Everything posted by bing181
- Post Match Discussion - Round 4
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Post Match Discussion - Round 4
Hawthorn have 16 players over 100 games. Or to put it another way, take off our 3 old-timers and we have 5. They have 13, most of whom were out there today. Most of our players are in the 3-5 season range, but when Nathan Jones was in his 5th season, people here were still calling for him to be dropped. We (they) have a LONG way to go.
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Post Match Discussion - Round 4
That's where the problems start. We don't, we really don't. We have a lot of potential talent, but that's about it at the moment. If we end up with even a single AA player this year, I'll be surprised. For me, I think we're a couple of years away from being a really solid side that can push into finals, and I think today showed it. I thought Salem was decent today - it's his 50th game. If you take away the 3 senior citizens, we only have 5 players who've played over 100 games. Five. The meat and potatoes of our list is in the 30 - 60 game bracket, and no matter how much talent you have, it's experience that counts (if not, GWS would have started winning flags years ago). I do think though that we're missing Viney and Tom Mac much more than we realise.
- GAME DAY - ROUND 4
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GAME DAY - ROUND 4
I'm not really one to bag players, but Bugg ... just seems to have zero awareness of what's going on around him. Still don't feel we can have Harmes, Bugg and ANB in the same team, all 3 of them are a worry with the ball, ANB a bit less so. It's where we need players like Brayshaw to step up.
- GAME DAY - ROUND 4
- Match preview and team selection - Round 4
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Josh Wagner
But speaking on Inside Melbourne, Chaplin said Wagner had been the player to impress him the most this pre-season. “Wags has been very, very good this year,” he said. “A lot of people probably don’t realise what he does, because it doesn’t always come down to stats, but he’s probably been the most consistent defender across the three games so far. “The way we want to play and the system – he hasn’t let us down at all. His best two games have been the Kangaroos and Geelong game. He was a standout for us and it’s been recognised internally, but probably not externally at the moment.”
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Injury List - Season 2018
Expert or not, no-one can predict with 100% certainty how the human body will respond to any given treatment.
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Injury List - Season 2018
Laughable.
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Injury List - Season 2018
Latest update. Progressing nicely, but McKenna "setback". Wonder if we'll ever see him in the red and blue. Sounds like Tom Mac is a bit ahead of Viney. http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-04-10/viney-mcdonald-continue-to-progress
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Coburg Lions v Casey Scorpions - VFL Round 1
Maybe. But one of the reasons being put forward here for not promoting Weideman is that he had it easy on the weekend, so we can't really judge his form. But if indeed he's finding it too easy at VFL level, then surely a) that's not going to help his development and b) by definition, he's earned the right to play at a higher level?
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Pedersen v Weideman this weekend
"hurt us a lot?" We kicked 18 goals, and probably should have had a couple more (bad misses, umpires). That's a winning score every day of the week.
- Post Match Discussion - Round 3
- The Jack Watts in 2018 Thread
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GAME DAY - ROUND 3
Shocking umpiring, which is having a real impact on the game.
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GAME DAY - ROUND 3
9 goals in a half, 6 of those in a quarter, but "none of our coaches have figured out how to set up the forward line" ???
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GAME DAY - ROUND 3
Let's see what the players are made of.
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GAME DAY - ROUND 3
This is where having Tom MacDonald out, Weidemann not ready, and Pederson down on form hurts us. Fritsch isn't experienced enough or solid enough physically to be playing as a KPF. At the other end, Frost. Not a smart footballer, and it's being shown up today. And the above helped by some seriously dodgy frees in front of goal.
- Match preview and team selection - Round 3
- Match preview and team selection - Round 3
- Match preview and team selection - Round 3
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2017 Player Reviews: # 40 Patrick McKenna
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that Lewis came to us on a 3 year contract.
- The Jack Watts in 2018 Thread
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Coaches Box
All we need to know, though stating the obvious.