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He’s in some good company there.
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VeryHe’s in some good company there.
Youngest on the list by some way and coming back from an ACL. Pretty happy with that and starting to look physically imposing. On the afl stats site they have him listed at 78kg!! I don’t think so
Isn't Fogharty top of the list?
I think Mitch is the story of the year for us.
Struggling with form last year and then getting dropped to the Magoos and then a crippling ACL injury.
He comes back this year as possibly our next big key forward.
Since Round 12, Georgy is average 3 goals a game. That's electric.
As far as the 'story of the year' goes I'd have the discovery of Logan Evans no1 on my list but the improvement in Mitch Geordiades and development of Jase Burgoyne are not very far behind.
The chapter about the return of Bergman's form in defence is still being written. If BZT, Aliir and Miles can keep building along with Sweet in the ruck we should be in most games.Throw Mead in for the quad. All four have been big positives for us.
Yep. Strange season. If you told me at the start of this year that MG, Burgoyne, Mead and Logan Evans would all be big improvers/additions, and that Sweet and BZT especially would exceed expectations, I would automatically expect a big team improvement from 2023. Even moreso given that JHF has also been more consistent and impactful. The fact we haven’t been better to this point as a team is largely down to coaching ineptitude, plus the absence of SPP, time wasted in playing McEntee up forward, poor years from Marshall and Dixon and slight drop offs or injury lay offs from Butters, Rozee, Rioli, Jones and Drew. Wines being inconsistent until recently has also hurt. But mostly it’s poor coaching.
Yep. On-field, these are the big contributors. We’ve also not tidied up our all-ground defensive processes well enough.There are 2 big problems for me:
1) Rozee and Butters have gone from All Australian midfielders last year to basically slightly above average AFL midfielders this year.
2) The forward line. SPP gone. Rioli has missed lots of football. Dixon has gone on a season too long and hasn't been able to give us much. Marshall has given us absolutely nothing. Finlayson likewise in a season interrupted by injury and suspension. Lord hasn't been able to step up. And even Georgiades was still finding his feet after the ACL until 6 weeks ago.
There are 2 big problems for me:
1) Rozee and Butters have gone from All Australian midfielders last year to basically slightly above average AFL midfielders this year.
2) The forward line. SPP gone. Rioli has missed lots of football. Dixon has gone on a season too long and hasn't been able to give us much. Marshall has given us absolutely nothing. Finlayson likewise in a season interrupted by injury and suspension. Lord hasn't been able to step up. And even Georgiades was still finding his feet after the ACL until 6 weeks ago.
Kind to Rozee and harsh on Butters. You would hope if a player is getting attention consistently every week someone else (Rozee) would step up and make the oppo think twice about who to go to.1) a lot of Rozee's drop off in form can be attributed to the injuries and mismanagement of them. His early season form was as good as anyone in the comp, and his last month has been impressive. Butters on the other hand needs to learn how to break a tag - I'm not convinced personally he can do it.
2) the forward line issues have the potential to be long term problems. A 3 KPF set up of Georgiades, Marshall and Finlayson does nothing to inspire confidence. And the small forwards outside of Rioli remain an unknown given SPP is coming off a major injury.