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58 minutes ago, BangBnagBang said:

Defenders win premierships

Forwards sell memberships

 

Forwards win Premierships

Defenders sell Life insurance😁

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    Not AFL standard, move on unless very cheap

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    15 hours ago, JimmyGadson said:

    The crowds thing is the clubs fault for allowing people in charge to drive it into the abyss. Which is ultimately why supporters dropped off. And our style of play as well is our personnel doesn't seem to bring the same excitement level as it does for Collingwood for example. 

    I completely understand why our supporters don't always want to rock up to a game sometimes. Not sure it harsh. Just true. 

    Brayshaw anywhere other than inside mid, Gawn forward, I think one of Salem or Bowey need to be moved to a flank for us to connect better. Smith forward is an issue. 

    We just don't get creative enough with tinkering, player addition or attribute diversity across the field.

    I’m not sure there’s much point dwelling on the mistakes of 1965-2014 costing us thousands of fans. And whilst it would be better if we were more attractive to watch I don’t think it’s impacting crowds. We’re still better to watch than about a dozen teams.

    I don’t particularly agree with those examples. Gawn’s forward because we desperately needed a second ruck good enough to carry the load when he was injured and there weren’t a lot of choices. It was Grundy, Lloyd Meek or bust.

    Brayshaw’s had a run of midfield games now and he’s just meh as a midfielder. Despite his flaws often standing out early in games when the pace is hot I think he’s actually best on a wing or half back.

    Agree on the need to mix more skills through the forward flanks and on ball. Salem’s so important behind the ball and not sure we want to mess with Bowey who’s still a young player, every chance he’s no improvement on Spargo as a half forward.

    Petty forward and Smith forward have been tinkers well worth trying and have worked about as well as anything else we’ve got.

    They need to roll the dice on guys like Henry and changing up the list. But in fairness to the list management team that only thing I heard last year were we exhausted every option of finding a key forward and rumours of a desire to try our home grown younger players and bank cash and picks.

    The plan all along might’ve been keeping our powder dry for a year to pay down the debt owed on some ageing talls and rebalance the list this year. Aside from recruits just from natural improvement I hope Howes, Woey and perhaps Laurie are playing regular games next year which can help. 

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    So, is this a Henry thread or a Collingwood thread?

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    Not sure this guy is up to it. No real x factor. Mid sized, mid paced, OK kick.

    And do we want another winger?

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    On 6/29/2023 at 10:40 AM, rjay said:

    It didn't seem to concern Freo in the Jackson trade...

    He's out of contract which is a plus...so we offer what we consider right. Probably a 2nd rounder.

    Maybe they push him to the preseason draft but I would doubt they do that.

    2nd rounders might be required for PK1 if not then yeah sure it’s still a chance 

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    On 6/29/2023 at 5:43 PM, dee-tox said:

    Not sure this guy is up to it. No real x factor. Mid sized, mid paced, OK kick.

    And do we want another winger?

    In their best the last last 5-6 games and 21 possessions to half time against Dogs today. Think we could squeeze him in.

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    Starting to play like his draft position suggests and more like his underage form this past month. He’s a handy outside running type delivering inside 50. We could definitely use him between the arcs, though he’s pushing up his trade price now ☹️

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    On 6/28/2023 at 10:46 PM, A F said:

    You think the style of football they play is better than our style?

    Their style leaves them incredibly vulnerable to the dice

    I think what you’re overlooking AF is Collingwood success is built on defence (they have lowest against in the comp) and outstanding pressure. That strikes me as the perfect combination for winning finals. 
    Added to that is they play with freedom whereas we often play scared. 
    They are the flag favourites for good reason but like anyone they can be beaten. 

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    8 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said:

    I think what you’re overlooking AF is Collingwood success is built on defence (they have lowest against in the comp) and outstanding pressure. That strikes me as the perfect combination for winning finals. 
    Added to that is they play with freedom whereas we often play scared. 
    They are the flag favourites for good reason but like anyone they can be beaten. 

    I reckon their game is built on outnumber and overlap run. Attack is their defence. Whereas, we're the opposite. Our defence turns into our attack.

    They're flag favourites for their consistency IMV, but their game style, again MO, is susceptible in finals, because of the high risk style and last year showed that. 

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    3 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

    Starting to play like his draft position suggests and more like his underage form this past month. He’s a handy outside running type delivering inside 50. We could definitely use him between the arcs, though he’s pushing up his trade price now ☹️

    He’s OOC so not really. If he wants to go Freo can’t do much. 

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    He had a lot of the footy but wasn’t exactly setting the house on fire. He’s a 2nd rounder at best. If Freo ask for a first rounder they are going to get a rude shock.

    He is playing as a winger and if he came into our side would need to dislodge one of Hunter or Langdon. Unlikely IMO. 

    Could he potentially play a high half forward role? Can’t see him doing ANBs role, so it’s either Kozzy , Spargo or Chandler . Again I’m not seeing the upside. 

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    He'd be great with Kozzie wouldnt he. AND the handwringing from the dockers would be magnificent.

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    Even in his higher disposal games I'm not sure he passed the eye test, will be interesting to see how he goes next year 

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    17 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

    They were saying in the Age he's playing wing. I thought it was half back? If it's wing, he'd be great.

    Played mostly half back though pushed to the wing last week. Pinched coaches votes a few weeks ago playing half back. Seems to be his best role as a rebounding type.

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    42 minutes ago, Nascent said:

    Might just be me, but if I was a freo fan I wouldn't be feeling optimistic of him staying after reading that. 

    Pretty much word for word out of the Luke Jackson PR playbook. 

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