Burtons 34.4 was running away from the ball
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Burtons 34.4 was running away from the ball
Every report I’ve heard is that he is training with the backs.
We went into this season looking one light in our tall defender stocks - developing and mature depth. Doesn’t take much for that to get tested straight away.
A coach who has been a quality defender needs to teach him the concept of team defense. He needs to become far more predictable to his defensive teammates. He also needs to improve his one on one defending. He has size & enuf pace to be successful as a defender but he's 26.5 years old now. I would have been playing Findlayson as a defender all pre-season. He's a smart player with good closing speed & I think he may thrive with a more defined role. It's worth a shot as he's too talented a player to have him on the sidelines.
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Had one last week, planning on one in Opening Round to prepare for their first game.
Preview - 2024 Goodbye (To 2025) New; Preseason Discussion
All of Sydney talls are average, yet they destroyed us in the prelims and sucked against the Brisbane the following week. It's about the system. Agreed it is about system, however Brisbane have 2 tall good defenders in Andrews and Payne. They weren't undersized like us at all. However it...
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Maybe 3-4 years
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Anyone got any idea who this is?
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Hugo Weaving I think
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To be fair he was plucked out of local basketball and given a run over 5 quarters in 2 sanfl games before being knocked out in the second game.
Even Harris Andrews would struggle to impress in those circumstances.
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TBH, I'm looking forward to this year. Don't think we'll go backwards. I'm hoping Jase can build on last year. I think Lachie Jones needs to step up. I'm excited about what the small forwards have to offer.
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Makes 1 of us. We'll be stuck around the same mark. We're no threat but could easily win around 16 games again, and as per the last few years it'd mean nothing. We're far more likely to go backwards, with the rising talent on all the teams around us. Our consistency keeps us winning meaningless games, but when crunch time comes up and X Factor becomes more important than consistency, we will drop away for certain.
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We had Dixon and Mcentee playing plenty last year and no SPP. If they select correctly we should still be pretty good.
Bzt going down will be an early test though. Missing Houston I dont think is even a big deal at all. He was just a reciever.
Lol the more I think about how many games Dixon played when he couldnt even walk. So ****ing dumb.
Bzt going down will be an early test though. Missing Houston I dont think is even a big deal at all. He was just a reciever.
Lol the more I think about how many games Dixon played when he couldnt even walk. So ****ing dumb.
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I can only think of three teams with maybe more X factor and another two with equal X factor to us. We also have far more room for growth than most of the teams that were in the top eight last year and just behind Fremantle.
Our Forward line is going to be twice as dangerous as last year with the inclusion of Luko, SPP, Richards, Berry, Lord and more than half a season of Rioli here's hoping anyway.
Our backline has a huge amount of natural improvement with Jones and Sinn taking their development seriously this off season, along with Evans and Bergman improving.
I'm excited to see Burgoynes improvement on the wing . The Horny One and Mitchy G can elevate themselves to AA level and Conner can get back there after a down year last season. Butters doesn't have heaps of room for growth but my god if he grows I'll grow.
Us not making the eight will be a huge disappointment based on talent.
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I agree with every word you've written more shocking than the didgeridoo you plonked in my arse
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Is that DGB? Looks a lot like him. Imagine if our club actually tried to fill that last SSP slot with a need, such as KPD.
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Darcy Gyrne-Bones?
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Grainger-Barras.
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DGB is training with Carlton so no.
