lets give brown 15 consecutive games forward, then assess it...
Game Day AFL practice match discussion - Geelong vs North Melbourne
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lets give brown 15 consecutive games forward, then assess it...
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Watched the second quarter on my 50" TV (I love you, Apple TV!).
Most positive thing so far is Hawkins, he's moved the best he has this pre-season. He's competing up on the wing and doubling back to the forward line. Kicked two goals that quarter and looked threatening every time the ball went near him.
Most positive thing so far is Hawkins, he's moved the best he has this pre-season. He's competing up on the wing and doubling back to the forward line. Kicked two goals that quarter and looked threatening every time the ball went near him.
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Also, Stokes looks set to build on his career best season last year. Simply awesome.
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Is Hawkins able to jump and bend though? Stream not good 4 me in 2ndquarter
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Good to see they learned from last year's game, Hunt blanketing Harvey from the start of the game, not after half-time when he's already had a match-ful of kicks.
I love Geelong fans...the second fringe players get injured they become essential. Brown's form has been good and the main problem tonight has been delivery to stupid positions. Vary would not be in our round 1 best 22 anyway IMHO.
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Next question kids. ...I was watching the stream on my Galaxy tablet. If I plug it into my TV will I be able to watch it on the TV?
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No, he still refuses to bend and pick it up from the ground.
But he is moving better otherwise.
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Not gonna talk about the usual suspects / automatic selections...
Lincoln McCarthy has been great. Game 3 is it? Hits is REAL hard with pace and skill. Great defensive pressure all over the place and while he is still moving a biit fast for the game there are really a lot of things to like about him.
Thurlow just continues to impress off HB. Boris will never be replaced but JT will deaden the blow somewhat. Cool under pressure great, great vision and really slick skills. My game tally for him this year is rising..
Guthrie whom I maintain should be coming off CHB has been brilliant where ever he has been. Several passages out of defense have just been what I would term beyond a 30-40 game player. This bloke is fantastic.
Simpson and HMAC. Just great to see 2 big bodies at the CB getting it down to our MF. Been missing really since Otto.
Mitch Brown is doing ok but not great. I really want to see how he comes back in the 2nd 1/2. Clearly crashing packs and strength battles are not his thing but he is presenting well and repeating his efforts. I hope he keeps going and does not drop the head.
Sherringham has been consistent around the ball working hard defensively and created a goal late based on this.
Caddy still a bull and Mitch doing some nice things but seems a bit more covered defensively this week...
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Lincoln McCarthy has been great. Game 3 is it? Hits is REAL hard with pace and skill. Great defensive pressure all over the place and while he is still moving a biit fast for the game there are really a lot of things to like about him.
Thurlow just continues to impress off HB. Boris will never be replaced but JT will deaden the blow somewhat. Cool under pressure great, great vision and really slick skills. My game tally for him this year is rising..
Guthrie whom I maintain should be coming off CHB has been brilliant where ever he has been. Several passages out of defense have just been what I would term beyond a 30-40 game player. This bloke is fantastic.
Simpson and HMAC. Just great to see 2 big bodies at the CB getting it down to our MF. Been missing really since Otto.
Mitch Brown is doing ok but not great. I really want to see how he comes back in the 2nd 1/2. Clearly crashing packs and strength battles are not his thing but he is presenting well and repeating his efforts. I hope he keeps going and does not drop the head.
Sherringham has been consistent around the ball working hard defensively and created a goal late based on this.
Caddy still a bull and Mitch doing some nice things but seems a bit more covered defensively this week...
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Started on the wing on Harvey, forced them to move him to the forward pocket, and went with him.
Brown is doing fine. It's unrealistic to think he is going to be taking a bunch of pack marks.
The problem is we need one of the big rucks to take a mark or 2 forward and missing an experienced player like Bartel doesn't help either.
The problem is we need one of the big rucks to take a mark or 2 forward and missing an experienced player like Bartel doesn't help either.
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So after 2 solid games you've decided that a half of football where our ball use has been terrible means he's "out of his depth". Give the bloke a chance. Every tall in our team would've played worse halves of football than he just did in their early games. Give the bloke a chance.
Why? He's a second tall forward or he's nothing. Give him time in his natural position and he'll come good.
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Thanks. Any improvement is good to hear
he isnt having the best game, but he was probably our best forward against melbourne.
he isnt ever going to make it if he doesnt get exposed to it. hes a forward, i think they should let him learn there. shifting/dropping him every 2nd or 3rd game has done him no favours, and will continue to do him no favours.
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Brown has been fine. Has been outmarked twice (?), one of which should have been a free for getting pushed square in the back. Has created contests in the air and has looked really good leading up on the wing.
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what do you think about this setup? HMac and Simpson together in the same team? Looks like it's really working well at the early stages so far.
Liking how one of them can push forward to create major worries for North
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Bobby doesn't like or rate him, so the slightest drop off is going to cause his place in the team to be questioned by him
But to be fair we all do it to players we don't rate
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Thurlow is easy the best young player at the moment as a very cool head
How do u watch it through Apple TV. Was going to plug the laptop into TV for the second half but if I can use the Apple TV that would be better.
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Brown or Walker you got to leave them forward or how will they learn
Yep I'm with you. Has not moved this well for two years.
I don't know why anyone cares about the score. This is dancing with the sister stuff. No crunching tackles, and far less turnovers. Don't expect hawk and brown to kick a bag. It can't happen in that scenario.
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I think its gonna be a horses for courses type deal rather than they pick themselves each week. But as it sits now, I dont think we are being killed for pace or anything because we have 2 big rucks in the 22.
And if either of them resting forward can produce 1 or 2 goals a game... id take that... and per Bluey... big bodies in the square are proportional to defenders degree of sweaty bum crack..
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At the game. Will post assessment later.
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