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Round 9 v Port: Pre-Match Discussion
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Care to put a hundred on that? I need some easy money.
@ TucoAs Tuco said, you'll be doing well to score 80 points, let alone win by 80.
And that's not a slur on Port, it's just a fact, in case you hadn't noticed, teams don't score heavily against Sydney.
I don't think LRT is very good, and he hasn't been good all year. Hasn't got any better in my eyes.
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He hasn't gotten a full 8 rounds like others to work on his game and settle in. LRT is a star, he just takes a while to settle in and get into the game.
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Our lacklustre season last year had a lot to do with LRT's absence. And I'm not sure many have paid that enough credence. Our structure is much better with him in it.
He's doing his job. And he is playing in the defence where he should be which is an improvement in itself. We don't have many players on our list that can do the sort of jobs he does for us week in week out. And he's tough as a coffin nail as that return from the bench after being knocked out last week showed. Personally I'm very happy to see him back in the side as a regular. And the longer he's there the better he'll get.
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Exactly right Tuco.
In fact I think we can attribute Leo's resurgence this season to LRT's inclusion in the backline. Let's also not forget that LRT missed a lot of footy last season at a stage where he is still not only developing his skills and physical attributes but also still learning the game of Aussie rules, being a late starter.
He'll only get better from here on in as he gains both fitness and confidence. I still have a lot of faith in him.
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LRT is doing exactly what we need him to do, and still has so much improvement
he is not going to rack up stats or be a jarrod waite-type CHB, and who'd want him to be a flashy athlete type who goes missing against the more physical forwards?
but the best gauge, as far as i'm concerned, is the form of leo, ted and bolton, c since LRT has been back in the side
teddy is surely in career-best form, there's something quite imposing about the way he's playing at the moment, he's taken a step up
and as i said in votes on last week's game, leo's playing better this season than he has since 05, and is running the ball with so much more confidence
i reckon this has heaps to do with the having LRT at the heart of the defence
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Brennan sucks, if he comes back in I will be filthy. Barlow for sure (I hope!)
Has it been a month yet, when is Davis back?
i wouldn't be sweating on davo being rushed back
with playfair improving, micky o finding some form, and the likes of moore, buchanan, mcveigh et al, and with baz back in 3 weeks, how would we squeeze davis back in?
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If he plays well enough, there'll be a spot for him in the team.
Hmm. It seems like every game we get a troll who has no idea how hard we make it to score. you should be happy if you even score 80pts against us, mate.
If Port can break the 100 point barrier then we'll win if you go by previous games. Saying that though we have only ever kicked 100 points or more against you guys around about 5 times in 16 games
so it's not looking good. But in the games we kicked over 100 points we won all but one of themNah the TAb usually gets my money
The current TAB prices are:
Port Adelaide 1.50
Sydney 2.50
I would rate it a much closer game than that? Am I being one eyed? It's not like we haven't beaten Port in Adelaide or haven't won without Hall.
Port Adelaide 1.50
Sydney 2.50
I would rate it a much closer game than that? Am I being one eyed? It's not like we haven't beaten Port in Adelaide or haven't won without Hall.
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i dont see why swans fans on here make so many excuses for LRT. hes learning the game.. hes been injured.. he contributes alot more than people realise blah blah blah.
hes played 82 senior games and has been playing since 14yro, enough time to learn the game.
hes constantly injured which makes me think he may not be physically rugged enough for AFL footy and he hasnt played a good game in over 2 years. face it he is only in the team because of his height. and height alone does not make a good KPP.
hes played 82 senior games and has been playing since 14yro, enough time to learn the game.
hes constantly injured which makes me think he may not be physically rugged enough for AFL footy and he hasnt played a good game in over 2 years. face it he is only in the team because of his height. and height alone does not make a good KPP.
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The current TAB prices are:
Port Adelaide 1.50
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Yeah, i'd have to agree. I'm expecting a very close game.
So, we drop him and send him back to the ressies.. then who does the job? LRT adds alot to our structure.. yes, because he is tall. If someone better comes along then yeah, drop LRT.. but right now we don't have that option. LRT is better then having no one..
The thing about he is always injured though? Since when.. he had 1 injury? It lasted from round 20 of 2006 till about mid 2007. I can't remember him getting injured before that much?
Constantly injured? Care to back that up? He had one long term injury but that's it as far as I can remember.
What do you expect of LRT? He is not a dashing, run off half back type so he is not going to get much recognition from people who don't fully undertsand the game. LRT is given a role each week and for mine is doing a good job and I believe by the end of the year will be doing a very good job.
He is not having bags of goals kicked on him and has been spoiling well when required.
LRT is a vital link. Watch him CLOSELY over the next few weeks. Rate him on the role that he does - not on stats and run and I think you will see that he is more valuable than alot of people realise
Hasn't played a good game in two years? He's only played 10 games since the Grand final in 2006. And in 2006 before he was injured in the last third of the season (and he played on with those injuries without missing a game BTW) he was racking up pb's and career best totals all over the shop. In one patch there he beat Brown and Richardson in consecutive weeks.
You're right that height alone doesn't make a good KPP. But he also has strength, an effective spoil, and can take a mark. Plus I'm yet to see a heavy hit take him out of a game, and he's copped plenty of them.
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and LRT was also one of our best 3-4 (okay, that's not saying much) against c'wood in the finals loss, after having fck-all preparation and coming off a season-long injury
Also, out of those 10 games since the 06 GF he has had to play out of position in alteast half of them, so that itself is a great effort.
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