- Sep 29, 2016
- 9,861
- 16,491
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Bayern Munich
Joe out doesnt help that stat, but yeah it doesnt look good
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Joe out doesnt help that stat, but yeah it doesnt look good
Is that all key forwards put together? We’ve only played one at a time basically all year, so those are basically Mckernans numbers plus a couple from brown? I’m assuming they don’t count stringer...
And if they want and actually damning stat, use the points for as a measuring tool
(Were something like 16th)
Fortunately our defence has been working well.
That said we aren't that bad now, we were 11th end of last round for points for.
That said if we add stringer, brown, Joe, smack and lav we have 60 from our key forwards. Which is decent enough.
Don't know why they wouldn't include Stringer in that stat. Chuck his 25 in and that puts 5th on the list.
But who really cares which type of player is kicking the goals, as long as the team is kicking them.
Don't forget big dick McKernanWhat I love about our list is we have match winners
Stringer
Hooker
Fantasia
Walla
Daniher
Are we actually a slow side or do we just not run hard enough?
Seems like we are always second to the ball and watching other teams they just seem to be able to generate uncontested marks and cover defensive transition way more than us.
Don't run hard and never have.
Are we actually a slow side or do we just not run hard enough?
Seems like we are always second to the ball and watching other teams they just seem to be able to generate uncontested marks and cover defensive transition way more than us.
So you want to see more of what the Bulldogs did to us then? Bold strategy.- Midfield - Laverde / McGrath / Begley / Snelling... as far as I'm concerned they should be in the midfield group from day 1 of pre-season.
IN: Lewis Taylor (Bris), Brayden Sier (Coll), Darcy Tucker (Freo), Cam Ellis-Yolmen (Adel) and a ruckman
Lewy's a former Rising Star who i think would relish a fresh start as a forward/mid - not injury prone like Raz and good around the packs
Sier big bodied mid who can find the footy but needs to polish his skills
Darcy Tucker to come home to VIC - the perfect option as a rebound defender or shutdown man marker
CEM i think would be a great addition. Ball winner. Good tackler and fierce at it.
Any half decent ruckman not getting a game at AFL or VFL level better than Z.Clarke
Tradables: Brown, Zaka, Raz, Langford, Hartley, Gleeson
Must sign: Franga, Tippa, Redman, D.Clarke, Jok, Draper, Mingma and the Guelf
Adios: Bags, Dea, Mcniece, Long, Myers, Houlahan, Lavender (already ret.)
“A ruckman” is surely a chancehmmm can't see any of those ins happening
If there's one area of our list that we need to fix right this bloody second its our ruck division. Bellchambers is an average ruck and getting up there in years too and yet without him we've been struggling so hard its not even funny.
Draper may yet be the great white hope but he's coming back from an ACL and getting big offers from other clubs without having even played a game.
I'd like to see us get another mature ruck (one that's not as bad at football as Zac Clarke) and a development prospect. If there was a genuine first ruck interested I would be happy to see us go after them too.
Roughead please.Moving on from positions/list
Leadership rejig: Heppell v Merrett for capt. Hooker and Hurley should be in the LG ahead of Joey and Fanta.
On another note, I'd have a chat to Goddard as a personal mentor for training standards and prep. Maybe bring Roo as fwd coach.
Need better leadership around the club.
If adelaide grab Grundy then we need ROB, wouldnt cost the world money wise. Draft pick for him might be too much and id say pies would go hard for him if they lost Grundy.
Every club has a main 4 inside mids. Ours next year need to be Zerrett, Parish, Mcgrath, D.Shiel next year. The minor guys in there need to be the explosive forwards Stringer, Tippa, Devon Smith