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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Hawthorn managed a season to play finals, Geelong have done it this year til their ruck stocks got better again. Whats stopping us drafting another Currie from WA, SA, VFL?? Jessie White from Sydney will be up for grabs I think........Trading Tarrant or Goldy is not a smart move. If Currie goes down you've got Majak or Mabon left, who need time to develop. Tarrant has only played around 50 games, he's clearly going to replace Petrie in 2-3 years, can't rely on Majak or Tom Curran to fill that spot as they need to develop and get over injuries. Give Goldy a rest or more rotations and he'll actually be fresh enough to make it to a contest.
The stats show that Goldy is probably middle of the road for tackles, clearances, marks and contested marks for the top level ruckmen in the comp. He is likely the only one of those who doesn't get a chop out. I think he could improve those numbers with more help and get back to what he was putting the year before last. He was like an extra inside mid that year and also got around the ground and took more marks.Fair enough BTron. I think our system is fundamentally flawed.
Goldy drops the ballsy his feet, repeatedly, thus allowing swallow, JZ and Cunners to win the ball in close. This allows other teams to rely on this, they can then commit 2 to that contest, with either an outside runner or outside defender.
We win the clearance but to no one a lot of the time.
I believe if we stuck a more bash and crash type ruckmen in there, there is less need to have all 3 clearance machine midfielders in there around the stoppage, we could set up better defensively and attacking wise.
We also get **** all contested marks out of goldy which I think is a massive issue/problem with our game plan, meaning we are either setting up again for a stoppage or watching the ball get pumped back in.
You know its going to happen.......its bubbling.ozzyoslo Point taken and amended
The ball was in our half and their possession for 20 mins...I'd just like to point out that in the 3rd qtr when Carlton had their run on LT had 1 kick, which he got in the goal square as a result if everyone else's hard work. His first half was great but if there is one player that highlights how we are front runners its LT. I've pointed out before how is forth qtrs in case we have lost have been poor and again on Friday he went missing. You'd think that if he couldn't get a kick he would have at least laid a tackle. Very strange for someone that bleeds blue an white and wins games off his own boot!
LOL. Just because one poster believes we should trade player X and another poster believes we should trade player Y doesn't mean that all these posters want to trade half the talent from the list.I'll cope fine.
the question is how will those who think we'd be better off trading half the talent from the list because we've had a frustrating season?
thanks for your worry.
Only because I don't rate the ruck position that highly (unless you're Corey McK) and I think Daw and Currie could do it.
LOL. Just because one poster believes we should trade player X and another poster believes we should trade player Y doesn't mean that all these posters want to trade half the talent from the list.
I thought that the likes of DJ Dupree and Mastermind made excellent arguments as to why one would consider trading Goldy. So do you think that these 2 posters would want to trade half our talent? Do you think I would want to trade half our talent? How abouts Saintly31? :stern look
You wouldn't pull the trigger on it unless you had a third ruck who could play AFL behind Currie & Majak.Hawthorn managed a season to play finals, Geelong have done it this year til their ruck stocks got better again. Whats stopping us drafting another Currie from WA, SA, VFL?? Jessie White from Sydney will be up for grabs I think........
LOL. Just because one poster believes we should trade player X and another poster believes we should trade player Y doesn't mean that all these posters want to trade half the talent from the list.
I thought that the likes of DJ Dupree and Mastermind made excellent arguments as to why one would consider trading Goldy. So do you think that these 2 posters would want to trade half our talent? Do you think I would want to trade half our talent? How abouts Saintly31? :stern look
Carlton could do well with a big inside body in the mid.
North need some speed
Garlett or yarran for swallow could be a massive win for both. Would also be great replacements for boomer.
Thoughts?
He doesn't spend the whole time there. When other teams are getting run on's everyone needs to put pressure on. 5 times now we have lost a close one and LT had gone missing when it got tough.He's forward pocket a goal sneak. If he's placed in the square how the hell is he able to apply defensive pressure in the forward line.
He doesn't spend the whole time there. When other teams are getting run on's everyone needs to put pressure on. 5 times now we have lost a close one and LT had gone missing when it got tough.
correct. But he's one if the more experienced. I thought maturity would fix things??He's not the only one. He never is.
correct. But he's one if the more experienced. I thought maturity would fix things??
You don't trade your captain unless he wants to leave. It's just stupid to even consider it.Would north be too stubborn to trade their captain though? Seems like the biggest hurdle to overcome
Yes all "shit" trade threads will be merged into here. :stern lookThe merge was not specific to posters but to the theme of the topic
OK. Fair enough mate and a good theory.
I prefer the keep Goldstein and give back up approach, which means off-loading a tall forward. Our Ken doll goes before Black, Curran is coming through, Daw is thereabouts, and Drew has a few years left.
You may be right, time will tell.
There will be ruck men up for grabs this trade week. Im sure we can get another ( yes with less ability than Goldy) that comes in.You wouldn't pull the trigger on it unless you had a third ruck who could play AFL behind Currie & Majak.
You would want an absolute gun player for Goldy. Nobody would give that up.