Martin to compensate.
Nor we will ever have the luxury as a WA team to add a player like Tom Lynch as a free agent.
I’ll give you the first of those flags - Castagna, Butler and Rioli and the likes are similar to what we have now..
They had dusty in the midfield to kick a heap of goals though that we don’t have. Plus Riewoldt one of the most clutch goalkickers this century in the AFL. I think amiss projects a similar player to JR but he’s got a long way to go obviously.
From 2019 onwards and especially in 2020 Shai Bolton Went to a level beyond anything our smalls are capable of apart from Walters who is near the end
Bolton didn't come good til he moved to the midfield
He only kicked 15 goals in each of those prem years
He was a role player in 2019 alright but came 4th in their B&F in 2020, and was electric at times in that season.
The broader point remains anyway. Walters is our small forward by a long way and he’s nearly finished his career. Our other smalls as a collective are not good enough and some of them need to be upgraded.
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