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What yr was the Achilles again? I've forgotten how did we fair?
Although I'm a tad worried look at the crap thrown at us in 14 and 15 and somehow we made it throughRd 12, 2011 against Geelong.
Made the 4, were knocked out by Adelaide in PF by 5 pts.
Schoenmakers is the obvious replacement, he has the size and can at least bring the ball to ground inside 50. Hard to see him having a big impact if he's playing on the opposition's #1 defender every week, assuming they don't go to Gunston.We can't go a like for like so the question is how they try to cover him, I suspect there will be different players covering different parts
BB seems more damaging forward than Ceglar we may need him to spend more time there.Schoenmakers is the obvious replacement, he has the size and can at least bring the ball to ground inside 50. Hard to see him having a big impact if he's playing on the opposition's #1 defender every week, assuming they don't go to Gunston.
Losing Roughead makes Hale's retirement hurt even more, though Hale & Ceglar are at least competent inside 50. We have Sicily & TOB but both are too slightly built right now and are better suited to filling Gunston's role. They could throw Spangher forward but he'd be a pinch hitter. Talk of Burton or Tatupu filling in for Roughy this year are fanciful at best I think. There's always Jack Fitzpatrick.... but if we're relying on him be our gorilla forward I think we're in big trouble.
Its a big loss. We have some very difficult games in the first half of the year and if Gunston misses games we'll really be exposed. As others have said the silver lining is that Roughy should hopefully have more left in the tank at the business end of the year. This knee issue also helps explains why he had an underwhelming year last season.
It's OK, mate. I got it.It's Mitch Thorp - the joke is implied, no smileys required.
Collingwood, not Adelaide, by 3
Buddy kicked a great dribbler from wide to put us ahead late, and then Luke Ball put them back in front....
Though not great news my initial thought that we can cover the loss of Roughy, who wasn't a power forward. Schoey can replace him in the forward line and we have plenty of time to establish a pecking order in our wannabe forwards (Sicily, Fitzpatrick, TOB, Shem). We just need to tweak our game plan to suit our skilful mobile forwards rather than bombing long. Provided we don't lose too many early games Roughy's late start to the season may be a blessing in disguise.Chances of the 'fourplay' just took a massive hit.
http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-01-31/roughead-to-miss-first-half-of-2016
We can't go a like for like so the question is how they try to cover him, I suspect there will be different players covering different parts
Didn't Hodgey get a head high tackle in the goal square in the last bit (that wasn't paid?)Collingwood, not Adelaide, by 3
Buddy kicked a great dribbler from wide to put us ahead late, and then Luke Ball put them back in front....
I know. But we likely would have been thumped by the Cats. Major blessing in disguise. That said - them Cats sure do choke in GFs against us....After which, with 2min to go Hodge had his head ripped off in our forward pocket.
White mongrel had lost the whistle, no free.
That's one that shouldn't have gotten away.
Gibson was held off the ball by Cloke on the goal line which prevented him from being able to make a decent go of spoiling the incoming kick.Didn't Hodgey get a head high tackle in the goal square in the last bit (that wasn't paid?)
Maybe they want him to strengthen certain muscles pre surgery to aid his recovery. Just a guess but wouldn't surprise me. He hasn't completely blown his knee out so they may approach it differently.Any reason why he isn't going in for surgery straight away?
"In the next few weeks" is what Fagan says
Surely every week counts to get him fixed, rehabbed, and match fit asap?
Hodge had his head ripped off .
That's one that shouldn't have gotten away.