Demon Disciple

Great Thread! There comes a point in time when a team stops going for youth and says "yep this our window of oppurtunity" and stop recruiting youth and trade for more experienced players. Having said this, with the draft being as strong as it is this year, and given we may be going for Wells or Petrie or etc........ We should use our pick 12 to get a gun of a kid. I just reckon Aker will be too much of a cost to us. He will want around 450k a year, too much for his age. Plus why go for him when you could go for Wells?

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The reason other teams do it so easy is because our boys barely give a stuff about manning up or playing a decent zone. when we man up on the kick ins, we have more often than not forced a turnover or atleast stopped their easy access out of the backline. Too often this year Melbourne has conceded the first 2 kicks, we need to be given a lesson on how to play against the kick in. We are shocking at it

Yze's was pretty good, ala sampi where he catapulted off the back, but Ottens has to win it. Look at his mark and he has the classic sit and he rides his opponent all the way down. Especially for a big man it is a fantastic mark. Would be nice if Yze did win it, but looking at it from a neutral point of view, Ottens' was better.

I have to disagree with Schwarze being a disappointing player. Sure he had great potential then went down with 3 heart-wrenching knee injuries, but when he came back he put on a lot of weight and was the immovable object at CHF. Ox along with the Wiz were our game-breakers for a number of years. The electrifying season of '94 promised so much for seasons to come, but Schwarz was forced to take a different path and role in the team and became our power forward. No one has delivered what Schwartz did, Neita is the closest one and he is still a mile off. Schwarz was a champion and definately a hero at our club, and he furthered his status if not bettered it when he found his feet after the 3 knee reco's.

it has been a rarity over the past few years where Neita has either taken the mark with one grab or taken a contested mark. He used to be much better at these 2 things. Maybe he isn't as confident anymore but something has changed in Neita's marking over the past few years. His ability hasn't deterred but something in relation to his marking has. He is no longer the guy you send the ball on top of the pack to because he can't take many contested marks anymore. His leading is so bad and his kicking/passing has got better i think. Although he is an AFL footballer and is meant to do it all the time, his pass to Green who dropped the simplest of marks was beautiful