I have said before that Faul leads very quickly for his size but is getting pushed under the ball by the defenders. The kid gets no help from the umpires. He needs to go back to the vfl and get his timing and positioning right. Fawcett is a bit bigger and stronger and slower and needs a...
I'm sure that the AFL will get around to addressing the questionable frees, right after they provide the video the ARC used to overturn Lynch's gaol in the 2022 qualifying final which we are all STILL waiting on
It wouldn't surprise me if Broad did retire before the midseason. The guy has been an absolute champion for the club. He won't stay if he thinks he isn't contributing.
OHB has to come in. He did everything he could do in the VFL game today and should be rewarded. Also he seems to be valued as a teammate so not picking him would be a bad message to the team
That did surprise me too. The only small shutdown defender we had was Grjl and he was rotated through the middle. Why not try Smith or even use Green (he actually spends a lot of time in the defensive half) surely we should have planned a bit better.
With Faul it seems that when he runs forward to launch for a mark the defenders give him a shove early and accelerate him into the contest and under the ball. Alternately they block him early and he doesn't get to the contest. I suspect that with a little more strength and experience he will...
Did you see when Max Gawn picked up Ryan by the ankles and used him like a baseball bat to hit the ball from the centre toss up to the goal square. I think that was the only clearance Ryan recorded for the game.
Maybe we should have played Steely Green in the midfield and had Taranto one out in the goal square and solved both problems. Sorry I was just thinking outside the box. Like Yze believes, if you're not a top 10 pick you cannot play midfield. It's just the way it is
Hopper can get the ball, but he needs to be surrounded by players who can play on the outside. If they play Hopper Lalor, Ross and McAuliffe we will have the same problem as we have had all year. Hopefully the MC will mix it up a bit