FWIW I don’t think we’ll be that bad much often this year. Was a some bad factors for us culminating at once - we’re a terrible wet weather side, GC had a game in hand already while we were coming in only off of a PS game against the Eagles
That said, we can’t ever afford to be that sloppy and...
Dawson and Tex have elite disposal, you’re a hard marker 😂
I agree on your Sholl assessment though, his disposal is just meh. Comparing his to say, Soligo’s is night and day
I see his average disposal not really standing up at half back these days, honestly. Not enough pace for a wing, but I like resting him forward, I know someone posted those poor goalkicking stats but I can see him being valuable through providing pressure, whilst minimising the need for...
I’m not sure Nicks loves Sholl, otherwise he’d be in the 22 at the end of each of the seasons he’s played, which is barely the case
More a case of what he sees as correct team balance, as well as some selective memory
Maybe I’m biased because I always rated Butters and Young particularly highly, but they were highly rated prospects at the time nonetheless, they’d certainly raise our level of current young talent, even without taking into account their midfield growth
Since 2020 I don’t think we could’ve...
If we finish top 8, I think the pick will go for Petty (if he stays healthy this year), otherwise I agree that we’ll think to keep it and move it up if possible
Berry won’t be an A grader (I don’t think), but I think he can play a Rowbottom-type role as a real hard nut, seems to have enhanced...
None of those guys (bar Serong, *ing McAsey) would’ve been available to us FWIW. I actually don’t think we’ve been in a position to draft a top liner like that since we plummeted down the ladder. The one time where we had the top pick was unfortunately one of the poorer midfield drafts in memory...
An off-season of say, Petty, one of Hayward/Cumming (either a fwd pressure guy who can provide a marking target and a goal a game, or an extra quality outside runner) and then a cheap version of whichever player type we don’t grab out of the FAs, would be nice
Re: our mids - think it’s fair to...
I’m not gonna get into conspiracy s**t, but he definitely needs to be in the 22 for Murphy next week
3 weeks still seems like excessive conditioning time, especially when it leaks into the season proper
The only thing I can think of is that Soligo’s fitness in general is currently a concern...
The thing I don’t get is why it’s taken so long for Soligo to get his conditioning up
He played half a game against WCE and then had a full week off, like I’ve never heard of a player needing three weeks to get back to full game fitness, whilst playing games, after injury recovery?
I get it, it would give Soligo more mid opportunity and maybe a couple more odd CBAs for Rachele, but even if you take Berry out of the mid rotation, I’d probably prefer him in that HF stoppage role over putting Ned into the side. Just generally provides more explosiveness
Dawson’s problem last night was that he had a severe case of the fumbles, didn’t seem like he was used to the wet conditions at all
I’d back him in to bounce back against the Cats, though
It was absolutely a problem for him last year, but a mental thing rather than a skill issue
Coming into this year with confidence in his leg will be super important
If he can produce that in the wet, I’m keen to see what his current ceiling in dry conditions is
As said, goalkicking was WAY better than last season too, probably been a focus over the summer
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