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Tbh I haven’t seen either so I wouldn’t know, but hopefully the match committee know what they’re doing.
Would like to see Heath sometime this year though.
Preview Round 18, 2023: Gold Coast v St.Kilda - Heritage Bank Stadium, Saturday 15th July, 2:10PM AEST *PERIS DEBUT*
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Would like to see Heath sometime this year though.
Not much else unless they brought in Campbell or Heath.
Hoping for some dejavu. First few rounds we went in as underdogs with no tall forwards (I don't count Cordy). Great pressure and a strong running game got us some unexpected results. Let's hope it's a case of back to the future. Think Higgins is is a big out though. Need Butler and Gresham to fire up.
Yeah the height would be helpful.
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So a largely ineffective tall forward line with shit delivery. That's us with a full list to choose from. We played better when we didn't have too many choices and had to think our way through it. Sharman was very good when we had run out of options the last time. Hopefully they surprise you.
I like Sharman as a forward , he only needs a few touches in the forward line because he is a good kick.
And of course Owens will be hard to cover just due to his attack on the ball , let's just hope Hammer can cause some damage.
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Hope the boys won't be too fatigued after their herculean effort at Marvel...
Hearing from Ross that they're focusing on efficiency/accuracy made me glad - much needed!
Keen to see Peris have a crack. At the very least good to get intel on the list.
Hearing from Ross that they're focusing on efficiency/accuracy made me glad - much needed!
Keen to see Peris have a crack. At the very least good to get intel on the list.
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A lot of crew have been worried about him being 69 kilograms but that was his draft weight not his current weight…which is now 75kgs…
and if you saw some of his tackles at Sandy, you would see that he certainly tackles above his weight!
If Jack does no good they can give the jumper to Nova. she would probably star. First indigenous person to win an Olympic Gold medal as a member of the hockey team, then backed it up with a Bronze on the track.. Later appointed to the Senate. She as made a success at whatever she has put her hand to. hope young Jack follows in his mums footsteps.
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GCS issue is their lack of a transition game...which revolves around spread. We have gone small to improve our spread capabilities they have gone tall which probably diminishes that capability.
We will run them off their feet or die trying. That's the game...oh we also need to mark inside 50 kick straight and half the contests.
All with a forward line that has no one other than Wood who is over 6 foot and played more than 20 games.
Going to be an interesting watch now that Swans beat Dogs means the eight is wide open even for the Suns if they win starting by beating us. If not their season is over.
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We will run them off their feet or die trying. That's the game...oh we also need to mark inside 50 kick straight and half the contests.
All with a forward line that has no one other than Wood who is over 6 foot and played more than 20 games.
Going to be an interesting watch now that Swans beat Dogs means the eight is wide open even for the Suns if they win starting by beating us. If not their season is over.
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This is a huge game for us to have a chance at finals. The Doggies just lost and Essendon and Geelong are playing eachother. If we had fallen over the line against Richmond or Hawks it would have been huge but we didn't. If we can pinch this one it will go a long way to making finals. I know we aren't doing anything in September but it will be nice to have a big final at the G.
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Not much gets me more pumped than speed in the forward line. Hoping Peris gets some big run down tackles.
It seems like an impossible task but I’d be telling our tall forwards don’t even try to mark it just make sure GC don’t and we should get them on the ground. I’m struggling to see how we can kick enough goals to win though, 12 seems to be our maximum lately and I’m not even sure we can kick that many. Our only hope is to cause a lot of turnovers with this smaller forward line.
It seems like an impossible task but I’d be telling our tall forwards don’t even try to mark it just make sure GC don’t and we should get them on the ground. I’m struggling to see how we can kick enough goals to win though, 12 seems to be our maximum lately and I’m not even sure we can kick that many. Our only hope is to cause a lot of turnovers with this smaller forward line.
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Not naked dicking around Swanston St. That's for sure.
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Andrew Stephens umpiring again. This bloke is stuck to us like the proverbial to a blanket.
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Huge opportunity now to cement ourselves in the eight. Massive game now.
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Having seen Sandy a bit, I would say Peris was always closer to getting a senior game than Heath. I think Heath has good attributes but is pretty slow and needs a couple of months on the running track over summer
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We have said this o few times over the last 6 weeks
Heath looks a little to slow IMO. Needs another pre season of building up his running and tank.
Richmond won a flag with Riewoldt as their only key forward and Shaun Grigg as their second ruck. They could have thrown a 200cm player in just for the sake of it but none of them were up to it so they found a way to make it work.
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To play finals we have to beat Gold Coast, North, Hawks and one of Tigers, Geelong, Brisbane or Carlton. With the injury list we have it's not going to be easy but very achievable still.
This would be a very good one to bank. Otherwise it pushes to beating two of that better pool.
Sadly underrated theme.
Needs more punning.
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Martin - Cotchin - Presti - Edwards
Hope Peris smashes it and wrapped for him but I don’t think he is anymore ready then Heath
I don't think he's quite afl quality either but he has the pace and pressure to play a certain a role
We had a great start to the year with Owens as our main man up there. He and Caminiti were able to provide something unique with their mobility and pressure. I think that will be what we are concentrating on doing. Heath most likely just gets in the road unfortunately.
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Also Heaths last 2 weeks have been solid
3.1 last week and a goal 44 hit outs the week before
Don’t think either are really ready yet but with our injury list we need to try a few things
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