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13 minutes ago, WA Demon13 said:

Please no Dawes, the pace of the game has passed old iron gloves bye. With 8 games to go i believe its time to throw the youngsters in for a taste.

His flat hand, two grabbing marking style might suit Darwin, the humidity might soften the concrete.

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1 minute ago, drdrake said:

His flat hand, two grabbing marking style might suit Darwin, the humidity might soften the concrete.

I doubt a cyclone could achieve that dr.

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10 hours ago, waynewussell said:

Brayshaw was moving well, I would say he is in the mix following on from very good workout at Punt Rd on Sunday

Thought his game was pretty scratchy and ineffective myself WW

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10 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

It seems Grimes and Michie could be the inclusions?

U got it half right dazzle! 

8 hours ago, waynewussell said:

Smith didn't stand out. He is working his way back after a longish rehab. I reckon he needs another month to get back to the shape and form he was in. I agree with what others are saying about Dawes. However, I reiterate that on the track he looked quite a bit more impressive than the younger aspirants. I reckon he does too much running around in the games and is buggered later in the contest. At this stage I feel he would benefit from playing as a deeper key forward who can lead up. Going by my theory on those who stayed out on the track today, Dawes won't be going to Darwin, but he trained like someone had told him he has one more chance!

He does a lot of running but that's pretty much a pre requisite for any hard working forward now WW. Unfortunately much of his running is at snails pace. He can't really lead and haven't seen him do so in the four games this year as his opponent matches/and or gets in front of him pretty easily. Our forward entries are stymied with him in the team as he generally doesn't get into a lead option nor is he able to clunk contested marks over the back or in a pack.

6 hours ago, WA Demon13 said:

Please no Dawes, the pace of the game has passed old iron gloves bye. With 8 games to go i believe its time to throw the youngsters in for a taste.

This. Hulett should have been in this week for Dawes just for a brief look and try for 2 to 3 matches.

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5 hours ago, waynewussell said:

I forgot to mention, White exited training with the main group!!!!

Thanks for the updates WW. Perplexing selections vs the outs considering the form guide from the Crows/ Tigers matches and the style of player going out/coming in.

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P.S. I noticed everyone doing a stack of short passing drills today.

Had we hit more short targets or kicked to our advantage coming i50 on Sunday we may have won. We burn so many on the lead I reckon they sometimes figure they'll probably have a  better chance playing from behind. There was an occasional strike but not enough to build much confidence. Hulk a classic example where he was missed on a number of leads early. Reverted back to playing from behind me thinks. Then ppl say he plays from behind too often :huh:

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22 hours ago, waynewussell said:

Goal kicking in two groups now. Most excel with no pressure. Fair to say Trenners lacks penetration but may be keeping it conservative to avoid further foot issues. Watts dead-eye, as is Hogan and Garlett. Frost gets good distance as does Pederson

Meanwhile our other key forward was bringing the ball to the ground, and kicking behinds??? ??

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