dino rover

True but at 194cm he has to mind 200cm opponents and was not favoured much by selectors I think it time we had some bigger better key defenders

“Versatile tall who can play at both ends” maybe he’s a defensive option as well? with petty fwd I still like a tall in defence with May Lever

Teakle for depth at the right price and assuming he is injury free

That only looks at one side of the equation and in retrospect. it all depends on what we get in return

I’m still banging on about Liam Reidy at Fremantle https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/players/4806/liam-reidy He he is behind Darcy and Jackson originally a fwd converted to ruck beautiful left foot kick 23 yo 204 cm 104 kg provides a fwd and ruck option comes from Melbourne I’m not saying Reidy as the the main play go after Hawkins lynch et al but as depth Reidy would be cheap

Excellent point we beat ourselves up about how poor our disposal efficiency is from Trac Oliver etc but that ignores the pressure they are under

I agree i would have thought Grundy the better option but what would I know?

In a contest you don’t need to shoulder him aside you just breathe heavily to knock him sideways the reason is he weighs 94 kgs ollie wines weighs 94 kgs! Ish ruckmen weigh plus 100 so he has limited scope to chop out and he has shown little as a KPF even though we had pretty mint supply to the fwd line at Casey

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I’d look at this guy as stock he isn’t Jeremy Cameron t lynch etc We can afford him he is behind Luke Jackson and Darcy at Freo he is a fwd who evolved to be a ruck not other way round https://demonland.com/forums/topic/54418-the-liam-reidy-thread/?do=getNewComment

Isaac smith was positive on the Dees on the footy show on Saturday basically don’t overreact good list No fundamental deficiencies that can’t be addressed

I don’t want to patch together a fwd line we should aim higher

I thought Kozzies indiscipline was disgraceful for all his brilliance his brainfarts cause me to question his importance he certainly didnt perform in 23 like in 21 and the kozzie midfield experiment might need reconsideration

And 50m when we least needed it delist

It’s @binman s contention that our game plan is built for finals - one behind the contest, lose the clearances but score on the rebound apparently. Ignore the bombing in it is argued because statistically it still delivers enough score and anyway we don’t have the elite kicks to do something else On the evidence that got us one GF but it now demands reconsideration On personnel I think we lack a quality tall defender Gawn succession midfield pace and a tall fwd we have invested heavily in inside mids The return on investment there needs to be considered

Maybe you should be respectful of Sidebottom my point is not that the red and blue can do no wrong it’s that you have to be right on your game to beat the best and too often we here ignore the quality of the opposition and see only the faults of our players

Absolutely It had irony written all over it

Typical dland comment no respect for Sidebottoms game and career we weren’t playing witches hats collingwood played well cox was competitive in the first qr when Collingwood surged

It’s said that the general who defends everything defends nothing Isn’t our list invested mostly in defence and midfield? Schake milk and bb are recycled tmac was up for trade what fwds do we have on big coin?

Or Liam Reidy at Freo https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/players/4806/liam-reidy He isn’t a basketball player who might play football. He is a footballer who plays basketball as well. He played with my son at East Brighton so I’ve seen him play and he is a forward first who rucks natural footballer not a project athlete quality left foot kick.

Ramsden comes in for the Hawks HFC web page 86 kgs and 203 cm his highlights are 28 dreamteam pts against bulldogs I hope I don’t regret saying this but hawks are blooding this player at least and the loss of Mitch Lewis is also a plus

Quite right he’s a ruckman and they can’t magically become forwards I know I’m a forward for starters forwards are attractive charismatic…. I digress He doesn’t have the speed to get separation he doesn’t have a leap and the timing needed to play forward neither does Gawn we need ruck back up and a key forward- a fwd who rucks

So wealthy that the taxpayers of the Commonwealth continue to fund them. go figure