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Still no way forward

Ugottobekidding
in Melbourne Demons

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Another draft has past and still we have not addressed the key forward problem. Seems like a lot will fall on an inform Fritsch,ageing Pie and Milksham and a hope that maybe Van Rooyen and Jefferson will may breakout.

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    59 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

    Another draft has past and still we have not addressed the key forward problem. Seems like a lot will fall on an inform Fritsch,ageing Pie and Milksham and a hope that maybe Van Rooyen and Jefferson will may breakout.

    JVR, Jefferson, Mihocek, Johnson, Kentfield, White, Heath, Melksham, Fritsch.

    How many more tall forwards do you want?

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    Also the other thing to consider. where are they going to play?

    Can only play so many key forwards at casey

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    A forwardline stacked with key forwards is a thing of the past. 1 or 2 talls and a mobile, dynamic forward mix is the future. Our forwardline looks the best it has in years.

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    JVR, Jefferson, Mihocek, Johnson, Kentfield, White, Heath, Melksham, Fritsch.

    How many more tall forwards do you want?

    Melksham (186cm) and Fritsch (188cm) are not tall forwards

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    JVR, Jefferson, Mihocek, Johnson, Kentfield, White, Heath, Melksham, Fritsch.

    How many more tall forwards do you want?

    Just one decent one would help

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    2 hours ago, Ugottobekidding said:

    Another draft has past and still we have not addressed the key forward problem. Seems like a lot will fall on an inform Fritsch,ageing Pie and Milksham and a hope that maybe Van Rooyen and Jefferson will may breakout.

    Which forwards does hawthorn have?

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    JVR, Jefferson, Mihocek, Johnson, Kentfield, White, Heath, Melksham, Fritsch.

    How many more tall forwards do you want?

    And here is last year's output from the tall forwards we do have:

    Petty - 20 goals from 19 games

    JVR - 16 goals from 16 games

    Jeffo - 4 goals from 7 games

    Johnson - 3 goals from 5 games

    Heath - 3 goals from 4 games

    Kentfield, White - 0 goals from 0 games

    Only Mihocek had a decent return last year of 36 goals from 22 games. But he will be 33 in Feb.

    So @Ugottobekidding has a point. We need a key forward that can take a mark and kick goals!

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    18 minutes ago, SPC said:

    A forwardline stacked with key forwards is a thing of the past. 1 or 2 talls and a mobile, dynamic forward mix is the future. Our forwardline looks the best it has in years.

    Apart from Freo, what forward line is stacked with key forwards?

    We don't have 1 decent key tall, apart from perhaps Mihocek

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    8 minutes ago, Oxdee said:

    Which forwards does hawthorn have?

    Their best and fairest, Gunston, is a key forward. Only 2nd in the Coleman last year.

    Choi, another key forward, finished in top 20 Coleman too

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    3 hours ago, Ugottobekidding said:

    Another draft has past and still we have not addressed the key forward problem. Seems like a lot will fall on an inform Fritsch,ageing Pie and Milksham and a hope that maybe Van Rooyen and Jefferson will may breakout.

    Let’s just draft a big bloke that we don’t rate and might never make it. What a plan!

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    24 minutes ago, dice said:

    Melksham (186cm) and Fritsch (188cm) are not tall forwards

    You just need blokes who can kick goals, who cares if they are 200cm or 188cm

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    2 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

    You just need blokes who can kick goals, who cares if they are 200cm or 188cm

    Agree, but they are not tall forwards.

    Milkshake is 35 next year. He is not going to kick more than 20 goals.

    I like Fritsch but he needs decent talls around him to get back to his '21 form. Hopefully Mihocek can provide that

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    There was little key fwd talent this year

    No point bringing in another kid with less chance to make it than the kids we already have

    King knows how the game is played these days and there is clearly less reliance on big key forwards

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    Just now, DubDee said:

    There was little key fwd talent this year

    No point bringing in another kid with less chance to make it than the kids we already have

    King knows how the game is played these days and there is clearly less reliance on big key forwards

    And yet the team he came from relied on 2 brilliant key forwards in Cameron and Neale (both in the top 15 Coleman)

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    1 minute ago, dice said:

    Agree, but they are not tall forwards.

    Milkshake is 35 next year. He is not going to kick more than 20 goals.

    I like Fritsch but he needs decent talls around him to get back to his '21 form. Hopefully Mihocek can provide that

    Fritsch needs fast ball movement and space created and he can easily get back to 50+ goals a year

    The contested ball/kick it anywhere style has killed his game

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    34 minutes ago, dice said:

    Melksham (186cm) and Fritsch (188cm) are not tall forwards

    They're not 171cm either.........🙄🙄😒

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    34 minutes ago, dice said:

    Melksham (186cm) and Fritsch (188cm) are not tall forwards

    They pretty much play as tall.

    So again, we have enough tall stocks on our list.

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    2 minutes ago, dice said:

    And yet the team he came from relied on 2 brilliant key forwards in Cameron and Neale

    I'll give you Cameron but Neale is hardly a brilliant key forward...

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    1 minute ago, dice said:

    And yet the team he came from relied on 2 brilliant key forwards in Cameron and Neale

    I don’t recall seeing any Jeremy Cameron’s in this draft. Maybe I missed them

    Neale is a brilliant key forward?? maybe one day

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    Tall forwards are overrated

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    We never played a style conducive to tall forwards. With an attacking game plan and fast ball movement with better disposal into a forward line with structure we will learn about the forwards on our list. I think JVR is set for a break out year in 2026 now that he is not taking the number 1 defender and quick entries into the forward line where he is not constantly outnumbered.

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    1 minute ago, rjay said:

    I'll give you Cameron but Neale is hardly a brilliant key forward...

    44 goals in his first full season suggests otherwise. At age 22 in the most difficult position on the ground, mind you.

    Oh and we drafted Bailey Laurie before him

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    Key forwards are the new ruckman, great if you've got an elite one but it's the smaller fellas that actually matter!

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