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Who's going to replace Frost as our second defender this year?  Please don't say Oscar. 

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    Oscar

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    Frost?  The over concussed defender who was bog average for the hawks last week?

    surplus to needs.  We got May, Petty, Oscar, Smith and Hore as clear choices for taller defenders.  Lockhart as distributor looks far better than Frost.

    i think this is the wrong way to look at it.

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    Forgot the Hore

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    25 minutes ago, one_demon said:

    Who's going to replace Frost as our second defender this year?  Please don't say Oscar. 

    Lever and May are our two key defenders. case closed. 

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    Petty when fit is an option, but still some work to do.

    Lockhart’s calmness in the backline on the weekend was a bit of a revelation too. Might be a good lock down option when teams have multiple small forwards or backup for Nev.

    Frostball was fun, but too many turnovers if we want to be serious. 

     

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    You mean, who's going to grab the ball, run flat out for 50m, kick at full tilt to no one in particular and then watch it sail over his head for a goal? Or whose going to chase down an opponent then kick it out on the full? Or whose going to break team zoning rules, only to be told off by senior players?

    Tough call, but I'd rather a disciplined Oscar than Frosty. 

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    19 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    You mean, who's going to grab the ball, run flat out for 50m, kick at full tilt to no one in particular and then watch it sail over his head for a goal? Or whose going to chase down an opponent then kick it out on the full? Or whose going to break team zoning rules, only to be told off by senior players?

    Tough call, but I'd rather a disciplined Oscar than Frosty. 

    With ya

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    1 hour ago, one_demon said:

    Who's going to replace Frost as our second defender this year?  Please don't say Oscar. 

    This inanimate carbon rod. 

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    What a strange thread.

    I'll say Stuie dew.

    Dew comes after frost doesn't it.

    But seriously, frost is irreplaceable.

    No one kicks as badly as he does.

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    Clearly its Oscar

    Someone start a poll

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    2 hours ago, one_demon said:

    Who's going to replace Frost as our second defender this year?  Please don't say Oscar. 

    Petty. 

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    I’m not sold on the idea, but it’s clearly going to be OMac there for at least the first part of the season. If Petty gets fit he may challenge for the role.

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    Sounds like this is actually designed as yet another bag Oscar thread.  
    Getting boring. 

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    2 hours ago, one_demon said:

    Who's going to replace Frost as our second defender this year?  Please don't say Oscar. 

    Lever/Smith.  Lever I think will play the Frost mobile role.

    Omc/Petty/ will take some of the bigger talls, imo.  Petty I think, will end up a swinging gorilla. ?

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    7 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Sounds like this is actually designed as yet another bag Oscar thread.  
    Getting boring. 

    Not at all,  it's about what our options are.   To me it seems quite concerning that we really don't have a second defender who is good enough. 

    My theory has always been that you can't win a premiership without a quality defence.  Do we have a premiership defence?

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    1 minute ago, one_demon said:

    Not at all,  it's about what our options are.   To me it seems quite concerning that we really don't have a second defender who is good enough. 

    My theory has always been that you can't win a premiership without a quality defence.  Do we have a premiership quality defence?

    Mate, Frosty was not "premiership quality defence" and not our "second defender". 

    Move on.

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    6 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

    Mate, Frosty was not "premiership quality defence" and not our "second defender". 

    Move on.

    Yes Frost was not premiership quality.  He was our second defender. 

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    2 minutes ago, one_demon said:

    Yes Frost was not premiership quality.  He was our second defender. 

    That's funny one_dee, I'd have Jetta, Hibberd, May, Lever and even Oscar in front of him... and happily replace him with another gray hound on crack in Hunt, for the "line breaking speed top turn over" thrill ride, if that what gets you going at the footy.

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    2 minutes ago, one_demon said:

    Not at all,  it's about what our options are.   To me it seems quite concerning that we really don't have a second defender who is good enough. 

    My theory has always been that you can't win a premiership without a quality defence.  Do we have a premiership defence?

    No,  not yet.

    We have a team that'll launch us into more regular finals.  And we have the youngsters to form a nucleus to take the next step up from finals as they mature.  Of these I'm expecting the Petty, Salem, Lockhart, Lever, Omc, Harmes (defenders),  Pickett, Langdon, Viney, Tracca, Baker, Fritta, Oliver, Weideman, Spargo, Bedford, Sparrow, Rivers, Jackson.

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    7 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    No,  not yet.

    We have a team that'll launch us into more regular finals.  And we have the youngsters to form a nucleus to take the next step up from finals as they mature.  

    Yes.  I guess we have to hope that we got the recruiting right or if we play finals regularly we might be able to attract a quality defender in the future.   In the meantime we'll have to endure a dysfunctional defence. 

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