bomber enforcers

[cokebomber]

In our successful years, we always had players that were feared and were known as enforcers and who did not mind a scrap , ie. recently Wally, Solomon, Hardwick, Johnsons, Barnard who of the current list of players would you put in this catagory as i believe it is a ingredigent for success.:)

[bomberstomake8]

In our successful years, we always had players that were feared and were known as enforcers and who did not mind a scrap , ie. recently Wally, Solomon, Hardwick, Johnsons, Barnard who of the current list of players would you put in this catagory as i believe it is a ingredigent for success.:)

i beleive its needed too. At the momment its welsh and mcveigh, i would love to see courtney johns get a bit of anger in him.. i wouldnt be suprised in myers ended up loving the rough stuff

[Pawtucket Patriot]

Nathan Lovett-Murray is not one to take a backwards step (e.g. taking on the Carr brothers).

[Ryder Is God]

Hislop and Reimers.

[DaSawx]

Hislop
Reimers
Slattery
Welsh
McVeigh

hopefully Tayte Pears in the future, don't reckon Neagle would back down from many either

[Houli2Gumbleton]

davey:)

[Big Blow Hard]

Its a legitimate concern. Welsh and McVeigh hardly invoke the same peril when you mention them as some of those mentioned in the opening post. We have some big bodied young blokes there, I hope they step into the role.

Is the tough guy role dying out in AFL? Are the players these days coming through "too nice or soft"? I certainly hope not.

[Spikey]

Wouldn't Mal be a enforcer too?

[Bomber Billy]

I'd say at this stage it would only really be Hislop and Lovett-Murray. You can have rough & tough players if like reimers but I wouldn't class them as 'enforcers' because their body simply isn't big enough. We've also got some big boddied players who are rough & tough (e.g. Mal, Laycock, Hille) but they simply don't have the very high levels of aggression that 'enforcers' have.

[mojon95]

I'd say at this stage it would only really be Hislop and Lovett-Murray. You can have rough & tough players if like reimers but I wouldn't class them as 'enforcers' because their body simply isn't big enough. We've also got some big boddied players who are rough & tough (e.g. Mal, Laycock, Hille) but they simply don't have the very high levels of aggression that 'enforcers' have.

McPhee is a real enforcer

Slatts has all the abilities to be1 but needs to fing more confidence.

[XIsDonIsGoodX]

Its a legitimate concern. Welsh and McVeigh hardly invoke the same peril when you mention them as some of those mentioned in the opening post. We have some big bodied young blokes there, I hope they step into the role.

Is the tough guy role dying out in AFL? Are the players these days coming through "too nice or soft"? I certainly hope not.
Agreed. Its a bit hard to be an "enforcer" these days because you seemingly get reported for looking at someone the wrong way.

If Mark Johnson can give away a 50 for saying "Get up you weak dog" to an opponent acting out for a free, then seriously, what is the future of the enforcer role?

Its a bit sad because there was nothing better than seeing Hardwick and Moorcroft (the pocket battleship hehehe) run from wherever they were on the ground to get involved in any bit of agro that sparked up and immediately take it to the next level. They'd be there in under five seconds every time :)

[Pumpa35]

In todays game an enforcer needs to be hard at the ball and have opposition players question their ability to win the ball in a hard contest.

The days of Wallis and to some extent Solly (hence his game dropping off) are gone with to much scrutiny over this type of action today.

Hislop is an obvious choice once he gets a bigger body. JJ is past his best but can offer a tough contest when fit.
Johns and Neagle have big bodies howver Johns doesnt have the killer attitude or the confidence, Neagle is yet to prove his ability but will be one to watch.

Laycock likes to intimidate but like Llyod is unable (constantly)to do it correctly and misses targets or hits them too high.

Ive said it on other forums Dave Hille needs to fire up and deal out some pain.

Agree on Tayte Pears, he will be a big lad with plenty to offer in the future.
The support of McVeigh, McPhee, Llyod, NLM, Hille, Laycock and Micheal will be important in protecting our highly talented young players as Knights exposes them to more senior football this year.

[thebigboy]

Wouldn't Mal be a enforcer too?
As big and intimidating as he is, he seems to prefer the verbal stuff over the physical. Mind you i wouldn't wanna take him on, he could kill someone at his size.

[XIsDonIsGoodX]

As big and intimidating as he is, he seems to prefer the verbal stuff over the physical. Mind you i wouldn't wanna take him on, he could kill someone at his size.
I seem to remember a certain Mal pummeling a certain Nick with a broken collar bone not so long ago... wasn't much verbal there :)

[thebigboy]

I seem to remember a certain Mal pummeling a certain Nick with a broken collar bone not so long ago... wasn't much verbal there :)

True that. The verbal that sticks out in my mind was v richmond last year rd 21. Richo tried to be a hero or missed a sitter and for a good 3-4 mins big Mal was giving him a fair crack.

[Knight Train]

If Andy Lee can get on the park I think he would fit into the catagory. Also Tommy Hislop has a bit of mongrel about him

[smcateer]

Anyone who has suggested Chutney has got to be joking. No ticker. You look at him and have to question if he even wants to be out there. Bulking up too much does not make you an enforcer. Just slow.

I reckon we have no enforcers. Let's hope we see a few emerging in '08. Sounds like we are banking on a hell of a lot of emergence next year.

Wish list:
Emerging Lloyd MKII
Emerging mid-fielders
Emerging KPP's
Emerging game-plan
Emerging Chutney (although he's looking at the most protracted emergence in the history of football)
Emerging enforcers
(did I miss anything?)

*sigh*

At least an enforcer is an easy one - you just need an angry man, with a violent streak.

[beastie]

Cue Reimers!!