Recent content by F_therest

Team would be a lot stronger with Gov and Saad/Doc over Kemp and Cowan :(

Carroll isn't offering a whole lot currently and binns is an obvious out. Think changes are spot on. Owies and Durdin fortunate that Fog, Motlop and Martin all injured.

Think Kemp does some nice intercepts which supporters get excited about. But he makes some pretty dumb errors and positioning/defensive errors that the coaches would really notice and mark him down for...stuff it's a bit harder for us to notice.

Bad goalkicking and reamed by umps aside, way too many passengers today. Small forwards - got next to no influence from Owies, Durdin and Carroll. All 3 barely touched it and only contributed 1 goal. They didn't do much defensively either. Really poor and makes it hard to win. This is where...

I actually think Curnow has improved greatly in 1v1 battle of strength contests, which is good since it gives him another avenue other than just marking on the lead. Against Brisbane, he outmuscled Payne who is no slouch, pushing him in the chest/side with 2 hands to get separation before...

Geez Geelong have regenerated and yet are still so old and experienced. 150 games avg is ridiculous across an entire team...almost double ours.

A little worried that with Doc, Cerra and Cunners out, plus Kennedy having to plug holes up forward and defence, we are relying too much on Cripps, Walsh and Hewett right now...they are really carrying the midfield. Cripps and Walsh put in a massive shift last week. We'll need them to again to...

He was good in the first few games this year. He's a clear in for Fantasia.

This is a huge improvement in recent years. Guys are coming back from injuries fit and firing, immediately playing at a high level like Walsh. Still remember the Bolton days where we clearly rushed guys back and they'd always play poorly and often get re-injured...something about the guys...

I think the depth players we brought in still played a role though in protecting our young guns...and we did find a few longer term players from GWS in Marchbank and Kennedy who are still with us. Worth seeing if you can find a few bargains and use your salary cap space and opportunity for 1st...

It's impressive how long Pendlebury and Sidebottom have been going...don't think they win the premiership last year without them. Pendles same draft as Murphy and Daisy... But surely they'll start to decline soon enough which will st a rt to impact their midfield. No Adams either.

Good write up and don't disagree. However, a 'good' or 'bad' injury run in a season CAN be the difference between a deep September run and even winning a premiership, or getting knocked out during the finals. We're doing an amazing job covering for the number of injuries we have and it is a...

SDK is their no.1 full back, he'll probably go to Mckay.

If Fantasia is out you'd think Binns in, given Cunners, Fog, Martin and Motlop are all out as well...geez we've done well to cover injuries. Fantasia hasn't been doing a lot anyway so no real impact on the team even if Binns plays a different role normally.

You know we are off when Curnow and Weitering get out marked back to back to cost us a goal.