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Recruiting a 3rd tall forward to find another 50 goals?

John Demonic
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I know we've got Preuss/Gawn/Smith and of course Weideman to piece together the 50 or so needed, but would we need to draft or recruit another player? At least as depth to fight for a spot with Tim Smith?

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    Are people forgetting about a fella called TMac?

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    Petracca, it wont come from one player it will be a combination of players

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    3 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

    Are people forgetting about a fella called TMac?

    He played forward all year and contributed significantly? I just mean there will now be extra pressure on the others to contribute the amount of dependable goals we've lost now that Hogan has moved on.

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    It will be interesting to see who kicks goals in big pressure games, which is when Jesse seemed to struggle most.  

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    3 minutes ago, drdrake said:

    Petracca, it wont come from one player it will be a combination of players

    Spot on.

    They hope Weideman takes the lions share of those goals, but Trac, T Mac, Fristch, Hannan, Melksham, Oliver, Spargo etc. etc. will also share the load a little as well.  I'm not worried about it at all.

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    With May back , it gives us the flexibility to try Joel Smith forward and maybe even OMac or Frost.

    Tim Smith another option.

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    2 minutes ago, drdrake said:

    Petracca, it wont come from one player it will be a combination of players

    And this is what we want.  All our Forwards and Mids working backsides off, and kicking goals.

    Shut one down, another pops up.

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    Hogan: 8 goals in 6 games against top 8 opponents
    Weid: 8 goals in 5 games against top 8 opponents from round 22 onwards

    We'll need to find a back up. I think Preuss or Tim Smith can do it short term. Add another scrap heap or VFL option but draft for long term.

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    2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Spot on.

    They hope Weideman takes the lions share of those goals, but Trac, T Mac, Fristch, Hannan, Melksham, Oliver, Spargo etc. etc. will also share the load a little as well.  I'm not worried about it at all.

    With Preuss coming in, he or Max can spend some time forward when Preuss is in the side. I am surprised that not much has been said about bringing in Preuss, I think it’s a much better get than most seem to realise

    Opinions please.

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    4 minutes ago, Deevout said:

    With Preuss coming in, he or Max can spend some time forward when Preuss is in the side. I am surprised that not much has been said about bringing in Preuss, I think it’s a much better get than most seem to realise

    Opinions please.

    Although it was done much earlier in the Trade period, it always seemed to me that Preuss coming in was a sign that the club knew that Hogan would be leaving. It now makes sense that Preuss and Gawn can play in the same side with McDonald and Weideman. 

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    Vanders can also play forward.

    Deceptively tall and a strong unit with a huge kick on him.

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    As much as I am impressed by Hogan and think he will give something extremely valuable to Freo, I don't think we'll miss him structurally a whole lot.

    May coming in means Gawn drifts forward more than back, which has been shown to be good for clunking a goal a game. The rest is easy to picture.

    We're looking at having a dynamic, unpredictable and intimidating forward line. Speculatively, the 'compulsory 6' at centre boucnes might look like;

    F:          Hannan      Weideman    Preuss/Gawn

    HF:       Petracca       McDonald      Melksham

    with Spargo, Vandenberg, Fritsch, and Neal-Bullen all ready to roll through.

    There's a good dose of contested marking, marking on a lead, goalsneaking, bullocking and forward-50 pressure in that. Not weak in any area at all.

    I think we'll have no trouble being the highest scoring team in the game again in 2019, and we'll do it while also having a fair bit stingier defence.

    All is well. No tears here.

     

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    23 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

    We also have the Cat B rookie Walker, being lined up as a developing tall forward.

    You do realise he's only 184cm tall..

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    In my opinion, TMac has developed into a better key forward than Jesse (in 2018). Not accounting for future potential of the player Jesse could turn into of course.

    I am not particularly worried, we slaughtered the Cats and Hawks in finals footy without him.

    We'll always have good delivery into the 50. Now that our backline is shored up a bit, I expect us to only improve from here.

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    In 2012, May kicked 3 goals and took 12 marks against Hawthorn.  Could he, when match-ups permit, play a swinging role?

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    The good thing is we have flexibility with Melksham, Petracca, Hannan, ANB, Spargo and even Clarry with our talls. All working together the goals will come.

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    with good consistent delivery into the forward line we'll kick enough goals. We have Tmac and Weed to break packs and compete when required.

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    14 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

    In 2012, May kicked 3 goals and took 12 marks against Hawthorn.  Could he, when match-ups permit, play a swinging role?

    He was a forward as a Junior.

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    I have it on good authority that the club is training Spargo to grow taller.

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    Gawn will definitely float forward more often than back, like he did in 2017. Better spend the preseason practicing getting them between the big sticks Maxy.

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    Didn't Fritta kick 30 or 40 goals in the VFL for Casey in 2017? Could be an option.

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