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Pumped for this week! A cooler Autumn week followed by a warmer weekend. Playing off some nice rest, a fire lit under the team and an encouraging interview by Fyfe. You have spent time in the garden, enjoyed romancing your other half, read with the kids and had many laughs. Done your best at work or your business and in general feel the confidence and enjoyment that living life well brings. You know on the weekend you will get to see a stunning victory and celebrate with your team and friends.
The decade of dominance has begun! And we are at the beginning of an exciting and unpredictable ride. What a time to be alive!
The decade of dominance has begun! And we are at the beginning of an exciting and unpredictable ride. What a time to be alive!
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Good work...this thread needed a restump, rewire and replumb.
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The board needs it... I thought Wednesday was a long enough wait.
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i think we are missing a lot of meters gained type players. or people who cause scores
i think part of the reason we were successful in 2022. was because we had a midfield headed by mundy, serond and brodie who could get the ball to the outside. were we had a variety of players who would get the ball forward. half backs of clark, young and chapman. wings of odriscoll and acres. and hard working half forwards in switta, freddy, walters and shultz.
today i think we have a better inside midfield. but a vastly inferior group of outside players.
half backs of hughes, aish and clark. wings of banfield and sharp. and half forward line which has had less continuity. walters has lost a step and shultz has left. it was made even worse on the weekend with switta and freddy not present.
however, i think that changes in time.. chapmans return, depth of wagner and worner. cox replacing draper. results in a half backline of cox, chapman, clark and aish.
on the wings sharps rise is very promising. but he needs a running mate. whether thats chapman eventually. conrad williams developing. o'driscoll returning to form. i like ethan stanley.
finally our half line shows the potential of developing into something serviceable. switta, freddy will be joined by cooper simpson (i don't think the club gives someone matty pavs number if they are going to be bad).
thus i think we are going to be good, probs by the end of the season we will start to see this coming together.
i think part of the reason we were successful in 2022. was because we had a midfield headed by mundy, serond and brodie who could get the ball to the outside. were we had a variety of players who would get the ball forward. half backs of clark, young and chapman. wings of odriscoll and acres. and hard working half forwards in switta, freddy, walters and shultz.
today i think we have a better inside midfield. but a vastly inferior group of outside players.
half backs of hughes, aish and clark. wings of banfield and sharp. and half forward line which has had less continuity. walters has lost a step and shultz has left. it was made even worse on the weekend with switta and freddy not present.
however, i think that changes in time.. chapmans return, depth of wagner and worner. cox replacing draper. results in a half backline of cox, chapman, clark and aish.
on the wings sharps rise is very promising. but he needs a running mate. whether thats chapman eventually. conrad williams developing. o'driscoll returning to form. i like ethan stanley.
finally our half line shows the potential of developing into something serviceable. switta, freddy will be joined by cooper simpson (i don't think the club gives someone matty pavs number if they are going to be bad).
thus i think we are going to be good, probs by the end of the season we will start to see this coming together.
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These are all good points and should also cast some light on our challenged last week.
Walters is essentially an out from your list and when you add Shultz, Switta and Freddy as well as Amiss out from around the five minute mark, the forward half was a monumental challenge.
Agree on Chapmans return. If we can keep him on the park for a few years I think he will become one of our best and most important players. The dynamic with him and Cox back will be ridiculously good for us. Clark, Walker, Chappy and Cox make us a lot more offensive from the back half. That will flow through the team and create more opportunities for Sharp, Freddy and Switta.
I would love to see Ethan Stanley in the team. Put him on a wing for five to ten games and see what he looks like. This is a development year and NOD is still needing to build fitness. Maybe Snuffaluphagus has sold me on him, but he seems to be fast and have a penetrating kick. Both are things we need.
Simpson should be in the team this week, or would be if I was on the selection panel. He has to offer more than JOM or Walters. Get him in there!
The future is bright!
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CHAPPY IS BACK!!!
A lot of class added to the team this week. I can't wait to see him play out the year and continue to improve. Longmuir saying that he has been playing above the level at WAFL is an indicator of his class.
A lot of class added to the team this week. I can't wait to see him play out the year and continue to improve. Longmuir saying that he has been playing above the level at WAFL is an indicator of his class.
And ben kizons riding o m Judd's tagFyfe's two Brownlows were so much better than the Bradbury awarded to Priddis
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Hughes is out...Chappy is back. Probably a 2 goal improvement right there.
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JOSH BEEPIN TREACY!
The difference a CHF that dominates the contest even when he wasn't marking makes... Everyone around him looks better.
Around the ground marking, field kicking, quick hands from contest and the deck and a straight, long kick for goal!
Our forward line is young and already showing they could be dominant. Treacy will kick 40 goals a year minimum and can impact around the ground and in contests. I would be happy if we had used a top ten pick on him.
Treacy is a huge part of our future. If he keeps this form up all we need is to find a pure small forward or two and we are set for a long time.
The difference a CHF that dominates the contest even when he wasn't marking makes... Everyone around him looks better.
Around the ground marking, field kicking, quick hands from contest and the deck and a straight, long kick for goal!
Our forward line is young and already showing they could be dominant. Treacy will kick 40 goals a year minimum and can impact around the ground and in contests. I would be happy if we had used a top ten pick on him.
Treacy is a huge part of our future. If he keeps this form up all we need is to find a pure small forward or two and we are set for a long time.
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Chappy was terrific tonight. He obviously had some goals kicked on him by Darcy but two of those goals were as a result of some terrific kicks by WB players combined with the reach of Darcy. Not much a player 10cm shorter could do. In general play Chappy's run and rebound were fantastic.
He was in our top 5 players tonight. Serong, Clark, Brayshaw, Fyfe and him.
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Cooper Simpson... we have found another one. How and why did he drop down the draft? What was the knock on him?
We may have just found our version of Warner in the middle/wing.
When he starts to get 16+ possessions watch out.
This is ridiculous in some ways, however, it would be a let down if he was only a very good B+ grade player long term. It looks like we could have added a core piece for our decade of dominance and I am loving it!
We may have just found our version of Warner in the middle/wing.
When he starts to get 16+ possessions watch out.
This is ridiculous in some ways, however, it would be a let down if he was only a very good B+ grade player long term. It looks like we could have added a core piece for our decade of dominance and I am loving it!
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He had multiple injuries and missed half the season, still won the B&F though!
along with other factors like some teams' need based selection as well?
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So not a typical slide. Looking like ridiculous value for us.
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I'll post it in here in the spirit of the thread. I dont think we've EVER* had a fwd/mid with his type of burst / power / speed. We've had a few superstar mids but they are all contested bulls or silk and all our best forwards have been KPFs or smalls. I was excited watching him in preseason, now my hype is through the roof.
*Actually, I thought of one that we robbed of but dont want to bring up him in this thread as it's too depressing
*Actually, I thought of one that we robbed of but dont want to bring up him in this thread as it's too depressing
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rhymes with a type of herb?!
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Pretty sure he's referring to Morabito.
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Haha, not any herb I can think of
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Thanks for ruining the thread
