Cale Hooker vs Daniel Talia

Hooker or Talia

  • Cale Hooker

    Votes: 33 54.1%
  • Daniel Talia

    Votes: 28 45.9%

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Talia. Had 1 goal kicked on him in his last 4 games. And about 7 or 8 for the whole year. AA form atm.
 
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Talia. Had 1 goal kicked on him in his last 4 games. And about 7 or 8 for the whole year. AA form atm.
Schultz kicked 3, Frankling kicked 4, Cameron kicked 2, Dawes kicked 3, Menzel kicked 3 and Dixon kicked 2.

Does Talia not play full back?
 

Bailey01

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Schultz kicked 3, Frankling kicked 4, Cameron kicked 2, Dawes kicked 3, Menzel kicked 3 and Dixon kicked 2.

Does Talia not play full back?
Talia was on Westhoff not Schulz, was on Frawley not Dawes, Henderson not Menzel o_O and Lynch not Dixon. You just picked the forward that kicked the most goals against the crows and assume that it was on Talia. GTFO
 
Talia was on Westhoff not Schulz, was on Frawley not Dawes, Henderson not Menzel o_O and Lynch not Dixon. You just picked the forward that kicked the most goals against the crows and assume that it was on Talia. GTFO
So Talia doesn't go to the bloke kicking the goals? Weird. Thought a gun FB would go to the bloke being dangerous.

Makes sense for him to stay on the second KPF in each team.
 

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So Talia doesn't go to the bloke kicking the goals? Weird. Thought a gun FB would go to the bloke being dangerous.

Makes sense for him to stay on the second KPF in each team.
No he goes to the players who are in form. Lynch 17 goals in 5 games #1 in contested marks. Frawley was his best match up and Hartigan was more suited to Dawes. Menzel isn't a key forward. Westhoff needed to be shut down cos he will cut us up as he does every showdown. Talia plays at CHB, better suited to the leading up and more mobile types.
 

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He still takes a lot of intercept marks and is much more damaging when the opposition don't have a quality tall opponent than Talia.
I will give him that but Talia is a better lock down player, just like Presti
 
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Hooker is 25yo (26 in Oct), in his 7th season and has played 97 H&A games.
Talia is 22yo (23 in Oct), in his 4th season and has played 63 H&A games. Talia hasn't missed a game since he made his debut in r15, 2011.

Based on their rate of development I would say that Talia will be the better player and would prefer to have him in my side.
 
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Talia has time on his side but needs to develop some form of attacking game or he will be just a Presti type player, something less and less desirable in today's game.

Hooker has turned into a 2-way defender, much more valuable.
 

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Bump

Talia kept Roughead any Cameron goalless in the past 2 matches
Has really been consistent this year
 

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And Hooker is still the best marking player in the comp. 3 goals to Schulz last week was disappointing, although 1 was a 5 metre mark and another a trip by Stanton.
I am not trying to discredit Hooker , he's had a great season so far.
Talia and Hooker AA CHB and FB respectively?
 
I am not trying to discredit Hooker , he's had a great season so far.
Talia and Hooker AA CHB and FB respectively?
Both would be close if not in the side. Personally I have Talia BP, Hooker FB and Richards CHB but it's just semantics
 

theboxmike

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Both very respectable players but Talia is probably better 1 vs 1 whilst Hooker is probably better in intercept marks and attacking in general. I'm bias obviously so i'd just say both teams should be happy with both players.
 
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