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I'd also prefer Apeness over Tabs
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^^^ And Taberner. Between the 3 of them we lost considerable pace and defensive pressure.Nah, Morabito isn't fit enough. We were loose in the midfield because Mora and Griff couldn't cover the space and men spreading into their part of the zone.
Otherwise you would realise how ridiculous a Clarke omission would be.Stats, highlights, other peoples opinions, talking to people who watched it, previous weeks form, injured players who are returning, news articles, listened to the whole game on the radio.
Calm down.
Is lacking confidence. Was monstered by Longer in the ruck. 37 hitouts to 23 isn't a good stat considering how much longer Clarke has been in the system. Has been a little tentative and soft the last few weeks. Needs to get his confidence backOtherwise you would realise how ridiculous a Clarke omission would be.
Is lacking confidence. Was monstered by Longer in the ruck. 37 hitouts to 23 isn't a good stat considering how much longer Clarke has been in the system. Has been a little tentative and soft the last few weeks. Needs to get his confidence back
Don't ask me. Ask Clarke AND Griffen.How could anyone be monstered by Longer? Seriously!!!!
Don't ask me. Ask Clarke AND Griffen.
They couldn't match him together
Guys lets keep this simple, let's work out who is back and then find the player to replace them with. We played a shit game, but no need to over react.
In: Ballas, Hill, Walters (If Fit), Silvagni (If McPharlin if injured), Sandilands
Out: Taberner, de Boer (If Walters is fit) , Sylvia, McPharlin if Injured , Griffin
FREMANTLE:
B: Lee Spurr, Zac Dawson, Paul Duffield
HB: Tendai Mzungu, Luke McPharlin\Silvagni, Michael Johnson
C: David Mundy, Ryan Crowley, Danyle Pearce
HF: Chris Mayne, Matthew Pavlich, Hill
F: Ballas, Zac Clarke, Walters\de Boer
FOLL: Sandilands, Nat Fyfe, Nick Suban
I/C: Michael Barlow, Lachie Neale, Cameron Sutcliffe, Anthony Morabito
FYI - If panicking just look at this team and calm down, we have great depth and we have 4 A grade players back after the bye
Clarke has been good this year. Somebody was just getting carried away with grief.Werent the commentators raving about Clarkes game against GWS? I thought hed been pretty good this year! Can be a down hill skier, but very good otherwise IMO.
So... two more terrible drafting decisions to add to our Blooper reel?
That's part of the problem sure, but for me it's also a matter of culture.
Peel consistently under performs and you can't just put it down to individual players, or the coach - although they do have more influence than other individuals.
Ross brought more than a winning game plan to Freo, he brought with him an emphasis on creating a winning culture. This was present at the club in nascent form before he arrived, he just augmented what was there and took it to another level.
IMO Peel have gotten used to losing and expect to lose, just as Hawthorn and Geelong became used to winning and started expecting to climb into a winning position no matter what the odds.
Fremantle for my mind is somewhere between the two: they have a winning culture, but the memories of the bad times are still there and under pressure old bad habits can creep back. Freo has all but stamped out their old complacency, with only the occasional lapse like SAturday or the GF. Peel OTOH, are knee deep in complacency still and it rubs off on all parts of the playing group that are exposed to it.
The Freo players who play for peel the most get used to losing - it's habit forming and bad for the psyche, you start to expect less from yourself and start to forget what you're really capable of. Peel and Freo were linked to help peel improve - to lift them up. I fear the opposite may happen, with Peel's lackluster approach to performance and improvement dragging Freo's second stringer players down to their level.
Is lacking confidence. Was monstered by Longer in the ruck. 37 hitouts to 23 isn't a good stat considering how much longer Clarke has been in the system. Has been a little tentative and soft the last few weeks. Needs to get his confidence back
We shouldn't be expecting Taberner to be out bodying too many of his opponents at this stage, he looks best when he's getting marks out on a lead. Roberton isn't a small player only giving up 3cm and 1kg to Taberner, 197>194 & 89>88. (Numbers from each players page.)Forget the Taberner, Apeness experiment for now. Neither are proving a concern for defenders, when I saw Roberton halve a contest against Taberner when he lost Fisher through hard work I realized the young key position players aren't ready. .
Clarke won't be dropped.
We have Waite 194cm/95kg, Henderson 196cm/95kg and Casboult 199cm/100kg. Also wood might drift forward at times who is 204cm/100kg. So its a bit of a stretch to say we have no big forwards. Can't wait for the game ! feel like Freo are gonna want to redeem them selves in a MASSIVE way .Could be very bad for us!I agree. If it was between Griffin and Clarke getting dropped, it will be griffin. Griffin has played his 1st afl game in 18 months after doing his knee.
I would only make 2-3 changes...
Out: Mzungu, McPharlin (If both are severely injured), Griffin
In: Hill, Ballas, Sandi.
Carlton dont have big forwards so Dawson and Johnson could be enough. I wouldnt mind Silvagni in, but if he is still injured, give Alex Pearce his debut.
No way DeBoer is getting dropped
With you there. After a loss like that De Boer would be the first on the sheet in my view. Effort never in question.