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It has been going on for decades (Northey almost cracked it-Danniher made it worse) i hope and pray our new coach uses players tactically rather than on sentiment. The team structure and procedure. If a player is injured or dropped, another comes in seamlessly. That must be the aim of a great team.

I'd love to have a side that played Big like the Cats, but mean & Rugged like the Hawks of old & Leigh's Lions.

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I'd love to have a side that played Big like the Cats, but mean & Rugged like the Hawks of old & Leigh's Lions.

Yes. Every single player put their body on the line regularly in all those sides you mention. The Hawks in the 70's and 80's just kept coming year after year.
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Heres my favorite Pickett on Biglands.

Biglands lined him up but come off second best.

Laughed watching him explaining what happened to the trainers at 3:10.

Byron was amazing at only 178cm (5'10").

c.f. other shorties Davey (177) Maric (177) Jetta (180) Bennell (179)

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Thats a good point WYL. As to how the game used to be played, and wasn't it Great.

And heres some Info as to whats changed since, & has that influenced things.

http://en.wikipedia....les_and_tactics

Remember we had players who could still get a game back then that would struggle now with the 'athletes' and the rotations and hard chasing the length of the ground. Players like Lockett, Diesel, GAblett snr, Van der Haar, Conlan, Brereton, TD,

'My', it was Good Footy.

Key forwards close to extinction in SuperCoach

NEXT season could be the year key forwards become extinct in SuperCoach land.

The fact no key forwards could find a spot in the top 15 priced players for next season is a sign they are on shaky ground.

And the most expensive key forward, Hawk Lance Franklin, only barely fits the job description as he roams all over the field.

After Buddy, the next big forward on the list is Magpie Travis Cloke.

http://www.heraldsun...z-1226228644961

IMO the amount of rotations since the expansion of the Interchange bench since 1994 & again, since then, & now in conjunction with 'sports science',,, is causing the homogenization of our game & player styles out on the field. To the detriment of our great Indigenous game.

It is becoming too, 'utility'.

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