What Chapman on the wing experiment. Where does this dumb idea come from. Has Longmuir said it?
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Think even 3-4 is an exaggeration. What did he clanger against Essendon. I read someone say he shouldn't have kicked that ball towards Freddy i.e. the goal assist, (the one where Jackson protected Freddy in the marking contest) because there were other options in our forward 50m.
I saw him early in the game try to sidestep this-away, that-away and only end up confusing himself but it was hardly a clanger. Just trying to be creative.
Is Chapman getting blamed for that handball Clark sent his way in the last 5 minutes?
We were stretched with match ups in our D50 and most of the defenders did quite well but often they were outsized. We had Cox, Draper, Chapman, Ryan covering Caddy, Stringer, Langford, Jones and their 2nd ruck Draper/Bryan for most of the game. At times Walker was coming over the top of contests with a spoil to help out. They had good supply because their mids were winning clearances.
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Yeah he’s really struggling at the moment isn’t he.
Depending on matchups we might be able to bring Aish in to the 22 and give him a spell? We might even be considering Hughes in as a lock down defender - we’ve got 3 smallish rebounding defenders so we don’t need chaps for that.
Other than that: Emmett and Ras out of the 22 for Johnson and Fyfe.
I know Ras came off - which I thought was the right decision - how could you tell he was ruthless in making that decision?
Should have subbed Darcy.
Dropped uncontested marks inside d50 that lead to an Essendon score (can't remember if goal or behind, both bad). Also let his oppo take a mark on the wing so many times during the game. Could not win or half an aerial contest at all.
I think that’s true. They take Reidy along because they want Knobel to play WAFL seniors. The latter is putting up better games than Reidy already. I think Reidy gets delisted season end and we give Knobel 2-3 year contract. I think they’ll feel a lot more comfortable with Knobel contending the ruck than Reidy next year.
Looking and seeing his reaction.
He was not happy.
He was not happy.
Ah never change BigFooty.
Hughes was once our greatest whipping boy. He should never play AFL again.
Then Walker was never going to be AFL standard.
Now Chapman is a dud & we clamoring for the return of Hughes.
And we want everyone to play on as fast as possible & attack at every opportunity but if they make a mistake doing so, delist them.
Hughes was once our greatest whipping boy. He should never play AFL again.
Then Walker was never going to be AFL standard.
Now Chapman is a dud & we clamoring for the return of Hughes.
And we want everyone to play on as fast as possible & attack at every opportunity but if they make a mistake doing so, delist them.
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Draft position matters, fair chance Sturt would have been de-listed if he was pick 70.
Tough decisions need to be made unfortunately. Some people have made a case for Hughes coming in for Chapman on form so the only obvious de-list is Taberner. If we go to the draft with our picks we need to de-list 4 or 5 players.
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Hughes is getting delisted, regardless of people on here never wanting to delist anyone
Bigfooty probably.
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I don’t mind the idea of Chapman to a wing but I don’t think we should do it whilst our season is very much alive. I would also be bringing in Worner to play in defence when Chappy moves up as opposed to Hughes.
I don’t however see any reason why we would put Jackson in the backline. I see no real upside and plenty of downside.
I don’t however see any reason why we would put Jackson in the backline. I see no real upside and plenty of downside.
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I seriously don't get the Chappy chatter.
He is perfectly positioned genetically to be a rebounding and attacking third tall defender.
Forget the wing, forget the midfield (for now at least, but personally I don't see it) and forget Peel.
He's the perfect player to develop to play on and exploit those pesky, difficult to defend medium forwards...think Fritsch, Greene, Elliot, Breust etc.
Over the next 18 months, his challenge is to stay fit, get stronger and better understand the pace of the game, and in turn, his decision making.
When that happens, this thread will be bumped...be careful.
He is perfectly positioned genetically to be a rebounding and attacking third tall defender.
Forget the wing, forget the midfield (for now at least, but personally I don't see it) and forget Peel.
He's the perfect player to develop to play on and exploit those pesky, difficult to defend medium forwards...think Fritsch, Greene, Elliot, Breust etc.
Over the next 18 months, his challenge is to stay fit, get stronger and better understand the pace of the game, and in turn, his decision making.
When that happens, this thread will be bumped...be careful.
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One shitty loss and half this board turns into gibbering morons
I guess half the board would of expected to win after being 25 points up 3rd of the way into the last
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They should haven taken the pace out of the game in that last. Chip it around for 5 minutes.
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Yeah they would HAVE, and the problem started in the midfield.
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They had their hands on the ball plenty of times, and played on at all cost.
At any point they could have taken the heat out of the contest, especially when Treacy was off. The amount of back and forth turnover was ridiculous, would have saved some energy for the last few minutes as well.
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There is a cultural problem with this club at the moment. We can’t match it if another side is more desperate for a win. We’ve got three more of those games coming up.
