Toast Welcome to Fremantle Neil Erasmus (pick 10 2021 AFL Draft)

[Paracleet]

There was certainly a section on here who wrote Neale off early.

From memory there was a derby early on where he had a couple of turnovers from poor kicks out of D50 and there was quite the pile on on here afterwards. People were saying they couldn't see any attributes that would make him an AFL quality player even though he'd already shown the ability to rack up possessions.

I absolutely guarantee you there will be recentish posts, from people on here still, saying that it was massive blunder to make Neale sub in the GF who had previously posted stuff mid season 2013 saying he should be dropped for Michie.

 

[DragoDelph]

I absolutely guarantee you there will be recentish posts, from people on here still, saying that it was massive blunder to make Neale sub in the GF who had previously posted stuff mid season 2013 saying he should be dropped for Michie.

Seems we’re about as consistent as the team.

 

[Fyfster]

What?

Neale played 23 games in his first 2 years of AFL.

Nobody was saying he wouldn't've made it. He was a gun from day 1.

If someone called you on an opinion, that OK. But come on man. Be real.

you missed my point , Not many were saying he wouldn't make it .
But most had him in the foot soldier , B Grader category.
I said A grader which was not an opinion shared by many.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

I still think this guy's number one asset is his attack on the ball. He'll at least be a consistent role player in the league based on that attribute alone.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Not by me , But I was one of the few saying that Lachie Neale would be an A grader in his early days .
And was duly told I had no idea.

Not by me.

 

[Tony_Clifton]

Not by me , But I was one of the few saying that Lachie Neale would be an A grader in his early days .
And was duly told I had no idea.

How come it says you joined bigfooty in 2017? Was it dockerland douches saying you had no idea and that's why you came here?

 

[Docker82]

I absolutely guarantee you there will be recentish posts, from people on here still, saying that it was massive blunder to make Neale sub in the GF who had previously posted stuff mid season 2013 saying he should be dropped for Michie.

Neale sub in the gf wasn’t a blunder imo - he wasn’t the player then a lot of this board seem to think. Good part of the squad and no more at that point - obviously he developed his game further after that.

 

[Alfonz]

Neale sub in the gf wasn’t a blunder imo - he wasn’t the player then a lot of this board seem to think. Good part of the squad and no more at that point - obviously he developed his game further after that.

He obviously hadn't reached his peak yet, but he finished the year with 21-26-24-26-30-28-17 touches, and then had 21 touches and 6 clearances in the win versus Geelong. He wouldn't have been in our top 6 players in that game, but still around the 10 mark. Then relegated to sub after we brought Johnson into the side.

The blunder wasn't the grand final because we weren't going to make unforced changes to the side after making the big dance. The blunder was making him the sub for the prelim after being in our top 10 players the week before. Suban was under some injury clouds (hamstring/ankle) at the time and should not have been given preference. But Ross loved his role players.

 

[One_Wing]

This argument is 10 years old.

 

[GingerDocker]

This argument is 10 years old.

Nearly as old as Ras.

 

[Nodgey]

This argument is 10 years old.

Mention underarm bowling to a Kiwi and you'll see these arguments can go on forever.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Neale sub in the gf wasn’t a blunder imo - he wasn’t the player then a lot of this board seem to think. Good part of the squad and no more at that point - obviously he developed his game further after that.

The blunder was who Ross subbed out to bring Lachie on.

 

[King Huskii]

The blunder was who Ross subbed out to bring Lachie on.

You sure

Z Clarke did nothing all game

 

[ilikepotatoes]

You sure

Z Clarke did nothing all game

Brian Lake sure did a lot without him on the field though.

 

[King Huskii]

Brian Lake sure did a lot without him on the field though.

Chris Mayne got slaughtered

Ballas did nothing all game with the flu

We had a few passengers

 

[Hazelsnuts]

Chris Mayne got slaughtered

Ballas did nothing all game with the flu

We had a few passengers

We dominated early on and did not capitalise on our glut of possessions and inside 50’s…..
Everything the poos and wees did was super efficient

 

[King Huskii]

We dominated early on and did not capitalise on our glut of possessions and inside 50’s…..
Everything the poos and wees did was super efficient

True dat

 

[Fred Ziffel]

I still say Ballas should have been subbed.
Its believed he was Ill before the game but nevertheless he was putrid .
It was probably the worst game of his career.
Zac being subbed out simply left us with too few talls to hang around in the forward line.

 

[Spirit Level]

Mention underarm bowling to a Kiwi and you'll see these arguments can go on forever.

Dez caught it

 

[Wizard]

I still say Ballas should have been subbed.
Its believed he was Ill before the game but nevertheless he was putrid .
It was probably the worst game of his career.
Zac being subbed out simply left us with too few talls to hang around in the forward line.

When do we start to discuss the job Sutcliffe did on Gunston?

 

[gaskin]

When do we start to discuss the job Sutcliffe did on Gunston?

He should never have been on Gunston in the first place.

 

[Wizard]

He should never have been on Gunston in the first place.

Don't disagree one bit, not sure who the alternative was though?

McPharlin - Buddy
Dawson - Roughy
MJ - Hale / Bailey
Spurr - Bruest
Ibbo - Injured

While doing this exercise i looked at our list, it has some high-end talent, but it was pretty atrocious.

 

[nurries]

Don't disagree one bit, not sure who the alternative was though?

McPharlin - Buddy
Dawson - Roughy
MJ - Hale / Bailey
Spurr - Bruest
Ibbo - Injured

While doing this exercise i looked at our list, it has some high-end talent, but it was pretty atrocious.

It was a shame Ibbo was injured cos he was the man for Gunston

 

[rgauci]

It was a shame Ibbo was injured cos he was the man for Gunston

Shame that McPhee chose to retire despite playing elite footy in 2012. Would have been another option.

 

[Silencer83]

I keep naively clicking on this thread expecting to see an update on Erasmus training the house down and instead seeing discussion of something that happened when Erasmus was 9 years old.