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What’s boring pointing out facts?Move on ....it's boring
I think if you do your homework .....this coincided with all the negativity on HAW performances
HAW picked up as soon as Day returned ....which gave Newcombe a shot in the arm, given his early season form was worse than terrible
Dear has replaced Lewis admirably ....but Lewis is injury prone anyway
Luke Brown had a solid career from it, and it would seem Bond is trending in that direction too.There's a niche role there for him
Hamill is injury prone. We seem to have moved on from Jones as a defender. Ryan seems more a flanker/running player.
Unfashionable but if he can get the job done, there's a spot there.
Not sure the relevance? Name a rebuild coach that performed and got sacked
In hindsight, absolutely. That's not how it works though so hard to hold people to account that can't see into the future. Maybe we should invest in a better crystal ball?
My Best team if all are healthy:
F Rachele Fogarty McAdam
HF Rankine Walker Thilthorpe
C Dawson Berry Soligo
HB Milera Murray Smith
B Parnell Butts Worrell
RUCK O'Brien Laird Keays
INTER Sloane Hinge Schoenberg Sholl (one of Murphy/McHenry)
EMG: Doedee, Pedlar, Crouch, Hately
The lad himself has said it took quite a while to get his head around what was required from a professional AFL player both preparation and mentally wise but of course we know more than the coaches and the fitness staff that work with the player for a large part of most days.Worrell not having more AFL experience is on us. We refused to play him.
Nank also to a lesser extent.
Walker's back injury was severely hampering his movement early in the season. He only missed a couple of games directly because of it, but he was also majorly hampered in the games he did play.Other than TT and Murray what injuries?
Just about every selection policy most posters were calling for early in the year has eventually happened, but too late to get us into finals.I think selecting Smith was one of the biggest handbrakes on the team
Walker's back injury was severely hampering his movement early in the season. He only missed a couple of games directly because of it, but he was also majorly hampered in the games he did play.
At one point we were so desperate for tall forwards that we reverted to playing Borlase inside the F50 - TT, Walker & Berg were all MIA due to injury, with Gollant & Burgess having played so badly that they forced the selectors to drop them.
Then there's Worrell (broken arm), who missed the middle part of the season. Then there's Crouch & Milera, both of whom have missed significant parts of the season.
His kicking has improved drastically in the past two seasons, him and crouch too. Both are kicking well.He's become a really good footballer.
How was that "don't argue" on Bont? Hah, nice.
Minimizing his awful disposals as well.
Apparently the lads are calling him the "clamp"...Luke Brown had a solid career from it, and it would seem Bond is trending in that direction too.
The lad himself has said it took quite a while to get his head around what was required from a professional AFL player both preparation and mental wise but of course we know more than the coaches and the fitness staff that work with the player for a large part of most days.
From bond - bondage or the jobs he’s doing?Apparently the lads are calling him the "clamp"...
Yes... but the difference is that we don't have the depth to cover our injured players.We've had a normal injury run. All sides have missed best 22 players here and there.
Hawthorn for example have missed Sicily, Day and Lewis for chunks of the season
I think if you look through most clubs you'll find 4-6 best 22 players being injured or playing with an injury for large parts of the season. It's not unusual
15.9 disposals, 3.7 tackles, 1.52 goals per game as a permanent mid sized forward.Keays should be in the All Australian squad
Yes... but unlike most other clubs, we don't have the depth to cover injuries to key players - because we have one of the youngest & least experienced teams in the competition.I think if you look through most clubs you'll find 4-6 best 22 players being injured or playing with an injury for large parts of the season. It's not unusual
I’ve been very critical of nicks all year. But he is learning. I’ll give him that.
I agree, I don't think that role is that niche at all. There are a lot of highly damaging small forwards or hybrid Forward/mids in the comp. If Hugh keep shutting down dangerous players he'll have a role every week!Luke Brown had a solid career from it, and it would seem Bond is trending in that direction too.
Good call - and really interesting to watch where Collingwood go from here...I reckon they're heading off the cliff unless they take some short term pain to regenerate.
Yes... but unlike most other clubs, we don't have the depth to cover injuries to key players - because we have one of the youngest & least experienced teams in the competition.
This week we were the 2nd youngest and 2nd least experienced team, which has been a consistent story for most of the season. Only Norf were younger & less experienced.
Not all of themActually just the shit ones get sacked