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The two towers worked well enough for Lyon at the saints maybe grab a matching pair while you're there.
Analysis The Matt Taberner effect
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The two towers worked well enough for Lyon at the saints maybe grab a matching pair while you're there.
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"Alot":
Firstly, the bloke has played 18 career games. EIGHTEEN. How many of these "alot" are you referring to?
Secondly:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
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What can he learn in a dysfunctional, constantly changing WAFL team that he couldn't learn in a top flight, consistent, well drilled team playing with and against the best?
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Because subbing the 2nd tall or 2nd ruckman for a small is pretty much standard practice for AFL clubs now?
Taberner is getting games because he's (easily) the best 2nd tall forward at the club. OK, it's probably our biggest weakness, but we don't have a whole lot of other options. Hannath or another smaller player. You can't say he's not there on merit - who's he keeping out of the side that should be there?
I think he's also learning to play with Pavlich, and playing a type of game that gives Pav the best chance of kicking goals. Which is a fair reflection of where Taberner is at currently. If, in addition to that, he can take a mark or 2 inside 50 and convert, then he's worth his spot.
he is complete pants. drop him and never look back. how he gets a game ahead of Mzungu or half the Peel side is truly beyond me. I suspect he's either a close family friend of the Lyon's or has some dirt on one of his family members. there is literally no other reasonable explanation for his continued selection and abject 4 possession performances.
Probably Luke Beveridge
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A reasonable explanation is that you're a nuffy and have no clue what you're on about. Mzungu to replace Tabs as a tall forward? You reckon half the Peel side could play as a better second tall than Tabs right now?
that's not a reasonable explanation for his selection. in fact it seems to be entirely unrelated.
Mzungu is a utility player. it's unlikely we'd play him as a permanent tall forward, but it's highly likely he'd be a valuable contributor to the side.
I have little interest in watching Peel so I couldn't comment on their composition, but I don't imagine they have 11 tall forwards. I am sure though that they'd have 11 players who'd add considerably more to the side than the present offerings of taberner.
we've become blinded by team success. remove the blinkers friends, the guy is the embodiment of ineptitude.
Mzungu is a utility player. it's unlikely we'd play him as a permanent tall forward, but it's highly likely he'd be a valuable contributor to the side.
I have little interest in watching Peel so I couldn't comment on their composition, but I don't imagine they have 11 tall forwards. I am sure though that they'd have 11 players who'd add considerably more to the side than the present offerings of taberner.
we've become blinded by team success. remove the blinkers friends, the guy is the embodiment of ineptitude.
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I swear I must get special broadcasts of our games. Maybe they are recorded in the same studio as the moon landing, I'm not sure, but I certainly get a totally different experience to some of our brethren.
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He's building nicely
I thought he was solid again today, but he needs to really clunk more marks.
Has been a very good foil for the zimmer framed Croat.
Has been a very good foil for the zimmer framed Croat.
Bit soft in the aerial contest at times. Hopefully, that will improve as he gets a bit stronger. Shouldn't have dropped that mark in the last, but he does a lot of good things and leads up well.
Guilty of going for contested marks with flat hands. was most dangerous today leading high up the ground and wheeling around quickly! Harsh calls being made early, he's building nicely, never be a Pav type forward, but plays his role!
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This, but also thought he got caught on defence today, did not chase or put on pressure on the rebound. IMO not his best game.
Thought his lead up early was great and that play on and pass to Pav on the right was a highlight. Just wish he held on to some marks but man so could've Sandi (!!) and Clarke, who dropped some really straight forward ones. Will be needed against Kangaroos that's for sure..
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The third quarter was just a write off for contested and uncontested marks
We were dropping them like flies
We were dropping them like flies
Would have liked to see him take that chest mark (where he was sat on afterwards) and stick a couple more but I'm pretty pleased with his steady development.
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Played the first half like a true CHF and with Pav playing the forward line as a true FF it was nice to see it. 7/10 first half 4/10 second half.
I reckon Hogan and Tabs will compliment each other beautifully....
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Freo in general was 4/10
For the second,third and fourth.
Tabs is coming along nicely. Some things he does, he looks at home as our FF. Other times, it's a bit shaky. But the effort's there, he's getting better every game I see him, and just having him in the forward line has de-aged Pav by at least 5 years.
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