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17 touches? seem remarkably high. Are they including pre-game warm ups drills in the stats now. Didn't even know Hayes was playing until the 3rd quarter.Hayes and Richards has 17 touches and 3 tackles between them.
Get martin and smith.
I agree without potting Schache. He is what he is but Bruce/another key forward is required. As well as a key defender.Regardless of the Naughton injury, I think this game speaks volumes of our lack of KPF depth.
Anyone who thought the style of game that Schache dishes up was going to be successful in finals are deluded.
Couldn’t agree more. We have a great base of a team and now is the time to add. Bruce would do so much for Naughton, Schache and Dale.We also need another contested marking forward to stop the ball getting to the deck. Bruce should be a lock, get a future third & fourth coming back to even it up.
Martin would also deliver the ball better and allow us to hit more targets inside fifty. Definitely a must.
Just don’t get the Martin love. He can’t even make the Suns team why do people think he will miraculously turn it around and become a champ. Waste of a pick and a spot on the list
Geez I hope you’re right!He was injured, he’s a walk up starter for them. He slots in to our 22 easy
From watching the TV at home I'd agree that he looked out of it but someone said he was tagging Kelly who had very little influence in the first half. Maybe he had to sacrifice his game to keep Kelly out of it? Obviously it all went to custard in the 2nd half and Kelly got about 16 disposals and kicked a few goals.17 touches? seem remarkably high. Are they including pre-game warm ups drills in the stats now. Didn't even know Hayes was playing until the 3rd quarter.
Not sure it’s true to say he can’t make the Suns team. He didn’t play because he had an injury and is clearly leaving.Just don’t get the Martin love. He can’t even make the Suns team why do people think he will miraculously turn it around and become a champ. Waste of a pick and a spot on the list
I like Schache but anyone doubting adding a Bruce type is clueless.We got out muscled today by a much more mature side
Bring on mature age recruits Bruce Keath and Martin please
From watching the TV at home I'd agree that he looked out of it but someone said he was tagging Kelly who had very little influence in the first half. Maybe he had to sacrifice his game to keep Kelly out of it? Obviously it all went to custard in the 2nd half and Kelly got about 16 disposals and kicked a few goals.
This is why assessing players based on their stats sheet alone is not a great idea. After all Moz used to feature in our best with only 5-10 possessions.
So was he tagging or not? Couldn't tell from the TV. If not him, was anyone tagging Kelly in that first half or was Kelly just off his game?I was at the game. He was so so bad.
Lloyd had a stinker.I was at the game. He was so so bad.
Lloyd had a stinker.
Lloyd had a stinker.
Today just proves the need for targeting finals type players.Just don’t get the Martin love. He can’t even make the Suns team why do people think he will miraculously turn it around and become a champ. Waste of a pick and a spot on the list
Today just proves the need for targeting finals type players.
Bruce's style is a tick. Isaac Smith is proven to get the job done in finals, the only question is trade cost. Of what I've seen of Keath, I don't have concerns that he'll deliver.
Martin however - he has the tools, the ceiling/pay off is high, but is the reported $700k worth investing is someone who may not put it together or may go missing in finals? We're recruiting in hope that he'll go up another level, when IMO $700k should be spent on a "confident" buy. 6 years in the system and still a "maybe" doesn't yell out that he'll be delivering on stages like today in 12, 24 or 36 months time.
This is where you appreciate cheaper mature draftees like Dickson - from the day he arrived, the tougher the game, the more he stood up. Even in that poorly functioning forward line in a bottom 4 team under BMac, he would almost singlehandedly keep us in games. And it showed in finals, he stood up, from the Adelaide final in 2015 through to 2016, he always stood up.
That's what I want with any target - strong evidence that will they stand up when in counts; that are they built for finals. Looking a million bucks against bottom 8 teams and going missing when it counts is useless for what we want to build.