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1 hour ago, Pates said:

Fritta shouldn't be used as a FF, that's the big issue here. Against medium body players he can do well, against the bigger players unless he gets separation he gets beaten most times. When you talk about pressure on a young player @DeeZee I feel like that's the big mistake we've made, making him as our main forward target.

Agreed. I obviously have no idea what his instructions are but he needs to be on the move if playing FF. He is built like a coat hanger and will never be much bigger. Body on body against Blicavs he may as well have been running into a wall for all the impact he had. The "other" Kolo - who is a fair sized unit - absolutely rag-dolled Fritsch. So yeah, he needs separation.

Even better, don't play him as a KPF.

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    Needs to stop leading to the pockets and has turned into another Tmac. As soon as the ball hits the ground he applies zero pressure 

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    That's good news.  

    While I thought he was slightly stiff on the weekend with that 50 metre penalty (but I'm happy to concede he shouldn't have pushed his luck), he is a very good player for us going forward.  He can play out of the square, has a good set of hands and is a very good kick of the footy (unless he's kicking for goal, although it seems he is starting to kick a little straighter as the weeks progress).

    Will be an important part of our forward line in the coming years, so locking him away is the right move.

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    Good news on the contract extension. Weren't Collingwood and Richmond keeping an eye on him?

    He'll hopefully learn his lesson from the 50 mtr penalty. Most players will do something unforgivable at least once in their career.

     

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    He's probably out best field kick after Salem. Such a natural footballer and at only 23 yrs he is set for a nice career. You always look at his body and wonder how the hell he's able to compete but he manages ok.

    The conditions didn't suit his game on the weekend. He was a tad slow and off in general. Still managed 2 goals and was always competing in the air. The 50m penalty would have been a more major talking point had there not been many multiple reasons we lost the game. Again so frustrating when there were many other occasions where Brisbane players sat on the footy after giving away free kicks throughout the night. Bailey just took it a tad too far. He'll learn.

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    Needs to sort out his kicking, but glad he'll be sticking around. Great strong mark for such a wirey player!

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    Good stuff. Blended in nicely, he’s only missed two games since his debut. 

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    Great news IMO.

    He hasn't had the easiest run over his first two years: dropped for the prelim after playing most of 2018, then asked to play defence in 2019 when he never should have, then asked to be the second tall forward in the start of 2020 when, again, he never should have.

    Hopefully if we can let him settle into his best role for us he can flourish.

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    Very good 3rd forward behind two talls.  Good mark and kick but needs to keep working on accuracy.  Also need to know when to fly and when to rove it.   He tends to fly against the key talls !! 

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    Good bit of business if we can get it done. Excellent hands and uses it well, the set shooting will come. 

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    I'm probably in the minority here but if he is probably our second best field kick after Salem (and he's missing so many of his set shots) isn't it a waste to have him playing so deep forward? 

    I loved what he could do when he played wing / HFF previously - where he could use his kicking skills to deliver the final kick inside 50 which we all know is a weakness.

    Having said that, he has previously been a reliable set shot so if he'd kicked straighter this year we might've had an extra win or two.

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    Needs to stop leading into the pockets

    Should be put in his contract: "lead into the pockets and you don't get paid"

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    Our leading goalkicker starts the game as a spare man in defense... even though we know he is a rubbish defender. Crazy move by goodwin, we were doomed from the start

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    11 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    He’s soft. Too slow to kick the footy. Creates turnovers 

    Right now, he is the least of our worries.  At least he gets his hands on it and tries to do things with it across half forward.

    He isn't tough, but not everyone can be.

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    On 7/1/2020 at 10:00 AM, ignition. said:

    The problem with Fritsch is we don't have two of him.

    He had one average game. At least he cracks in. He'd be sensational if we had two competent talls in the forward line.

    he's probably one of the laziest players on the list. I mean how can you rock up to training late when you're in a hub. If I had my way I'd be looking to shop him around at trade time

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    Is a very handy third forward but needs to build some body strength. He doesn't have to the Hulk but those spaghetti arms don't help.

    He was wasted in defence much of this year, probably because of Hore's long absence, and is less reliable in front of goal than when he arrived. Partly that's a result of leading to the wrong pocket and I am at a loss to why he does that but he is worth persisting with as he has clean hands in the air and the ability to produce consistently with a: better delivery and b: leading to the right spaces.

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    Fritsch is EVERYTHING that is wrong with the MFC

    Has talent. When he came in at first he was a breath of fresh air. He has now been Melbournised.

    Played out of position. Refuses to apply pressure or lay tackles. He's monumentally soft. Leads to the deep pockets on the wrong side. Has lost his skills - FFS he kicked the ground last night! - his goal kicking has fallen off the cliff, he's lazy. And to top it off he's dumb. IN a week where the focus was on little things he was dropped for being late for training.

    Drinks his own bathwater.

    This is where lack of leadership at the club comes into it. Who is driving standards that would turn a natural footballer like Fritsch into a top line player?

    If we have to wait 6 years like Trac to hit unleash their talent or 8 yrs like Max is it any wonder we are a pizzpoor footyclub?

    We need ruthless alright. We need a Voss a Hodge or a Johnno Brown to start kicking freckles.

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    On 7/28/2020 at 3:48 PM, jnrmac said:

    Needs to stop leading into the pockets

    Should be put in his contract: "lead into the pockets and you don't get paid"

    If we apply that style of rule to the team jnr we would reduce the wages bill substantially for 2021

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    He's a third tall forward and our master coach has variously played him as a backman and a lone forward.

    Like most on our list has actually gone backwards each year

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