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News Tom Clurey signs for Southern Districts NTFL & Katamatite
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Could use some dental work, that missing front tooth is a shocker!
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I feel this deserves a bump.
Clurey has been beyond solid since returning. Had to take on some very good players, and has his share of scalps from this.
Love his willingness to not only contest, but to run off and keep his often much higher rated opponent honest - I think he definitely has to stay in the 22 and will only look better with Hombsch etc around him.
If you'd said we'd be lining up in defense with the personnel we have this season last year, I'd assume we'd get destroyed. Instead we've seen some real promise of the next generation coming through.
Clurey has been beyond solid since returning. Had to take on some very good players, and has his share of scalps from this.
Love his willingness to not only contest, but to run off and keep his often much higher rated opponent honest - I think he definitely has to stay in the 22 and will only look better with Hombsch etc around him.
If you'd said we'd be lining up in defense with the personnel we have this season last year, I'd assume we'd get destroyed. Instead we've seen some real promise of the next generation coming through.
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Logan is taller, but only by about 2 cm. Looks like the title of the thread for Logan Austin that says 197 cm KPD was an error as he was 194 when we picked him up and according to the latest stats on portadelaidefc.com.au is 195 cm.
At the moment I'm not sure who I'd give the nod to, it's been a difficult year to gauge new players.
At the moment I'm not sure who I'd give the nod to, it's been a difficult year to gauge new players.
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Give him a run through the midfield.. He has the tank & scary size..
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I'm not sure why we wouldn't go with Clurey Austin and Hombsch as the three cornerstones of our back 6 in round one next year.
I like that, but Jonas will play Rd 1.
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I'm not so sure.
Reckon Ken wasn't so sure about the back ups so a few of the more senior guys got games they shouldn't have.
He has had a good look at the back ups now.
DBJ, Clurey, Austin and Hombsch would all be in front of him I think. Throw Trengove back in there and we only have one spot, not confident it is Toms unless he has a magnificent preseason.
Pittard would have that last spot, and that is a good back six.
I've doubted Jackos mobility, but he looked ok against the crows. Perhaps rucking has improved his mobility?
clurey has been excellent, undersized but held his own... seems more a 3rd tall type defender ala Jonas. but he has a nice boot on him and can run....
My back 6 round 1 next year
DBJ Hombsh Pittard
Clurey Austin Krak
Id keep jonas as some cover but Carlile and Broadbent would be gone
My back 6 round 1 next year
DBJ Hombsh Pittard
Clurey Austin Krak
Id keep jonas as some cover but Carlile and Broadbent would be gone
I hope not. He's a stopper, a role now made largely redundant with reduced rotations. Clurey, Austin and Hombsch as the talls, DBJ, Pittard and one of Krak or Bonner as the smalls should be the basis of the backline. Jacko can match up if we're playing a side with 2 195+ players, otherwise can be the intercepting mark or rest forward when not rucking (or be turned into a Westhoff who plays more than 1 quarter a game).
One of those players who plays better at AFL than SANFL.
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I remember Jonas as the dear in the headlights
I think we play better without him in the back six. perhaps he's more suited in the mid, forward or depth
I think we play better without him in the back six. perhaps he's more suited in the mid, forward or depth
Isn't he coming out of contract? Reckon he will ask for a trade home to be honest. No source, just a guess...
He's still our best one on one defender.
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Hope so. The fact we are even discussing him as not being in the first 3 backs chosen has me worried though. I'd play him before Jonas every day of the week.
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Hope not, he's very close to securing a permanent spot in our back 6.
He signed a two year contract last year when it would have been easier to leave. Gun. If Ken plays Jonas in front of Clurey then he has fully jumped the shark.
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I'm not Cluzza's greatest fan ( yet 
), but he has definitely done a good job since he has been given a run of games.
In my humble opinion he has far more upside than Jonas, who was absolutely dreadful in 2015, and for a number of reasons didn't fire too many shots this season either.
If TJ isn't contracted, it wouldn't surprise me greatly if his spot on the list is under threat.
), but he has definitely done a good job since he has been given a run of games.In my humble opinion he has far more upside than Jonas, who was absolutely dreadful in 2015, and for a number of reasons didn't fire too many shots this season either.
If TJ isn't contracted, it wouldn't surprise me greatly if his spot on the list is under threat.
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Game of Dominoes, innit?
If Jonas wants to stay as depth and for specific match-ups I'm fine with that. Minus the occasional physical brain farts, he is an upgrade on Stewart and definitely on O'Shea as depth utility defender. Westhoff in defence for long periods of time I'm not so fine with. I think we'll see him run off the bench a lot next year for shorter periods. He's not a one-on-one defender, he's not a clutch goal kicker, he's not a full time or even a full quarter ruck but he can relieve every KP on the ground and that has value.
Clurey is the right size, speed and sort of not-quite-midfielder defender to eventually replace Broady (but someone else will be kicking out!)
The icing on your suggestion cake is that it pushes Hartlett up where we need his skills the most: in the guts or at least on a wing in place of Jimmy for now.
What direction that leaves Impey developing in is another matter and a very important one because the kid has a bag of skills, not always consistently on show, and has a lot of toughness and we don't want to **** him around quite frankly. Does he aim to go to forward competing with Monfries/Young/Palmer or back competing with Broady/Krak/Bonner. More physical than Amon but not displaying the same potentially elite foot skills at this point.
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