picket fence 18,169 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said: On a side note that's off topic, I saw on 7 news that Mitch Hannan is out indefinitely with a groin Injury. Sheeit thats all we need! Why dont Richmond and Geelong cop this kind of bad luck???? Paaaaaark Me!!? Quote
4_Kent_Watts 898 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Could Tomlinson be an option. Bad luck for Weed. Quote
John Demonic 5,988 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, 4_Kent_Watts said: Could Tomlinson be an option. Bad luck for Weed. It's the natural progression from Preuss as a forward 2 Quote
Jjrogan 1,466 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Disappointed considering this but Steven May is probably the next best player id trust in the forward line to have a presence, draw an established and match him, have good positioning and clunk a few marks week in week out. If nothing else its worth a try if we dominate inside 50s and continually outmarked. And yes i know hes a wonderful defender. Otherwise Gawn simply has to play more forward this year with Jackson in the ruck. Hes the best contested mark in the game. We need legitimate marking targets. Quote
rjay 25,424 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 45 minutes ago, dl4e said: Yes he can defend but is also useful up forward. Given we have a backline to pick from he can play at FF. Of course he can go up forward but that wasn't the point of the post...our good friend the doctor seemed to imply that Goodwin had no idea playing him as a defender, his natural position. 1 Quote
Ethan Tremblay 31,388 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, picket fence said: Sheeit thats all we need! Why dont Richmond and Geelong cop this kind of bad luck???? Paaaaaark Me!!? Hannan plays for the Bulldogs. 1 Quote
Nascent 9,345 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Probably already been said before but wouldn't surprise to see Petty given a go up forward. Quote
Freddy Fuschia 773 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said: Baldwin wouldn’t have been a great option as he’s recovering from a second ACL. That's true but because of the big wraps about his ability as a junior and his character, I thought he would have been a good selection to bring in, not for immediate impact, but to be an understudy to Ben Brown for as long as it took - two years at Casey if necessary. Still, no club has picked him so there's probably something we don't know about him that's keeping clubs from taking the risk. 1 Quote
Deemac 141 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said: Said this before pre Brown and Weideman injury that I felt we still lacked depth in our forward department and was amazed we had not invited a Jackson Callow or Kaine Baldwin as a train on instead of Kobe Farmer and Deakyn Smith. Two big strong key forwards who are physically ready to go. Callow invited to train with Hawthorn as of last week. How many key forwards can you have on a list Brown Tmac Weeds Jacko and Mitch Brown I don’t think there was room for any more Edited February 10, 2021 by Deemac 1 Quote
dieter 3,325 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 54 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said: On a side note that's off topic, I saw on 7 news that Mitch Hannan is out indefinitely with a groin Injury. Because I'm psycho(cic) the thought crossed my mind this arvo that Hannan playing a full year wid de dogs was Buckleys. 1 Quote
Demon trucker 1,800 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Pickett2Jackson said: Lost both our key forwards... ouch Ben Brown will be back by round 2 or 3 his back running in another week 3 Quote
Pates 9,697 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Well this has been a crap week for our forward line, particularly as a strong start is so important to the success of our year. Poor Weid, he was putting in so much hard work and now he'll have to start all over again. Tommy has gone from being on the fringes (possibly playing wing), to competing for the other spot in the forward line, to now once again being our focal point. Welcome back to 2019 ?. 2 Quote
CHF 2,825 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Bad luck for the Wied. I am one that believes he will become a very good forward. to me he showed a bit last year and I was looking forward to seeing progress again this season. With both B Brown and Wied out for, at least, the early rounds I will be interested to see how we look at working around this problem. I think it could tell us a lot about the progress the coaching set up has made over the off season. There is 6-7 weeks to go to round 1 so they have plenty of time to think it through and set up a number of options. The form of Tmac, M Brown and Jackson at training and in the pre-season games will be critical to how the forward structure is set up. If they are not performing then we could look at Petty, Tomlinson or Petracca as a focal point. Jackson I would not be putting too much pressure on to perform as yet. I think that sort of thing has lead to development problems with players in the past. 3 Quote
Earl Hood 6,167 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Pates said: Well this has been a crap week for our forward line, particularly as a strong start is so important to the success of our year. Poor Weid, he was putting in so much hard work and now he'll have to start all over again. Tommy has gone from being on the fringes (possibly playing wing), to competing for the other spot in the forward line, to now once again being our focal point. Welcome back to 2019 ?. Yes thankfully we kept Tom. We are now looking at Tommy, Petty, Mitch Brown and Luke Jackson as key forwards, aligned with Fritsch, Tracc, Melchum as mid sized forwards with Spargo, Kossie, Nibbler as crumbers.... it’s not the end of the world if our midfield dominance continues into 2021 and you know we get that connection between mids and forwards functioning. 2 Quote
Pates 9,697 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Earl Hood said: Yes thankfully we kept Tom. We are now looking at Tommy, Petty, Mitch Brown and Luke Jackson as key forwards, aligned with Fritsch, Tracc, Melchum as mid sized forwards with Spargo, Kossie, Nibbler as crumbers.... it’s not the end of the world if our midfield dominance continues into 2021 and you know we get that connection between mids and forwards functioning. Through 2019 and well into 2020 that has been our biggest issue. I'm probably a little harsh on Tommy by saying welcome back to 2019, he's been training well and who knows he could have a second sunrise on his career as a forward. Either way we will either need that connection between midfield and forward to actually work (I personally think to do think Fritch needs to play on the HFF instead or rotating with Melksham) or we need to create more goals out of our midfielders such as Oliver, Brawshaw, Viney, and perhaps Harmes. I just really hope for Wieds sake that his hard work over the summer hasn't been for nothing. 1 Quote
Demon trucker 1,800 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 41 minutes ago, Nascent said: Probably already been said before but wouldn't surprise to see Petty given a go up forward. Your right, people saying that Goodwin won't put him forward, because he has been training as a forward, and he is the worst coach and is inflexible, forget that petty played his last game as a forward. 1 Quote
monoccular 17,760 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 5 hours ago, Steno said: I love January. Full of hope and optimism. It is now February by the way Sounds like Petty will be reassigned up forward. One man’s pain is another’s opportunity 1 1 Quote
Age 485 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Let’s look at the positives. We aren’t playing finals this year and Goodwin will be gone at some stage this year. The future looks bright!! 1 Quote
Nelo 813 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Demonsone said: Im convinced...followed the club for 50 years we are cursed, jinxed Cheer up there’s always 2022! 1 Quote
FarNorthernD 5,862 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Now that both B Brown and Weideman are out I think Tom McDonald will be relishing the opportunity 1 Quote
Ron Burgundy 8,588 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 It’s not great news but at least it’s early Feb, we still have T Mac (who’s super fit with a point to prove), Mitch Brown, Jackson and a stack of other mid and small forward options. We’re better when we’re not drinking our own bath water. It’s not over yet. In fact, the season’s not yet even started. And we’re not Collingwood. 8 1 Quote
Queanbeyan Demon 7,003 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 2 hours ago, picket fence said: Sheeit thats all we need! Why dont Richmond and Geelong cop this kind of bad luck???? Paaaaaark Me!!? ****mond did win a premiership with the best backman of his generation in the stands PF. 1 Quote
YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,819 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) No need to panic Demonland, keep calm and throw the big fella Petty forward, its his time to shine with Action and Tmac in support. Rather this happen now and we can plan for it rather than during the season where we would be well and truely fcukd. Edited February 10, 2021 by Win4theAges 3 Quote
Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,335 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 We've been so one dimensional and predictable heading into F50 for 2 years. This is not ideal but hopefully this forces our hand to be more creative and change things up. 1 Quote
titan_uranus 25,252 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 6 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said: Said this before pre Brown and Weideman injury that I felt we still lacked depth in our forward department and was amazed we had not invited a Jackson Callow or Kaine Baldwin as a train on instead of Kobe Farmer and Deakyn Smith. Two big strong key forwards who are physically ready to go. Callow invited to train with Hawthorn as of last week. 4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said: Mitch Brown is 31 years and we are in trouble and going nowhere if he's playing round 1. Ben Brown is half cooked with knee issues which we were well aware pre trade period. Petty has missed 12 months of football due to injury and will be a fair way off match fitness. Tom McDonald is cooked. He'll never get back to his best and people need to start accepting that. Weideman has now gone down. McDonald takes the number 1 defender now and Jackson the 2nd best. Defenders will be laughing. Oh come on dazzle, what rubbish. We went into this season with B Brown, Weid, Jackson, TMac and M Brown, not to mention Petty. We didn't and don't need more tall forwards. Suggesting that we should have then added an 18-year old project player to the list is ridiculous. How would an 18-year old fix the problem you're discussing here of McDonald taking the number 1 defender and Jackson the 2nd? List management cannot plan for worst case scenarios of the number 1 and number 2 forward getting injured in back-to-back weeks. It's not as if TMac hasn't done it before, and indeed M Brown has played the number 2/3 forward role well too. They're wholly acceptable options as the back up we'd planned them to be, and now need to rely on. It sucks that this is where we're at, but it is what it is. Most recent premiers have faced injury issues at some point in their season. 3 Quote
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