Porr old Nick chooses his words very carefully here
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2017-11-24/smiling-saints-pair-excited-to-join-the-club
He looked shattered on draft night
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
LIVE: Richmond v Melbourne - 7:25PM Wed
Squiggle tips Demons at 77% chance -- What's your tip? -- Team line-ups »
Porr old Nick chooses his words very carefully here
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2017-11-24/smiling-saints-pair-excited-to-join-the-club
He should fit in well then.Roberts has shown literally nothing every single time he has played forward. He has been hopeless in that role at both AFL and VFL level. Not sure what evidence there is for him being a forward.
Calling Young a "failed" forward at age 18 seems a bit rough. I can't recall all his VFL match details but he would have played only a few games up forward for Footscray before being tried in defence where there was clearly a greater need at the time (remembering we had TBoyd, Stringer, Cloke and Redpath as tall forward options at that stage).Sorry but Roberts and young aren’t forwards - they are failed forwards only moved back cause they didn’t show enough forward.
...
Sorry but Roberts and young aren’t forwards - they are failed forwards only moved back cause they didn’t show enough forward.
It would be like throwing Liam jones back forward. They have shown more attributes as backs than forwards.
It Is why hooker will go back, why Taylor will go back, why Reid at Collingwood hasn’t been able to be a consistent fwd, possibly even why Moore will be back there also.
Jj s game against ess was great as a fwd but there is a reason he isn’t played there every week. I recall a few years ago he was played a lot there at Footscray but ... went down back when not consistent enough as fwd.
And if u believe WAFL watchers the same exact thing happened with Adams.
If drafting Naughton means a back has to play as a fwd then you consider brander a better recruit cause he would be a fwd who plays fwd- with flexibility to go back- but leaves a number of our blokes able to play in the position they are best.
Lewis was a forward before he was drafted.Can someone tell me where we are at with the forwards we drafted last year:
Young - Where did he play before he was drafted? Where did the 'club se him as a forward' rumours come from?
Lippy: got games last year before injury, so I assume is on the cards
Greene: Can he play?
McM: Can he play?
Young was a forward before he was drafted and spent some time there in the VFL early days but looked much more at home in the backline. I would argue that the likelihood of such a late draftee becoming a capable key forward are historically astronomically low. Nothing I saw of him as a forward gave me reason to believe he'd be an exception, but there's still time.Can someone tell me where we are at with the forwards we drafted last year:
Young - Where did he play before he was drafted? Where did the 'club se him as a forward' rumours come from?
Lippy: got games last year before injury, so I assume is on the cards
Greene: Can he play?
McM: Can he play?
We don't know what type of player we will target in the rookie draft, could be a small mature forward.
Can someone tell me where we are at with the forwards we drafted last year:
Young - Where did he play before he was drafted? Where did the 'club se him as a forward' rumours come from?
Lippy: got games last year before injury, so I assume is on the cards
Greene: Can he play?
McM: Can he play?
Roarke's a defender and hasn't shown any propensity to play other roles for mine.I think Rourke Smith is in front of at least a couple of them for a game. He is quite versatile, I think he has shown he can play above his height, could be an option at FP, HFF, Wing.
Maybe so, but I like what I have seen of him in the VFL. It is good to have medium sized types who are also competant overhead and I think he has that.Roarke's a defender and hasn't shown any propensity to play other roles for mine.
The other guy, Hunter ?, looked even more disappointed. Wonder where he was hoping to go.He looked shattered on draft night
What an insightful image.
Any of you psychology types care to do a bit of spot analysis into what is going through the minds of Coffield and Naughton as they wistfully look at the jumpers of the clubs of their (reported) preferred club?
Very true.
I wonder - if the best available is a key back at next years forst pick in the draft would we take them again?
The philosophy of next best has serious flaws. A line has to be drawn at some point between list balance and best available. Clearly we stepped over that line this year
Very true.
I wonder - if the best available is a key back at next years forst pick in the draft would we take them again?
The philosophy of next best has serious flaws. A line has to be drawn at some point between list balance and best available. Clearly we stepped over that line this year
You literally just said there was forwards available, who are they? Answer the question. If you don't want to then stop ******* whinging.People that respond to users that have told them they are on ignore 1000 times are doing nothing other than deliberately derailing the thread with continued dribble.
How are they not banned for this?
I feel like everyone would have been much happier if we drafted Richards at 9 and Naughton at 16.
Club’s a massive rap on Lipinski. I personally don’t see it but the club loves him.