Pennant St Dee

21 hours ago, Nascent said:

No Mentha or White this weekend it appears.

Mentha, isn’t that what Mike Tyson refers to when he’s talking about intellectuals 

Has Olisik returned under a new name, very similar posting

Don’t feed the troll, how many times do you fall for it

13 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

There seems to be multiple reports, some praising his agility and speed and others saying it's a weakness.

What's your thoughts?

His agility for a tall is good in terms of clean at ground level. His lateral movement is where think he lacks agility. Pace has improved from last season but still wouldn’t say he’s quick, what they may be referring to is his explosion off the mark

Also a very talented cricketer and played lacrosse 

Would be happy with this UFA pick up

34 minutes ago, poita said:

Another key forward who won't help the side push for and win finals in 2024. On that basis, regardless of what he does in future, this is a disappointing selection. We're only one injury to a starting midfielder away from a full blown crisis in that part of the field.

Unlike you we look at and understand the big picture 

4 hours ago, ChaserJ said:

Welcome Luker! 

Got your boy @Pennant St Dee!

Yes good to see, hope he goes well.

Gary and Naomi are great people and hopefully get to see their son forge a great career.

16 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Grass is relatively spongey at Alice. Will take a bit out of the players and if anything favour Freo who play on similar surfaces. If we had the money as a club I would have been over there Tuesday for afternoon training but that was not to be.

Need to kick accurately and win the midfield battle.

It's a 50/50 game.

Had it been in Melbourne (Docklands probably) it would have been a shade under 60/40 our way.

It will be a tough game but one we need to win.

Freo play on Optus which is notoriously hard deck, so the surface is not similar 

On 28/05/2024 at 11:32, ChaserJ said:

Thoughts on Kentfield @Pennant St Dee?

Love Luka as a competitor hard as nails and would run through brick walls for you. Lateral movement and pace aren’t strengths, which I think may effect him at AFL level but he is only 18, could he be a Miochek, possibly in a few years.

Seen him play against my oldest all the way through junior footy and they played cricket together as juniors super kid who comes from a good well grounded family

11 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

wasn't the prediction recently that there might not be a single wa kid drafted this year?

Yes but that’s pure hyperbole, there are some rumblings here with regards to talent development needing an overhaul which it does desperately and there are some powerful footy people who want to end the job for the boys which has been occurring in the WAFC. It will happen Marc Webbs appointment as full time u/18s coach is just the start.

Bo Allan will definitely get picked up first two rounds and Urquart is that big bodied mid who a club will take a punt on. Kicking is poor but at that size and his impact around the stoppages he will be taken.

I rated Malakai Champion very highly as a14/15 year old and he was one of the best I’ve seen at that age. Still a good player but at that size I haven’t seen a development in explosive speed which he needs.

There are good players in the squad and some late development players who have stepped up like Davis, Angove and Becker. Van Der Struyf has pace and elite foot skills.

Blake Kelly is a gun and Cody Curtin (brother of Dan) and Charlie Banfield developing very quickly but they are 2025 draft.

Just IMO not enough depth to beat the other 4 sides

Watched WA 18s on Saturday can’t see them winning a game 

6.Gawn

5. Salem

4. Viney

3. Nibbler

2. Trac

1. Tomo

3 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

Pennant for your own health please don’t read the game day thread, you’re too valuable a poster to lose. 

Thanks, but I was at Community footy and listening on headphones. I did it more out of curiosity to take on board when I watched the game later

No he isn’t good enough for AFL, he ain’t a gorilla, lacks pace, lateral movement and no real X factor. Very good WAFL forward but that’s the ceiling 

59 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

Hope all the Hanrahan’s moaning pre game were happy with that performance 

Are you kidding didn’t you see them on the game day thread, when Saints flooded the back half and just nullified the game in the second quarter. They went quiet for most of the second half but were back posting late with us giving up late goals when the game was done.  Ffs you just can’t help some of these posters

8 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

The context to this quote is that he was arguing that we’ve tried playing a different way to 2022-23, it isn’t working well enough to win the flag, but it’s not too late for us to adjust back to something which more closely resembles 202-23, which he expects we will do. 

Yes but the full quote doesn’t have the same effect for the narrative.

I don’t know if we’ll fully go back, I think a few tweaks because we have clearly changed things up a little and I would expect a compromise of sought between relying on slingshot from turnover and just brutality at the stoppage and locking it inside F50

Carlton changed mid last season to going back to being brutal contested beasts. 

10 hours ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

I prefer not to remember.

Hint: not good.

It’s better then our finals record since 2021

10 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

His stats at Colts level look pretty impressive.

Last season he was known to go the oval on Friday arvo at Hale school every week and not leave until he’d have 100 set shots. Think he could be a late developerp

I have heard whispers a few clubs including us may be keen on Hamish Davis with a late pick (3rd/4th round).

Played as (medium size) key forward last season at PSA and WAFL, however been playing HHF, wing and inside midfield roles this year. Good tank, decent size for that fwd/mid role and can impact the scoreboard. Plenty of development there and has the right attitude 

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

28 degrees in Perth on Sunday. Is that abnormally high for this time of year over there?

It is but we have certainly had a long summer, it’s high 20s all week. 4.20pm WST Sunday should be perfect for footy.

West Coast will be up for a challenge at home, but if we play as we have in the last couple of games outside of that first quarter vs Carlton, we should win

13 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

Our system works well in dry weather and some of our problems in the wet are due to the slippery ball not favouring some key personnel, like Max, May and Lever. The system is good for dry weather because it automatically adjusts to how the opposition want to play. But wet weather is different. Every team plays the same style in the wet.

That said, we need to particularly look at the method at stoppages in the wet. Having a loose man behind the play is less value in the wet. I don't accept that we cannot alter this from game to game or even mid game. We have enough experienced players to adjust.

 

 

A loose man behind the stoppage is not a problem in the wet, most teams try and surge it forward by any means in the wet and by putting more numbers up to the stoppage you run the risk getting caught inside.

Levers second half display also puts your theory to bed he was very good taking intercept marks as he does in the dry.

Hot start where we were beaten at the CBDs Carlton got an unusually high number of goals from Centre clearances last night

1 hour ago, binman said:

By the by, I've been critical of the blues defence this season.

But credit where it is due - they were excellent defensively last night, particularly in the first half, won some critical one on one battles and were a huge factor in the win - perhaps the biggest.

McGovern and Kemp coming back in helped as did unaccountable Williams going out

6.Lever

5. May

4. Oliver

3. Gawn

2. Windsor

1. Petty

9 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

We're talking game style here and ability to execute it? And specifically, the back to front slingshot transition, winning whilst conceding territory or...?

Yes I can see the slingshot quick through the corridor movement were looking for setting up deeper than pressing up and locking it in with repeated entries as our only plan.  I really like it, looking forward to 25 in a similar vein to seeing us develop our team defence in 20. But you never know we may progress quicker than expected