The Oscar Allan Thread

[Little Goffy 13,891]

Sam Faff is the archetypical nobody just stirring his bucket of Maynards to get attention.

But it is still a rumour I'd be happy to stoke just to annoy West Coast.

[layzie 32,522]

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

These guys aren't winning you big games or finals anytime soon.

Oscar Allen could be a 3-4 goal difference come September. 

He kicked 53 goals last year. Put him in our forward line last year and we win the flag. 

Not only 53 goals, but 53 goals in a tyre fire of a team. 

If there's even a bee's diaphragm of a chance of getting him we need to go chips in.

[DubDee 24,086]

I know we need mids but when did our forward line crisis get sorted?

We have JVR as our only proven tall. Fristch is great as a medium. Disco may come good. Petty is always injured. Jefferson might be a player or not. 

We desperately need mature tall forwards. number 1 priority. So Allen or Waterman would be amazing 

[Moonshadow 17,402]

13 hours ago, DubDee said:

We desperately need mature tall forwards. number 1 priority. So Allen or Waterman would be amazing

We could put Jesus Christ at FF and we'd still struggle to kick a goal if we continue to long bomb as a default tactic, which happens as soon as an opposition applies consistent pressure.

Without at least one elite kicking A grade mid, our forwards will struggle. Trac, Clarry, Viney, Gawn, Sparrow are all average/poor kicks going i50. Langdon, Hunter and Billings are too. Probably a contributing factor in why Riv and Kossie are getting more midfield time. McVee and Bowey will be next in line. But thats robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Where to recruit an elite kicking mid is another question 

Edited July 10 by Moonshadow

[JTR 2,832]

16 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

We could put Jesus Christ at FF and we'd still struggle to kick a goal if we continue to long bomb as a default tactic, which happens as soon as the opposition applies consistent pressure.

Without at least one elite kicking A grade mid, our forwards will struggle. Trac, Clarry, Viney, Gawn, Sparrow are all average/poor kicks going i50. Langdon, Hunter and Billings are too. Probably a contributing factor in why Riv and Kossie are getting more midfield time. McVee and Bowey will be next in line. But thats robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Where to recruit an elite kicking mid is another question 

This.

Probably an unpopular opinion around here, but I don't think our forward stocks are that bad and see how it is getting to them as the glaring issue.  

If you copy/pasted guys like JVR, Fritsch, Kossie & Turner into the forward line of a team like Sydney with Heeney, Warner, Gulden and co. kicking it down their throat, they'd be looking like superstars. 

Probably the only FF we could bring in now who would make a difference with our current setup is Curnow, cause he has the ability to make something out of nothing, regardless of how good/bad the delivery to him is.

[Pipefitter 2,126]

We did very well the last time we poached a club captain. 
 

Allen and Roo marked everything in sight on Sunday. Imagine them in the same forward line? 

[Witches Hat 312]

1 hour ago, Moonshadow said:

We could put Jesus Christ at FF and we'd still struggle to kick a goal if we continue to long bomb as a default tactic, which happens as soon as an opposition applies consistent pressure.

Without at least one elite kicking A grade mid, our forwards will struggle. Trac, Clarry, Viney, Gawn, Sparrow are all average/poor kicks going i50. Langdon, Hunter and Billings are too. Probably a contributing factor in why Riv and Kossie are getting more midfield time. McVee and Bowey will be next in line. But thats robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Where to recruit an elite kicking mid is another question 

Won't Hawthorn get JC under the father/son rule? (One for the oldies - that whole God/Peter Hudson thing). I'll let myself out.