BAMF

25 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Haven't been since the season started but what I saw over summer was a player who was leaner, fitter, faster and more decisive with the ball with some real class at times.

His practice game against Carlton was very strong, then he had a stinker against Sydney in round 1.

I don't think he's all that far away from being a useful contributor but it's going to take a few small improvements (especially nailing tackles and not getting caught flat footed on transition) as well as the side either getting their ball movement game up to the level that utilises half forwards in space, or giving Laurie high half forward/on ball opportunities so he can offer something at stoppages.

 

 

Thanks. I hope he isn't names as sub and can get a few games under his belt to build some confidence at the top level.

3 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Meh, was a one game replacement as the only guy with some pace for Pickett. He’ll get plenty more chances. I worry about continuity for guys in years 3-4 on the fringes, like Laurie and even Taj.

Interested to know if you have much of an opinion on Laurie? I know you get to training so would appreciate your honest opinion.

10 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Why? He’s in his physical prime, not a kid or a veteran like JVR and BBB, he is a good contested mark at times and excellent on the lead, he’s got speed, agility.

Why just allow him to be icing when he can do so much more?

Quite simply, I don't think he the development in him to become a rounded player like you seem to want him to be. He does what he does exceptionally well and I'm happy with that. 

There were a few typical Fritsch moments tonight that I was not happy with at all, but it was the midfield where we were soundly beaten. Taking aim at Fritsch after tonights game tells me you have had him in the gun for awhile just itching to pull the trigger. 

I get it that this is a place that you can vent after a loss and I have loved you as a poster in previous years. So go ahead. I will disagree if I see fit. If there is anyone in the forward line that needs a spray it's Petty. Equal amount of disposals as Salem. Just horrendous.

13 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

His fan club will come out to defend him as usual but we are playing 17 on 18 with Bayley out the Back Fritsch in his current role. He’s nearly impossible to stick with on a well timed lead, so can he just once lead up at the ball? Give his mids a simple target and let the other forwards cruise in behind. Spread the backline.

He’s a player capable of so much more but his entire game is attempting to get goal side and have it laced out. He has to be challenged to grow as a footballer.

Guess I'm in the fan club then. 

Fritsch is the icing. Not the cake. An easy target in a game like this.

Smashed by a hungry team.

Nothing went right for us.

Salem with a hammy in the first few minutes. Yikes.

16 hours ago, Demonsterative said:

The KP recruiting failures from JT is not actually the case. Can you provide (other than Weid) his failures? Back it up with draft position too. 

Petty, Jackson and Vanrooyen are his three winners. 

Weideman is the clear miss at pick 9 2015.

There are only a few late pick busts like Hulett and Kielty, the rest are top up or role players like Mitch Brown and Majak Daw.

We have traded in May, Lever, Ben Brown, Grundy, Tomlinson and Fullerton during that time which has reduced the need to take a punt on a late pick.

If Jackson was still on the list people would probably never question his recruitment of talls. It's only because he left and there is an obvious hole in the list that people just come up with the post you replied to without looking at evidence.

5 changes to the Adelaide team. Fills me with confidence. They are unsettled.

I predicted Adelaide would be challenging for top 4 at the start of the season. They have been massively disappointing so far this year. 

The season is long. Things can change quickly. They lack structure and just haven't clicked yet. They will win games this year on pure talent of their young list. All it will take is a two or three young players to have a good game and they will crack games wide open and win by big margins.

Let's hope it's not this week.

3 hours ago, binman said:

Give me a spell.

I didn't name names.

And I wasnt rude and I didn't take any pot shots.

Unless you call the truth a pot shot.

And frankly I'm heartily sick of posters spewing vitriol against my club after a loss.

And then going silent after an impressive win.

If you are gonna call out the club - repeatedly- after a loss then show some spine and put your hand up you might have got it wrong.

It's the opposite of fair weather supporters.

I wasn't one calling us out last week but it will take a lot more than a win against a pretty average team to get me really excited. 

It was a good win though and that beats losing everytime.

32 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Petty playing forward, Jefferson back pocket minding the resting Rover???🤮

What? On no... Updates on his position changes throughout the game please

Unfortunately he is very much a needed player due to our lack of tall players.

We must extract the maximum trade here.

Key forward or shut up.

Is Demonland going to ban all Jon Ralph articles from being posted from now on? Clearly they are unsubstantiated rumours which are strictly forbidden.

Nathan Brown was all smiles in the stands with Adem Yze and son Noah. It was great to see these two hanging out together. Reminded me of the time I fell in love with this club.

I wont be getting too carried away with the result. Blues weren't applying much pressure and really missed a quality key defender.

Van Rooyen looked bloody impressive. Listed at 193cm but was way too big for McGovern (191cm).They moved Young (202cm) onto him late who didnt look much bigger than him. 

I'm surprised theres such a strong reaction.

He signed a 4 year deal with a degenerative knee condition. A lot of us on here knew at the time that anything we got in the fourth year would be a bonus.

It was a shame that we couldn't get what we needed out of him last year when we needed it. 

He was a 200cm proven key forward who was available. He got a 4 year deal that we knew he probably wouldn't see out to the end. We got a kpf for a good price when we needed it. He was very important in 2021. Its worked out to be a pretty good deal for both parties.

He has had a fantastic career, he is a fantastic person. 

I was really disappointed that he wasn't in form this year. He was consistently battling it out for that 24th or 25th spot in our best 22 with Jordon. His non selection seemed to get the better of him and he lost his way towards the end of the year. 

It's a shame as I firmly believe we wouldn't have lost the Collingwood final if a) Brayshaw didn't get subbed out in the first quarter b) we selected a sub capable of impacting the game. An inform Harmes could have made a difference. Alas... It wasn't to be. I don't know if it was attitude or injury that contributed to his form, but I feel that this year was the one that slipped away from us.

(There were many other reasons why we lost that game and many other what ifs. The points I mentioned earlier are just a few things that didn't go out way that day).

He will always go down as a demon legend for his role in 2021 for me.

What the [censored] is this [censored]?

This is the guy I want. I hope he is there.

We lost that game like we have lost every game over the last few years. Close. Maybe a few calls that went against us.. but ultimately it comes down to missed opportunity.

This was the last hurrah with this game plan. We should have won last week if we picked correctly. We didn't. Laurie and Schache as sub were the oddest choices all season.

36 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

ANB was enormous. 

He was so g lol a

2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Not according the win to the maggots.... but maggots they were...well 2 especially. 

Some decisions were unwarranted and game affective.

Just is. 

Dude. C'mon man.

Anyone blaming the umpires for the loss is a [censored].

2 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Is Kozzy injured? He couldn't kick straight to save his life.

Choked in my opinion 

1 minute ago, YearOfTheDees said:

Maynard trying to talk himself out of trouble.

Trying my best to hate him but there was nothing in it. He will be free to play.

7 hours ago, Travy14 said:

every club puts $$ into them though.  but for some reason SA, WA and Vic don't get to keep theirs unless its outside the top 40.  Like Mac Andrew

That was the thing though. The Vic clubs haven't been putting in much for them at all. Understandably through covid.

The doggies getting access to JUH when they put sweet [censored] all into the academy killed it. JUH was ALWAYS going to play AFL.

The northern academies tap into areas that are dominated by other sporting pathways.

The players GC draft this year likely would never have been in the draft pool if the academy didn't exist.

24 minutes ago, Travy14 said:

I did forget about the 20% which is a joke!

You have to have some incentive for clubs to invest money into the academy though.

It would be interesting to see how many kids from QLD have been drafted each year pre and post introduction of the Gold Coast academy.