THE SALT
Flagpies 2021
3 talls is crucial otherwise we’re too easy for the opposition to defend against.
Well i have Kelly in there as 3rd tall.
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3 talls is crucial otherwise we’re too easy for the opposition to defend against.
Tough call to pick a best 22 for R1. Every year prior to 2020 I’d normally have seen a couple of senior preseason games, an intractable match, and a VFL practice game or 2, and I’d be forming opinions about the squad. Haven’t seen anything this year other than televised games, didn’t see much of last years recruits. I think, as I’ve said elsewhere, there’ll be 15-16 who pick themselves, and a further 12-15 trying to grab those last 6-7 spots. Based on the typical 7-8-7 team structure:
DEF: Moore, Roughy, Maynard, IQ, Crisp, Howe, ??
MID: Grundy, Pendles, Adams, Sidey (if fit), Daicos, Sier, ??, ??
FWD: Cox, JDG, Elliott, Checkers, ??, ??, ??
Players in line for the vacancies:
DEF: Noble, Madgen, T Brown. Chugg, Briskey, Mayne, Murphy.
MID: T Brown, C Brown, Macrae, Mayne, Murphy.
FWD: Thomas, WHE, Ruscoe, Henry, McMahon, Cameron, C Brown.
DEF: Against a Doggies side likely to have Bruce, Naughton, and a resting English/Martin in F50 I’d go with Madgen or Murphy. Briskey may surprise if he gets added to the list this week.
MID: Can’t see Noble and at least 1 of the Brown brothers missing. T Brown ahead at this stage. C Brown or Macrae in the mix if Sidey doesn’t get up.
FWD: Thomas and WHE near certainties. The 3rd spot really hard to predict. Do we go smaller and give Henry or Ruscoe a run, or do we go taller with Cameron? Don’t know, time will tell.
I missed the round 1 part....
CFC phone app have updated their player height profiles....
Some big units on the list, heights in cm:
- Murphy 192
- T Brown 192
- Reef 193
- Ruscoe 193
- Poulter 193
- Wilson 194
- McMahon 197
- Tohill 200
Tohill and Bianco (188) grew considerably in the off-season.
I think you will find any changes in height relate to wrong information being updated rather than real growth in height.CFC phone app have updated their player height profiles....
Some big units on the list, heights in cm:
- Murphy 192
- T Brown 192
- Reef 193
- Ruscoe 193
- Poulter 193
- Wilson 194
- McMahon 197
- Tohill 200
Tohill and Bianco (188) grew considerably in the off-season.
Guess that means you stopped growing before color TV?I think you will find any changes in height relate to wrong information being updated rather than real growth in height.
Most boys have reached full height by 16 and virtually everyone by 18. Occasionally a late bloomer might pick up 2-3 cms after 18
Tohill is 21. He won’t have grown at all in the last 12 months. Looking at an article from April 2020 he described himself at 199.5 then. Looking at his current bio on the club website it has him at 191. All that means is sloppy paperwork when he 1st arrived at the club.
Just looked at the club interview he did 3 days after arriving in Australia (13/11/2018) and he describes himself as a tall lad 198 or 199 cm.
Guess that means you stopped growing before color TV?
We need him cloned. Without him forward we lack any capacity to kick a winning score with whe, Thomas, brown, cameron. But atm until sier, t brown, macrae develop, we lack midfielders.. Hence why we will likely slide this year.Hey guys - sorry for the intrusion.
Just wondering where you see De Goey being most valuable? Too me he looked great through the midfield in the AAMI series and can go missing as a forward (as can anyone really - it’s the easiest spot to be locked down in).
I can’t understand why he wouldn’t spend more time on ball for you and is listed by many as a HFF? Surely his burst around stoppage makes him super valuable through your midfield - especially when you’ve got so many other small/medium forward types?
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In the middle he is one of our best players and it does my head in when we let him rot up forward when we are strugglingHey guys - sorry for the intrusion.
Just wondering where you see De Goey being most valuable? Too me he looked great through the midfield in the AAMI series and can go missing as a forward (as can anyone really - it’s the easiest spot to be locked down in).
I can’t understand why he wouldn’t spend more time on ball for you and is listed by many as a HFF? Surely his burst around stoppage makes him super valuable through your midfield - especially when you’ve got so many other small/medium forward types?
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Hey guys - sorry for the intrusion.
Just wondering where you see De Goey being most valuable? Too me he looked great through the midfield in the AAMI series and can go missing as a forward (as can anyone really - it’s the easiest spot to be locked down in).
I can’t understand why he wouldn’t spend more time on ball for you and is listed by many as a HFF? Surely his burst around stoppage makes him super valuable through your midfield - especially when you’ve got so many other small/medium forward types?
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We need him cloned.
Without him forward we lack any capacity to kick a winning score with whe, Thomas, brown, cameron. But atm until sier, t brown, macrae develop, we lack midfielders.. Hence why we will likely slide this year.
Very similar to freo atm, both great defence, decent mid, poor forward lines
Very true.
We can't keep relying on DeGoey to kick goals, these players you mentioned need to step up and the coaching staff need to be tougher, if they don't step up go back to the VFL and sort your sh!t out. I would rather give a kid a run around than have a player that doesn't pull their weight, it's been hapopening far too long and they keep getting rewarded with games without fear of being dropped.
JDG has to play the majority of the season in the middle. He's in his 7th season and needs to stamp himself as a gun and take his game to another level.
This will happen if WHE, Thomas and Elliott combine for 70-75 goals between then. I'm confident this can happen.
multiple senior players and coaches have stated that JDG will predominately play midfieldNot sure he's got the tank to play the majority through the midfield. Happy if he can progress to 40-50% midfield this year given the work he's apparently done this preseason.
Greenwood should be depth this year and nothing more. He preseason form has been atrocious.
I hope not. He was a liability against the Tigers and Geelong.When you turf Treloar, Stephenson and Phillips in an off season a guy like Greenwood is going to get games.
I hope not. He was a liability against the Tigers and Geelong.
Greenwood's slowing down but we don't have a lot coming through underneath. I'm really concerned about our depth this season. I think we'll get caught out.