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Posted
3 hours ago, Peter Griffen said:

Hate putting up a slightly negative topic after such a good win but it's been bothering me for a while, i don't believe Salem is working at half back. 

in his first year playing across half forward we saw an extremely creative and dangerous young playing with great skills and goal sense, now while he has transferred some of those attributes across half back, i just feel he's playing well below what he's capable in an attacking sense and he's not a great defender and opposition teams know it.

I understand the importance of good ball users in defense and how important that is to our ball movement and game plan but i really think it's time to get Christian up the ground a bit more and let Wagner and go take up the mantle, Jesse loves when Jack watts delivers the ball to him, imagine having both Watts and Salem doing that on a regular basis.

thoughts?

I cannot wait for the day that he moves onto a wing permanently or rotates between half forward and the midfield. I had hoped that with Vince back there that would allow Salem to be released into the midfield, but he probably doesn't have the fitness or trust in his body yet to play a midfield role. And as a team, we probably don't have enough depth across half back to have the luxury of playing him there either at the moment. Perhaps, later this season or early 2017 we'll see Salem injected into the midfield?

Posted
25 minutes ago, stuie said:

Don't remember asking you for your explanation or your opinion of an unrelated player, not matter how much you want to give it, again.

 

 

You'll get what you're given and be thankful I'm trying to make you a smarter person.  If you weren't so thick it wouldn't have needed explaining.

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Posted
24 minutes ago, Baghdad Bob said:

I don't think Old could have explained it that well.  

I don't even know if that's what Old meant. But he'll run with it now.

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Posted

He is reliable and steady, part of a defence which is building nicely and does not require to much change at the moment

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Posted
1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Oh please... He did what thousand other footballers do and slipped over while trying to give a decent chass.

Disagree. I reckon Salem has the potential to be an absolute gun, but there's no getting around it. That was a poor effort. He went to ground, because the tackle or the intent to tackle wasn't strong enough.

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Posted
1 minute ago, ProDee said:

You'll get what you're given and be thankful I'm trying to make you a smarter person.  If you weren't so thick it wouldn't have needed explaining.

Again, not interested in your opinions, on anything. I know that's baffling to you, but maybe have a sit and think.

 

Posted
1 minute ago, AdamFarr said:

Disagree. I reckon Salem has the potential to be an absolute gun, but there's no getting around it. That was a poor effort. He went to ground, because the tackle or the intent to tackle wasn't strong enough.

Yeah he will be a gun and I feel it wasnt so much a lack of intent more he just panicked tried to tackle because he thought  Varcoe was gonna get out, went too early and missed. But are people really geting into him over that? He hasnt stared but hasnt been bad by any means

Posted
5 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

I don't even know if that's what Old meant. But he'll run with it now.

Fortunately for us we have "ProDee" here to give his opinions and explanations on everything, whether it's asked for or not...

 


Posted
Just now, stuie said:

Fortunately for us we have "ProDee" here to give his opinions and explanations on everything, whether it's asked for or not...

 

It is fortunate, ProDee is one of the better posters going round.

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Posted
8 minutes ago, stuie said:

Fortunately for us we have "ProDee" here to give his opinions and explanations on everything, whether it's asked for or not...

 

Isn't the point of being here to give opinions? 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

He is reliable and steady, part of a defence which is building nicely and does not require to much change at the moment

Just as long as he 'keeps his feet', as all footballers are instructed to do.

 

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Posted
1 minute ago, H_T said:

Just as long as he 'keeps his feet', as all footballers are instructed to do.

 

He's played less than 30 games and he will learn, and he isn't Robinson Crusoe in doing this.  

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Posted
1 hour ago, ProDee said:

He's saying that he rates Salem so highly he "pictures" him as being capable of representing Melbourne on GF day, but wouldn't want those types of errors on such a big and important stage.

He wouldn't say the same thing about Matt Jones, because he wouldn't "picture" a player like Jones getting to GF day. 

And while we're on that theme I was very disappointed N.Jones missed the captain's goal sealer too.

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Posted
9 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

And while we're on that theme I was very disappointed N.Jones missed the captain's goal sealer too.

He's slotted those in the past to be fair. I was actually shocked that he missed it. 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, P-man said:

He's slotted those in the past to be fair. I was actually shocked that he missed it. 

35m out directly in front. He should have kicked it. I thought he'd nail it too, because he has become a good clutch goal kicker. Suspect he probably thought we were safe. :P

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Posted
43 minutes ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

Isn't the point of being here to give opinions? 

Yes. Usually we're free to give our own, but if you're ProDee you also give other people's opinions for them.

 


Posted
6 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

stuie having a problem with another poster....now who'd have thunk that?

DC trying to tap me on the shoulder again, who'd have thunk?

Move on pal.

 

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Fifty-5 said:

And while we're on that theme I was very disappointed N.Jones missed the captain's goal sealer too.

I got lots of love for the captain but I thought he had a real mixed bag on the Sunday - lots of good stuff but uncharacteristically quite a bit of not so good - the missed goal which he would nail 9 times out of 10 ( that shot must have been the 1 out of 10) and quite a few handballs to the opposition.

The short pass to Brayshaw coming out of the goal square was a gem though and some really nice clearances.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Salem is a player we don't have to be concerned about. He is class.

The one area that concerns me, is his pace. He is not quick, but has a lethal left foot and is not a dumb footballer. Jesse must love seeing him with footy in hand.

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Posted

He's not quick but seems to have a good sense of when to release. Often looks like he's about to be closed down but nails the pass without rushing.

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Posted
3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Good thing we just signed on a three year contract last year.

Having Garland as depth doesn't bother me too much. Think his best shot would be to reinvent himself as a forward given we now have Oscar, Wagner & White all gunning for his spot and Melksham to join the list next year.

As for Salem, i'm not concerned. Think he's being allowed to develop his game nicely. In a few years time (post Vince & Jones) we will see him spending big minutes in the midfield with the likes of Viney, Oliver, Petracca, Brayshaw, Tyson etc...

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Posted
10 minutes ago, AngryAtCasey said:

Having Garland as depth doesn't bother me too much. Think his best shot would be to reinvent himself as a forward given we now have Oscar, Wagner & White all gunning for his spot and Melksham to join the list next year.

Then he'd only have to compete with Hogan, Watts, Weed, Frost, Pedersen & Dawes.... ;)

 

Posted

Not setting the world on fire,but his 15 kicks are like some else's 25 

Id like to see him him further up the ground and could develop into a Burgoyne type.

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