Cranky Franky 2,270 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ? This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity. Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss. Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today. Oskar Baker - probably Casey material. Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful. Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker. Maybe the BT doesn't value speed. 1 3 Quote
leave it to deever 17,617 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 2 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said: Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ? This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity. Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss. Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today. Oskar Baker - probably Casey material. Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful. Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker. Maybe the BT doesn't value speed. We have Windsor who is super fast. Kozzie is no slouch Langers is still spritely. But yea I hope we shop for a couple of speedy players for 25. 2 Quote
Adam The God 30,730 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 Bowey, AMW, Windsor, Kolt, Kozzy. If anything, we've net added pace. 11 Quote
DistrACTION Jackson 10,727 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 41 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said: Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ? This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity. Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss. Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today. Oskar Baker - probably Casey material. Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful. Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker. Maybe the BT doesn't value speed. C’mon cranky. bedford would be good but the rest are list cloggers and Jeff Garlett retired years ago… 11 Quote
adonski 13,267 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 Some of those players we've lost (whilst quick), are terrible 2 1 Quote
Jaded No More 68,976 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 Sam Frost gets a game with us today does he? I will call May and tell him he can retire now because FROSTBALL is back. 3 7 1 Quote
John Demonic 5,988 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 (edited) I'm having flashbacks to 2019 Edited July 26, 2024 by John Demonic 2 Quote
DeeZone 10,589 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 1 hour ago, Binmans PA said: Bowey, AMW, Windsor, Kolt, Kozzy. If anything, we've net added pace. Don’t forget Kade Chandler also V quick over 20m, Kynan Brown also looks quickish judging from that run down against Roo’s and racking up 24 tackles last WE, but only a kid. 4 Quote
Young Blood 2,642 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 (edited) I think we have decent pace across the field. Its in the middle where we have often had issues but with the inclusions of Rivers, Kozzy, Windser, and hopefully more this off season I'm hoping this wont be as much of an issue next year. Edited July 26, 2024 by Young Blood 2 1 Quote
Bring-Back-Powell 15,547 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 Jayden Hunt would be in our back 7 each week. Having a far better season than Salem and Bowey. 6 1 1 Quote
Cranky Franky 2,270 Posted July 26, 2024 Author Posted July 26, 2024 35 minutes ago, Jaded No More said: Sam Frost gets a game with us today does he? I will call May and tell him he can retire now because FROSTBALL is back. Frost is getting a game in a team playing much better than us at the moment. He'd be well ahead of Lever this year. 2 6 1 Quote
Little Goffy 14,963 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said: Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ? This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity. Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss. Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today. Oskar Baker - probably Casey material. Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful. Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker. Maybe the BT doesn't value speed. Garlett, Frost, Baker, Bedford and Hunt. Pick any five players on our current list and make the switch, would we really be anything more than incrementally improved? Overall our team is faster than it was four years ago and in particular we've added considerable speed in recent drafts in every position. The anti-club Gish Gallop coming from some directions is getting more than annoying. 4 1 1 Quote
Little Goffy 14,963 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 10 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said: Frost is getting a game in a team playing much better than us at the moment. He'd be well ahead of Lever this year. Amazing. I'd love to hear your evidence for this. Actually, no, just go away. Does Demonland do bans for sheer wrongness? 5 2 Quote
stinga 629 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 37 minutes ago, Young Blood said: I think we have decent pace across the field. Its in the middle where we have often had issues but with the inclusions of Rivers, Kozzy, Windser, and hopefully more this off season I'm hoping this wont be as much of an issue next year. Agree with the slow midfield. They are all very good players but..... Rivers adds a bit and Kozzie (but he's small for a permanent midfielder). But we've had that problem for years and been able to get around it. Its partly the reason Max gets 90% hit outs but we only get half the clearances. And when we don't have Max like last week it shows up more. But when it's wet our stronger bodied midfielders win out. 1 Quote
leave it to deever 17,617 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 1 hour ago, Jaded No More said: Sam Frost gets a game with us today does he? I will call May and tell him he can retire now because FROSTBALL is back. He's the ex player that keeps giving. 1 Quote
DistrACTION Jackson 10,727 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 No doubt cranky would’ve been one of the first asking for Frost to be delisted… now all of a sudden he’s the greatest full back in history 1 1 Quote
Demon Dynasty 17,165 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 3 hours ago, Binmans PA said: Bowey, AMW, Windsor, Kolt, Kozzy. If anything, we've net added pace. I would not have Bowey or Kolt down as speedsters. They go ok but not up there with the likes of Moniz & Caleb imo. Should've gone harder to keep Bedford and personally felt we should've retained Hunt who played a strong part in us winning silverware in 2021 during the H&A segment. 4 Quote
Norm Smith's Curse 2,602 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 I actually had to triple check the date of this post. 2 4 Quote
manny100 1,625 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 When any team gets beaten they look slow. We do have some quick players. Some of these are young and will only get better if not quicker - the names of our speedsters have already been mentioned 2 1 Quote
Ethan Tremblay 31,388 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 (edited) Definitely threadworthy. Edited July 26, 2024 by Ethan Tremblay 1 3 Quote
Queanbeyan Demon 7,023 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 Come on Crank. There's an old saying in Canberra - never get between a state premier and a bucket of money. If Kossi ever become premier of WA, he'd be out the front door and half way to the airport before the other premiers had pulled out their ATM cards. Quote
Adam The God 30,730 Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 2 hours ago, DeeZone said: Don’t forget Kade Chandler also V quick over 20m, Kynan Brown also looks quickish judging from that run down against Roo’s and racking up 24 tackles last WE, but only a kid. Yep, totally. 1 Quote
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