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Can we appreciate for one second the photo the HUN used.
Swanny is 100% about to slip Trav some tongue.
New display pic its brilliant
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Can we appreciate for one second the photo the HUN used.
Swanny is 100% about to slip Trav some tongue.
Gee people are sensitive about this.
I think Trav has a tough gig, but I would be more than happy to give him a week in the magoos, because honestly, that's all it would take.
He'd kick about 20 on some spud and remember how to play. Yes the media would be all over it, but he is so far above VFL level that as soon as he ran out there he'd dominate.
We should have done this with Dawes in 2012 and we left it too late and it bit us on the arse. Pull the trigger now and he'll be up and about for the run home.
It's the oldest trick in the book and would work wonders for a confidence player like Trav.
Coming into this season if I'd told you that Reid wouldn't have played a game and Cloke had only kicked 10 goals in 9 games most would say we would be 4-5 at absolute best after 10 rounds (9 games).
I see the "Cloke issue" as a positive, he will turn his form around, he's too bloody good not to, and once Reid gets back and maybe Patty Karnezis slides into that forward line too, we will suddenly have one of the most powerful forward lines in the AFL.
No need to panic, yet.
Well the really tricky question at the moment is who exactly is even in our forward line.
Can't get much structure and momentum going when we don't really even have one.
Goldy has been moved back the past two weeks.
Cloke, Elliot, White are the only constant forwards, but even Elliot is playing all over the ground.
So our only two stay at home forwards have gone missing.
No consistency.
Definitely need to bring in Karnezis and let him settle in to a position.
I would bring Martin in as well.
Hopefully get Reid back soon too.
That will make a big difference.
Then Cloke becomes the swing man
Agreed. I have been critical of White, but too many posters prefer to think of him as an improvement on 'you-know-who'! I thought White would be a good player for us, but he has largely been a big disappointment.Cloke has had a poor start to the year. No arguement there. What I don't understand is why White is getting off the hook with posters. He has been average at best and yet seems to avoid attention.
Agreed. I have been critical of White, but too many posters prefer to think of him as an improvement on 'you-know-who'! I thought White would be a good player for us, but he has largely been a big disappointment.
Gee people are sensitive about this.
I think Trav has a tough gig, but I would be more than happy to give him a week in the magoos, because honestly, that's all it would take.
He'd kick about 20 on some spud and remember how to play. Yes the media would be all over it, but he is so far above VFL level that as soon as he ran out there he'd dominate.
We should have done this with Dawes in 2012 and we left it too late and it bit us on the arse. Pull the trigger now and he'll be up and about for the run home.
It's the oldest trick in the book and would work wonders for a confidence player like Trav.
A better explanation would be that the coaching staff in the preseason felt that we were one dimensional in our forward thrusts and have adjusted the gameplan accordingly. Cloke is so important to our forward set up that he'd be worth a game even if he were getting 0 disposals every week.Has one final week to turn things around or should be dropped until he finds form. At the moment the players have no desire to kick to him, making him a liability.
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A better explanation would be that the coaching staff in the preseason felt that we were one dimensional in our forward thrusts and have adjusted the gameplan accordingly. Cloke is so to our forward set up that he'd be worth a game even if he were getting 0 disposals every week.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...-to-travis-cloke/story-fni5f0at-1226930979149
Has one final week to turn things around or should be dropped until he finds form. At the moment the players have no desire to kick to him, making him a liability.
Bucks should have made the tough call weeks ago, now it's gathering momentum.
For the good of the club it's now or never for Cloke.
Exactly. No room these days for players not to make an impact.You don't pay someone 800k to be a decoy.
if we are going down that path, he needs to learn it in the twos like. Fas didPerhaps Cloke to the backline?
Agree. good to have multiples, but would be better if our highest paid forward contributed on the scoreboard, and each week threatened to be a game changer, like Clokey is capable of. We want the excitement of a big bloke taking a pack mark in the dying stages and kicking a goal from the boundary. At the moment, he can't hold them, and we hold our breath when he kicks for goal.Rubbish thread.
Last year everyone was whinging it was "Cloke or bust". Now when we have 13 goalkickers people are still complaining about it.
The fact that he was only the target 3 times in fact proves that he didn't have a terrible game seeing as he scored from 2 of these. All it shows is he wasn't in the play.
You then went and quoted all the players that were targets 4 times instead of 3. Huge difference there.
Isn't the whole point of a good forward line to have multiple options that are capable of scoring?
I have become so cynical that I don't even hold my breath any more. Just resigned to the fact that he will more than likely miss.Agree. good to have multiples, but would be better if our highest paid forward contributed on the scoreboard, and each week threatened to be a game changer, like Clokey is capable of. We want the excitement of a big bloke taking a pack mark in the dying stages and kicking a goal from the boundary. At the moment, he can't hold them, and we hold our breath when he kicks for goal.