binman
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A senior AFL coach a control freak? Well I never....
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A commentator? Yes in Sao far as calls games. Poorly in my opinion. On on the couch he is supposed to be an analyst. He does that poorly too. In my opinion. On his radio show, like the ox, he is an entertainer. But doesn't entertain me (whereas the ox does). Loved him as a player. Don't really care what he says about the dees in the media, in part because I just don't rate him in those roles. As an aside Lyon was the year above me at school. Was of course a gun footballer. Like a lot (but not all) top jocks strutted around like he owned the joint.
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What? Any number of posters have been calling for fritter to play forward
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Yep, agree. I was super impressed. Strong. Plays smart. Good leadership. And surpringly quick for his size, which makes him super versatile. Can play on smalls, bigs and as an intercepter.
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Ironic that may has never had hammy issues and cones us and started having them. Ironic because we have had a crazy number if injuries this year but hardly any have been soft tissue injuries. Another example of how cruel the Norm Smith curse can be.
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The other thing is that it would appeal to the AFL i reckon, but given it would rely in the dees coming to the party might involve some shady deals. No idea what they might be though. Maybe something like the AFL, on the down low, tell GC that they only get pick two priority if they agree to give the dees King AND pick 7 (which i think they also have as result of previous deal?). We get King and a top 10 pick to use on a player with kicking skills and outside run. Everybody's happy.
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That's how we got Hogan is it not?
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Kings and coups don't mix
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Would be a remarkable scenario for gc to get 2nd draft pick as a priority and us trade our pick to them for king, giving them picks 1,2 and 3. If they don't think they have a chance to keep king they would trade him to us and take 1,2 and 3 surely. If they could manage (and that's a huge if) that could set them up for a decade. Assuming of course they get their club in order. I don't know if that is what we would do though. We need a kpd but we need skilled runners who are elite kicks and decision makers even more.
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BB i'm sorry it's me not you. I've tried but i can't do this anymore. I put very few posters on ignore. Really only the obnoxious or plain crazy. You certainly don't fall into either camp. But I can't go on like this. Reading the same posts over and over again. The sheer repetition. The volume. I have to think of myself. So we need a break. Maybe with a bit of ignore time it will get back to how it was. Until then adieu. Don't go changing.
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Yeah of course that is the reason, just like the tigers did in 2017 when with a full list to choose from they won their flag. Hold on a second they had injuries in 2018 and even more in 2019. Their high performance team must of dropped off then. The old two plus two equals five trick. That's the third time I've fallen for that this week.....
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From the in the mix bit on AFL.com: Medical room: No new problems. In fact, Tom Cutler (foot) is expected to come back to the NEAFL, leaving just first-year player Tom Joyce on the injury list.
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The rehab leadership group?
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Agree. My opinions are just that. Opinions. I didn't say those that have a different opinion to mine as part of the henny penny collective. Plenty of posters whose opinions I disagree with are not part of that collective. Totally agree there are some intelligent and insightful posters. As insults go the henny penny collective is pretty lightweight. But anyone can join it.
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Spot on buck. As you correctly note football departments have cycles and all have a shelf life, in the particular assistanct coaches and roles like Jennings. The changes at the tigers are a good example. Have a season like we have and changes are inevitable. Just as inevitable as the cackling from the henny penny collective.
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Great get. I would love to get an insight into the true impact on players individualy, and at a team level, of a really interrupted preseason.
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Rebuilding since 1964?
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LH please don't misrepresent my views. I have consistently criticised Goodwin for focusing on getting contested ball winners over skill . This year and in previous years, including being one of relatively few posters who argued against trading watts (and Hogan for that matter). But that does not change my stance that roos should take some of the blame for our lack of skilled players.
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Norm Smith curse, Brent Croswell, the buckanara goal, is c k watts and omac. In that order.
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As I have said loved roos as coach of the dees. Did a terrific job. Easy to forget how bleak things were right before he signed on. But my knock on him is tbat he recognised the skill issue but chose to go after bulls at the expense of skill. Our current lack of elite ball users and our ridiculous turnover numbers is in part down to him.
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MB must be loving that this thread got off the ground. Strange way of interacting with the world if you ask me. Fingers crossed may and lever have terrific pre seasons and play all of 2020 together.
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Our season was a write off before it began red. The preseason was the coffin and the injuries the nail. The pies only had the nails. I actually think our game plan coveted over the cracks of our poor skill last year. We need some more skilled kicks in our team thi draft and trade period.
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My thoughts exactly. We got Lever on spec, so to speak. It was a gamble in so far as we were betting he based on one terrific season that he would be star of the competition. The comparison to rance was being made. I really hope this proves to be that case. May was a much better bet in terms of exposed form. I love how he has played for us thus far and assuming he can stay fit i am much more confident we have pulled the right lever (pardon the pun) with him
