2016 Non Freo discussion

Status
Not open for further replies.

(Log in to remove this ad.)

ImperialPurple

Matthew Pavlich Medallist
Joined
May 26, 2003
Posts
19,455
Likes
7,717
Location
South Fremantle
AFL Club
Fremantle
Other Teams
South Freo FC, Dinamo Zagreb
Watching that game now makes me laugh at just how far off it we are... Suban, Mzungu, Clancee, de Boer, Barlow, Mayne, Spurr - slow, poor skills, average decision makers; all of them suffer from at least two of the three... It's a different game being played and these guys aren't up to it.
 

Kram

I'll brik u
Joined
May 2, 2007
Posts
53,165
Likes
66,596
Location
WA
AFL Club
Fremantle
Other Teams
Chicago Bears, de Boer, Arsenal
Watching that game now makes me laugh at just how far off it we are... Suban, Mzungu, Clancee, de Boer, Barlow, Mayne, Spurr - slow, poor skills, average decision makers; all of them suffer from at least two of the three... It's a different game being played and these guys aren't up to it.
I thought your term for these types was the 'dumbarses'.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

rodney hoo

Club Legend
Joined
Oct 24, 2014
Posts
2,502
Likes
1,826
AFL Club
Fremantle
Watching that game now makes me laugh at just how far off it we are... Suban, Mzungu, Clancee, de Boer, Barlow, Mayne, Spurr - slow, poor skills, average decision makers; all of them suffer from at least two of the three... It's a different game being played and these guys aren't up to it.
We better hope Clarke gets back soon if Sandi out, griff or Hannath could not go with any of the 4 out there today. The mobility of ruckman these days is very good .
 

Fred Ziffel

Norm Smith Medallist
Joined
Apr 26, 2011
Posts
8,984
Likes
8,909
Location
Cockburn W.A
AFL Club
Fremantle
Watching that game now makes me laugh at just how far off it we are... Suban, Mzungu, Clancee, de Boer, Barlow, Mayne, Spurr - slow, poor skills, average decision makers; all of them suffer from at least two of the three... It's a different game being played and these guys aren't up to it.
Exactly.
That is why even making finals this year is pointless.
We need to find out if our young talent can provide what we need and even if they don't make it, we still need to draft what we need. We cannot continue with that group of players above.
Stevie Wonder can see that.
 

Scham

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Sep 19, 2004
Posts
12,574
Likes
7,830
AFL Club
Fremantle
Guys like Dodd, Peake, Schammer and Thornton were the core of the originals iirc.
They were the core but Mayne, De Boer and Suban were on many peoples lists and they escaped the cull. Ross's previous game plan hid them but now they're being flushed out.
 

Clems Knee

Norm Smith Medallist
Joined
Aug 15, 2009
Posts
6,523
Likes
12,112
Location
Perth
AFL Club
Fremantle
They were the core but Mayne, De Boer and Suban were on many peoples lists and they escaped the cull. Ross's previous game plan hid them but now they're being flushed out.
Funny. Three years ago, Mayne was a dead eye with his set shots. His efforts and skills meant that he was very useful.
Admittedly when he first started he wasn't as accurate, but you are trying to rewrite history if you are arguing that those three players were part of ImperialPurple 's dumb arse brigade.

Same with Suban. He was praised as a long kick and an agrressive young mid. Future captain material; at least until we saw him sweating at his first interview. He was the shiny new that replaced the dumb arse brigade. He should be in the gun now, but the knock on Suban has been his low disposal count, not what he does with the ball.
Ironically, Suban was actually able to get the ball in the last quarter last week, for a negative result. I wonder if anything different would have happened if a Suns player was able to get the ball instead.

De Boer was different. He was touted as at least a top ten pick as a youngster, but didn't nominate in his draft year. The next year, he was monitored much more carefully in the WAFL, and his poor disposal was clearly noticed, which is why Fremantle got him as a rookie. His disposal in his first few games was terrible (Grey - like!), especially in front of goals, but that has improved over time to the point where he is nowhere near as bad as many posters like to think. Even on Saturday I can remember only one bad disposal, which is no worse than anyone else, and certainly not as fatal as Suban's efforts in the last.
But again, way too late for the dumb arse brigade.

Tldr; Scham is making shit up!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom