“2 French, English: (i) nickname perhaps for a large or tall person, from Old French barrace 'large bar, bulky obstacle'. (ii) locative name possibly from the same word as in (i) in the technical sense 'the outwork of a fortress'.”
The outwork of a fortress ??!
Oppo goals? Forget it
We often talk about the great dynasty teams etc which can get very boring as it’s obvious who they are
My question is a little more nuanced - which teams are the best NOT to go back to back?
I’m going to start with Hawthorn 2015. To this day it shits me.
What are your thoughts/examples?
Hello all.
Thought it would be worth talking about our list after the oldies leave.This is my dumb attempt so far:
BACKLINE
Hardwick Kositschke Nash
Scrimshaw Frost Sicily
MIDS
Impey Worpel Day
Omeara Mitchell Reeves
FORWARDS
Pepper Lewis Wingard
Morris Jeka TOB
BENCH
Walker Jiath...
Sorry if there is already a thread for this.
Was interested in how people think we went.
I tend to base my opinion on needs and what’s available - I have no idea how players will turn out long term.
Firstly, I was a bit disappointed we didn’t bag a FA but hopefully this door is not shut for...
Often after trade period we hear about players who “got where they wanted”.
However, we seldom hear about those who remained where they didn’t want to be. Who are your top examples of this from years past?
Far out. How good is this guy.
Don’t argues.
Draws players
Takes his time cos he can
Darts around all and sundry
Kicks bags
1%ers all the time
Great contested mark
Brooooooost
Every pre-season we have a thread like this so may as well start now.
Which three players do you see as major developers in 2019? Box Hill and Training watchers will likely be ten million times ahead of me on this.
I’m going to say
- CJ
- Mitchell Lewis
- Hanrahan
Wouldn’t be surprised if...
This guy deserves another thread.
If there was one Cyril talent (you are not allowed to say more than one) which Cyril talent would you want
a) Supersonic acceleration
b) Lightning fast sticky fingers
c) Flying ability
d) Super strength and tackling ability
e) Stupidly good kicking skills
f)...
Interesting times for our club. Sitting at position five but it is such an even year that even a slight dropping of our bundle makes this place on the ladder doubtful. Still - fantastic effort given we are in mini-rebuild mode. There are a bunch I’m still really hanging out for to come good -as...
What an absolute champ. Such an important part of our three peat team. I remember so many games where you were so relieved that Gunner had the ball because it would be a certain goal.
How good was his 2013 finals series? Bloody hell
What’s great about Gunner now is his leadership skills and...
For goodness sake our kicking is great.
Hardwick, Sicily and Burto are the new exponents. Yes they weren’t under pressure because it was AFLMEHX
but wowee it was a pleasure to watch our new ass kickers.
Then we've got Schoey, TOB and Gunner - all brilliant kicks. There are others....
In terms...
In terms of a “singular flag in an era” team who is the biggest one hit wonder?
I think doing really really badly years before and after qualifies you.
Hard to think of any team better than the Bulldogs but Tiges could give it a good shake
What is interesting to me is the great number of Best 22s with Timmy
He hasn’t quite made it yet so why the confidence?
I say
(a) He is actually pretty smart. I have occasionally seen some very clever play from him
(b) Bloody hell he is a good kick and a great set shot in particular
(c) He is...
Rough is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365/366 days of the year awesome.
BUT
Of course he took a while to get back to normal form given his illness
Did anyone think he was just beginning to find some very good form in the last part of the season?
Add to this some super Captain clutch...
Its always best to try out your coaching chops at other clubs but does anyone think that Shauny at Hawthorn would be good as an assistant at Hawthorn?
The guy is such a hard working and likeable bloke. I'd love him to stick around. It also appears that he adds a lot of value in ensuring a...