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Bayley Fritsch 5-year deal

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Fully deserved and very exciting.

Great season for Fritta who is really undervalued ( prob not anymore after the GF) He now can look to get an AA spot to join the growing list of Dees in this group.

Very calm  and reassuring player who  now exudes confidence class and goals galore. 

The presence of BBB and T Mac and the ruck resting LJ or Maxy has made our forward line a strength. Bayley has profited through our team approach and his sublime skills. Plays like an old fashioned forward. 

Another 5 years at least is great news!
 

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    1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    Wouldn't mind signing Gus and Charlie. Oliver OOC next year.  Not that I think they would leave.

    LJ unsigned but story a little while back that it is happening.

    Fully expect our stable list to continue for some years to come.

    Clarry is signed until the end of ‘23. Hopefully we have a large chunk of money reserved for a 5 year deal for him

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    2 hours ago, Demonland said:

     

    In an ironic way he became the player we all expected Jack Watt to become. 

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    So happy that Fritta has signed on until 2026, very important to keep our top echelon together gives us the opportunity to continue to be Special.💕❤️💙

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    2 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Clarry is signed until the end of ‘23. 

    LOL, misread my own Contracts chart!!

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    To quote a great man from Adelaide Oval.....

    Woo hoo!!!!

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    4 hours ago, 58er said:

    Fully deserved and very exciting.

    Great season for Fritta who is really undervalued ( prob not anymore after the GF) He now can look to get an AA spot to join the growing list of Dees in this group.

    Very calm  and reassuring player who  now exudes confidence class and goals galore. 

    The presence of BBB and T Mac and the ruck resting LJ or Maxy has made our forward line a strength. Bayley has profited through our team approach and his sublime skills. Plays like an old fashioned forward. 

    Another 5 years at least is great news!
     

    With a brilliant old-fashioned haircut too (al la Norm Smith)

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    6 goals in the GF, what more can you say, he and Trac turned the game, will be a favourite player forever.

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    2 hours ago, Demon17 said:

    With a brilliant old-fashioned haircut too (al la Norm Smith)

    yeah, gotta love the symbolism. barassi's number and smith's haircut with a premiership to boot.

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    On 11/19/2021 at 12:29 PM, FarNorthernD said:

     
    His GF spilt speccy over Gawn, cat-like and Robbie-like regather and goal is one of my all time favourites 

    I remember watching his draft highlight reel and he reminded me alot of Flower then.
    Could take a big mark and skilled on the ground.
    Helped that he's about the same height, skinny and wore #2 in the clip as well.
    The club knew what they were doing when they flipped him #31. 
     

     

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    On 11/19/2021 at 11:59 AM, FarNorthernD said:

    Bailey has never had problems getting the ball and having shots on goal. This year though his accuracy was infinitely more reliable. 
    His GF spilt speccy over Gawn, cat-like and Robbie-like regather and goal is one of my all time favourites 

    That moment was footy brilliance. More to come, no doubt.

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    He’s made the number 31 great again, now he’s got the chance to create his own legacy with it. Well done Fritta!

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    Congrats Fritz, well deserved.

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    On 11/19/2021 at 10:12 AM, BDA said:

    I was a doubter at the end of 2020 but his goal kicking improved dramatically. Now a dead eye in front of goal. Great news that he has signed on for 5 years

    I was very frustrated by his lack of physicality too, particularly playing along Melksham, but the last 2-3 weeks of the H&A season he turned this around and brought physicality into the finals series. His presence and ability to hit the scoreboard helped us win a flag.

    Well worth the contract extension. Again, we're likely offering more years at lesser dollars to spread out the TPP.

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    Got to be Fritschin kidding me?

     

    joking.. 😂😂😂

     

    brilliant news, well deserved, could end up and all-time great as IMHHO he’s only begun scratching surface of how good he truly can be 

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    On 11/21/2021 at 4:00 AM, Deemania since 56 said:

    That moment was footy brilliance. More to come, no doubt.

    There's another thread on here about favourite goals.

    This one from Bailey was mine. From this goal on I thought we would win. In the blink of an eye the dogs lost their 19 point lead.

    All  the boys did the rest.

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    On 11/19/2021 at 10:12 AM, BDA said:

    I was a doubter at the end of 2020 but his goal kicking improved dramatically. Now a dead eye in front of goal. Great news that he has signed on for 5 years

    He always had a reliable technique so it was probably more of an effort to change what was going on between the ears. 

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    He's not big and powerful and he's not one of those small, pacey forwards, so I reckon a lot of coaches don't consider him a threat.

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    46 minutes ago, one_demon said:

    He's not big and powerful and he's not one of those small, pacey forwards, so I reckon a lot of coaches don't consider him a threat.

    they will now

    btw fritsch is 3" (8cm) taller than the great full forward bob pratt

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    1 hour ago, one_demon said:

    so I reckon a lot of coaches don't consider him a threat.

    Strongly disagree with the notion that coaches don't rate him.

    He fills the gaps of the leading lanes that either Brown or Tmac (Weid) create. His assets are his hands and his leap and his read of the play, and then the silk of his kick - he is highly highly regarded with AFL circles, as has been for a few years.

    The question for each coach, is about how they allocate their own assets. Once Brown and Tmac (Weid) has been covered off (as each have shown they can kick multiple goals many times throughout the year - who is left to cover a fairly unique player who isn't tall, but plays tall... he's on to the 3rd best defender, who is a mid size, who wont typically have the leap or is deficient in other attributes.

    Fritsch's body of work ALSO means that defenders are well aware of his ability- so defenders also have to second guess whom to commit to - giving both their own defender AND Fritsch, often enough time (milliseconds) to react to the flight of the ball moreso than the defender who is 'panicked' about whom of the 3 (or 4 if Jackson/Gawn floats down) is the bigger aerial threat.

     

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    Fritsch's biggest strength is his ability to play on the opposition's intercept defenders and make them accountable. We've seen that a good defender (especially talls) can keep him out of the game if they stick to their defensive task (because he's undersized and only a mediocre athlete) but you simply can't cheat off him to help out your team mates because he's so great at finding the space a turning that into a score. He's especially good at being threat from the goalsquare, which takes these offensively minded talls/mediums out of their comfort zone and anxious to get up the ground to help team mates. He makes good decisions about his positioning that force his opponent to gamble.

    The intercept game is so important in modern defences and his role is useful to breaking that down.  

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