I feel Matt Shaw has done ok, better then Sexton.He has a lot of pace and attacks well,, has great potential and just may develop into a good regular player under Rockets guidance.
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I feel Matt Shaw has done ok, better then Sexton.He has a lot of pace and attacks well,, has great potential and just may develop into a good regular player under Rockets guidance.
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He has done ok, and I agree that he's done better than Sexton, but he's still incredibly inconsistent. Consistency is what the Geelong, Hawthorn, Brisbane, and Sydney premiership teams had that we don't.
I hope that Rocket brings out the best in Shaw, just as I hope Day improves under Rocket, but from an external perspective, it's hard to pinpoint what the exact issues are preventing them from performing week in, week out.
Perhaps our new draftees of 2014 will shine in the NEAFL and will get a call up to fill vacant spots - anything's possible under a new coach!
I'm not disagreeing with you, Day's footy brain is quite average but with experience it can only get better. My auditing brain was very average but I like to think it has improved immensely with training and experience. He's also rarely been the focal point of our attack (probably because of his lack of a footy brain but also because of I think a lack of confidence) and is used as a third tall in what has been an average at best forward line, which makes life even tougher for him. FWIW I think Smith also has a poor footy brain, and Thompson wouldn't be on our list any more if we hadn't played him down back as a last resort. Dicko is going to be a month to month proposition for the rest of his career with his pardon the pun Dicky ankle. Makes the recruitment of 2MP look more inspired the more I think about it. I few experts pre-draft suggested they thought Day's best position might be at CHB. 2MP's recruitment is going to create a cascade of depth and competition for spots throughout our KPF / KPD and Ruck Divisions which can only be a good thing.
There are two blokes being Tiger Shaw and Aaron Hall that will either flourish or perish under Rockets no excuses approach. he will either flick the switch in one or both of these guys to get them playing consistently to their potential or they will be relegated
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Just checked, he's draft eligible next year.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-12-01/2015s-class-on-show-now-at-your-club
Not eligible until next year. He is a member of the AIS Academy, and every year they send everyone to a club to experience what AFL clubs are like and take part in some of the pre-season. He has been assigned to us just like Weller last year and Aish the year before.
But hopefully he falls in love with the club and ends up wanting to play for us.
Not eligible until next year. He is a member of the AIS Academy, and every year they send everyone to a club to experience what AFL clubs are like and take part in some of the pre-season. He has been assigned to us just like Weller last year and Aish the year before.
But hopefully he falls in love with the club and ends up wanting to play for us.
Ex SUN Nathan Krackeour to kick start AFL career again at Port
http://m.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl...ry-fni5f9de-1227140539124?from=herald sun_rss
http://m.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl...ry-fni5f9de-1227140539124?from=herald sun_rss
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Completely agree. There were plenty of games this year where he had NFI what was going on. Our rucks are pretty poor overall, really. Nicholls would be good if he weren't injured every game though.
Gold Coast looking at a few mature aged rookies. May even relist jeremy taylor
http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news...ole-preseason-draft-pick-20141201-11xwas.html
http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news...ole-preseason-draft-pick-20141201-11xwas.html
Agree with our rucks.. If none of Nicholls or Smith stay fit and have a decent season in 2015 id expect the Suns to chase someone like sam Jacobs at the next trade period
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I find that extremely unlikely. I would actually bet that doesn't happen.
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I wouldn't object. I like JT and still see promise in him
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God I hope we redraft broughton
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Can't see why we wouldn't?
we 100% will.
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Well we don't have first pick for one
there was an article a few weeks back explaining it a bit more. if i recall correctly, since we have no veterans, at his age/experience(?) we can list him on the rookie list yet he doesn't need to be elevated to get game time. in addition, he can set his salary, which would probably be around the same as what he was on in 2014. most other clubs can't afford to have a $250,000 player sitting on their rookie list with no game time.
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So say we make top 4-6 and play finals in 2014
Nicholls plays 8 games and misses the rest Smith about the same, Through injuries
I wouldn't want to go into 2016 which we'd be right in our PRIME age bracket for a premiership tilt with 2 24-26 yr old ruckman who -
A. Can't stay on the field (through injuries)
B. Zach Smith has never been the same since his first season. 4 years ago
C. Even Nicholls looks lost and lazy in half his games!
D. We won't go far using Day, Dixon or thompson if they need to ruck 10 games a season.
Rucks are our last weak link in the chain.
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O ok, just as long as no other club snaps him up
I still like this Jack Geary as a mature age recruit. Played this weekend for St Marys and from all reports just carved up.... was superb.
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