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AFLW 2024 - Round 2 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
we have other players for that or are they invisible?Nope
Need quality and leadership to help develop the next wave elite talent or not
Look what happened to Trengrove and Scully at Melbourne when they got thrown to the wolves
Two extremely talented players had their careers ruined and it set Melbourne back 10 years
When we had a young Cotch, Lids and Dusty we had the likes of Tuck, Newman, Cogs ect protecting them until they were ready to physically take ownership of the midfield
Its about maturity and leadership who are these other players you are alluding to that will protect and guide?we have other players for that or are they invisible?
Scully was overrated and Trengrove got injuried. Scully had all the talent in the world around him at GWS, he just was not as good as Dusty
kmac, Graham, Short, Vlastuin, Bolton and plenty of others. In a year or two they can look after themselves. They are not babies ffs. Look at Dusty, played day one did he not? Even a younger Brown and others can help them, they are not 12 year oldsIts about maturity and leadership who are these other players you are alluding to that will protect and guide?
Ross who is only starting to get a run in the midfield, Dow who still hasn’t entrenched himself in the 22 or 1st year Kmac2?
The discussion is about the midfield and you only listed one player who plays full time mid in Grahamkmac, Graham, Short, Vlastuin, Bolton and plenty of others. In a year or two they can look after themselves. They are not babies ffs. Look at Dusty, played day one did he not? Even a younger Brown and others can help them, they are not 12 year olds
so what?? I said there are others.The discussion is about the midfield and you only listed one player who plays full time mid in Graham
Dusty didn’t play substantial midfield minutes until like 2015
No, exposing players that aren’t ready to playing full rotations in an AFL midfield before they are ready and without adequate support around themso what?? I said there are others.
What are you afraid of? Getting relegated??
they do not have to play full minutes, they can rotate, and others chip inNo, exposing players that aren’t ready to playing full rotations in an AFL midfield before they are ready and without adequate support around them
Even the top ranked midfielders of the last few drafts didn’t play playing full time midfield minutes until about the 3rd year they had been in the system
JHF, Daicos, B Smith and even Ried barely entered the midfield for their first few years
It wasn’t even a mistake the expansion clubs made when they first entered the comp recruiting guys like Ward, Ablett, Cornes, Brown and Matera
Hopper & Taranto are precisely the types that are perfect to help because they have experience and leadership quality’s that guys like Ross and Dow don’t havethey do not have to play full minutes, they can rotate, and others chip in
Are you afraid of RFC being a successful club?? Do you want RFC to wait another 30 years plus??
We have Dow, Ross and plenty of others that can help
Do you sleep with the light on?
I REALLY think we should move on Short. We just don't need him and he would get a decent pick or player from a side contending. We don't even get worse by letting him go, he's really just an icing on the cake type player.
If we can get a good draft pick OR a young fringe midfielder (think a Jye Caldwell type, young gun mid who can't get a game behind others at a top club), we should do it.
Totally agree, I said it last year and some agreed and some shot me down, in fact I might have even said it after the 2022 season when Rioli had been moved to half back because to me that is also where baker played his best footy so Short gave us capital to get a first round pick in. Trouble is now short has been exposed a bit in a poor side he really doesn’t have the same value. Maybe the gold coast is a good fit if Rioli has no interest in going there. I actually think he would also be a pretty good fit at Collingwood.I REALLY think we should move on Short. We just don't need him and he would get a decent pick or player from a side contending. We don't even get worse by letting him go, he's really just an icing on the cake type player.
If we can get a good draft pick OR a young fringe midfielder (think a Jye Caldwell type, young gun mid who can't get a game behind others at a top club), we should do it.
Hopper & Taranto are precisely the types that are perfect to help because they have experience and leadership quality’s that guys like Ross and Dow don’t have
It’s the whole point of this initial conversation
Might want to ease on the rhetorical questions that have nothing to do with the discussion as well
Will keep banging my GWS drum.Nope
Need quality and leadership to help develop the next wave elite talent or not
Look what happened to Trengrove and Scully at Melbourne when they got thrown to the wolves
Two extremely talented players had their careers ruined and it set Melbourne back 10 years
When we had a young Cotch, Lids and Dusty we had the likes of Tuck, Newman, Cogs ect protecting them until they were ready to physically take ownership of the midfield
Fluck me, why do I keep coming into these threads and reading this shite.
What's wrong with me!!!!!!
And Gold Coast took Ablett, who couldn't lead a bear to shit in the water, and Campbell Brown, a Grade-A goose.Will keep banging my GWS drum.
You are bang on. Quality and leadership like Ward, Davis, C.Kornes, Brogan, Power and McDonald. To put this list into perspective, they had 4 players who were captains or would become captains. Kornes, Power, Brogan and McDonald also all became coaches.
Sure Ward and Davis were 22 and 21 respectfully (Ward with 60 games experience and Davis with 18) but they showed leadership.
Not really because everyone ****ing respondsI have one particular poster on ignore and it makes the threads for more readable.
It's hard not to thoughNot really because everyone ****ing responds![]()
Worked from 17-20need to get in some more fringe players, i dream of a day when our entire list is fringe players.
Test.I have one particular poster on ignore and it makes the threads for more readable.
It's definitely you bro. That test ain't workingTest.
Yeah looked back in my history.It's definitely you bro. That test ain't working
they do not have to play full minutes, they can rotate, and others chip in
Are you afraid of RFC being a successful club?? Do you want RFC to wait another 30 years plus??
We have Dow, Ross and plenty of others that can help
Do you sleep with the light on?
are you our list manager??need to get in some more fringe players, i dream of a day when our entire list is fringe players.